@clarecrick.bsky.social
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Labour MP Simon Opher - "We should stop the boats because it's dangerous, and we should stop the scapegoating of immigrants because it's wrong and cruel.
"Measures that create bureaucracy and insecurity do not offer clarity or strengthen control – they cost money, waste time and weaken the system."
"Measures that create bureaucracy and insecurity do not offer clarity or strengthen control – they cost money, waste time and weaken the system."
November 17, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Labour MP Simon Opher - "We should stop the boats because it's dangerous, and we should stop the scapegoating of immigrants because it's wrong and cruel.
"Measures that create bureaucracy and insecurity do not offer clarity or strengthen control – they cost money, waste time and weaken the system."
"Measures that create bureaucracy and insecurity do not offer clarity or strengthen control – they cost money, waste time and weaken the system."
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There is no evidence that stripping refugees' rights one by one will have any impact on people crossing the channel.
Taking jewellery from refugees is akin to painting over murals for refugee children.
These repugnant ‘deterrents’ did not work for the Tories, and they won't work for us.
Taking jewellery from refugees is akin to painting over murals for refugee children.
These repugnant ‘deterrents’ did not work for the Tories, and they won't work for us.
November 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
There is no evidence that stripping refugees' rights one by one will have any impact on people crossing the channel.
Taking jewellery from refugees is akin to painting over murals for refugee children.
These repugnant ‘deterrents’ did not work for the Tories, and they won't work for us.
Taking jewellery from refugees is akin to painting over murals for refugee children.
These repugnant ‘deterrents’ did not work for the Tories, and they won't work for us.
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The Prime Minister said in September that we are at a fork in the road. These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning.
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum system in UK ‘out of control’ and dividing country, home secretary says
Shabana Mahmood to unveil new proposals modelled on Denmark’s controversial system
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The Prime Minister said in September that we are at a fork in the road. These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning.
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Which one is more English?
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Which one is more English?
A thread for the eminent @jamespren.bsky.social
A month ago I looked at what I called Labour's midlife crisis- an obsession with chasing socially conservative Reform-curious voters and ignoring groups of disaffected voters with social attitudes much closer to Labour voters. But some people thought there was method in their madness. Was there? 1/n
November 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
A thread for the eminent @jamespren.bsky.social
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A new Director General, a new Charter... a new model of ownership?
It's all change at the BBC, but the change to a mutual model is well overdue.
We think the BBC should be owned by you, the public.
It's all change at the BBC, but the change to a mutual model is well overdue.
We think the BBC should be owned by you, the public.
November 10, 2025 at 10:32 AM
A new Director General, a new Charter... a new model of ownership?
It's all change at the BBC, but the change to a mutual model is well overdue.
We think the BBC should be owned by you, the public.
It's all change at the BBC, but the change to a mutual model is well overdue.
We think the BBC should be owned by you, the public.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Useful information for #coastal communities.
#Hastings
#StLeonards-on-sea
#Rye
#Sussex
Useful information for #coastal communities.
#Hastings
#StLeonards-on-sea
#Rye
#Sussex
Worth a shout? Yelling is best way to deter gulls, UK study suggests
Animal behaviourists tested 61 gulls in Cornwall to find most effective method of countering feathery threat
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:22 AM
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Useful information for #coastal communities.
#Hastings
#StLeonards-on-sea
#Rye
#Sussex
Useful information for #coastal communities.
#Hastings
#StLeonards-on-sea
#Rye
#Sussex
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BBC Under Attack: Pot and Kettle Special
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
November 12, 2025 at 8:06 AM
BBC Under Attack: Pot and Kettle Special
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
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Lush is a brilliant company. In September, I sent a speculative email to its general public relations email address about the student-led Gaza 40+ campaign to get students with UK scholarships evacuated.
November 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Lush is a brilliant company. In September, I sent a speculative email to its general public relations email address about the student-led Gaza 40+ campaign to get students with UK scholarships evacuated.
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The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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Lollll three bylines for a national newspaper to recreate (including the exact same restaurants!) what me and a student reporter managed a month ago: www.londoncentric.media/p/host-kitch...
Just rip off our original and give us a buried credit in paragraph 19, we won’t be offended!
Just rip off our original and give us a buried credit in paragraph 19, we won’t be offended!
@jim.londoncentric.media this looks very familiar in MoS
November 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Lollll three bylines for a national newspaper to recreate (including the exact same restaurants!) what me and a student reporter managed a month ago: www.londoncentric.media/p/host-kitch...
Just rip off our original and give us a buried credit in paragraph 19, we won’t be offended!
