What on Earth is this? An "in depth" BBC article about free speech in the UK that only cites examples of right-wing/ 'anti-woke' speech being suppressed. How can you mention Lucy Connolly but completely ignore Palestine Action / Just Stop Oil? Gob-smacking. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Useful reminder from Peter Kellner on the problems we refuse to acknowledge are getting better, and the politics of hopelessness that this breeds

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This ancient Oxford University grudge has Ea-nāṣir vibes and levels of post-mortem infamy

Oh look, Labour has spent months targeting the wrong voters.

"Whatever the government has been doing in the last year in polling terms evidently has not worked. It does seem a lot of what they have been doing is attempting to compete with the parties of the right on their own terrain."

@robfordmancs.bsky.social explains Labour's performance in the polls

Today Nick Ferrari asked if treaties like the ECHR & the Refugee Convention that were drawn up in the wake of WWII are still relevant to modern Britain.

I said the context of racial hatred towards Muslim immigrants now echoes the hatred of Jewish immigrants in the 20th century. We need these laws.

I used to be one of those English people with an embarrassingly poor grasp of Northern Ireland's politics and history.

I think loads of people sounding off about the ECHR just don't really understand its crucial role in the peace process. This piece from my colleague explains it really well

Britain needs a new comprehensive UK–EU Energy, Climate and Environment Partnership - and we need it now.

The snake oil salesman got his way once - the result was a disaster. Don’t let him do it again

Nigel Farage has the unpopular position on scrapping human rights. The media/political discourse always implies his position is gaining ground. The evidence since Trump was elected is quitting has flatlined, and staying in increased.

By factoring extremist unrest into his judgment, a British judge has signalled that disorder works

✏️ @jamesrball.com

Day in, day out, I speak to ordinary people who are organising to welcome the asylum seekers accommodated in their towns.

They befriend, support them, reach out to them as fellow human beings.

That's the Britain I know, the one I see around me & we never get told about on TV.

5 years after Brexit, it’s shamefully clear that UK is being left behind on environment policy. With few exceptions, Govt has *deliberately* chosen not to keep up with standards of EU neighbours. Worse, in a number of areas they’re planning to actively go backwards @ieep.eu
@europeanmovement.co.uk

‘Bad deaths scar families for ever’: what terminally ill people want you to know about assisted dying

On the 80th anniversary of Hiroshima, it's worth reflecting on the past and on where we are now.

The UN, EU, & ECHR were set up after WW2 to bring lasting peace, & to protect people.

It's on all of us to remember that - and challenge those seeking to tear them down

Ed Davey is right, Brexit has been a disaster and more must be done to undo the damage.

Congrats to @theoniongarden.bsky.social for making onto this list of the best secret gardens in Europe. It really is a super little hidden spot in the middle of Westminster (we did an event there and the staff were 👌too)

This is hardly a surprise, Brexit has been a complete failure!