Brian A McDaid
@brianamcdaid.bsky.social
Ex-Labour Party member and previous Parliamentary Candidate, now an Independent Socialist Councillor for Skipton Town Council and Assistant General Secretary for Aegis the Union.
A lifetime fighting austerity and anti-immigrant hate — now Ireland’s new hope.
A victory for compassion, equality, and courage.
🇮🇪✊️ Our Catherine.
#catherineconnolly #irishpresident #hopenothate
A victory for compassion, equality, and courage.
🇮🇪✊️ Our Catherine.
#catherineconnolly #irishpresident #hopenothate
October 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
A lifetime fighting austerity and anti-immigrant hate — now Ireland’s new hope.
A victory for compassion, equality, and courage.
🇮🇪✊️ Our Catherine.
#catherineconnolly #irishpresident #hopenothate
A victory for compassion, equality, and courage.
🇮🇪✊️ Our Catherine.
#catherineconnolly #irishpresident #hopenothate
Honoured to be elected as the next General Secretary of Aegis ✊
Proud to follow Brian Linn’s 20 years of leadership and influence.
I look forward to leading Aegis as a strong voice in the finance sector & wider trade union movement, making our workplaces and communities fairer and better for all.
Proud to follow Brian Linn’s 20 years of leadership and influence.
I look forward to leading Aegis as a strong voice in the finance sector & wider trade union movement, making our workplaces and communities fairer and better for all.
September 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Honoured to be elected as the next General Secretary of Aegis ✊
Proud to follow Brian Linn’s 20 years of leadership and influence.
I look forward to leading Aegis as a strong voice in the finance sector & wider trade union movement, making our workplaces and communities fairer and better for all.
Proud to follow Brian Linn’s 20 years of leadership and influence.
I look forward to leading Aegis as a strong voice in the finance sector & wider trade union movement, making our workplaces and communities fairer and better for all.
💔🌊 Two women drowned in the Channel. 2.5k people laughed. 🤯
The same ones who screamed “All Lives Matter” now mock lives they never valued.
This is the racism & cruelty being normalised. ⚠️
We can’t let hate win. ✊🏽 #Humanity
#EndRacism #NoToHate #AllLivesMatterWasALie #FightTheFarRight
The same ones who screamed “All Lives Matter” now mock lives they never valued.
This is the racism & cruelty being normalised. ⚠️
We can’t let hate win. ✊🏽 #Humanity
#EndRacism #NoToHate #AllLivesMatterWasALie #FightTheFarRight
September 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
💔🌊 Two women drowned in the Channel. 2.5k people laughed. 🤯
The same ones who screamed “All Lives Matter” now mock lives they never valued.
This is the racism & cruelty being normalised. ⚠️
We can’t let hate win. ✊🏽 #Humanity
#EndRacism #NoToHate #AllLivesMatterWasALie #FightTheFarRight
The same ones who screamed “All Lives Matter” now mock lives they never valued.
This is the racism & cruelty being normalised. ⚠️
We can’t let hate win. ✊🏽 #Humanity
#EndRacism #NoToHate #AllLivesMatterWasALie #FightTheFarRight
"Brian, due to your factual social media post in 2012, we can't risk the @labouruk.bsky.social reputation, selecting you as a candidate"
"Don't worry about the security concerns #PeterMandelson, here's a top job"
So glad I left #Starmers Party.
#Hypocrisy
"Don't worry about the security concerns #PeterMandelson, here's a top job"
So glad I left #Starmers Party.
#Hypocrisy
September 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
"Brian, due to your factual social media post in 2012, we can't risk the @labouruk.bsky.social reputation, selecting you as a candidate"
"Don't worry about the security concerns #PeterMandelson, here's a top job"
So glad I left #Starmers Party.
#Hypocrisy
"Don't worry about the security concerns #PeterMandelson, here's a top job"
So glad I left #Starmers Party.
#Hypocrisy
Day 3 of #tuccongress25
Proud to speak twice on behalf of @AegistheUnion, supporting motions to protect workers in the #Finance sector against #AI, & improve #legislation to protect #Neurodivergent workers.
#UnionPower #tradeunion #brighton
@tuc.org.uk @gftu.org.uk
Proud to speak twice on behalf of @AegistheUnion, supporting motions to protect workers in the #Finance sector against #AI, & improve #legislation to protect #Neurodivergent workers.
