Mhairi Love
@mhairilove.bsky.social
💕 Cat, dog and human mum
✊ Feminist
🏴 Policy wonk
🦤 Bit of a silly goose- views are my own
✊ Feminist
🏴 Policy wonk
🦤 Bit of a silly goose- views are my own
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"Brook House is a 'money machine,' so they have a vested interest in you staying, not leaving.
A Ghanaian man describes his experience at the #immigration detention centre run by British private security multinational Serco.
Read this analysis from @euobserver.com
euobserver.com/migration/ar...
A Ghanaian man describes his experience at the #immigration detention centre run by British private security multinational Serco.
Read this analysis from @euobserver.com
euobserver.com/migration/ar...
Drugs, violence and profit: Inside Britain’s Brook House detention centre
At the UK's Brook House, migrants describe being trapped in a system driven by profit rather than policy — a place where private companies earn more the longer people are kept in limbo, a new investig...
euobserver.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:42 PM
"Brook House is a 'money machine,' so they have a vested interest in you staying, not leaving.
A Ghanaian man describes his experience at the #immigration detention centre run by British private security multinational Serco.
Read this analysis from @euobserver.com
euobserver.com/migration/ar...
A Ghanaian man describes his experience at the #immigration detention centre run by British private security multinational Serco.
Read this analysis from @euobserver.com
euobserver.com/migration/ar...
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Today's Tory motion continues their pattern of wrongly blaming migrants for everything - but they can't even get the basics right. When it comes to issues as sensitive as migration, getting the facts right really matters.
October 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Today's Tory motion continues their pattern of wrongly blaming migrants for everything - but they can't even get the basics right. When it comes to issues as sensitive as migration, getting the facts right really matters.
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Any time a politician says we should leave the ECHR, the very next questions any interviewer should ask are
🚨Which human rights are you willing to lose personally
🚨Which methods of torture are you going to allow people to be sent to face
🚨Which family members would you be willing to lose
#r4today
🚨Which human rights are you willing to lose personally
🚨Which methods of torture are you going to allow people to be sent to face
🚨Which family members would you be willing to lose
#r4today
October 4, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Any time a politician says we should leave the ECHR, the very next questions any interviewer should ask are
🚨Which human rights are you willing to lose personally
🚨Which methods of torture are you going to allow people to be sent to face
🚨Which family members would you be willing to lose
#r4today
🚨Which human rights are you willing to lose personally
🚨Which methods of torture are you going to allow people to be sent to face
🚨Which family members would you be willing to lose
#r4today
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The Home Office doesn't lose as many asylum & deportation cases as it does because of some supposed marginal differences between the application of Art 8 in UK courts and the ECtHR view, it loses so many cases because it's caseload has long been woefully mismanaged...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Starmer wants rethink on international law to tackle migration
The PM gives the clearest sign yet the government wants to reform how human rights laws are applied in immigration cases.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 1, 2025 at 6:43 AM
The Home Office doesn't lose as many asylum & deportation cases as it does because of some supposed marginal differences between the application of Art 8 in UK courts and the ECtHR view, it loses so many cases because it's caseload has long been woefully mismanaged...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Migrants already "earn the right to settlement" through extortionate visa costs, which can run into tens of thousands of pounds. They prop up key services, including through the Immigration Health Surcharge.
Pushing the hostile environment on steroids helps no-one.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Pushing the hostile environment on steroids helps no-one.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Mahmood demands migrants earn right to settlement in UK
New tests will include learning English to a high standard, paying National Insurance and not claiming benefits.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Migrants already "earn the right to settlement" through extortionate visa costs, which can run into tens of thousands of pounds. They prop up key services, including through the Immigration Health Surcharge.
Pushing the hostile environment on steroids helps no-one.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Pushing the hostile environment on steroids helps no-one.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Scrapping the two-child limit on benefits would be the most targeted and cost-effective way for the Government to meet its aim of reducing child poverty.
