This is far from a stand alone issue. Since coming to power Labour has shown utter contempt for some of the most basic safeguarding measures when it has come to certain groups of children. I'm pushing its hostile anti-asylum, anti-trans agenda Labour puts children at risk. ko-fi.com/post/Childre...

Why did HMRC not charge Angela Rayner a penalty? taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/05/14/w... Dan Neidle takes a dim view…

UK doing something right (for once). Seemingly. www.linkedin.com/posts/behind...

Aside from this does anyone have a clue what Lord Timpson has been doing? feeling underwhelmed, I was expecting positive change and momentum. www.gov.uk/government/n...

bibbyboys.com/information/ Fabulous. Added bonus, it's on my doorstep.

TL;DR Labour's policies: 🚨Increase use of irregular routes 🚨Increase human trafficking 🚨Increase number of people forced to be undocumented 🚨Force people into deprivation 🚨Leave, particularly women and children, at risk 🚨Cost more than current policies 🚨Violate international law 10/ #r4today

He's gone early

@patrickburland.bsky.social 🙏 great presentation today, thank you! regarding your last point, I think a neater solution is for NRM first responders to allocate any intended exploitation to the intended category rather than leaving it uncategorised. Hard to implement, granted.

Good summary of recently released NRM figures for 2025 freemovement.org.uk/massive-redu...

Science leading the way (this from last July) academic.oup.com/icb/article-...

The route from propaganda to criminal coordination and real world harm. www.tellmamauk.org/wp-content/u...

The Government has just announced it's new small boat policy. Every occupant of a boat successfully crossing the Channel will be entitled to a free viewing of the new Melania film on arrival in the UK. www.gov.uk/government/p...

I bet he’s sweating now.

Arraigo. Not the first time, but first for 20 years.

Very glad @danneidle.bsky.social is picking up the slack here but where is the government?!! taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/01/29/w...

Prisoners turn new page with launch of Reading Laureate Author Lee Child (of Reacher fame) announced as first ever Prison Reading Laureate. www.gov.uk/government/n...

The United Arab Emirates must pay more than £260,000 to a victim of human trafficking who was exploited by one of its diplomats in London, the high court has ruled. www.theguardian.com/law/2026/jan...

Every year, the UK imports approximately £20bn worth of goods that carry a significant risk of forced labour. With new forced labour bans being introduced in the US and the EU, the UK risks falling behind in international efforts to tackle modern slavery. www.unseenuk.org/new-law-will...

Hahaha www.politico.eu/article/elon...

Victims were subjected to sexual assault and rape; false imprisonment; drugging; physical violence; verbal humiliation; surveillance and intimidation. There are at least two reports of forced abortions. centralbylines.co.uk/news/world/h...

Love a U-turn www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

📌 Any migrants or others affected by Labour's immigration proposals, please take a few minutes to respond to the Home Office consultation with your honest thoughts. I will provide some pointers on how to interpret deceptively worded questions in this thread soon 🧵

5 short years ago. Different times.

"Denmark’s Refugee Appeals Board does deliver final decisions quickly and has very few onward challenges. However, Denmark also has far higher initial grant rates (around 65–70 per cent) than the UK (47%) and invests heavily in high-quality first decisions". ukandeu.ac.uk/labours-asyl...

and Venezuela is top of his list simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...

📢 TODAY @brightblueuk.bsky.social publishes a major new report on reducing victims and abuses of modern slavery in the UK asylum system, proposing 8 new policies. 📘 Read it here: brightblue.org.uk/wp-content/u... 🗞️ Read about it in The Guardian: theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

“...It is impossible to dispute that a 15-year-old British child was in 2014-15 lured, encouraged and deceived for the purposes of sexual exploitation to leave home and travel to [IS-controlled] territory...” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Number crunching: Telegraph editorial columns in December highlighting ‘the unreliability of social media’ v corrections the Telegraph has had to publish so far this year due to inaccurate reporting From the new Private Eye, out now.

Legend. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikPw...

Eurokafala

NRM data and the difficult relationship between criminality and human trafficking blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...

...safe routes must complement - not replace - the right to claim asylum at the border, as protected under international law... www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/stay-informe...

:( www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/news-and-blo...

Adverts should be representative of traditional British families

Why it is so hard to estimate the number of victims of modern slavery in the UK theconversation.com/why-it-is-so...

The number of people referred as potential victims of human trafficking in Northern Ireland has increased tenfold in just five years, exposing a growing crisis hidden in plain sight. www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/norther...

Some evidence of the infamous "delivering at pace". I've definitely noticed decision making speeding up over recent months and have not noticed a decline in quality.

Rats smell in stereo. Mind blown. www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Headline writers have more fun.

Context.

🇵🇸 This is pretty cool - you'll be able to buy Palestinian lager in 1,600 Co-ops around the UK, with proceeds going to the brewery's West Bank community and the Disasters Emergency Committee group of 15 aid charities. Look out for it!

@karaswisher.bsky.social I am going to call you Kara Svisher until you take note of this (there is a case for pronouncing Ghislaine with a softer g than the one you use but she is not French)

"Any risk assessment tool is only as good as the person who is using it" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Meanwhile, UK politicians continue their race to the bottom as to who can talk the most nonsense about immigration... www.ft.com/content/8bfd...

The plot thickens - "Unaccompanied children will not be eligible to come to the under this scheme, thereby creating an incentive for children to claim to be adults, in a reversal of the usual “concerns” raised by Tories/Reform." freemovement.org.uk/what-do-we-k...

Human trafficking is a technologically sophisticated, multi-layered, and profit-driven criminal network exploiting gaps in supply chains, irregular migration systems, and economic vulnerabilities. thereport.live/bangladesh/c...

www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr... (also - yesterday I heard someone state that Northern Ireland has no county lines issues, this can't be true?...)