Lymbat
@lymbat.bsky.social
Spiritual athiest.
Firm believer in a fair and just society with true equality, regardless of race, gender, sexuality, religion, etc.
For anyone wondering: Your safety is more important than their hate.
Firm believer in a fair and just society with true equality, regardless of race, gender, sexuality, religion, etc.
For anyone wondering: Your safety is more important than their hate.
For those on the family route, i.e. spouse visas, assuming that the proposed changes are applied retrospectively (meaning applied to those already in the UK but not yet reached ILR), some of these changes are worrying.
None of it is particularly clear, and will create a lot of unnecessary stress.
None of it is particularly clear, and will create a lot of unnecessary stress.
The UK government's proposals on changes to settlement (indefinite leave to remain) rules have now been published in a consultation paper, ahead of a statement from the Home Secretary to MPs shortly www.gov.uk/government/c...
Earned settlement
The government is consulting on how the current settlement system should be reformed and how those reforms should be implemented.
www.gov.uk
November 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
For those on the family route, i.e. spouse visas, assuming that the proposed changes are applied retrospectively (meaning applied to those already in the UK but not yet reached ILR), some of these changes are worrying.
None of it is particularly clear, and will create a lot of unnecessary stress.
None of it is particularly clear, and will create a lot of unnecessary stress.
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“…belief and its manifestation should not be treated separately. Tribunals must assess whether the belief, and how it’s expressed, infringes others’ rights. Otherwise, beliefs that effectively strip trans people of dignity are too easily granted legal protection”
chroniclelaw.co.uk/blogs/2025/0...
chroniclelaw.co.uk/blogs/2025/0...
Are UK Courts Getting Gender Critical Cases Wrong?
Oscar Davies critiques recent rulings on gender critical beliefs, warning they risk undermining trans rights.
chroniclelaw.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 11:25 AM
“…belief and its manifestation should not be treated separately. Tribunals must assess whether the belief, and how it’s expressed, infringes others’ rights. Otherwise, beliefs that effectively strip trans people of dignity are too easily granted legal protection”
chroniclelaw.co.uk/blogs/2025/0...
chroniclelaw.co.uk/blogs/2025/0...
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The BBC was founded to “provide impartial news”. If it's going to be the UK's biggest media organisation, it has to do its job right.
Hold the BBC to account 👇
https://action.goodlawproject.org/tell-the-BBC-to-stop-attacking-trans-people?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=socials
Hold the BBC to account 👇
https://action.goodlawproject.org/tell-the-BBC-to-stop-attacking-trans-people?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=socials
November 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The BBC was founded to “provide impartial news”. If it's going to be the UK's biggest media organisation, it has to do its job right.
Hold the BBC to account 👇
https://action.goodlawproject.org/tell-the-BBC-to-stop-attacking-trans-people?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=socials
Hold the BBC to account 👇
https://action.goodlawproject.org/tell-the-BBC-to-stop-attacking-trans-people?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=socials
There is jo such thing as illegal migration.
There is regular migration, whereby the person arrives in the country with a visa, and irregular migration whereby the person arrives without a visa - that's it.
There is regular migration, whereby the person arrives in the country with a visa, and irregular migration whereby the person arrives without a visa - that's it.
Deep breath, once more for those at the back, seeking asylum is not illegal. No matter route used, which considering Labour has closed pretty much all the last remaining alternatives means irregular ones.
Anti-immigration sentiments are stoked by politicians like Mahmood, not people seeking safety.
Anti-immigration sentiments are stoked by politicians like Mahmood, not people seeking safety.
November 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
There is jo such thing as illegal migration.
There is regular migration, whereby the person arrives in the country with a visa, and irregular migration whereby the person arrives without a visa - that's it.
There is regular migration, whereby the person arrives in the country with a visa, and irregular migration whereby the person arrives without a visa - that's it.
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Human rights are universal - if we start stripping away basic human rights from any section of society then none of us has rights – just privileges that can be taken away by people in power whenever they want
November 16, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Human rights are universal - if we start stripping away basic human rights from any section of society then none of us has rights – just privileges that can be taken away by people in power whenever they want
The fact that someone has even proposed such a bill leaves me livid, devastated (I am married to a wonderful filipino) and utterly disgusted.
This is NOT the country I grew up in and until the last few years have been so proud to be a citizen of.
open.substack.com/pub/iratusur...
This is NOT the country I grew up in and until the last few years have been so proud to be a citizen of.
open.substack.com/pub/iratusur...
