kategray
@revkategray.bsky.social
Activist. Practitioner Pastor. Dr. Theologian. Researching faith responding to poverty in the UK & trauma theology. Interest in climate crisis, overcoming exclusion & fascism. #phd #CoventryUni #Manchester #UnitedReformedChurch
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Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed the two-child benefit cap will be lifted.
She told the Commons: “We on this side of the House do not believe that the solution to a broken welfare system is to punish the most vulnerable children” 👏
She told the Commons: “We on this side of the House do not believe that the solution to a broken welfare system is to punish the most vulnerable children” 👏
November 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed the two-child benefit cap will be lifted.
She told the Commons: “We on this side of the House do not believe that the solution to a broken welfare system is to punish the most vulnerable children” 👏
She told the Commons: “We on this side of the House do not believe that the solution to a broken welfare system is to punish the most vulnerable children” 👏
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There is more that could be said, for instance about the decision to wait until April to formally end it, or to have to have taken so long to get here, but ... it's worth saying it is good news that a terrible policy that increased child poverty by the day will soon be gone.
November 26, 2025 at 1:49 PM
There is more that could be said, for instance about the decision to wait until April to formally end it, or to have to have taken so long to get here, but ... it's worth saying it is good news that a terrible policy that increased child poverty by the day will soon be gone.
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Good riddance to rubbish policy.
The end to the UK's "two child limit" social security policy has been announced, and it will soon be gone.
We @hrw.org welcome the news, as one of many, many, many voices calling for an end to this arbitrary, cruel social security policy.
The end to the UK's "two child limit" social security policy has been announced, and it will soon be gone.
We @hrw.org welcome the news, as one of many, many, many voices calling for an end to this arbitrary, cruel social security policy.
November 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Good riddance to rubbish policy.
The end to the UK's "two child limit" social security policy has been announced, and it will soon be gone.
We @hrw.org welcome the news, as one of many, many, many voices calling for an end to this arbitrary, cruel social security policy.
The end to the UK's "two child limit" social security policy has been announced, and it will soon be gone.
We @hrw.org welcome the news, as one of many, many, many voices calling for an end to this arbitrary, cruel social security policy.
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“To ‘kick-start’ the economy & restore ecological stability, use the power of Labour’s majority to rewire & restructure powerful institutions.”
Rachel Reeves declines. #OBR
The BoE, Economic Orthodoxy & the Starmer government - @annpettifor.bsky.social
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Rachel Reeves declines. #OBR
The BoE, Economic Orthodoxy & the Starmer government - @annpettifor.bsky.social
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The Bank of England, Economic Orthodoxy and the Starmer government: CBs Part 2
Technocrats, political power & economists ‘adjusting pocket watches in the digital age'
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November 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
“To ‘kick-start’ the economy & restore ecological stability, use the power of Labour’s majority to rewire & restructure powerful institutions.”
Rachel Reeves declines. #OBR
The BoE, Economic Orthodoxy & the Starmer government - @annpettifor.bsky.social
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Rachel Reeves declines. #OBR
The BoE, Economic Orthodoxy & the Starmer government - @annpettifor.bsky.social
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How to stop authoritarian takeovers, 6 simple lessons from history:
1. Build a broad pro-democracy coalition. No purity politics. Learn to work with people who annoy you. You can go back to dunking on them after democracy is safe.
1. Build a broad pro-democracy coalition. No purity politics. Learn to work with people who annoy you. You can go back to dunking on them after democracy is safe.
June 13, 2025 at 12:38 AM
How to stop authoritarian takeovers, 6 simple lessons from history:
1. Build a broad pro-democracy coalition. No purity politics. Learn to work with people who annoy you. You can go back to dunking on them after democracy is safe.
1. Build a broad pro-democracy coalition. No purity politics. Learn to work with people who annoy you. You can go back to dunking on them after democracy is safe.
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The BBC's has responded in The Guardian that this was a routine editorial decision, but also that it was made on legal advice. Those two explanations don’t fit together. /1
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The BBC's has responded in The Guardian that this was a routine editorial decision, but also that it was made on legal advice. Those two explanations don’t fit together. /1
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This could be Canada.
Australia now has so much solar power that the government will require utilities to sell customers free electricity for 3 hours per day.
