We're not far off the 10th anniversary of the Brexit vote. I'm betting that a good third of the people who voted it through are now dead. Adults aged 27 and under today were too young to vote back then. We need referendum to rejoin. Share if you agree!

Frack me, I must apologise, I have been so wrapped up in my own issues that I missed this part of these proposed changes. Essentially a child who at the moment would be able to apply for ILR after 5 years, will end up at best having to wait up to 10 years to apply, unless the British parent is

Omg Russ is spot on again. Everyone please repost this, so those in the back eventually get the message - maybe

So Powell not only is Powell out of touch with public sentiment, but by turning off replies and disabling quotes, she is clearly stating she doesnt whan to even try to get back in touch. Talk about living in ones own made up fantasy land.

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We are SO excited for Voice Club to launch tomorrow! A huge thank you to our volunteers, paid contractors offering their discounted services, and everyone who has shown support. Sessions are still available throughout February. Check out the website for more info, or to register.

Britain is broken. Reform’s answer is like fracking: widen the cracks so the rich elites can extract anything of value , while we’re distracted by division. The Greens are kintsugi: repairing what’s broken, filling the cracks with value, and holding communities together. Vote @greenparty.org.uk

Ok folks, we are all fed up with the damage do to this country by 14 years if tory rule, which is being continued by the current Labour gov. Effectively 17 years of decay, desimation of public services and social devision has all but destroyed what was a great country to live in.

Refugees shouldn't have to wait 20 years to know if they are safe. New rules are leaving families separated and lives in limbo. Join the campaign calling on Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to scrap the 20-year wait. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...

Fantastic podcast, clear, eloquently and succinct. Well worth a listen by anyone who wants a better or more accurate picture of migration in the UK. substack.com/@bearlypolit...

Took a while, but finally managed to watch this. Powerful speech, which appears to be backed up by action. This is what the UK needs, not the spinless appeasement we are getting from our next to useless government. youtu.be/izDAOvHz5Wc?...

NION have reached 77,604 signatories. With the crisis over CSAM on X, it is vital that women’s voices are heard over where the real harm lies for women and children, and it’s not trans people. If you haven’t signed it, please do. Repost, and tell your friends. notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...

Hypothetical question, but given the accelerated pace of decline of the US gestapo, how long before there is an equivalent to the French Resistance (which gets scary in a country where guns can be bought from to local supermarket).

Why does Chamberlin spring to mind when thinking about Starmer's response to the Trumpetta's actions this week?

Not bad for an afternoon view, Oslob, Philippines

Myra Hindley was treated better. As a minimum Bergum should be brought back to the UK, tried for any crimes she may have committed, and more importantly be given help for the damage done via the grooming she incountered. Being made stateless, even via a loophole, is not acceptable.

They are either fracking pervs, or will be using appearance only, which will result in many people beyound their target group, being excluded. Neither is good.

Happy New Year everyone. May 2026 bring better tidings and be better than the one we just said goodbye to (low bar, but hay ho).

Yay, so good to be back in my second home (other side of the planet), nice and hot, lots of sun, happy friendly people.

Hmm, so if the buss timetable is thrown out and the destination changes to the opposite direction, whist one is on tge bus, any sensible person would get off and find another route. Not really rocket science.

As a cis man it doesn't feel right for me to sign this, in fact doing so could do more harm than good. So instead I am sharing it in the hope that a few more cis women sign and a few more cis men share it. (In all honesty my reach is not that great, so I am relying on others to also share this.)

Allow transgender women and girls back into GirlGuiding UK Transgender girls deserve a safe, nurturing space where they can learn, grow, and contribute to the community, just like anyone else. Sign the petition... 👇

For those on the family route, i.e. spouse visas, assuming that the proposed changes are applied retrospectively (meaning applied to those already in the UK but not yet reached ILR), some of these changes are worrying. None of it is particularly clear, and will create a lot of unnecessary stress.

“…belief and its manifestation should not be treated separately. Tribunals must assess whether the belief, and how it’s expressed, infringes others’ rights. Otherwise, beliefs that effectively strip trans people of dignity are too easily granted legal protection” chroniclelaw.co.uk/blogs/2025/0...

