Politicians endlessly blame immigration for their own failures. So, when immigration is reduced, their ‘success’ isn’t recognised. No one’s life has particularly improved. Because no one’s life was ever going to improve by reducing immigration. Because our problems were never caused by immigration.

Any responsible person would be calling for a guy who regularly is this revolting in his social media posts to resign. Just read them. He shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near Parliament. Disgusting.

Straight out of the Trump playbook. Punch down on everyone. Women, disabled, minorities, migrants. Anyone who isn't white, male and preferably English. How did this happen? How did we get here? Is it really as simple as billionaires pushed us here so we wouldn't look at them as the problem?

Shame on Peter Kyle claiming the govt's guidance is "sensitive" & "light touch": "For those very small number of people who are affected by this, who are trans, we wanted to do so in a respectful way and I think when you see the guidance which has come out it is fully respectful of their dignity" 🏳️‍⚧️

The EHRC’S new code has been published. We’ll have a detailed analysis out shortly. The guidance has been toned down from the previous draft – but it still treats trans people like they’re a third sex. This pushes trans people out of public life and violates their human rights.

Absolute state of the Oxford Union for indulging and encouraging these disgusting people. How is this not a major story?

2% of LE26 Labour voters consider voting for Reform at the next election. Less than 1% of Reform voters consider Labour. Yet, Labour continues to target exactly those voters. Literally, politics for the 1%. Meanwhile, 42% of Lab voters consider the Greens. After already having lost tons to them.

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I'm not as down on the BBC as many on here but there is a structural problem with the way they cover Reform (and other more extreme parties) that needs to be addressed.

That’s how you do it! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 @MayorofLondon

Labour lost nearly four times as many voters to the Greens as Reform. Yet all you hear about is Reform's threat to Labour. Why? Because a) the left aren't treated as legitimate political actors b) Labour's masters prefer bashing migrants to challenging wealth and power

"Italy condemned Israel’s abuse of Gaza flotilla activists as “unacceptable” and announced it would summon the Israeli ambassador after footage showed Itamar Ben-Gvir taunting detained activists who appeared bound and blindfolded in Ashdod port"(QNN) #Italy #Israel #GlobalSumudFlotilla

@mrjamesob.bsky.social asks "What is it like?" Politicians, media outlets and older people judging young people please listen. It'd be great if @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social highlighted real people's experiences too-It may not change the situation but it may shift attitudes? @vicderbyshire.bsky.social

Ossoff on his Republican opponents: "They're pro-war, they're pro-tariffs, they're pro-cutting healthcare. Let's find out where they stand on the crooked ballroom and the insurrectionist slush fund."

This is what Farage, Reform and Brexit have done. This is where a very ugly obsession with immigration leads. To this. To “appalling levels of racism and unfair treatment.” To ordinary people being made miserable, day in, day out, at work. What a shameful place to be. www.tuc.org.uk/news/shockin...

This would be a pointless and vindictive move which would shame those who propose it for the rest of their careers.

Useful political experiment, what if a new PM keeps the same policies but in a chipper way with a northern accent and supporting Everton rather than Arsenal

Copying the far right has never worked before but this time I'm sure it will... Incredible... How to continue to alienate your base while mainstreaming those you claim to oppose www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

And cruel, inhumane policies to appeal to authoritarian voters in one domain are clearly not enough. These decision will alienate progressives for a long time. Labour is on track to follow other social democratic parties into oblivion.

Against all evidence to the contrary of course. “Your science just isn’t the real world”

I have said it before, thinking of this as the McSweeney startegy underestimates how much the idea of winning back certain voter groups with more restrictive policies on immigration has become enshrined in political thinking among Labour politicians. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Unworkable, unenforceable, immoral, cruel, shameful and destined to be something that haunts Labour.

“Project 2029 is only the latest example of a lobby group funded by dark money putting out rightwing talking points under the guise of education. It’s time for the Charity Commission to stamp out partisan propaganda outfits abusing their status as charities.” https://goodlaw.social/hgtk

President Trump announced a $1.8 billion fund widely expected to go to people who stormed the Capitol after he lost the 2020 presidential election. The fund has shocked ethics experts and stirred impeachment talk among some Democrats.

