Kaz Self
@kazself.bsky.social
* Labour Councillor for Southmead, Bristol
* Transport and Connectivity Committee member
* Chartered Engineer (retired)
One of ‘those women who best embody the Bristol spirit of rebellion’ (Bristol Post - March 2025)
* Transport and Connectivity Committee member
* Chartered Engineer (retired)
One of ‘those women who best embody the Bristol spirit of rebellion’ (Bristol Post - March 2025)
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Kaz Self
@kazself.bsky.social
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Me - public facing figure:- “And that includes stating explicitly that we stand with those people in the city who suffer discrimination and abuse on a daily basis”
A conversation about masculinity in #BBCLauraK
What’s the betting Piers Morgan brings trans people up?
What’s the betting Piers Morgan brings trans people up?
November 30, 2025 at 9:50 AM
A conversation about masculinity in #BBCLauraK
What’s the betting Piers Morgan brings trans people up?
What’s the betting Piers Morgan brings trans people up?
If you don’t think the BBC is biased then listen to #BBCLauraK this morning.
This was a Labour budget with no increase in income tax, VAT
or NI rates:-
* Interest rates coming down
* £150 off energy bill
* 500000 kids out of poverty
* More for the NHS
* ++
Get over it Laura
This was a Labour budget with no increase in income tax, VAT
or NI rates:-
* Interest rates coming down
* £150 off energy bill
* 500000 kids out of poverty
* More for the NHS
* ++
Get over it Laura
November 30, 2025 at 9:48 AM
If you don’t think the BBC is biased then listen to #BBCLauraK this morning.
This was a Labour budget with no increase in income tax, VAT
or NI rates:-
* Interest rates coming down
* £150 off energy bill
* 500000 kids out of poverty
* More for the NHS
* ++
Get over it Laura
This was a Labour budget with no increase in income tax, VAT
or NI rates:-
* Interest rates coming down
* £150 off energy bill
* 500000 kids out of poverty
* More for the NHS
* ++
Get over it Laura
Your Party, Our Party, For the Fewer and Fewer Party.
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Your Party co-founder Zarah Sultana refuses to enter group's conference hall
Your Party's 'historic' founding conference has descended into chaos on day on as one of its co-founders stages a boycott over claims of a "purge".
news.sky.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Your Party, Our Party, For the Fewer and Fewer Party.
news.sky.com/story/zarah-...
news.sky.com/story/zarah-...
It shouldn’t need brave people like Sasha to stand against old-fashioned bosses who can’t let go of the past.
Workplace cultures don’t change overnight and some people will resist change. I have every reason to believe AFRS are travelling in the right direction.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
Workplace cultures don’t change overnight and some people will resist change. I have every reason to believe AFRS are travelling in the right direction.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
'Old fashioned' boss failed to stop female firefighter being called 'fireman'
'Old fashioned' firefighter Simon Bailey, 58, who failed to call out his colleagues for 'belittling' a female colleague was not unfairly dismissed, a tribunal has found
www.mirror.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
It shouldn’t need brave people like Sasha to stand against old-fashioned bosses who can’t let go of the past.
Workplace cultures don’t change overnight and some people will resist change. I have every reason to believe AFRS are travelling in the right direction.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
Workplace cultures don’t change overnight and some people will resist change. I have every reason to believe AFRS are travelling in the right direction.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
Cllr Parsons doesn’t seem to regard an illegal encampment next to a centre for vulnerable adults in Southmead as ‘high impact’.
If a party that claims it stands for social justice just shifts a problem from our wealthiest to our poorest wards that will be a travesty.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
If a party that claims it stands for social justice just shifts a problem from our wealthiest to our poorest wards that will be a travesty.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Van dwellers to be moved from Bristol's Clifton Downs next week
The city council is relying on a combination of outreach work and legal action to move people on.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Cllr Parsons doesn’t seem to regard an illegal encampment next to a centre for vulnerable adults in Southmead as ‘high impact’.
If a party that claims it stands for social justice just shifts a problem from our wealthiest to our poorest wards that will be a travesty.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
If a party that claims it stands for social justice just shifts a problem from our wealthiest to our poorest wards that will be a travesty.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I look forward to catching up with @mayorhelengodwin.bsky.social to discuss what this could mean for our region. I hope better public transport is one thing on the list.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What does a 'tourist tax' mean for the West of England? - BBC News
The overnight visitors' fee would generate income for mayors to invest back into the local area.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I look forward to catching up with @mayorhelengodwin.bsky.social to discuss what this could mean for our region. I hope better public transport is one thing on the list.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reposted by Kaz Self
🎭 The Council's Cultural Investment Programme is a lifeline for Bristol's grassroots culture sector. Yet, the Green-led council is set to gut the fund
❗️ This would have profound consequences for Bristol's cultural scene. The Greens need to u-turn
www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...