Just rip off our original and give us a buried credit in paragraph 19, we won’t be offended!
open.substack.com/pub/rorycell... This week’s episode of #Movers&Shakers celebrates the local heroes who got our #ParkyPetition over the 100000 signatures line which triggers a Parliamentary debate. And..#BREAKING NEWS that debate will take place on November 17th
Movers and Shakers: Bexhill's battlers
Breaking news: Parliament to debate Parky Charter petition on November 17th
open.substack.com
October 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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open.substack.com/pub/rorycell... Biggest ever audit of Parkinson’s in the UK says there’s a diagnosis crisis with a shortage of neurologists leaving thousands waiting up to 5 years to see a specialist
Parkinson's - the diagnosis crisis
UK's neurologist shortage continues to bite, says biggest PD audit
open.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:26 AM
open.substack.com/pub/rorycell... Biggest ever audit of Parkinson’s in the UK says there’s a diagnosis crisis with a shortage of neurologists leaving thousands waiting up to 5 years to see a specialist
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“Rather than giving people “free cars”, the Motability scheme allows disabled people to use their PIP to lease new cars for 3 years.”
My colleagues Rowena Mason and @guardianheather.bsky.social report with a disclaimer every media outlet should be using tonight. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
My colleagues Rowena Mason and @guardianheather.bsky.social report with a disclaimer every media outlet should be using tonight. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Chancellor says she ‘can’t leave welfare untouched’ this parliament as budget looms
Rachel Reeves understood to be eyeing cuts to Motability scheme as she tries to plug hole in country’s finances
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:28 PM
“Rather than giving people “free cars”, the Motability scheme allows disabled people to use their PIP to lease new cars for 3 years.”
My colleagues Rowena Mason and @guardianheather.bsky.social report with a disclaimer every media outlet should be using tonight. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
My colleagues Rowena Mason and @guardianheather.bsky.social report with a disclaimer every media outlet should be using tonight. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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NEW: Britain’s top libel firm, Carter-Ruck, acted for OneCoin - a $4bn crypto-fraud.
The firm threatened whistleblowers, journalists, regulators, and even the police.
Carter-Ruck's work helped the fraud continue as long as it did.
Was that a crime?
The firm threatened whistleblowers, journalists, regulators, and even the police.
Carter-Ruck's work helped the fraud continue as long as it did.
Was that a crime?
October 19, 2025 at 7:30 AM
NEW: Britain’s top libel firm, Carter-Ruck, acted for OneCoin - a $4bn crypto-fraud.
The firm threatened whistleblowers, journalists, regulators, and even the police.
Carter-Ruck's work helped the fraud continue as long as it did.
Was that a crime?
The firm threatened whistleblowers, journalists, regulators, and even the police.
Carter-Ruck's work helped the fraud continue as long as it did.
Was that a crime?
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Here they are side by side. Between them, they give you an idea of what is really going on. And it is unbelievably grim. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A leaked memo, a Maga-style hat and a trail of broken pledges – it’s Labour’s great housing betrayal | Aditya Chakrabortty
Ignore the bombast: Steve ‘build, baby, build’ Reed’s boast looks likely to end in targets more pathetic than they are now, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Here they are side by side. Between them, they give you an idea of what is really going on. And it is unbelievably grim. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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1/11
😔 THE WEST IS LOST 😔
A new essay argues the West's foundational belief in perpetual progress is collapsing. It is being replaced by a pervasive, multi-faceted experience of loss that is reshaping our politics and our future.
By sociologist Andreas Reckwitz for the NYT
#Philosophy #Politics
😔 THE WEST IS LOST 😔
A new essay argues the West's foundational belief in perpetual progress is collapsing. It is being replaced by a pervasive, multi-faceted experience of loss that is reshaping our politics and our future.
By sociologist Andreas Reckwitz for the NYT
#Philosophy #Politics
October 5, 2025 at 8:02 AM
1/11
😔 THE WEST IS LOST 😔
A new essay argues the West's foundational belief in perpetual progress is collapsing. It is being replaced by a pervasive, multi-faceted experience of loss that is reshaping our politics and our future.
By sociologist Andreas Reckwitz for the NYT
#Philosophy #Politics
😔 THE WEST IS LOST 😔
A new essay argues the West's foundational belief in perpetual progress is collapsing. It is being replaced by a pervasive, multi-faceted experience of loss that is reshaping our politics and our future.
By sociologist Andreas Reckwitz for the NYT
#Philosophy #Politics
NEW: @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social endorses Lucy Powell for Deputy Leader of the Labour Party.In a special ballot, 82.2% of Mainstream members voted to endorse Lucy.Labour’s Mainstream wants the party and government to be reset in line with pluralist, democratic socialist values.