September 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Scrapping the two-child limit on benefits would be the most targeted and cost-effective way for the Government to meet its aim of reducing child poverty.
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Ok. They’ve pissed me off.
I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards:
1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.
I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards:
1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.
September 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Ok. They’ve pissed me off.
I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards:
1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.
I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards:
1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.
👏it’s 👏about 👏damn 👏time
Great from Meg Hillier on why it's urgent, right & realistic to lift two child limit:
“In a country where life chances vary so starkly, lifting the two-child cap is the quickest, smartest and most effective to enable every child to fulfil their potential... 1/2
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
“In a country where life chances vary so starkly, lifting the two-child cap is the quickest, smartest and most effective to enable every child to fulfil their potential... 1/2
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Lucy Powell calls for scrapping of two-child benefit cap
The deputy Labour leadership contender urges the chancellor to remove the restriction as Sir Keir Starmer faces a budget dilemma
www.thetimes.com
September 26, 2025 at 8:45 AM
👏it’s 👏about 👏damn 👏time
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Throwing a brick through the window of a hotel housing asylum seekers in Falkirk is absolutely despicable.
People who fled war and persecution deserve to live in safety, not fear.
Words have consequences - it’s time for politicians who spread hate to reflect on that.
People who fled war and persecution deserve to live in safety, not fear.
Words have consequences - it’s time for politicians who spread hate to reflect on that.
September 10, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Throwing a brick through the window of a hotel housing asylum seekers in Falkirk is absolutely despicable.
People who fled war and persecution deserve to live in safety, not fear.
Words have consequences - it’s time for politicians who spread hate to reflect on that.
People who fled war and persecution deserve to live in safety, not fear.
Words have consequences - it’s time for politicians who spread hate to reflect on that.
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🚨 The UN is considering downgrading Britain’s Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).
👉 If the downgrade happens, the UK would no longer have a fully recognised national human rights institution at the UN.
Who’s watching the watchdog? 👀
#humanrights #ehrc #law
👉 If the downgrade happens, the UK would no longer have a fully recognised national human rights institution at the UN.
Who’s watching the watchdog? 👀
#humanrights #ehrc #law
September 10, 2025 at 10:12 AM
🚨 The UN is considering downgrading Britain’s Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).
👉 If the downgrade happens, the UK would no longer have a fully recognised national human rights institution at the UN.
Who’s watching the watchdog? 👀
#humanrights #ehrc #law
👉 If the downgrade happens, the UK would no longer have a fully recognised national human rights institution at the UN.
Who’s watching the watchdog? 👀
#humanrights #ehrc #law
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It's heartening to see at least one news outlet report asylum stories that are actually about the lives of the people affected - asylum seekers themselves.
Such a contrast with the way so much of the media breathlessly hypes every utterance of the far right.
Such a contrast with the way so much of the media breathlessly hypes every utterance of the far right.
We have launched a series highlighting the positive stories of refugees and asylum seekers in Scotland 💙
Our team tells you why we felt this was necessary to do 👇
#refugeeswelcome #refugeesarewelcomehere
Our team tells you why we felt this was necessary to do 👇
#refugeeswelcome #refugeesarewelcomehere
August 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM
It's heartening to see at least one news outlet report asylum stories that are actually about the lives of the people affected - asylum seekers themselves.
Such a contrast with the way so much of the media breathlessly hypes every utterance of the far right.
Such a contrast with the way so much of the media breathlessly hypes every utterance of the far right.
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The most cost-effective way to reduce child poverty is to abolish the two-child limit, which would cost £7,480 per child lifted out of poverty.
If it is not scrapped then one-in-three children will be in poverty by 2029-39, including half of children in large families 👉 buff.ly/oiV5Re2
If it is not scrapped then one-in-three children will be in poverty by 2029-39, including half of children in large families 👉 buff.ly/oiV5Re2
August 24, 2025 at 10:15 AM
The most cost-effective way to reduce child poverty is to abolish the two-child limit, which would cost £7,480 per child lifted out of poverty.
