Gavin Clayton
@gjlc1.bsky.social
Creative Health sector worker striving to see social justice and health equity. Trans ally and peacenik.
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All views expressed are held personally and do not always represent policy of my work place.
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All views expressed are held personally and do not always represent policy of my work place.
Salad(or) Dali?
No AI involved just back garden 'horticulture bebeee!'
No AI involved just back garden 'horticulture bebeee!'
August 23, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Salad(or) Dali?
No AI involved just back garden 'horticulture bebeee!'
No AI involved just back garden 'horticulture bebeee!'
As a Mancunian I squirm every time 'Manchesterism' is mentioned. Here's why
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August 21, 2026 at 4:28 PM
As a Mancunian I squirm every time 'Manchesterism' is mentioned. Here's why
bsky.app/profile/rich...
bsky.app/profile/rich...
The state of Israel and their military continues to murder and displace innocent civilians across Gaza and Occupied West Bank. You CAN do something by signing this petition. 💛🕊️✊🇵🇸
palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/tell-andy-bu...
palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/tell-andy-bu...
Petition: TELL ANDY BURNHAM TO SANCTION ISRAEL
palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk
August 19, 2026 at 6:26 AM
The state of Israel and their military continues to murder and displace innocent civilians across Gaza and Occupied West Bank. You CAN do something by signing this petition. 💛🕊️✊🇵🇸
palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/tell-andy-bu...
palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/tell-andy-bu...
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The equalities minister has ordered the government’s harmful code of practice will apply from 5 August. We’re pushing back:
https://goodlaw.social/oirg
The equalities minister has ordered the government’s harmful code of practice will apply from 5 August. We’re pushing back:
https://goodlaw.social/oirg
‘Discriminatory’ and ‘unworkable’ trans guidance to come into force | Good Law Project
The equalities minister has ordered the government’s harmful code of practice will apply from 5 August – we’re pushing back
goodlaw.social
July 15, 2026 at 9:23 AM
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The equalities minister has ordered the government’s harmful code of practice will apply from 5 August. We’re pushing back:
https://goodlaw.social/oirg
The equalities minister has ordered the government’s harmful code of practice will apply from 5 August. We’re pushing back:
https://goodlaw.social/oirg
Come on England.
💪🧠✊⚽🏴 #worldcup2016
💪🧠✊⚽🏴 #worldcup2016
July 15, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Come on England.
💪🧠✊⚽🏴 #worldcup2016
💪🧠✊⚽🏴 #worldcup2016
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The members of Brass Solidarity come from a variety of musical backgrounds and are united in their dedication to using their talents to promote social justice and bring people together.
Minnesota love and community is stronger than ever 🫶
Minnesota love and community is stronger than ever 🫶
July 4, 2026 at 8:20 PM
The members of Brass Solidarity come from a variety of musical backgrounds and are united in their dedication to using their talents to promote social justice and bring people together.
Minnesota love and community is stronger than ever 🫶
Minnesota love and community is stronger than ever 🫶
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July is a pivotal moment. Up and down the country, hundreds of thousands of people are marching for trans rights, choosing joy, choosing solidarity 🏳️⚧️
🗣️ Add your voice and show you stand with trans people
https://goodlaw.social/z073
🗣️ Add your voice and show you stand with trans people
https://goodlaw.social/z073
I stand with trans people | Good Law Project
goodlaw.social
July 4, 2026 at 9:00 AM
July is a pivotal moment. Up and down the country, hundreds of thousands of people are marching for trans rights, choosing joy, choosing solidarity 🏳️⚧️
🗣️ Add your voice and show you stand with trans people
https://goodlaw.social/z073
🗣️ Add your voice and show you stand with trans people
https://goodlaw.social/z073
What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?”: James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass’s Historic Speech
www.democracynow.org/2026/7/3/wha...
www.democracynow.org/2026/7/3/wha...
“What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?”: Frederick Douglass Speech Read by James Earl Jones
We begin our July Fourth special broadcast with the words of Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery around 1818, Douglass became a key leader of the abolitionist movement. On July 5, 1852, in Rochester...
www.democracynow.org
July 4, 2026 at 9:46 PM
What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?”: James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass’s Historic Speech
www.democracynow.org/2026/7/3/wha...
www.democracynow.org/2026/7/3/wha...