The BBC was founded to “provide impartial news”. If it's going to be the UK's biggest media organisation, it has to do its job right. Hold the BBC to account 👇 https://action.goodlawproject.org/tell-the-BBC-to-stop-attacking-trans-people?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=socials

There is jo such thing as illegal migration. There is regular migration, whereby the person arrives in the country with a visa, and irregular migration whereby the person arrives without a visa - that's it.

Human rights are universal - if we start stripping away basic human rights from any section of society then none of us has rights – just privileges that can be taken away by people in power whenever they want

The fact that someone has even proposed such a bill leaves me livid, devastated (I am married to a wonderful filipino) and utterly disgusted. This is NOT the country I grew up in and until the last few years have been so proud to be a citizen of. open.substack.com/pub/iratusur...

Formatted is a shining example of what the EA2010 was written to prevent. She failed to have her contract renewed, largely because her discrimination made the workplace toxic to other employees. It was an annually renewable contract, most people would have simply found another contract.

Hmm turns out in 1982 Tron was correct.

So glad we all have The Bear at times like this. I was and still am too livid to even start to try to express my disgust at this steering pile.

Well done to the @nionwomen.bsky.social team, their Not In Our Name petition of women in support of the trans community has just hit 50,000! notinourname.org.uk/petition/not... Please sign and share if you haven't done so already

Perhaps the conflicted little child shouldn't have done everything he can to shred LGBT healthcare in the first place. The only thing that child is upset about is realising the last part of FAFO for him means his career hitting a brick wall.

trans people aren't terrorists we're disenfranchised shitposters, artists, and the backbone of every community you're in

This is thinly disguised homophobia by Farage. The same far-right figures who have spent years coming for my trans friends & colleagues are emboldened again against anything different from their "normal." Today and everyday I stand with the whole LGBTQIA+ community. Your struggle is my struggle.

Hmm, torys killed their party chasing reform, labour are following the same path, so it really makes no difference what someone joining Reform might mean, Labour are toast anyway. Greens are the best option and have been for a long time. Good luck convincing me otherwise. Hint, you'll fail.

And the anti immigration crowd try to claim that immigrants cost this and that. One must also remember that immigrants also pay silly amounts per application (spouse visa £1035 per application, regardless of approval). All of this is one top of normal tax, NI, VAT, etc that everyone pays.

We delivered our joint letter to Parliament demanding full scrutiny, meaningful debate and a free vote for MPs on the new Code of Practice. Many MPs we have spoken to are now ready to help.

A quick thought for those who are so anti migrants,l. If it weren't for a bunch of migrant workers in ancient Egypt, we may not be writing about migrants at all. This is because at that time only the elite were taught how to read and write hieroglyphs.

June 30, 26. Surely that should be New Year.

Little late, sorry Happy LGBT+ Christmas (Manchester Pride) - UK of course

Dear @billgates.bsky.social, if it hadn't been for my grandfather and his research, which identified both the paracite behind Malaria and the transmission vector (the misquito), followed by his proposal to use DDT to try to eliminate that vector ... www.gatesnotes.com/when-malaria...

Our methodological critique of The Cass Review has been peer-reviewed published & is therefore way more authoritative than Cass which is un-peer-reviewed. Streeting/Starmer can no longer claim Cass is “gold standard” or “landmark”. Cass is just junk science. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Reposting as this is important, not just for hockey but all other sports where blanket bans are in force or proposed. If you can please chip in.

Guess they were paying attention to history, but learnt the wrong lesson. Abhorrent abomination.

Ok, I know I am behind the curve on this, but I'm currently watching the gifted and cannot help but see parallels with anti trans / anti LGBT+ rhetoric. For anyone reading this, who is unsure, the gifted is where the anti trans campaign could all too easily lead. Not a world any of us should want

Too darn right I am an ally, always have been and always will be. To all my trans friends, all the ones I know and those I don't know, I will always do my absolute best to provide a safe space for you. (I may not get everything right, I am always open to learn.)