❗️ This would have profound consequences for Bristol's cultural scene. The Greens need to u-turn
www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...
Proposed cuts to culture funding slammed
Bristol City Council's planned £635,000 cut to their arts funding has been called "short-sighted" and "unnecessary"
www.bristol247.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
🎭 The Council's Cultural Investment Programme is a lifeline for Bristol's grassroots culture sector. Yet, the Green-led council is set to gut the fund
❗️ This would have profound consequences for Bristol's cultural scene. The Greens need to u-turn
www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...
❗️ This would have profound consequences for Bristol's cultural scene. The Greens need to u-turn
www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...
November 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Reposted by Kaz Self
Budget quite literally taxes the rich and even contains a actual wealth tax (with a lower threshold than Zack's fantasy one) but, you know, facts arent that important to him
November 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Budget quite literally taxes the rich and even contains a actual wealth tax (with a lower threshold than Zack's fantasy one) but, you know, facts arent that important to him
£150 cut to energy bills from next year. 👏
Inflation coming down according to the OBR.
No return to Tory austerity.
No pandering to Reform’s friends in Russia.
Labour are here for the people of the UK.
Inflation coming down according to the OBR.
No return to Tory austerity.
No pandering to Reform’s friends in Russia.
Labour are here for the people of the UK.
November 26, 2025 at 1:40 PM
£150 cut to energy bills from next year. 👏
Inflation coming down according to the OBR.
No return to Tory austerity.
No pandering to Reform’s friends in Russia.
Labour are here for the people of the UK.
Inflation coming down according to the OBR.
No return to Tory austerity.
No pandering to Reform’s friends in Russia.
Labour are here for the people of the UK.
The end of the 2 child benefit cap. Fully costed and fully funded. Lifting children out of poverty.
This budget feels much closer to my Labour values than last year’s. We’re back in business!
This budget feels much closer to my Labour values than last year’s. We’re back in business!
November 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The end of the 2 child benefit cap. Fully costed and fully funded. Lifting children out of poverty.
This budget feels much closer to my Labour values than last year’s. We’re back in business!
This budget feels much closer to my Labour values than last year’s. We’re back in business!
High value council tax surcharge - now that’s what I call a wealth tax!
November 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
High value council tax surcharge - now that’s what I call a wealth tax!
Good news for UK manufacturing in this 2025 budget.
November 26, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Good news for UK manufacturing in this 2025 budget.
November is Islamaphobia awareness month. The exhibition at City Hall was well worth looking at.
At a time of rising division in our country we need to stand against hate and the false narratives put across about the muslim community by some.
At a time of rising division in our country we need to stand against hate and the false narratives put across about the muslim community by some.
November 26, 2025 at 10:15 AM
November is Islamaphobia awareness month. The exhibition at City Hall was well worth looking at.
At a time of rising division in our country we need to stand against hate and the false narratives put across about the muslim community by some.
At a time of rising division in our country we need to stand against hate and the false narratives put across about the muslim community by some.
Spotted on the other place
November 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Spotted on the other place
So “unattractive, annoying, irritating, deeply unpleasant and unnecessary” comments on social media don’t amount to harrasment. 🤔
This is a free pass for bullies and abusers everywhere, including the workplace.
This is a free pass for bullies and abusers everywhere, including the workplace.
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM
So “unattractive, annoying, irritating, deeply unpleasant and unnecessary” comments on social media don’t amount to harrasment. 🤔
This is a free pass for bullies and abusers everywhere, including the workplace.
This is a free pass for bullies and abusers everywhere, including the workplace.
25th November is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
A very powerful article by my Labour colleagues below, with useful links.
It was me who brought forward the motion on safe travel home for NTE workers.
🚌 More night buses ✅
🛴 e-scooters 24/7 ✅
A very powerful article by my Labour colleagues below, with useful links.
It was me who brought forward the motion on safe travel home for NTE workers.
🚌 More night buses ✅
🛴 e-scooters 24/7 ✅
"At Bristol Labour, we won’t stop talking about this issue until all women and girls can live their lives without fear of gender-based violence and abuse."
Councillors @emilyclarkebristol.bsky.social, @lisied.bsky.social, and Carole Johnson for Bristol24/7 👇
www.bristol247.com/opinion/your...
Councillors @emilyclarkebristol.bsky.social, @lisied.bsky.social, and Carole Johnson for Bristol24/7 👇
www.bristol247.com/opinion/your...
