I interviewed some people and wrote about how a generation got into (formal) politics for the first time with Jeremy Corbyn and got told to shut up and what happens with that now: for
@RollingStoneUK
Climate protesters have been removed from a Labour fringe event sponsored by Drax, the UK's biggest source of C02 emissions and hosted by the New Statesman
I'm in Belgravia where some anarchists have squatted a building belonging to sanctioned Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska. "Putin go fuck yourself", they say, UK elites "fuck you too", they add.
We’re delighted to announce that Simon Childs is joining Novara Media as a Commissioning Editor and Reporter.
@simonchilds13
joins from Vice where he’s been an editor since 2013.
The cunning plan was to give journalists who have nothing to lose and are probably ambitious for higher profile jobs a once in a life time shot at the Prime Minister
OH MY DAYS
James Hanson, BBC Bristol, calls out Liz Truss’s scripted answers, refuses to accept this is all down to Putin, & asks if the Bank of England had to intervene because of him
In Honor Oak, South London where a farcically small protest against a drag story time is taking place. Hundreds have turned out in opposition, with riot cops in the middle
Remember when 4 anarchists occupied a sanctioned Russian oligarch's mansion in west London wanting to open it to Ukrainian refugees? I found out how much £ it cost the police to kick them out. Guess, go on, I bet you can't guess.
Four massive council housing blocks in Glasgow have been occupied in protest at their planned demolition by Scotland's biggest social landlord. Report:
Wrote about the sad decline of Vice. Thanks to current and former staffers who spoke to me, who deserve better than the (ongoing) mismanagement they have been subjected to
The government's "independent" advisor of political violence is open about the fact that his work as an arms-trade lobbyist has hardened his views against the right to protest. My profile of Lord Walney/John Woodcock:
Turning Point UK protesting drag storytime at the Honor Oak vs. the counter-protesters. Poor showing for the far right, there’s maybe 30 of them at most
More from the event. Greenpeace campaigner Megan Corton Scott suggests the panel is not a great look for the New Satesman, and asks Bill Esterson whether Drax fits with Labour's green vision. He says he is unaware of the issues...
This is my last day at Vice after over 8 years on staff and a good while freelancing before that! Sad to leave my
@VICEWorldNews
team, who truly made this a very difficult decision, by being great.
This is wild. Deliveroo's top PR guy used a sponsored event at Labour conference to say France is the "most progressive" example of the gig economy. In France, deliveroo's "lab for exploitation", the platform is appealing a massive fine for abusing workers rights.
Deliveroo's head of communications said France is the "most progressive" example of gig economy regulation. A French trade unionist told us the country is "a laboratory for new forms of exploitation".
Activists were trying to raise allegations of "environmental racism" made against Drax as revealed by
@UE
The event's Q+A used an online questions submission form. Questions about "environmental racism" were deleted and not answered by the all white panel
The anti drag protest is currently on a street corner hundreds of metres from the pub, and surrounded by counter protesters with rainbow flags chanting "fascist scum off our streets"
🔥Amazon workers stage sit-in protest in Essex warehouse over 'kick in the teeth' pay offer.
🔥Managers told to piss off when they tried to speak to workers individually.
🔥Workers also walked out of a centre in Staffordshire.
Read all about it:
Reach journalists are taking on bar work and were given a lecture on "How to Side Hustle", while their papers cover the cost of living crisis, so it's no wonder they're now on strike. Some great juice in this
@mlothianmclean
report
More inspiration from the terraces: people are now chanting "your support is fucking shit". Calvin Robertson is making a speech but I can't hear it from here
Both fascinating and heartbreaking to hear from Ukrainian trade unionists and left wingers about their experiences of Putin's war at a TWT panel today. Here
@YPYurchenko
explains how Russia is mainly conscripting the country's ethnic minorities
After his vehicle was targeted by spray paint, an urban SUV driver has some thoughts about how other people should stop climate change: “These people could do helpful tasks, such as volunteering”.
Report via
@ClareHymer
Crappy train operator Avanti West Coast held an internal company presentation with slides entitled “Roll-up, roll-up get your free money here”, describing its relationship to taxpayer money
@novaramedia
exclusive via
@pollysmythe
Former
@UVW
legal head Franck Magennis said this shows the police “are not to mess with our picket lines because if they do we are going to defend ourselves. We don’t tolerate cops or bosses or anyone pushing us around.”
Read more here:
After accepting an award from the Spectator magazine last night, I'm told Kier Starmer continued his rightwing media gladhanding tour this morning, showing up to the Telegraph offices to shake a few senior editors' hands and take some photos
Environmental activists are deflating SUV tyres in cities to stop climate chaos, and say they can't be stopped. I spoke to the
@T_Extinguishers
for
@RollingStoneUK
:
Our message for
@COSLA
has been loud, clear and consistent.
We’ve visited every waste depot in preparation for the strike, but this is for every council worker, underpaid, overworked, doing the job of 3 people with half the resource.
Remember, remember the 1st of November!
New:
Tory Cllr Andy Weatherhead: My association with a fascist group “was brief and made in the spirit of education and curiosity”
Also Weatherhead:
“I’ve always been an admirer of fascism, Benito Mussolini and Sir Oswald Mosley."
NEW: Avanti execs had to eat quite a lot of shit after
@pollysmythe
revealed them laughing about the too-good-to-be-true "free money" they get from government subsidies, so they allegedly launched a "vendetta" against their staff who leaked it
I've been reporting on allegations of some pretty wild union busting at the Saint James Tavern in Brighton. The landlord apparently just went ahead and said this to the local MP
@lloyd_rm
(though now denies having said anything) ...
Ministers handed Avanti millions in bonuses despite soaring delays and cancellations.
All the while they were taking passengers and taxpayers for fools.
This is exactly why our railways should be run in the interests of passengers, not shareholders.
Well done
@rivkahbrown
for clearly stating what GB News is:
The channel is quite simply Conservative-MPs-and-Weird-Conspiracy-Theorists-TV-Live. It's very concerning indeed. People should be wary about legitimising it with their presence.
My report on far-right party Homeland's plan to worm their racist views into society which includes taking over union branches, allotment societies, PTAs and, eventually, running for elections
Cycled along the Old Kent Rd today, big old wide thoroughfar, 2 lanes of traffic each way, wide pavement, central flower beds... not a single bit of cycling infrastructure, not a thingy dingy. What's going on there?
I rang up the Met to ask *how* Sue Grey's report could prejudice the Met's investigation into the Downing Street Parties. Spokesperson said he didn't have anything to add to the statement.
A daytime TV show about cute doggos being rescued by vets unfortunately featured a guy with a Nazi tattoo plastered onto his neck
@Henry_Langston
and I report