Helen Humane
@helenhumane.bsky.social
Progress, not parties. Outcomes, not tribes. Values, not flags. #MakeVotesMatter
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Alf Dubs is a 92 year old man who spent his life fighting for refugees, and in particular for refugee children. He fought the Tories tooth and nail during their last three terms, only to see Labour adopt far-right policies on immigration.
“But to use children as a weapon ... I’m lost for words.”
“But to use children as a weapon ... I’m lost for words.”
Labour Peer Who Fled The Nazis Condemns His Party's Immigration Crackdown
Lord Dubs said he was "lost for words".
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Alf Dubs is a 92 year old man who spent his life fighting for refugees, and in particular for refugee children. He fought the Tories tooth and nail during their last three terms, only to see Labour adopt far-right policies on immigration.
“But to use children as a weapon ... I’m lost for words.”
“But to use children as a weapon ... I’m lost for words.”
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💯 “The electoral system is at breaking point now, because we're in this multi-party system, because of political fragmentation.”
🎙️ @alexsobel.co.uk, chair of the @appgfairelections.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk #CrossQuestion
🎙️ @alexsobel.co.uk, chair of the @appgfairelections.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk #CrossQuestion
November 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
💯 “The electoral system is at breaking point now, because we're in this multi-party system, because of political fragmentation.”
🎙️ @alexsobel.co.uk, chair of the @appgfairelections.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk #CrossQuestion
🎙️ @alexsobel.co.uk, chair of the @appgfairelections.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk #CrossQuestion
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
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November 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Six weeks since the PM said Britain faced a choice between decency or division and our bad, obviously, for not understanding that he was in fact Team Division
November 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Six weeks since the PM said Britain faced a choice between decency or division and our bad, obviously, for not understanding that he was in fact Team Division
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Longer settlement routes help no-one. When people can settle sooner, many feel more relaxed & hopeful, supporting needs for connection, belonging & participation. Extending routes limits stability &support. UK must abolish policies that marginalise migrants & undermine our rights
November 17, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Longer settlement routes help no-one. When people can settle sooner, many feel more relaxed & hopeful, supporting needs for connection, belonging & participation. Extending routes limits stability &support. UK must abolish policies that marginalise migrants & undermine our rights
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These policies put lives at risk — both those on the move & those already here. They make people less safe, fuel exploitation & guarantee more suffering. The government must stop the harm it is creating & overseeing. It has lost its humanity, but it is not too late to regain it.
November 17, 2025 at 6:28 PM
These policies put lives at risk — both those on the move & those already here. They make people less safe, fuel exploitation & guarantee more suffering. The government must stop the harm it is creating & overseeing. It has lost its humanity, but it is not too late to regain it.
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Here's something nice: VIANNE on Kindle UK for just 99p! www.amazon.co.uk/Vianne-irres...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Here's something nice: VIANNE on Kindle UK for just 99p! www.amazon.co.uk/Vianne-irres...
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The main question I have for Labour is, what will you do when the polls don’t improve for you after this?
November 17, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The main question I have for Labour is, what will you do when the polls don’t improve for you after this?
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📰 NEW BLOG by our CEO Emma Harrison 👇👇👇
"The disconnect between this 21st-century electorate and our 19th-century voting system has never been clearer.
The multi-party era has already arrived. The only question now is whether our voting system will catch up."
"The disconnect between this 21st-century electorate and our 19th-century voting system has never been clearer.
The multi-party era has already arrived. The only question now is whether our voting system will catch up."
Welcome to the multi-party era - Make Votes Matter
Everyone seems to be talking about the new multi-party reality we now find ourselves in. While many are wringing their hands and worrying about fragmentation,
makevotesmatter.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 11:09 AM
📰 NEW BLOG by our CEO Emma Harrison 👇👇👇
"The disconnect between this 21st-century electorate and our 19th-century voting system has never been clearer.
The multi-party era has already arrived. The only question now is whether our voting system will catch up."
"The disconnect between this 21st-century electorate and our 19th-century voting system has never been clearer.
The multi-party era has already arrived. The only question now is whether our voting system will catch up."
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Labour MP Simon Opher - "We should stop the boats because it's dangerous, and we should stop the scapegoating of immigrants because it's wrong and cruel.
"Measures that create bureaucracy and insecurity do not offer clarity or strengthen control – they cost money, waste time and weaken the system."
"Measures that create bureaucracy and insecurity do not offer clarity or strengthen control – they cost money, waste time and weaken the system."
November 17, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Labour MP Simon Opher - "We should stop the boats because it's dangerous, and we should stop the scapegoating of immigrants because it's wrong and cruel.
"Measures that create bureaucracy and insecurity do not offer clarity or strengthen control – they cost money, waste time and weaken the system."
"Measures that create bureaucracy and insecurity do not offer clarity or strengthen control – they cost money, waste time and weaken the system."
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For about ten minutes after Keir Starmer’s conference speech it seemed like the PM understood what his voters wanted to hear – an actual challenge to the racism of Reform. But instead of seeing it as the start of new messaging, it feels like his team just regarded it as job done.
November 16, 2025 at 7:36 PM
For about ten minutes after Keir Starmer’s conference speech it seemed like the PM understood what his voters wanted to hear – an actual challenge to the racism of Reform. But instead of seeing it as the start of new messaging, it feels like his team just regarded it as job done.
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2015 Shabana Mahmood really needs to have a word with 2025 Shabana Mahmood
November 16, 2025 at 8:14 PM
2015 Shabana Mahmood really needs to have a word with 2025 Shabana Mahmood
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And here is the visual guide to the new Echo & Narcissus remix, in a new, easier format. Is this useful?