'It’s on all of us to call out the behaviour that is too often overlooked'
Three councillors speak out ahead of International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
www.bristol247.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:41 AM
25th November is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
A very powerful article by my Labour colleagues below, with useful links.
It was me who brought forward the motion on safe travel home for NTE workers.
🚌 More night buses ✅
🛴 e-scooters 24/7 ✅
A very powerful article by my Labour colleagues below, with useful links.
It was me who brought forward the motion on safe travel home for NTE workers.
🚌 More night buses ✅
🛴 e-scooters 24/7 ✅
There’s a lot of rage about the puberty blocker trial on Elon’s home
of happiness, all by the usual suspects.
Ask them this. Are you equally enraged by this trial?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
of happiness, all by the usual suspects.
Ask them this. Are you equally enraged by this trial?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hunter syndrome: Boy with rare condition amazes doctors after world-first gene therapy
Oliver has an inherited condition called Hunter syndrome, which causes progressive damage to the body and brain.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
There’s a lot of rage about the puberty blocker trial on Elon’s home
of happiness, all by the usual suspects.
Ask them this. Are you equally enraged by this trial?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
of happiness, all by the usual suspects.
Ask them this. Are you equally enraged by this trial?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The feedback received for the Gender Stories exhibition held this year at Bristol Museum and Art Gallery was overwhelmingly positive. A success for our museums and the culture of the city.
November 24, 2025 at 10:53 AM
The feedback received for the Gender Stories exhibition held this year at Bristol Museum and Art Gallery was overwhelmingly positive. A success for our museums and the culture of the city.
When a trans woman appeared on prime time BBC in 1986 and the world didn’t collapse.
Faye Presto on Wogan.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=zLRY...
Faye Presto on Wogan.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=zLRY...
Fay Presto the Queen of Close-up Magic on BBC1 - WOGAN Talk Show 1986 | | Blast from the Past
YouTube video by Magical Women with Connie Boyd
m.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
When a trans woman appeared on prime time BBC in 1986 and the world didn’t collapse.
Faye Presto on Wogan.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=zLRY...
Faye Presto on Wogan.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=zLRY...
Politics in the morning, politics in the afternoon?
No debate that the ‘lawless’ Downs is a great place to be on a crisp autumn afternoon. I had a nice chat with 2 van dwellers. And came across this newly planted tree and bench in memory of Sam Polledri.
Life’s too short, live it.
No debate that the ‘lawless’ Downs is a great place to be on a crisp autumn afternoon. I had a nice chat with 2 van dwellers. And came across this newly planted tree and bench in memory of Sam Polledri.
Life’s too short, live it.
November 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Politics in the morning, politics in the afternoon?
No debate that the ‘lawless’ Downs is a great place to be on a crisp autumn afternoon. I had a nice chat with 2 van dwellers. And came across this newly planted tree and bench in memory of Sam Polledri.
Life’s too short, live it.
No debate that the ‘lawless’ Downs is a great place to be on a crisp autumn afternoon. I had a nice chat with 2 van dwellers. And came across this newly planted tree and bench in memory of Sam Polledri.
Life’s too short, live it.
On Friday I was out door knocking in Southmead. A man said to me ‘I am moving, it’s not safe here for me and my young family’. Suffice to say he wasn’t a white man.
That’s the Britain that Nigel Farage & his Reform Party want. They are the worst of British.
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
That’s the Britain that Nigel Farage & his Reform Party want. They are the worst of British.
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
Reform 'a danger to Britain and British values' says top Bristol Labour MP
"We can't vilify people for being interested in Reform. We have to listen, we have to understand"
www.bristolpost.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 1:09 PM
On Friday I was out door knocking in Southmead. A man said to me ‘I am moving, it’s not safe here for me and my young family’. Suffice to say he wasn’t a white man.
That’s the Britain that Nigel Farage & his Reform Party want. They are the worst of British.
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
That’s the Britain that Nigel Farage & his Reform Party want. They are the worst of British.
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
I have been referenced (not by name) on the BBC’s #politicswest this morning. I will make a statement on this sometime this week.
November 23, 2025 at 10:27 AM
I have been referenced (not by name) on the BBC’s #politicswest this morning. I will make a statement on this sometime this week.
A reminder of what I said on puberty blockers last year.
labourlist.org/2024/07/wes-...
labourlist.org/2024/07/wes-...
'What Wes Streeting gets wrong about puberty blockers' - LabourList
As I listened to the Human League at Bristol Pride, the words from one of their songs resonated ‘I’m only human, of flesh and blood I’m made’.
labourlist.org
November 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
A reminder of what I said on puberty blockers last year.
labourlist.org/2024/07/wes-...
labourlist.org/2024/07/wes-...