There are many reasons to be concerned about the govt's digital ID scheme, but this is not one of them. Please do not spread this misinformation, it makes those opposing digital ID look like a bunch of conspiracy theorists. search.app/TV3Kd

@zackpolanski.bsky.social calling Zia Yusuf a fascist on Question Time 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Latest poll puts Greens just two points behind Labour. When I said we weren't here to be disappointed in Labour but to replace them, I meant it. Join us and let's make hope normal again. join.greenparty.org.uk

www.bbc.com/news/article... I read the essay. There isn't a single study quoted to support the view that family life is being damaged by screentime. Also no mention of the use of technology for maintaining relationships over long distances or for people who find person interactions difficult. (1)

Further evidence that the govt's plans to miraculously find jobs for disabled people is not going to work.

Is ADHD too foreign now or is she admitting the Tories just hate everyone?

Pesky train stations getting in the way of our swans!!! www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bbc....

Do people understand how free market capitalism works? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Does anyone know if any of the big learning disability charities have put out statements or said anything about digital id cards?!

The far right is in total meltdown because Tom 'mates with JD Vance' Skinner got voted off Strictly. They think it's a conspiracy against white, patriotic men. The fact they couldn't rally enough of their hateful contingent to vote & keep him out of the dance off is quite heartening though.

"Institutional racism needs to be met head on with action to change legislation and reset hearts and minds..." Chair of Global Majority Greens @amanda-spoke.bsky.social addresses Green Party conference.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/05/e... CNN seems to be the only news outlet headlining that there were people in the Peacehaven mosque at the time of the arson terror attack. The hate needs to stop.

The govt didn't seem terribly concerned about people feeling intimidated by protest when the far right had their protest in central London a couple of weeks ago, why? Or about the intimidation by flags? Or outside asylum hotels? Make no mistake, this govt is aiding & abetting fascism.

Children & young people's educational needs are not going to change. Looking to provide cheaper alternatives to specialist provision will completely ruin their chances in life. Govt wouldn't dare downgrade education for 'typical' kids, why do it to the most vulnerable? www.bbc.com/news/article...

This is spot on from @zackpolanski.bsky.social, who is himself Jewish and comes from Manchester. Shabana Mahmoud is being deeply dishonest, disingenuous and dangerous by conflating protests against genocide with this antisemitic attack. It is not antisemitic to protest against the horror in Gaza.

I am alarmed and upset by this emerging news of attacks at a synagogue on Yom Kippur. The rise in religious hate crimes in this country is totally unacceptable - there is no excuse for antisemitism and no excuse for violence. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx...

This is horrific. Not just the awful violence in Manchester but the fear this attack creates for Jewish people across the UK as they mark Yom Kippur. My solidarity and love to everyone affected.

We stand with the Jewish community and everyone affected by the horrific attack at the synagogue in Manchester today. Zack Polanski: “We've seen rising antisemitism for years, as well as rising hate crime more generally. This is about civil society, democracy, and bringing people together.”

Raphi Bloom on BBC News alleging that Jewish patients are being mistreated by NHS workers who are "pro Palestine," and repeatedly conflating opposition to the actions of the Israeli authorities with anti Semitism. How is this helpful?

I wonder what wheelchair users did to cause this tantrum?

HOPE not hate condemn the appalling, violent attack at a synagogue in Manchester which has taken place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. Our thoughts are with the Jewish community and all affected.

Thank you Zack Polanski for once again saying what should be said, and done, by the government. All the smash the gangs malarkey, all the returning people to France nonsense, is getting us nowhere. So many lives are being lost in the Channel. Just let them come safely.

On this most important day in the Jewish year, we confirm our support of the Jewish community and recognise their integral contribution to our society.

It will fix a lot of things though. Things Labour is apparently not interested in fixing, preferring to demonise and further marginalise asylum seekers, immigrants and disabled people.