If it is not scrapped then one-in-three children will be in poverty by 2029-39, including half of children in large families 👉 buff.ly/oiV5Re2
If it is not scrapped then one-in-three children will be in poverty by 2029-39, including half of children in large families 👉 buff.ly/oiV5Re2
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If it's true that Labour wants to fight the next election on the basis of "Look, it's us or the far right", as Macron did, then they're going to have to start explicitly denouncing the far right, as Macron does
August 20, 2025 at 8:53 AM
If it's true that Labour wants to fight the next election on the basis of "Look, it's us or the far right", as Macron did, then they're going to have to start explicitly denouncing the far right, as Macron does
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We're delighted to have Scotland's First Minister @johnswinney.bsky.social supporting our #partofthebiggerpicture campaign!
Show your support for people seeking safety by wearing an 'Aye Welcome Refugees' t-shirt!
👕 ow.ly/wfyN50WtjiA
Show your support for people seeking safety by wearing an 'Aye Welcome Refugees' t-shirt!
👕 ow.ly/wfyN50WtjiA
Proud to support the campaign by @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social to show that Scotland is proud to welcome refugees.
Join me in being #PartofTheBiggerPicture, and together let’s make Scotland a more welcoming and inclusive place. 💛🌍
Join me in being #PartofTheBiggerPicture, and together let’s make Scotland a more welcoming and inclusive place. 💛🌍
August 14, 2025 at 11:18 AM
We're delighted to have Scotland's First Minister @johnswinney.bsky.social supporting our #partofthebiggerpicture campaign!
Show your support for people seeking safety by wearing an 'Aye Welcome Refugees' t-shirt!
👕 ow.ly/wfyN50WtjiA
Show your support for people seeking safety by wearing an 'Aye Welcome Refugees' t-shirt!
👕 ow.ly/wfyN50WtjiA
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In February these Journalists celebrated the Ceasefire and the return of civilians to Northern Gaza.
Israel has killed every single one of the Journalistsin this video.
Israel has killed every single one of the Journalistsin this video.
August 12, 2025 at 11:06 PM
In February these Journalists celebrated the Ceasefire and the return of civilians to Northern Gaza.
Israel has killed every single one of the Journalistsin this video.
Israel has killed every single one of the Journalistsin this video.
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There are, unfortunately, plenty of people out there who genuinely feel "alarm or distress" when they see people of other races in a bathroom/bar/whatever. Subjective "alarm or distress" based on someone's perception of another person, independent of that person's action, is no basis for policy.
August 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM
There are, unfortunately, plenty of people out there who genuinely feel "alarm or distress" when they see people of other races in a bathroom/bar/whatever. Subjective "alarm or distress" based on someone's perception of another person, independent of that person's action, is no basis for policy.
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Half of low-income families with no recourse to public funds are falling into destitution 📢
We need urgent policy change so that anyone experiencing hardship in the UK has a place to turn for support.
Read our latest briefing:
www.jrf.org.uk/deep-poverty....
We need urgent policy change so that anyone experiencing hardship in the UK has a place to turn for support.
Read our latest briefing:
www.jrf.org.uk/deep-poverty....
Families with no recourse to public funds are trapped in hardship
Half of low-income families with no recourse to public funds (NRPF) are falling into destitution — going hungry, with no safety net to catch them.
www.jrf.org.uk
August 8, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Half of low-income families with no recourse to public funds are falling into destitution 📢
We need urgent policy change so that anyone experiencing hardship in the UK has a place to turn for support.
Read our latest briefing:
www.jrf.org.uk/deep-poverty....
We need urgent policy change so that anyone experiencing hardship in the UK has a place to turn for support.
Read our latest briefing:
www.jrf.org.uk/deep-poverty....
