Clara W
@claraw.bsky.social
Ex journo & diplomat, current Comms Manager in the public sector . When I think of it, I'll put something wry here.
It's not going well for Labour. There was a pretty fierce reaction to the Islands of Strangers speech, I imagine this will be worse.
Tommy Robinson is claiming credit for the language/policy being used by the Labour government (about deporting people found to be refugees once their home country is deemed safe)
November 16, 2025 at 8:48 AM
It's not going well for Labour. There was a pretty fierce reaction to the Islands of Strangers speech, I imagine this will be worse.
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That’s why “blue Labour” is doomed and was doomed from the start: you cannot make water run uphill. A party whose core electorate for over a decade has been socially liberal university graduates and ethnic minorities cannot sell itself as a party hostile to socially liberal values.
November 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
That’s why “blue Labour” is doomed and was doomed from the start: you cannot make water run uphill. A party whose core electorate for over a decade has been socially liberal university graduates and ethnic minorities cannot sell itself as a party hostile to socially liberal values.
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This is the Home Secretary's video about "why"
A government which had the principle of *defusing* the salience by getting a grip with control, while maintaining compassion, would not use the rhetorical devices here to stoke up the salience of the issue they hope to defuse
x.com/ShabanaMahmo...
A government which had the principle of *defusing* the salience by getting a grip with control, while maintaining compassion, would not use the rhetorical devices here to stoke up the salience of the issue they hope to defuse
x.com/ShabanaMahmo...
Shabana Mahmood MP on X: "On Monday, I will announce the most significant changes to our asylum system in modern times 👇 https://t.co/eXAVYdD4kD" / X
On Monday, I will announce the most significant changes to our asylum system in modern times 👇 https://t.co/eXAVYdD4kD
x.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:02 AM
This is the Home Secretary's video about "why"
A government which had the principle of *defusing* the salience by getting a grip with control, while maintaining compassion, would not use the rhetorical devices here to stoke up the salience of the issue they hope to defuse
x.com/ShabanaMahmo...
A government which had the principle of *defusing* the salience by getting a grip with control, while maintaining compassion, would not use the rhetorical devices here to stoke up the salience of the issue they hope to defuse
x.com/ShabanaMahmo...
I've been wondering what's going on with Gaza. It turns out, predictably, nothing very good ☹️
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
November 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I've been wondering what's going on with Gaza. It turns out, predictably, nothing very good ☹️
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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I had my disagreements with the BBC under Tim Davie but he was a decent man doing a difficult job.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
November 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I had my disagreements with the BBC under Tim Davie but he was a decent man doing a difficult job.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
I may be wrong but this doesn't feel like a very workable plan from the Tories. Also, the last point: has anyone mentioned this was working a lot better before their Brexit??
November 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I may be wrong but this doesn't feel like a very workable plan from the Tories. Also, the last point: has anyone mentioned this was working a lot better before their Brexit??
We'll be seeing a lot of this picture in years to come.
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
We'll be seeing a lot of this picture in years to come.
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Racists saying the train worker injured protecting passengers during the knife attack is a hero, then finding out his name:
a baby wearing a black shirt that says rock n roll is running on a wooden floor
Alt: A baby with a higher IQ than Matt Goodwin doing a u turn.
media.tenor.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Racists saying the train worker injured protecting passengers during the knife attack is a hero, then finding out his name:
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The online baying mob shouting "Vote Reform" after Saturday's train stabbing attack may wish to note that not a single Reform MP has turned up for the Home Secretary's statement on the incident.
November 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The online baying mob shouting "Vote Reform" after Saturday's train stabbing attack may wish to note that not a single Reform MP has turned up for the Home Secretary's statement on the incident.
Can you mute words on Blue Sky like you could on Twitter? Only my entire timeline appears to be discussing a baseball game 🙄
November 2, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Can you mute words on Blue Sky like you could on Twitter? Only my entire timeline appears to be discussing a baseball game 🙄
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The Carbon Budget and Growth Delivery Plan may sound dry, but it proposes the near complete decarbonisation of the economy inside a decade and is the closest thing the government has to a growth strategy. Surely that’s worth a press conference?
