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This is very good indeed on how Mahmood talks about race. To suggest that immigration policy and racism are linked "reflects this government’s biggest failing, which is that it is essentially incapable of saying that racism is wrong, full stop".
Why should people who “look like” the home secretary be on the hook for immigration policy?
This is great by @stephenkb.bsky.social:
This is great by @stephenkb.bsky.social:
Defence of Labour asylum policy reveals backsliding on racism
Home secretary’s framing of failures is partly low politics, but also a result of ministers’ poor approach to race relations
www.ft.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:50 AM
This is very good indeed on how Mahmood talks about race. To suggest that immigration policy and racism are linked "reflects this government’s biggest failing, which is that it is essentially incapable of saying that racism is wrong, full stop".
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What the Labour Party used to understand was that it wasn’t that immigration was tearing the country apart, but that immigration was what was holding the country together. Immigration kept our NHS going, our transport system going, our education and much more.
It’s still true. They must know it.
It’s still true. They must know it.
November 18, 2025 at 8:23 AM
What the Labour Party used to understand was that it wasn’t that immigration was tearing the country apart, but that immigration was what was holding the country together. Immigration kept our NHS going, our transport system going, our education and much more.
It’s still true. They must know it.
It’s still true. They must know it.
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Hey Blue Labour, you are dividing the country even more!
I'm very unhappy with you making people of various heritages (including mine - White, British with a bit of Spanish) feel very uncomfortable in the country of their birth
It's not going to end well
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
I'm very unhappy with you making people of various heritages (including mine - White, British with a bit of Spanish) feel very uncomfortable in the country of their birth
It's not going to end well
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
Mahmood says asylum reforms will 'unite a divided country' as Labour MPs voice opposition
Shabana Mahmood also threatens three African countries with visa bans ahead of her address to Parliament this afternoon.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Hey Blue Labour, you are dividing the country even more!
I'm very unhappy with you making people of various heritages (including mine - White, British with a bit of Spanish) feel very uncomfortable in the country of their birth
It's not going to end well
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
I'm very unhappy with you making people of various heritages (including mine - White, British with a bit of Spanish) feel very uncomfortable in the country of their birth
It's not going to end well
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
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Bloody left wing bias etc etc etc
November 17, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Bloody left wing bias etc etc etc
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So fine, wait for the full details. But let's not pretend Mahmood's feeble little brief-the-Guardian-and-the-Mail gambit is balanced in some way. It is very lurid about the bits that appeal to Nazis and very subtle about the bits that appeal to liberals.
November 17, 2025 at 10:50 AM
So fine, wait for the full details. But let's not pretend Mahmood's feeble little brief-the-Guardian-and-the-Mail gambit is balanced in some way. It is very lurid about the bits that appeal to Nazis and very subtle about the bits that appeal to liberals.
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New post just out:
"The Reality Trap"
On Reform's struggles running councils.
What it tells us about how they'd fare if they won a general elections. And about how broken our system of local government is.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
"The Reality Trap"
On Reform's struggles running councils.
What it tells us about how they'd fare if they won a general elections. And about how broken our system of local government is.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
The Reality Trap
Reform's struggles in local government
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:06 AM
New post just out:
"The Reality Trap"
On Reform's struggles running councils.
What it tells us about how they'd fare if they won a general elections. And about how broken our system of local government is.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
"The Reality Trap"
On Reform's struggles running councils.
What it tells us about how they'd fare if they won a general elections. And about how broken our system of local government is.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
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I do hope Labour back benchers give Mahmood the slow hand clap tomorrow and then tell the whips to sit down and shut up
Dear Mahmood/Labour,
Once the strutting fascist, Yaxley Lennon, is taking credit for your policies, you must know you’ve completely lost your way. You need to get your head out of your arse and your account off X.
Yours
The real silent (fair-minded and ignored) majority of the UK
Once the strutting fascist, Yaxley Lennon, is taking credit for your policies, you must know you’ve completely lost your way. You need to get your head out of your arse and your account off X.
