Cut off your nose to spite your face

For the second time this year, I can cite myself! 📖 Delighted to receive my author’s copy of 'Key Issues in Childhood and Youth Studies' (Second Edition), published by Routledge and edited by Elizabeth Taylor and Bee Hughes My chapter explores the impact of leaving-care

I waited two years to speak publicly about the misogynoir I experienced in the police, and campaigned for another two before they apologised to me - publicly, on national television. It takes a lot to make my list, but trust me, it’s not a list you ever want to be on. I will

A second woman of colour has been raped in what police are calling a racially motivated attack, this time in Walsall. It comes just weeks after a similar case in Sandwell. Racially aggravated sexual violence is rising across the West Midlands. This is what happens when racism

Imagine what £75,000 could do for families relying on food banks or struggling schools. Instead, Reform UK are spending it on flags:

Lovely to be invited to the Hale Village Civic Service on Sunday, joining guests including the Mayors of Liverpool and Halton. It was a pleasure meeting local dignitaries and chatting with Hale residents who gave us such a warm welcome.

🚨 SHOCKING REVELATION: New Met Police commissioned report EXPOSES deep-rooted anti-Black bias in policing—outcomes "not random, but BAKED IN." Why did the #MetPolice try to BURY this? 🤔 Must-read Guardian investigation by @Nadine_Writes. Share this NOW! https://t.co/5UoKUsfqIp

Labi Siffre just hit Tommy Robinson with a cease and desist order. Unc really said: You will NOT use the anthem of our liberation struggle for your hate rallies.

This year, I’ve been delighted to work with Dr Naomi Green as a support researcher on the NI Hidden Black Histories exhibition – currently on display at Shantallow Library until 30 September. For the next phase of this project, we’re looking for stories of Black people shaping

How can grass roots activists change an unfair system? COMMUNITIES FIGHTING BACK. #Cardifftransformed2025 @chantelle_lunt @CardiffPSC @TSSAunion @RMT_SW_SWales @SouthWalesFBU @CWU_SEWalesamal @BFAWUOfficial @CardiffTC @TWT_NOW 📅 27 Sep, 10:30am 🎟️ https://t.co/PuPAJPS9m8

Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn’s power struggles are squandering a historic opportunity to build a mass party of the left. That’s why we support the democratic challenge to take over its leadership, write Jonas Marvin and Shanice McBean.

As someone who’s had my fair share of public disagreements, I have to agree with this. The left - across the political spectrum - has run out of time. The far right aren’t just at the gates, they’ve breached the front door and are sat off our living room. Now is the time to

I've said it before, I'll say it again. The call is coming from inside the house.

Learning that one of the ‘patriots’ behind the raising the flags campaign was previously jailed over *checks notes* a plot to smuggle people into the UK. Just months after police data showed that 41% of those arrested in last year’s riots had prior domestic abuse reports. The

Farage wandering the streets today looking for sympathy

You really can't make this up, Lee Twamley is the organiser of raising the flags. He was jailed for 20 months after being stopped at British border checks in France with four Vietnamese people hidden under camping gear in the back of a van. He calls it old news on his tik tok.

Both @jeremycorbyn & @zarahsultana have agreed to speak in Liverpool and The Wirral on the same day - So pen in Thursday October 9th !! We are looking at venues as we speak. The problem of course is finding a venue that is big enough- so fingers crossed!

I could watch this all day:

While the 'patriots' are busy taking back the country,' please spare a thought for Cornwall, where locals are just trying to reclaim their beaches from nudists .. #TakeBackOurBeaches #MakeCornwallDecentAgain #KeepBritainClothed #NoShortsNoService

Not Black, not Brown, not Muslim and not a migrant. The racists will obviously stay quiet about this.