Talat Yaqoob
@talatyaqoob.bsky.social
Consultant, campaigner, commentator focused on public participation in politics and policy design. All about feminism, anti-racism, and intersectionality.
Sometimes funny, always tired.
More info here: https://linktr.ee/talatyaqoob
Sometimes funny, always tired.
More info here: https://linktr.ee/talatyaqoob
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TFN is @scvo.scot's magazine for the #VoluntarySector
This month Graham Martin takes a deep dive into sector responses to the rise of the far-right with:
@scvo.scot
@justrightscotland.org.uk
@talatyaqoob.bsky.social
And many more
Available for all to read and share here: buff.ly/5ZSAqnY
This month Graham Martin takes a deep dive into sector responses to the rise of the far-right with:
@scvo.scot
@justrightscotland.org.uk
@talatyaqoob.bsky.social
And many more
Available for all to read and share here: buff.ly/5ZSAqnY
October 17, 2025 at 9:47 AM
TFN is @scvo.scot's magazine for the #VoluntarySector
This month Graham Martin takes a deep dive into sector responses to the rise of the far-right with:
@scvo.scot
@justrightscotland.org.uk
@talatyaqoob.bsky.social
And many more
Available for all to read and share here: buff.ly/5ZSAqnY
This month Graham Martin takes a deep dive into sector responses to the rise of the far-right with:
@scvo.scot
@justrightscotland.org.uk
@talatyaqoob.bsky.social
And many more
Available for all to read and share here: buff.ly/5ZSAqnY
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Reform UK's former leader in Wales has admitted taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia while being a Member of the European Parliament.
September 27, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Reform UK's former leader in Wales has admitted taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia while being a Member of the European Parliament.
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💥 This week’s must read article from Talat Yaqoob FRSE - what we must do, right now, to build a vibrant, powerful movement for + change👇🏾
@talatyaqoob.bsky.social
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Being a movement, not a sector:
The Threat We Face Last weekend we saw 100,000 far-right activists and extremists take over London, shouting racist, sexist, and Islamophobic chants, sharing white supremacist conspiracy theories a…
talatyaqoobconsulting.wordpress.com
September 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
💥 This week’s must read article from Talat Yaqoob FRSE - what we must do, right now, to build a vibrant, powerful movement for + change👇🏾
@talatyaqoob.bsky.social
@talatyaqoob.bsky.social
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The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?
September 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?
Really, Labour? More inhumane policy, more demonisation based only on pandering to Reform.
This closes a last remaining safe route- and the majority of whom are women and children from Iran, Syria, and Afghanistan.
This is shameful.
This closes a last remaining safe route- and the majority of whom are women and children from Iran, Syria, and Afghanistan.
This is shameful.
BREAKING: Yvette Cooper says she is suspending all applications to bring family members to the UK under the asylum system.
September 1, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Really, Labour? More inhumane policy, more demonisation based only on pandering to Reform.
This closes a last remaining safe route- and the majority of whom are women and children from Iran, Syria, and Afghanistan.
This is shameful.
This closes a last remaining safe route- and the majority of whom are women and children from Iran, Syria, and Afghanistan.
This is shameful.
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May they all be at peace now. Mariam was like a daughter to us. We spoke most days, laughing, crying, imagining what it would be like when we met and shared food and were able to hug each other. She knew the dangers and continued anyway so we could see the truth. Her son has lost his mother
August 25, 2025 at 9:25 AM
May they all be at peace now. Mariam was like a daughter to us. We spoke most days, laughing, crying, imagining what it would be like when we met and shared food and were able to hug each other. She knew the dangers and continued anyway so we could see the truth. Her son has lost his mother
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He spoke: "As if the geysers of anger had spurted out of the ground unbidden and not as a result of politicians tampering with the fire hydrants." My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column on the asylum hotel protests. www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
'We are not a soft touch; nor do we take more than our fair share of migrants'
SKIMMING news programmes on the recent hate-fests outside asylum hotels in Epping and Falkirk, I stumbled across a clip of the former Conservative…
www.heraldscotland.com
August 24, 2025 at 7:14 AM
He spoke: "As if the geysers of anger had spurted out of the ground unbidden and not as a result of politicians tampering with the fire hydrants." My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column on the asylum hotel protests. www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
Absolute joy and privilege to chair a further two discussion at the Edinburgh Book Festival. The first with Ece Temelkuran, journalist and author of “How to Lose a Country” and “Together” on the rise of fascism and how we fight it. She was brilliant, unapologetic, and wise. Please read her books!
August 22, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Absolute joy and privilege to chair a further two discussion at the Edinburgh Book Festival. The first with Ece Temelkuran, journalist and author of “How to Lose a Country” and “Together” on the rise of fascism and how we fight it. She was brilliant, unapologetic, and wise. Please read her books!
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Far right groups are threatening to burn down hotels full of refugees at events attended by senior politicians, while people of colour live in fear after being falsely labelled as paedophiles
How mainstream politicians and media organisations are allowing a violent far right movement to spread
How mainstream politicians and media organisations are allowing a violent far right movement to spread
Where Is the Political Leadership Against This Violent Far-Right Movement Terrorising Britain?
The silence of senior mainstream politicians and media organisations against the rise of a new well-organised far-right movement on Britain's streets is a disgrace, argues Adam Bienkov
bylinetimes.com
August 20, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Far right groups are threatening to burn down hotels full of refugees at events attended by senior politicians, while people of colour live in fear after being falsely labelled as paedophiles
How mainstream politicians and media organisations are allowing a violent far right movement to spread
How mainstream politicians and media organisations are allowing a violent far right movement to spread
Absolute privilege to chair this session at @edbookfest.bsky.social with Palestinian journalist and human rights activist Ahmed Alnaouq - read his book and more about the project “We Are Not Numbers” wearenotnumbers.org
August 12, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Absolute privilege to chair this session at @edbookfest.bsky.social with Palestinian journalist and human rights activist Ahmed Alnaouq - read his book and more about the project “We Are Not Numbers” wearenotnumbers.org
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I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Mouni. Mouni is a pregnant mother of three, Mahmoud, 10, Areij, 4 and Shahd, 2. Her husband Mohammed and her lost their home and have been living in tents- she is struggling to feed her kids and also have enough nutrients for her pregnancy.
August 6, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Mouni. Mouni is a pregnant mother of three, Mahmoud, 10, Areij, 4 and Shahd, 2. Her husband Mohammed and her lost their home and have been living in tents- she is struggling to feed her kids and also have enough nutrients for her pregnancy.
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Police Scotland may have breached people’s human rights with arrests at pro-Palestine demonstrations, the Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has warned
Read more: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
Read more: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
August 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Police Scotland may have breached people’s human rights with arrests at pro-Palestine demonstrations, the Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has warned
Read more: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
Read more: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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New report by me, Rhianna, @talatyaqoob.bsky.social and @engenderscot.bsky.social on women’s political journeys in Scotland and their experiences of becoming and being a candidate. It's not a pretty picture...
www.engender.org.uk/news/blog/en...
www.engender.org.uk/news/blog/en...
Engender blog | Engender launches report on women’s experience of the election process
Engender’s new report ‘Women’s Political Journey’ explores the candidate journey—from preparing to stand as a candidate, including all the interview and vetting processes, to being elected and what ha...
www.engender.org.uk
August 4, 2025 at 10:24 AM
New report by me, Rhianna, @talatyaqoob.bsky.social and @engenderscot.bsky.social on women’s political journeys in Scotland and their experiences of becoming and being a candidate. It's not a pretty picture...
www.engender.org.uk/news/blog/en...
www.engender.org.uk/news/blog/en...
I’ve written for @heraldscotland.bsky.social on Gaza, and the cowardice of so-called world leaders who use statehood as a negotiation tool with the oppressor… www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
World leaders have had the answers from the start
World-leaders continue to hide behind the semantics, more concerned with “difference of opinion” than the now estimated over 61,000 Gazans…
www.heraldscotland.com
July 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I’ve written for @heraldscotland.bsky.social on Gaza, and the cowardice of so-called world leaders who use statehood as a negotiation tool with the oppressor… www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
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👩🎓 | Leading equality and social justice campaigner Talat Yaqoob has vowed to keep pushing for a fairer society, after she was awarded an honorary doctorate by #EdNapier.
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July 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
👩🎓 | Leading equality and social justice campaigner Talat Yaqoob has vowed to keep pushing for a fairer society, after she was awarded an honorary doctorate by #EdNapier.
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An arms company asked a Scottish university to monitor students and "act as a deterrent" against any protests they might face on campus.
The university said: "Not a problem."
Exclusive from @heraldscotland.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2530867...
The university said: "Not a problem."
Exclusive from @heraldscotland.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2530867...
July 13, 2025 at 10:19 AM
An arms company asked a Scottish university to monitor students and "act as a deterrent" against any protests they might face on campus.
The university said: "Not a problem."
