You know democracy is going well when the decision to remove the rights of an already marginalised community is celebrated in "serious" analysis for allowing politicians "to dodge difficult questions" Smells increasingly like the Weimar republic to me...

Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism. If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone. Americans of conscience must stand against this now.

I've been reflecting some more overnight on the For Some Women Scotland case. 🧵

Labour failing people in the North East. No funds to complete the Tyne Bridge, not helping with Gateshead flyover issue, pulling funding for A1 dualling. Why should people in our region vote Labour? @heidialexander.bsky.social? And what are you doing to make a difference @kimmcguinness.bsky.social?

Matt Hancock used his personal email account to help a 'VIP' supplier win a £25 million PPE Covid contract The company, which supplied the NHS with tens of millions of pounds worth of completely unusable PPE, later went bust, owing taxpayers millions bylinetimes.com/2025/04/03/m...

If you are fed up with Meta's intrusive advertising, if you want to defund Zuckerberg, here's what to do... goodlaw.social/htfc

Living standards for all UK families set to fall by 2030, those on the lowest incomes declining twice as fast as middle and high earners. Poorest in UK already worse off than poorest in Malta. Govts appease corporations and the rich. Must end neoliberal policies. Redistribute. Tax the rich.

It's really not that hard. We understand that Labour had a difficult inheritance. It's more that, since taking office, Labour has (it sometimes feels deliberately) stuck its middle finger up at almost everything Labour voters care about. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

JRF is calling for targeted interventions to boost living standards and address hardship, as well as safeguarding disability benefits from cuts. Full analysis here: www.jrf.org.uk/cost-of-livi...

A Turkish court today jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, President Tayyip Erdoğan’s top political rival, despite widespread protests against his detention and the allegations against him.

Really not feeling confident in the Labour party approach after listening to our Chancellor on #bbclaurak this morning when it come to the game of talking tarrifs with the US. Looks like Reeves is preparing to roll over, particularly when it comes to digital businesses

Totally agree with this. Flying a person to a third country that they may never have been to, directly into a prison where they are going to be forced to do hard labor, is not a deportation; it's something else entirely.

The United States government under Trump by all accounts is shipping these people into indefinite involuntary servitude in El Salvador without even the pretense of any judicial process, much less duly convicting them of a crime. It’s an enslaving operation.

🧵 1/ Wes Streeting suggests there's an *overdiagnosis* problem in mental health. A big & increasingly common claim. But in a country where people are waiting years for treatment, services overwhelmed, and 600,000 individuals with serious mental illnesses still being left behind, can it be true?

you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

Trump is bullying #Ukraine into submission, there's no other way to describe it. 🚩Access to military support withdrawn 🚩US intelligence support withdrawn 🚩Infrastructure support (electricity supply) withdrawn It doesn't take a genius to work out who benefits from this #SlavaUkraine #ImpeachTrump

Good morning all! 🇺🇦 Please share everywhere. 🙏🏻

This one is on over 100k signatures: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...

A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.” I encourage you to join. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott

Peace in the world has not felt as fragile as it is now since the end of World War 2. And we have this deranged clown 'in charge' of the most powerful country in the world #facism #DonaldTrump

Well done France! UK next please!

V interesting interview with Sam Fender in the Sunday Times www.thetimes.com/culture/musi...

I wonder how many of us Brits (and Europeans) are contemplating no longer buying American made products. I mean, there are way nicer cars than TeSSla's out there...

“Now that Trump has captured the intelligence services, the Justice Department, and the FBI,” military specialist Tom Nichols wrote in The Atlantic, “the military is the last piece he needs to establish the foundations for authoritarian control of the U.S. government.” is.gd/ipUAa8

The article reported that a former senior Soviet KGB spy chief claimed Donald Trump was recruited as a spy by Russian intelligence 38 years ago and given the codename “Krasnov.” We are not confirming its validity, only pointing out the unusual nature of its disappearance.

