Labour MP says only way to unite UK over immigration is by leaning into Reform narrative.

“Lammy is expected to argue on Wednesday that the ECHR could also be reinterpreted to limit the scope of rights under article 3, which prohibits torture and “degrading treatment”” Just think about that

There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing. www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...

Sweet Jesus Starmer’s here to make the headlines about immigration again. The actual worst politician I’ve ever seen 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ Today - are foreigners really human? Should they REALLY enjoy human rights protections like the rest of us? #r4today

"When people learn in languages they know, and when these languages are not stigmatised but welcomed as a vital element of diversity in a culture, then everyone learns more and develops stronger literacy skills, building confidence for the future"

In case anyone was under any kind of illusion. What remains of Gaza is a huge, ramshackle refugee camp condemned to be totally reliant on aid for bare survival, in which civilians constantly risk being killed, including families looking for firewood. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

How many times has Israel violated the Gaza ceasefire? Here are the numbers aje.io/usdhib

Every word.

The diplomatic "achievement" of the ceasefire was to recalibrate the tempo of the genocide sufficiently to get it off the front pages and the news bulletins, thus alleviating the political pressure on Israel's western accomplices. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Central to the 2010s Legitimate Concerns discourse that paved the way for our current pre-fascist moment was the refusal to acknowledge that these "concerns" were based on demonstrable fictions, filtered through socially constructed prejudices. I.e. they were not, in fact, "legitimate".

Calling all good people of BlueSky, @goodlawproject.org is raising money for their very serious legal challenge to Elon's Twitter/X. If anyone has a spare couple of quid they could contribute? Details of the court case and a donation link: goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...

Very long thread: As with many of Labour's anti-immigration policies, this isn't new. British police have been stationed in other countries for this purpose for a long time It does however show how Labour is pushing more on anti-immigration than previous governments. 1/ www.lbc.co.uk/article/shab...

Afternoon session of the @uofglasgow.bsky.social collaborations with Palestine event at the University of Porto. The LINEs2theFuture project

Presenting on the @uofglasgow.bsky.social LINEs4Palestine projects at the University of Porto

It’s actually mad that me and the far-right have exactly the same take. No notes.

🌍 42.5m refugees Over 70% of them are hosted by low- and middle-income countries. 🇬🇧 548k refugees = 0.78% of the UK population. It is not refugees who tear our country apart, it is the mainstreaming of far right policies. And that’s a risk to all of us. My letter to my MP. #asylum #Mahmood 🧵

The only Legitimate Concerns about asylum seekers are concerns for their well being and safety. For a rich country like ours to incessantly whine about these people as if we are their victims is perhaps the single most pathetic spectacle in British politics over the past quarter century.

“While the AI industry claims its models can “think,” “reason,” and “learn,” their supposed achievements rest on marketing hype and stolen intellectual labor. In reality, AI erodes academic freedom, weakens critical reading, and subordinates the pursuit of knowledge to corporate interests.”

This idea that the UK is "excessively generous" is a flat out lie. Countries such as France have far higher support for this seeking asylum for example. It's a myth used to try and defend the indefensible. Britain has never been welcoming, it has only got more hostile novaramedia.com/2022/03/18/b...

"residence permits have only been granted for one to two years at a time ... to gain permanent status, refugees have ... to have had a full-time job for several years" ...Who gives a full time job for 'several' years to someone who can stay only one or two years? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Palestinians say so-called 'yellow line' impossible to discern, as Israeli troops in Gaza continue to kill.

I’m calling on governments to #TaxTheSuperRich for a green and just future! Add your name: act.gp/42iAjSi

"Bold politics works. Not managerialism. Not triangulation. But the courage to tell the truth, and show how you will act on that truth": @zackpolanski.bsky.social. observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

#Sudan El-Fasher has become city of grief, civilians enduring atrocities of unimaginable scale: UN #Sudan_genocide #UAE-backed #RSF www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-ea...

Palestinians are still facing shortages of food, water, medicine and other supplies as a result of Israeli restrictions.

Israeli army carries out more demolitions of residential buildings east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.

In our latest blog piece, Gareth Mulvey argues that it is British elites who most stubbornly refuse to integrate. www.gla.ac.uk/schools/soci...

"The partial withdrawal left Israel in control of roughly 53 percent of Gaza" This means that the area *not* under Israel's control is about the same size as Glasgow.

Sudan: Urgent appeal for El Fasher’s people - MSF denounces mass atrocities and fears many people remain in grave danger [EN/AR] #Refugees

By and large the 'ceasefire' smokescreen seems to be working to ensure that the genocide in Gaza can go on unchallenged. Simmering along, rather than full boil, perhaps, but continuing nonetheless

"People in Gaza have been burying the bodies of dozens of Palestinians released by Israel.. many.. show signs of torture & mutilation" If these were Israeli bodies the story would have dominated the headlines for days & Starmer would have condemned Hamas's murderous brutality

💕 "We dont have any illegal aliens. I don't know if that's from some sci-fi message or what. Look, the legal term for my people was slaves. Do you want me to use that?" - Brandon Johnson, Chicago mayor

A real journalist, Peter Oborne. Such Respect 🙏 "There is a basic racism about Western reporting" Over 200 journalists killed by Israel, aid workers... look at the attention their deaths or lives received, barely any.

To be clear: deportations to increase cultural homogeneity is the text book definition of ethnic cleansing. Demands that come even close to this are so far outside any democratic norm and the rule of law. What has happened to a country when this is not condemned in the strongest possible terms?

Driving on the road from Gaza City to Khan Younis yesterday.

white house has joined bluesky click here to block all official us government accounts instantly bsky.app/profile/did:...

"We need a sporting and cultural boycott of all Israeli teams, like we saw for South African teams under apartheid." @mothinali.bsky.social responds to Maccabi Tel Aviv fans being banned from attending a football game against Aston Villa.

Blair took us to war on a lie, a war that killed a million Iraqis & destabilised the entire region. And the reason he's now being touted for a role governing Gaza (and allowed to swan around the world making millions from dictators) is because there's been no accountability #GMB

MP defends government plans to restrict repeated protests.

Reform MP backs up Nigel Farage claims that migrants are coming for your birds.

Wait till the end…

MP claims Surrey Care home is a “hot bed of terrorist activity” filled with Palestine Action supporters.

#C4News: "Israels arms imports from the UK have hot record high values in recent months"

OpenAI’s planned data centers will use more power than New York City & San Diego use at their peak consumption, combined. More power than the entire nations of Switzerland & Portugal combined. And San Altman’s buddies in this administration have been cutting all of our energy infrastructure upgrades

Hind Khoudary reports that there are still artillery bombardments, air strikes and quadcopter attacks across Gaza. Meanwhile in the UK our govt wants to restrict our right to protest against Israels genocide & our govts complicity in it.

Israel’s arms imports from UK hit record high values

BBC accused of 'extraordinary' anti-Green bias after party say the Laura Kuenssberg Show scrapped a promised interview with @zackpolanski.bsky.social on Sunday. Green sources say the show also refused to interview Polanski after he was elected as leader last month bylinetimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

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