Jamie Driscoll
Former North of Tyne Mayor. Socialist, Dad. @majorityuk
- @greenparty.org.uk has selected me to run for Monument ward in May. That’s the ward I represented before I was Mayor. I’ll be part of an increasingly strong Green team. Greens won the recent South Jesmond by-election. Labour vote fell from 43% to 17%, most switching to the Greens. Article below.
- Here's a link to the full article, on independent news site @northeastbylines.co.uk northeastbylines.co.uk/.../former-n...
- To tackle political lies why not have mandatory MP training? Making MPs do work experience might help then realise the difference between what they say in elections and what they do in government. My latest article in @thecanaryuk.bsky.social. www.thecanary.co/opinion/2026...
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- Any government that wants to end the cost of living crisis will come into conflict with very rich people. But it’s easier to get things done that public discourse would have us believe. My latest article. www.thecanary.co/opinion/2026...
- British politics is a mess. Food, energy, housing are all too expensive. Major parties are all flogging the dead horse of trickle down. So I’m joining the Green Party. Britain needs an economy that works for workers, for small businesses, and future generations. @greenparty.org.uk
- It’s a pity that Starmer, Reeves and co haven’t followed Denmark’s other policies. They tax capital gains up to 42% vs Britain’s top rate of 28%. This funds free university and excellent public services, providing the world’s second highest standard of living. www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...
- My latest article, on opinion polls. Will Labour now step down rather than split the anti-Reform vote? On @thecanaryuk.bsky.social www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...
- Prisoner releases have been made a political football. We need politicians who want to fix it, not make it a political football. My article in @thecanaryuk.bsky.social www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
- Reposted by Jamie Driscoll"Majority legends! ✊🏼 Come rain or shine (luckily it was shine today), our hardy Majority members hit the streets every week. First talking to shoppers at our street stall, then standing together with refugees at the regular anti-racism demo. 1/3
- My take on the Caerphilly by-election. Persistent grassroots campaigning on community issues shows that Reform have no answers. www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
- My take on the Caerphilly by-election. Persistent grassroots campaigning is a key element that shows Reform have no answers. www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
- I would like to coin the phrase ‘fake crusader’. The fake crusader is someone who shouts angrily at an injustice for just long enough to get attention and feel self-righteous. Despite having no track record of actually doing anything about it.
- Far-right fascist protesters are 'fake crusaders' cosplaying people who care about women and children The far right don't actually care about women and girls - but are playing up their faux outrage to justify their racism. www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...
- British people want leaders they can be proud of. Patriotism would be taking water back into public ownership. It would cost nothing. Simply enforce the fines. Share prices would drop to zero. And the government would look like it has a backbone. www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...
- If you want to do more than like the hell out of things on social media, join @majorityuk.bsky.social. We campaign, do training, and build progressive alliances. We’re a social movement, so you can also be a member of your current political party. majorityuk.org/join
- When 150 far-right tried to march through Newcastle yesterday, 3000 Geordies stopped them. I’m proud of our city and its people. My article is a first-hand account of the day. www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...
- The tiny numnber of far-right and just one of the anti-racist groups.
- Reposted by Jamie DriscollToday Newcastle stood united. ✊🏼 The far-right were in town trying to spread their hate and division. Only about 200 turned up. Over 3000 canny geordies, including dozens of Majority members stopped them marching and sent them packing! #TheyDidNotPass #NaePasaran
- Reposted by Jamie Driscoll📣TOMORROW📣 Stephen Yaxley-Lennon aka Tommy Robinson will be in the toon tomorrow with Nick Tenconi and his UKIP pals. They seek to divide us and turn us against each other. But we won’t let them. Let’s turn out in force and show them who we are in the North East!
- Anyone who supports ID cards on the grounds that “if you’ve got nothing to hide you have nothing to worry about” should be banned from having curtains. Mark Thomas’s People’s Manifesto
- People want a new kind of politics. @majorityuk.bsky.social's packed conference shows it’s already happening. It’s about time Britain was run in the interests of its people. Not billionaires. My article in @thecanaryuk.bsky.social.
- The Majority conference in Newcastle showed there is hope for the future A mix of inspirational speeches, interviews, table discussions, and lots of practical training made up the Majority conference www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...
- Reposted by Jamie DriscollGreat to have @zarahsultana.bsky.social at the Majority annual conference yesterday. Labour have failed to provide the answers to the huge challenges we face. We’ll be working with ‘Your Party’ to provide an alternative that will deliver for our communities. Join us 👇🏼 #wearethemajority
- Well done Zack!
- Congratulations to @zackpolanski.bsky.social for winning the Green party leadership with a stunning 84.6% of the vote. There is a real appetite for genuine change in this country, and a broad progressive coalition will bring it. We look forward to working with Zack and the Greens in the future!
- Left-wing and right-wing are blunt terms. We need to get beyond them and talk about evidence, or we descend into tribalism. My article in @thecanaryuk.bsky.social
- Flags aren't left or right wing - yet suddenly, they are Tribalism says my side is good, your side is bad, and evidence is irrelevant. Flags shouldn't be left or right wing - but suddenly they are. www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...
- Reposted by Jamie DriscollA Green Party by-election victory shows what's possible with progressive alliances Labour threw everything - including Rachel Reeves - at a recent by-election, yet the Green Party smashed them www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
- Reposted by Jamie DriscollJoin us on Saturday 6th September at Newcastle’s Discovery Museum for our Annual Conference. Keynote speakers include @jamiedriscoll.bsky.social and @zarahsultana.bsky.social, who will give an update on Your Party. Book today - tickets going fast. Free for Majority members, £6 for non-members. 👇🏼
- Reposted by Jamie DriscollLabour has lost 'The Spirit of '45', but new parties and independents can take up the mantle Clement Atlee and Nye Bevan would disown today’s Labour Party - but they may well be more interested in what Corbyn and Sultana are offering... www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...
- Reposted by Jamie Driscoll750,000 people have signed up to Your Party - and the establishment is panicking The concern trolls are out in force over Your Party - but the thing is, their smears are actually just describing themselves, writes Jamie Driscoll www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...
- Reposted by Jamie DriscollHomelessness minister, Rushanara Ali, has resigned after evicting four tenants from a property she owns, before hiking the rent by £700 a few weeks later. What happened to high standards in public life? We know toddlers with better morals! www.bbc.com/news/article...
- This is not just about left-right ideology. It's about making sure Britain is run in the interests of those who do the work, including those doing unpaid work, those unable to work or those retired from a lifetime of work.
- Great to see @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social and @zarahsultana.bsky.social announce plans for a national party built from the grassroots! Let’s show what we can do in the North East by building a progressive alliance to win #Newcastle council in 2026! #WeAreTheMajority
- What is British culture? How should progressives talk about it? And wasn’t it shaped by immigration? My latest article.
- 'We' didn't build British culture. We inherited it from immigrants & we need to remember that. When we talk about British culture, let’s avoid the balance sheet approach. Let’s instead celebrate the good, but not repeat the bad, says ex-Labour Mayor Jamie Driscoll www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...
- Reposted by Jamie DriscollWe’ve had hundreds of new members join in the last couple of weeks! 🔥 Tonight we met some of them to: 🗳️talk plans for #Newcastle 2026 council elections 😂 groan at some ‘dad jokes’ from @jamiedriscoll.bsky.social ✊🏽and start to build a new politics based on honesty and integrity
- You can join @majorityuk.bsky.social today. MajorityUK.org/join
- Is the British left making a comeback? We never went away. We just got battle hardened and better organised. Join us and let’s put politics back in the service of our communities. ✊🏽 www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
- Reposted by Jamie Driscoll“The establishment have their billionaire newspapers and GB News. The 99% have mass movements. While you’re waiting for the new party, join Majority.” @jamiedriscoll.bsky.social on why now is the time to get active! Sign up below 👇🏼 @thecanaryuk.bsky.social www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
- Reposted by Jamie DriscollWhile many politicians are clowns, 🤡 comedian Steve Coogan is a serious political voice. In the Guardian he supports a new movement in UK politics with Sultana and Corbyn overseeing foundation of a new party with principles just like Majority in the North East.
- Reposted by Jamie DriscollMajority members on the streets of #Newcastle today. ✊🏽 Supporting @psc_newcastle rally calling for an end to the barbaric starvation of #Gaza and a #FreePalestine 57% of Brits want to end all arms sales to Israel. #WeAreTheMajority
- Reposted by Jamie Driscoll2) Jamie Driscoll (@jamiedriscoll.bsky.social) former North of Tyne Mayor, and founder of Majority Sign-up: buff.ly/a0bYAMx
- I’m speaking at Jesmond Library on Thursday evening, along with Laura Pidcock, Matt Williams of the Green Party, and Martin Levy of the Communist Party. 6:30pm. No need to book. jesmondlibrary.org/event/the-fu...
- What is the future of the left? It’s a year since Labour won the general election, and they’ve thrown disabled people under the bus, cut overseas aid to buy American nuclear armed jets, and abandoned kids to grow up in poverty.
- Centrism has collapsed with astonishing speed. RefUK have taken control in the land of the Durham Miners. The underlying cause to all of this is that Britain is now run in the interests of those who own the wealth, when it should be run in the interests of those who do the work.
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View full threadUnless we understand why everything is getting worse, we’ll never fix it. I’ll be talking about how Majority has a plan for a broad progressive alliance to win in Newcastle and start to reverse the rise of the far right and fascism.
- Reposted by Jamie DriscollMost British people oppose the government’s plans to cut PIP and Universal Credit. 75% think the measures are cruel. 69% think we should tax the super rich instead Today, the government must listen to the majority. #WeAreTheMajority #WelfareReformBill #PIP #UC
- Reposted by Jamie Driscoll🚨Longbenton and Benton by-election Last Saturday we had nearly 50 Majority, Green and North Tyneside Community Independent members leafleting the ward! Let’s beat that tomorrow. Help get Green candidate Jim Howard elected! All details below 👇🏼 majorityuk.org/content.aspx...
- Reposted by Jamie DriscollReform might pretend to be anti-establishment, but what's the first thing they do in power? More austerity. Majority believe in investing in our local communities not slashing their funding like other parties. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- Reposted by Jamie Driscoll49 Majority & Green members came together today to back Jim Howard in the Longbenton & Benton by-election. That’s what democracy looks like. Tribal politics divides us. But if we share goals like ending austerity & tackling climate change, we can unite. ✊
- Asked “what do you want from politicians?” top answers were: - Listening to people - Keeping their promises - Delivering Value for money, and - Working cross-party. All the “I am working class” spin makes little difference. My latest article www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...
- Reposted by Jamie DriscollThe citizens' assembly aiming to 'get the people back in charge' in the North East @ososabio.bsky.social recently attended a people’s assembly in Newcastle involving former mayor Jamie Driscoll, his local party Majority, and Assemble - and here's what happened. www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
- I’m straight, but for years I’ve flown the Pride flag behind me in every TV interview because I support freedom, tolerance and solidarity.🏳️🌈 The decision by the County Durham RefUK administration to take it down signals hostility. This letter from Bishop Auckland Pride explains it beautifully.
- "The role of a councillor is to be a shop steward for the community inside the Council, not a cheerleader for the Council inside the community." The Canary's article on the People's Manifesto event in Newcastle, and an interview with me.
- EXCLUSIVE: Jamie Driscoll tells us how Newcastle is preparing to resist Labour and Reform in 2026 @ososabio.bsky.social went to a packed people's assembly in Newcastle, where us and Jamie listened to local people's concerns. Now, his Majority Party has a plan. www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
- A packed house at the @majorityuk.bsky.social people’s manifesto event.
- A lad called Ryan told me he would vote Reform. In 5 minutes I learned he wanted to end homelessness, help poor families, and help vulnerable people get off drugs. Not a word about immigration. He just couldn't vote Labour after so may lies. My latest article in The Canary.
- After the local elections, why are politicians still not listening? It wasn’t Labour’s stance on immigration that lost them these local elections. It was their stance on truth. www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...
- Here’s a radical idea - listening to people in a democracy. Join the assembly and help develop a manifesto for Newcastle on Sunday 18th May. Follow the link to book a free ticket. majorityuk.org/assembly
- Great conversations on the streets of #Newcastle. People are frustrated with politics. One person said “No-one seems to fix anything. They say a lot, then they do nowt. They never listen.” Majority is listening. Join our citizens assembly on 18 May www.majorityuk.org/assembly
- Reposted by Jamie DriscollOn local Election Day, a look at new movement. Any national independent political organisation must be built up from community power in localities, @jamiedriscoll.bsky.social (Tyneside) and. @andrewfeinstein.bsky.social (Camden, London) tell Red Pepper www.redpepper.org.uk/political-pa...
- What happens now that Reform actually have taken back control? My article on yesterday's local election results in the North East. majorityuk.org/content.aspx...
- I'm looking forward to speaking at this in Huddersfield.
- My letter in @theguardian.com today on what the leadership of a progressive party needs to do so we have a fighting chance of a decent future. (Hint: end neoliberalism & privatisation, tax the very, very rich, and invest in our common future). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
- This is the first Labour government in history to increase child poverty. There’s an alternative: properly taxing multinational corporations & those with assets over £10 million. Reverse privatisation of energy, water, rail and healthcare. Sign the Dignity Declaration thedignitydeclaration.co.uk
- Reposted by Jamie DriscollLabour suspends cllrs only after being called out by the media. We deserve a party with moral principles. Joining Majority means committing to the Nolan principles of selfless, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
- Lies, damned lies, and immigration. At two recent public meetings, people mentioned buses, anti-social behaviour (especially kids on motorbikes), jobs. No one mentioned immigration. So where is all the bile coming from? My article: majorityuk.org/content.aspx...
- Reposted by Jamie Driscoll10. Therefore we either develop a story as the agents of progressive change, identifying those responsible and pledging to fix it, or we make way for the inevitability of a far-right victory, just like in the US.
