MarinKay 🏳️🇪🇺🍉🪬🇺🇳🇬🇧
@marink3.bsky.social
Adopted Londoner with close ties to the Middle East. Old. Loathe racism, xenophobia and intolerance. Protect our human rights, combat climate change. #NoFarmersNoFood #FBPE
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I wanted to crow about this video for Tik Tok because I made it entirely without AI. Nobody is the least impressed with videos these days because most are generated by AI.
November 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I wanted to crow about this video for Tik Tok because I made it entirely without AI. Nobody is the least impressed with videos these days because most are generated by AI.
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Scottish ministers 'deeply concerned' about new UK asylum plans
Scottish ministers 'deeply concerned' about new UK asylum plans
Most asylum seekers will have to wait 20 years to apply to settle permanently under new Home Office plans
www.bbc.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Scottish ministers 'deeply concerned' about new UK asylum plans
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Worsens integration in both directions. Makes it impossible for newcomers to settle and build a proper life. And encourages everyone else to see and treat them as interlopers.
The basic problem with the temporary refugee status policy - especially one lasting up to 20 years - is it leads to very few removals (based on Denmark's experience) but does significantly worsen integration.
November 18, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Worsens integration in both directions. Makes it impossible for newcomers to settle and build a proper life. And encourages everyone else to see and treat them as interlopers.
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Why the 'international' media suddenly cares about Sudan
Why the 'international' media suddenly cares about Sudan
When more than two years of brutal warfare devolved into wholesale ethnic slaughter, western journalists could no longer look away
www.middleeasteye.net
November 18, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Why the 'international' media suddenly cares about Sudan
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If you’re incensed by Labour’s latest immigration proposals, then please, get off Blue Sky for five mins & write to your MP ASAP! Be they Labour, LD, Tory, Reform, let them know!!
I have.
And/or go right to the top
contact.no10.gov.uk
I have.
And/or go right to the top
contact.no10.gov.uk
November 18, 2025 at 9:43 AM
If you’re incensed by Labour’s latest immigration proposals, then please, get off Blue Sky for five mins & write to your MP ASAP! Be they Labour, LD, Tory, Reform, let them know!!
I have.
And/or go right to the top
contact.no10.gov.uk
I have.
And/or go right to the top
contact.no10.gov.uk
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www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Many have refugees in their family’s past. My husband’s uncle by marriage was on Franco’s death-list (he was anti Franco). He escaped over the Pyrenees + to 🇬🇧 where he met OH’s aunt.
Just as well, as when his mum died, they took him in/brought him up as their own
Many have refugees in their family’s past. My husband’s uncle by marriage was on Franco’s death-list (he was anti Franco). He escaped over the Pyrenees + to 🇬🇧 where he met OH’s aunt.
Just as well, as when his mum died, they took him in/brought him up as their own
Anglican bishop shaken ‘to the core’ by home secretary’s asylum seeker comments
Bishop of Edmonton says people coming to UK are being ‘scapegoated’ for years of policy failures
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:15 AM
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Many have refugees in their family’s past. My husband’s uncle by marriage was on Franco’s death-list (he was anti Franco). He escaped over the Pyrenees + to 🇬🇧 where he met OH’s aunt.
Just as well, as when his mum died, they took him in/brought him up as their own
Many have refugees in their family’s past. My husband’s uncle by marriage was on Franco’s death-list (he was anti Franco). He escaped over the Pyrenees + to 🇬🇧 where he met OH’s aunt.
Just as well, as when his mum died, they took him in/brought him up as their own
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Coverage of the refugee proposals demonstrates why we have such a broken political system. Endless focus on left-wing anger and right-wing support. Basically nothing on whether the reforms will work. They will not, which is why we'll still be here having the same debate in three years.
November 18, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Coverage of the refugee proposals demonstrates why we have such a broken political system. Endless focus on left-wing anger and right-wing support. Basically nothing on whether the reforms will work. They will not, which is why we'll still be here having the same debate in three years.
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I’ve had the same thoughts..
The idea of a UK government stealing Jewellery from asylum seekers makes me deeply angry.
The idea of a UK government stealing Jewellery from asylum seekers makes me deeply angry.