"They Will Also Need to Go Home"
A sitting Conservative MP has introduced a bill that would make lawful residents deportable for earning under £38,700 - and Britain’s political class is barely blinking.
open.substack.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The fact that someone has even proposed such a bill leaves me livid, devastated (I am married to a wonderful filipino) and utterly disgusted.
This is NOT the country I grew up in and until the last few years have been so proud to be a citizen of.
open.substack.com/pub/iratusur...
This is NOT the country I grew up in and until the last few years have been so proud to be a citizen of.
open.substack.com/pub/iratusur...
Formatted is a shining example of what the EA2010 was written to prevent. She failed to have her contract renewed, largely because her discrimination made the workplace toxic to other employees.
It was an annually renewable contract, most people would have simply found another contract.
It was an annually renewable contract, most people would have simply found another contract.
Like her sidekick Helen Joyce, Maya fucking Forstater "does not have any formal education or qualifications even in biology, let alone in gender, sex or law... she is not an expert at all. She has no recognised expertise in any of the areas in which she expresses an opinion."
The (very clear) intention of the drafters of equality legislation in Britain, in Ireland, in Europe & around the world was to ERADICATE sex discrimination, NOT to create separate "men's rights" & "women's rights" to be assigned at birth based on genitals or chromosomes. #GOTF
October 19, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Formatted is a shining example of what the EA2010 was written to prevent. She failed to have her contract renewed, largely because her discrimination made the workplace toxic to other employees.
It was an annually renewable contract, most people would have simply found another contract.
It was an annually renewable contract, most people would have simply found another contract.
Hmm turns out in 1982 Tron was correct.
September 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Hmm turns out in 1982 Tron was correct.
So glad we all have The Bear at times like this. I was and still am too livid to even start to try to express my disgust at this steering pile.
Imagine spending years proving you belong here, paying thousands, following every rule - only for Nigel Farage to threaten to tear up your status.
This is not policy - it’s cruelty, it’s showmanship, and I for one, am sick to the damned back teeth of it.
This is not policy - it’s cruelty, it’s showmanship, and I for one, am sick to the damned back teeth of it.
Nigel Farage Wants to Tear Up Indefinite Leave to Remain - and Deport Legal Migrants in Britain
Reform UK’s so-called “Boriswave” rhetoric is a fantasy built on cruelty, cooked-up numbers, and Trump-style authoritarianism.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
September 22, 2025 at 12:10 PM
So glad we all have The Bear at times like this. I was and still am too livid to even start to try to express my disgust at this steering pile.
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Well done to the @nionwomen.bsky.social team, their Not In Our Name petition of women in support of the trans community has just hit 50,000!
notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...
Please sign and share if you haven't done so already
notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...
Please sign and share if you haven't done so already
September 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Well done to the @nionwomen.bsky.social team, their Not In Our Name petition of women in support of the trans community has just hit 50,000!
notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...
Please sign and share if you haven't done so already
notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...
Please sign and share if you haven't done so already
Perhaps the conflicted little child shouldn't have done everything he can to shred LGBT healthcare in the first place.
The only thing that child is upset about is realising the last part of FAFO for him means his career hitting a brick wall.
The only thing that child is upset about is realising the last part of FAFO for him means his career hitting a brick wall.
Wes Streeting says he finds it “personally upsetting” that LGBT people have worse health outcomes while systematically removing healthcare from trans people! 😖
He's only pretending to give a damn as he's eyeing up the prospect of Keir Starmer being ousted as PM and wants to woo LGBT Labour votes!
He's only pretending to give a damn as he's eyeing up the prospect of Keir Starmer being ousted as PM and wants to woo LGBT Labour votes!
Wes Streeting, stop gaslighting the trans community!
Wes Streeting says he finds it “personally upsetting” that LGBT people have worse health outcomes while systematically removing healthcare…
medium.com
September 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Perhaps the conflicted little child shouldn't have done everything he can to shred LGBT healthcare in the first place.
The only thing that child is upset about is realising the last part of FAFO for him means his career hitting a brick wall.
The only thing that child is upset about is realising the last part of FAFO for him means his career hitting a brick wall.
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trans people aren't terrorists we're disenfranchised shitposters, artists, and the backbone of every community you're in
September 15, 2025 at 11:14 PM
trans people aren't terrorists we're disenfranchised shitposters, artists, and the backbone of every community you're in
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This is thinly disguised homophobia by Farage.
The same far-right figures who have spent years coming for my trans friends & colleagues are emboldened again against anything different from their "normal."
Today and everyday I stand with the whole LGBTQIA+ community.
Your struggle is my struggle.
