Gillian McGarry
@gillmc56.bsky.social
Socialist, Corbyn supporter, More equal and fair society - For the Many not the Few, 1950s woman.
Shares not necessarily endorsements.
No DMs
Shares not necessarily endorsements.
No DMs
Reposted by Gillian McGarry
Burnham said he supported limits on political donations to clean up our politics but he’s been too slow to tackle that 🤷♀️
Reform have made £72m from two donors in a single day.
Absolutely obscene.
And Labour refuse to cap political donations.
The Green Party are funded and powered by you. Please donate to help us win Holborn & St Pancras today!
donatetothe.greenparty.org.uk?fbclid=IwdGR...
Absolutely obscene.
And Labour refuse to cap political donations.
The Green Party are funded and powered by you. Please donate to help us win Holborn & St Pancras today!
donatetothe.greenparty.org.uk?fbclid=IwdGR...
Donate to the Green Party - Green Party
We need your help to stand up to the billionaires backing other major parties and fight for social, environmental and climate justice. Donate now.
donatetothe.greenparty.org.uk
September 13, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Burnham said he supported limits on political donations to clean up our politics but he’s been too slow to tackle that 🤷♀️
Reposted by Gillian McGarry
September 13, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Reposted by Gillian McGarry
How is this bully able to just act like this with free rein?
Pretty sure that the Daily Mail did not give Daniel Thomas's mum a new house within the allotted 48hr timescale of his demands.
Meanwhile "Danny Tommo" took himself down to Portsmouth to harass passersby for not sharing his opinion about people waving flags.
Hope his victim is is ok, he did well
Meanwhile "Danny Tommo" took himself down to Portsmouth to harass passersby for not sharing his opinion about people waving flags.
Hope his victim is is ok, he did well
September 12, 2026 at 7:04 PM
How is this bully able to just act like this with free rein?
Reposted by Gillian McGarry
Follow the money…
Susanna Reid: "what does anyone expect in return for £72m?"
Kevin Maguire: ".. funnily enough Reform doesn't have anybody to speak on social care.. but it has a very detailed policy on crypto currency.. & it would coincidentally make these billionaires even more money" #GMB
Kevin Maguire: ".. funnily enough Reform doesn't have anybody to speak on social care.. but it has a very detailed policy on crypto currency.. & it would coincidentally make these billionaires even more money" #GMB
September 14, 2026 at 6:39 AM
Follow the money…
Reposted by Gillian McGarry
80% of Reform’s funding comes from two crypto billionaires.
Reform has received £123.6m since 2019.
£61m from Christopher Harborne living in Thailand, mentioned several times in Panama Papers.
£44m from Ben Delo, recent returnee from Hong Kong, criminal conviction in the US.
Reform has received £123.6m since 2019.
£61m from Christopher Harborne living in Thailand, mentioned several times in Panama Papers.
£44m from Ben Delo, recent returnee from Hong Kong, criminal conviction in the US.
BREAKING: 80% of Reform’s funding comes from two crypto billionaires
“If that isn't a massive corruption risk I don't know what is.”
democracyforsale.substack.com
September 14, 2026 at 6:39 AM
80% of Reform’s funding comes from two crypto billionaires.
Reform has received £123.6m since 2019.
£61m from Christopher Harborne living in Thailand, mentioned several times in Panama Papers.
£44m from Ben Delo, recent returnee from Hong Kong, criminal conviction in the US.
Reform has received £123.6m since 2019.
£61m from Christopher Harborne living in Thailand, mentioned several times in Panama Papers.
£44m from Ben Delo, recent returnee from Hong Kong, criminal conviction in the US.
Reposted by Gillian McGarry
Sky political correspondent: "the way Labours funded tends to be more money from unions as opposed to so much from individual donors"
You mean a few quid each month from hundreds of thousands of workers in the UK rather than tens of millions from a billionaire based in Thailand?
You mean a few quid each month from hundreds of thousands of workers in the UK rather than tens of millions from a billionaire based in Thailand?
September 14, 2026 at 6:18 AM
Sky political correspondent: "the way Labours funded tends to be more money from unions as opposed to so much from individual donors"
You mean a few quid each month from hundreds of thousands of workers in the UK rather than tens of millions from a billionaire based in Thailand?
You mean a few quid each month from hundreds of thousands of workers in the UK rather than tens of millions from a billionaire based in Thailand?
Reposted by Gillian McGarry
Sophy Ridge: "What would you say..."
I'd say hundreds of thousands of workers in the UK giving a few quid to Labour each month through their union & a billionaire based in Thailand giving £36m to Reform are not comparable things.
I'd say hundreds of thousands of workers in the UK giving a few quid to Labour each month through their union & a billionaire based in Thailand giving £36m to Reform are not comparable things.
September 14, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Sophy Ridge: "What would you say..."
I'd say hundreds of thousands of workers in the UK giving a few quid to Labour each month through their union & a billionaire based in Thailand giving £36m to Reform are not comparable things.