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Millions to receive free electricity in 2026 thanks to Australia’s solar boom | TechCrunch
Australia now has so much solar power that the government will require utilities to sell customers free electricity for three hours per day.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This could be Canada.
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The two-child limit breachs the UK’s obligations under international law, including every child’s right to social security, to food, and to an adequate standard of living.
It needs to be scrapped now.
It needs to be scrapped now.
A child poverty strategy with the 2-child limit in place would *not* be a credible child poverty strategy. *All* of the growth in child poverty since the 2011/12 low point is for children in scope of this policy.
November 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The two-child limit breachs the UK’s obligations under international law, including every child’s right to social security, to food, and to an adequate standard of living.
It needs to be scrapped now.
It needs to be scrapped now.
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Red Keir & the Right to Protest
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Red Keir and the Right to Protest
Nearly thirty years ago, a young barrister called Keir Starmer defended a group of activists after they damaged armaments destined for a brutal war in Asia. Why is a Starmer-led government now crackin...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Red Keir & the Right to Protest
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🎨Atardecer en #Otoño de #JefBourgeau #artista #estadounidense 1950 #insta 👉 @jef_bourgeau #museoparticular #art
November 21, 2025 at 7:53 AM
🎨Atardecer en #Otoño de #JefBourgeau #artista #estadounidense 1950 #insta 👉 @jef_bourgeau #museoparticular #art
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November 23, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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New WCC book reimagines diakonia as "companionship" rather than servanthood, challenging colonial power dynamics in Christian service.
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October 21, 2025 at 6:18 AM
New WCC book reimagines diakonia as "companionship" rather than servanthood, challenging colonial power dynamics in Christian service.
📖 #DiakoniasCompanionshipanionship" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://oikoumene.org/news/new-book-challenges-christian-service-tradition#DiakoniasCompanionship
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🪶 Winner of The Athenaeum of Philadelphia 2024 Literary Award for Nonfiction: "William Bartram's Visual Wonders" uncovers the strange, living drawings at the heart of Bartram’s vision, where art and nature meet.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
🪶 Winner of The Athenaeum of Philadelphia 2024 Literary Award for Nonfiction: "William Bartram's Visual Wonders" uncovers the strange, living drawings at the heart of Bartram’s vision, where art and nature meet.
Discover more: buff.ly/3fCMLnj
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Peter Beinart speaks to Anne Irfan about her latest book, A Short History of the Gaza Strip. Irfan is an expert on Palestinian refugee rights, UN & UNRWA, lecturer at Uni. College London (UCL), taught at Uni. Oxford, Sussex & London School of Economics.
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A Short History of the Gaza Strip
Historian Anne Irfan discusses her new book
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November 21, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Peter Beinart speaks to Anne Irfan about her latest book, A Short History of the Gaza Strip. Irfan is an expert on Palestinian refugee rights, UN & UNRWA, lecturer at Uni. College London (UCL), taught at Uni. Oxford, Sussex & London School of Economics.
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Wow, this is actually evil. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum seekers’ jewellery could be seized to pay for processing costs, says Home Office minister
Idea borrowed from Denmark is latest attempt to reduce number of people seeking asylum in UK
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November 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Wow, this is actually evil. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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South Pacific nation of Tuvalu rebukes Trump’s ‘shameful disregard’ at #COP30
- Minister is one of few delegates directly calling out Trump’s anti-climate policies: other nations fear retribution
#climatecrisis
Story by Oliver Milman and @dharna.bsky.social
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- Minister is one of few delegates directly calling out Trump’s anti-climate policies: other nations fear retribution
#climatecrisis
Story by Oliver Milman and @dharna.bsky.social
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South Pacific nation of Tuvalu rebukes Trump’s ‘shameful disregard’ at Cop30
Minister from islands facing extinction is one of few delegates directly calling out Trump’s climate policies
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November 16, 2025 at 2:52 PM
South Pacific nation of Tuvalu rebukes Trump’s ‘shameful disregard’ at #COP30
- Minister is one of few delegates directly calling out Trump’s anti-climate policies: other nations fear retribution
#climatecrisis
Story by Oliver Milman and @dharna.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Minister is one of few delegates directly calling out Trump’s anti-climate policies: other nations fear retribution
#climatecrisis
Story by Oliver Milman and @dharna.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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I did some (pro bono) work with therapists who had fled Ukraine at the start of the invasion. How important it was to them to hold onto a piece of jewelery or their grandfather's watch. Under proposed legislation, these would be taken from asylum seekers, stripping their identity still further.
