Zoë 🇺🇦🏳️🌈
@zoesomelastname.bsky.social
Software developer / shambolic type ADHD / cat servant / trans woman / she / her
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I'm a socialist but I'm in a centre left liberal nationalist party that has won election after election while standing up for migrants. Everyone knows about Denmark but Scotland is little-studied or treated as some kind of curiosity.
It's really simple, people respect clarity, honesty, and strength
It's really simple, people respect clarity, honesty, and strength
November 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I'm a socialist but I'm in a centre left liberal nationalist party that has won election after election while standing up for migrants. Everyone knows about Denmark but Scotland is little-studied or treated as some kind of curiosity.
It's really simple, people respect clarity, honesty, and strength
It's really simple, people respect clarity, honesty, and strength
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Whomst among us hasn't felt a little vacuum about snackie all done
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Whomst among us hasn't felt a little vacuum about snackie all done
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In a PLP of over 400 "more than a dozen have expressed criticism". Gosh.
👮 More than a dozen Labour MPs have expressed criticism of the government’s radical reforms to Britain’s asylum system.
labourlist.org/2025/11/asyl...
labourlist.org/2025/11/asyl...
Asylum reform: Full list of MPs opposing government’s immigration proposals – LabourList
More than a dozen Labour MPs have expressed criticism of the government's radical reforms to Britain's asylum system. Shabana Mahmood has proposed sweeping new reforms…
labourlist.org
November 18, 2025 at 8:47 AM
In a PLP of over 400 "more than a dozen have expressed criticism". Gosh.
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Proof, too, that how you are towards trans people is compelling evidence of whether you are a good quality human being.
It's hard to find words to capture quite how revolting, steeped in bigotry, irresponsible, morally unmoored, Labour has become. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Anglican bishop shaken ‘to the core’ by home secretary’s asylum seeker comments
Bishop of Edmonton says people coming to UK are being ‘scapegoated’ for years of policy failures
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Proof, too, that how you are towards trans people is compelling evidence of whether you are a good quality human being.
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Well
The Home Secretary decided to post through it
The Home Secretary decided to post through it
Green MP Carla Denyer accuses Shabana Mahmood of trying to "out Reform Reform" and says "toxic racist narratives and the scapegoating of migrants" are to blame for "tearing our country apart" not migrants.
Mahmood: "I couldn't care less what any other political party has to say about these matters"
Mahmood: "I couldn't care less what any other political party has to say about these matters"
November 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Well
The Home Secretary decided to post through it
The Home Secretary decided to post through it
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not to sound like a fundamentalist here but you ever wonder if these people ever imagine standing before the Divine and justifying their actions
I suspect the line about cars, e bikes, &c points not just to attacking people applying from temporary work visas, but more generally to a future migration crisis stemming from a major European war.
November 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
not to sound like a fundamentalist here but you ever wonder if these people ever imagine standing before the Divine and justifying their actions
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An answer that's not only unsatisfactory but barely even human
Asked if Keir Starmer believes British people want to "see refugee children pulled out of school and deported after 10 years in this country”, his spokesman says that “what the British public wants and what this government was elected on a mandate to deliver was to secure our borders"
November 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
An answer that's not only unsatisfactory but barely even human
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The Labour Party aligning itself with Tommy Robinson, fucking hell.
Despicable treachery.
Despicable treachery.
Asked how happy Keir Starmer is that Tommy Robinson is now backing his asylum plans, his spokesman replies that "the public can tell that the pace and scale of illegal immigration is out of control..."
"We must restore order... or we will lose public consent for giving refuge at all".
"We must restore order... or we will lose public consent for giving refuge at all".
November 17, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The Labour Party aligning itself with Tommy Robinson, fucking hell.
Despicable treachery.
Despicable treachery.
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Good Afternoon, “Your Party” was a six month sociological study conducted by Royal Holloway, University of London. We are now complete with our study. Thank you for your time.
November 17, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Good Afternoon, “Your Party” was a six month sociological study conducted by Royal Holloway, University of London. We are now complete with our study. Thank you for your time.
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imagine if Nick Griffin had proposed in 2010 that we should be stealing jewellery from refugees who arrive here, we’d have spent 15 years pointing to it as a low point in the political discourse around immigration, but now we’re just suppose to accept it from our “””centre-left””” government
November 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
imagine if Nick Griffin had proposed in 2010 that we should be stealing jewellery from refugees who arrive here, we’d have spent 15 years pointing to it as a low point in the political discourse around immigration, but now we’re just suppose to accept it from our “””centre-left””” government
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the political culture of britain is that of the schoolyard, and this is not just all the public schoolboys around but seemingly a whole cultural fascination with the bully: see a bully, don't call him out or stand up to him, toady up to him, then try to out-bully him
November 17, 2025 at 9:17 AM
the political culture of britain is that of the schoolyard, and this is not just all the public schoolboys around but seemingly a whole cultural fascination with the bully: see a bully, don't call him out or stand up to him, toady up to him, then try to out-bully him
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Doesn’t matter. “Starmer and Mahmood wanted to take jewellery from asylum seekers” is a mark those two will never be able to wash off and which the party as a whole will have to put in onerous work to remove.
My guess is they will end up u-turning on the jewellery thing (you can already see it being softening in interviews) and possibly the 20 years (which is way longer than Denmark).
November 17, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Doesn’t matter. “Starmer and Mahmood wanted to take jewellery from asylum seekers” is a mark those two will never be able to wash off and which the party as a whole will have to put in onerous work to remove.
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Look, maybe as a German person I am being overly sensitive here, but in the nicest possible way: what the fuck lads?!
Imagine having a thumping majority in parliament and deciding to use it for something as squalid as this.
