Oxford & Thames Valley SWP
@oxswp.bsky.social
We are a branch of the Socialist Workers Party and the home of revolutionary socialists across Oxford and the Thames Valley.
✊🏽 ICR strikers won’t leave anyone behind in pay fight
Striking Unite union workers at the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) have forced bosses to concede to several demands.
They continue to negotiate for a pay uplift that doesn’t leave the lowest‑paid workers behind.
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Striking Unite union workers at the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) have forced bosses to concede to several demands.
They continue to negotiate for a pay uplift that doesn’t leave the lowest‑paid workers behind.
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September 16, 2026 at 9:27 AM
✊🏽 ICR strikers won’t leave anyone behind in pay fight
Striking Unite union workers at the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) have forced bosses to concede to several demands.
They continue to negotiate for a pay uplift that doesn’t leave the lowest‑paid workers behind.
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Striking Unite union workers at the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) have forced bosses to concede to several demands.
They continue to negotiate for a pay uplift that doesn’t leave the lowest‑paid workers behind.
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The SW View
🚩 Why Trump doesn’t want AI ‘slowdown’
Divisions opened up between Donald Trump and tech giants this week over artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.
The likes of Musk haven’t discovered that they care about humanity. So what are their motivations?
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🚩 Why Trump doesn’t want AI ‘slowdown’
Divisions opened up between Donald Trump and tech giants this week over artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.
The likes of Musk haven’t discovered that they care about humanity. So what are their motivations?
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September 16, 2026 at 8:30 AM
The SW View
🚩 Why Trump doesn’t want AI ‘slowdown’
Divisions opened up between Donald Trump and tech giants this week over artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.
The likes of Musk haven’t discovered that they care about humanity. So what are their motivations?
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🚩 Why Trump doesn’t want AI ‘slowdown’
Divisions opened up between Donald Trump and tech giants this week over artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.
The likes of Musk haven’t discovered that they care about humanity. So what are their motivations?
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🪧 TUC conference: Trade union leaders put faith in Burnham, but plead for more
Delegates at the TUC union federation conference spoke to Socialist Worker about Labour under Andy Burnham.
If he doesn’t act quickly, the Burnham bounce could be short-lived.
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Delegates at the TUC union federation conference spoke to Socialist Worker about Labour under Andy Burnham.
If he doesn’t act quickly, the Burnham bounce could be short-lived.
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September 16, 2026 at 7:45 AM
🪧 TUC conference: Trade union leaders put faith in Burnham, but plead for more
Delegates at the TUC union federation conference spoke to Socialist Worker about Labour under Andy Burnham.
If he doesn’t act quickly, the Burnham bounce could be short-lived.
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Delegates at the TUC union federation conference spoke to Socialist Worker about Labour under Andy Burnham.
If he doesn’t act quickly, the Burnham bounce could be short-lived.
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📣 This week's Socialist Worker is out!
Our headline reads:
🤮 Reform are rich, racist frauds
Plus articles on:
- Milliband's shift on Palestine
- The new face of British fascism
- New crisis in Trump's Iran war
Socialist Worker
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Our headline reads:
🤮 Reform are rich, racist frauds
Plus articles on:
- Milliband's shift on Palestine
- The new face of British fascism
- New crisis in Trump's Iran war
Socialist Worker
Buy it. Read it. Sell it.
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September 16, 2026 at 7:10 AM
📣 This week's Socialist Worker is out!
Our headline reads:
🤮 Reform are rich, racist frauds
Plus articles on:
- Milliband's shift on Palestine
- The new face of British fascism
- New crisis in Trump's Iran war
Socialist Worker
Buy it. Read it. Sell it.
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Our headline reads:
🤮 Reform are rich, racist frauds
Plus articles on:
- Milliband's shift on Palestine
- The new face of British fascism
- New crisis in Trump's Iran war
Socialist Worker
Buy it. Read it. Sell it.
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Unions round-up
✊🏽 OUP workers strike to bring bosses to book over job cuts
Workers at Oxford University Press, fighting redundancy plans, completed 9 days of strike action on Friday.