#UnionPower #tradeunion #brighton
@tuc.org.uk @gftu.org.uk
September 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Day 3 of #tuccongress25
Proud to speak twice on behalf of @AegistheUnion, supporting motions to protect workers in the #Finance sector against #AI, & improve #legislation to protect #Neurodivergent workers.
#UnionPower #tradeunion #brighton
@tuc.org.uk @gftu.org.uk
Proud to speak twice on behalf of @AegistheUnion, supporting motions to protect workers in the #Finance sector against #AI, & improve #legislation to protect #Neurodivergent workers.
#UnionPower #tradeunion #brighton
@tuc.org.uk @gftu.org.uk
Day 2 of #tuccongress in #Brighton, including a fantastic speech from @paulnowaktuc.bsky.social ,
"Patriotism is about more than flags. It’s about building a decent society based on fairness and kindness to each other"
@AegistheUnion @tuc.org.uk #unionstrong #tradeunion #power
"Patriotism is about more than flags. It’s about building a decent society based on fairness and kindness to each other"
@AegistheUnion @tuc.org.uk #unionstrong #tradeunion #power
September 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Day 2 of #tuccongress in #Brighton, including a fantastic speech from @paulnowaktuc.bsky.social ,
"Patriotism is about more than flags. It’s about building a decent society based on fairness and kindness to each other"
@AegistheUnion @tuc.org.uk #unionstrong #tradeunion #power
"Patriotism is about more than flags. It’s about building a decent society based on fairness and kindness to each other"
@AegistheUnion @tuc.org.uk #unionstrong #tradeunion #power
It's that time of the year ✊️
Looking forward to being part of this year's #tuccongress25 representing #AegistheUnion
@The_TUC #UnionStrong
Looking forward to being part of this year's #tuccongress25 representing #AegistheUnion
@The_TUC #UnionStrong
September 7, 2025 at 9:06 AM
It's that time of the year ✊️
Looking forward to being part of this year's #tuccongress25 representing #AegistheUnion
@The_TUC #UnionStrong
Looking forward to being part of this year's #tuccongress25 representing #AegistheUnion
@The_TUC #UnionStrong
"Peope united in solidarity will never be silenced"
Proud to speak at the fundraiser for #Palestine medical aid in #Skipton.
#grassroots #yourpartyuk #community @yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Proud to speak at the fundraiser for #Palestine medical aid in #Skipton.
#grassroots #yourpartyuk #community @yorkshirebylines.co.uk
August 29, 2025 at 9:02 AM
"Peope united in solidarity will never be silenced"
Proud to speak at the fundraiser for #Palestine medical aid in #Skipton.
#grassroots #yourpartyuk #community @yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Proud to speak at the fundraiser for #Palestine medical aid in #Skipton.
#grassroots #yourpartyuk #community @yorkshirebylines.co.uk
So #Pal_action that organised the attempt to shut down Elbit Systems sites that arm the Israeli military & continue to highlight the complicity between the #Government and the genocidal Israeli state, is now proscribed as a terrorist group?
#WeAreAllPalestineAction
#WeAreAllPalestineAction
July 3, 2025 at 8:37 AM
So #Pal_action that organised the attempt to shut down Elbit Systems sites that arm the Israeli military & continue to highlight the complicity between the #Government and the genocidal Israeli state, is now proscribed as a terrorist group?
#WeAreAllPalestineAction
#WeAreAllPalestineAction
The Government's proposed #cuts to #disability benefits, threaten to push 290k people in #yorkshire into deeper poverty, losing up to £5,700 annually
We need local campaigns now, so the voices of those that these cuts affects, are heard.
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk #WelfareCuts #TaxTheRich
We need local campaigns now, so the voices of those that these cuts affects, are heard.
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk #WelfareCuts #TaxTheRich
June 10, 2025 at 10:53 AM
The Government's proposed #cuts to #disability benefits, threaten to push 290k people in #yorkshire into deeper poverty, losing up to £5,700 annually
We need local campaigns now, so the voices of those that these cuts affects, are heard.
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk #WelfareCuts #TaxTheRich
We need local campaigns now, so the voices of those that these cuts affects, are heard.
