A strong immigration system doesn't need to be a cruel one. It shouldn't need saying - but refugees & asylum seekers are real people, fleeing war and persecution. This daughter of an immigrant is proud of our British and Labour values of respect and not turning our backs on people in real need.

"I make homemade butter every single week in 10 minutes for £1—it’s nicer than Lurpak" 1. Where do you get double cream at £1? 2. 300ml isn't enough cream for 200-250g block maybe 500ml. 3. You can get cheaper, and still good quality butter, for less than £5. The story is in Express #butter

🔉What dangers does X pose to our democracy? And should the government stop using it? Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics. @commonswec.parliament.uk

Seeing a lot of people I frankly thought better of misunderstanding this. It means case by case re. the service provider not the individuals using the service. This is how the Equality Act has worked for years - with providers having to justify exclusion as proportionate.

Yes! The non clinical staff that I talk to are amazing and doing a difficult job. A friend had to have time off because it was so stressful trying to sort eye clinic sessions & appointments across a health board because too few staff, it was overwhelming; she's back & working hard again

I do want to shop on the high street but when 2x 2B pencils cost over £2 each at Smiths/TG Jones, when I can buy them cheaper on eBay makes it frustrating, especially when making up art packs for a local charity Christmas present appeal. And price label was at ground level but I could see was £2+

Banks are making record profits while our bills go up! 😡 We need to tax bank profits and fund our NHS & schools. Sign the petition and tell Rachel Reeves to #TaxtheBanks you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...

Far-right extremists outnumber Islamists in anti-terror programme referrals, data shows

Flooded UK coalmines could provide low-carbon cheap heat ‘for generations’

Cup of tea, and time to ill. You know what that means, Bluesky: #Storytime.

Deep-sea mining risks disrupting the marine food web, study warns

The annual harvest for Michael Fabricant’s hair has just begun in Gloucestershire today.

Major revision of #GBRedList of plants published today shows 25% of our native & archaeophyte flora threatened with extinction. Many iconic widespread species classified as threatened for first time including Betony, Marsh Marigold, Devil’s-bit Scabious and Harebell. Another wake-up call for action!

FIFA have invented a new Fifa peace prize (presumably so they can be given to Trump at the World Cup draw!). They say it will be bestowed on behalf of the football fans of the world. The idea Fifa do this in our name should be mocked out of existence that weekend at stadia around the world

Suella Braverman has every right to make her own choice for herself about her own identity If her argument is to refuse to accept that Ian Wright & Michelle Agyemang, Rishi Sunak, David Lammy and Priti Patel are English - their identity & birthright - on grounds of race, she should lose the whip

The supermoon is shining tonight — just not for us here in Nuuk, Greenland 🇬🇱 —hidden behind the clouds. November 5, 2025 (5:15pm) Temp: +1°C.

How do the richest people on Earth get away with destroying the planet? They built a fortress of money, lawsuits, lobbyists, banks, propaganda, and hate. But every fortress has a weakness: us. Join the campaign to #MakeRichPollutersPay 👉 bit.ly/47Lncer#MakeRichPollutersPay

Morning All 👋In tip top condition at this time of year & beautiful feathers 😍 Female Kestrel at Westhay Moor NR on the Somerset Levels 28/10/25 🪶 🦉 #ukbirding #birds #birdsofprey #kestrel #somersetlevels #bluesky

A politician's job is to improve the world

and a lot of other things messing up the economy - just all seems a bit -- late?

the old @metoffice.gov.uk website and the new. The old gave me more information at a glance and the new one doesn't ever give accurate UV forecast. Who else does a proper UV forecast for UK? #tywydd #weather

Nigel Farage wants to ban strikes for Government Employees, which actually includes him too. So if he doesn't turn up for PMQs he should be fired.

