Well, that an the fact that in the last 10 years there have been: – 36 fire incidents; – 12 asbestos incidents; and – 19 stonemasonry incidents This gif has never felt more apt

To write this sentence about Nigel Farage in 2026 is amazing: “On occasion, he is quite unlike other politicians, with flashes of honesty you wouldn't hear from others” I’m sorry for repeating the word gaslighting a lot, but this is that. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

You could almost hear the penny dropping this week, as Labour MPs grapple with what the Govt’s ludicrous changes to settlement pathways are going to mean for constituents, communities and the economy. A shame they don’t actually get a say on the changes www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We all know that these deaths were entirely avoidable - but it’s still jarring to see the litany of mistakes that led to these people losing their lives. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This runs entirely counter to the Government’s manifesto commitment to reduce poverty for all children

The Home Secretary several times says she thinks 5 years is "quite short" and "quite quick". Views differ - but the BSA finds that the general public tend to see 5 years as fair: over 80% of people tend to think 5 years is fair natcen.ac.uk/publications...

This is hilariously disingenuous: of COURSE they’re trying to prevent people from settling

📢"Creating a poorer, more vulnerable migrant class of workers who have no long-term stake in our society worsens wages and conditions for everyone, and increases resentment towards migrants." @zoejardiniere.bsky.social on what Labour can do to change direction. www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

Do they understand how mad they sound? As if anyone has ever decided to cross the Channel in a small boat because, if they make it, they might get to take a free taxi to a doctor's appointment? "Pull factors" on steroids. www.bbc.com/news/article...

We face the same challenges Spain did: a stagnant economy & ageing population. Treating undocumented workers & asylum seekers as people has resulted in higher GDP & record-low unemployment. Spain proved the moral case for migration is also an economic one. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Hello, I have a new book out in the spring with Picador and I would love it if you could help me spread the word. IF WE TOLERATE THIS draws on years of work, to help readers understand why British politics is hurtling rightwards and what to do about it. Pre-orders: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/if-w...

We may not have guns but we do have: ⚠️ICE-style raids invading homes and workplaces ⚠️Indefinite detention of women, children and men ⚠️Deportation footage bragged about on TikTok ⚠️Riot police used on peaceful protest ⚠️Politicians calling for mass deportations. This isn’t “just America.”

The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions. It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.

The killings in Minneapolis didn’t come out of nowhere. Funding, legal cover, weakened oversight, and dehumanising rhetoric ramping up over a year. This started on 20 Jan 2025 with Trump's executive orders on immigration. I lay it out in my latest post. christinapagel.substack.com/p/the-ice-st...

I don't know about you but I quite like human rights laws that prevent the police from shooting me dead in the street

SPOILER ALERT: "Hamstrung by human rights laws" means "not allowed to murder you for no reason".

The Government are *stil*l screwing up people’s lives after Windrush. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Ministers and PM are choosing to lie about this and adopting the conspiracy based language of far right and openly nazi web forums in doing so. They're not just paving the way for a Reform win, they are rolling the pitch for mass deportations of ethnic minorities.

Robert Jenrick: an apology. thecritic.co.uk/fran...

The Government is actively trying to make it MUCH harder for people to stay permanently in the UK (& actually impossible for some), all the while hiding the simple fact that this is going to tank the economy.

I live in a town where we’ve had no water since Saturday. Schools have had to close. Pot holes on the roads are getting worse. Trains are rubbish. On what planet does this government think that immigration is a priority. Maybe because I don’t buy the Reform line, I can’t understand it!?

In polling, people report being MORE LIKELY TO VOTE REFORM directly after being shown exactly this kind of video. Labour's plan? Let's make new accounts to pump out these videos!!!🤪🤪🤪🤪 I do worry they're just one big psy-op, sometimes. www.lbc.co.uk/article/tikt...

More enforcement won’t fix broken policy -which only pushes more people into the shadows. The recent fatal shooting by an ICE officer in the US shows us where we are headed if we continue this hardline enforcement approach. news.sky.com/story/illega...