Shabana Mahmood casually saying they're gonna take migrant's jewellery off them has got me thinking about that scene in Schindler's List where the Jewish family wrap family heirlooms in bread and swallow them.
What the fuck are we?
What the fuck are we?
November 18, 2025 at 6:55 AM
I’ve had the same thoughts..
The idea of a UK government stealing Jewellery from asylum seekers makes me deeply angry.
The idea of a UK government stealing Jewellery from asylum seekers makes me deeply angry.
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‘I couldn’t speak. I couldn’t breathe’ – This is climate breakdown #Climate
‘I couldn’t speak. I couldn’t breathe’ – This is climate breakdown
As summer went on, the temperature climbed and climbed. Every day became harder. This is Neha’s story
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:29 PM
‘I couldn’t speak. I couldn’t breathe’ – This is climate breakdown #Climate
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This Nepal village has survived for 1,000 years. Now recurring floods threaten its future #Climate
This Nepal village has survived for 1,000 years. Now recurring floods threaten its future
Til, the remotest of three villages in the Limi valley on the Tibetan border, was already wrestling with a dwindling population but a series of natural disasters has led many to consider where their future should be
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:25 AM
This Nepal village has survived for 1,000 years. Now recurring floods threaten its future #Climate
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There have been very significant Brexit Benefits, but none of them accrue to the UK.
Merci le Brexit!
I'll have to update my list of favourite brexit benefits!
This brings my list up to #12.
I'll have to update my list of favourite brexit benefits!
This brings my list up to #12.
November 18, 2025 at 4:17 AM
There have been very significant Brexit Benefits, but none of them accrue to the UK.
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Veteran journalist Clark Hoyt argues that the Watergate-era checks that forced Nixon out —𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒕𝒔, 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔— have eroded so badly that Trump can flout norms in plain sight.
November 18, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Veteran journalist Clark Hoyt argues that the Watergate-era checks that forced Nixon out —𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒕𝒔, 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔— have eroded so badly that Trump can flout norms in plain sight.
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“There had been no plan for how to evacuate campers…the evacuation was improvised, as the water level rose more rapidly than they had ever seen.”
Gift article. Terrifying, devastating reporting on the Texas flood tragedy.
“In our minds, the cabins were built on high ground”…”even after a 2011 FEMA map placed most of the cabins within a 100-year flood zone”—a map the camp’s owners successfully contested.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
“In our minds, the cabins were built on high ground”…”even after a 2011 FEMA map placed most of the cabins within a 100-year flood zone”—a map the camp’s owners successfully contested.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Swept Away (Gift Article)
Never-before-published videos, data from smart devices, a crash report and the first interview that Camp Mystic's owners have granted since the July 4 disaster offer the most detailed account yet.
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:25 AM
“There had been no plan for how to evacuate campers…the evacuation was improvised, as the water level rose more rapidly than they had ever seen.”
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ICE-style raids on Britain’s streets: that’s all Labour’s brutal asylum reforms will achieve
Stella Creasy
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Stella Creasy
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
ICE-style raids on Britain's streets: that's all Labour's brutal asylum reforms will achieve | Stella Creasy
If we want to ‘stop the boats’, we need to stop the BS when it comes to what creates refugees, and how to respond to them, says Labour MP Stella Creasy
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:43 AM
ICE-style raids on Britain’s streets: that’s all Labour’s brutal asylum reforms will achieve
Stella Creasy
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Stella Creasy
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Governments really should remember that asylum seekers are humans like the rest of us, who have often been through very traumatic events.
The real asylum scandal
Governments really should remember that asylum seekers are humans like the rest of us , who have often been through very traumatic events
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Governments really should remember that asylum seekers are humans like the rest of us, who have often been through very traumatic events.
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Labour MP for Stroud, Simon Opher, says his party should "stop the scapegoating of immigrants because it's wrong and cruel".
"We should push back on the racist agenda of Reform rather than echo it".
"We should push back on the racist agenda of Reform rather than echo it".
November 17, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Labour MP for Stroud, Simon Opher, says his party should "stop the scapegoating of immigrants because it's wrong and cruel".
"We should push back on the racist agenda of Reform rather than echo it".
"We should push back on the racist agenda of Reform rather than echo it".
