On the issue of the @ucu levy and accountability—I came late to the Feb NEC meeting but quickly picked up the gist and proposed that the NEC immediately form a sub committee to systematically map and contact sources of donations. I had to fight to get a vote on it and won

At that time there were no closures and no lockdown. I knew what I was talking about—for example in my second casualised employment in a charity iI belong to UNItE and the belranch has a large monthly donation budget but can only donate following an official request...

In February we could have raised a lot—including from our own members who felt the pull of solidarity towards this lower paid comrades and from our biggest and most well funded branches. Nothing was done. Except that some NEC members spent the day heckling “big issue” at me

I am repeatedly treated as if stupid and incapable of understanding anything because of one of my impairments. But I digress.

there are hundreds of branches like this and thousands of union bodies. The members of these bodies know people in their family at university, they knew of our fight and solidarity is a tradition within the trade union movement. A long and honourable tradition