Plus action at west London schools, Butlin's and among NHS drivers.
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✊🏽 OUP workers strike to bring bosses to book over job cuts
Workers at Oxford University Press, fighting redundancy plans, completed 9 days of strike action on Friday.
Plus action at west London schools, Butlin's and among NHS drivers.
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September 15, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Unions round-up
✊🏽 OUP workers strike to bring bosses to book over job cuts
Workers at Oxford University Press, fighting redundancy plans, completed 9 days of strike action on Friday.
Plus action at west London schools, Butlin's and among NHS drivers.
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✊🏽 OUP workers strike to bring bosses to book over job cuts
Workers at Oxford University Press, fighting redundancy plans, completed 9 days of strike action on Friday.
Plus action at west London schools, Butlin's and among NHS drivers.
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‼️ Farage is Faltering. The Far Right is Not
Despite the scandal surrounding Reform, Britain’s ecosystem of reaction continues to thrive — combining social-media spectacle with sophisticated organising, writes Lewis Nielsen, Anti-Fascist Officer, Stand Up to Racism.
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Despite the scandal surrounding Reform, Britain’s ecosystem of reaction continues to thrive — combining social-media spectacle with sophisticated organising, writes Lewis Nielsen, Anti-Fascist Officer, Stand Up to Racism.
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September 15, 2026 at 7:30 AM
‼️ Farage is Faltering. The Far Right is Not
Despite the scandal surrounding Reform, Britain’s ecosystem of reaction continues to thrive — combining social-media spectacle with sophisticated organising, writes Lewis Nielsen, Anti-Fascist Officer, Stand Up to Racism.
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Despite the scandal surrounding Reform, Britain’s ecosystem of reaction continues to thrive — combining social-media spectacle with sophisticated organising, writes Lewis Nielsen, Anti-Fascist Officer, Stand Up to Racism.
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‼️ Trump’s Iran war hits new crises as key pipeline is attacked
Donald Trump’s war on Iran is in dire straits — and this time it isn’t Hormuz.
Saudi Arabia was forced last week to shut a key oil pipeline — sending a shudder through the global economy.
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Donald Trump’s war on Iran is in dire straits — and this time it isn’t Hormuz.
Saudi Arabia was forced last week to shut a key oil pipeline — sending a shudder through the global economy.
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September 15, 2026 at 6:56 AM
‼️ Trump’s Iran war hits new crises as key pipeline is attacked
Donald Trump’s war on Iran is in dire straits — and this time it isn’t Hormuz.
Saudi Arabia was forced last week to shut a key oil pipeline — sending a shudder through the global economy.
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Donald Trump’s war on Iran is in dire straits — and this time it isn’t Hormuz.
Saudi Arabia was forced last week to shut a key oil pipeline — sending a shudder through the global economy.
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Socialist Worker Cartoons with Tim
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September 14, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Socialist Worker Cartoons with Tim
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📚 Reviews & Culture
New book reveals the weaknesses of white feminism
Shahed Ezaydi’s debut book, The Othered Woman — How White Feminism Harms Muslim Women, is incredibly relevant, but would have been strengthened by an analysis of capitalism's needs for a scapegoat.
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New book reveals the weaknesses of white feminism
Shahed Ezaydi’s debut book, The Othered Woman — How White Feminism Harms Muslim Women, is incredibly relevant, but would have been strengthened by an analysis of capitalism's needs for a scapegoat.
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September 14, 2026 at 11:00 AM
📚 Reviews & Culture
New book reveals the weaknesses of white feminism
Shahed Ezaydi’s debut book, The Othered Woman — How White Feminism Harms Muslim Women, is incredibly relevant, but would have been strengthened by an analysis of capitalism's needs for a scapegoat.
buff.ly/Jg5k5ue
New book reveals the weaknesses of white feminism
Shahed Ezaydi’s debut book, The Othered Woman — How White Feminism Harms Muslim Women, is incredibly relevant, but would have been strengthened by an analysis of capitalism's needs for a scapegoat.
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✊🏽 Portsmouth anti-fascists stand firm against far right — but threat is growing
Around 350 anti-racists faced off around 500 fascist and far right thugs in Portsmouth on Saturday.
