Benjamin Thomas
@siamanti.bsky.social
Politics, Scotland, dogs and Borussia Mönchengladbach
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Now that the amiable 'son of a toolmaker' and eminent human rights lawyer has delivered the UK into the hands of corporations and fascists, his handlers have no further use for him.
He'll be gone soon
He'll be gone soon
November 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Now that the amiable 'son of a toolmaker' and eminent human rights lawyer has delivered the UK into the hands of corporations and fascists, his handlers have no further use for him.
He'll be gone soon
He'll be gone soon
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I feel like Labour have let me down so badly that even once they're out of power... and some of them continue to campaign from the sidelines...
i'm not going to forget this.
I'll see Blue Labour types like Shabana Mahmood and Morgan Mcsweeney as the Riyadh Comedy Festival acts of UK politics.
i'm not going to forget this.
I'll see Blue Labour types like Shabana Mahmood and Morgan Mcsweeney as the Riyadh Comedy Festival acts of UK politics.
November 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I feel like Labour have let me down so badly that even once they're out of power... and some of them continue to campaign from the sidelines...
i'm not going to forget this.
I'll see Blue Labour types like Shabana Mahmood and Morgan Mcsweeney as the Riyadh Comedy Festival acts of UK politics.
i'm not going to forget this.
I'll see Blue Labour types like Shabana Mahmood and Morgan Mcsweeney as the Riyadh Comedy Festival acts of UK politics.
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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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If I was devising a set of announcements to elevate (but not satisfy) the hard right, alienate the middle ground and completely discourage your base, I couldn’t come up with a much better strategy than McSweeney and Number 10
November 17, 2025 at 10:49 AM
If I was devising a set of announcements to elevate (but not satisfy) the hard right, alienate the middle ground and completely discourage your base, I couldn’t come up with a much better strategy than McSweeney and Number 10
A final thought for tonight. I did not expect different from Boris Johnson, Bravermann and Patel. I cannot stress enough my utter contempt and disgust that a Labour government would try to outdo these nasty bile spewers.
Disgust isn’t strong enough. I feel outrage and utter utter contempt…
Disgust isn’t strong enough. I feel outrage and utter utter contempt…
November 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
A final thought for tonight. I did not expect different from Boris Johnson, Bravermann and Patel. I cannot stress enough my utter contempt and disgust that a Labour government would try to outdo these nasty bile spewers.
Disgust isn’t strong enough. I feel outrage and utter utter contempt…
Disgust isn’t strong enough. I feel outrage and utter utter contempt…
I wanted Mr Starmer and his government to change the direction of this country into a more pleasant place improving people’s lives. What I have got instead is a government desperately trying to outdo previous abhorrent governments with their rhetoric regarding the most vulnerable. Shameful
November 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I wanted Mr Starmer and his government to change the direction of this country into a more pleasant place improving people’s lives. What I have got instead is a government desperately trying to outdo previous abhorrent governments with their rhetoric regarding the most vulnerable. Shameful
Keir Starmer’s party just like the German Social Democrats will become a non entity and deservedly so. Cruel and bile spewing policies aimed at trying to win over Reform voters and other nasties will drive away core progresssive and left leaning voters. Any empathetic human being should be ashamed.
November 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Keir Starmer’s party just like the German Social Democrats will become a non entity and deservedly so. Cruel and bile spewing policies aimed at trying to win over Reform voters and other nasties will drive away core progresssive and left leaning voters. Any empathetic human being should be ashamed.
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Cruel. Callous. Cowardly.
The public are seeing this Labour government for exactly who they are.
We all have a responsibility to make them pay at the ballot box.
Reject the hate. Reject them.
This is not who we are. Let's make hope normal again.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
The public are seeing this Labour government for exactly who they are.
We all have a responsibility to make them pay at the ballot box.
Reject the hate. Reject them.
This is not who we are. Let's make hope normal again.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Cruel. Callous. Cowardly.
The public are seeing this Labour government for exactly who they are.
We all have a responsibility to make them pay at the ballot box.
Reject the hate. Reject them.
This is not who we are. Let's make hope normal again.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
The public are seeing this Labour government for exactly who they are.
We all have a responsibility to make them pay at the ballot box.
Reject the hate. Reject them.
This is not who we are. Let's make hope normal again.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Farage dictated government policy under the Conservatives.
Now he's dictating government policy under Labour.
When will the UK get a political leader with the courage to stand up to this aristo-populist demagogue?
Now he's dictating government policy under Labour.
When will the UK get a political leader with the courage to stand up to this aristo-populist demagogue?
November 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Farage dictated government policy under the Conservatives.
Now he's dictating government policy under Labour.
When will the UK get a political leader with the courage to stand up to this aristo-populist demagogue?
Now he's dictating government policy under Labour.
When will the UK get a political leader with the courage to stand up to this aristo-populist demagogue?
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The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right.
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
November 16, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right.