I'd say hundreds of thousands of workers in the UK giving a few quid to Labour each month through their union & a billionaire based in Thailand giving £36m to Reform are not comparable things.
Reposted by Gillian McGarry
🚨 TODAY: Labour’s plan to give 16 and 17-year-olds the vote faces its next major parliamentary test.
Peers will begin debating the Representation of the People Bill today, which would lower the voting age for ALL UK elections.
Peers will begin debating the Representation of the People Bill today, which would lower the voting age for ALL UK elections.
September 14, 2026 at 6:29 AM
🚨 TODAY: Labour’s plan to give 16 and 17-year-olds the vote faces its next major parliamentary test.
Peers will begin debating the Representation of the People Bill today, which would lower the voting age for ALL UK elections.
Peers will begin debating the Representation of the People Bill today, which would lower the voting age for ALL UK elections.
Reposted by Gillian McGarry
Former Tory Chancellor George Osborne calls for UK to rejoin EU customs union and boost trade.
Brexit has brought no economic gains to the UK.
Brexiteers want to cosy up to the US but being the 51st state is no future.
Brexit has brought no economic gains to the UK.
Brexiteers want to cosy up to the US but being the 51st state is no future.
George Osborne calls for UK to rejoin EU customs union and boost trade
Ex-Tory chancellor says economy has ‘fallen off a cliff’ since Brexit but rejoining union could be ‘quite simple’
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2026 at 6:25 AM
Former Tory Chancellor George Osborne calls for UK to rejoin EU customs union and boost trade.
Brexit has brought no economic gains to the UK.
Brexiteers want to cosy up to the US but being the 51st state is no future.
Brexit has brought no economic gains to the UK.
Brexiteers want to cosy up to the US but being the 51st state is no future.
Reposted by Gillian McGarry
Tice says unions give money to Lab & make demands in return
He's right, workers give money to Lab to further their interests - better conditions at work, employment rights etc
Tice then claims billionaires give money to Reform & make no demands at all
Does anyone believe that?
He's right, workers give money to Lab to further their interests - better conditions at work, employment rights etc
Tice then claims billionaires give money to Reform & make no demands at all
Does anyone believe that?
September 14, 2026 at 6:48 AM
Tice says unions give money to Lab & make demands in return
He's right, workers give money to Lab to further their interests - better conditions at work, employment rights etc
Tice then claims billionaires give money to Reform & make no demands at all
Does anyone believe that?
He's right, workers give money to Lab to further their interests - better conditions at work, employment rights etc
Tice then claims billionaires give money to Reform & make no demands at all
Does anyone believe that?
Reposted by Gillian McGarry
Kevin Maguire: "I've never understood why we don't cap donations.. and we allow rich people to buy our democracy"
Kevin is spot on, we should cap donations from a single individual at £5,000, and I think the reason politicians haven't done it is quite obvious #GMB
Kevin is spot on, we should cap donations from a single individual at £5,000, and I think the reason politicians haven't done it is quite obvious #GMB
September 14, 2026 at 5:53 AM
Kevin Maguire: "I've never understood why we don't cap donations.. and we allow rich people to buy our democracy"
Kevin is spot on, we should cap donations from a single individual at £5,000, and I think the reason politicians haven't done it is quite obvious #GMB
Kevin is spot on, we should cap donations from a single individual at £5,000, and I think the reason politicians haven't done it is quite obvious #GMB
Reposted by Gillian McGarry
Reposted by Gillian McGarry
Dear Labour supporters. If you want to put me off voting Green rather than Labour, the key is *not* to attack the Greens, but to ask yourself why I, a life-long Labour supporter, who has voted Labour at every GE since 1983 (my first), can't support Labour.
Look at yourselves. Look at your party.
Look at yourselves. Look at your party.
May 4, 2026 at 10:24 AM
Dear Labour supporters. If you want to put me off voting Green rather than Labour, the key is *not* to attack the Greens, but to ask yourself why I, a life-long Labour supporter, who has voted Labour at every GE since 1983 (my first), can't support Labour.
Look at yourselves. Look at your party.
Look at yourselves. Look at your party.
Reposted by Gillian McGarry
On Reform's announcement today, to put deportation centres in Green-voting areas, a Green spokesperson says:
“Reform keeps making abhorrent announcements...to distract voters from the fact they want to privatise our NHS, roll back workers rights & hand out tax breaks to their billionaire backers."
“Reform keeps making abhorrent announcements...to distract voters from the fact they want to privatise our NHS, roll back workers rights & hand out tax breaks to their billionaire backers."
May 4, 2026 at 10:28 AM
On Reform's announcement today, to put deportation centres in Green-voting areas, a Green spokesperson says:
“Reform keeps making abhorrent announcements...to distract voters from the fact they want to privatise our NHS, roll back workers rights & hand out tax breaks to their billionaire backers."
“Reform keeps making abhorrent announcements...to distract voters from the fact they want to privatise our NHS, roll back workers rights & hand out tax breaks to their billionaire backers."
