UK Labour doubling down on harsher immigration policies in 3...2...1

Labour seems to think this further lurch to the right is a political masterstroke. On the contrary, it confirms their moral and political bankruptcy. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

“We’re scapegoating asylum seekers for the failures & political divisions caused by successive governments in the last 15 years—the failures of successive governments to address wealth inequality, funding for education, the cost of living & primary healthcare and infrastructure.” Well said, bishop!

First Farage said we needed to leave the EU, now he is coming for the ECHR. Brexit hurt us all - this would too. https://www.politico.eu/article/haunted-by-brexit-a-fresh-remain-campaign-is-firing-up-uk-echr/

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A strong immigration system doesn't need to be a cruel one. It shouldn't need saying - but refugees & asylum seekers are real people, fleeing war and persecution. This daughter of an immigrant is proud of our British and Labour values of respect and not turning our backs on people in real need.

"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." Malcolm X. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Imagine an NHS surgeon. Raised a family in Britain, having arrived 19 years ago. And told by the daughter of immigrants to bugger off back to her now ‘safe’ country.

Tommy Robinson openly celebrating Labour's new asylum seekers policy should tell everyone exactly how far right Labour are now. Labour, Reform and Tories are all the same. Right wing parties only interested in making money for their donors. Do not vote Labour.

The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right. There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture join.greenparty.org.uk

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English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books. Social spaces lost forever. Libraries, community centres, school playgrounds, parks closed/sold as council funding cut in real terms to appease the rich. Social vandalism.

It's not just ambition on climate action that's being run down, but nature. Planet Earth is in the fight of its life and, on balance, those of us who are its allies are losing. It's our duty to work out why, and act on it. share.google/N0QU31GX4Znw...

Really good Tim Stanley essay on Fuentes et al. Gift link. www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/f6dd290...

So the Trump regime now says UK is no longer its ally. That's why so many of us warned it was a mistake to court him so crassly. The thing about madmen like Trump is, they only accept 1,000% devotion. Even the smallest criticism is seen as betrayal. Marjorie Taylor Green just found that out, too.

Labour are now the "darker forces" Mahmood is scaremongering about. Depriving people who have fled unimaginable horror the ability to rebuild their lives in safety and security, which this does, is sickening. Labour is sickening. #r4today www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Thinking about my own father, who arrived in 1946 with the Free Polish Army - when would Labour have sent him back to communist Poland? How could he have done anything to build a life and have children in the UK if he had had to beg to stay every two years? Disgusting. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Our so-called democratic institutions aren’t structurally capable of constraining private power anymore. Oxfam revealed that the net worth of the 10 richest US billionaires grew by $698bn in the past year. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Thread

This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform. Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

So if you are wealthy, what public facilities should you not be able to use: Schools, NHS, roads, fire service, railways, rubbish collection, buses or libraries?

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"Where were the handsome bulls and the handsome bull-fighters now? It appeared that even in Barcelona there were hardly any bullfights nowadays; for some reason all the best matadors were Fascists." George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia.

The Brexit "news" never is. The choices were always the "self harm" of ("take back control") greater rocketing prices for less choice or (no control) unilaterally advantaging the EU .& smugglers Govt told to act 'swiftly' at Port of Dover on illegal meat share.google/URSu9W5T89MI...

The irony of Danny Kruger accusing the BBC of left-wing bias when Reform UK - with just 5 MPs - gets more airtime than the Liberal Democrats, who have 72 MPs. The BBC doesn't have a left-wing bias.

Spot checks have already revealed the scale of illegal meat entering the british food chain and it's quite staggering. Meanwhile the UKGov, incredibly, has not fully informed the public of the issue and postponed checks until 2027, which is a very long time to play dice with food safety. 5/8

Brits are also unaware the UK has no SPS deal with the EU which would reduce checks on produce coming EU to UK. It's like landing at an airport with nobody checking your bags and you volunteering to travel 22km for checks. It's a smugglers paradise and food safety is already a major problem. 4/8

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Epstein had his own ‘nerds’ and one of the longest emails released documents Twitter sentiment analysis. This doesn’t mean that Epstein was intervening in Brexit — though it could — but he certainly was interested in making money out of it

100%. @theguardian.com is spot on. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Russia has joined the attack on the BBC. It's becoming clear that what is happening is not a criticism of a mistake by the BBC, but an international fascist attack on British democracy. You only have to see the extraordinary number of trolls unleashed on X to know that's what is happening.

NEW The letter the BBC could send back to Trump A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim By me. Enjoy. emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...

A decade ago, the Telegraph was a respectable paper. Now it’s a low-quality treasonous tabloid.

here's a 13GB .zip with all 33,572 images from the Epstein doc dump, converted to pdf and OCR'd drive.google.com/file/d/15UfF...

The University of Nottingham is planning to close down the music and modern language departments. Please sign this petition to protest this awful decision. www.change.org/p/stop-the-s...

🔉What dangers does X pose to our democracy? And should the government stop using it? Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics. @commonswec.parliament.uk

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And observed from the sidelines, as if he were not the Prime Minister, by Starmer.

Lib Dem Leader @eddavey.libdems.org.uk: "A great British institution is under attack from a foreign government. President Trump is trying to destroy our BBC... Trump has undermined press freedom in America. Now he's trying to do the same here, disgracefully egged on by the leader of Reform."

“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein

In other emails, Epstein described his relationships with foreign leaders, advised Steve Bannon on how to increase his influence in Europe and offered his (mostly, but not entirely, dim) assesment of Trump to those who asked. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

NEW: Jeffrey Epstein said in emails that he had been advising the Russian government on how to deal with Donald Trump, one of several cases in which he wielded his connections to try to influence the course of foreign affairs. w @nahaltoosi www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

Congratulations to @JoshBabarinde.bsky.social - newly elected President of the Liberal Democrats.

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Oh look… Derbyshire County Council's Reform UK administration is set to increase its portion of council tax by the maximum amount. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together."

None of this is happening by accident. This is a US oligarch funded plot to subvert the British political system and remake its politics into a form allowing for the sale of Britain to US oligarchs. bsky.app/profile/azur...

Coming soon: Labour responds to the failure of its Nigel Farage tribute act by trying even harder to be a Nigel Farage tribute act whilst closing its eyes to the evidence of where that path led the Tories.

Conservative Shadow Culture Secretary Nigel Huddleston tells GB News that the BBC should "grovel" to Trump. Amazing how many British 'patriots' are spending their time telling our national broadcaster to prostrate itself before a hostile foreign leader

If I had a national institution I wanted to undermine, Hanover Communications are who I’d go to. They’ve been undermining the NHS for years, successfully lobbying for firms to get NHS ££, including US giant United Health, & providing staff to pro-private politicians. It’s just what they do.

EXCLU: Leaked messages reveal how BBC staff used a town hall meeting to vent fury at the broadcaster's board. Samir Shah calling staff "disrespectful" for criticising Robbie Gibb went down very badly. Others raged at handling of Prescott memo. Read more! deadline.com/2025/11/bbc-...