Author of 'The March That Shook Blair: An Oral History of 15 February 2003' (Peace News Press, 2013) and co-author of 'A Timeline of the Plague Year' (2021).
Joined March 2011
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An important petition: 'Launch a public inquiry into the UK's role in Israeli operations in Gaza' petition.parliament.uk/petit…
Looks like non-violent people power played a key role in Lula winning in Brazil theguardian.com/world/2026/o…
Mayer Hillman "proposed carbon rationing as the only way to prevent serious damage, foreseeing a time when people would pity someone passing in a car – a sign of an emergency requiring them to use up a precious part of their annual carbon quota" theguardian.com/science/2026… @medialens @stillawake
"Continuity Keir Starmer" - the Guardian's former Economics Editor on Healey's budget theguardian.com/commentisfre…
'The UN General Assembly on Wednesday called for the 34th time for an end to the US economic, commercial and financial embargo on Cuba' news.un.org/en/story/2026/10…
"The left both in Parliament and out has given Burnham broad support and license. That must stop now." - @M_Star_Online editorial morningstaronline.co.uk/arti…
.@M_Star_Online: The government "is certainly not attempting the major structural changes to the economy we hoped for when, on election as Labour leader, Andy Burnham promised to reverse the privatisation of economic power in Britain." morningstaronline.co.uk/arti…
Burnham's government. "The chancellor unveiled more than £3bn worth of cuts to the energy department’s budget this week, much of which will pay for higher defence spending." theguardian.com/environment/… #climatecrisis
Looks like there are significant splits in the Labour Party and the cabinet itself on Rosebank. So a great opportunity for the green movement to exert pressure... theguardian.com/environment/…
Amazing to think they are saying this in 2026: "Government insiders have told the Guardian the project can be approved on a strict reading of Britain’s climate obligations, in part because once the oil is exported" theguardian.com/environment/… @medialens
Paraphrasing A.J.P. Taylor, John Pilger characterises the so-called quality press in the UK as "interdepartmental memoranda for the elite" bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p00940… @medialens
Seems clear Matt Hancock and the Tory government misled the public and parliament theguardian.com/uk-news/2026…
It's important to understand the climate crisis and defence spending are linked. "Ministers are preparing to slash the amount of money available to subsidise heat pumps as they look for ways to fund higher defence spending, sources have told the Guardian" theguardian.com/environment/…
'Insulating Britain’s homes and investing in heat pumps would do more to cut the cost of living, create jobs and boost the UK’s economy than drilling for new oil, research suggests.' theguardian.com/environment/… #climatecrisis
Good work here from Nesrine Malik: 'The UAE has so much blood on its hands in Sudan. For its nominee to lead the UN would be an outrage' theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Telling reporting from @cerenkardelen in the @M_Star_Online: "When asked to comment [about RAF Menwith Hill], the Ministry of Defence said it would be for US Public Affairs to respond, as the site is a US base." morningstaronline.co.uk/arti…
I'm guessing @BBC6Music won't want to hear from any of the people physically attacked by Amy Winehouse in their callout asking listeners to get in touch with any stories about Winehouse? The anodyne reality propagated by the BBC on days like these doesn't do anyone any favours.
"The master class has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles. The master class has had all to gain and nothing to lose, while the subject class has had nothing to gain and all to lose—especially their lives" morningstaronline.co.uk/arti…
Great overview of the life of US socialist giant Eugene Debs from @JoeEDwyer in the @M_Star_Online morningstaronline.co.uk/arti…
Moving letter explaining why legalising assisted dying is so important theguardian.com/society/2026…