Plus: far right Pink Ladies protest outnumbered in Glasgow
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Around 350 anti-racists faced off around 500 fascist and far right thugs in Portsmouth on Saturday.
Plus: far right Pink Ladies protest outnumbered in Glasgow
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September 14, 2026 at 10:00 AM
✊🏽 Portsmouth anti-fascists stand firm against far right — but threat is growing
Around 350 anti-racists faced off around 500 fascist and far right thugs in Portsmouth on Saturday.
Plus: far right Pink Ladies protest outnumbered in Glasgow
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Around 350 anti-racists faced off around 500 fascist and far right thugs in Portsmouth on Saturday.
Plus: far right Pink Ladies protest outnumbered in Glasgow
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🎨 Reviews & Culture
Tate won’t tell the truth about Ana Mendieta
Ana Mendieta is an artist whose work is unquestionably rooted in body and self.
In this presentation, however, her body is there but her presence is absent.
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Tate won’t tell the truth about Ana Mendieta
Ana Mendieta is an artist whose work is unquestionably rooted in body and self.
In this presentation, however, her body is there but her presence is absent.
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September 14, 2026 at 9:15 AM
🎨 Reviews & Culture
Tate won’t tell the truth about Ana Mendieta
Ana Mendieta is an artist whose work is unquestionably rooted in body and self.
In this presentation, however, her body is there but her presence is absent.
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Tate won’t tell the truth about Ana Mendieta
Ana Mendieta is an artist whose work is unquestionably rooted in body and self.
In this presentation, however, her body is there but her presence is absent.
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Teach Yourself Marxism with Judy Cox
🚩 What lies behind right’s talk of ‘cultural Marxism’?
The global far right has spawned many bizarre conspiracy theories. One of the most pervasive is that of “cultural Marxism”.
Read more
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🚩 What lies behind right’s talk of ‘cultural Marxism’?
The global far right has spawned many bizarre conspiracy theories. One of the most pervasive is that of “cultural Marxism”.
Read more
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September 14, 2026 at 8:23 AM
Teach Yourself Marxism with Judy Cox
🚩 What lies behind right’s talk of ‘cultural Marxism’?
The global far right has spawned many bizarre conspiracy theories. One of the most pervasive is that of “cultural Marxism”.
Read more
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🚩 What lies behind right’s talk of ‘cultural Marxism’?
The global far right has spawned many bizarre conspiracy theories. One of the most pervasive is that of “cultural Marxism”.
Read more
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‼️ Men in black — British fascism’s new outfit?
The far right is looking less like a gang of drunken thugs and more like a paramilitary operation.
Richard Donnelly says the recent racist protests in Dover and Portsmouth are a dangerous development.
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The far right is looking less like a gang of drunken thugs and more like a paramilitary operation.
Richard Donnelly says the recent racist protests in Dover and Portsmouth are a dangerous development.
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September 14, 2026 at 7:40 AM
‼️ Men in black — British fascism’s new outfit?
The far right is looking less like a gang of drunken thugs and more like a paramilitary operation.
Richard Donnelly says the recent racist protests in Dover and Portsmouth are a dangerous development.
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The far right is looking less like a gang of drunken thugs and more like a paramilitary operation.
Richard Donnelly says the recent racist protests in Dover and Portsmouth are a dangerous development.
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✊🏽 TUC congress: Workers must organise to beat the far right
Reform UK may be exposed by its billionaire backers, but the far right won’t disappear on its own.
Workers must organise in their unions, workplaces and on the streets to challenge racism and beat the right.
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Reform UK may be exposed by its billionaire backers, but the far right won’t disappear on its own.
Workers must organise in their unions, workplaces and on the streets to challenge racism and beat the right.
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September 14, 2026 at 7:08 AM
✊🏽 TUC congress: Workers must organise to beat the far right
Reform UK may be exposed by its billionaire backers, but the far right won’t disappear on its own.
Workers must organise in their unions, workplaces and on the streets to challenge racism and beat the right.
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Reform UK may be exposed by its billionaire backers, but the far right won’t disappear on its own.