This was reported already four years ago, even in a BOOK, by another ex-KGB agent. Shame that so few Americans read these (or reacted) then. "‘The perfect target’: Russia cultivated Trump as asset for 40 years" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021...

🚨1 in 3 children living in deep poverty are migrant children. This is not a coincidence. Hostile immigration policies drive migrant families into poverty. Tell this Government to protect EVERY child from poverty. Take action: act.praxis.org.uk/email-minist...

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Our #AnnualReview2025 is live! @ilgaeurope.bsky.social reports the human rights situation of LGBTI people in 54 countries in Europe & Central Asia. Here is a thread with our overview and key findings 👇

Bernie Sanders, " The President of the US, Donald Trump is aligning himself with the dictator of Russia, Vladimir Putin" It's absolutely astonishing where we are in 2025

Brilliant simple clear explainer by @sheridanflynn.bsky.social of the threat Russia poses to Britain youtu.be/M7O4Eh3Roe8?...

US National Security Adviser says Ukraine President "need to tone it down and take a hard look and sign that deal," What he means is - hand some of your country to Russia, 50% of your mineral wealth to Trump, starve your people. Gangster politics is no basis for lasting peace.

LEARN FROM HISTORY!!!!!!!!

It’s a coup. It’s a strategic alliance with Putin. It’s the end of the post-war international order. It’s the triumph of lies over truth and in Putin’s case, evil over good. We are through the looking glass & we all now have to decide who we are & what we stand for

Together we're pushing back against GB News - and it's working: crowdfunder.co.uk/stop-gb-news Thanks so much again to everyone who's supported and shared so far!

I've just emailed them #StopFundingHate

💜 "To move forward, we must understand that the most fundamental component of the anti-trans movement is not feminism. Rather, it is a fear of change and self-determination - reproducing a core tenant of patriarchy itself." - Alice Bethell www.wearequeeraf.com/self-determi...

Trump calls Zelensky a 'dictator'. Seriously. If anyone ever doubted that #Trump is deranged, and dangerous, he is offering daily, if not hourly proof

Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.

I’ve demanded that Sky stop buying ads and funding hate on GB News. Join me and @GoodLawProject now to increase the pressure: goodlaw.social/c9g8

So YouTube is allowing Michael Knowles to call for the final solution for transgender people yet again and I think it's really important to work on degoogling your life Here's some tips on where you can start www.howtogeek.com/348792/how-t...

"Anti-migrant politics will not build a single house, staff a single hospital or raise anyone’s wages. Instead, by echoing its rhetoric, the government is simply fuelling the rise of Reform UK" Well done to these Labour MPs, trade unionists, and members. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Only the richest 4% of people pay Inheritance Tax. Only the richest 1.5% of farmers will pay HALF Inheritance Tax spread over 10 years. This is a protest funded by the obscenely wealthy who want to pay no tax at all.

Left: The UK refused to sign the leaders declaration on AI because the UK gov disagree on how AI should be regulated Right: Ursula von der Leyen, "€200 billion for AI investment in Europe.. The largest public-private partnership in the world for the development of trustworthy AI"

GB News wants to bring Trump's playbook to Britain, but we're pushing back. Support our crowdfunder and help build the fightback: crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-gb-news

On 22 January, GB News presenter Josh Howie repeated a #homophobic slur linking the LGBTQ+ community to paedophilia. This is offensive, wrong and unlawful. Please join me and @goodlawproject.bsky.social to file a complaint to #Ofcom 🙏 action.goodlawproject.org/ofcom-stop-g...

Angela Rayner saying this morning that Keir Starmer 'doesn't say what is popular', but that's not correct. Starmer is very keen to not say anything about greater ties to Europe, for example, because he - and Labour - are worried about the optics of being seen to be backtracking on #Brexit

Kemi Badenoch's spokesman repeatedly refuses to condemn Donald Trump's Gaza plan, or repeat the Conservative party's previous support for a two state solution. Pushed to say whether Palestinians should have a right to return to their homes, he refused to do so bylinetimes.com/2025/02/05/k...