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Labour's fear of Reform, 'the election is tomorrow' attitude means that they are completely incapable of going 'okay, but what are *actually* the consequences of refugee and asylum policy that people don't like?'
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...
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...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Labour's fear of Reform, 'the election is tomorrow' attitude means that they are completely incapable of going 'okay, but what are *actually* the consequences of refugee and asylum policy that people don't like?'
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Research on this is clear: the uncertainty created by this policy will lead to people integrate less into British society. It is trading-off the reasonable policy goal of integration for the useless symbolism of immigration numbers. Bad policy to appease the far right.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Research on this is clear: the uncertainty created by this policy will lead to people integrate less into British society. It is trading-off the reasonable policy goal of integration for the useless symbolism of immigration numbers. Bad policy to appease the far right.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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When I find myself in times of trouble, mother mary comes to me,
Singing words of wisdom, ketomine.
Singing words of wisdom, ketomine.
November 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
When I find myself in times of trouble, mother mary comes to me,
Singing words of wisdom, ketomine.
Singing words of wisdom, ketomine.
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"Oi, I know we expect you not to riot as we continue to barrel towards you all losing your jobs in three years BUT we expect you to line up to be labelled racists for the rest of your professional lives whilst we do so."
Starmer cabinet really just trying to inspire revolt at this point.
Starmer cabinet really just trying to inspire revolt at this point.
NEW: Labour MPs are pushing back against the Home Office's robust 'Danish-style' asylum & immigration plans. One MP: “The policy of chasing Reform will not build confidence but fear". Another: “Weak governments don’t get to push through controversial policy.”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
No 10 tells Labour MPs it expects support for tough new asylum policies
Some backbenchers already opposing planned immigration crackdown seen as ‘economically and culturally illiterate’
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM
"Oi, I know we expect you not to riot as we continue to barrel towards you all losing your jobs in three years BUT we expect you to line up to be labelled racists for the rest of your professional lives whilst we do so."
Starmer cabinet really just trying to inspire revolt at this point.
Starmer cabinet really just trying to inspire revolt at this point.
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Starmer isn't Britain's worst ever prime minister, but he is Labour's worst ever prime minister and it's not even close
November 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Starmer isn't Britain's worst ever prime minister, but he is Labour's worst ever prime minister and it's not even close
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So when you voted to slash the already paltry support for disabled people, it was purely because you wanted to?
'Don't tell me you don't want to be out on strike - because that is exactly where you are. Own it.'
As resident doctors walk out again, Wes Streeting calls out the 'reprehensible and cartel-like behaviour' of their union.
As resident doctors walk out again, Wes Streeting calls out the 'reprehensible and cartel-like behaviour' of their union.
November 14, 2025 at 11:07 AM
So when you voted to slash the already paltry support for disabled people, it was purely because you wanted to?
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The worst Prime Minister in terms of damage done to the country is David Cameron, but there’s an argument to be made Keir Starmer is the worst in terms of how ridiculously bad at the job he continues to be given that the election handed him all the tools necessary to do it well.
November 13, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The worst Prime Minister in terms of damage done to the country is David Cameron, but there’s an argument to be made Keir Starmer is the worst in terms of how ridiculously bad at the job he continues to be given that the election handed him all the tools necessary to do it well.
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If Goodwin is considered too much of a racist reactionary to be an activist for the racist, reactionary Reform UK, but not too much of a racist reactionary to be intro'd as anything other than a 'presenter, former professor & author' by BBC QT, then what type of organisation does that make the BBC?
Reform UK accused of embracing racism over its pick for head of student organisation
Matthew Goodwin argued people from minority ethnic backgrounds born and raised in UK were not always British
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:57 PM
If Goodwin is considered too much of a racist reactionary to be an activist for the racist, reactionary Reform UK, but not too much of a racist reactionary to be intro'd as anything other than a 'presenter, former professor & author' by BBC QT, then what type of organisation does that make the BBC?
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Have we entered a racism timewarp?
Why does X routinely defend the racist abuse that it has a legal duty to remove?
A binary choice: must we tolerate the use of "paki" as a racist slur in the Britain of 2025 - or will government act to Make Twitter Lawful Again?
www.easterneye.biz/uk-racism-nh...
Why does X routinely defend the racist abuse that it has a legal duty to remove?
A binary choice: must we tolerate the use of "paki" as a racist slur in the Britain of 2025 - or will government act to Make Twitter Lawful Again?
www.easterneye.biz/uk-racism-nh...
‘Social media ignores return of racial hate’
Expert slams online platforms for letting trolls get away scot-free
www.easterneye.biz
November 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Have we entered a racism timewarp?
Why does X routinely defend the racist abuse that it has a legal duty to remove?
A binary choice: must we tolerate the use of "paki" as a racist slur in the Britain of 2025 - or will government act to Make Twitter Lawful Again?
www.easterneye.biz/uk-racism-nh...
Why does X routinely defend the racist abuse that it has a legal duty to remove?
A binary choice: must we tolerate the use of "paki" as a racist slur in the Britain of 2025 - or will government act to Make Twitter Lawful Again?
www.easterneye.biz/uk-racism-nh...
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😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐
aaah yes matty gaetz
November 13, 2025 at 6:50 PM
😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐
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Another @cjayanetti.bsky.social exclusive - Andy Burnham will issue a warning to Wes Streeting over the government’s abolition of a national network of “patient voice” bodies www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Andy Burnham To Warn Wes Streeting About Closure Of Health Bodies
Andy Burnham will issue a warning to Health Secretary Wes Streeting over the government’s abolition of a national network of “patient voice” bodies...
www.politicshome.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Another @cjayanetti.bsky.social exclusive - Andy Burnham will issue a warning to Wes Streeting over the government’s abolition of a national network of “patient voice” bodies www.politicshome.com/news/article...
