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david-s.bsky.social
Not only are the proposals cruel, racist and inhumane, the 'consultation' itself seems to be in breach of the govs own principles

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Consultation principles
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November 22, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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danielsohege.bsky.social
Remember when Nigel Farage said that Reform would deport children and people were, rightly, up in arms? Where's that outrage now that Labour are saying they will do the same thing, to children born in this country? A bad policy doesn't become good just because "your side" made it. 11/
Insisting she "would never use children as a weapon", Mahmood said she had a duty to get rid of reasons for putting children on dangerous small boats crossing the Channel. She said: "There is a perverse incentive there to still travel with your children, maybe put your children in danger, if you know that we would never ever remove a family with children when they have failed in their claim." Acknowledging there were specific concerns around the removal of children that needed careful consideration, Mahmood explained she also needed to be fair to British taxpayers "who are footing that bill". She added: "It is right that if you're a failed asylum seeker, the fact that you have a child under 18 is not a reason why you should remain here in supported asylum accommodation forever more."
November 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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drinfosec.bsky.social
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From: COVID-19 BEREAVED FAMILIES FOR JUSTICE The evidence from the inquiry is clear, and while it is vindicating to see Boris Johnson blamed in black and white for the catastrophic mishandling of the pandemic, it is devastating to think of the lives that could have been saved under a different Prime Minister. We now know that many of our family members would still be alive today if it wasn't for the leadership of Boris Johnson and his colleagues As the report has found the Government's approach to the pandemic was undermined from the beginning. If Johnson had listened to scientific advice and locked down even a week earlier, around 23,000 people could have been saved. Instead, throughout the pandemic Boris Johnson put his political reputation ahead of public safety. He pandered to his critics when the UK needed decisive action. In delaying lockdowns, he made them longer, more damaging to the economy and less effective. He ignored scientific advice that didn't fit his agenda, and he ignored the impact of his decisions on the frontline, repeating the mistakes of the first wave and prolonging the second. To make mistakes is human. To refuse to listen to frontline workers, vulnerable people, the insights of devolved leaders or scientific experts is unforgivable. The same arrogance that led those at the heart of government to hold party's while many of us died and grieved alone shaped the government's approach to the pandemic, and led to loss of life at an unprecedented, avoidable scale. While we reflect and mourn what could have been, what extra years, days and hours we could have spent with our loved ones, we need to reflect on how we, the public, were left so vulnerable. We can't just hope that we have better leaders in the future - the government must implement the safeguards recommended by the inquiry immediately. Otherwise, we are no safer now than we were in the during the darkest days in living history.
November 20, 2025 at 10:21 PM