Pierre Phaneuf

I'm an immigrant in my 40s, autistic, nonbinary, childless, white, not religious, and queer.

[Pierre Phaneuf @pphaneuf]

I've got essentially the same account name on Bluesky.

[Taj Ali @Taj_Ali1]

I am in the process of arranging oral history interviews for my book on British South Asian political activism in the 20th Century. New email address: [email protected]

If you were involved in a political campaign or have recollections about family members, get in touch.

[Novara Media @novaramedia]

Leftist politics is London-centric and activists must consider building solidarity within more isolated, racialised communities across the UK, says Taj Ali, historian and co-editor of @tribunemagazine.

[NEF @NEF]

Government borrowing doesn't have to incite panic. The UK has one of the lowest debt-to-GDP ratios in the G7 - lower than Italy, the United States and France.

Our chief exec @dhnnjyn quoted in @thetimes https://t.co/kCqPqWypil

[Ally Fogg @AllyFogg]

Real mystery where that £20bn black hole in the nation's finances came from, just can't think where all the money has gone, absolutely stumped so I am.

[Stats for Lefties 🍉🏳️‍⚧️ @LeftieStats]

🚨 BREAKING: Keir Starmer says that trans women should be banned from women-only spaces.

Asked if trans women (even those with GRCs) have the right to use women's spaces, Starmer said: "No. They don’t have that right. They shouldn’t".

(Via The Times)

[Pierre Phaneuf @pphaneuf]

@JonnElledge As a non-monogamous person, there's really nothing quite like getting a match from a monogamous person who thinks you are as well (because people often don't read those little labels), and their reaction to finally figuring it out... 😬

[Pierre Phaneuf @pphaneuf]

@papercutsshow @msmirandasawyer @JonnElledge @FergusCraig Why put labels, and not just meet somebody and see how it goes? Turns out monogamous people really have strong opinions when they learn the person they're dating is also seeing other people... So, just a fair warning?

[Sharmen Rahman @sharmen_r]

So glad I watched @GarethDennis interview on @novaramedia discussing Labours apparent ‘nationalisation’ of rail:

🚝It’s not actually nationalisation as the rolling stock operating companies who own the trains will remain privatised 😒

🚝Despite using words to dress this up as new transformative policy, it is essentially no different to what the current government is proposing 😒

🚝It likely won’t make a difference to fares without increasing capacity by investing more in rail infrastructure 😒

🚝Basically sounds like a crumb being thrown at Progressive voters who are turning to @TheGreenParty . . . But essentially it’s not even a crumb 😒

To summarise, don’t fall for this pledge, it has zero substance and likely will be thrown away like all the others.

#VoteGreen ✅

[Jaana Dogan ヤナ ドガン @rakyll]

TIL: In Germany, there is a debate about whether robots and AI can work on Sundays.

[jonn elledge is mainly on bluesky @JonnElledge]

oh my fucking god this man is fighting housebuilding to protect the character of *Milton Keynes*. vote him out. end his miserable career

[Andy Boenau @Boenau]

"People on bikes think they're so special."

[Andy Boenau @Boenau]

"There's no such thing as car brain."

[Pierre Phaneuf @pphaneuf]

@ShakeyStephens @JonnElledge @politicalhackuk And they rarely do, as it's not them paying the energy bill...

[Pierre Phaneuf @pphaneuf]

@JonnElledge @politicalhackuk And they're not part of many of the councils maintenance schemes, like if they upgrade the windows for better insulation and so on.

[jonn elledge is mainly on bluesky @JonnElledge]

The problem with Thatcherism is eventually you run out of other people's houses.

[Sorcha Ní Nia @Luiseach]

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