Dr Zubaida Haque
@zubhaque.bsky.social
Former Dep Director and Head of Research at Women’s Budget Group. Former CEO The Equality Trust; Former deputy & interim Director of The Runnymede Trust. Member of Independent SAGE. Worked in government and think tanks. Views my own
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We continue to stand in solidarity with Denmark and Greenland.
Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Kingdom of Denmark. Any changes to that status are for Greenlanders and Danes alone to decide. (1/2)
Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Kingdom of Denmark. Any changes to that status are for Greenlanders and Danes alone to decide. (1/2)
December 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
We continue to stand in solidarity with Denmark and Greenland.
Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Kingdom of Denmark. Any changes to that status are for Greenlanders and Danes alone to decide. (1/2)
Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Kingdom of Denmark. Any changes to that status are for Greenlanders and Danes alone to decide. (1/2)
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The commitment of £550 million for victim support services over the next three years, alongside additional funding for health-led responses, safe accommodation and specialist programmes, signals an important step forward. 🧵 3/4
December 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The commitment of £550 million for victim support services over the next three years, alongside additional funding for health-led responses, safe accommodation and specialist programmes, signals an important step forward. 🧵 3/4
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We welcome today's publication of the Government’s new Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy, and the high level of ambition it sets out, including the commitment to halving violence against women and girls over the next decade. 🧵1/4
December 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
We welcome today's publication of the Government’s new Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy, and the high level of ambition it sets out, including the commitment to halving violence against women and girls over the next decade. 🧵1/4
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Tax and benefit measures announced this Parliament so far benefit children the most.
This is due to the abolition of the two-child limit, the expansion of Free School Meals to children in families receiving UC in England, and the above-inflation increases to the UC standard allowance.
This is due to the abolition of the two-child limit, the expansion of Free School Meals to children in families receiving UC in England, and the above-inflation increases to the UC standard allowance.
December 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Tax and benefit measures announced this Parliament so far benefit children the most.
This is due to the abolition of the two-child limit, the expansion of Free School Meals to children in families receiving UC in England, and the above-inflation increases to the UC standard allowance.
This is due to the abolition of the two-child limit, the expansion of Free School Meals to children in families receiving UC in England, and the above-inflation increases to the UC standard allowance.
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Dog-whistle and factually incorrect. Ladies, raise your hand if you were sexually assaulted by a boy at school? I’d wager this or a family member is most women’s first experience of sexual violence
December 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Dog-whistle and factually incorrect. Ladies, raise your hand if you were sexually assaulted by a boy at school? I’d wager this or a family member is most women’s first experience of sexual violence
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NEW: President Trump is expanding the previous 19-country travel ban to a whopping 39 countries (plus the Palestinian Authority), and appears to expand a block on legal immigration to now include spouses, children, and parents of U.S. citizens, who were previously exempted.
December 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
NEW: President Trump is expanding the previous 19-country travel ban to a whopping 39 countries (plus the Palestinian Authority), and appears to expand a block on legal immigration to now include spouses, children, and parents of U.S. citizens, who were previously exempted.
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It was a pleasure to welcome #ChrisCurrie from the #PensionsPolicyInstitute and #JonathanCribb from the @theifs.bsky.social to the #WorkandPensionsSelectCommittee as part of our 'Transition to State Pension Age' Inquiry.
If you would like to watch more go to 👇🏼
If you would like to watch more go to 👇🏼
December 17, 2025 at 10:42 AM
It was a pleasure to welcome #ChrisCurrie from the #PensionsPolicyInstitute and #JonathanCribb from the @theifs.bsky.social to the #WorkandPensionsSelectCommittee as part of our 'Transition to State Pension Age' Inquiry.
If you would like to watch more go to 👇🏼
If you would like to watch more go to 👇🏼
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@independentsage.bsky.social have consistently tried to counter the spread of infection and misinformation...great to work on this in @bmj.com with Steve Reicher (lead) and @martinmckee.bsky.social, we hope it's helpful...and thanks to
Jolie Neill for edits & guidance 🙏
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Jolie Neill for edits & guidance 🙏
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Vaccinate, isolate, ventilate: will we finally learn the lessons from covid this flu season?
With flu surging again, Stephen Reicher and colleagues draw on the experience of covid-19 to argue that predictable winter pressures demand more than individual responsibility, they also require syste...
www.bmj.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:41 PM
@independentsage.bsky.social have consistently tried to counter the spread of infection and misinformation...great to work on this in @bmj.com with Steve Reicher (lead) and @martinmckee.bsky.social, we hope it's helpful...and thanks to
Jolie Neill for edits & guidance 🙏
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Jolie Neill for edits & guidance 🙏
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
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NEW
A guided tour of President Trump's 33-page, $5 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation
How some parts are strong, some parts are weak - and why a strict legalistic analysis will not tell the whole story.
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-guided-t...
(£) at least for now
A guided tour of President Trump's 33-page, $5 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation
How some parts are strong, some parts are weak - and why a strict legalistic analysis will not tell the whole story.