…and Palantir owning all of our personal health data!! 🤬
Wes Streeting would be the final nail in Labour's coffin. More neoliberalism, more privatisation, more austerity, more grovelling to economic power, when we desperately want change.
May 11, 2026 at 8:31 PM
…and Palantir owning all of our personal health data!! 🤬
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The health service is refusing trans people the care we all need, just because they’re trans
It’s time to defend an NHS for everyone 🏳️⚧️
https://goodlaw.social/ukpt
It’s time to defend an NHS for everyone 🏳️⚧️
https://goodlaw.social/ukpt
May 10, 2026 at 8:01 AM
The health service is refusing trans people the care we all need, just because they’re trans
It’s time to defend an NHS for everyone 🏳️⚧️
https://goodlaw.social/ukpt
It’s time to defend an NHS for everyone 🏳️⚧️
https://goodlaw.social/ukpt
R4 Today ‘interview’ with Nick Robinson (*former President of the Oxford University Conservative Association). Zak did mention the anti semitic images right at top of section, but Robinson failed to follow that up as it obviously doesn’t fit with BBC news editorial policy. Poor quality journalism. 👎
Sharing, without comment, British newspapers’ depictions of the only Jewish person currently leading a UK political party .
Times. Mail. Telegraph. Sun.
Times. Mail. Telegraph. Sun.
May 6, 2026 at 8:40 AM
R4 Today ‘interview’ with Nick Robinson (*former President of the Oxford University Conservative Association). Zak did mention the anti semitic images right at top of section, but Robinson failed to follow that up as it obviously doesn’t fit with BBC news editorial policy. Poor quality journalism. 👎
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The Shadow Contract is a 4-part deep dive into how a US spy-tech firm landed a £330m deal for our NHS data. It’s a story about power, privacy, and you.
🔍 Listen now 👇
https://goodlaw.social/1e69ba
🔍 Listen now 👇
https://goodlaw.social/1e69ba
April 22, 2026 at 6:31 AM
The Shadow Contract is a 4-part deep dive into how a US spy-tech firm landed a £330m deal for our NHS data. It’s a story about power, privacy, and you.
🔍 Listen now 👇
https://goodlaw.social/1e69ba
🔍 Listen now 👇
https://goodlaw.social/1e69ba
Ending the right to protest is being aggressively undermined by current Labour government. This must be stopped right now. Please act. An LNER train guard has been fired for saying 'Free Palestine' outside of work. Add your name to help get his job back: the.organise.network/campaigns/ne...
Don't fire the LNER train guard for saying 'Free Palestine'
An LNER train guard has been fired for saying 'Free Palestine' outside of work. Add your name to help get his job back:
the.organise.network
April 25, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Ending the right to protest is being aggressively undermined by current Labour government. This must be stopped right now. Please act. An LNER train guard has been fired for saying 'Free Palestine' outside of work. Add your name to help get his job back: the.organise.network/campaigns/ne...
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Your regular reminder 👇
🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
EXCLUSIVE: Poll shows huge support for nationalisation of key industries and utilities
Privatisation has failed.
leftfootforward.org
April 24, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Your regular reminder 👇
🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
This Labour Gov is up to its eyes in Israel’s genocide and now it chooses to cut funding to a key foreign office data compilation dept that would strengthen prosecutions (that will one day come) of those responsible and complicit 🤔…😡
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Foreign Office unit tracking Israel’s potential breaches of international law closes due to cuts
Exclusive: Officials warn department will also lose access to database of 26,000 verified incidents due to cuts
www.theguardian.com
April 24, 2026 at 8:34 AM
This Labour Gov is up to its eyes in Israel’s genocide and now it chooses to cut funding to a key foreign office data compilation dept that would strengthen prosecutions (that will one day come) of those responsible and complicit 🤔…😡
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Love David Byrne….hope the kids at Coachella were paying attention and appreciated the genius they were witnessing last night
"Love and Kindness are a form of resistance"
"Love and Kindness are a form of resistance"
April 12, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Love David Byrne….hope the kids at Coachella were paying attention and appreciated the genius they were witnessing last night
"Love and Kindness are a form of resistance"
"Love and Kindness are a form of resistance"
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A major private healthcare boss paid thousands 💰 towards an MP’s General Election campaign 🚨
April 3, 2026 at 8:45 AM
A major private healthcare boss paid thousands 💰 towards an MP’s General Election campaign 🚨
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Amazing. Just...amazing.