Exclusive from @heraldscotland.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2530867...
The university said: "Not a problem."
Exclusive from @heraldscotland.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2530867...
An unexpected but gratefully received honour from @edinburghnapier.bsky.social - it’s a privilege to work on advancing equality, and at time when there is a global pushback against these efforts, it’s on all of us, including institutions, to fight even harder. www.napier.ac.uk/about-us/new...
Social justice campaigner Talat Yaqoob honoured by Edinburgh Napier University
At Edinburgh Napier University, we nurture talent and create knowledge that shapes communities all around the world.
www.napier.ac.uk
July 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
An unexpected but gratefully received honour from @edinburghnapier.bsky.social - it’s a privilege to work on advancing equality, and at time when there is a global pushback against these efforts, it’s on all of us, including institutions, to fight even harder. www.napier.ac.uk/about-us/new...
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July 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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MPs will vote on proscribing Palestine Action, alongside violent, far-rights group MMC whose leader has charges for acts of mass violence in US. These two groups are not equivalent to one another, yet MPs will have to vote on the list in full. This is a manipulation of parliamentary process.
Palestine Action ban: when does parliament vote take place?
When MPs will vote on plans to make Palestine Action a terror organisation
On Wednesday MPs will vote on an order to designate the group Palestine Action as a terrorist entity - here's what time it will happen and what it…
www.heraldscotland.com
July 2, 2025 at 10:34 AM
MPs will vote on proscribing Palestine Action, alongside violent, far-rights group MMC whose leader has charges for acts of mass violence in US. These two groups are not equivalent to one another, yet MPs will have to vote on the list in full. This is a manipulation of parliamentary process.
Anti-progress, anti-systems change, anti-DEI is not just something happening elsewhere - it’s here too. This week’s deeply disappointing proof: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
To all who think capitalism can drive progressive change, it won’t – and here’s the shocking proof | Polly Toynbee
Asset manager Aberdeen’s surprise cut to funding research into inequality has left those that used its grants for good work reeling, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
July 1, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Anti-progress, anti-systems change, anti-DEI is not just something happening elsewhere - it’s here too. This week’s deeply disappointing proof: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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🔴‘Traditional Gender Norms Are the Exact Opposite’ of What UK Economy Needs, New Report Finds
A gender equality study shows that gender inequality is worsening financial hardship in deprived regions
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/23/g...
A gender equality study shows that gender inequality is worsening financial hardship in deprived regions
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/23/g...
'Traditional Gender Norms Are the Exact Opposite' of What UK Economy Needs, New Report Finds
A gender equality study shows that gender inequality is worsening financial hardship in deprived regions
bylinetimes.com
June 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
🔴‘Traditional Gender Norms Are the Exact Opposite’ of What UK Economy Needs, New Report Finds
A gender equality study shows that gender inequality is worsening financial hardship in deprived regions
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/23/g...
A gender equality study shows that gender inequality is worsening financial hardship in deprived regions
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/23/g...
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“The Tinker Experiments should not have happened…on behalf of Scotland, we are sorry.” -- John Swinney, First Minister
Read MRR's first reaction to the Scottish Government's statement and apology today: makingrightsreal.org.uk/scotlands-fi...
Read MRR's first reaction to the Scottish Government's statement and apology today: makingrightsreal.org.uk/scotlands-fi...
June 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
“The Tinker Experiments should not have happened…on behalf of Scotland, we are sorry.” -- John Swinney, First Minister
Read MRR's first reaction to the Scottish Government's statement and apology today: makingrightsreal.org.uk/scotlands-fi...
Read MRR's first reaction to the Scottish Government's statement and apology today: makingrightsreal.org.uk/scotlands-fi...
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🚨BREAKING: We’re deeply concerned at the use of counter terrorism powers to target protest groups.
This is the latest in a succession of measures taken by the UK government to clamp down on protest in the UK.
This is the latest in a succession of measures taken by the UK government to clamp down on protest in the UK.
June 20, 2025 at 6:44 PM
🚨BREAKING: We’re deeply concerned at the use of counter terrorism powers to target protest groups.
This is the latest in a succession of measures taken by the UK government to clamp down on protest in the UK.
This is the latest in a succession of measures taken by the UK government to clamp down on protest in the UK.
Thanks to everyone who came to the @passthemic.bsky.social national gathering - an amazing, powerful day. Which is desperately needed in the current political and social landscape.
June 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Thanks to everyone who came to the @passthemic.bsky.social national gathering - an amazing, powerful day. Which is desperately needed in the current political and social landscape.