Mick Whelan
@MickWhelanASLEF
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General Secretary of ASLEF, Chelsea Supporter,People,Politics,Books. Promoted by ASLEF 75/77 St John’s Street London EC1M 4NN
Joined January 2012
📣 We're marching for Palestine again on 11 October, and we need YOU to help us make it happen! Please head to the link in our bio to sign up to be a steward at our march on 11 October. 🇵🇸 Sign up here: https://t.co/PQv1ktjJOz
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Mural homage to Irish International Brigader Bob Doyle, Dublin. Since painted over, but now plaque nearby Doyle was captured during Aragón offensive+spent hellish 11 months in San Pedro de Cardeña concentration camp before being released. I recommend his autobiography Brigadista
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This is the consequence of chasing Reform UK on immigration. Labour has a clear choice - pander to Reform, with disastrous economic consequences, or create a sensible immigration that balances our obligations, economic needs and ability to integrate https://t.co/TcRHslGTsr
theguardian.com
Exclusive: Royal College of Nursing says plan to tighten rules for foreign workers is ‘pandering’ to Reform UK
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Coinciding with Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, the charity @SaveraUK of which I’m Patron marched to highlight need to do more to eliminate violence against women and girls By being Pro-Women, you’re not anti-men, just male violence We could do with more men speaking up
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#FullFact real-time Government Tracker updated today. It now shows Labour delivered (or are on track to deliver) 57 of 83 Election pledges. This is an extraordinary achievement in just 15 months in power. The Tories managed just 3 (one partially) in 5yrs https://t.co/8SCK1uMIM9
fullfact.org
Full Fact is monitoring the government’s delivery on its promises
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We're pleased that the loathsome comments carried by GB News, which equated being LGBT+ with being a paedophile, have been found in breach of the Ofcom code, following 71,000 complaints collected by @GoodLawProject.
pressgazette.co.uk
A GB News presenter saying “full inclusion of LGBTQ+ persons” at a church would “include paedos” breached the Broadcasting Code, Ofcom said.
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Kemi Badenoch's Nigel Farage tribute act will crash Tory party
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Kevin Maguire argues that the Conservative Party veering further to the right, and into Reform UK territory, is an act of blind panic that could cost the Conversative Party even more votes
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#StandWithUkraine - the message getting out @TheGreenParty conference. Expect to hear more from me on this in coming days
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In the last month I’ve been cancelled by; - Israel (revoked my visa after 2 days of being Palestine) - Labour (revoked my conference pass) - And now LBC. Literally all for the same reasons as well!
I’ve just had it confirmed that my interview was cancelled on the orders of @ShelaghFogarty. Absolutely cowardly behaviour. If Shelagh is so confident about her views on Palestine and the protests, why would she need to deplatform me? Embarrassing!
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I’ve just had it confirmed that my interview was cancelled on the orders of @ShelaghFogarty. Absolutely cowardly behaviour. If Shelagh is so confident about her views on Palestine and the protests, why would she need to deplatform me? Embarrassing!
They're destroying the right to protest - to shut down opposition to Israel's genocide. Discussing that on @lbc with @ShelaghFogarty at 1pm.
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Don’t talk to me about Nathan Gill & the failure of the British press to cover it. Or the UK state to investigate it. Read this thread. I remember my state of mind when I wrote it to a brick wall of total fucking silence.
One month before Russia invaded Ukraine, I stood trial at the High Court. And now I wait, in purgatory, to be judged. But I believe this trial and the silence around it - & all the Kremlin's men - has revealed something profoundly rotten at the heart of the British state. 1/
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“We want to see an end to medical unemployment in the country.” @fletchjack tells LBC why Resident doctors in England starting out in their career have voted resoundingly for strike action as the doctor unemployment crisis threatens the future of the medical workforce.
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⚡️⚡️⚡️BREAKING: Ukraine's drones just CRIPPLED Russia's Kirishi refinery—one of its LARGEST oil processors! Key unit CDU-6 (160K barrels/day, 40% of plant's power) SHUT DOWN after Oct 4 strike & blaze. Factory now at 70% capacity amid Russia's fuel CRISIS—gas shortages biting
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Released on this day in 1979: On My Radio #TheSelecter
https://t.co/cA5vKp3MaF B/W: Too Much Pressure https://t.co/aAIiQDZHQd
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Introducing … The Working Class United 🖤🤍 The new CWU anti-racism shirt - a two tone classic. All profits to Show Racism the Red Card and Fans Supporting Foodbanks. Let’s get this on every terrace in the country. https://t.co/9f7EhDGqBl
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Another great night at Battersea Branch with AGS President DO1 EC1 and the important people the members, long service recognised and thank you all for the kind words
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This is NOT the first genocide that happens under "our" watch. It is the first genocide that WE, The People, can and will stop. Against all odds and adversities.
nearly 30% of the population of Amsterdam, an estimated quarter of a million people, flood the streets of the city wearing red in solidarity with Palestine.
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Good branch at Leicester with EC President DO6 recognising long service and retirement, may take me months to eat the kind gift of a wheel of cheese!
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