Useful information on migration policies in various European countries (including UK). Thanks to @europestreet.bsky.social - always a good place for news on European issues, particularly on #CitizensRights

Like every city, despite vocal opposition, this multi-year study of an #Edinburgh street and cycling scheme shows massive benefits and increasing public and local business support. Every city that delivers schemes well helps deliver social and economic benefits. We need more #StreetsNOTRoads!

Useful information on migration policies in various European countries (including UK). Thanks to @europestreet.bsky.social - always a good place for news on European issues, particularly on #CitizensRights

Gaza hospitals are running out of essential supplies, medical workers say

Oh.

Turns out the media & most of Parliament is as out of touch with reality as Twitter. Dear England.

22 November 1897 | Czech Jewish woman, Ludmila Mirská, was born in Prague. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive. --- Women at Auschwitz Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/ Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8

For a decade, Russia has been seeking to divide Europe and America, to undermine NATO and weaken the transatlantic alliance. This peace plan, if accepted, will achieve that goal. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

The Intelligence & Security Committee’s findings under Tories revealed failures at the heart of Gov to tackle Russian interference & influence in our democracy but none of the 21 recommendations in the report have been implemented. Gill won’t have been the only one. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Most of the public know what’s going on with flags on lamp posts. Crucially for the government, 78% of its 2024 voters think anti-minority sentiment is involved in flying England flags (versus just 15% who think it’s just a national pride thing). They are getting the politics of this all wrong.

Race to the bottom. Countries in the EU Common Asylum System (incl France) are likely to be pretty unhappy.

A brief reminder of Russian negotiation tactics that the West should always keep in mind. And yes, always listen to the Estonians.

An absolute scandal compounded in this case by failure of French government and EU institutions to forcefully react and sanction in turn those who have sanctioned ICC judges and prosecutors. Makes a total mockery of FR/EU's repeated commitment to the rule of law/ICC www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...

21 November 1907 | A Dutch Jewish woman, Elisabeth Cohen-Duits, was born in Dordrecht. In September 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive. --- Learn about the fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/

The same need to reform council tax is equally true for Scotland. For 30 years all parties in Scotland have talked about it, but nothing much happens. Reforming property taxes (not just council tax) could be the most effective way of taxing wealth. Land cannot be hidden, unlike most forms of wealth.

The same need to reform council tax is equally true for Scotland. For 30 years all parties in Scotland have talked about it, but nothing much happens. Reforming property taxes (not just council tax) could be the most effective way of taxing wealth. Land cannot be hidden, unlike most forms of wealth.

It is 90 years since George Orwell travelled to the north of England to learn about the living conditions of the northern working-class, during the long Depression of the 1930s. Today’s figures show not much has changed.

Trump is conspiring with Putin to sell out Ukraine – and the security of the whole of Europe along with it. The Prime Minister must convene the Coalition of the Willing to stop this betrayal in its tracks.

Latest post from us: “The rule of law is under threat in the UK” says House of Lords Constitution Committee | Sonia Lenegan freemovement.org.uk/the-rule-of-...

"The electoral future of a low-growth country like Britain doesn’t lie in promising voters that with some magic trick you can drive up GDP, but in accepting that the arguments that lie ahead are about the distribution of resources."

This from a councillor from Midlothian, which wants £55 million spent on a new road. Perhaps they should spend less money on new roads and more on public transport.

The whole problem with current Labour is encapsulated right here in this paragraph. One hand tries to ameliorate child poverty while the other hand makes it worse. Some of us think immigrants and their children count. That they, too, are people. Some of us don’t.

20 November 1923 | A Polish woman, Janina Szyda, was born in Częstochowa. In #Auschwitz from 19 January 1943. No. 29970 She perished in the camp on 11 March 1943. --- Women at Auschwitz Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/ Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8

This from a councillor from Midlothian, which wants £55 million spent on a new road. Perhaps they should spend less money on new roads and more on public transport.

To appreciate the importance of the pillar values of #HumanRights #Democracy #RuleOfLaw - which uphold a free and democratic Europe you need to read our recent history.

Btw, in case you have not noticed it--the last few hours have confirmed one thing. The alliance of dictators and autocrats is no longer notional--it is now up and running. The remaining democratic states in the world have to react now.

John Major, "Our links to Europe and America may be loser now than once they were and that is a loss" "The loss of trade with Europe alone costs us £100 billion of lost trade every year" "That's a tax yield of £40 billion" "How useful would that have been in recent months to the Chancellor?"

This isn't new, Mahmood is just the latest in an increasingly long line of Home Secretary's, and others, to actively stereotype and dehumanise Albanians in the UK. It is rhetoric which has actively worsened the situation for many trafficking victims. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Former Tory Prime Minister John Major pinned leaving the EU as “an act of collective folly” in his speech at the London School of Economics yesterday. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/former...

Polish state energy giant Orlen has secured an environmental decision for a second offshore wind farm in the Baltic. The decision paves the way for the project to compete in Poland’s first offshore wind power auction next month, helping ensure that the auction results in a valid outcome.

Poland has condemned the removal by the Russian authorities of Polish military symbols at the Katyn cemetery, which houses the remains of thousands of Poles massacred by the Soviets in WWII. The foreign ministry today "conveyed a firm protest" to Russia.

This one of the most powerful critiques of Mahmood's plans on asylum and immigration. Even if you have read many others, you should read this from @tanjabueltmann.net

Ultra-processed food linked to harm in every major human organ, study finds

Lots of good facts in posts from @sundersays.bsky.social if you want to know the true facts about UK migration.

This "loophole" allowing children born in the UK and living here up to 10 to register as British (regardless of the immigration status of their parents) has been in primary legislation for 42 years. All respect to Madeleine Sumption, I think the Telegraph is mistaken in labeling it as her discovery

A great night for someone else as well!

And this morning they have indeed lost. Confirmation if you adopt far-righf talking points, pivot to the right, you just boost the far-right.

This one of the most powerful critiques of Mahmood's plans on asylum and immigration. Even if you have read many others, you should read this from @tanjabueltmann.net

It fell to the post-war generation to build our human rights protections. Today, it is the responsibility of progressives - especially within my own party - to mount a strong defence of these principles, or risk them being cast aside www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...

Asylum changes seek to use children as a weapon, says Labour peer

Asylum changes seek to use children as a weapon, says Labour peer Alf Dubs. Dubs, who was a child refugee, says Shabana Mahmood’s ‘shabby’ plans will increase community tensions. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

So true.

About 40% of migrants eventually return to their parent countries, according to this, which is one of the many, many facts that is never aired in the never-ending debate over immigration in Britain.

BBC Debate: Shabana Mahmood: Illegal immigration is tearing the UK apart. NO! UK politicians are tearing us apart by pointing at refugees, to cover up the poverty they've caused! Labour's 20-year waiting list for refugees is just performative cruelty.