To think some seriously believe this will appease the far right rather than embolden them to demand more Even if it did, it would have been at the cost of implementing its politics, mainstreaming its discourse and emboldening racists Congratulations to everyone who fuelled the immigration panic

Exactly right - a shame we don't listen to the actual experts who understand immigration and the economy.

🚨British military personnel trained in Israel amid the Gaza genocide, Declassified can reveal. This comes after we exposed the Israeli soldiers training in Britain over the past two years👇 www.declassifieduk.org/british-mili...

Stealing refugees' jewellery won't make anyone's life better. Deporting children won't make anyone's life better. Making people wait 20 years to settle won't make anyone's life better. If Government chooses hostility over helping communities, more division and racism are the only possible results.

The i Paper is reporting that once the changes are brought in, the 20 year route will be applied to refugees who are already here. I can't over emphasise the level of terror this will cause to our refugee population, and the lack of detail and timescale will make it very difficult to calm nerves.

👉NEW -- Gaza reveals how Britain is run, and why we must change it by Mark Curtis and Laura Pidcock The horror of Israel’s genocide exposes the UK’s oligarchic governance system, and implores us to transform our political system.

These plans offer none of that. Many MPs are deeply concerned and so are we. If you want a better society, now’s the time to act. 📨 Write to your MP today and urge them to speak out, don't forget to include your address: members.parliament.u... Use our latest blog post🔗www.youngroots.org.u...

Huge thanks to Baroness Lister for her amendment to the Border Security Bill on the need to reinstate the 56 day move-on period for all newly-granted refugees, and for sharing our evidence from our frontline teams and the views of young people in her speech!

You should read Electric Wind. Don't take my word for it -

🚨 Check Your Pay! New Living Wage rates: 💷 £14.80 p/h London 💷 £13.45 p/u UK The Living Wage’s meant to cover real costs — but it’s still not enough. So if you’re not even getting that, get organised and get fighting #UVW #unionstrong #livingwage

Finally, some sunshine! That means it's time to sit on the balcony and read @dudleymarianna.bsky.social amazing new book Electric Wind - An Energy History of Modern Britain. Get your copy from Manchester University Press ☀️📚🌬️

The British government has lost its attempt to stop Palestine Action fighting against the decision to ban it as a terrorist organisation by way of a full High Court judicial review The Court of Appeal also granted permission for Palestine Action to bring its challenge on wider legal grounds

For the love of God just make your mind up whether migrants should be speaking English or not www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The arms and banking industries lobbied the Scottish government for tougher action on pro-Palestine protests and direct expressions of support, newly released documents reveal www.heraldscotland.com/news/2554473...

brb just having a little cry

Received some very exciting post this weekend! I know, from 20+ years of friendship, that Marianna @dudleymarianna.bsky.social is incredibly thoughtful and articulate - can't wait to read this. Beautiful cover design, slim volume so easy to carry about with you - get your copy!

This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.

I have seen a lot of confused reporting over what happened yesterday - for me, Lizzie has the best understanding of journalists reporting on this stuff so this is the thread and article to read

Shon Faye getting us to face the bleak reality of trans rights and trans life in Britain today.

NEW: French police have caused the deaths of dozens of people by intercepting small boats at sea These violent tactics are deployed now off the French overseas island of Mayotte Under pressure from the UK, France now plans to start intercepting boats in the Channel This is where that could lead ⬇️

The '1-in1-out' plan, just like the failed Rwanda plan, is an attack on the human right to seek asylum. It must be stopped. We cannot punish survivors of torture and trafficking for how they arrived in the UK while denying them any safe alternative. www.lbc.co.uk/article/firs...

