Labour to carry on killing badgers for another five years Ministers are ignoring the evidence and listening to rich landowners instead – putting profits ahead of animal welfare #LabourChoices theguardian.com/environment/ar…

REVEALED: Landowners in England have been paid £9billion in 'stewardship' payments over past 30yrs - yet nature continues to decline Large landowners should be required to publish reports showing how they are stewarding land for nature and carbon 1/ theguardian.com/environment/ar…

Labour believes there is a “clear risk” Israel may be committing serious violations of humanitarian law – but chooses to carry on trading with them anyway We need a full programme of boycotts, divestment, and sanctions while that "clear risk" remains theguardian.com/politics/artic…

Local Conservatives admit that closing libraires would be a sign their administration is failing We need to stop this destruction of our public services just to fix a short-term cash crisis caused by unnecessary austerity economics insidecroydon.com/2024/09/02/clo…

Labour used to work with the unions to support the workforce Now they work with the bosses who exploit the workforce #LabourChoices

Immigration “should be a source of hope and optimism, not fear….But this would mean being honest” As Jonathan Portes explains, our current politicians are ignoring reality and damaging our society just so they can carry on engaging in right-wing culture wars theguardian.com/books/article/…

in uk media you hear about the left but not from them, and from the right but not about them

The #ECHR was agreed to prevent the atrocities that occurred before and during the second world war from ever happening again Anyone suggesting leaving the ECHR is a disgrace to the memory of all those who have fought to defend human rights

Nuclear power is too expensive, too risky, and too slow We need to stop wasting money on old fashioned ways of producing electricity and invest in renewables and improving efficiency and insulation so we need less power in total theguardian.com/environment/ar…

My heart aches for the families, friends and communities of Grenfell Nothing will bring back their loved ones but we can act to make sure that others don't have to suffer

I completely agree that “people should not be voting on our laws in parliament by an accident of birth” but why are cronies and business chums still allowed to make our laws? It's about time we had a democracy and got rid of all unelected law makers theguardian.com/politics/artic…

🚦 🛣 Dangerous roads without crossings are a policy failure we can fix! Thank you to the incredible campaigners Marz king (she/her), Cllr Ria Patel, Esther Sutton, and everyone else who signed the petition to add a safe crossing in Croydon.

Second property tax working well in Wales We now need to back this up by giving local authorities the money to buy up all these properties to use as social housing at affordable rents – and then bring this in for the whole of the UK bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Open House is coming soon. 🙌 The London-wide festival takes place between 14 & 22 Sept. Croydon’s programme is largely centred around the 1st weekend with some cool offerings including an exhibition by Rachel Adams with words by John Grindrod 🤩 🏢⛪️🏠🏛️ 👉 croydonist.co.uk/open-house-24/

For decades politicians have claimed they were ‘tough on crime’ by just increasing prison sentences Prisons should be for people who are a danger to society, not a consequence of politicians failing to understand how a justice system should really work theguardian.com/society/articl…

The Starmer Party conference will be in Liverpool later this month For people interested in genuinely progressive politics where members make democratic decisions about Party policy - The Green Party conference is taking place in Manchester this weekend theguardian.com/politics/artic…

Why are Labour choosing to persecute young trans folk? #TransRightsAreHumanRights #LabourChoices

The Green Party would raise taxes on people who can easily afford to pay more and use that money to restore our public services and stop cuts to benefits that people desperately need Labour are choosing not to do that #LabourChoices

I’ve asked the new trade secretary Jonathan Reynolds to drop corporate courts from the #PacificTradeDeal. Don't let corporations sue the UK in secret tribunals over taking action for people and planet act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/4187?utm_…