Billy Bragg

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Like taking aid away from the Worlds poorest and inciting far right violence and undermining democratically elected governments?

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Hello @billybragg are the rumours of a Mermaid Avenue repress this year true?

Irish dancers in Orlando tell Christian Attorney General to do one after he tries to ban a girl who is trans from dancing with other girls. Listen to girls and women. Ignore terfs.

This is exactly why we have Pride. Because a few years ago this would have just been a hateful fringe figure - but this is where our politics is heading with a Government that kertows. We will resist. And bring hope (*and* electing progressive politicians.) We will win. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

"We don't have many representations of what it actually physically means... to be English, and team is one of those representations." Musician Billy Bragg tells @katierazz England football fans could take inspiration from their more "relaxed" Scottish counterparts. #Newsnight

Big shout out to Englishman & musician @billybragg on @BBCNewsnight supporting his country, but wholesome in his praise of the Tartan Army & what it means to be Scottish. Fair play Billy, so refreshing, we can be great independent neighbours. I wish you & yours all the best.

It’s just a week now before I head to Nova Scotia to begin my North American tour. Pleased to announce that I’ll be joined on different dates by @CarsieBlanton, @SweeetPetunia, Evan Greer & @Mennovers. bb 🎟️ billybragg.co.uk/giglistings

This is the dumbest tweet ever written by an American, an astonishing achievement given the depth of competition for that accolade. It's hard to know where to even start. I'll go from the top and try wade through it, to arrive at where the focus should already be. /1

The US government has joined the 'two-tier policing' debate on the side of Elon Musk, Nigel Farage, Tommy Robinson and Laurence Fox - providing some much needed credibility to everyone on the opposite side of the debate

Hamstead Ponds to remain trans inclusive. 86% of respondents to the consultation back trans inclusion. That's 30,000 supporting trans people compared to 6,000 against trans inclusion. Sex Matters has appealed this a few times & failed every time. theguardian.com/society/2026/j…

The anti-trans movement are never going to be satisfied. They’ve succeeded in turning the UK into a hostile environment for trans people. That’s not enough, because nothing will ever be enough. Here they’re seeking to public humiliate - and turn into a target - an employee doing his job. The complaint? That there are self-enclosed changing rooms. She claims that this forces women and girls to change in front of men, which is an insane lie. Eventually this insanity will fall apart, because it is insanity. But a cult has been given impunity by our media and political elites, and it will continue to spiral out of control like this.

Reform-led Durham council cut off funding to the annual Pride celebrations. So trade unions launched a fundraiser to save it, eventually raising more money than was cut. Which means this year's Pride will be bigger than ever. In the 1980s, the LGBT+ community raised thousands of pounds to help striking miners and their families. When we stick up for each other, we can achieve anything.

Naturally, we've been waiting with bated breath to find out what Billy Bragg thinks of the EHRC code, and here it is. TL;DR he's trying to equate single sex spaces - which benefit lesbians and gay men - with Section 28, which prohibited the promotion of homosexuality.

If this is all true, then Robert Kenyon, the Reform candidate in Makerfield, in clearly bonkers & deeply unpleasant, and it's no wonder he was Facebook friends with the self-declared fascist Gary Raikes. Reform's vetting processes seem about as effective as a chocolate teapot.

“A trans man may be excluded from women-only services if it’s decided that women may object to his presence.” And this is supposed to provide clarity?

as a trans man i'm not allowed to use the men's toilet now because it says F on my birth certificate but i'm also not allowed to use the women's toilet because i may cause distress for looking like a man.... WHERE TF DO YOU WANT ME TO PISS????

.@Squeezeofficial are set to hit the road for a UK tour later this year with very special guest @billybragg 🔥 Tickets on sale now! 🎟: bit.ly/4dwLBGr

Trump passed Iran war news clippings to Blanche with "treason" on a sticky note. Nine days later, WSJ reporters received grand jury subpoenas. The journalism being criminalized: reporting that a general privately warned Trump about the war's risks before it was launched.

The most accurate portrayal of the pro-Jim Crow, white nationalist Roberts Supreme Court I've seen yet.

I'm trying to imagine Muslim kids chanting something similar about the Jewish or Christian faiths at a rally in London. The Prevent folks, counter-terrorism police, the entire British media would be all over the story, asking why Muslims are so extreme & brainwashing their kids.