‘They told me not to speak out’: the woman who took on China – and won her husband’s freedom

Things you can do to help: "Find a piece of tech you are comfortable with and keep it." The problem as I found out with my comfortable piece of tech, my phone, is although still working many things would not update. Gets like that with laptops too. We need the software to keep working

We're facing a political emergency: a high likelihood of an shamelessly authoritarian government in 2029. So we urgently need this basic safeguard: a codified constitution. This week's column explains what we're missing and why it's so important. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"The honest truth is that people come to this country because they believe we are more generous than other European countries" - little evidence for this claim + good evidence against it We will "ensure we are no longer the destination of choice" - v hard to give a definition that this is accurate

Home Sec describes a widely held public perception (UK is the destination of choice for asylum seekers in Europe) + endorses it as true. Home Office data shows it is not true. Whatever merits of her policy change, should not make false factual claims www.thesun.co.uk/news/3709465...

Perhaps not putting on a levy on foreign students the tuition fees for students in England could have stayed lower... @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Two Crows at the prow of the Oak... Like something from Norse mythology. #corvids #birds

“In a world where the poor are increasingly numerous, we paradoxically see the growth of a wealthy elite, living in a bubble of comfort and luxury, almost in another world compared to ordinary people. This means that a culture still persists...that discards others"

👋 Meet panellists at our upcoming ' #Migration, #Peace and #Security Roundtable' - happening in just a week!

“Nothing else has worked – so Starmer and Reeves are finally telling the truth about Brexit” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“I’m going to vote for Nigel Farage because I think he actually has a bit of integrity...I think people are starting to realise they’ve been easily led” Reform leaflet: Stop Labour & Plaid Cymru’s Mass Immigration Agenda”. A new definition of integrity? www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Lam wants to remove well over a million legal migrants - Most of those who don't have ILR yet - Review all the non-EU people with ILR (430k say MigObs) + terminate all of those not on £38k - She wants to extend that review to EU settled status [but that may be her own freelancing, not policy]

So Peston failed to ask "No British government has ever revoked permanent status retrospectively. has it" "Has ANY government done this since Idi Amin?" "So you want to deport most nurses who aren't citizens, simply because they don't earn enough money. Do you think that is fair play?"

Nelson's Victory crew included a Brazilian and a Russian, 2 Indians, 2 Swiss, 2 Portuguese, 3 Danes and 3 Norwegian sailors. There were 3 Germans, 4 Italians, 6 Swedes, 7 Dutchmen, 9 West Indians and an African, as well as 21 Americans, 63 Irish, 64 Scots, 441 English.... oh, and 3 French men, too.

gov have responded: "if the UK is to remain competitive as a global leader in aviation, it is crucial that aviation infrastructure remains world-class. Capacity constraints are hindering the ability of UK aviation to grow" Couldn't we be a world leader at encouraging rail freight?

Here Lam explicitly sets out her proposal - which is official Conservative Party policy - to deport long-standing legal permanent residents who have *ever* claimed any benefit, including the state pension or child benefit (even if the child is British), or who earn less than £39K.

Morning All 👋I've now discovered that I have two Dunnocks in the garden much to the annoyance of the resident Robin that keeps trying to chase them off his patch 😍 Picture taken 21/10/25 🪶 🦉 #birdingwales #ukbirding #birds

Literally just last night wrote a short story about a parallel world where The People rebel, slaughter Beeching, save the railways, return the M1 to woodland then link hands and sing.

Weapons companies are etching their names—LITERALLY—into the White House. Lockheed Martin, Palantir, and others are funding Trump’s $250M ballroom, with names set in stone. A war industry legacy carved into the seat of government, brick by brick.

Such a powerful interview.

If you follow all the archaeologists on here, that's tombscrolling!

Owl linoprints hanging up to dry in my mum's painting studio.

today #divinationsinanotherworld #photography #sumac #water #reflections #sky

A-level English, voluntary work, delayed citizenship: it’s Labour’s Orwellian Two Minutes Hate for immigrants | Nesrine Malik

When’s the last time you saw a hedgehog? Their numbers are falling, so I just signed a petition to make hedgehog highways (the House of Lords are set to vote on this on Monday)... tiny gaps in fences to help them - mandatory in ALL new builds. Please add your name: act.38degrees.org.uk/act/hedgehogs