November 17, 2025 at 9:57 AM
I did some (pro bono) work with therapists who had fled Ukraine at the start of the invasion. How important it was to them to hold onto a piece of jewelery or their grandfather's watch. Under proposed legislation, these would be taken from asylum seekers, stripping their identity still further.
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
November 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
A fantastic learning exchange between KIM Inspire, North Wales and Dandelion Savers, Wythenshawe, & community partners in Chorlton and Burnage, exploring KIMs amazing neurodivergent girls project and work covering 3 counties with 2 PT staff working with 13-25 yr age girls.
November 19, 2025 at 10:54 PM
A fantastic learning exchange between KIM Inspire, North Wales and Dandelion Savers, Wythenshawe, & community partners in Chorlton and Burnage, exploring KIMs amazing neurodivergent girls project and work covering 3 counties with 2 PT staff working with 13-25 yr age girls.
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"A masterclass on the intersection of trauma and art and on how and why such poems touch us deeply, The Wounded Line will be cherished by anyone wishing to explore their own painful experiences or those of the people who came before them."
The Wounded Line: A Guide to Writing Poems of Trauma
Who among us has never written about experiences of trauma—in a diary, a journal, an unsent letter? How can we take those expressions further, transforming them into art?
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November 19, 2025 at 10:47 PM
"A masterclass on the intersection of trauma and art and on how and why such poems touch us deeply, The Wounded Line will be cherished by anyone wishing to explore their own painful experiences or those of the people who came before them."
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They said if you don't see the space you want, create it.
We're creating a community that is 10 toes down for:
Black women
Intersectional analysis
Rest
Healing
Holistic Wellness
Love
Justice
Interfaith appreciation
"Come celebrate with us!"
November 26, 2025
We're creating a community that is 10 toes down for:
Black women
Intersectional analysis
Rest
Healing
Holistic Wellness
Love
Justice
Interfaith appreciation
"Come celebrate with us!"
November 26, 2025
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 AM
They said if you don't see the space you want, create it.
We're creating a community that is 10 toes down for:
Black women
Intersectional analysis
Rest
Healing
Holistic Wellness
Love
Justice
Interfaith appreciation
"Come celebrate with us!"
November 26, 2025
We're creating a community that is 10 toes down for:
Black women
Intersectional analysis
Rest
Healing
Holistic Wellness
Love
Justice
Interfaith appreciation
"Come celebrate with us!"
November 26, 2025
Class system is alive and well in Oz
“The rich get breezy upper stories with the view, pool and state-of-the-art amenities, while the poor are hidden away downstairs with a discreet entrance and no access to facilities”
What was that about Australia not having a class system? #inequality #auspol
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What was that about Australia not having a class system? #inequality #auspol
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‘Poor doors’: affordable housing tenants have to use back entrance to access Barangaroo apartments
Those paying discounted rent at Watermans Residences can’t use pool or gym, either. Critics say segregation ‘a dystopian microcosm of housing inequality’
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November 7, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Class system is alive and well in Oz
Some peace, calm and prayer for you wherever you are from an outdoor grotto in Ransk, nr Antwerp, Belgium.
November 6, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Some peace, calm and prayer for you wherever you are from an outdoor grotto in Ransk, nr Antwerp, Belgium.
This weekend I dreamt of Cheryl. Today I heard the sad news of my long time friend and colleague Revd Dr Cheryl Dibeela. Rest in peace, rise in power. A force to be reckoned with and full of the spirit of life, solidarity and justice.
November 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM
This weekend I dreamt of Cheryl. Today I heard the sad news of my long time friend and colleague Revd Dr Cheryl Dibeela. Rest in peace, rise in power. A force to be reckoned with and full of the spirit of life, solidarity and justice.
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This Halloween, don't let conservatives scare you into thinking that any public spending for the common good is "socialism." https://youtu.be/xq02yuY4wDQ?si=1pZ3aUVE7u452gtr
Socialism Fear-mongering is Bananas | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
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November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
This Halloween, don't let conservatives scare you into thinking that any public spending for the common good is "socialism." https://youtu.be/xq02yuY4wDQ?si=1pZ3aUVE7u452gtr