Talking Heads - Life During Wartime (live)
YouTube video by forcedcoitus
youtu.be
April 3, 2026 at 4:10 AM
Amazing. Just...amazing.
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Transgender rights = human rights.
In many countries around the world, the rights of trans people are under attack.
This International Transgender Day of Visibility, we continue to work for a world where all people can enjoy their rights fully.
In many countries around the world, the rights of trans people are under attack.
This International Transgender Day of Visibility, we continue to work for a world where all people can enjoy their rights fully.
March 31, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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Israel has just passed a law to introduce the death penalty against Palestinians. Demand the British government takes action by calling for sanctions now! It only takes 2 minutes to send a message using Palestine Solidarity Campaign's template palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/opposedeathp...
Write to the Foreign Secretary: Oppose Israel's new death penalty law
palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk
March 31, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Israel has just passed a law to introduce the death penalty against Palestinians. Demand the British government takes action by calling for sanctions now! It only takes 2 minutes to send a message using Palestine Solidarity Campaign's template palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/opposedeathp...
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Really good podcast here from Bloomberg with @greenparty.org.uk leader @zackpolanski.bsky.social.
Just a really excellent balance of challenging questions and space to answer without cheap gotchas.
Not sure too many politicians could give such detailed answers either!
youtu.be/STXgaWdfWKs?...
Just a really excellent balance of challenging questions and space to answer without cheap gotchas.
Not sure too many politicians could give such detailed answers either!
youtu.be/STXgaWdfWKs?...
Zack Polanski’s Plan to Tax Billionaires, Make Energy Cheap | Zero: The Climate Race
YouTube video by Bloomberg Podcasts
youtu.be
March 27, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Really good podcast here from Bloomberg with @greenparty.org.uk leader @zackpolanski.bsky.social.
Just a really excellent balance of challenging questions and space to answer without cheap gotchas.
Not sure too many politicians could give such detailed answers either!
youtu.be/STXgaWdfWKs?...
Just a really excellent balance of challenging questions and space to answer without cheap gotchas.
Not sure too many politicians could give such detailed answers either!
youtu.be/STXgaWdfWKs?...
Marking International Women’s Day aje.news/q255oh
Honouring Gaza’s women who refused to let the world look away
Women journalists in Gaza have paid a heavy price for refusing to stay silent and continuing to expose Israel’s crimes.
aje.news
March 8, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Marking International Women’s Day aje.news/q255oh
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I don't know how to clip a segment (sorry), but the bit I really want you to watch starts at 29'10". It's about the deep roots of the attack on Iran and why it's just as well Starmer is "no Winston Churchill". I'm surprised this aspect isn't more widely discussed. 🧵
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Question Time - 2026: 05/03/2026
Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Kettering. On the panel are Stephen Doughty, James Cleverly, Shashank Joshi, George Monbiot and Annabel Denham.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 6, 2026 at 7:58 AM
I don't know how to clip a segment (sorry), but the bit I really want you to watch starts at 29'10". It's about the deep roots of the attack on Iran and why it's just as well Starmer is "no Winston Churchill". I'm surprised this aspect isn't more widely discussed. 🧵
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp... No spinning in graves required from my ancestors in Gorton and Denton. A good morning and some real hope on the horizon. This is the Green’s 127th target seat!!! Turnout similar to gen election. A serious victory from a properly progressive party. ✊
Green Party wins Gorton and Denton by-election with Labour pushed into third by Reform
Hannah Spencer, a 34-year-old plumber, also becomes the first Green Party candidate to win a Westminster by-election.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 27, 2026 at 7:39 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp... No spinning in graves required from my ancestors in Gorton and Denton. A good morning and some real hope on the horizon. This is the Green’s 127th target seat!!! Turnout similar to gen election. A serious victory from a properly progressive party. ✊
aje.news/p6u50t and when deaths as a result of destroyed utilities and medical facilities are added then the death toll is 100.000
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Gaza death toll exceeds 75,000 as independent data verify loss
Gaza death toll passes 75,000 as landmark peer-reviewed studies verify huge undercounts in official data.
aje.news
February 19, 2026 at 7:14 AM
aje.news/p6u50t and when deaths as a result of destroyed utilities and medical facilities are added then the death toll is 100.000
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