We have built a society in which people of different skin tones, religious backgrounds & cultures get along, share power, work alongside each other, procreate with each other, recognise the each other’s humanity and democratic rights. It is a STUNNING ACHIEVEMENT OF WORLD HISTORIC PROPORTIONS.

Miller, basically: "How dare you evil, America-hating communist antifa insurrectionist domestic terrorists call us bad names. And if you scumbag cockroach enemies of the state DO call us bad names, any violence that occurs anywhere in the country is your fault."

Two reasons this is wrong. The most important one is that it’s evil to change the rules on people once they’re already here and have been following all the rules as stated. But also it’s just idiotic and self-destructive to mass deport a couple of hundred thousand care workers.

If Labour supporters are going to insist on this then they need to give us a reason. Why should I help them when they are making the life of my husband exponentially harder because he’s on a visa? No. Labour need to realise they need to earn support. They don’t just get it based on what they’re not

I’d have more confidence had the Home Sec not announced Reform-Lite immigration policies yesterday. So easy to talk tough to conference but Starmer is such a disappointment as PM.

If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and hangs out with ducks in a duck pond, it’s not an insult to say “you know what? That’s probably a duck”, even if the duck itself objects to being called a duck.

Yup - that “volunteering” and “contributing to your community” has the distinct sound of “we want you to do shit for free for us to prove you’re allowed to stay in this country despite the fact that we will have fleeced you a minimum of £12k for the privilege.”

Stop press! #shabanamahmood fails ‘Life in the UK’ test on both content and language. Speculation rises as to where and when she will be deported.

Last time I checked it’s not “volunteering” if you’re made to do it. I assume everyone will be made to do this? No? So what do we call forced labour with no payment?

I wonder if this guy is related to "Boris Johnson" who introduced "voter id" as Prime Minister in 2023 ... off the back of some crazy US conspiracy theories ... and in the process, made digital ID pretty much inevitable.

This man is ignorant. Wounded Knee was a massacre, not a battle.

All I want for Christmas is a PM who stands up to racists, cranks, vaccine and climate deniers. But I guess it’ll just be novelty socks again. @andraswf.bsky.social

This is such a terrifying threat right now. My husband is at 5 years in August. I feel so powerless. All we can do is hope Labour don’t pull the rug out from under us. And given their past reactions every time Farage bleats some nonsense, it’s not unreasonable to expect they will

"You don’t fight the politics of violence by quibbling with the details. You stamp it into a million pieces! You draw a f*cking line!" If Keir Starmer won’t even make a moral case against deporting our friends and neighbours, then what is the point of him?

I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again. Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐

Reform is just the extreme right of the Tory party

Reform are filth. They represent hatred, extremism, ignorance and irresponsibility. They'd make us a wretched vicious hateful little island. If people don't stand up to this, they won't stand up to anything.

I’m guessing the collapse of the NHS is just a bonus to him. Brits have no idea how bad things might get if this happens. People over here complain about parking costs at hospitals. What will happen when they have to pay for their heart surgery or appendectomy?

Farage reckons kicking legal migrants out of the country will save "£234bn". So I did the sums, taking into account % of immigrants vs natives who are working, paying tax, claiming benefits, average salaries etc. If Farage is right about immigrants, then natives would cost Britain £1.92 trillion.

If the folks marching in London today got their wish and a Reform UK government deported everyone not born in the UK, here’s what would happen. Instantly, over 15% of the population and 20% of employees would be gone overnight. The shock would hit GDP, tax revenues and public services hard. 🧵

Thread - please read the whole thing

Any journalist quoting this absurd, invented £234 billion number cited by Farage/Reform should make absolutely clear that it has been withdrawn by *its own authors* (the Centre for Policy Studies) after they admitted it contained several major errors (1/3)

Lib Dems: We have 12x Reform's MPs, can we have the same coverage? BBC: But Reform has 2x your poll rating. If there were an election tomorrow, they'd be running the country. Lib Dems: So you're putting their people and policies under scrutiny, right? BBC: Lib Dems: Right?

Nuff said?