The rise of ethnic nationalism and authoritarian politics across diverse global contexts has reshaped political life, public discourse, and institutional arrangements.

Staggering. Yet another stunner in a day that still hasn’t ended.

Now, about those NHS statistics that Streeting cited All might not be quite as he sold it I said when he entered office and then had arguments on here that he would struggle to impact the waiting lists in the short term Can't say I'm surprised by this analysis lowdownnhs.info/analysis/bew...

'We need to future-proof the system... And we need explicitly to recognise and convince others of the fundamental merits of the democratic system, its fragility and of course that the alternatives are much worse.' Meg Russell gave her valedictory lecture as Director last week. Watch and listen 👇

in 2010 ministers said phase 1 of High-Speed 2 (from Old Oak Common to Birmingham) would be finished by 2026 now the completion date has been pushed back to between 2036 and 2039 with the final leg to Euston not set to be finished until as late as 2043 price tag up from £80bn to £103bn

In just months, Zohran Mamdani has shown what politics looks like when leaders actually try governing for ordinary people instead of donors and cable news panels. Affordable housing, childcare, transit, workers’ dignity and immigrant protection are not “radical” ideas.

So Lee Anderson, who said Islamists have "got control" of Sadiq Khan, wants to close every food bank in the country, and is committed to bringing back the death penalty, has now been made Chairman of Reform UK

Powerful report by Dominic Waghorn on @news.sky.com on the aftermath of strike on school in Iran. Horrifying & heartbreaking. Well done @stoneskynews.bsky.social for sending it to Trump. Hope Hegseth sees it & is held responsible? War is not a video game. It has real consequences of dead children!

"I will fix this house by relentless focus on dusting the shelves, and not getting distracted by the fire engulfing the basement." www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I genuinely don't think the right has noticed the degree to which it has radicalised.

I agree with this but I’d counter with two things. Sometimes being able to seek existing policies is the key thing. And second, if we’ve learned one thing from Labour leadership contests it’s don’t place any money on promises made being promises followed.

Burnham looking much more continuity than clean break with Starmer so far - sticking with Reeves fiscal rules - warmth towards EU tempered by leave-inclined target seats - interventionist on utilities falling short of nationalisation - aspirations of "reindustrialisation" www.ft.com/content/6338...

*** NEW RESEARCH *** Images of ICE targeting US cities have been commonplace in since January 2025. What's the economic effect of this new immigration enforcement regime on businesses, both workplaces and retailers, in targeted areas? Thread... 🧵

5 - Resist reaching for police powers and further securitisation, which fail to address the root causes of hate and degrade democratic rights for all.

4 - Invest in public services and community infrastructure, so that people receive the services they pay for and deserve, and live a more hopeful life alongside their neighbours.

3 - Make our school curriculum anti-racist, including teaching about the history of slavery, empire, colonialism and migration. This is not about national guilt but about well evidenced empirical realities.

2 - Address the cost of living crisis, falling standards of living and widening wealth inequalities, including by fixing the housing crisis, energy crisis and our regressive social security and tax systems.

The mainstream political agenda has descended into some of the most divisive and corrosive conversation - alienating communities from one another whilst demonising and scapegoating.

1 - End the hostile environment for migrants and change the narrative on migration, making clear the positive social and economic effects of migration historically and presently.

If the government is serious about addressing violent and intensifying racism, it needs to urgently change direction. We're calling on the government to provide a meaningful space for anti-racist charity and community leaders to engage, and commit to an all-encompassing anti-strategy strategy:

This relies on the complicity of our traditional political parties and media, and only recently are there indications that this might be challenged. But belated words alone will not fix a crisis that has been years in the making.

This is designed to promote racist violence and intimidate people of colour. The very explicit and gendered mockery of Muslim women was obscene, and reflects intensifying and normalised Islamophobia that thinly defends itself as ‘free speech’.

The billionaire-funded ‘Unite the Kingdom’ march this weekend was seething with extreme racism, spouted by its far right organisers. We witnessed calls for remigration, to ‘stop Islam’ and for communities to prepare to ‘fight’ back.

Love this🧵 from @runnymedetrust.bsky.social - Thank you.

Let it be clear: you are wanted here.