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-guided-t...
(£) at least for now
A guided tour of President Trump's 33-page, $5 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation
How some parts are strong, some parts are weak - and why a strict legalistic analysis will not tell the whole story.
emptycity.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
NEW
A guided tour of President Trump's 33-page, $5 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation
How some parts are strong, some parts are weak - and why a strict legalistic analysis will not tell the whole story.
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-guided-t...
(£) at least for now
A guided tour of President Trump's 33-page, $5 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation
How some parts are strong, some parts are weak - and why a strict legalistic analysis will not tell the whole story.
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-guided-t...
(£) at least for now
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"Do people get cross with the BBC? They do. Do people have their own sense of what the BBC is getting wrong all the time? They do," says Emily Maitlis.
"But do they really want to see the end of an institution at Trump's hand? I don't think so"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/trum...
"But do they really want to see the end of an institution at Trump's hand? I don't think so"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/trum...
Trump vs BBC: Will the British public stand with the broadcaster? | The News Agents
Donald Trump is suing the BBC for $10 billion over a Panorama edit which cut together two clips from his 2021 speech ahead of the Washington riot by MAGA supporters. The BBC’s next steps are not…
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 7:00 AM
"Do people get cross with the BBC? They do. Do people have their own sense of what the BBC is getting wrong all the time? They do," says Emily Maitlis.
"But do they really want to see the end of an institution at Trump's hand? I don't think so"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/trum...
"But do they really want to see the end of an institution at Trump's hand? I don't think so"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/trum...
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BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
December 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
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"California, Oregon, and Washington launched the West Coast Health Alliance (WCHA) in September 2025 to ensure science-based public health guidance, creating a regional coalition to provide unified, credible health recommendations, including for vaccines, free from partisan influence."
December 15, 2025 at 9:57 PM
"California, Oregon, and Washington launched the West Coast Health Alliance (WCHA) in September 2025 to ensure science-based public health guidance, creating a regional coalition to provide unified, credible health recommendations, including for vaccines, free from partisan influence."
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California is providing its own version of the CDC - “a shield” - to provide reliable health information at a time when it’s lacking in the rest of the US, Governor Gavin Newsom announced.
It’s not a Shadow CDC, he stressed, not at that federal level, but it will have links with the WHO.
It’s not a Shadow CDC, he stressed, not at that federal level, but it will have links with the WHO.
December 15, 2025 at 9:52 PM
California is providing its own version of the CDC - “a shield” - to provide reliable health information at a time when it’s lacking in the rest of the US, Governor Gavin Newsom announced.
It’s not a Shadow CDC, he stressed, not at that federal level, but it will have links with the WHO.
It’s not a Shadow CDC, he stressed, not at that federal level, but it will have links with the WHO.
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NEW - The Employment Rights bill has finally passed, after a tortured time in the Lords.
Christmas cheer for ministers and trade unions
Christmas cheer for ministers and trade unions
December 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
NEW - The Employment Rights bill has finally passed, after a tortured time in the Lords.
Christmas cheer for ministers and trade unions
Christmas cheer for ministers and trade unions
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C of E responds to Tommy Robinson’s carols event with ‘Christmas is for all’ message
C of E responds to Tommy Robinson’s carols event with ‘Christmas is for all’ message
Release of 43-second video comes as senior church figures speak out against dangers of Christian nationalism
The Church of England has released a video in response to a Christmas carols event on Saturday being organised by the far-right activist Tommy Robinson amid calls from a growing number of senior church figures to challenge Christian nationalism.
In the 43-second video, Christmas Isn’t Cancelled, posted on the church’s YouTube channel, more than 20 people from the archbishop of York to schoolchildren speak about the “joy, love and hope” of Christmas. The message is “a simple reminder that Christmas belongs to all of us, and everyone is welcome to celebrate”, the C of E said. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:05 AM
C of E responds to Tommy Robinson’s carols event with ‘Christmas is for all’ message
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And in response to headlines like "there is no need for masks", here is the 1 minutes from my interview where I discuss basic preventative measures (including masks!).
Also note that NHS stats like A&E and Ambulance waits are lower than same time 3 years ago, even with earlier flu wave.
Also note that NHS stats like A&E and Ambulance waits are lower than same time 3 years ago, even with earlier flu wave.
December 15, 2025 at 12:18 PM
And in response to headlines like "there is no need for masks", here is the 1 minutes from my interview where I discuss basic preventative measures (including masks!).
Also note that NHS stats like A&E and Ambulance waits are lower than same time 3 years ago, even with earlier flu wave.
Also note that NHS stats like A&E and Ambulance waits are lower than same time 3 years ago, even with earlier flu wave.
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Was on Sky News this morning discussing Flu and whether this was a record bad year or not.
Also discussed what we could do and the importance of vaccines, ventilation and wearing a mask if you're ill.
youtu.be/_PZiU3R7jac
Also discussed what we could do and the importance of vaccines, ventilation and wearing a mask if you're ill.
youtu.be/_PZiU3R7jac
Interview with Sky News about Flu cases in England December 2025
YouTube video by Professor Christina Pagel
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December 15, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Was on Sky News this morning discussing Flu and whether this was a record bad year or not.
