@paultherope.bsky.social
Humanist. Intolerant of intolerance. Be better.
Supports active travel, public ownership of national infrastructure, the NHS, constitutional reform and the separation of government and religion.
Anthropogenic Climate Change is real.
Supports active travel, public ownership of national infrastructure, the NHS, constitutional reform and the separation of government and religion.
Anthropogenic Climate Change is real.
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BOY ARE WE GOVERNED BY STUPID PEOPLE!
Get Brexit undone!
Get Brexit undone!
November 18, 2025 at 9:37 AM
BOY ARE WE GOVERNED BY STUPID PEOPLE!
Get Brexit undone!
Get Brexit undone!
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The Govt announcement today risks taking us down a road of no return by jeopardising the legal framework that protects us all.
Undermining the ECHR or leaving as some propose, means dismantling a safety net that protects everyone.
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/libert...
Undermining the ECHR or leaving as some propose, means dismantling a safety net that protects everyone.
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/libert...
Liberty responds to government's planned asylum and returns policy - Liberty
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The Govt announcement today risks taking us down a road of no return by jeopardising the legal framework that protects us all.
Undermining the ECHR or leaving as some propose, means dismantling a safety net that protects everyone.
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/libert...
Undermining the ECHR or leaving as some propose, means dismantling a safety net that protects everyone.
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/libert...
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Mahmoud has listened to same clique of senior Home Office officials who have advised for 30+ years that loud announcements of punitive policies will deter refugees from coming to UK to seek asylum.
Labour did this extensively last time. It didn’t work.
A history thread. +
Labour did this extensively last time. It didn’t work.
A history thread. +
November 17, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Mahmoud has listened to same clique of senior Home Office officials who have advised for 30+ years that loud announcements of punitive policies will deter refugees from coming to UK to seek asylum.
Labour did this extensively last time. It didn’t work.
A history thread. +
Labour did this extensively last time. It didn’t work.
A history thread. +
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“They went for pensioners, they went for the disabled, and now they’re going for people fleeing war and conflict. I am furious — this government should hang their heads in shame.”
Zack Polanski on Labour’s new immigration reforms on Newsnight.
Zack Polanski on Labour’s new immigration reforms on Newsnight.
November 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
“They went for pensioners, they went for the disabled, and now they’re going for people fleeing war and conflict. I am furious — this government should hang their heads in shame.”
Zack Polanski on Labour’s new immigration reforms on Newsnight.
Zack Polanski on Labour’s new immigration reforms on Newsnight.
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Israel Punishes a Rape Whistleblower But Embraces the Alleged Rapist Soldiers zeteo.com/p/israel-pun...
Israel Punishes a Rape Whistleblower But Embraces the Alleged Rapist Soldiers
An Israeli official is being targeted for revealing soldiers allegedly assaulting a Palestinian detainee – but you wouldn’t know it from the Western media.
zeteo.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Israel Punishes a Rape Whistleblower But Embraces the Alleged Rapist Soldiers zeteo.com/p/israel-pun...
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‘They have total impunity’: West Bank settler violence surges after Gaza ceasefire www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
‘They have total impunity’: West Bank settler violence surges after Gaza ceasefire
UN logs 260 attacks in October alone, its highest monthly tally, as settlers attack farmers and burn olive trees
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:29 AM
‘They have total impunity’: West Bank settler violence surges after Gaza ceasefire www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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🔴Maurice Glasman and Morgan McSweeney: The Bannon-Inspired ‘Blue Labour’ Lobby Behind Shabana Mahmood
One of the key supporters of the Home Secretary’s hard line on asylum seekers is an admirer of Trump’s former campaign manager
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/17/m...
One of the key supporters of the Home Secretary’s hard line on asylum seekers is an admirer of Trump’s former campaign manager
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/17/m...
Maurice Glasman and Morgan McSweeney: The Bannon-Inspired ‘Blue Labour’ Lobby Behind Shabana Mahmood
One of the key supporters of the Home Secretary’s hard line on asylum seekers is an admirer of Trump’s former campaign manager – one of Jeffrey Epstein’s closest confidantes
bylinetimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
🔴Maurice Glasman and Morgan McSweeney: The Bannon-Inspired ‘Blue Labour’ Lobby Behind Shabana Mahmood
One of the key supporters of the Home Secretary’s hard line on asylum seekers is an admirer of Trump’s former campaign manager
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/17/m...
One of the key supporters of the Home Secretary’s hard line on asylum seekers is an admirer of Trump’s former campaign manager
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/17/m...