Workers must organise in their unions, workplaces and on the streets to challenge racism and beat the right.
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I just took action with @theactionnetwork.bsky.social: Sign up: National antiracist network to stop the far right. Take action here: actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-u...
Sign up: National antiracist network to stop the far right
Masked far right gangs have mobilised in Dover and Portsmouth to physically blockade refugees from entering the country. This is a significant, organised and well-funded escalation. We need to get org...
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September 8, 2026 at 8:36 PM
I just took action with @theactionnetwork.bsky.social: Sign up: National antiracist network to stop the far right. Take action here: actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-u...
I just took action with @theactionnetwork.bsky.social: Sign up: National antiracist network to stop the far right. Take action here: actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-u...
Sign up: National antiracist network to stop the far right
Masked far right gangs have mobilised in Dover and Portsmouth to physically blockade refugees from entering the country. This is a significant, organised and well-funded escalation. We need to get org...
actionnetwork.org
September 8, 2026 at 8:34 PM
I just took action with @theactionnetwork.bsky.social: Sign up: National antiracist network to stop the far right. Take action here: actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-u...
Socialist Worker Cartoons with Tim
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![Cartoon of UK PM Andy Burnham cradling in his arms a missile decorated with pink hearts against a backdrop of another country's national flags.
A caption reads: "Andy Burnham visits people suffering horribly at the hands of a cruel and brutal invader, bringing material support, weapons and finance..."
Note: [The country Burnham is helping?] It is not Palestine.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:u7iy7kwxvyiazzdtrvn6mxdo/bafkreihcurzf3cmwymplhxx3h5wcbvewpcwdj2uk76uefnzrdiqq62mzpi)
September 5, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Socialist Worker Cartoons with Tim
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✊🏽 Cancer research bosses forced to concede — but the fight’s not over
Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) workers on indefinite strike tried to negotiate a deal with bosses on Friday.
But the bosses' offer failed to meet the demand to uplift those on the lowest pay bands.
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Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) workers on indefinite strike tried to negotiate a deal with bosses on Friday.
But the bosses' offer failed to meet the demand to uplift those on the lowest pay bands.
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September 5, 2026 at 1:30 PM
✊🏽 Cancer research bosses forced to concede — but the fight’s not over
Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) workers on indefinite strike tried to negotiate a deal with bosses on Friday.
But the bosses' offer failed to meet the demand to uplift those on the lowest pay bands.
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Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) workers on indefinite strike tried to negotiate a deal with bosses on Friday.
But the bosses' offer failed to meet the demand to uplift those on the lowest pay bands.
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Teach Yourself Marxism with Judy Cox
🚩 Why do we need to be democratic centralists?
Many activists are suspicious of political organisation.
How can genuine socialist parties both democratically represent their members and be effective in action?
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🚩 Why do we need to be democratic centralists?
Many activists are suspicious of political organisation.
How can genuine socialist parties both democratically represent their members and be effective in action?
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September 5, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Teach Yourself Marxism with Judy Cox
🚩 Why do we need to be democratic centralists?
Many activists are suspicious of political organisation.
How can genuine socialist parties both democratically represent their members and be effective in action?
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🚩 Why do we need to be democratic centralists?
Many activists are suspicious of political organisation.
How can genuine socialist parties both democratically represent their members and be effective in action?
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✊🏽 North London bus drivers win ‘significant improvements’ after heatwave strikes
After a series of strikes, Arriva North London bus drivers have voted to accept a “significantly improved” deal on their working conditions, overruling a sizeable minority who wanted to keep striking.
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After a series of strikes, Arriva North London bus drivers have voted to accept a “significantly improved” deal on their working conditions, overruling a sizeable minority who wanted to keep striking.
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September 5, 2026 at 11:30 AM
✊🏽 North London bus drivers win ‘significant improvements’ after heatwave strikes
After a series of strikes, Arriva North London bus drivers have voted to accept a “significantly improved” deal on their working conditions, overruling a sizeable minority who wanted to keep striking.
