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The Bear
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Politics, power, propaganda - explained without the spin.

Author of Bear Necessities of Politics and Power and editor of BearlyPolitics.co.uk 🐻
And the worst thing?

They’re doing this to appease a group of people that will never, ever vote for them.

They have wasted every single opportunity to do better and chose to do the same as we’ve had over the past decade and deserve the electoral oblivion that awaits them.

I am fucking done.
The Hostile Environment 2.0 Patch Update
Labour’s asylum policy proves they fear the far-right more than they trust their own values.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Labour has not just lost me as someone who voted for them last year - they’ve pushed me into active opposition with this constant and relentless attack on migrants.

The party of Attlee and Bevan is gone - all we now have left is the party of bending the knee to the likes of Farage and Co.
Why I can't Back Labour Anymore
I've given them fifteen months. They've used these to sidle up closer and closer to Reform. I am done.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 6:43 AM
The message coming through is unmistakeable - immigrants should not expect to be treated equally in this country, and especially so if you arrived after 2021, despite the fact that the migrants in question moved here dying the biggest crisis (so far) this century.
Legal migrants who arrived in UK from 2021 face long wait for settled status under tough new proposals
Shabana Mahmood says she fears "Greater Britain" could give way to "Littler England" without changing the immigration system.
news.sky.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:43 AM
The theme comes through - if you have money, you’re welcome.

If not, jump through those damned hoops - wait more, volunteer, prove your worth on top of giving us your skills before we’ll consider you to have earned the “privilege” of living in this country.
An Island of Strangers, Led by a Party of Strangers
A Labour government with a historic majority has somehow decided the best way to beat the far right is to imitate its homework. Badly.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 6:43 AM
And please don’t give me any of the “but if we don’t act harshly now, we might get Farage” - because that is not the argument you think it is.
The Hostile Environment 2.0 Patch Update
Labour’s asylum policy proves they fear the far-right more than they trust their own values.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The evidence from Farage and the people that surround him screams that there is really no two sides to this story or slipper definitions - not that you’d be able to tell with just how much smoke is being blown around this.

www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/deep-dive-...
DEEP DIVE: How Does Reform Show Its Racism? Let Me Count the Ways
From “target practice” on refugees to burqa bans in Parliament, the tally tells the story better than Farage ever could.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 7:45 AM