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"Yorkshire Water was privatised in 1989 under the Water Act, launched debt-free and promoted as the start of a new, efficient era.
Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt...."
Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt...."
Yorkshire Water: it’s time to end the rip-off
Handing the company back to local people would return both control and value to those who need it most
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 11:34 AM
"Yorkshire Water was privatised in 1989 under the Water Act, launched debt-free and promoted as the start of a new, efficient era.
Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt...."
Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt...."
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Removing asylum support. Seizing belongings. Deporting entire families, including children.
Labour are not just paving the path to a Reform government. Reform may as well already be in power.
This government has no moral compass — and it should be ashamed of its inhumanity.
Labour are not just paving the path to a Reform government. Reform may as well already be in power.
This government has no moral compass — and it should be ashamed of its inhumanity.
November 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Removing asylum support. Seizing belongings. Deporting entire families, including children.
Labour are not just paving the path to a Reform government. Reform may as well already be in power.
This government has no moral compass — and it should be ashamed of its inhumanity.
Labour are not just paving the path to a Reform government. Reform may as well already be in power.
This government has no moral compass — and it should be ashamed of its inhumanity.
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Most asylum seekers arrive with their valuables long lost in bombed or abandoned homes, stolen, or sold to afford the dangerous clandestine passage to safety
The real thing of value to be snatched from refugees under these proposals is far more painful: their families & futures
Me, for @zeteo.com
The real thing of value to be snatched from refugees under these proposals is far more painful: their families & futures
Me, for @zeteo.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Most asylum seekers arrive with their valuables long lost in bombed or abandoned homes, stolen, or sold to afford the dangerous clandestine passage to safety
The real thing of value to be snatched from refugees under these proposals is far more painful: their families & futures
Me, for @zeteo.com
The real thing of value to be snatched from refugees under these proposals is far more painful: their families & futures
Me, for @zeteo.com
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Illegal migration is not creating division in our country. Unscrupulous politicians, journalists and media owners are exploiting illegal migration to create division and conflict.
November 17, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Illegal migration is not creating division in our country. Unscrupulous politicians, journalists and media owners are exploiting illegal migration to create division and conflict.
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"The rate of warming is showing signs of accelerating" PIK Director Johan Rockström gives an analysis of the current situation on climate & planetary boundaries at #COP30. The data suggests the world is heading for global temperatures not seen in millions of years.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnNn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnNn...
November 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
"The rate of warming is showing signs of accelerating" PIK Director Johan Rockström gives an analysis of the current situation on climate & planetary boundaries at #COP30. The data suggests the world is heading for global temperatures not seen in millions of years.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnNn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnNn...
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UK Labour's plans for people fleeing war:
Military camps.
Coerced labour.
Confiscation of jewellery & valuable possessions.
Labour, Starmer and Mahmood are the emergency.
Military camps.
Coerced labour.
Confiscation of jewellery & valuable possessions.
Labour, Starmer and Mahmood are the emergency.
November 17, 2025 at 8:55 AM
UK Labour's plans for people fleeing war:
Military camps.
Coerced labour.
Confiscation of jewellery & valuable possessions.
Labour, Starmer and Mahmood are the emergency.
Military camps.
Coerced labour.
Confiscation of jewellery & valuable possessions.
Labour, Starmer and Mahmood are the emergency.
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I would never have believed we would see a headline like this under a Labour government
November 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I would never have believed we would see a headline like this under a Labour government
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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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One of the most shameful incidents of WW2 was when the government and press scapegoated refugees, then decided to pack them off an a cramped ship, The HMT DUNERA and ship them to Australia.
As they boarded the boat they were stripped of the valuables and robbed by the guards.
Now government policy
As they boarded the boat they were stripped of the valuables and robbed by the guards.
Now government policy
November 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
One of the most shameful incidents of WW2 was when the government and press scapegoated refugees, then decided to pack them off an a cramped ship, The HMT DUNERA and ship them to Australia.
As they boarded the boat they were stripped of the valuables and robbed by the guards.
Now government policy
As they boarded the boat they were stripped of the valuables and robbed by the guards.
Now government policy
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🔴TUC Chief Warns Labour to Stop ‘Slippery Slope’ Towards Nigel Farage’s Anti-Migrant Politics
Paul Nowak tells Byline Times that Keir Starmer’s Government must stop seeking to ‘out-Farage Farage’, as Shabana Mahmood faces backlash over her asylum plans
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/17/t...
Paul Nowak tells Byline Times that Keir Starmer’s Government must stop seeking to ‘out-Farage Farage’, as Shabana Mahmood faces backlash over her asylum plans
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/17/t...
