Ian Sinclair

'In my constituency, volunteers chat with people in deprived areas – most of whom find they are to the left of their voting intentions. The results are exhilarating' theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Some interesting ideas on how to engage with Reform voters from the left theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Burnham in 2015:

BBC 'journalism'. @JustinOnWeb on BBC Today Programme yesterday said the Afghan hunger crisis is "worsened by aid cuts, by the Taliban government's own policies and by severe drought". No mention of the key role of US sanctions #_Why_did_the" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">hrw.org/news/2022/08/0… @medialens @ElwinWay

A good read from @chakrabortty on the nonsense of the "adults are back in the room". However, what he can't say is the newspaper that employs him, the Guardian, played a central role in the nonsense theguardian.com/commentisfree/… @medialens

The race to build datacentres in the UK and elsewhere feels in direct contradiction to addressing the climate crisis theguardian.com/business/2026/…

Exciting news for those interested in the history of popular protest in the UK en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Upris… @kmflett @stillawake

.@LauraPidcock: "I know people don't want me to talk about it, but there has been an enduring genocide in Gaza over the last 2 years" Cathy Newman proving her point: "...we're not debating that tonight, we're debating the elections & general political positioning"

Look, Owen Jones has done important work criticising Starmer since 2020 but let's be clear - there were many, many "progressive" people who were not fooled and who did not say Starmer needed to be supported in 2020 x.com/i/status/20542… @ElwinWay

Dr @iainoverton does great work but this claim really needs to be questioned. Byline Times has huge corporate advertisers (x.com/i/status/20353…). Does he really think a writer could write an article directly criticising them? x.com/i/status/20567… @medialens @kennardmatt

The media seem uninterested in the fact it was Josh Simons from the factional, Morgan McSweeney-linked Labour Together organisation that stood aside for Burnham. What does he think he knows about how Burnham will govern? theguardian.com/politics/2026/…

New York Times: 'In Iraqi Desert, Two Israeli Outposts Were Kept Secret for Months' nytimes.com/2026/05/17/wor… @ElwinWay

Useful advice to the UK left. "Perhaps we in Britain have got too used to reacting to ruling class attacks rather than getting our own demands onto the national agenda first" morningstaronline.co.uk/article/mood-h…

Always remember, there's a different way to run the economy. "In Belgium, over 80% of workers are covered by collective agreements and wages are indexed to inflation in most sectors" morningstaronline.co.uk/article/mood-h… @stillawake @kernow4corbyn

"Yvette Cooper wrote a newspaper column about Palestine Action despite prosecutors warning it could prejudice criminal proceedings against six activists from the group, it was revealed" morningstaronline.co.uk/article/cooper…

"A report by Greenpeace, published on Thursday, has found that the ingredients of the traditional Sunday roast have potentially been treated with a cocktail of more than 100 pesticides." theguardian.com/environment/20…

This is hopeful news about arresting the rise of obesity rates theguardian.com/society/2026/m…

I haven't seen this reported anywhere else - how the UK advised the Brazilian dictatorship on torture techniques morningstaronline.co.uk/article/how-br…

The Financial Times (8-9 May 2026)/the bond markets have a much better understanding of UK politics than the vast majority of centrists and liberals: "Bond markets regard Starmer and his chancellor Rachel Reeves as bulwarks against a more left-wing government"

The US influence/control of Iraq continues: "The Trump administration publicly vetoed a move to reappoint former prime minister Nouri al-Maliki" ft.com/content/cd014f… @ElwinWay