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk #WelfareCuts #TaxTheRich
They weren't just carrying aid, they were also carrying hope and the humanity many of us share for the people suffering genocide.
#BreakIsraelsSiege #EndTheBlockade #Madleen #FreedomFlotilla #Volunteers #IOF #StandWithGaza #StandWithPalestine
#BreakIsraelsSiege #EndTheBlockade #Madleen #FreedomFlotilla #Volunteers #IOF #StandWithGaza #StandWithPalestine
June 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
They weren't just carrying aid, they were also carrying hope and the humanity many of us share for the people suffering genocide.
#BreakIsraelsSiege #EndTheBlockade #Madleen #FreedomFlotilla #Volunteers #IOF #StandWithGaza #StandWithPalestine
#BreakIsraelsSiege #EndTheBlockade #Madleen #FreedomFlotilla #Volunteers #IOF #StandWithGaza #StandWithPalestine
#ReformUK gains ground due to disillusionment with mainstream politics, but they are not the answer.
We need community-led change by those who want to represent the people, not the elite. by creating citizens’ assemblies as a start. #Grassroots #PoliticalChange
We need community-led change by those who want to represent the people, not the elite. by creating citizens’ assemblies as a start. #Grassroots #PoliticalChange
May 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM
#ReformUK gains ground due to disillusionment with mainstream politics, but they are not the answer.
We need community-led change by those who want to represent the people, not the elite. by creating citizens’ assemblies as a start. #Grassroots #PoliticalChange
We need community-led change by those who want to represent the people, not the elite. by creating citizens’ assemblies as a start. #Grassroots #PoliticalChange
One of my heroes #TonyBenn predicted this about @labouruk.bsky.social in 1982 - such a shame it came true and his son is part of it.
This is why a new movement is necessary to silence the far-right and make those at the top accountable.
#WealthTaxNow #unity #socialism
This is why a new movement is necessary to silence the far-right and make those at the top accountable.
#WealthTaxNow #unity #socialism
April 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
One of my heroes #TonyBenn predicted this about @labouruk.bsky.social in 1982 - such a shame it came true and his son is part of it.
This is why a new movement is necessary to silence the far-right and make those at the top accountable.
#WealthTaxNow #unity #socialism
This is why a new movement is necessary to silence the far-right and make those at the top accountable.
#WealthTaxNow #unity #socialism
Proud to speak at the Irish Congress of Trade Unions Unionlearn Conference in Belfast about our union's campaign on #Neurodiversity in the #workplace.
I look forward to working with all unions to improve our workplaces for all neurodivergent workers
#Equality #DiversityandInclusion
I look forward to working with all unions to improve our workplaces for all neurodivergent workers
#Equality #DiversityandInclusion
March 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Proud to speak at the Irish Congress of Trade Unions Unionlearn Conference in Belfast about our union's campaign on #Neurodiversity in the #workplace.
I look forward to working with all unions to improve our workplaces for all neurodivergent workers
#Equality #DiversityandInclusion
I look forward to working with all unions to improve our workplaces for all neurodivergent workers
#Equality #DiversityandInclusion
Proud to speak on my union's motion promoting opportunities for young people with Neurodiversity challenges in Yorkshire, Humber and the North East, at #TUCNEYH2025
The Motion was carried unanimously & thank u to the NEU for supporting 👍
#Neurodiversity #youngpeople
The Motion was carried unanimously & thank u to the NEU for supporting 👍
#Neurodiversity #youngpeople
March 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Proud to speak on my union's motion promoting opportunities for young people with Neurodiversity challenges in Yorkshire, Humber and the North East, at #TUCNEYH2025
The Motion was carried unanimously & thank u to the NEU for supporting 👍
#Neurodiversity #youngpeople
The Motion was carried unanimously & thank u to the NEU for supporting 👍
#Neurodiversity #youngpeople
I'm proud to launch the #AegistheUnion
Neurodiversity Campaign, one that is vital for all workplaces across the country and also one personal to me, as my son with #Autism looks to enter the working world.
Please share 📷
#neurodiversity @tuc.org.uk @yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Neurodiversity Campaign, one that is vital for all workplaces across the country and also one personal to me, as my son with #Autism looks to enter the working world.