The same far-right figures who have spent years coming for my trans friends & colleagues are emboldened again against anything different from their "normal."
Today and everyday I stand with the whole LGBTQIA+ community.
Your struggle is my struggle.
Nigel Farage:
"Children who have two stable parents have a better chance in life... The most stable relationships, the ones that last the longest, tend to be between men & women... There's an awful lot of kids in the country not getting the kind of start... they deserve."
Farage has two ex-wives.
"Children who have two stable parents have a better chance in life... The most stable relationships, the ones that last the longest, tend to be between men & women... There's an awful lot of kids in the country not getting the kind of start... they deserve."
Farage has two ex-wives.
September 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
This is thinly disguised homophobia by Farage.
The same far-right figures who have spent years coming for my trans friends & colleagues are emboldened again against anything different from their "normal."
Today and everyday I stand with the whole LGBTQIA+ community.
Your struggle is my struggle.
The same far-right figures who have spent years coming for my trans friends & colleagues are emboldened again against anything different from their "normal."
Today and everyday I stand with the whole LGBTQIA+ community.
Your struggle is my struggle.
Hmm, torys killed their party chasing reform, labour are following the same path, so it really makes no difference what someone joining Reform might mean, Labour are toast anyway.
Greens are the best option and have been for a long time. Good luck convincing me otherwise. Hint, you'll fail.
Greens are the best option and have been for a long time. Good luck convincing me otherwise. Hint, you'll fail.
Danny Kruger quitting to join Reform UK isn’t just a blow for the Conservatives, but a brutal judgement on Kemi Badenoch’s leadership.
UK politics is now about Labour vs Farage: or as I like to call it, Tories 2.0.
UK politics is now about Labour vs Farage: or as I like to call it, Tories 2.0.
September 15, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Hmm, torys killed their party chasing reform, labour are following the same path, so it really makes no difference what someone joining Reform might mean, Labour are toast anyway.
Greens are the best option and have been for a long time. Good luck convincing me otherwise. Hint, you'll fail.
Greens are the best option and have been for a long time. Good luck convincing me otherwise. Hint, you'll fail.
And the anti immigration crowd try to claim that immigrants cost this and that.
One must also remember that immigrants also pay silly amounts per application (spouse visa £1035 per application, regardless of approval).
All of this is one top of normal tax, NI, VAT, etc that everyone pays.
One must also remember that immigrants also pay silly amounts per application (spouse visa £1035 per application, regardless of approval).
All of this is one top of normal tax, NI, VAT, etc that everyone pays.
£1,035. Per Person. Per year. FOR 10 YEARS.
Immigration Health Surcharge + 10-year route to settlement = poverty, anxiety and hardship.
Thanks to @rfuk.bsky.social, @ramfel.bsky.social, @gmiau.bsky.social + others for sounding the alarm on this madness 🚨👇
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Immigration Health Surcharge + 10-year route to settlement = poverty, anxiety and hardship.
Thanks to @rfuk.bsky.social, @ramfel.bsky.social, @gmiau.bsky.social + others for sounding the alarm on this madness 🚨👇
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Paying twice’: workers face NHS bills of thousands in immigration crackdown
Campaigners fear plans to make people wait longer for leave to remain could cost tax-paying skilled workers dearly
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2025 at 7:38 PM
And the anti immigration crowd try to claim that immigrants cost this and that.
One must also remember that immigrants also pay silly amounts per application (spouse visa £1035 per application, regardless of approval).
All of this is one top of normal tax, NI, VAT, etc that everyone pays.
One must also remember that immigrants also pay silly amounts per application (spouse visa £1035 per application, regardless of approval).
All of this is one top of normal tax, NI, VAT, etc that everyone pays.
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We delivered our joint letter to Parliament demanding full scrutiny, meaningful debate and a free vote for MPs on the new Code of Practice.
Many MPs we have spoken to are now ready to help.
Many MPs we have spoken to are now ready to help.
September 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
We delivered our joint letter to Parliament demanding full scrutiny, meaningful debate and a free vote for MPs on the new Code of Practice.
Many MPs we have spoken to are now ready to help.
Many MPs we have spoken to are now ready to help.
A quick thought for those who are so anti migrants,l. If it weren't for a bunch of migrant workers in ancient Egypt, we may not be writing about migrants at all.
This is because at that time only the elite were taught how to read and write hieroglyphs.
This is because at that time only the elite were taught how to read and write hieroglyphs.
September 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
A quick thought for those who are so anti migrants,l. If it weren't for a bunch of migrant workers in ancient Egypt, we may not be writing about migrants at all.