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Would removing tax advantages for employee benefits help Labour voters? No
But do they help free up the resources you need so that they can be better allocated to help Labour voters? Also no
But do they help free up the resources you need so that they can be better allocated to help Labour voters? Also no
If you think that “the slow vanishing of employee benefits” is a better trade politically than “the other lot saying you broke your promise on income tax”, you are out of your tree: www.ft.com/content/1160...
November 11, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Would removing tax advantages for employee benefits help Labour voters? No
But do they help free up the resources you need so that they can be better allocated to help Labour voters? Also no
But do they help free up the resources you need so that they can be better allocated to help Labour voters? Also no
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Hopefully people are remembering that sexual assault victims can read what they’re saying
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Hopefully people are remembering that sexual assault victims can read what they’re saying
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True but you also have to tax the ever loving shit out of them so that the top quintile, decile, 1% etc aren't capturing massive amounts of spending and purchasing power and distorting the whole economy.
You absolutely have to bribe your top quintile with goodies, because 1) it limits zero-sum brain disease spread 2) it creates a powerful constituency for a public services floor, & 3) the admin/cognitive load of means testing means they'll get theirs anyway, so you end up subsidising them regardless
November 13, 2025 at 10:37 AM
True but you also have to tax the ever loving shit out of them so that the top quintile, decile, 1% etc aren't capturing massive amounts of spending and purchasing power and distorting the whole economy.
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The clever thing about going for stuff like the cycle for work scheme is it’s really noticeable, affects people with lots of media access and platforms, annoys green groups, and raises almost no revenue at the same time. Real win/win/win there.
November 13, 2025 at 9:20 AM
The clever thing about going for stuff like the cycle for work scheme is it’s really noticeable, affects people with lots of media access and platforms, annoys green groups, and raises almost no revenue at the same time. Real win/win/win there.
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Scandi taxes means Scandi kickbacks
The UK just has incredible attention to detail when it comes to making sure the people who pay all the taxes can’t have nice things. Child benefit? No. Free Child car? No. Cut price bike to cycle to work? No.
Functionally we are telling people they pay too much tax to get anything from the state.
Functionally we are telling people they pay too much tax to get anything from the state.
Rachel Reeves is setting the Cycle to Work scheme on fire as part of the war on salary sacrifice policies! on.ft.com/4oKXNrC
November 13, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Scandi taxes means Scandi kickbacks
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"You can’t build a diverse working class coalition if people don’t feel like you like them."
November 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
"You can’t build a diverse working class coalition if people don’t feel like you like them."
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“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
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Shut up, Wesley.
British Medical Association ‘threat to future of NHS’, says Streeting ahead of doctors’ strike
British Medical Association ‘threat to future of NHS’, says Streeting ahead of doctors’ strike
Health secretary accuses doctors’ union of ‘cartel-like behaviour’ and tells it to ‘get real’ over pay demands
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UK politics live – latest updates
The British Medical Association is acting like a “cartel” and its “antics” are endangering the NHS’s future, the health secretary said on Wednesday, before the latest doctors’ strike on Friday.
Wes Streeting launched his most strongly worded attack yet on the doctors’ union, coming close to accusing resident doctors in England of being greedy in their pay demands. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Shut up, Wesley.
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Nobody is ‘economically inactive’. If you buy food/anything at all from shops, you’re paying tax on it
What on earth is this nonsense from a Blue Labour MP?
What, you want a policy targeting zero illness, no full time caring responsibilities, no skills mismatches or career breaks and you think we should heavily crack down on migration until we get there?
Just not serious policy/politics.
What, you want a policy targeting zero illness, no full time caring responsibilities, no skills mismatches or career breaks and you think we should heavily crack down on migration until we get there?
Just not serious policy/politics.
November 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Nobody is ‘economically inactive’. If you buy food/anything at all from shops, you’re paying tax on it
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Great cause but Dawn, who I know is an amazing ally, and Sian are happy to share a platform with Duffield just doesn't sit well with me. Not great optics.
Joined @sianberry.bsky.social, Rosie Duffield and Ella's mother Rosamund outside Parliament in support of #EllasLaw, the Clean Air (Human Rights) Bill.
Rosamund’s courage and determination continue to inspire the fight for the right to clean air.
#CleanAirHRBill
Rosamund’s courage and determination continue to inspire the fight for the right to clean air.
#CleanAirHRBill
November 12, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Great cause but Dawn, who I know is an amazing ally, and Sian are happy to share a platform with Duffield just doesn't sit well with me. Not great optics.
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Every regulation written in blood
November 12, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Every regulation written in blood
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Yeah, this aspect of the memo is basically self-refuting, and yet…
If the Prescott memo is true, and there is a secret cabal of LGBTQ+ journalists stopping any negative stories about trans people being published or aired at BBC News, then, I have to say, they’re doing a really fucking shit job of that.
November 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Yeah, this aspect of the memo is basically self-refuting, and yet…
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Wait didn’t Keir Starmer just talk about the insidious rise of racist rhetoric in politics?
Labour reinstating a racist councillor in East Bristol because the Greens are one short of an outright majority and would absolutely smash them in in a by-election.
Bristol Labour councillor re-instated after racist comment
Fabian Breckels was suspended in October over a comment he wrote on Facebook.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Wait didn’t Keir Starmer just talk about the insidious rise of racist rhetoric in politics?