A new Banksy artwork at the Royal Courts of Justice has been quickly covered up by authorities. The piece showed a judge attacking a protester with a gavel – and appeared just two days after almost 900 Palestine activists were arrested in London

look, it might not have worked with the public, but at least it was the wrong thing to do morally

It was always collective punishment

Labour's next biggest losses are to left-liberal parties (Liberal Democrats and Greens). Reform's growth in support has mostly come from the Conservatives and non-voting (much less from Labour). These reflect patterns of party-bloc voting that we saw in the 2024 UK GE: tinyurl.com/y5pv7thw

Dublin wasn't simply a returns agreement - it was about deciding which country should be responsible for a claim. Top of the criteria was family unity, which is why some families were reunited through it.

It's a delight to to be able to post about something happy for a change! Dear friend and academic superstar @dudleymarianna.bsky.social has written a very exciting book about the history of energy and it's out SOON. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526182968/

I can 100% agree with this review (of the author)

One week, three disastrous announcements from the government on asylum. Decisions that will mean more lives lost, more injustice faced, more people sleeping on the streets. The latest of these - the suspension of family reunion for refugees, happening as early as this week - is truly deplorable.

"We all deserve to feel safe – and we must give no ground to policies that use human beings as political pawns." Read our piece in ‪@left-foot-forward.bsky.social‬ on why Reform's new plans are a fundamental attack on the right to safety: leftfootforward.org/2025/08/refo...

I was initially trying to not engage too much with all the fascism this week as it was giving me a migraine, but in the end decided to write something on it and how it impacts the young people I work with leftfootforward.org/2025/08/refo...

Home Office plans to slash the move-on period for newly-recognised refugees from 56 days back to just 28—pushing people who’ve been granted safety in the UK towards homelessness this winter. We need you to write to your MP and demand #56DaysToStability now. Everyone deserves a home.

The real problem with Nigel Farage's plan for mass deportations is that he hasn't planned it out properly, suggests Labour

Shameful. The existence of Manston - and the policies that enable people to be held there - degrade us all. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

The UK remains absolutely determined to prove that "Children of Men" was a blueprint for government rather than a dire warning about our trajectory. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Day in, day out, I speak to ordinary people who are organising to welcome the asylum seekers accommodated in their towns. They befriend, support them, reach out to them as fellow human beings. That's the Britain I know, the one I see around me & we never get told about on TV.

To whoever did this 👏👏👏👏👏

This is the direct consequence of mainstream elites like Starmer legitimising far right politics This is as much if not more on their hands as it is on Robinson's www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

"To generate knowledge in the context of hunger is to think through pain. To teach students who have not eaten and still tell them their voices matter. To insist that Gaza still thinks, still questions, still creates. That, in itself, is an act of resistance." www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

By contrast a Norfolk Labour MP, Clive Lewis, was expressly advised by police NOT to attend counter-protests at an asylum hotel in his constituency as he could "cause a flashpoint". Must be that two-tier thingy the far-right kern on banging on about

fuck you, manchester evening "news" (to save you a click, the six word message was "some people didn't want us here")

“We’re here to talk about A levels” “Free Palestine the BBC is complicit” 💀💀

In its asylum deal, this government accepts people seeking asylum via France, but only if it removes those who cross the Channel. This "transfer scheme" relies on other people risking their lives at sea, only to be locked up and sent back. This isn’t what a safe route looks like.

Important viewing for anyone interested in history, heritage, or archaeology www.youtube.com/watch?v=alb0...

Israel murdered five al-Jazeera journalists, including Anas Al-Sharif. They did so because they're now liquidating Gaza City, and want to silence the remaining witnesses. To Western journalists silent about the slaughter of your colleagues: Their blood is on your hands, too.

An entire news crew working for Al Jazeera was killed by Israel as they sought to bring the world firsthand reporting from #Gaza. Among them was prominent journalist Anas Al-Sharif, who had been previously smeared and threatened by the IDF. #NotATarget Full statement: cpj.org/2025/08/isra...

A Palestinian boy scoops spilled flour from the ground into his school bag. The UN has warned that 28 children are dying each day in Gaza due to Israeli bombardments, lack of aid, starvation, and malnutrition.