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Unite disengaged under Graham – MP and EC member come out for Dubbins

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Unite disengaged under Graham – MP and EC member come out for Dubbins

Incumbent general secretary (GS) Sharon Graham‘s disengagement from the politics Unite should be pushing for its members. The cushy cowardice of her paid organisers. These are the reasons a well-known MP and an elected Unite executive (EC) member have cited for calling on Unite members to support challenger Simon Dubbins in Unite’s GS election. The MP Scottish MP Brian Leishman is one of only a handful of Labour MPs to show honour and humanity over Israel’s genocide in Gaza. And Leishman was straightforward in his assessment of the GS contest: under Sharon Graham, Unite is betraying its members by ‘removing itself’…

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Activists come out to bat for the Canary following Lloyds debanking

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Activists come out to bat for the Canary following Lloyds debanking

On Tuesday 30 June, we reported that the Canary has been debanked by Lloyds. This has left us with little money and considerable stress. And while we’re still in the thick of it, the dread has been eased by the outpouring of support from our friends and allies in the activist sphere. Solidarity with the Canary We reported on 30 June that: Lloyds has not explained why it has taken this action. Despite multiple communications from us, the bank has not been forthcoming with its reasoning. The Canary is now in a financially precarious situation. We do not know when our money…

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No. 10 cat is the UK’s most stable, sensible figure — charlatans come and go

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No. 10 cat is the UK’s most stable, sensible figure — charlatans come and go

In 16 years of sick political farce, Number 10 has seen a string of toxic clowns and charlatans arrive, then leave in disgrace and dishonour. Starmer’s the latest. Outlasting every PM, including Starmer Six sorry excuses for PM in since 2015. In order, we have, David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak and now Keir Starmer — all now (wrong-side) history. And if Number 10 has seen them slink off, so has its cat, Larry. Seeing off foxes But sometimes the cat is more proactive. It even had enough sense to give Liz Truss, Donald Trump and Volodymyr…

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