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Cooper in the Times today setting out an agenda against people seek safety in the UK which some could be forgiven for thinking was straight out of Reform's playbook, including proposals to scrap human rights in practice for people seeking asylum. 1/
www.thetimes.com/article/f618...
www.thetimes.com/article/f618...
July 27, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Cooper in the Times today setting out an agenda against people seek safety in the UK which some could be forgiven for thinking was straight out of Reform's playbook, including proposals to scrap human rights in practice for people seeking asylum. 1/
www.thetimes.com/article/f618...
www.thetimes.com/article/f618...
I have worked with Brian Leishman and found him to be kind, principled and an extremely hardworking MP.
Not sure who would be impressed by this nonsense.
Not sure who would be impressed by this nonsense.
"One party source said the MPs had been suspended for “persistent knobheadery”." www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Keir Starmer suspends Labour MPs for ‘breaches of discipline’
Party source denies move followed talks over more defections to new venture run by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana
www.thetimes.com
July 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I have worked with Brian Leishman and found him to be kind, principled and an extremely hardworking MP.
Not sure who would be impressed by this nonsense.
Not sure who would be impressed by this nonsense.
Egrets! I have a few…
June 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Egrets! I have a few…
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We've said it before. We'll say it again. Decriminalise abortion. Police checking period-tracking apps is Black Mirror-esque. Rather than compounding tragedy with fear, surveillance, and prosecution, the law should treat abortion for what it is: a healthcare matter.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Period app firms express shock at police checks of women’...
New UK police guidance suggests officers can check menstrual-cycle tracking apps after pregnancy loss
observer.co.uk
June 4, 2025 at 9:57 AM
We've said it before. We'll say it again. Decriminalise abortion. Police checking period-tracking apps is Black Mirror-esque. Rather than compounding tragedy with fear, surveillance, and prosecution, the law should treat abortion for what it is: a healthcare matter.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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On #InternationalDayofFamilies, we’re celebrating Article 8 of the Human Rights Act which protects our right to private and family life.
It has helped survivors of torture and trafficking reunite or remain with their family in the UK.
Read more here: buff.ly/NlCxD2M
It has helped survivors of torture and trafficking reunite or remain with their family in the UK.
Read more here: buff.ly/NlCxD2M
May 15, 2025 at 11:39 AM
On #InternationalDayofFamilies, we’re celebrating Article 8 of the Human Rights Act which protects our right to private and family life.
It has helped survivors of torture and trafficking reunite or remain with their family in the UK.
Read more here: buff.ly/NlCxD2M
It has helped survivors of torture and trafficking reunite or remain with their family in the UK.
Read more here: buff.ly/NlCxD2M
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Migration isn’t about “undercutting Brits”. It’s about building our society. Net migration is largely driven by workers in the care sector and is essential for the UK. Very unfortunate language by the Prime Minister. Divisive rhetoric harms communities. Hope he remembers the riots of last summer.
May 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Migration isn’t about “undercutting Brits”. It’s about building our society. Net migration is largely driven by workers in the care sector and is essential for the UK. Very unfortunate language by the Prime Minister. Divisive rhetoric harms communities. Hope he remembers the riots of last summer.
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This study in The Lancet found that cuts to US spending on PEPFAR, the program to deliver H.I.V. and AIDS relief abroad, could cost the lives of 500,000 children by 2030.
Half a million kids.
Kids.
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-04...
Half a million kids.
Kids.
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-04...
Nearly 500,000 children could die from AIDS-related causes by 2030
Experts including Prof Lucie Cluver, Professor of Child and Family Social Work, Department of Social Policy and Intervention, and Dr Seth Flaxman, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science
www.ox.ac.uk
May 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
This study in The Lancet found that cuts to US spending on PEPFAR, the program to deliver H.I.V. and AIDS relief abroad, could cost the lives of 500,000 children by 2030.
Half a million kids.
Kids.
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-04...
Half a million kids.
Kids.
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-04...