I know the West Coast Ducks are upset about kickoff time today. But I’m stuck over here in the UK and this will be the only game Oregon play this year which is entirely in my waking hours. So I’m gonna enjoy it. #GoDucks

GO DUCKS!! youtu.be/5K3w7CKkeOQ?...

Extremist murders by ideology, 2013 to 2022. www.pbump.net/o/reassessin...

When are Labour going to stop trying to ape the Reform Party? It won’t win them votes but it will ensure they lose votes from Left/Liberal progressives as well as the votes of extreme right voters. They’ve lost the plot @teamlabouruk.bsky.social

I'm looking for researchers on crime/punishment in Britain, particularly Cheshire. I'm in touch with CRO, but access is limited due to the move. I've also spoken with Cheshire Policing Museum (records are mostly at CRO). Any time period, but esp Victorian! There may be a freelance research opp here.

This is a huge story. Don't let him get away with it. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Dear Labour Party. What is WRONG with you? If you want to win people over then improve their standard of living. We need immigration. We have a chronically aging population. Farage wants to lead this country down a MAGA rabbit hole and take away all our rights. And Labour are wooing him. WHY?

🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ Let's not make the same mistake - we still have time!

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars. OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

Angela Rayner accidentally pays less tax than she should have, resigns, and the media gives her hell. Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass. That, right there, is the problem.

Free Speech Loving Nigel Farage

Please please please can UK journalists etc follow Jamie Raskin’s fine example. This is stunning

Douglas Carswell has skirted the line and now he's crossed it. This is disgusting racism from a former MP who now demonstrates who and what he is.

Trump alive. Another #swfc loss. Back to school on Monday. My only hope for an improved day is for Oregon to pull off a win in the pre-season opener at Autzen tonight. #GoDucks

Of course the Queen was Remain. You don’t sustain a hereditary monarchy by randomly pulling pins out of grenades for the lols at the urging of a cluster of snake oil chancers.

This is my flag.

There are literally dozens of landmark cases where Brits relied on the ECHR: ⚠️Gay soldiers ⚠️Children beaten in schools ⚠️Women punished for fleeing domestic abuse ⚠️Journalists fined for protecting sources ⚠️Activists sued by McDonald All defended by the ECHR when Britain failed them.

Is this the "ICE style deportation enforcement" that Farage has in mind? Does this seem like a happier, safer place to you? Machine-gun armed militias, with faces covered, yanking people into unmarked cars? The full Mark Stone report is a must-watch👇🏽. ~AA www.youtube.com/watch?v=KolI...

If you're young Or old Or a woman If you've got a disability Or, you've a SEND If you're LGBTQ+ Or you're from an ethnic minority If you need care Or you're in the forces And if you're in Northern Ireland Then Farage's plan to abolish human rights law is going to screw you

#swfc those kids are out there bleeding and putting it all on the line for an owner who doesn’t deserve it. They’re kids. I understand the boycott. But I hope those kids know we’re proud of them

Reform Zia's Yusuf says a Farage Government would rip up protections against human rights abuses, torture and trafficking, in order to deport more migrants. Remember that these protections apply to everyone living in the UK. Once they're gone, they're gone for all of us

If your humanity doesn't extend to immigrants then it probably doesn't go much further than yourself. And my Englishness sure isn't defined by such individuals.

Migrants didn't cut council funding. Migrants didn't cut NHS funding. Migrants didn't close youth centres. Migrants didn't sell off council houses. Migrants aren't filling our rivers with sewage. Farage and co. will tell you to point the finger at migrants. Don't fall for it.

A word on immigration. Don't prejudge this, just listen to the data, and then consider what the solution is. The UK has a falling birth rate. This means that - unless things change - each generation will be 25% smaller than the one before.

🧵 #OnThisDay, 23 Aug 1941, American Virginia Hall arrives in France to work for the British Special Operations Executive. Hall ended up on the German's “most wanted” list as 'the limping lady'. #WomenInHistory #WorldWar2 #AmericanHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory 🗃️ 1/10

You do not get to claim you hate Trump and MAGA and then turn around and vote for Reform - a party that is literally funded by the MAGA movement. British people, please wake up before it's too late. I've seen what this is doing to my home country, and it is ... horrific. time.com/7281644/trum...