Please share 📷
#neurodiversity @tuc.org.uk @yorkshirebylines.co.uk
March 21, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I'm proud to launch the #AegistheUnion
Neurodiversity Campaign, one that is vital for all workplaces across the country and also one personal to me, as my son with #Autism looks to enter the working world.
Please share 📷
#neurodiversity @tuc.org.uk @yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Neurodiversity Campaign, one that is vital for all workplaces across the country and also one personal to me, as my son with #Autism looks to enter the working world.
Please share 📷
#neurodiversity @tuc.org.uk @yorkshirebylines.co.uk
The proposed #welfare cuts will mean that potentially between 800k & 1.2m people will lose between £4k to £6k - vulnerable people already impacted by #austerity.
A 2% tax on wealth over £10m (0.4% of Britain's population) would raise £22bn.
Which one seems fairer?
#WealthTaxNow
A 2% tax on wealth over £10m (0.4% of Britain's population) would raise £22bn.
Which one seems fairer?
#WealthTaxNow
March 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The proposed #welfare cuts will mean that potentially between 800k & 1.2m people will lose between £4k to £6k - vulnerable people already impacted by #austerity.
A 2% tax on wealth over £10m (0.4% of Britain's population) would raise £22bn.
Which one seems fairer?
#WealthTaxNow
A 2% tax on wealth over £10m (0.4% of Britain's population) would raise £22bn.
Which one seems fairer?
#WealthTaxNow
Happy #IWD2025, especially to my wife.
Today, she's shown strength, resilience, and dedication, working over 12 hours as a Paramedic, but she faces a bigger challenge every day - putting up with me 😁
Together, we fight for a world where all women are valued and supported ✊️.
#solidarity
Today, she's shown strength, resilience, and dedication, working over 12 hours as a Paramedic, but she faces a bigger challenge every day - putting up with me 😁
Together, we fight for a world where all women are valued and supported ✊️.
#solidarity
March 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Happy #IWD2025, especially to my wife.
Today, she's shown strength, resilience, and dedication, working over 12 hours as a Paramedic, but she faces a bigger challenge every day - putting up with me 😁
Together, we fight for a world where all women are valued and supported ✊️.
#solidarity
Today, she's shown strength, resilience, and dedication, working over 12 hours as a Paramedic, but she faces a bigger challenge every day - putting up with me 😁
Together, we fight for a world where all women are valued and supported ✊️.
#solidarity
💔 In Yorkshire & Humber, over 1.5m people rely on some form of welfare support.
💔 With the proposed cuts, an estimated £2.4b will be cut from essential support programs.
💔This could result in up to 200,000 households losing vital support.
We must fight for a welfare system that supports everyone.
💔 With the proposed cuts, an estimated £2.4b will be cut from essential support programs.
💔This could result in up to 200,000 households losing vital support.
We must fight for a welfare system that supports everyone.
March 8, 2025 at 12:06 PM
💔 In Yorkshire & Humber, over 1.5m people rely on some form of welfare support.
💔 With the proposed cuts, an estimated £2.4b will be cut from essential support programs.
💔This could result in up to 200,000 households losing vital support.
We must fight for a welfare system that supports everyone.
💔 With the proposed cuts, an estimated £2.4b will be cut from essential support programs.
💔This could result in up to 200,000 households losing vital support.
We must fight for a welfare system that supports everyone.
£13.4b can be found down the back of the Government's sofa to spend on the military, but no money can be found for:
❌Keeping our Pensioners warm.
❌Lifting children out of poverty.
❌Helping the disabled in our society.
❌Compensate the WASPI women.
The poor always suffer, for the benefit of war.
❌Keeping our Pensioners warm.
❌Lifting children out of poverty.
❌Helping the disabled in our society.
❌Compensate the WASPI women.
The poor always suffer, for the benefit of war.
March 1, 2025 at 12:05 PM
£13.4b can be found down the back of the Government's sofa to spend on the military, but no money can be found for:
❌Keeping our Pensioners warm.
❌Lifting children out of poverty.
❌Helping the disabled in our society.
❌Compensate the WASPI women.
The poor always suffer, for the benefit of war.
❌Keeping our Pensioners warm.
❌Lifting children out of poverty.
❌Helping the disabled in our society.
❌Compensate the WASPI women.
The poor always suffer, for the benefit of war.
The DWP says just 0.2% of personal independence payment (PIP) spending is due to fraud.