I'm on a roll - another thought that's popped into my head - will the flag freaks take the damn things down from lamp posts to allow Xmas lights & decorations to be put up or are they cancelling Xmas and the story of a Jewish refugee family?

Another thing, Starmer, Badenoch, Farage clearly favour a Dicean view of parliamentary supremacy - they need to look at what Lord Cooke of Thorndon said in Fraser, that some rights run so deep, "even Parliament cannot be accepted by the courts to have destroyed them."

Starmer on BBC News now saying he believes in the rule of law but wants to change how international Conventions are interpreted (by the courts). Dude, either you respect the rule of law or you don't, make up your chuffing mind.

He's actually suggesting that Parliament should interfere in the work of the courts. Sounding dangerously like Donald Trump.

"Greens with their rising influence and bold politics stand ready to replace Labour’s tired ideas and stale politicians." @zackpolanski.bsky.social responds to being included in this year's Time100 Next list 💚

Dear Nectar, I am going to want a lot more than £2 worth of points to spend 3 hours on a survey!!!

Tony "Weapons of Mass Destruction" Blair should absolutely NOT be trusted with overseeing the bringing of peace to Gaza.

What they're doing can't be described as "countering Reform" - rather they're making concessions to Reform. I'm wondering how long it will be before they start rescinding the British citizenship of those of us not born here.

We shouldn't be focusing on returning asylum seekers to France or anywhere else to appease the racist right. We should be focused on ensuring UK asylum system is fair, just and efficient.

Ok. They’ve pissed me off. I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards: 1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.

We really don't need this authoritarian BS, and yet another way to treat people who don't have smartphones as second class citizens. I bet it wouldn't be long before the flag flyer types start demanding to see everyone's card either. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

In my local area, council contractors being abused when removing flags from lamposts. You can't convince me this is mere patriotism. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

How come Nigel Farage hasn't said anything about the swans being killed & injured by teenagers with catapults? Is it cos they is British?

If I wanted to hear Richard Madeley's simplistic views about refugees or anything else I could watch that tabloid TV dross he is usually on. Why is he a guest on Politics Live? Meanwhile nobody is challenging the Labour & Tory MP guests' garbage.

This is it really, isn't it? Farage not only gets a lot of media attention, he gets free rein to promote whatever hateful, divisive rubbish that comes into his head, simply because it makes for good ratings. The future of the UK is being shaped by media companies' profit margins. (1)

Calling out Trump’s rampant misogyny in the Guardian today.

Using flimsy evidence, Trump and RFK Jr claim that acetaminophen use during pregnancy increases autism risk and suggest leucovorin could treat autism symptoms. Real science debunks their claims. www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalrap...

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Didn't take long for the anti autism brigade to start promoting eugenics when discussing Trump/Tylenol

In all the media coverage of Trump's nonsense claims regarding causes of #autism, nobody seems to be pointing out that it's actually ok to be autistic. Autistic people are not monsters or bogeymen to be avoided or eliminated. Once that is accepted, scaremongering about causes is redundant.

Reform are trying to sell the myth that deporting people and removing the rights of migrants will solve all the country's problems. It won't. Know what would help solve the country's problems? Taxing the super-rich properly and closing the inequality gap.

The adult sexually assaulted by an asylum seeker who was staying in the Bell Hotel, Epping doesn't support the protests outside it and says "This is something I don't want to be involved in and it scares me."

JFC Politics Live giving airtime to Reform & their ridiculous policy about abolishing Indefinite Leave To Remain, AND another discussion topic is SEND support so their chairman is going to get the opportunity to air their BS about imaginary disabilities again.

“It’s time to change the narrative. Tommy Robinson does not represent the majority of Britons. We aren’t afraid. We’re angry. And we won’t be defeated.” The power we need coming from @sangitamyska.bsky.social here www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

I seem to have been fighting ever since my son entered the education system in 2010 (pre EHCPs). The problem is the culture of negativity embedded in the SEND system that causes it to view requests for essential supports as unreasonable and a drain on public funds. (1)