November 17, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Look, maybe as a German person I am being overly sensitive here, but in the nicest possible way: what the fuck lads?!
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'So, if we brief the Sun that our policy is to fleece refugees of their belongings and tell the Sunday shows that refugees are basically all 'illegal'...then we should have some room to get a piece in the Guardian saying that we want to fight the 'dark forces' of racism and xenophobia, right?'
November 17, 2025 at 9:48 AM
'So, if we brief the Sun that our policy is to fleece refugees of their belongings and tell the Sunday shows that refugees are basically all 'illegal'...then we should have some room to get a piece in the Guardian saying that we want to fight the 'dark forces' of racism and xenophobia, right?'
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UK politics weirdness about class isn't limited to the centre, it must be said; it's not just Labour chasing a vision of the working class that doesn't exist and hasn't for decades, it's non-Green Capital L left as well. Every time I see railing against Green parties for not having a class basis...
November 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
UK politics weirdness about class isn't limited to the centre, it must be said; it's not just Labour chasing a vision of the working class that doesn't exist and hasn't for decades, it's non-Green Capital L left as well. Every time I see railing against Green parties for not having a class basis...
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why do I emphasize the Manchester-ness of this? because Blue Labour 'thinkers' try to portray themselves as authentic representatives of a neglected Northern working class. But while there's plenty of racism in the North, as anywhere else, there's also a long history of integration and anti-racism.
November 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
why do I emphasize the Manchester-ness of this? because Blue Labour 'thinkers' try to portray themselves as authentic representatives of a neglected Northern working class. But while there's plenty of racism in the North, as anywhere else, there's also a long history of integration and anti-racism.
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Ultimately the vision of britain that starmer has is profoundly cynical, nasty and just not true. He thinks that abidicating his responsibility in showing that another option is maturity and doing the difficult thing, but he's literally just creating the hateful country he is so afraid of
November 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Ultimately the vision of britain that starmer has is profoundly cynical, nasty and just not true. He thinks that abidicating his responsibility in showing that another option is maturity and doing the difficult thing, but he's literally just creating the hateful country he is so afraid of
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Human rights are universal - if we start stripping away basic human rights from any section of society then none of us has rights – just privileges that can be taken away by people in power whenever they want
November 16, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Human rights are universal - if we start stripping away basic human rights from any section of society then none of us has rights – just privileges that can be taken away by people in power whenever they want
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Very "I will accept this racism and xenophobia as long as it's wearing my team's jersey" vibes from the Labour Party today.
Today is not the day to argue "oh so you want Reform to win then" as an argument for Labour's indefensible and inhumane anti-asylum policies. At least be honest and own that you're defending racist policies promoted with genuinely far right talking points. Don't try and pretend this is "progressive"
November 16, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Very "I will accept this racism and xenophobia as long as it's wearing my team's jersey" vibes from the Labour Party today.
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i do think fundamentally if you are out campaigning for this party you are a worse person than almost anyone who doesn't
‘what if torture and inhumane and degrading treatment was fine sometimes’ – the Labour Party
If you currently rely on the European Court of Human Rights for your minority group to *not* be targeted, you're in trouble...
November 16, 2025 at 11:39 AM
i do think fundamentally if you are out campaigning for this party you are a worse person than almost anyone who doesn't
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The last sentence is an interesting moment in the English language. Of course it's true that these articles hinder the removal of asylum seekers, much like making murder illegal hinders people who want to kill people.
There is no difference in practice between removing rights of individuals and leaving the ECHR. The end outcome is still the same, people lose rights. If human rights are an obstacle to your policy it is not the rights which are the issue, it is your policy. Labour going full Reform at this stage.
November 16, 2025 at 12:13 PM
The last sentence is an interesting moment in the English language. Of course it's true that these articles hinder the removal of asylum seekers, much like making murder illegal hinders people who want to kill people.
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Scotland has had a go at solving one issue with another - we've got a huge problem with people leaving the islands for the mainland, so we placed some refugees on Bute. It went well! They don't want to leave and we want them to stay, even if Syria is safer now!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
'We can finally return to Syria, but this island is our home'
For the first time, Syrians fleeing civil war have a chance of returning home. But do those settled on Bute want to?
www.bbc.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Scotland has had a go at solving one issue with another - we've got a huge problem with people leaving the islands for the mainland, so we placed some refugees on Bute. It went well! They don't want to leave and we want them to stay, even if Syria is safer now!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Terrific, thought-provoking piece by @chrisdillow.bsky.social:
On incompetence
Much of our political culture is fundamentally incompetent.
chrisdillow.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Terrific, thought-provoking piece by @chrisdillow.bsky.social:
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Also, a question for Justin Webb: would you still say Donald Trump is "making America normal again"?
Question for The Times.
Given undocumented immigrants are being given hysterectomies and then deported by ICE when they complain would you still call Donald Trump a "feminist hero"? www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
Given undocumented immigrants are being given hysterectomies and then deported by ICE when they complain would you still call Donald Trump a "feminist hero"? www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
Dozens Of Women Allege Unwanted Surgeries And Medical Abuse In ICE Custody
More women are coming forward to say they were pressured to have reproductive surgeries they did not want or understand, offering a glimpse into alleged medical abuses at an ICE detention center.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Also, a question for Justin Webb: would you still say Donald Trump is "making America normal again"?
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What is truly pathetic about Labour is that this is all they have got. They have failed so spectacularly already, despite a whacking great majority, to even attempt to govern positively that all they have is punching down on marginalised groups and saying "oh but Reform will be worse".
November 15, 2025 at 7:48 AM
What is truly pathetic about Labour is that this is all they have got. They have failed so spectacularly already, despite a whacking great majority, to even attempt to govern positively that all they have is punching down on marginalised groups and saying "oh but Reform will be worse".