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After a series of strikes, Arriva North London bus drivers have voted to accept a “significantly improved” deal on their working conditions, overruling a sizeable minority who wanted to keep striking.
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✉️ Letters: Privatising public space robs kids of their childhood
Plus: BBC airs far right ideas, Cofnas hid his own lies behind accusations, Dolly Parton in Rotherham
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Plus: BBC airs far right ideas, Cofnas hid his own lies behind accusations, Dolly Parton in Rotherham
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September 5, 2026 at 10:30 AM
✉️ Letters: Privatising public space robs kids of their childhood
Plus: BBC airs far right ideas, Cofnas hid his own lies behind accusations, Dolly Parton in Rotherham
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Plus: BBC airs far right ideas, Cofnas hid his own lies behind accusations, Dolly Parton in Rotherham
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✊🏽 Royal Parks gardeners say ‘Prune your profits, not our pay!’
The priorities of the UK state were shown in harsh contrast this week.
While ministers handed a £50 million “pay” rise to the king, gardeners at London's Royal Parks struck against poverty wages.
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The priorities of the UK state were shown in harsh contrast this week.
While ministers handed a £50 million “pay” rise to the king, gardeners at London's Royal Parks struck against poverty wages.
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September 5, 2026 at 9:30 AM
✊🏽 Royal Parks gardeners say ‘Prune your profits, not our pay!’
The priorities of the UK state were shown in harsh contrast this week.
While ministers handed a £50 million “pay” rise to the king, gardeners at London's Royal Parks struck against poverty wages.
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The priorities of the UK state were shown in harsh contrast this week.
While ministers handed a £50 million “pay” rise to the king, gardeners at London's Royal Parks struck against poverty wages.
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🗳️ Will Green leader stay red in Holborn and St Pancras by-election?
Zack Polanski will stand in Holborn and St Pancras after Keir Starmer resigned as an MP.
But can his radical “eco-populist” message withstand the "Burnham bounce"?
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Zack Polanski will stand in Holborn and St Pancras after Keir Starmer resigned as an MP.
But can his radical “eco-populist” message withstand the "Burnham bounce"?
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September 5, 2026 at 8:30 AM
🗳️ Will Green leader stay red in Holborn and St Pancras by-election?
Zack Polanski will stand in Holborn and St Pancras after Keir Starmer resigned as an MP.
But can his radical “eco-populist” message withstand the "Burnham bounce"?
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Zack Polanski will stand in Holborn and St Pancras after Keir Starmer resigned as an MP.
But can his radical “eco-populist” message withstand the "Burnham bounce"?
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🪧 Just Stop Oil is back, blocking traffic outside Parliament during Andy Burnham’s first PM's question time.
Members of the non-violent direct action group held banners reading “For fuck’s sake, just stop oil.”
Police arrested 62.
Plus: data centre campaign hots up.
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Members of the non-violent direct action group held banners reading “For fuck’s sake, just stop oil.”
Police arrested 62.
Plus: data centre campaign hots up.
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September 5, 2026 at 7:45 AM
🪧 Just Stop Oil is back, blocking traffic outside Parliament during Andy Burnham’s first PM's question time.
Members of the non-violent direct action group held banners reading “For fuck’s sake, just stop oil.”
Police arrested 62.
Plus: data centre campaign hots up.
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Members of the non-violent direct action group held banners reading “For fuck’s sake, just stop oil.”
Police arrested 62.
Plus: data centre campaign hots up.
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‼️ Scandal hits Reform UK conference
The Reform UK party conference got off to a rocky start in Birmingham on Thursday amid another damaging corruption scandal, with two senior aides stepping down from their positions.
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The Reform UK party conference got off to a rocky start in Birmingham on Thursday amid another damaging corruption scandal, with two senior aides stepping down from their positions.
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September 5, 2026 at 7:13 AM
‼️ Scandal hits Reform UK conference
The Reform UK party conference got off to a rocky start in Birmingham on Thursday amid another damaging corruption scandal, with two senior aides stepping down from their positions.
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The Reform UK party conference got off to a rocky start in Birmingham on Thursday amid another damaging corruption scandal, with two senior aides stepping down from their positions.
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