This is because at that time only the elite were taught how to read and write hieroglyphs.
This is because at that time only the elite were taught how to read and write hieroglyphs.
June 30, 26. Surely that should be New Year.
Da-dara-daaaaaah!
116 days early!
Thank you everyone who is happy to watch me scream into the void on bearlypolitics.co.uk.
I still find it weird, but I am absolutely going to keep going.
New goal: 10,000 by next year 30 June.
🐻
116 days early!
Thank you everyone who is happy to watch me scream into the void on bearlypolitics.co.uk.
I still find it weird, but I am absolutely going to keep going.
New goal: 10,000 by next year 30 June.
🐻
September 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
June 30, 26. Surely that should be New Year.
Little late, sorry
Happy LGBT+ Christmas (Manchester Pride) - UK of course
Happy LGBT+ Christmas (Manchester Pride) - UK of course
August 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Little late, sorry
Happy LGBT+ Christmas (Manchester Pride) - UK of course
Happy LGBT+ Christmas (Manchester Pride) - UK of course
Dear @billgates.bsky.social, if it hadn't been for my grandfather and his research, which identified both the paracite behind Malaria and the transmission vector (the misquito), followed by his proposal to use DDT to try to eliminate that vector ...
www.gatesnotes.com/when-malaria...
www.gatesnotes.com/when-malaria...
www.gatesnotes.com
August 20, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Dear @billgates.bsky.social, if it hadn't been for my grandfather and his research, which identified both the paracite behind Malaria and the transmission vector (the misquito), followed by his proposal to use DDT to try to eliminate that vector ...
www.gatesnotes.com/when-malaria...
www.gatesnotes.com/when-malaria...
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Our methodological critique of The Cass Review has been peer-reviewed published & is therefore way more authoritative than Cass which is un-peer-reviewed.
Streeting/Starmer can no longer claim Cass is “gold standard” or “landmark”.
Cass is just junk science.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Streeting/Starmer can no longer claim Cass is “gold standard” or “landmark”.
Cass is just junk science.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Critically appraising the cass report: methodological flaws and unsupported claims - BMC Medical Research Methodology
Background The Cass Review aimed to provide recommendations for the delivery of services for gender diverse children and young people in England. The final product of this project, the Cass report, re...
link.springer.com
May 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Our methodological critique of The Cass Review has been peer-reviewed published & is therefore way more authoritative than Cass which is un-peer-reviewed.
Streeting/Starmer can no longer claim Cass is “gold standard” or “landmark”.
Cass is just junk science.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Streeting/Starmer can no longer claim Cass is “gold standard” or “landmark”.
Cass is just junk science.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Reposting as this is important, not just for hockey but all other sports where blanket bans are in force or proposed.
If you can please chip in.
If you can please chip in.
My friend Rachel is challenging England Hockey’s trans exclusion policy. Rachel’s been playing women’s hockey for 25 years. And now this is being taken away from her.
Legal proceedings are expensive. If you can, please consider supporting by donating to her GoFundMe or sharing the link.
Legal proceedings are expensive. If you can, please consider supporting by donating to her GoFundMe or sharing the link.
Donate to Support trans inclusive sport, organized by Rachel Saunders
My name is Rachel Saunders and I need your help to fight back against England Hockey's g… Rachel Saunders needs your support for Support trans inclusive sport
www.gofundme.com
March 26, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Reposting as this is important, not just for hockey but all other sports where blanket bans are in force or proposed.
If you can please chip in.
If you can please chip in.
Guess they were paying attention to history, but learnt the wrong lesson.
Abhorrent abomination.
Abhorrent abomination.
March 21, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Guess they were paying attention to history, but learnt the wrong lesson.
Abhorrent abomination.
Abhorrent abomination.
Ok, I know I am behind the curve on this, but I'm currently watching the gifted and cannot help but see parallels with anti trans / anti LGBT+ rhetoric.
For anyone reading this, who is unsure, the gifted is where the anti trans campaign could all too easily lead.
Not a world any of us should want
For anyone reading this, who is unsure, the gifted is where the anti trans campaign could all too easily lead.
Not a world any of us should want
March 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Ok, I know I am behind the curve on this, but I'm currently watching the gifted and cannot help but see parallels with anti trans / anti LGBT+ rhetoric.
For anyone reading this, who is unsure, the gifted is where the anti trans campaign could all too easily lead.
Not a world any of us should want
For anyone reading this, who is unsure, the gifted is where the anti trans campaign could all too easily lead.
Not a world any of us should want