I have included a 1954 recording of Alphonse Hasselmans' Gitane Op.21, on 78rpm with Rosa Spier, that I discovered, fell in love with, and included in the episode. A x
bsky.app/profile/alex...
I have included a 1954 recording of Alphonse Hasselmans' Gitane Op.21, on 78rpm with Rosa Spier, that I discovered, fell in love with, and included in the episode. A x
bsky.app/profile/alex...
November 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
And here is the visual guide to the new Echo & Narcissus remix, in a new, easier format. Is this useful?
I have included a 1954 recording of Alphonse Hasselmans' Gitane Op.21, on 78rpm with Rosa Spier, that I discovered, fell in love with, and included in the episode. A x
bsky.app/profile/alex...
I have included a 1954 recording of Alphonse Hasselmans' Gitane Op.21, on 78rpm with Rosa Spier, that I discovered, fell in love with, and included in the episode. A x
bsky.app/profile/alex...
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Tony Benn reckoned politicians were either signposts or weathervanes.
Labour needs more signposts and fewer weathervanes.
Labour needs more signposts and fewer weathervanes.
November 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Tony Benn reckoned politicians were either signposts or weathervanes.
Labour needs more signposts and fewer weathervanes.
Labour needs more signposts and fewer weathervanes.
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Labour's MP for Folkestone says the government has taken "the wrong turning" on its plans for asylum seekers.
"The rhetoric around these reforms encourages the same culture of divisiveness that sees racism and abuse growing in our communities."
"The rhetoric around these reforms encourages the same culture of divisiveness that sees racism and abuse growing in our communities."
November 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Labour's MP for Folkestone says the government has taken "the wrong turning" on its plans for asylum seekers.
"The rhetoric around these reforms encourages the same culture of divisiveness that sees racism and abuse growing in our communities."
"The rhetoric around these reforms encourages the same culture of divisiveness that sees racism and abuse growing in our communities."
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There were 93 homicides in London last year: population 9 million
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
November 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
There were 93 homicides in London last year: population 9 million
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
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My granddad was a refugee, my wife, our close friends and those of our kids are either immigrants or the children of immigrants.
Do ministers ever think about the message their rhetoric on "handouts" and "golden tickets" for migrants sends about whether this is a government for people like us?
Do ministers ever think about the message their rhetoric on "handouts" and "golden tickets" for migrants sends about whether this is a government for people like us?
November 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
My granddad was a refugee, my wife, our close friends and those of our kids are either immigrants or the children of immigrants.
Do ministers ever think about the message their rhetoric on "handouts" and "golden tickets" for migrants sends about whether this is a government for people like us?
Do ministers ever think about the message their rhetoric on "handouts" and "golden tickets" for migrants sends about whether this is a government for people like us?
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🔉What dangers does X pose to our democracy? And should the government stop using it?
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
November 13, 2025 at 10:33 AM
🔉What dangers does X pose to our democracy? And should the government stop using it?
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
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A week of chaos, cowardice and negligence: Labour has managed to pack so many failures into a single five day period that it's becoming difficult to remember all the details iandunt.substack.com/p/a-week-of-...
A week of chaos, cowardice and negligence
Labour has managed to pack so much failure into a single week that it becomes hard to remember all the details.
iandunt.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
A week of chaos, cowardice and negligence: Labour has managed to pack so many failures into a single five day period that it's becoming difficult to remember all the details iandunt.substack.com/p/a-week-of-...
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The remarkable story we discussed this morning. (No paywall but do consider subscribing.) www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
EXCLUSIVE: Michael Prescott himself doctored Trump quote in his anti-BBC report
A report alleging Panorama broadcast misleading Trump quotes contains misleading quotes itself
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The remarkable story we discussed this morning. (No paywall but do consider subscribing.) www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
Yes!!!
Here's my plea to the government, media and everyone else to stop treating NHS administrators as a problem to be eliminated, rather than the glue which holds the whole organisation together.
November 13, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Yes!!!
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“MPs across the Commons are calling for a National Commission on Electoral Reform: a time limited, independent process to review First Past the Post and alternatives and recommend a way forward”
🌹 @alexsobel.co.uk writing in @prospectmagazine.co.uk
🔗 www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/letter...
🌹 @alexsobel.co.uk writing in @prospectmagazine.co.uk
🔗 www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/letter...
November 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“MPs across the Commons are calling for a National Commission on Electoral Reform: a time limited, independent process to review First Past the Post and alternatives and recommend a way forward”
🌹 @alexsobel.co.uk writing in @prospectmagazine.co.uk
🔗 www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/letter...
🌹 @alexsobel.co.uk writing in @prospectmagazine.co.uk
🔗 www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/letter...
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What on earth is this nonsense from a Blue Labour MP?
What, you want a policy targeting zero illness, no full time caring responsibilities, no skills mismatches or career breaks and you think we should heavily crack down on migration until we get there?
Just not serious policy/politics.
What, you want a policy targeting zero illness, no full time caring responsibilities, no skills mismatches or career breaks and you think we should heavily crack down on migration until we get there?
Just not serious policy/politics.
November 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
What on earth is this nonsense from a Blue Labour MP?
What, you want a policy targeting zero illness, no full time caring responsibilities, no skills mismatches or career breaks and you think we should heavily crack down on migration until we get there?
Just not serious policy/politics.
What, you want a policy targeting zero illness, no full time caring responsibilities, no skills mismatches or career breaks and you think we should heavily crack down on migration until we get there?
Just not serious policy/politics.