Also discussed what we could do and the importance of vaccines, ventilation and wearing a mask if you're ill.
youtu.be/_PZiU3R7jac
Also discussed what we could do and the importance of vaccines, ventilation and wearing a mask if you're ill.
youtu.be/_PZiU3R7jac
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"The five fake Bondi attack stories spread by AI and social media.
From a fictitious hero interviewed in his hospital bed, to misinformation about other attacks, AI and social media spread some serious lies on Sunday night." www.afr.com/companies/me...
From a fictitious hero interviewed in his hospital bed, to misinformation about other attacks, AI and social media spread some serious lies on Sunday night." www.afr.com/companies/me...
December 15, 2025 at 11:59 AM
"The five fake Bondi attack stories spread by AI and social media.
From a fictitious hero interviewed in his hospital bed, to misinformation about other attacks, AI and social media spread some serious lies on Sunday night." www.afr.com/companies/me...
From a fictitious hero interviewed in his hospital bed, to misinformation about other attacks, AI and social media spread some serious lies on Sunday night." www.afr.com/companies/me...
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Wrote about how the late, great Rob Reiner had the most impossible 7-movie beginning to any director's career, and yet that's not even what he was most famous for:
December 15, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Wrote about how the late, great Rob Reiner had the most impossible 7-movie beginning to any director's career, and yet that's not even what he was most famous for:
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Ahmed al Ahmed, 43, has been identified as the man who disarmed one of the Sydney attackers.
Ahmed was shot by the second shooter, who was firing from a bridge. He suffered 2 gunshot wounds and is undergoing surgery.
Ahmed was shot by the second shooter, who was firing from a bridge. He suffered 2 gunshot wounds and is undergoing surgery.
December 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Ahmed al Ahmed, 43, has been identified as the man who disarmed one of the Sydney attackers.
Ahmed was shot by the second shooter, who was firing from a bridge. He suffered 2 gunshot wounds and is undergoing surgery.
Ahmed was shot by the second shooter, who was firing from a bridge. He suffered 2 gunshot wounds and is undergoing surgery.
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The number of people killed in the Australian beach shooting rises to 16, New South Wales minister says.
Gunmen kill at least 16 people in attack on Hanukkah celebration on Sydney's Bondi Beach
A child is one of at least 16 people killed in an attack in Australia at one of the world’s most famous beaches.
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December 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The number of people killed in the Australian beach shooting rises to 16, New South Wales minister says.
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#BREAKING 🚨 Police have now confirmed at least 12 people are dead and 29 others injured after a mass shooting on Bondi Beach, which has been declared a terrorist attack
NSW premier Chris Minns says the shooting targeted the Jewish community at a Hanukkah celebration
NSW premier Chris Minns says the shooting targeted the Jewish community at a Hanukkah celebration
December 14, 2025 at 11:12 AM
#BREAKING 🚨 Police have now confirmed at least 12 people are dead and 29 others injured after a mass shooting on Bondi Beach, which has been declared a terrorist attack
NSW premier Chris Minns says the shooting targeted the Jewish community at a Hanukkah celebration
NSW premier Chris Minns says the shooting targeted the Jewish community at a Hanukkah celebration
Thought-provoking piece: “When violence against women and girls is reduced to racist social media erotica and invented AI threats, we have no chance of dealing with either..”
Women beware the rise of racist romantasy
There’s a twisted eroticism to fearmongering in the ‘Yookay’, which only serves to detract from the real threat
🔗 Róisín Lanigan
https://bit.ly/3XSyecd
There’s a twisted eroticism to fearmongering in the ‘Yookay’, which only serves to detract from the real threat
🔗 Róisín Lanigan
https://bit.ly/3XSyecd
Women beware the rise of racist romantasy | The Observer
Picture the scene: I am walking down a high street, somewhere in the heart of middle England. My hair? Coiffed. Bleached. My dress? Low-cut. Tempting. Western. My hips? Undulating. My breasts? Huge. Like, absolutely massive. My age? Youthful to nebulou...
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December 14, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Thought-provoking piece: “When violence against women and girls is reduced to racist social media erotica and invented AI threats, we have no chance of dealing with either..”
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So, to those who say "masks don't work", cite the flawed Cochrane report, insist upon an unfeasible RCT, accuse folks of panic, and undermine public health on social and mainstream media during a flu/RSV epidemic...
1. Seasonal viruses may be "normal", but they do immense harm.
1. Seasonal viruses may be "normal", but they do immense harm.
December 12, 2025 at 11:07 AM
So, to those who say "masks don't work", cite the flawed Cochrane report, insist upon an unfeasible RCT, accuse folks of panic, and undermine public health on social and mainstream media during a flu/RSV epidemic...
1. Seasonal viruses may be "normal", but they do immense harm.
1. Seasonal viruses may be "normal", but they do immense harm.