And these are the departments that are going to be assessing how much you've earned or volunteered and telling you how long you need to wait for settlement... www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

A few months ago Chris Philp called me “unhinged” in a Telegraph article about a video I made. In it I warned about the brutality of ICE, & argued those who appease Trump would open the door to Fascism here too. I was called ‘hysterical’. I have 0 regrets about that message.

THE NATIONAL: 'This violence must not be imported' #TomorrowsPapersToday

Who’s going to tell her that is is, in fact, precisely the sort of country we are?

The death of a legal observer in Minnesota by ICE is a warning to the UK in so many ways. We’re tying ourselves to a violent, corrupt, racist nation which does not care about its citizens. Reform believes in its model, Labour is appeasing it. It is the public who will suffer.

This is quite simple strategy used in Russia too. When a capital feels unstable, the rest of the country feels unstable. Anyone defending that capital looks like out of touch/elite. Blame the foreigners. Divide and conquer through instability and fear.

I'm afraid there *is* an obvious answer: it can't.

Need a cheery start to the year? Here's some MORE evidence of how far Labour's immigration policies are in the wrong direction. We will soon be *competing* with other European countries for migrant workers so that we can afford to keep paying pensions... www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Care workers are at Westminster today urging MPs to rethink visa rule changes. They warn the plans will deepen the crisis in care and risk an exodus of skilled staff. UNISON says workers deserve fair pay and the right to settle in the UK. Read ➡️ unsn.uk/4piijzj

Colleague sends me this from the partner leave to remain application they are completing... I had not seen this before. Ask yourself, why would the Home Office need to know how your partner became British?

Labour’s shift away from “immigration is good but it needs to be managed” to “it is bad” is a gift to essentially everyone they compete with, because it means that they don’t have the right position to be able to attack *anyone*.

In London, around 50% of everyone sleeping rough is a migrant. If the Government really wants to halve rough sleeping, they’re gonna have to do something about their immigration policies that drive ppl onto the streets and stop them accessing help when they need it

"Ending the two-child limit is vital, but you cannot end child poverty while excluding children from support because of their parents' immigration status. Every child deserves the same chance to thrive." @josephinewy.bsky.social www.thenational.scot/news/2567585...

God forbid they let people actually affected by the issues being debated ask questions about the issues being debated

“moral mission”

The child poverty strategy we've waited 18 months for confirms that, actually, the Government is just fine with migrant children bearing the brunt www.gov.uk/government/p...

Today's Child Poverty Strategy leaves thousands of migrant children - 40% of all children in poverty - out in the cold. Every child deserves the same chance to thrive. Poverty is a political choice. The Govt's failure to act for all children falls short of the scale and urgency of the crisis.

Zack Polanski, "Labour are a government of cowards because you won't tell people the truth about migration" "Migration is a positive thing for our country" "We need migration" "We need fair and managed migration" "And that's what will change this conversation" *huge clap* #BBCQT

How many of the measures announced are going to benefit children in migrant families, who account for 40% of all children living in poverty in this country? And how many more are going to be driven into poverty by being made to wait 10, 15 or even 20 years for ILR now?

Poverty is a political choice

The Home Office has started taking action on cases of Syrian refugees with pending settlement applications. People are being sent letters saying they have 21 days to provide evidence as to why they should not be returned to Syria. Panic is spreading.

Riffat, who came to the UK from Pakistan, said: "I don’t want to feel like a temporary guest in the place where I spend my days serving others with everything I have. I just want stability. Respect. "A chance to build a future without waiting decade after decade to be trusted."

Just can’t wait to see how this ends. I think i’m most looking forward to the government-backed recruitment campaigns when the NHS starts to fall over because intl workers are tired of hearing that they are tearing this country apart & don’t want to wait 15 yrs for basic security

"A low-paid carer from Ghana has cancelled all the benefits she is legally entitled to, including the disability allowance one of her children receives, owing to fears about her immigration status after the policy changes announced by the home secretary." www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

One of the important points in the updated House of Commons library paper on the settlement changes is they can be done in the immigration rules. So very little, if any, parliamentary scrutiny despite the changes fundamentally altering peoples' rights commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...

The number of people migrating to the UK is down, again. Lower migration is bad for our economy, especially our already struggling public services. The economy getting worse means politicians scapegoat and blame migrants and refugees even more. It’s a doom loop where we’re all worse off.