October 6, 2025 at 11:20 AM
NEW: @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social endorses Lucy Powell for Deputy Leader of the Labour Party.In a special ballot, 82.2% of Mainstream members voted to endorse Lucy.Labour’s Mainstream wants the party and government to be reset in line with pluralist, democratic socialist values.
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I learnt a lot from this.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...
The origins of today’s conflict between American Jews over Israel
In the early years, American Jewish support for Israel was a fraught issue. The turning point was the six-day war of 1967, which solidified a strength of feeling that has only recently begun to fract...
www.theguardian.com
October 5, 2025 at 6:42 AM
I learnt a lot from this.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...
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Here’s a couple of splendid Eupholus magnificus weevils minding their own business in the forests of New Guinea (photo: Rob de Vos)
September 23, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Here’s a couple of splendid Eupholus magnificus weevils minding their own business in the forests of New Guinea (photo: Rob de Vos)
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Earlier this year my sister her own life.
I’m determined something positive comes from this dreadful situation.
Starting Monday, I’m walking Hadrian’s Wall in her memory and in aid of 2 charities I know would be close to her ❤️
Details about the walk here ⬇️
gvwhl.com/JEZLQ
I’m determined something positive comes from this dreadful situation.
Starting Monday, I’m walking Hadrian’s Wall in her memory and in aid of 2 charities I know would be close to her ❤️
Details about the walk here ⬇️
gvwhl.com/JEZLQ
Hadrian's Wall Walk for Sky
Earlier this year, my beautiful sister Sky/Nikki very sadly took her own life.
My sister had such a positive influence on so many people and I am deter…
gvwhl.com
September 21, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Earlier this year my sister her own life.
I’m determined something positive comes from this dreadful situation.
Starting Monday, I’m walking Hadrian’s Wall in her memory and in aid of 2 charities I know would be close to her ❤️
Details about the walk here ⬇️
gvwhl.com/JEZLQ
I’m determined something positive comes from this dreadful situation.
Starting Monday, I’m walking Hadrian’s Wall in her memory and in aid of 2 charities I know would be close to her ❤️
Details about the walk here ⬇️
gvwhl.com/JEZLQ
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Are out-of-work benefit claims at a record high? My new post open.substack.com/pub/inequali... , and also my take on More or Less this morning at www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Are out-of-work benefit claims at a record high?
The official statistics are wildly misleading - I've now made some new estimates that show just how wrong they are
open.substack.com
September 17, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Are out-of-work benefit claims at a record high? My new post open.substack.com/pub/inequali... , and also my take on More or Less this morning at www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
I'm pleased with the two books I bought today. Judith Dench is for book group. @jamespren.bsky.social author of Fixing Hastings and Rye, was busy at #hastingsbookfest hosted by the #ObserverBuilding
His insight and policy prescriptions for #Hastings and #Rye will be valuable to our community.
His insight and policy prescriptions for #Hastings and #Rye will be valuable to our community.
September 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I'm pleased with the two books I bought today. Judith Dench is for book group. @jamespren.bsky.social author of Fixing Hastings and Rye, was busy at #hastingsbookfest hosted by the #ObserverBuilding
His insight and policy prescriptions for #Hastings and #Rye will be valuable to our community.
His insight and policy prescriptions for #Hastings and #Rye will be valuable to our community.
To transform the country and take on the populist right, Labour must heed the voices of its radical realists - and build a principled, practical, popular left alternative.
Join @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social and together we can bring that alternative to life.
www.mainstreamlabour.org/get-involved
Join @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social and together we can bring that alternative to life.
www.mainstreamlabour.org/get-involved
Get involved | Mainstream Labour
Mainstream is the home for Labour’s radical realists - united by values, driven by change
www.mainstreamlabour.org
September 8, 2025 at 9:53 AM
To transform the country and take on the populist right, Labour must heed the voices of its radical realists - and build a principled, practical, popular left alternative.
Join @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social and together we can bring that alternative to life.
www.mainstreamlabour.org/get-involved
Join @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social and together we can bring that alternative to life.
www.mainstreamlabour.org/get-involved
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11 poetry workshops here, free to use. Each one about 5 minutes each. They've had nearly 250 thousand views. I hope people are finding them useful.
www.youtube.com/c/MichaelRos...
www.youtube.com/c/MichaelRos...
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
Official Michael Rosen Channel
Every video and playlist here is approved by Michael himself.
If it’s on this channel, it’s the real deal and safe for children.
You may see “YTP” or “poop” remixes on...
www.youtube.com
September 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
11 poetry workshops here, free to use. Each one about 5 minutes each. They've had nearly 250 thousand views. I hope people are finding them useful.
www.youtube.com/c/MichaelRos...
www.youtube.com/c/MichaelRos...