Labour’s latest attack on asylum seekers is cruel & counterproductive. How does it help community cohesion to hold threat of deportation over vulnerable people? We don’t need an arms race with the hard right over asylum, we need safe routes & European cooperation #bbclaurak

This is disgusting. It means people granted asylum will constantly be living with uncertainty, never feeling able to rebuild their lives. On a practical level, it also surely means more work and money, if claims are constantly being reassessed. A repugnant idea. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Yesterday we were told that any moves against Starmer would make the bond markets lose confidence in the government. Today borrowing costs have risen because Rachel Reeves' tax u-turn has spooked the markets. Make decisions based on principle, not in relation to fiscal boogeymen.

"Local government is where socialist politics can make an immediate difference to our communities. Now is the time to get involved." Labour Councillor @mineshparekh.bsky.social for Tribune on how Mamdani's win can inspire the Left. Read here: tribunemag.co.uk/2025/11/a-hundred-zohrans

True remembrance lies in the actions we take to prevent all further wars. With this global push towards rearmament, with relentless profits for arms companies, it's hard to feel any lessons have been learnt from those two awful wars. It is only through peacemaking we can honour their sacrifice.

Many in S10 and across our city are without water due to a burst water main. This - and our hosepipe ban - are because Yorkshire Water fail to maintain our infrastructure. Last year they: ❌ Lost 95 billion litres to leaks ❌ Dumped sewage 68,000+ times ✅ Nationalisation

Labour's Deputy Leadership election isn't a battle for the party's soul - it's a battle for democracy, writes Ash Taylor and Minesh Parekh. www.compassonline.org.uk/labours-depu...

There wouldn't be repeated protests if the government would stop arming Israel, end diplomatic and trade links, and apply all possible pressure to make the genocide stop.

Really important interview with @mineshparekh.bsky.social by local democracy reporter Julia Armstrong in The Star. The Facebook comments on @thestar.co.uk and Sheffield Online are an absolute cesspit of racism and hatred. They either need to police them much better or else shut them down for good.

Over 30 emergency motions on Gaza have been tabled at Labour Party Conference #Lab25. That is the highest number ever to be tabled in our party's history. We must end arms sales and diplomatic links, and use every available lever to force the genocide to end.

When has immigration been ignored? It has been a constant over the last decade, from "Controls on Immigration" mugs to "island of strangers". This isn’t ‘a choice between decency and division’. This is playing into division. The party of Keir Hardy and Clem Attlee deserves better.

You can't have a "progressive fightback" without countering anti-migrant hate. Anti-immigration legislation and rhetoric legitimises racism and emboldens the far-right. The government must scrap its Border Security, Immigration and Asylum Bill. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Keir Starmer's Director of Strategy Paul Ovenden has resigned over some awful misogynistic comments. Peter Mandelson was sacked far too late, and it appears the Prime Minister had full knowledge of his links to Epstein when appointed. The culture in No 10 is rotten. Root and branch change needed.

Two men raped a Sikh woman and told her to 'get out' of this country. This is what happens when racism is legitimised by our politicians and press. Demonisation leads to dehumanisation, normalising racist sexual violence. We must move back away from the language of "island of strangers".

✍️ Corporate whitewashing can’t cover up Yorkshire Water’s failure Yorkshire Water courts councillors with PR invites while facing backlash over sewage spills, leaks, hosepipe bans and million-pound payouts By Cllr Minesh Parekh (Cartoon by @sdupp.bsky.social) @mineshparekh.bsky.social

As the Autumn Budget approaches, it's time to consider a range of methods to tax wealth. A 2% levy on Premier League transfer fees could generate millions to support local authorities. www.bigissue.com/opinion/prem...

love this from @mineshparekh.bsky.social 🫶 www.bigissue.com/opinion/prem...

"It is not enough for Sheffield to say it stands for peace. It must prove it, and it must do so in deeds as well as words" Writing exclusively for Now Then, three #Sheffield #Labour councillors call for an end to the city's involvement with the international arms trade ✍️ @mineshparekh.bsky.social

"These new powers offer a genuine shift of power, agency and control to local people over the places in which they live. We’re so excited about them in Sheffield, because they align with a key value of ours: to devolve power downwards." ✏️ @mineshparekh.bsky.social‬