Reposted by Gillian McGarry
Reposted by Gillian McGarry
Donald Trump threatened the Iranian football team's safety if they show up for the FIFA World Cup in the USA.
The World Cup needs to be removed from the USA.
Play it in just Mexico and Canada.
The World Cup needs to be removed from the USA.
Play it in just Mexico and Canada.
March 13, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Donald Trump threatened the Iranian football team's safety if they show up for the FIFA World Cup in the USA.
The World Cup needs to be removed from the USA.
Play it in just Mexico and Canada.
The World Cup needs to be removed from the USA.
Play it in just Mexico and Canada.
Reposted by Gillian McGarry
Nicolas Maduro is being held in solitary confinement in a small cell 3 by 2 meters at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.
The cell has a metal bed, a toilet, and a small window
He was kidnapped by Donald Trump.
Only Brazil, Spain, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Uruguay have condemned it
The cell has a metal bed, a toilet, and a small window
He was kidnapped by Donald Trump.
Only Brazil, Spain, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Uruguay have condemned it
March 14, 2026 at 6:06 AM
Nicolas Maduro is being held in solitary confinement in a small cell 3 by 2 meters at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.
The cell has a metal bed, a toilet, and a small window
He was kidnapped by Donald Trump.
Only Brazil, Spain, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Uruguay have condemned it
The cell has a metal bed, a toilet, and a small window
He was kidnapped by Donald Trump.
Only Brazil, Spain, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Uruguay have condemned it
Reposted by Gillian McGarry
Asked if Keir Starmer believes British people want to "see refugee children pulled out of school and deported after 10 years in this country”, his spokesman says that “what the British public wants and what this government was elected on a mandate to deliver was to secure our borders"
November 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Asked if Keir Starmer believes British people want to "see refugee children pulled out of school and deported after 10 years in this country”, his spokesman says that “what the British public wants and what this government was elected on a mandate to deliver was to secure our borders"
Reposted by Gillian McGarry
The buried ocean on Saturn’s moon Enceladus seems to be stable across extremely long periods of time, making it an even more promising place to hunt for life
Enceladus’s ocean may be even better for life than we realised
The buried ocean on Saturn’s moon Enceladus seems to be stable across extremely long periods of time, making it an even more promising place to hunt for life
www.newscientist.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The buried ocean on Saturn’s moon Enceladus seems to be stable across extremely long periods of time, making it an even more promising place to hunt for life
Reposted by Gillian McGarry
This is a new low from a govt plumbing the depths of performative cruelty in hopes that the public won’t notice they have no answers to the real issues facing this country
A sensible, humane govt would focus on safe routes to prevent people making dangerous small boat crossings
A sensible, humane govt would focus on safe routes to prevent people making dangerous small boat crossings
November 17, 2025 at 10:14 AM
This is a new low from a govt plumbing the depths of performative cruelty in hopes that the public won’t notice they have no answers to the real issues facing this country
A sensible, humane govt would focus on safe routes to prevent people making dangerous small boat crossings
A sensible, humane govt would focus on safe routes to prevent people making dangerous small boat crossings
Reposted by Gillian McGarry
“We welcome migrants, we don’t scapegoat them".
How Keir Starmer promised Labour MPs and members he would lead his party on immigration
How Keir Starmer promised Labour MPs and members he would lead his party on immigration
November 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
“We welcome migrants, we don’t scapegoat them".
How Keir Starmer promised Labour MPs and members he would lead his party on immigration
How Keir Starmer promised Labour MPs and members he would lead his party on immigration
Reposted by Gillian McGarry
Starmer's knack for making simple stories worse. Banning away fans from games is pretty common as this story says. Best not politicised, but he has to go there. Badly advised. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Starmer condemns ‘wrong decision’ to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from Aston Villa game
Fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv will not be allowed to attend the Europa League match at Aston Villa on 6 November owing to safety concerns
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Starmer's knack for making simple stories worse. Banning away fans from games is pretty common as this story says. Best not politicised, but he has to go there. Badly advised. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Reposted by Gillian McGarry
An enterprising journalist needs to start reading out some of Maccabi Tel Aviv’s chants to Starmer and Badenoch and asking if they think they’re acceptable.
October 17, 2025 at 8:25 AM
An enterprising journalist needs to start reading out some of Maccabi Tel Aviv’s chants to Starmer and Badenoch and asking if they think they’re acceptable.
Reposted by Gillian McGarry
I've spent my life arguing against all football fans being tarred with the same brush, but to not even acknowledge that Maccabi Tel Aviv's far-right fans posed a threat to public order, and Birmingham's Muslims in particular, is next-level racist gaslighting
I never thought being pro-football-hooligan would become a mainstream political position in Britain but here we are.
October 17, 2025 at 6:51 AM
I've spent my life arguing against all football fans being tarred with the same brush, but to not even acknowledge that Maccabi Tel Aviv's far-right fans posed a threat to public order, and Birmingham's Muslims in particular, is next-level racist gaslighting