October 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The Carbon Budget and Growth Delivery Plan may sound dry, but it proposes the near complete decarbonisation of the economy inside a decade and is the closest thing the government has to a growth strategy. Surely that’s worth a press conference?
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was trying to work out why people were posting their passwords and then I realized it was potential Dutch electoral coalitions
October 29, 2025 at 8:39 PM
was trying to work out why people were posting their passwords and then I realized it was potential Dutch electoral coalitions
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Everything is a distraction from this.
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Everything is a distraction from this.
So many hot takes on the Caerphilly by-election this morning, but this one is probably the best - and most informed - I've seen.
My latest newsletter with all the analysis from a historic Caerphilly byelection
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/plaid-smas...
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/plaid-smas...
Plaid smash Reform to win in Caerphilly
These are the key takeaways from a massive night in Welsh politics
willhaywardwales.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:50 AM
So many hot takes on the Caerphilly by-election this morning, but this one is probably the best - and most informed - I've seen.
This is chilling. Her last sentence has echoes of fascism.
Sunday Times interview Tory "rising star" Katie Lam
She is clear she wants lots of legal migrants to be told to "go home" so as "to leave a mostly but not entirely culturally coherent group of people"
(The interviewer suggests she is scrapping ILR or stripping people of it)
She is clear she wants lots of legal migrants to be told to "go home" so as "to leave a mostly but not entirely culturally coherent group of people"
(The interviewer suggests she is scrapping ILR or stripping people of it)
October 19, 2025 at 9:30 AM
This is chilling. Her last sentence has echoes of fascism.
Isn't this the problem? I'm seeing endless posts on my feed about huge rallies across the US but so what? Under the current system they can't get rid of this government or stop the destruction.
Per CNN, the White House has just issued a two-word response to what may be the largest day of protest in US history—and those two words perfectly encapsulate why No Kings Day exists.
The response from would-be King Donald to outrage over his destruction of our traditions and norms is, "Who cares?"
The response from would-be King Donald to outrage over his destruction of our traditions and norms is, "Who cares?"
October 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Isn't this the problem? I'm seeing endless posts on my feed about huge rallies across the US but so what? Under the current system they can't get rid of this government or stop the destruction.
No Woman No Cry.... completely spoiled for me by living in Jamaica and hearing it on repeat by every hotel pool, bar and beach on repeat....
October 18, 2025 at 8:44 PM
No Woman No Cry.... completely spoiled for me by living in Jamaica and hearing it on repeat by every hotel pool, bar and beach on repeat....
October 13, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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October 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Why does every single man in the Guardian's Blind Date segment look like this:
October 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Why does every single man in the Guardian's Blind Date segment look like this:
I'm not a Green party member but considering both my 80-something year old mother and 17-yr old daughter have joined in the past few months tells me they must be doing something right.
October 10, 2025 at 7:37 AM
I'm not a Green party member but considering both my 80-something year old mother and 17-yr old daughter have joined in the past few months tells me they must be doing something right.
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Tory party’s long journey away from science, reason, responsibility, common sense and truth is complete
Kemi Badenoch vows to repeal Climate Change Act
Tory leader says she would replace it with ‘cheap energy’ strategy, ending decades-long consensus on climate
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Tory party’s long journey away from science, reason, responsibility, common sense and truth is complete
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Is there a reason I ask that the Times are using a picture of asylum seekers in a boat to describe rules for migrants who came on legal routes such as skilled worker visas for doctors?
Tough new conditions to be imposed on migrants who want to settle in the UK will not apply to more than a million people who arrived in the UK under the post-Brexit immigration surge
Labour’s tough new rules will not apply to migrants already in UK
www.thetimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Is there a reason I ask that the Times are using a picture of asylum seekers in a boat to describe rules for migrants who came on legal routes such as skilled worker visas for doctors?
First time in my life I've paid the slightest attention to golf 😆.
Team Europe trolling Trump after winning The Ryder Cup 🤣💀
September 29, 2025 at 5:59 AM
First time in my life I've paid the slightest attention to golf 😆.