TUC Chief Warns Labour to Stop 'Slippery Slope' Towards Nigel Farage’s Anti-Migrant Politics
Paul Nowak tells Byline Times that Keir Starmer's Government must stop seeking to 'out-Farage Farage' on migration, as Shabana Mahmood faces backlash from Labour MPs over her asylum plans
bylinetimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
🔴TUC Chief Warns Labour to Stop ‘Slippery Slope’ Towards Nigel Farage’s Anti-Migrant Politics
Paul Nowak tells Byline Times that Keir Starmer’s Government must stop seeking to ‘out-Farage Farage’, as Shabana Mahmood faces backlash over her asylum plans
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/17/t...
Paul Nowak tells Byline Times that Keir Starmer’s Government must stop seeking to ‘out-Farage Farage’, as Shabana Mahmood faces backlash over her asylum plans
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/17/t...
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💥 Spotlight's Helen Taylor is quoted in this jaw-dropping expose by @theferret.scot's @jamiermann.bsky.social. She says: “The fact that a Kremlin-decorated oligarch stills holds significant property interests in the UK is a shocking indictment of the many gaps in our defences against dirty money”.
From Moscow to Paisley: How a blacklisted Russian oligarch secretly invested in Scottish car parks
A Russian oligarch praised by Vladimir Putin has amassed a UK property portfolio under the veil of secretive offshore trusts, The Ferret can reveal. Anti-corruption campaigners say our investigation i...
www.theferret.scot
November 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
💥 Spotlight's Helen Taylor is quoted in this jaw-dropping expose by @theferret.scot's @jamiermann.bsky.social. She says: “The fact that a Kremlin-decorated oligarch stills holds significant property interests in the UK is a shocking indictment of the many gaps in our defences against dirty money”.
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‘GDP reduced by 8%’ – Nine-year study reveals how Brexit decimated UK economy
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...
'GDP reduced by 8%' - Nine-year study reveals how Brexit decimated UK economy
Can't help but feel those responsible for Brexit should not, for example, be riding high in the polls with a new party...
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
‘GDP reduced by 8%’ – Nine-year study reveals how Brexit decimated UK economy
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...
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www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
If this happens. I will never vote Labour again.
This has chilled me to the bone.
If this happens. I will never vote Labour again.
This has chilled me to the bone.
Asylum seekers’ jewellery could be seized to pay for processing costs, says Home Office minister
Idea borrowed from Denmark is latest attempt to reduce number of people seeking asylum in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:15 AM
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
If this happens. I will never vote Labour again.
This has chilled me to the bone.
If this happens. I will never vote Labour again.
This has chilled me to the bone.
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Energy giants have pocketed over £125 billion in profits on their UK operations since the energy crisis started, according to an analysis of company reports by the End Fuel Poverty Coalition
Yet there are continued calls from energy industry lobbyists to axe the Windfall Tax in the upcoming Budget.
Yet there are continued calls from energy industry lobbyists to axe the Windfall Tax in the upcoming Budget.
November 17, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Energy giants have pocketed over £125 billion in profits on their UK operations since the energy crisis started, according to an analysis of company reports by the End Fuel Poverty Coalition
Yet there are continued calls from energy industry lobbyists to axe the Windfall Tax in the upcoming Budget.
Yet there are continued calls from energy industry lobbyists to axe the Windfall Tax in the upcoming Budget.
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Please repost and share this petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics.
Given Farage's poll lead, this is the most important issue in British politics.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Given Farage's poll lead, this is the most important issue in British politics.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Please repost and share this petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics.
Given Farage's poll lead, this is the most important issue in British politics.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Given Farage's poll lead, this is the most important issue in British politics.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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As Labour proposes limiting the protection of the ECHR, we must remember what it was set up to do; protect us all from abuses of power by our govts.
Be v wary then of anyone calling to do that. You may not be the target now. But why shouldn’t you be next?
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/why-we-and...
Be v wary then of anyone calling to do that. You may not be the target now. But why shouldn’t you be next?
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/why-we-and...
Why we - and the Home Secretary - disapply the ECHR at our peril
By Jessica Frank-Keyes
bestforbritain.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
As Labour proposes limiting the protection of the ECHR, we must remember what it was set up to do; protect us all from abuses of power by our govts.
Be v wary then of anyone calling to do that. You may not be the target now. But why shouldn’t you be next?
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/why-we-and...
Be v wary then of anyone calling to do that. You may not be the target now. But why shouldn’t you be next?
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/why-we-and...
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A Government of cowards.
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
A Government of cowards.
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk