Mike Vessey 🇺🇦
@mikevessey.bsky.social
Vorarlberger / West Londoner |
Brexit Flüchtling | He/Him
Brexit Flüchtling | He/Him
Bumped into Vorarlberg SPÖ leader Mario Leiter in Bludenz. An SPÖ member, I said had resigned 41yrs Labour membership. As I explained Mahmood‘s plans for asylum seekers his face recoiled in horror. Even the Austrian far-right FPÖ don’t make such extreme proposals - and they’re truly bat-shit crazy.
December 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Bumped into Vorarlberg SPÖ leader Mario Leiter in Bludenz. An SPÖ member, I said had resigned 41yrs Labour membership. As I explained Mahmood‘s plans for asylum seekers his face recoiled in horror. Even the Austrian far-right FPÖ don’t make such extreme proposals - and they’re truly bat-shit crazy.
Oh dear @zurichairport.bsky.social
It’s why it’s always better to take the train.
It’s why it’s always better to take the train.
December 1, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Oh dear @zurichairport.bsky.social
It’s why it’s always better to take the train.
It’s why it’s always better to take the train.
I hope West London MPs will hear what Alf has to say.
The Mahmood proposals are an abomination and should be thrown out.
@chelfulhamben.bsky.social @hammersmithandy.bsky.social @rupahuq.bsky.social @ruthcadbury.bsky.social @joepowell.bsky.social
The Mahmood proposals are an abomination and should be thrown out.
@chelfulhamben.bsky.social @hammersmithandy.bsky.social @rupahuq.bsky.social @ruthcadbury.bsky.social @joepowell.bsky.social
Alf Dubs Accuses Shabana Mahmood of ‘Letting the Country Down’ With Plans to Outdo Reform on Asylum
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/28/a...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/28/a...
Alf Dubs Accuses Shabana Mahmood of 'Letting the Country Down' With Plans to Outdo Reform on Asylum
The veteran Labour peer and lifelong campaigner for child refugees, Alf Dubs, tells Byline Times that the Home Secretary's plans are "bitterly disappointing coming from a Labour Government"
bylinetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I hope West London MPs will hear what Alf has to say.
The Mahmood proposals are an abomination and should be thrown out.
@chelfulhamben.bsky.social @hammersmithandy.bsky.social @rupahuq.bsky.social @ruthcadbury.bsky.social @joepowell.bsky.social
The Mahmood proposals are an abomination and should be thrown out.
@chelfulhamben.bsky.social @hammersmithandy.bsky.social @rupahuq.bsky.social @ruthcadbury.bsky.social @joepowell.bsky.social
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To be clear, the FBI paid nearly $1M in overtime over a FIVE DAY PERIOD last March. And yes, part of it was to find and redact Trump's name. I spoke to sources who reviewed the files for the FBI and DOJ and wrote about it here: www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-epstei...
November 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
To be clear, the FBI paid nearly $1M in overtime over a FIVE DAY PERIOD last March. And yes, part of it was to find and redact Trump's name. I spoke to sources who reviewed the files for the FBI and DOJ and wrote about it here: www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-epstei...
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If you're trying to get your head round Mahmood's idiotic "earned settlement" proposals that aim to keep refugees in limbo 20 years, & offer a sliding scale of crulety to all immigrants based on their pay packet, this is a great, clear explainer by @praxisprojects.bsky.social & @gmiau.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
If you're trying to get your head round Mahmood's idiotic "earned settlement" proposals that aim to keep refugees in limbo 20 years, & offer a sliding scale of crulety to all immigrants based on their pay packet, this is a great, clear explainer by @praxisprojects.bsky.social & @gmiau.bsky.social
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The Blue Labour right have become the Militant of 2025 - a tiny but hyperactive and densely networked sect working relentlessly to drag Labour towards their niche pursuits and away from the values and priorities of core Labour voters.
November 28, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The Blue Labour right have become the Militant of 2025 - a tiny but hyperactive and densely networked sect working relentlessly to drag Labour towards their niche pursuits and away from the values and priorities of core Labour voters.
