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Labour’s contribution to the field of “least surprising opinion poll results” continues to to be very strong.
Those who hold more restrictive views on refugees are more likely to see Labour as pro-immigration, while those who hold more liberal views tend to see Labour as anti-immigration

yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
November 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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I asked this question because I think whether the government acts to mitigate this possibility is key to whether it can pass this policy
Asked if Keir Starmer believes British people want to "see refugee children pulled out of school and deported after 10 years in this country”, his spokesman says that “what the British public wants and what this government was elected on a mandate to deliver was to secure our borders"
November 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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The Home Secretary says "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"

That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
November 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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How big a piece of shit would you have to be to buy the confiscated jewelry of asylum seekers at a government auction?
November 17, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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“A vote for Labour is the only way to stop Reform”

Or

“Labour can actually do what Reform only claims it can do”

The government needs to pick one strategy, not both. The government seems unaware that voters can actually hear it trying both messages at once.
November 17, 2025 at 8:54 AM
If anyone had any doubts about #BlueLabour being #Mosleyite, confiscating refugees’ jewellery should remove any doubts.
@uklabour.bsky.social @scottishlabour.bsky.social @welshlabour.bsky.social #RefugeesWelcome
November 17, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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the video goes on and on about illegal immigration and yet the new proposal will target legal migration by confirmed refugees
November 15, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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The majority of us are a bunch of self taught people with rather spotty knowledge and that's fine! Kilian (also self taught) is here to share some of the computer science fundamentals you probably are missing with the aim to improve your code in the long term.

piccalil.li/blog/program...
Programming principles for self taught front-end developers
The majority of us are a bunch of self taught people with rather spotty knowledge and that's fine! Kilian (also self taught) is here to share some of the computer science fundamentals you probably are...
piccalil.li
November 11, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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Gordon Brown says two-child benefit must be abolished in full for Labour to meet goal to bring child poverty down, Patrck Butler reports - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
November 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Anti-abortion advocates are pushing for review of the drug’s safety, claiming there’s “new evidence to consider” based on new junk science reports that were put up on the internet.

pennsylvaniaindependent.com/reproductive...
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tells FDA to review safety of mifepristone
Years of scientific evidence from rigorous studies have overwhelmingly established the safety and effectiveness of the abortion pill.
pennsylvaniaindependent.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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The lessons of Mamdani’s victory for progressives:

1. Tell compelling stories
2. Identify clear enemies
3. Create policies that address voters’ problems
4. Mix modern online campaigning with face to face conversations
5. Mobilise
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Senior UK government figures like Healey, Alexander, and now Lammy claiming that the SNP are a national security threat isn't just infantile, it's dangerously delegitimising a democratically elected government, and is the first step in securitising the issue of Scottish self-determination.
November 5, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The #UK MP @petewishart.bsky.social has forced #Grok to apologise for libelling him as a rape enabler. This isn’t performative nonsense, what are the legal remedies when someone is libelled or defamed by an #LLM? Has the #UKGovernment considered this? This is the relationship between #Musk & #Grok
a cartoon of a girl walking a monkey with a box
ALT: a cartoon of a girl walking a monkey with a box
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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This really the cracking of speeches: a banger.

Worth reading in full.
The full transcript of Zohran Mamdani's acceptance speech is very much worth reading in full. Even if you don't agree with your politics, it's very beautifully put together.

archive.is/8VqQJ

[this is a useable link to the NYT transcript]
November 5, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Not sure who will win out in the New York mayoralty, but I'm hearing some *very* confident noises from Susan Hall's team.
November 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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no no hear me out, roll the heads of former Conservative candidate Tim Davie and chief dickhead Robbie Gibb, replace them with people who've got nothing to do with the Conservative Party, tell Kemi you followed her wishes
Badenoch says 'heads should roll' at BBC over claim selective editing overstated Trump's support for attack on US Capitol - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
November 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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EXCLUSIVE: Sadiq Khan urges New Yorkers to reject the "politics of hatred and fear" and back Zohran Mamdani.

Source close to the mayor highlights the "uncanny" similarities between the Conservative's Islamophobic campaigns against Khan and the attacks on Mamdani
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/s...
Sadiq Khan Urges New Yorkers to Reject 'The Politics of Fear' and Vote for Zohran Mamdani
Source close to the London Mayor accuses Mamdani's political opponents of "weaponising" his Muslim faith in an "uncanny" repeat of Conservative attacks against Khan
bylinetimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Excellent piece from @colinyeo.bsky.social

"That Dubai-like future is one that Reform and the modern Conservative Party positively embrace and pursue. They want to exclude migrants from society, not integrate them. Labour should not follow their lead."

wewantedworkers.substack.com/p/you-cant-p...
You can't promote immigrant integration by making it harder
You might want workers but you get people
wewantedworkers.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Will you be blogging on the implications of the #Robinson verdict @davidallengreen.bsky.social because to this non-expert it raises questions about #AntiTerrorism law ?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tommy Robinson not guilty of terror offence after not giving police access to phone
Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was found not guilty at Westminster Magistrates' Court.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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“Reform is fascist. We must stop Nigel Farage.”

Michael Heseltine is on a mission to stop Reform UK. Superb interview by @alicettimes.bsky.social, with ”share token”.

www.thetimes.com/article/9048...
Michael Heseltine: Reform is fascist. We must stop Nigel Farage
At 92, Tory grandee Michael Heseltine is making a comeback. He criticises Nigel Farage and Reform, whose policies remind him of Oswald Mosley and Enoch Powell
www.thetimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The most serious long term consequence of #Starmer’s #Maccabi misjudgement was the undermining of the Operational Independence of the #Police, which #Krueger gleefully jumped when he announced that #Reform wld abolish it. #Starmer enabling the far right is such a 1930s #HistoryRhyme.
October 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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NEW

Either public safety is an absolute priority at sporting events or it is not.

Reflections on the Aston Villa and Maccabi Tel Aviv match

By me

emptycity.substack.com/p/either-pub...
Either public safety is an absolute priority at sporting events or it is not.
Reflections on the Aston Villa and Maccabi Tel Aviv match
emptycity.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:54 AM
An awful lot ‘Honourable’ & Right ‘Honourable’ members misled Parliament, made themselves look foolish, undermined the operational independence of the Police, and for what, a bunch of #FootballHooligans? #Shameful
Maccabi Tel Aviv say in a statement that they will "decline any allocation offered on behalf of away fans" for next month's Europa League match against Aston Villa at Villa Park, adding that "the wellbeing and safety of our fans is paramount."

#AVFC
October 20, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Looks like Maccabi have saved the UK government from the spectacle of somehow overturning an expert public safety assessment.

Either politicians make public safety at sports stadiums an absolute priority or they do not.

#AVFC
Maccabi Tel Aviv say in a statement that they will "decline any allocation offered on behalf of away fans" for next month's Europa League match against Aston Villa at Villa Park, adding that "the wellbeing and safety of our fans is paramount."

#AVFC
October 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM