John Mc
@johnmcbsky.bsky.social
Cornish recluse into landscape, art, music & photography
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Critics argue that the ECHR stops us from being able to deport illegal migrants. In reality, in 75 years the ECHR has only ruled against the UK in 13 cases out of 500k: 0.000026%. The ECHR is being used a scapegoat for domestic challenges, and we must defend it.
Starmer urges European leaders to reform human rights laws to tackle immigration
The ECHR is seen by its critics as a major barrier to attempts to deport illegal migrants from the country.
www.independent.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Critics argue that the ECHR stops us from being able to deport illegal migrants. In reality, in 75 years the ECHR has only ruled against the UK in 13 cases out of 500k: 0.000026%. The ECHR is being used a scapegoat for domestic challenges, and we must defend it.
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The ECHR was set up after WWII to ensure that fascism never again arose in Europe. Why do the right want to curb/limit/leave/abolish the ECHR? Because it does what it was intended to do, that's why...
How many times do we need to point this out?
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right
Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The ECHR was set up after WWII to ensure that fascism never again arose in Europe. Why do the right want to curb/limit/leave/abolish the ECHR? Because it does what it was intended to do, that's why...
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I spoke in Parliament today to challenge the misinformation from those claiming this tribunal as a 'win' for the anti-trans agenda.
In fact it found Ms Peggie harassed a colleague for being trans, and it dismissed almost all her claims.
It also found that trans segregation is not supported in law.
In fact it found Ms Peggie harassed a colleague for being trans, and it dismissed almost all her claims.
It also found that trans segregation is not supported in law.
We've written & published a short summary statement regarding the Sandie Peggie V NHS Fife Health Board employment tribunal case & the judgment given yesterday. Much of the media coverage has missed key information, the most important aspect being that all claims against Dr Beth Upton were dismissed
December 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I spoke in Parliament today to challenge the misinformation from those claiming this tribunal as a 'win' for the anti-trans agenda.
In fact it found Ms Peggie harassed a colleague for being trans, and it dismissed almost all her claims.
It also found that trans segregation is not supported in law.
In fact it found Ms Peggie harassed a colleague for being trans, and it dismissed almost all her claims.
It also found that trans segregation is not supported in law.
Absolutely awesome. Makes my gay coming-out seem mundane, but the parallels are striking. I completely fail to understand why some gay & lesbian folk don't support our trans brothers and sisters, we're all in this together.
This is Leo Macallan, a TikToker with almost a million followers who transitioned from female to male over ten years ago.
“People always ask me when did you know you were transgender, I knew I was transgender all along, there’s a difference between knowing and having the courage to accept it”
“People always ask me when did you know you were transgender, I knew I was transgender all along, there’s a difference between knowing and having the courage to accept it”
November 8, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Absolutely awesome. Makes my gay coming-out seem mundane, but the parallels are striking. I completely fail to understand why some gay & lesbian folk don't support our trans brothers and sisters, we're all in this together.
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Anti-trans political rhetoric and policies is spreading, and that includes Labour. It doesn't protect anyone. It embeds bigoted and misogynistic ideas, and causes division and hostility. The only people anti-trans ideology benefits in the end is the far right.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Far right weaponising LGBTQ+ rights in Europe to sow division, campaigners say
At the start of Pride month, groups report rise in hate crimes as politicians use laws and speeches to target trans people in particular
www.theguardian.com
June 1, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Anti-trans political rhetoric and policies is spreading, and that includes Labour. It doesn't protect anyone. It embeds bigoted and misogynistic ideas, and causes division and hostility. The only people anti-trans ideology benefits in the end is the far right.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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"It’s clear the fight for LGBTQ+ equality must go on - and I’m determined that Liberal Democrats remain at the forefront of that fight." @EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk - read more: www.libdems.org.uk/news/article...
www.libdems.org.uk
June 1, 2025 at 7:31 AM
"It’s clear the fight for LGBTQ+ equality must go on - and I’m determined that Liberal Democrats remain at the forefront of that fight." @EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk - read more: www.libdems.org.uk/news/article...
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It's Pride Month 2025 - wherever you are, we hope you have a safe one. 🧡🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
People have rightly been asking what we mean when we say we @libdems.org.uk need to 'do better' or 'step up' as a party. There's no such thing as 'done' of course - but this is what we're pushing for currently.
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People have rightly been asking what we mean when we say we @libdems.org.uk need to 'do better' or 'step up' as a party. There's no such thing as 'done' of course - but this is what we're pushing for currently.
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June 1, 2025 at 10:15 AM
It's Pride Month 2025 - wherever you are, we hope you have a safe one. 🧡🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
People have rightly been asking what we mean when we say we @libdems.org.uk need to 'do better' or 'step up' as a party. There's no such thing as 'done' of course - but this is what we're pushing for currently.
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People have rightly been asking what we mean when we say we @libdems.org.uk need to 'do better' or 'step up' as a party. There's no such thing as 'done' of course - but this is what we're pushing for currently.
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A range of companies purport to support Pride - but continue to advertise on GB News, a channel which happily devotes significant levels of airtime to homophobic and transphobic views.
This is not LGBTQ+ allyship.
Call them out.
bsky.app/profile/good...
This is not LGBTQ+ allyship.
Call them out.
bsky.app/profile/good...
Pride isn’t a marketing moment.
Some firms who have supported Pride are advertising on GB News – a rightwing TV channel known for pumping out hatred of LGBTQ+ people.
We’ve teamed up with Stop Funding Hate to get these companies to pull their ads.
Support our action 👇
goodlaw.social/dft0
Some firms who have supported Pride are advertising on GB News – a rightwing TV channel known for pumping out hatred of LGBTQ+ people.
We’ve teamed up with Stop Funding Hate to get these companies to pull their ads.
Support our action 👇
goodlaw.social/dft0
May 31, 2025 at 2:41 PM
A range of companies purport to support Pride - but continue to advertise on GB News, a channel which happily devotes significant levels of airtime to homophobic and transphobic views.
This is not LGBTQ+ allyship.
Call them out.
bsky.app/profile/good...
This is not LGBTQ+ allyship.
Call them out.
bsky.app/profile/good...
The voice of sanity. It really isn't that difficult.
Supreme Court trans ruling being ‘misinterpreted,’ warns its first female judge
Supreme Court trans ruling being 'misinterpreted,' warns its first female judge
Supreme Court judge Brenda Hale has said she believes a judgement on the 2010 Equality Act's definition of a woman has been 'misinterpreted'
www.thepinknews.com
May 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The voice of sanity. It really isn't that difficult.
An excellent article also offering some ideas on what to do now.
How the UK anti-trans machine turned the UK from a place of hope for the Trans+ community, to hate 👇
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/how-did-this-supreme-court-ruling-happen-a-brief-history-of-how-great-britain-became-terf-island/
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/how-did-this-supreme-court-ruling-happen-a-brief-history-of-how-great-britain-became-terf-island/
How did this Supreme Court ruling happen? A brief history of how Great Britain became Terf Island
How the UK anti-trans machine turned the UK from a place of hope for the Trans+ community, to hate
www.wearequeeraf.com
May 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
An excellent article also offering some ideas on what to do now.
This is so true. As a Liberal Democrat I am sick of my party professing solidarity with trans people and then selecting anti-trans activists and people deliberately misgendering Olympic athletes as candidates in elections.
If as a politician you are complaining about Pride banning political parties I would strongly suggest you look within yourselves as to why this decision has had to be made, the rampant, and unrepentant, attacks on the LGBTQIA+ community for starters, before criticising those who have made it.
May 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
This is so true. As a Liberal Democrat I am sick of my party professing solidarity with trans people and then selecting anti-trans activists and people deliberately misgendering Olympic athletes as candidates in elections.
Another appalling example of Labour's capitulation to the right. Will they every wake up? It's not 'woke' to support nature.
May 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Another appalling example of Labour's capitulation to the right. Will they every wake up? It's not 'woke' to support nature.
Heartfelt words in this article from someone who knows what they're talking about.
Important words from @chrisn.xyz here 👇 💛🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
We have just entered a civil rights emergency by @chrisn.xyz www.libdemvoice.org/we-have-just...
April 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Heartfelt words in this article from someone who knows what they're talking about.
Well it's a start but disappointing that the party allows anti-trans activists who do not agree with the party's LGBTQIA+ policies to be selected to run as party candidates.
I am increasingly disappointed that the concerns of the #LGBTQ+ community over what the Supreme Court judgement means for them are not yet being addressed. I have written to the Government asking them to make clear how trans and non binary rights will be protected.
April 18, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Well it's a start but disappointing that the party allows anti-trans activists who do not agree with the party's LGBTQIA+ policies to be selected to run as party candidates.
Good to see that there is at least one principled MP in parliament.
Solidarity with trans women after today’s Supreme Court ruling.
The rollback of LGBT rights — especially trans rights — is global, bankrolled by billionaires and the far-right.
Trans rights are human rights. We must defend the Equality Act and its protections for trans people.
The rollback of LGBT rights — especially trans rights — is global, bankrolled by billionaires and the far-right.
Trans rights are human rights. We must defend the Equality Act and its protections for trans people.
April 17, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Good to see that there is at least one principled MP in parliament.
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Thought for the day - trans people are just trying to navigate their way through life with as little impact on you as possible.
April 17, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Thought for the day - trans people are just trying to navigate their way through life with as little impact on you as possible.
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Spoke on BBC 5 Live this morning about Labour's policy of denying citizenship to refugees based on manner of entry. Long and short of it is that it will have no impact on channel crossings, it will violate international law, and it will leave people seeking safety in limbo and facing more fear.
February 12, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Spoke on BBC 5 Live this morning about Labour's policy of denying citizenship to refugees based on manner of entry. Long and short of it is that it will have no impact on channel crossings, it will violate international law, and it will leave people seeking safety in limbo and facing more fear.
Now seems a good time to share this film again - immigrants are NOT the problem.
February 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Now seems a good time to share this film again - immigrants are NOT the problem.
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UK PMQ Sir Ed Davey: “If Ukraine is forced to surrender ... it will be the greatest betrayal ... since Poland in 1945. ...Trump says Ukraine may end up Russian, and he wants American money ... I think we all fear where this could end and the dangerous implications to our defence and security.”
February 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
UK PMQ Sir Ed Davey: “If Ukraine is forced to surrender ... it will be the greatest betrayal ... since Poland in 1945. ...Trump says Ukraine may end up Russian, and he wants American money ... I think we all fear where this could end and the dangerous implications to our defence and security.”
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When we need a fragile truce in Gaza to hold, Trump’s dangerous ramblings about displacing 1.8 million people only make things worse.
At PMQs, I told Keir Starmer he must be clear: these proposals must be rejected, and we must continue to support a two-state solution.
At PMQs, I told Keir Starmer he must be clear: these proposals must be rejected, and we must continue to support a two-state solution.
February 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
When we need a fragile truce in Gaza to hold, Trump’s dangerous ramblings about displacing 1.8 million people only make things worse.
At PMQs, I told Keir Starmer he must be clear: these proposals must be rejected, and we must continue to support a two-state solution.
At PMQs, I told Keir Starmer he must be clear: these proposals must be rejected, and we must continue to support a two-state solution.
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The UK needs to lead in Europe again. We can't rely on Trump, and Labour hasn't shown the urgency or ambition to fix our relationship with our closest neighbours.
A UK-EU customs union is the first step repairing that relationship.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-cost-starme…
A UK-EU customs union is the first step repairing that relationship.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-cost-starme…
Starmer accused of having head in the sand over cost of Brexit
Exclusive: PM urged for a radical rethink of Brexit to boost economic growth as it’s revealed government won’t calculate loss of the UK’s biggest market
buff.ly
January 31, 2025 at 10:45 AM
The UK needs to lead in Europe again. We can't rely on Trump, and Labour hasn't shown the urgency or ambition to fix our relationship with our closest neighbours.
A UK-EU customs union is the first step repairing that relationship.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-cost-starme…
A UK-EU customs union is the first step repairing that relationship.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-cost-starme…
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🙄 Britons know a little too much about Chris Philp's work ethic - it took him just 39 days as Liz Truss' Chief Secretary to the Treasury to crash our economy and send mortgage bills soaring.
January 31, 2025 at 2:14 PM
🙄 Britons know a little too much about Chris Philp's work ethic - it took him just 39 days as Liz Truss' Chief Secretary to the Treasury to crash our economy and send mortgage bills soaring.
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Oops. Not good.
Of course, Labour trotted out the hoary old "the Tories left us no money" line again.
But running a huge national economy isn't like trying to balance your personal finances. Money can always be found for the right things - and should be.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Of course, Labour trotted out the hoary old "the Tories left us no money" line again.
But running a huge national economy isn't like trying to balance your personal finances. Money can always be found for the right things - and should be.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
January 31, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Oops. Not good.
Of course, Labour trotted out the hoary old "the Tories left us no money" line again.
But running a huge national economy isn't like trying to balance your personal finances. Money can always be found for the right things - and should be.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Of course, Labour trotted out the hoary old "the Tories left us no money" line again.
But running a huge national economy isn't like trying to balance your personal finances. Money can always be found for the right things - and should be.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...