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Kinnock voice - "I’ll tell you what happens with impossible promises. You start with far-fetched resolutions....and you end up in the grotesque chaos of a Labour government, a *Labour* government, rejecting visas for homeless 8 yr olds trying to joing their parents"
November 28, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Kinnock voice - "I’ll tell you what happens with impossible promises. You start with far-fetched resolutions....and you end up in the grotesque chaos of a Labour government, a *Labour* government, rejecting visas for homeless 8 yr olds trying to joing their parents"
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Trump envoy Steve Witkoff has been outed as a Russian asset. This is traitorous stuff.
Steve Witkoff helped Russia derail Ukraine’s access to Tomahawk missiles. He tipped off the Kremlin about Zelensky’s U.S. visit, giving Moscow time to arrange a call that convinced Trump to block the deal. Witkoff actively works against Ukraine’s defense, in coordination with Putin’s regime.
November 26, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Trump envoy Steve Witkoff has been outed as a Russian asset. This is traitorous stuff.
Mahmood trumpets dramatic fall in net migration.
Asylum claimants down.
Irregular boat arrivals only a small proportion of total migration.
And yet this still ‘justifies’ a huge degradation of refugee rights, proposals so extreme that even the far-right parties in Europe would blush.
Asylum claimants down.
Irregular boat arrivals only a small proportion of total migration.
And yet this still ‘justifies’ a huge degradation of refugee rights, proposals so extreme that even the far-right parties in Europe would blush.
Net migration to UK drops 69% year on year, ONS says
Net migration to UK drops 69% year on year, ONS says
Figure of 204,000 in 12 months to June 2025 is lowest since 2021, statistics body says
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UK politics live – latest updates
Net migration to the UK was an estimated 204,000 in the 12 months to June 2025, down 69% year on year and the lowest annual figure since 2021, the Office for National Statistics said.
More details soon …
Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Mahmood trumpets dramatic fall in net migration.
Asylum claimants down.
Irregular boat arrivals only a small proportion of total migration.
And yet this still ‘justifies’ a huge degradation of refugee rights, proposals so extreme that even the far-right parties in Europe would blush.
Asylum claimants down.
Irregular boat arrivals only a small proportion of total migration.
And yet this still ‘justifies’ a huge degradation of refugee rights, proposals so extreme that even the far-right parties in Europe would blush.
“A new low” “grubby” and plumbing the depths of Priti Patel’s Rwanda scheme.
Damning indictment on Mahmood and Starmer.
Damning indictment on Mahmood and Starmer.
‘We thought the Rwanda scheme was the worst of it’: Enver Solomon on leading – and leaving – the Refugee Council
‘We thought the Rwanda scheme was the worst of it’: Enver Solomon on leading – and leaving – the Refugee Council
It has been a difficult week for those working with refugees and migrants in the UK, after Labour announced controversial new plans. Sadly, Solomon is used to such turmoil. He discusses hostility, hope and asylum hotels
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:41 AM
“A new low” “grubby” and plumbing the depths of Priti Patel’s Rwanda scheme.
Damning indictment on Mahmood and Starmer.
Damning indictment on Mahmood and Starmer.
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At Labour’s conference, Keir Starmer promised his government would “fight with everything we have” against those pushing racism and the idea of two-tier Britishness.
Now it is the clear and stated policy rationale of his government that the racists were correct and must be appeased.
Now it is the clear and stated policy rationale of his government that the racists were correct and must be appeased.
It’s just nuts. Even if you accept Labour’s policy diagnosis, we “lost control” of our borders, and concern about immigration was rising long before the alarming rise of racism. The big change on racism has been we traded an anti-racist government for one that is at best Trappist on it.
I find insane that shabana mahmood is going out there and saying "white british people cannot be asked to accept too many of us outsiders, it is not in their nature, and their pushback against all of us is to be placated". What???
November 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
At Labour’s conference, Keir Starmer promised his government would “fight with everything we have” against those pushing racism and the idea of two-tier Britishness.
Now it is the clear and stated policy rationale of his government that the racists were correct and must be appeased.
Now it is the clear and stated policy rationale of his government that the racists were correct and must be appeased.
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Trump is pressuring Zelenskyy to sign the so-called peace treaty negotiated by the US and Russia by Nov 27. It basically gives Russia everything it wants and Ukraine nothing, and bases it on Russian non-aggression guarantees which are worthless.
November 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Trump is pressuring Zelenskyy to sign the so-called peace treaty negotiated by the US and Russia by Nov 27. It basically gives Russia everything it wants and Ukraine nothing, and bases it on Russian non-aggression guarantees which are worthless.
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🚨NEW EPISODE🚨
Labour’s controversial asylum plans have sparked fury and it’s not clear they’ll even work. @zoegrunewald.bsky.social, @mattgreencomedy.com, @jasonhazeley.bsky.social and @rostaylor.bsky.social discuss the fallout in our latest episode ➡️ linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
Labour’s controversial asylum plans have sparked fury and it’s not clear they’ll even work. @zoegrunewald.bsky.social, @mattgreencomedy.com, @jasonhazeley.bsky.social and @rostaylor.bsky.social discuss the fallout in our latest episode ➡️ linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
November 21, 2025 at 8:17 AM
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨
Labour’s controversial asylum plans have sparked fury and it’s not clear they’ll even work. @zoegrunewald.bsky.social, @mattgreencomedy.com, @jasonhazeley.bsky.social and @rostaylor.bsky.social discuss the fallout in our latest episode ➡️ linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
Labour’s controversial asylum plans have sparked fury and it’s not clear they’ll even work. @zoegrunewald.bsky.social, @mattgreencomedy.com, @jasonhazeley.bsky.social and @rostaylor.bsky.social discuss the fallout in our latest episode ➡️ linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
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Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
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🚨🚨This is no "peace" plan, it is a recipe for further suffering and #Russian imperialist expansion in the #west. It is difficult to appreciate just how much damage the #trump administration has done to #Ukraine and its war efforts. It is disgusting beyond words. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Ukraine banned from Nato, Russia readmitted to the G8 and territory ceded: what’s in Trump’s draft plan
Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he expects to discuss the plan – which was reportedly drafted by Russian and US officials – with Trump
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:48 AM
🚨🚨This is no "peace" plan, it is a recipe for further suffering and #Russian imperialist expansion in the #west. It is difficult to appreciate just how much damage the #trump administration has done to #Ukraine and its war efforts. It is disgusting beyond words. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
When @alfdubs.bsky.social speaks the Labour Party should listen.
There needs to be a backbench and member revolt.
There needs to be a backbench and member revolt.
Lord Dubs said he was "lost for words".
Labour Peer Who Fled The Nazis Condemns His Party's Immigration Crackdown
Lord Dubs said he was "lost for words".
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 10:13 PM
When @alfdubs.bsky.social speaks the Labour Party should listen.
There needs to be a backbench and member revolt.
There needs to be a backbench and member revolt.
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'If the rank and file of the party has any sense, it will forcefully cut off this death spiral leadership now, fight back against the latest capitulation to Nigel Farage and stand up for its principles to build a fairer, more equal society'.
This should be compulsory reading for every Labour MP...
This should be compulsory reading for every Labour MP...
Shabana Mahmood is wrong - Another cowardly attack on immigrants does not hide the incompetence of the Starmer government.
Me, for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Me, for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Shabana Mahmood is wrong
Another cowardly attack on immigrants does not hide the incompetence of the Starmer government
www.newstatesman.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:32 PM
'If the rank and file of the party has any sense, it will forcefully cut off this death spiral leadership now, fight back against the latest capitulation to Nigel Farage and stand up for its principles to build a fairer, more equal society'.
This should be compulsory reading for every Labour MP...
This should be compulsory reading for every Labour MP...
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Asylum changes seek to use children as a weapon, says Labour peer
Asylum changes seek to use children as a weapon, says Labour peer
Alf Dubs criticises Shabana Mahmood’s ‘shabby’ proposals which he says will only increase community tensions
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The home secretary is seeking “to use children as a weapon” in her changes to the asylum system, a veteran Labour peer who came to Britain as a child refugee has warned.
Alf Dubs, who arrived in the UK aged six in 1939 fleeing the persecution of Jews in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, described Shabana Mahmood’s proposals as “a shabby thing”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Asylum changes seek to use children as a weapon, says Labour peer
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The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
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When Tommy Robinson is on your side, you’re standing in the wrong place.
He knows he's being handed a win.
They're letting him drag the country closer and closer to his extreme.
He knows he's being handed a win.
They're letting him drag the country closer and closer to his extreme.
November 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
When Tommy Robinson is on your side, you’re standing in the wrong place.
He knows he's being handed a win.
They're letting him drag the country closer and closer to his extreme.
He knows he's being handed a win.
They're letting him drag the country closer and closer to his extreme.
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Shabana Mahmood is wrong - Another cowardly attack on immigrants does not hide the incompetence of the Starmer government.
Me, for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Me, for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Shabana Mahmood is wrong
Another cowardly attack on immigrants does not hide the incompetence of the Starmer government
www.newstatesman.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Shabana Mahmood is wrong - Another cowardly attack on immigrants does not hide the incompetence of the Starmer government.
Me, for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Me, for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
For those cheering the Home Secretary’s Danish-inspired plans; electorally suicidal and morally repugnant - www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Centre-left tipped to lose Copenhagen for first time in electoral history
Political rivals say PM’s divisive politics have encouraged voters to ditch the Social Democrats for the far right
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:04 AM
For those cheering the Home Secretary’s Danish-inspired plans; electorally suicidal and morally repugnant - www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
„The government may in time regret receiving a ringing endorsement from Tommy Robinson. It should regret too the damage it will cause to UK society, which will only splinter further as the language and policies of hate and division become embedded.“
Labour’s asylum plans are horribly cruel – but they’re also a mix of hype, old policy and unachievable promises | Diane Taylor
Labour’s asylum plans are horribly cruel – but they’re also a mix of hype, old policy and unachievable promises | Diane Taylor
There is mounting disquiet among Labour MPs, while the vulnerable refugees at the heart of this story are living with a renewed sense of panic, says Diane Taylor, who writes on human rights, racism and civil liberties
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:09 PM
„The government may in time regret receiving a ringing endorsement from Tommy Robinson. It should regret too the damage it will cause to UK society, which will only splinter further as the language and policies of hate and division become embedded.“
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Labour MP Brian Leishman: "The Government has surrendered to... the vile rhetoric of Reform. Does the Home Secretary not see that removing the legal obligation to support asylum seekers who will be otherwise destitute, is as far away from Labour Party principles and values as we can get?"
November 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Labour MP Brian Leishman: "The Government has surrendered to... the vile rhetoric of Reform. Does the Home Secretary not see that removing the legal obligation to support asylum seekers who will be otherwise destitute, is as far away from Labour Party principles and values as we can get?"
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Labour MP Steve Witherden tells Shabana Mahmood that her plans to make refugees wait 20 years to apply for permanent status is "deeply concerning"
"Our government should lead with compassion and fairness, not forcing some of the most vulnerable in our society to live in limbo for two decades"
"Our government should lead with compassion and fairness, not forcing some of the most vulnerable in our society to live in limbo for two decades"
November 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Labour MP Steve Witherden tells Shabana Mahmood that her plans to make refugees wait 20 years to apply for permanent status is "deeply concerning"
"Our government should lead with compassion and fairness, not forcing some of the most vulnerable in our society to live in limbo for two decades"
"Our government should lead with compassion and fairness, not forcing some of the most vulnerable in our society to live in limbo for two decades"