On International Migrants Day, let’s celebrate the generations of migrants who’ve helped make London what it is today - the greatest city in the world.

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But it’s ok for racists go shout hate outside the homes of unaccompanied underage refugee children and abuse our national flags as happens in my town? It’s very sad to see how Labour has lost its way under Starmer. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Food inflation is around 4.9%, inflation at 3.6% homelessness up, poverty up, 3.8m, including 1m children currently experiencing destitution. The economy is on its knees and yet Labour still refusing to explore a CU with the EU or tax the rich appropriately. No wonder they are tanking in the polls.

'This is one of those twilight-zone moments in British politics, where it seems something is going to “cut through” any minute now. For a moment it seems as if it absolutely will. And then, there’s a loss of momentum and a return to the status quo.'

I've written for Psyche about some of the extraordinary things institutional trust enables us to do, and why we have to live with the fact that big organisations screw up.

The most worrying thing about daily life in Britain now is that you hear overt racism all the time that would have been thought unacceptable in the 90s.

Not just ’fix’ Brexit, undo it. sussexbylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...

Reform is an overseas funded organisation. Foreign donations to political parties should be outlawed. observer.co.uk/news/politic...

Remind me again how America was founded and who was there first?

The cover for this week’s issue is “White House of Gold,” by Kenton Nelson. See what’s inside: www.newyorker.com/magazine

A couple of weeks after racist flag shaggers put up more flags they have all been removed by what I assume are our ninja de-flaggers. Well done and thanks guys…..it’s lifted the atmosphere in our town. 👍🙂

This is a shocking story...vulnerable people without water for days. Shame on South East Water...

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

Nigel Farage’s Legacy — Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’ The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)… confirms the Treasury’s 2016 analysis, claiming a relative fall in GDP of between 6% and 8%. yorkshirebylines.co.uk/opinion/brex...

If only the press had held Johnson and the Tory party to the same standards when he was PM. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Alongside declining polls for Reform, the good news about the Telegraph’s volte face on Brexit is that it gives Labour political cover from the far right to reapply to rejoin the EU. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/the...

And all these judgments can be reached on the basis of published official tables. A Woodward & Bernstein expose is definitely not required!

Getting a book written is hard, published even harder and noticed even harder still. So I'm pretty bloody pleased to see that JESUS CHRIST KINSKI is No. 6 in The Independent's best books of 2025. @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

This is explosive stuff. Evidence that Jeffrey Epstein not only ran a child sex trafficking operation for powerful men, he also seems to have advised & supported Farage’s far right political projects in Europe and the UK, including Brexit, via Steve Bannon. bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/d...

This is a fantastic - though necessarily very truncated history (each episode deserved a whole series) but its brevity makes it an ideal resource for schools - I hope they use it. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

There are countless studies on the damage of Brexit (here’s one of the latest ones👇) and countless polls on the growing majority that want to rejoin. Free tip for struggling Labour…try doing something popular. @stellacreasy.bsky.social @labourlewis.bsky.social leftfootforward.org/2025/11/brex...

‘Act of folly?’………more like an absolutely country cracking fucking disaster. But I appreciate his sentiment. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/former...

Here's how the real two-tier Britain works: 1. Whatever Nigel Farage says, however stupid, is looped and discussed by the media, while left-wing voices are treated as noises off. 2. Tiny far-right protests get massive airtime, while 10s of 000s gathering for Palestine or green causes are ignored.🧵

Brexit isolated the UK and resulted in us scrabbling around the world for scraps of deals. As time goes by our continually shrinking quality of life and opportunities will increase public discontent. Labour is not brave enough to tackle Brexit. Who will be? @libdems.org.uk ? @greenparty.org.uk ?

Once more without the typo; #Brexit has cost the UK way more than expected; Britain’s economy has declined by a massive 8%. Investment is down 12%+ No wonder we’re getting poorer. Farage’s fascism & Starmer’s timidity have been a disaster. We need politicians with the courage to say “rejoin”.

www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2... Read by Karl Queensborough and produced by Nicola Alexandrou... Well worth a weekend listen ...

Good work by Medway Council.

Every poll, survey, opinion piece, research and documentary confirms the disaster that is Brexit. Immeasurable damage, economically, socially, scientifically, security, politically. It is utter madness not to start reversing Brexit. @labourlewis.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l0G...

The right bangs on about mythical no-go zones in our towns and cities. There are now real no-go zones, and the right is responsible.. #Racism #UKPolitics #NHS www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Collapsing like a balloon full of hot toxic gas. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ref...

🔥 Coming up fast!! Can citizens and journalists unite to hold back authoritarianism and protect democracy? On 4th November at 7pm, join our live (free!) online event with: ▪️George Monbiot ▪️ Nafeez Ahmed ▪️ Yasmin Alibhai-Brown ▪️ Nick Lowles Book now: bit.ly/BylinesHope

Dutch liberals, together with the Dutch center-right, fight back www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/w...

Minority representation on TV causes outrage From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

Yes, yes, yes! Now this is the sort of talk and policy that will get me to join a political party. Keep it up @zackpolanski.bsky.social and the @greenparty.org.uk www.politico.eu/article/end-...

Hard times spreading just like the flu / Watch out homeboy don’t let it catch you

🇯🇲 Jamaica! 🙌🏾💚 Please donate here if you can! www.gofundme.com/f/CaribbeanH...

Quite a rise. Well done @zackpolanski.bsky.social and the @greenparty.org.uk www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/gre...

Congratulations to @citylit.bsky.social writing tutor @yvonnesingh.bsky.social, whose book "INK!: From the Age of Empire to Black Power, the Journalists who Transformed Britain" is out now from The History Press! ‘Terrific ... A must read.’ -- Irenosen Okojie MBE

"Economic insecurity, race riots, incendiary media … Claude McKay was one of the few Black journalists covering a turbulent period that sounds all too familiar to us today" A section of Yvonne's book was also adapted into a Guardian Long Read article on Claude McKay this month:

What. An. Honour. Thanks Steve! Thanks for including the light down there in that horrorscape...

#FreePalestine #StopArmingGenocide #BDS #Sudan #FreeCongo www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Labour’s reply was too long coming and weak. You either believe Katie Lam’s statement is inhumane and racist or you don’t. What you shouldn’t need is 24 hours to think about it. @sarahhall-labour.bsky.social @labourlewis.bsky.social @stellacreasy.bsky.social

I am delighted and honoured to say that my second novel RAKESFALL has won the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! vajra.me/2025/10/21/r...

Politicians can make statements like these - without realising the consequences.... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...