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The reasons appeals are needed is because the Home Office initial decision process, by its own admission, is so poor. What Mahmood is saying is that she will prevent people who absolutely need asylum in the UK from getting it. Right to appeals are essential.
#r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#r4today
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Fast-track deportations to be announced as part of asylum reforms
Plans to end multiple appeals against removal and speed up deportations are expected to be unveiled.
www.bbc.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:22 AM
The reasons appeals are needed is because the Home Office initial decision process, by its own admission, is so poor. What Mahmood is saying is that she will prevent people who absolutely need asylum in the UK from getting it. Right to appeals are essential.
#r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Last week, Oman's FM stated: "We have long known that Israel - not Iran - is the primary source of instability in the region"
This week, Oxford students overwhelmingly voted in favor of a motion declaring Israel a greater threat to the region than Iran.
www.oxfordstudent.com/2025/11/16/u...
This week, Oxford students overwhelmingly voted in favor of a motion declaring Israel a greater threat to the region than Iran.
www.oxfordstudent.com/2025/11/16/u...
Union believes Israel is a greater threat to regional stability than Iran – The Oxford Student
On Thursday, 13th November, the Oxford Union debated the motion “Israel is a greater threat to regional stability than Iranm” voting 265-113 in favour. Evaluating the threats emanating from both coun...
www.oxfordstudent.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Last week, Oman's FM stated: "We have long known that Israel - not Iran - is the primary source of instability in the region"
This week, Oxford students overwhelmingly voted in favor of a motion declaring Israel a greater threat to the region than Iran.
www.oxfordstudent.com/2025/11/16/u...
This week, Oxford students overwhelmingly voted in favor of a motion declaring Israel a greater threat to the region than Iran.
www.oxfordstudent.com/2025/11/16/u...
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"The policy and rhetoric is as cruel as anything announced by Nigel Farage. Yet the Home Secretary is planning to sell it to Labour MPs by suggesting that it is the only way to prevent a Reform Government.There is only one way to describe this. It is the politics of the protection racket."
Shabana Mahmood and the Politics of Extortion
Labour's strategy of telling its supporters to back Reform-style policies, or get a Reform Government, is the politics of the protection racket and it is not going to work
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 10:27 PM
"The policy and rhetoric is as cruel as anything announced by Nigel Farage. Yet the Home Secretary is planning to sell it to Labour MPs by suggesting that it is the only way to prevent a Reform Government.There is only one way to describe this. It is the politics of the protection racket."
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Shabana Mahmood on the BBC this morning talking about desperate people fleeing war and persecution as being given a "golden ticket" and "handouts" and saying she's got a "moral mission" to take them away from them
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Shabana Mahmood and the Politics of Extortion
Labour's strategy of telling its supporters to back Reform-style policies, or get a Reform Government, is the politics of the protection racket and it is not going to work
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Shabana Mahmood on the BBC this morning talking about desperate people fleeing war and persecution as being given a "golden ticket" and "handouts" and saying she's got a "moral mission" to take them away from them
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
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My granddad was a refugee, my wife, our close friends and those of our kids are either immigrants or the children of immigrants.
Do ministers ever think about the message their rhetoric on "handouts" and "golden tickets" for migrants sends about whether this is a government for people like us?
Do ministers ever think about the message their rhetoric on "handouts" and "golden tickets" for migrants sends about whether this is a government for people like us?
November 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
My granddad was a refugee, my wife, our close friends and those of our kids are either immigrants or the children of immigrants.
Do ministers ever think about the message their rhetoric on "handouts" and "golden tickets" for migrants sends about whether this is a government for people like us?
Do ministers ever think about the message their rhetoric on "handouts" and "golden tickets" for migrants sends about whether this is a government for people like us?
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Recently stolen off FB and/or T/XYZ. @stoopidfunnyjokes.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Recently stolen off FB and/or T/XYZ. @stoopidfunnyjokes.bsky.social
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... "Twenty years is not a probation period, it is a lifetime." ...
Twenty years is not a probation period, it is a lifetime. If someone has lived here for nearly two decades, worked, paid taxes, raised children, and built roots, then to say “pack your bags, your country is safe now” is not policy, it is cruelty dressed up as process.
November 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
... "Twenty years is not a probation period, it is a lifetime." ...