Yours
The real silent (fair-minded and ignored) majority of the UK
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 10:00 AM
I do hope Labour back benchers give Mahmood the slow hand clap tomorrow and then tell the whips to sit down and shut up
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Tommy Robinson, Sargon of Akkad, Rupert Lowe.
Getting the whole spectrum of far-right nasties on your side is not a good look, Labour.
Getting the whole spectrum of far-right nasties on your side is not a good look, Labour.
November 16, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Tommy Robinson, Sargon of Akkad, Rupert Lowe.
Getting the whole spectrum of far-right nasties on your side is not a good look, Labour.
Getting the whole spectrum of far-right nasties on your side is not a good look, Labour.
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I can only assume that Shabana Mahmood has given up all hope of ever winning the Labour leadership.
I similarly assume Labour is giving up on holding almost any of its seats in the Scottish parliament next year. Or about half of its inner city councils.
I similarly assume Labour is giving up on holding almost any of its seats in the Scottish parliament next year. Or about half of its inner city councils.
Somebody is briefing the Times that the Home Secretary finds inspiration in Kristi Noem's leading the Trump mass deportation effort - which has gone much too far for Americans
What a kamikaze piece of political madness that is on the eve of their asylum package
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
What a kamikaze piece of political madness that is on the eve of their asylum package
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Shabana Mahmood threatens Trump-style visa ban on three countries
Angola, Namibia and the Democratic Republic of Congo will face Trump-style sanctions if they do not start taking back more illegal migrants and criminals
www.thetimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I can only assume that Shabana Mahmood has given up all hope of ever winning the Labour leadership.
I similarly assume Labour is giving up on holding almost any of its seats in the Scottish parliament next year. Or about half of its inner city councils.
I similarly assume Labour is giving up on holding almost any of its seats in the Scottish parliament next year. Or about half of its inner city councils.
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Major beneficiaries of the new Labour policy? Reform.
Secondary beneficiaries? Lib Dems, Greens, SNP, Plaid Cymru
Major losers? Labour, the U.K., humanity.
Secondary beneficiaries? Lib Dems, Greens, SNP, Plaid Cymru
Major losers? Labour, the U.K., humanity.
November 16, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Major beneficiaries of the new Labour policy? Reform.
Secondary beneficiaries? Lib Dems, Greens, SNP, Plaid Cymru
Major losers? Labour, the U.K., humanity.
Secondary beneficiaries? Lib Dems, Greens, SNP, Plaid Cymru
Major losers? Labour, the U.K., humanity.
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This is the logical consequence of Labour’s appeasement of the far right - this is an arms race Labour should never seek to win
Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
November 16, 2025 at 10:27 AM
This is the logical consequence of Labour’s appeasement of the far right - this is an arms race Labour should never seek to win
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Mo Farah, trafficked to UK aged 9 in 1992. Teacher Alan Watkinson secures citizenship after 8 years here, 2000 (aged 17) so he could travel abroad as GB athlete
Under future rules
Renew status? 1995, 98 x6
Eligible settlement after 20 years (2012)
Citizenship 2013
news.sky.com/story/sir-mo...
Under future rules
Renew status? 1995, 98 x6
Eligible settlement after 20 years (2012)
Citizenship 2013
news.sky.com/story/sir-mo...
Sir Mo Farah reveals 'the truth' about how he came to the UK
The Olympic star was warned speaking out could put his British citizenship at "real risk" - but it is understood the Home Office is taking no action against him.
news.sky.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Mo Farah, trafficked to UK aged 9 in 1992. Teacher Alan Watkinson secures citizenship after 8 years here, 2000 (aged 17) so he could travel abroad as GB athlete
Under future rules
Renew status? 1995, 98 x6
Eligible settlement after 20 years (2012)
Citizenship 2013
news.sky.com/story/sir-mo...
Under future rules
Renew status? 1995, 98 x6
Eligible settlement after 20 years (2012)
Citizenship 2013
news.sky.com/story/sir-mo...