Once again the disabled community will face the scythe of Austerity, whilst the poor hard done by non-dom community will be spared.
Once again the disabled community will face the scythe of Austerity, whilst the poor hard done by non-dom community will be spared.
February 4, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The DWP says just 0.2% of personal independence payment (PIP) spending is due to fraud.
Once again the disabled community will face the scythe of Austerity, whilst the poor hard done by non-dom community will be spared.
Once again the disabled community will face the scythe of Austerity, whilst the poor hard done by non-dom community will be spared.
Visting #auschwitzbirkenau will always stay with me, a place that reminds us of how evil humanity can be.
#holocaustmemorial is a time to remember the 6m Jewish lives lost, alongside LGBT+, Roma, disabled, socialists & others murdered by the Nazis ensuring we never repeat anything similar again.
#holocaustmemorial is a time to remember the 6m Jewish lives lost, alongside LGBT+, Roma, disabled, socialists & others murdered by the Nazis ensuring we never repeat anything similar again.
January 27, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Visting #auschwitzbirkenau will always stay with me, a place that reminds us of how evil humanity can be.
#holocaustmemorial is a time to remember the 6m Jewish lives lost, alongside LGBT+, Roma, disabled, socialists & others murdered by the Nazis ensuring we never repeat anything similar again.
#holocaustmemorial is a time to remember the 6m Jewish lives lost, alongside LGBT+, Roma, disabled, socialists & others murdered by the Nazis ensuring we never repeat anything similar again.
The number of billionaires exploded from 15 in 1990 to 177.
In the 70's the wage differential between the highest earner & the lowest was 32 times the salary, today it's over 200.
A wealth tax is the way forward.
Eg. a 2% tax increase on those with assets over £10m, could raise £22bn per year.
In the 70's the wage differential between the highest earner & the lowest was 32 times the salary, today it's over 200.
A wealth tax is the way forward.
Eg. a 2% tax increase on those with assets over £10m, could raise £22bn per year.
January 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The number of billionaires exploded from 15 in 1990 to 177.
In the 70's the wage differential between the highest earner & the lowest was 32 times the salary, today it's over 200.
A wealth tax is the way forward.
Eg. a 2% tax increase on those with assets over £10m, could raise £22bn per year.
In the 70's the wage differential between the highest earner & the lowest was 32 times the salary, today it's over 200.
A wealth tax is the way forward.
Eg. a 2% tax increase on those with assets over £10m, could raise £22bn per year.
The mainstream media are reporting "Palestinians are celebrating"
They're not celebrating, they are relieved.
Much more is needed to provide stability.
Also, those who supported & justified war crimes, & crimes against humanity need to be accountable for their part, including our own Government.
They're not celebrating, they are relieved.
Much more is needed to provide stability.
Also, those who supported & justified war crimes, & crimes against humanity need to be accountable for their part, including our own Government.
January 15, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The mainstream media are reporting "Palestinians are celebrating"
They're not celebrating, they are relieved.
Much more is needed to provide stability.
Also, those who supported & justified war crimes, & crimes against humanity need to be accountable for their part, including our own Government.
They're not celebrating, they are relieved.
Much more is needed to provide stability.
Also, those who supported & justified war crimes, & crimes against humanity need to be accountable for their part, including our own Government.
@nickcohen.bsky.social
Now we are needed?
After many good Socialists were treated abhorrently by @labouruk.bsky.social and were told by Keir Starmer that the door was open for those who didn't like HIS Party.
We'll keep fighting from the outside if you don't mind 👍
Now we are needed?
After many good Socialists were treated abhorrently by @labouruk.bsky.social and were told by Keir Starmer that the door was open for those who didn't like HIS Party.
We'll keep fighting from the outside if you don't mind 👍
January 15, 2025 at 10:12 AM
@nickcohen.bsky.social
Now we are needed?
After many good Socialists were treated abhorrently by @labouruk.bsky.social and were told by Keir Starmer that the door was open for those who didn't like HIS Party.
We'll keep fighting from the outside if you don't mind 👍
Now we are needed?
After many good Socialists were treated abhorrently by @labouruk.bsky.social and were told by Keir Starmer that the door was open for those who didn't like HIS Party.
We'll keep fighting from the outside if you don't mind 👍