"We have become the destination of choice in Europe" according to the Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood. Data from Eurostat & the Home Office shows the UK had the fifth largest number of claims of the EU/UK area in 2025, at 108,000... assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691ae0...

The Greens don’t believe providing safe refuge for endangered asylum seekers is an “out-of-control” policy. Nor do we believe making life more difficult for those in need is the way to unify British society. Refugees are welcome.

don't give labour a single vote under any circumstances

I will never vote for a party that gleefully attacks the vulnerable like this Labour government has attacked: • refugees • trans people • disabled people • children in poverty Even if they claim some bogeyman wants to do it too. There’s no point in Fascism Lite™.

If income tax goes up but a wealth tax isn't introduced or capital gains isn't brought inline with income tax (or raised higher), I will be absolutely livid

A woman is killed by a man every 3 days in the UK... 78% are murdered by a partner/ex Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety In fact, they voted against them...

Transphobes don't just hate trans people, but they're generally quite shit - racists, islamophobes, shit politics, that's what they stand for When I said our fight is one, I meant it, the same people coming after one minority also target others Legitimate concerns need space, hate doesn’t

BREAKING: @zackpolanski.bsky.social confirms on #BBCLauraK that @greenparty.org.uk now has a bigger membership in England and Wales than the Tories do across the UK.

After seeing the video of Trump and Starmer, I can't tell if it's Starmer being humiliated, Trump genuinely not remembering who Starmer is, or most likely both at the same time

Really looking forward to seeing @greenparty.org.uk overtaking the Tories, first for membership, then in polling, and with any luck, then with MPs

Green party reaches 100,000 members for first time after Polanski becomes leader

I’m a few days late but seeing @zackpolanski.bsky.social on this week’s Question Time gave me more hope for politics and people in the UK. So much so that I’m now a member of the Green Party! (This is also the first time I’ve become a member for a political party!) it’s safe to say I’ve been swayed!

Watching @zackpolanski.bsky.social on Piers Morgan has made me so incredibly happy to have joined the @greenparty.org.uk, he is incredible Heck yeah

Council of Europe adopts landmark Recommendation on Equal Rights for Intersex Persons www.coe.int/en/web/sogi/...

The truth: we need migration. The problem: too many politicians are terrified to say it. Why? They're led by a) toxicity of the charlatans & b) wealthy media organisations who demand these useful distractions rather than us talking about inequality. Reject it. Draw the line.

Elon Musk is no friend of our United Kingdom. He should be held to account for allowing truly vile and illegal child abuse content on his platform.

Two dozen members of the US congress threatening to sanction countries who recognise Palestine goes to show how meaningless any diplomacy with them is now The sooner we move on from centering the US in global politics, the better

Reminder: Magneto was right

Seeing the absolute mess of Your Party is making me think it wasn't exclusively a Labour right stitch up when Corbyn was leader, but that his incompetence was a big part of that as well I hope Sultana joins a real party

Yesterday the UN declared that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Today Keir Starmer rolls out the red carpet for Trump - Israel's biggest ally and a cheerleader for its atrocities. Shameful.

I'm seeing reactions to @eddavey.libdems.org.uk this morning quite funny. People complained about asylum seekers being an economic drain, so Davey suggests we give them some amount of right to work and pay taxes. Then people complain about that. It's like it's not economic concerns but just racism

This is the best news regarding EU-UK relations in years, it's fantastic

Looking forward to seeing which politicians do and which don't say anything about #IDAHOBIT today

I'm suing the EHRC. “Akua Reindorf KC, was overheard in the Supreme Court building plotting with activists from other hate groups about the next steps to take once the judgment was delivered. This is one of the factual grounds for the challenge.” open.substack.com/pub/ashleeee...

What is even the point of the Labour party with the current leadership

When we talk about the horrors of WWII and the holocaust, we rightly say 'never again.' But this must mean more than just words - we need to genuinely learn the lessons of history, this VE Day and always. metro.co.uk/2025/05/08/v...

I am shocked to learn that Reform councillors are exactly the kind of people I thought they would be

After Friday's excitement opencouncildata.co.uk #bbclaurak

Really happy to see this in my emails this morning - parliament is going to actually, finally, debate decriminalising abortion. Considering their initial response didn't seem to acknowledge the issue at hand, this is a good thing petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

It says a lot that the rise of Trump encouraged Canada and Australia to re-elect parties which are not on the right, but in the UK we are moving further and further towards a Trumpian political situation Sometimes I really do not like living in the UK

The Greens now have nearly 200 more councillors than Reform. This is not something you'd be likely to guess from all the copiously salivating media coverage of Farage & his crew of billionaire-backed far-right chancers.

I found this graph really interesting - terrifying growth of the right, especially given that Labour shouldn't really be on its left anymore. on.ft.com/3Yp4rZl

Really happy to see the number of seats the Greens and Lib Dems have won tbh, that's nice to see

It boggles my mind how anyone could vote for racist disaster capitalists

The UKSC ruling was an opportunity for the government and the EHRC to step up and commit to affirm the rights of all. They've failed on every measure, choosing to peddle hate and discrimination instead. We've heard enough: Kishwer Falkner and Bridget Phillipson must resign. 1/2

So... If Labour does terribly tonight, will they take that as an excuse to move further Right, or will they finally see sense and move more inline with their own members and voters? I know we all know the answer, but I can always dream, right?

Why is anyone still listening to Tony Blair?

If we take a moment and look what Labour have done. The party chose to adopt the cass review, despite its flaws and being rejected by other countries. The party has also elected to go above and beyond it's un-evidenced recommendations all while claiming they have to because of cass.

The BBC has destroyed our national conversation but giving undue attention and importance to the far right and other politically motivated cranks. Brexit … the climate crisis … Covid 19 … And the unmentionable ones … migration … trans people … disabled people.

I still don't understand why Labour's approach to the rise of Reform is a race to the bottom on social policy rather than an actual Left platform. Heck, even a Centrist platform would be better at this point.

More people should read Kropotkin

it's been a while, but i'm finally back in the state i grew up in: anxiety

1987 American Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses 1990 The WHO removed it from its Intl Classification of Diseases 2013 The APA removed "gender identity disorder" finalising the depathologisation of LGBTQ+ identities 2025 the UK, based on no science 👇

Honestly a really fantastic video essay, I highly recommend watching it. It's making me reinterpret how I hear about Trump and how our Labour party in the UK is failing.

So like, I guess the whole of the UK trans community are feeling a lot like Cassandra at the fall of Troy right now

Starmer: You did nothing to protect single sex spaces! Badenoch: Yes I did! I started the Cass review! Given the Cass review says nothing about single sex spaces, it's nice of her to confirm that she knows as well as everyone else that "single sex spaces" is just a dog whistle for transphobia

It seems that the BBC have quietly started putting out little stories in their local news sections about trans people which are positive coming out stories I'm torn between thinking they're cognisant that they might've gone too far and them not being self-aware enough to know the damage done

Bridget Phillipson’s statement is shockingly bad. - “Move Forward” has never been more loaded. - There has not been a single real reassurance for trans people. - A load of bullshit about mixed sex wards which has nothing to do with trans people or this judgement. Plus a load of culture war.

Going back to the manifesto which Labour were elected on is... disappointing to put it mildly, it seems the only part of this page they actually cared about was the dog whistle for protecting GC beliefs in the end.