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It's easy to forget, amidst the amusement at Seb's frantic and futile scrapping for a Tory seat, that he is a complete imbecile www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Meet the elite think tank responsible for Britain’s decline
The Resolution Foundation wants to make life better for the poorest in society but its noble aims result in policy that stifles growth and penalises the rich
www.thetimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
It's easy to forget, amidst the amusement at Seb's frantic and futile scrapping for a Tory seat, that he is a complete imbecile www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
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For a party that has always, and always will, stand up for refugee rights - join.greenparty.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 10:06 PM
For a party that has always, and always will, stand up for refugee rights - join.greenparty.org.uk
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They want to know why racism is rising? This is is why. This.
What is truly pathetic about Labour is that this is all they have got. They have failed so spectacularly already, despite a whacking great majority, to even attempt to govern positively that all they have is punching down on marginalised groups and saying "oh but Reform will be worse".
November 15, 2025 at 8:39 AM
They want to know why racism is rising? This is is why. This.
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Yesterday, I pleaded not guilty to the charges that Trump’s DOJ has hit me with in federal court.
This administration is targeting me because they can see that I’ve spoken out against them and will continue to stand up to them.
This administration is targeting me because they can see that I’ve spoken out against them and will continue to stand up to them.
November 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Yesterday, I pleaded not guilty to the charges that Trump’s DOJ has hit me with in federal court.
This administration is targeting me because they can see that I’ve spoken out against them and will continue to stand up to them.
This administration is targeting me because they can see that I’ve spoken out against them and will continue to stand up to them.
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join the pledge to support the indigenous declaration - a plan to protect and preserve the Amazon & with it the future of water, climate and life on EARTH 💚🌎🩵
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November 14, 2025 at 5:32 AM
join the pledge to support the indigenous declaration - a plan to protect and preserve the Amazon & with it the future of water, climate and life on EARTH 💚🌎🩵
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Well at least he was never political
November 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Well at least he was never political
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Trump is incredibly unpopular here! including amongst Tory voters. What are they doing?
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
Amazing how many British 'patriots' are spending their time telling our national broadcaster to prostrate itself before a hostile foreign leader
November 11, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Trump is incredibly unpopular here! including amongst Tory voters. What are they doing?
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So he’s saying all the tariff money we took in is gone and we won’t be able to pay it back. There was always a possibility he could lose this lawsuit and have to refund the tariff money. We didn’t prepare for that possibility? He’s running the govt like he ran his casinos.
November 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
So he’s saying all the tariff money we took in is gone and we won’t be able to pay it back. There was always a possibility he could lose this lawsuit and have to refund the tariff money. We didn’t prepare for that possibility? He’s running the govt like he ran his casinos.
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The "appropriate response" is to broadcast everything that Trump did and said on that appalling day for American democracy and then to tell this moron to sling his hook.
I might be wrong, but this stinks of Pharage involvement.
November 11, 2025 at 8:03 AM
The "appropriate response" is to broadcast everything that Trump did and said on that appalling day for American democracy and then to tell this moron to sling his hook.
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BBC - what a mess
We need public service broadcasting imo
Cameron started this when he dumped the Board of Trustees and replaced it with a quango basically. That allowed the political element to gain hold
We now face the prospect of a political cabal undermining our democracy and killing it
🤬🤬
We need public service broadcasting imo
Cameron started this when he dumped the Board of Trustees and replaced it with a quango basically. That allowed the political element to gain hold
We now face the prospect of a political cabal undermining our democracy and killing it
🤬🤬
November 11, 2025 at 6:51 AM
BBC - what a mess
We need public service broadcasting imo
Cameron started this when he dumped the Board of Trustees and replaced it with a quango basically. That allowed the political element to gain hold
We now face the prospect of a political cabal undermining our democracy and killing it
🤬🤬
We need public service broadcasting imo
Cameron started this when he dumped the Board of Trustees and replaced it with a quango basically. That allowed the political element to gain hold
We now face the prospect of a political cabal undermining our democracy and killing it
🤬🤬