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
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Somebody is briefing the Times that the Home Secretary finds inspiration in Kristi Noem's leading the Trump mass deportation effort - which has gone much too far for Americans
What a kamikaze piece of political madness that is on the eve of their asylum package
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
What a kamikaze piece of political madness that is on the eve of their asylum package
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Shabana Mahmood threatens Trump-style visa ban on three countries
Angola, Namibia and the Democratic Republic of Congo will face Trump-style sanctions if they do not start taking back more illegal migrants and criminals
www.thetimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Somebody is briefing the Times that the Home Secretary finds inspiration in Kristi Noem's leading the Trump mass deportation effort - which has gone much too far for Americans
What a kamikaze piece of political madness that is on the eve of their asylum package
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
What a kamikaze piece of political madness that is on the eve of their asylum package
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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People are probably calling Labour racist because Labour keep being racist. If they want to stop being called racist they should stop doing racist things.
November 17, 2025 at 10:14 AM
People are probably calling Labour racist because Labour keep being racist. If they want to stop being called racist they should stop doing racist things.
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Even with my bedrock low opinion of Labour, I was clinging to some shred of hope that even they would realise that stealing the last remaining possessions of people who have fled for their lives was a disgusting policy. Turns out there isn't a bottom to this particular barrel they are scraping.
For fairly obvious reasons when people flee their countries of origin to seek asylum elsewhere they can't carry much. Often things like jewellery are all they have to hold onto. This isn't just stripping people of "assets", it is stealing their memories. 57/
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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 10:06 AM
Even with my bedrock low opinion of Labour, I was clinging to some shred of hope that even they would realise that stealing the last remaining possessions of people who have fled for their lives was a disgusting policy. Turns out there isn't a bottom to this particular barrel they are scraping.
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What the fuck is wrong with them?!
Seriously.
Seriously.
Govt minister Alex Norris is asked if the govt will take jewellery from people [fleeing war and persecution]. Norris says the govt won't be taking peoples wedding rings but they will seize assets.
November 17, 2025 at 9:59 AM
What the fuck is wrong with them?!
Seriously.
Seriously.
Sadly I overheard this in a local supermarket sprouted by a bile spewer who sadly had a point. Starmer is despised by the far right despite his pandering and that is not going to change whatever he does. Now sadly his government is also despised by progressive lefties like me …
November 17, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Sadly I overheard this in a local supermarket sprouted by a bile spewer who sadly had a point. Starmer is despised by the far right despite his pandering and that is not going to change whatever he does. Now sadly his government is also despised by progressive lefties like me …
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Intrigued that the Labour Party has a Denmark policy - seize jewellery and assets from asylum seekers - and also an anti-Denmark policy - don’t tax middle earners enough to support welfare state.
November 17, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Intrigued that the Labour Party has a Denmark policy - seize jewellery and assets from asylum seekers - and also an anti-Denmark policy - don’t tax middle earners enough to support welfare state.
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Donald Trump destroyed public service broadcasting in the US - it's little surprise Nigel Farage wants to do the same thing here.
Trump’s America, don’t let it become Farage’s Britain.
Trump’s America, don’t let it become Farage’s Britain.
November 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Donald Trump destroyed public service broadcasting in the US - it's little surprise Nigel Farage wants to do the same thing here.
Trump’s America, don’t let it become Farage’s Britain.
Trump’s America, don’t let it become Farage’s Britain.
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People on the 'far' Left want Healthcare, Housing and good wages for all.
People on the Far Right want to deport or exterminate all the groups they don't like.
Not the same.
People on the Far Right want to deport or exterminate all the groups they don't like.
Not the same.
November 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
People on the 'far' Left want Healthcare, Housing and good wages for all.
People on the Far Right want to deport or exterminate all the groups they don't like.
Not the same.
People on the Far Right want to deport or exterminate all the groups they don't like.
Not the same.
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it is wild that Labour is doing exactly what the reactionary centrists recommend and is absolutely destroying its base of support as a result, and yet reactionary centrists in the US are just utterly silent about the complete failure of their program.
November 16, 2025 at 12:38 PM
it is wild that Labour is doing exactly what the reactionary centrists recommend and is absolutely destroying its base of support as a result, and yet reactionary centrists in the US are just utterly silent about the complete failure of their program.
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They're openly telling us in advance what's going to happen
November 16, 2025 at 10:46 AM
They're openly telling us in advance what's going to happen
Sadly this is one hundred percent true. It is utterly despicable and shameful from a Labour Party that will never ever see my vote again under the current crop of politicians.
For Shabana Mahmood to attack some of the most cruelly treated people in the world as having won a "golden ticket" because they manage to get to and claim asylum in Britain is unforgiveable.
A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.
A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.
November 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Sadly this is one hundred percent true. It is utterly despicable and shameful from a Labour Party that will never ever see my vote again under the current crop of politicians.
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Shabana Mahmood on the BBC this morning talking about desperate people fleeing war and persecution as being given a "golden ticket" and "handouts" and saying she's got a "moral mission" to take them away from them
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Shabana Mahmood and the Politics of Extortion
Labour's strategy of telling its supporters to back Reform-style policies, or get a Reform Government, is the politics of the protection racket and it is not going to work
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Shabana Mahmood on the BBC this morning talking about desperate people fleeing war and persecution as being given a "golden ticket" and "handouts" and saying she's got a "moral mission" to take them away from them
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
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Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions.
November 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions.
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This is the logical consequence of Labour’s appeasement of the far right - this is an arms race Labour should never seek to win
Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
November 16, 2025 at 10:27 AM
This is the logical consequence of Labour’s appeasement of the far right - this is an arms race Labour should never seek to win