Labour MP Abtisam Mohamed: "What is dividing communities is constant anti refugee rhetoric pumped into our politics... There are some people who will never be appeased, who will constantly stir hatred..." Shabana Mahmood: "What I think is dividing our country... is an unfair, out of control system"

Asked about Tommy Robinson supporting her asylum plans Shabana Mahmood replies that "Tommy Robinson doesn't even think I'm actually English, so he will certainly not be supporting anything I've got to say." But he is supporting what she's got to say. That was the point of the question

Absolutely shocking. This government won’t achieve ‘decency’ over ‘division’ by trying to be Reform Lite

‘GDP reduced by 8%’ – Nine-year study reveals how Brexit decimated UK economy www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...

📱 "The fundamental problem is that most of the means of communication are owned by the very rich." 🔇 "Like the kings and empire-builders of the past, they use their platforms to project the claims that suit them and suppress the claims that don’t." https://bit.ly/49jRoi1

“Portraying weakening the European Convention on Human Rights as the answer to the issues society faces is extremely dangerous. It opens the door to us leaving the ECHR altogether - just think about that”

The Home Office confirms that its plans for forced returns will include families with children. If they refuse to leave then "we will escalate to an enforced return"

It's real, and it's mind-blowing. A complete lack of awareness and a national embarrassment.

The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right. There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture join.greenparty.org.uk

Farage, Boris Johnson & Rees-Mogg apparently plotting assaults on UK democracy with Bannon, who was reporting back to Epstein. Nothing to see here, newspaper folk… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

You are not going to be able to pull together the anti-Reform coalition if voters don't see you are meaningfully different to Reform. Mad reaction from the government given an increasing threat on the left.

Remember: The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy. When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice. The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.

Hey Labour Remember the majority of voters who believe in treating people decently and not stealing from those who've endured months and years of hardship fleeing war and persecution to seek a place of safety? We're still over here 👋

Portraying weakening the European Convention on Human Rights as the answer to the issues society faces is extremely dangerous. It opens the door to us one day leaving the ECHR altogether

Just wilful performative cruelty that is entirely out of step with the majority of British people. How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?

Chilling piece on employment effects of AI on early careers. Includes this line, which will probably become the norm for many firms: "Managers at Shopify must now justify hiring a human by first explaining why AI can’t do the job." nymag.com/intelligence...

This is the logical consequence of Labour’s appeasement of the far right - this is an arms race Labour should never seek to win

For Shabana Mahmood to attack some of the most cruelly treated people in the world as having won a "golden ticket" because they manage to get to and claim asylum in Britain is unforgiveable. A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.

The Prime Minister said in September that we are at a fork in the road. These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning. The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

‘It’s Time for a Debate About Who Owns Our Media’ Says Leader of the UK’s Trade Union Movement TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak warns that tech and media billionaires are threatening our democracy, as they campaign to destroy the BBC bylinetimes.com/2025/11/14/i...

Labour's MP for Folkestone says the government has taken "the wrong turning" on its plans for asylum seekers. "The rhetoric around these reforms encourages the same culture of divisiveness that sees racism and abuse growing in our communities."

Lewis Goodall: Trump's attack can rescue the BBC The BBC should use the threat of legal action to strike a blow for press freedom 🖊️ @lewisgoodall.com

At least one Labour MP seems to have kept a grip on decency and common sense.

My granddad was a refugee, my wife, our close friends and those of our kids are either immigrants or the children of immigrants. Do ministers ever think about the message their rhetoric on "handouts" and "golden tickets" for migrants sends about whether this is a government for people like us?

Heading into a week where we give our first live performance of #AChristmasCarol at #LeedsPlayhouse in front of 850 people. 😮 A bit nervy, a bit exciting! It’s easy to forget, as a performer, that every single person out there in the audience is willing you to succeed. #Scrooge 🙌 👍 🎄

Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year. That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare. Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.

This is Keir Starmer’s moment to stand up for Britain and call on Trump to drop his ludicrous lawsuit against the BBC. The Prime Minister has spent months cosying up to Trump. If he can’t stop him from attacking one of our most precious institutions, what was it all for?

Labour's strategy of telling its supporters to back Reform-style policies, or get a Reform Government, is the politics of the protection racket. Here's why it's not going to work www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...

Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests.

We sold our water to foreign billionaires. Now we’re handing them our health data.

To knit together two stories: through intimidation, litigation & extortion, Trump is clearly trying to create a media ecosystem where nobody asks him about Epstein - or indeed anything discomfiting. It is appalling to see so many UK media individuals & institutions aiding & abetting his corruption.

Jeffrey Epstein to Lawrence Summers (both of whom are very bad people): “i have met some very bad people , none as bad as trump. not one decent cell in his body. so yes- dangerous”

Mark Wolf, a federal judge appointed by Reagan, is resigning after 40 years on the bench. In an essay published by The Atlantic this week, he wrote, “The White House’s assault on the rule of law is so deeply disturbing to me that I feel compelled to speak out. Silence, for me, is now intolerable.”

The CURRENT sitting MP for Clacton earns £511,000 as a presenter for GB News and took £281,000 as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion. So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.

Tory culture spox demanding the BBC "grovel" to Trump is baffling. Who is this supposed to chime with? Just a bizarre line that no one who doesn't use X would ever think.

Another case of Reform saying one thing then doing the other: A Reform-led council is planning to double council tax on second homes six months after party leader Nigel Farage denounced such policies as “madness” and “extortion” By me, for Politics Home www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Conservative Shadow Culture Secretary Nigel Huddleston tells GB News that the BBC should "grovel" to Trump. Amazing how many British 'patriots' are spending their time telling our national broadcaster to prostrate itself before a hostile foreign leader

Trump is incredibly unpopular here! including amongst Tory voters. What are they doing?

Look at what this garish, classless, tasteless fool has done to the People’s House.

Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms. He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.

Boris Johnson says the idea that criticism of the BBC is being organised by the right is ‘complete and utter bollocks’, which makes me think there might be something in it.

NEW via CNN: “The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal”

Please share this far and wide. Their voices must be heard

The Telegraph had to correct its multiple lies about "illegal immigrants" in London at least three separate times.

The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think. New piece from me. open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...

Nearly half of parents stripped of child benefit based on faulty travel data were back in the UK bit.ly/497ALWP child benefit cannot be claimed after 8 weeks out of UK but data showing parents leaving UK on holiday was not always matched with data showing their return

If they only knew how to zoom in, they might just be able to make out the red poppy too....

The corruption never ends

Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …