Patrick Hill
@overhere.bsky.social
Politics, food, music general chat in English and French. Retired to #SouthAyrshire from #Derby #dcfc
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Into the Quantum Realm: my SKETCH of Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, to whom the rules of time and space don't apply.
Quantum politics | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
Kemi Badenoch opened her press conference on Tuesday with a revealing complaint. Labour, she said, were blaming Conservatives for the state of the country “long after they left office”.
thecritic.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Into the Quantum Realm: my SKETCH of Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, to whom the rules of time and space don't apply.
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Let’s have a look at a crazy Twitter to newspaper pipeline story and debunk as we go! 🔎👍🏼
16th Nov the “Britain is Broken” account shared the following post claiming “Tesco are no longer celebrating Christmas”
With a picture of their “Evergreen” Trees
2.2Million views to date🙄
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16th Nov the “Britain is Broken” account shared the following post claiming “Tesco are no longer celebrating Christmas”
With a picture of their “Evergreen” Trees
2.2Million views to date🙄
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November 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Let’s have a look at a crazy Twitter to newspaper pipeline story and debunk as we go! 🔎👍🏼
16th Nov the “Britain is Broken” account shared the following post claiming “Tesco are no longer celebrating Christmas”
With a picture of their “Evergreen” Trees
2.2Million views to date🙄
🧵1/26
16th Nov the “Britain is Broken” account shared the following post claiming “Tesco are no longer celebrating Christmas”
With a picture of their “Evergreen” Trees
2.2Million views to date🙄
🧵1/26
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These types of small detention centres aim to alleviate overcrowding in traditional prisons.
New detention centre for 40 inmates to open in Limburg
New detention centre for 40 inmates to open in Limburg
www.brusselstimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:43 PM
These types of small detention centres aim to alleviate overcrowding in traditional prisons.
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This article should be read by every teacher of history. A powerful analysis of the why and the how of teaching about the Holocaust in an age of misinformation and conspiracy theory. Brilliant writing from @andypearce.bsky.social
'It is time to rethink how we teach the Holocaust’, op ed piece by Centre's @andypearce.bsky.social, via www.schoolmanagementplus.com/teaching-lea...
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'It is time to rethink how we teach the Holocaust' | School Management Plus
As survivors' voices fade, we need to be clear about why and how we teach the Holocaust, writes Dr Andy Pearce
www.schoolmanagementplus.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:12 AM
This article should be read by every teacher of history. A powerful analysis of the why and the how of teaching about the Holocaust in an age of misinformation and conspiracy theory. Brilliant writing from @andypearce.bsky.social
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Listening to Steve Reed explain on the radio today that he can't say what Mahmood's plan means for kids of people who give birth after they've been granted asylum because that's a hypothetical Q govt can't be expected to answer right now made me think these reforms are going to unravel quite fast
November 18, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Listening to Steve Reed explain on the radio today that he can't say what Mahmood's plan means for kids of people who give birth after they've been granted asylum because that's a hypothetical Q govt can't be expected to answer right now made me think these reforms are going to unravel quite fast
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BREAKING: “On Monday, I will announce the most significant changes to our asylum system in modern times” says Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood
November 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
And we need immigrarion btw
November 17, 2025 at 9:18 PM
And we need immigrarion btw
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Mahmood using racism to justify racist policies is cynical and should be beneath her.
Labour's Shabana Mahmood: "I wish I had the privilege of walking around this country & not seeing the division that migration... is creating across this country... unlike him... I'm the one that's regularly called a fucking P*ki & told to go back home... the system is broke" #ukpolitics
November 17, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Mahmood using racism to justify racist policies is cynical and should be beneath her.
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If only she could think this through…
Shabana Mahmood asks MPs to stop mentioning Tommy Robinson's name (in relation to his support for her policies) as "he doesn't even think I am English. I find that offensive."
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
If only she could think this through…
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November 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Could someone better able than me set out that #Kindertransport is not a good example of Uk government welcoming #Refugees please?
Thanks
Thanks
November 17, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Could someone better able than me set out that #Kindertransport is not a good example of Uk government welcoming #Refugees please?
Thanks
Thanks
I keep shouting fuck off at the tv.
This is not good.
This is not good.
November 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I keep shouting fuck off at the tv.
This is not good.
This is not good.
Have I made this up or did #Labour say when elected that they would talk about irregular immigrants not illegal?
Seems like a long time ago.
#RefugeesWelcome
Seems like a long time ago.
#RefugeesWelcome
November 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Have I made this up or did #Labour say when elected that they would talk about irregular immigrants not illegal?
Seems like a long time ago.
#RefugeesWelcome
Seems like a long time ago.
#RefugeesWelcome
Why not start with the safe and legal routes and take it from there?
#refugeesWelcome
#refugeesWelcome
November 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Why not start with the safe and legal routes and take it from there?
#refugeesWelcome
#refugeesWelcome
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"Thanks to first past the post nearly 60% of people who voted in the general election last year are not represented in Parliament by the candidate that they voted for. This is the most disproportionate election result that this country has ever seen." Sarah Olney MP
November 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"Thanks to first past the post nearly 60% of people who voted in the general election last year are not represented in Parliament by the candidate that they voted for. This is the most disproportionate election result that this country has ever seen." Sarah Olney MP
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What is it about the Home Office which inculcates in Home Secretaries (going back to Blunkett and May) this performative cruelty?
And where is any evidence it works?
Other than amping up xenophobia does borrowing Trump’s ICE rhetoric actually it have any deterrence effect?
And where is any evidence it works?
Other than amping up xenophobia does borrowing Trump’s ICE rhetoric actually it have any deterrence effect?
November 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
What is it about the Home Office which inculcates in Home Secretaries (going back to Blunkett and May) this performative cruelty?
And where is any evidence it works?
Other than amping up xenophobia does borrowing Trump’s ICE rhetoric actually it have any deterrence effect?
And where is any evidence it works?
Other than amping up xenophobia does borrowing Trump’s ICE rhetoric actually it have any deterrence effect?
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This document is the product of a broken administration, motivated by cynicism, immune to human decency, with a weak-to-non-existent understanding of the policy area they wish to legislate in.
And that's it. Overall impressions are
- there's still a surprising lack of detail
- lots of new work for officials but unlikely to lead to much change on the ground
- refugees will still live here rest of their lives but will struggle even more than before to integrate
- there's still a surprising lack of detail
- lots of new work for officials but unlikely to lead to much change on the ground
- refugees will still live here rest of their lives but will struggle even more than before to integrate
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
This document is the product of a broken administration, motivated by cynicism, immune to human decency, with a weak-to-non-existent understanding of the policy area they wish to legislate in.
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Asked about Tommy Robinson supporting her asylum plans Shabana Mahmood replies that "Tommy Robinson doesn't even think I'm actually English, so he will certainly not be supporting anything I've got to say."
But he is supporting what she's got to say. That was the point of the question
But he is supporting what she's got to say. That was the point of the question
November 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Asked about Tommy Robinson supporting her asylum plans Shabana Mahmood replies that "Tommy Robinson doesn't even think I'm actually English, so he will certainly not be supporting anything I've got to say."
But he is supporting what she's got to say. That was the point of the question
But he is supporting what she's got to say. That was the point of the question
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THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AN ILLEGAL ASYLUM SEEKER.
November 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AN ILLEGAL ASYLUM SEEKER.
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So far today Labour Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has been showered with praise by - checks notes - Far Right agitator Tommy Robinson, leader of the Conservatives Kemi Badenoch, the Daily Express and GB News.
November 17, 2025 at 6:43 PM
So far today Labour Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has been showered with praise by - checks notes - Far Right agitator Tommy Robinson, leader of the Conservatives Kemi Badenoch, the Daily Express and GB News.
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So much news about asylum seeker policy, but so rarely do we actually hear from people with actual experience of seeking asylum
Motaz Amer, 20, lives in Glasgow after fleeing Yemen. He says new Labour plans will do "nothing but harm"
www.thenational.scot/news/2562870...
Motaz Amer, 20, lives in Glasgow after fleeing Yemen. He says new Labour plans will do "nothing but harm"
www.thenational.scot/news/2562870...
Glasgow refugee says UK asylum reforms will do 'nothing but harm'
A REFUGEE who came to the UK from Yemen has torn into “appalling” plans to overhaul the asylum system, accusing ministers of “punishing”…
www.thenational.scot
November 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
So much news about asylum seeker policy, but so rarely do we actually hear from people with actual experience of seeking asylum
Motaz Amer, 20, lives in Glasgow after fleeing Yemen. He says new Labour plans will do "nothing but harm"
www.thenational.scot/news/2562870...
Motaz Amer, 20, lives in Glasgow after fleeing Yemen. He says new Labour plans will do "nothing but harm"
www.thenational.scot/news/2562870...