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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?...)

He aspired to forge a new moral philosophy that would be internalised not only by people of his empire but also by rulers and subjects of other countries, forming the foundation for his theory of international relations, in which practicing dharma would bring international conflicts to an end. 2/2

Ashoka sought not only to rule his territory but also to give it a unity of purpose and aspiration, to unify the people of his vastly heterogeneous empire not by a cult of personality but by the cult of an idea―“dharma”―which served as the linchpin of a new moral order. 1/2

With @antislavery.org and 31 other organisations and survivor groups, we have written to the government calling for an end to the hostile narrative towards migrants and regressive policies that drive exploitation and deny survivors rights, safety and justice: www.antislavery.org/reports/open...

How Wethersfield is harming people seeking asylum. One year documenting medical harms at the mass containment site. msf.org.uk/sites/defaul...

HO appears to be recruiting 300 new asylum decision makers www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...

Work Rights Centre calls for a new ‘Workplace Justice Visa’ to address failings of current employer-sponsored visa system www.ein.org.uk/news/work-ri...

Oh they’re astronauts? I once dug a splinter out of my finger guess I’m basically a surgeon 👨🏻‍⚕️

This would have been so useful in my previous life. US clients buying campaigns in Europe for the first time tend not to understand VAT. taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/04/02/n...

I've lived in Brixton for nearly 40 years and think the Electric Lane entrance to the tube predates even that. @ianvisits.co.uk ? brixtonblog.com/2025/03/tfl-...

The House of Commons is scheduled to debate a motion noting the 10th anniversary of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 on 27 March 2025. "...recent immigration legislation had limited the act’s support infrastructure for victims" lordslibrary.parliament.uk/modern-slave...

" Our analysis shows that, in 2023 and 2024, more than half of RG rejections were made on the grounds of “insufficient proof”, compared to only 3% in 2022" Ugh. afterexploitation.com/wp-content/u...

UK, as with modern America, is entirely built on migration. There is no part of its culture which is not influenced by migration. Migration is repeatedly shown to be overwhelmingly more beneficial for host countries than negative on pretty much every level. Stagnation occurs when you restrict it.

Talented, driven, skilled: imagine what we could do if we weren't banned from working. The Lift The Ban coalition visited Parliament to make it clear: people seeking asylum are ready to work. Share our message now to tell the Government it's time to #LiftTheBan

Well this is good news. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

We are proud to be one of the signatories to this letter. People who've received asylum need to be able to seek citizenship should they so wish. Blocking them from doing so continues the policies of division and discrimination which we should be moving away from. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

Girl with balloon. But no balloon. Or girl. Brilliant.

Dublin is Irish for Blackpool. Who knew.

Musk and Trump to fall out in 2025, predicts analyst

ffs www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...

77K asylum claims in a year. Around the same number as Old Trafford holds. In one of the richest countries in the World, who built their wealth on Colonialism. And how much of our media and political bandwidth does it consume?! Ridiculous.

This is a significant ruling. Home Sec ruled to have breached her duties leaving people destitute without recourse. Need to abolish NRPF entirely. Leaving people utterly destitute, driving them to exploitation & costing an absolute fortune through its cruel impact. www.ein.org.uk/news/high-co...

RIP JP www.theguardian.com/politics/blo...

Brilliant www.brixtonbuzz.com/2024/10/lamb....

Looks like the Guardian account I'm following on here is a squatter. It's the Wild West. Wonder how much money there is in that. Can't find actual Guardian account even though they just announced they're ceasing activity on Twitter.

AI will only improve. I am though starting to understand the Luddites. www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...