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Starmer's "If you don't like it, you can leave" will go down as one of the greatest political speeches in the Green Party's history

Wtf

Let’s spare a thought for Chris Mason, who worked very, very hard over past 2 weeks, to build pressure for Starmer to resign.. all in vain❗️

He’s paid £270,000 a yr for it

Fun fact- BBC is strictly required by its Royal Charter, Agreement, & internal editorial guidelines to provide impartial news 🤷🏼‍♂️

Transparent Action Transparent Action are parents of trans, non-binary and gender-diverse children and adults of all ages. They have come together to form a collective voice to take action in support of their children ...

I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Transparent Action . Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/tr...

Judge blocks charity’s challenge over trans people’s use of Hampstead ponds single-sex facilities Judge says claim brought by Sex Matters should be made instead by individual who says they have faced discrimination

Also, yah boo sucks to Sex Matters and their mysterious bottomless pockets of their anonymous backers. You're weird! Nobody likes you! Go away and find a hobby that isn't picking on a marginalised community, and get some therapy while you're there. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Stop Sex Matters infiltrating the Council of Europe In just one week, the Council of Europe will be voting to ban conversion therapy. This would be an incredibly important step to stop the rollback in the rights of LGBTQ+ people. But Sex Matters is inf...

I've just used Good Law Project's tool to email MPs on the Council of Europe and let them know they don’t have to bend down to Sex Matter’s transphobic threats.
The more they hear from us, the harder it’ll be for them to ignore us. goodlaw.social/9f10d1

Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham tells Faisal Islam that Reform are “anti-North” over its plan to scrap the £45bn northern corridor rail link & “breathtakingly arrogant” to tell investors to shun the North of England.

“Look at them… There’s nothing northern about them,” he said

Is that when the shop moved to the current premises? Established in 1984, according to this share.google/bumaDRwmvikP... - and I have a clear memory of buying book tokens there Xmas 84 (heavily pregnant couldn't face any other form of shopping!) when it was round the corner. Congratulations to both!

Following @jamesdaustin.bsky.social lead, here’s my starter pack of women journalists to follow. Apologies to any women I’ve inadvertently missed off. It’s not a slight. I’m just one woman, working in a specific area & region!

go.bsky.app/RaopwNN

Our street built of stone setts is very picturesque/olde worlde. Until there's black ice when it becomes lethal. Just placed an order for food delivery from local shop 🤞🙏 The abandon with which I used to glide along ice slides in the playground has vanished at 74! #hebdenbridge #blackice #stayingin

Gorgeous! Was the café open?

Heptonstall hillside, I'd say. There are many trees in the way now, but this is what you'd see if there weren't.

Right to roam: taking the next step for access to the countryside An event in Hebden Bridge celebrating 25 years of the CRoW Act spurs on the movement for further land access rights in England and Wales

An event in Hebden Bridge celebrating 25 years of the CRoW Act spurs on the movement for further land access rights in England and Wales

By Andrew Bibby

yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/right...

Autism is not a mental health condition in and of itself and ironically if we didn't have to fight to survive in a predominantly neurotypical world, most of us would not suffer with poor mental health at all!

Boris Johnson didn't apologise to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, even when she told him in person the lasting impact his comments about her had on her detention in Iran, her husband tells the BBC

Hebden Bridge Town Hall getting ready for our Freedom to Roam conf on Sat week. 25 years since the last access legislation, time for a new Act! @righttoroam.bsky.social @ramblers.org.uk @openspacessociety.bsky.social @philbrickellmp.bsky.social @andymacnaemp.bsky.social @guyshrubsole.bsky.social

A concert poster with a star-filled, nebula-like background. Large text at the top reads “Hepton Singers, Directed by Richard Bunzl.” The title “Candlelight & Stars” appears in bold yellow lettering. Below, the poster lists composers featured in the candlelit concert: Anton Bruckner, Hildegard of Bingen, Heinrich Schütz, Arvo Pärt, Caroline Shaw, Ola Gjeilo, Sally Beamish, and Kerry Andrew, along with “Stars” by Ēriks Ešenvalds. A simple line illustration of five singers standing together appears near the center. At the bottom, details include: Saturday 29 November, 5.30pm, Heptonstall Church, HX7 7NT, ticket prices £10/£8/£1 (under 18), and the website heptonsingers.co.uk for information and tickets.

✨ Candlelight & Stars – A Winter Concert

Join the Hepton Singers for a candlelit journey through 900 years of choral music.
Tickets: ticketsource.co.uk/heptonsingers

#HeptonSingers #CandlelightAndStars #ChoralMusic

That awkward moment when your star columnist was responsible... and you have to write headlines around the Boris shaped elephant in the newsroom

Those who continue to target this minority group of trans+ people do not speak for us or represent our interests. They never have. They never will.

This statement is one line from the NION Women letter. If this reflects how you feel, add your name and join thousands of women standing in solidarity with trans people: change.org/nion_women

🖨️ Posters here: linktr.ee/nionwomen

#NIONWomen #NotInOurName #Feminism #WomensRights #TransRights #JoinUs

Screenshot of an email: Hi Rachel, Thank you for contacting us about the article you’ve seen. We want our stores to be inclusive and welcoming places for our colleagues and customers. We have written to this customer and explained that our colleagues typically work across all departments in our stores and customers can always ask to speak to the colleague they feel most comfortable with. We also explained that our colleague was asking a customer if they needed help; they were not working on bra fit or offering this. Thank you again for getting in touch.

I wrote to M&S about the stupid lingerie department story - confirms nobody offered a bra fitting to a teenage girl. The Telegraph and JK can (always) do one.

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Did you know trans+ people in the UK are facing a bathroom ban, without a vote in Parliament?

Learn how you can help stop it... 🧵

Calderdale Council 'will play key role' in new wind farm plan Walshaw Moor in Calderdale could become home to 41 wind turbines should the plans be approved.

Placing England’s “largest windfarm” on a critically protected Site of Special Scientific Interest would be one of the most mindnumbingly stupid things the Government could do. West Yorkshire has tonnes of wind farms already. Other counties need to step up. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Ofcom: stop TalkTV broadcasting hate TalkTV is Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News for the UK – a constant source of toxic hate and far-right lies. Over the last 11 weeks, TalkTV has been spouting transphobic hate again and again – totally ignorin...

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TalkTV keeps broadcasting anti-trans views with nobody in the studio to push back.

It’s up to us to stop them. Write to Ofcom here: goodlaw.social/66f6a3

Awake at 6 to find we’re still needing 60 signatures by 0820 to hit our daily #parkypetition100K target - please sign! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

Sign the Petition Not in our name: Women in support of the trans+ community

More support very much welcome.

We have, so far, 36k+ signatures to our letter from women saying ‘Not in our name’ - in response to the horrific demonisation of trans people under the guise of “protecting women”.

Help us get to 100k by signing and/or sharing… 🩷

www.change.org/p/not-in-our...

Should trans people have fewer rights? ‘Not in our name’, say over 35,000 women Women tired of being told that their rights are threatened by trans people are using a petition to stand up for inclusive feminism

✍️ Should trans people have fewer rights? ‘Not in our name’, say over 35,000 women

Women tired of being told that their rights are threatened by trans people are using a petition to stand up for inclusive feminism

By Jennie Kermode
@jenniekermode.bsky.social

It's just absolutely insane watching all the "Gender Critical" people in government repeating the word "clarity" at each other without any of them being able to explain literally anything about how their hateful policies will work

If your MP is concerned by what BPAS think should happen to abortion law, tag them so they can see their
campaign about why we need the Northern Ireland human rights framework extended to England & Wales. Then ask them to co sign NC20 to make this happen. bpas-campaigns.org/campaigns/ti...

Well, you know the saying - you campaign in poetry, but you govern in prose.
In Reform’s case, the poetry is William McGonagall.

Not in our name: Women in support of the trans+ community Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?

To mark the 1st day of my 4th year without Alice I have an announcement:
I’ve joined up with a determined group of women working to change the narrative around trans people. Women standing in solidarity with our trans siblings.

Our first step is to ask cis women to read and sign our open letter ⬇️