Alex Staniforth

Transphobia doesn’t win elections : redux. Over on Twitter (RIP) I made a thread showing the evidence that transphobia doesn’t win elections. Now, with Andy Burnham playing to GC crowd and after the devolved national elections and English locals, seems a good time to revisit it. 1/24

Isn’t it time for us all to admit that the markets are just wrong? We’ve seen what happens when you elect right-wing crackpots. Trump has destroyed the US economy. Liz Truss almost did for ours. Yet every time one is defeated ‘the markets’ rend their garments and wail.

Labour now briefing young people won't get the same minimum wage uplift. Even Starmer didn't break this pledge. Workers rights mean same rights, pay & conditions, same rate for the same job. What does this Labour government have against young people? inews.co.uk/news/politic...

equip this to stunlock BBC editors

Wes Streeting is proving to be just as good a defence secretary as he was a health secretary. Is there no beginning to the man’s talents?

Currently wondering what message the UK govt thought it was sending by dressing up the Minister for Net Zero in a literal Shell logo.

“You need to be more prepared for severe weather,” says a govt that just approved expanding fossil fuel exploitation. How about you do something about it, Wes?

Yeah, that headline would be more accurate without the last word. Take away the word ‘campaigners’ and it would be perfect.

Countries still exist that don’t have a transphobic justice system? Astonishing.

Today's decision by Labour to approve new drilling in the North Sea is climate vandalism. It's a betrayal of all of our futures, and Labour has abandoned all credibility in the fight against climate change. This is a victory for Shell over the people. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...

Because he has such a strong record when it comes to pools.

Chat, is it historically a good sign when the canary dies?

Is it racist, though? If the statement is so outrageous, you’d think it would be very simple to rebut. And yet, nobody has tried: they just point and screech like Donald Sutherland in Bodysnatchers, and never address the question. I wonder why nobody wants to do that?

At Portobello 'Joy for All' with @lgbtiscotland.bsky.social We are here today until 3pm, please pop in to Portobello Town Hall and say hello.

If anybody in the trans community in the UK is looking at Christmas and dreading it, or planning to spend the time alone, then get in touch via email: contact@essehouse.co.uk Nobody *needs* to spend xmas on their ones.

The left can't advocate any sort of meaningful change without enraging the media. It is utterly unavoidable. We can win unprecedented levels of support by taking on hard fights and having the courage of our convictions. The Green party is more successful than ever because we've understood this.

At last! I’ve been looking for a car that can deal with the 180 degree roads we have all over Edinburgh. Makes taking the bus a bloody nightmare.

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So YouTube is social media when they want to ban teens from it but TV when they want to tax it? Got it. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Google is just getting worse and worse as a search engine. Are there any good ones people can recommend?

Very concerning.

A ridiculous situation created by a ridiculous decision from a ridiculous Home Secretary under a ridiculous Prime Minister. Will Andy Burnham show he’s not ridiculous and reverse this state of affairs? (Answer : no)

Somehow, ChangeUK returned…

If the BBC wanted to do some actual journalism they could look into whether individual donors were behind Scottish Labour producing such a transphobic manifesto last Holyrood election.

Reminds me of the Daily Mail trying to claim that Edinburgh had no-go areas for non-Muslims and everyone in Edinburgh laughed.

Ha ha! Amazing.

This summer: Thousands of deaths from extreme weather. This weekend in the media: What's the point of the Green Party? This morning from the Labour party 👇

Interesting that the MSM are calling this a failure for the Greens 🤔

Is that Pat Sharp in the background? If so that would explain why it looks like you’d drive it around the Fun House.

Thank the gods the US has a hero to fight against making billionaires give up their third yacht. Remember to thank him as your children go hungry Californians.

It isn’t Ukraine that needs a new president. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Greens increased their vote share in Holborn and St Pancras by 20%. If Reform had done that the press would be telling Burnham to shoot foreigners on sight to appease them, but because a leftist party did it the leader’s facing calls to resign because it wasn’t good enough.

Yeah, the Burnham bounce is real but I don’t think it’s going to last long. Certainly not three years.

Yes, it is, but to do that you have to get elected and for Greens being bold is part of that. I’m not saying that there were no problems with the Zionism is Racism motion (though I do agree that it is - how can a colonial project not be racist?) but the ming vase strategy isn’t us.

dis you?