Lindap
@lindap.bsky.social
Granny, Labour activist, occasional glamorous tech support at El Iyawo Animation, artista en tejidos and drawing, ever curious.
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Cruelty isn’t a solution - and it’s not a distraction we should fall for.
The real issues we face - fixing the NHS, building affordable housing, reducing wealth inequality - are not solved by making life harder for people seeking safety.
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The real issues we face - fixing the NHS, building affordable housing, reducing wealth inequality - are not solved by making life harder for people seeking safety.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Cruelty isn’t a solution - and it’s not a distraction we should fall for.
The real issues we face - fixing the NHS, building affordable housing, reducing wealth inequality - are not solved by making life harder for people seeking safety.
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The real issues we face - fixing the NHS, building affordable housing, reducing wealth inequality - are not solved by making life harder for people seeking safety.
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Politicians should focus on what people actually care about and invest in policies which strengthen communities instead of dividing them:
fair decisions, safe routes and the stability people need to rebuild their lives as our neighbours and colleagues.
Statement: cityofsanctuary.org/2025/11/17/c...
fair decisions, safe routes and the stability people need to rebuild their lives as our neighbours and colleagues.
Statement: cityofsanctuary.org/2025/11/17/c...
City of Sanctuary UK Response to Proposed Asylum System Changes - City of Sanctuary UK
Cruelty isn’t a solution – nor is it a distraction we should fall for. While the government pushes for harsh asylum changes that create fear and instability, the real issues facing our communities rem...
cityofsanctuary.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Politicians should focus on what people actually care about and invest in policies which strengthen communities instead of dividing them:
fair decisions, safe routes and the stability people need to rebuild their lives as our neighbours and colleagues.
Statement: cityofsanctuary.org/2025/11/17/c...
fair decisions, safe routes and the stability people need to rebuild their lives as our neighbours and colleagues.
Statement: cityofsanctuary.org/2025/11/17/c...
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
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I went to “The Makkah Masjid” mosque in Leeds, Northern England, to speak to worshippers about my background, lived experience, Israel and Palestine, Hamas, and the war in Gaza. In attendance were a Jewish Member of Parliament and a Rabbi who wanted to promote interfaith engagements.
December 17, 2024 at 5:14 PM
I went to “The Makkah Masjid” mosque in Leeds, Northern England, to speak to worshippers about my background, lived experience, Israel and Palestine, Hamas, and the war in Gaza. In attendance were a Jewish Member of Parliament and a Rabbi who wanted to promote interfaith engagements.
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I'm horrified by the reports of an attack on the Jewish community at Heaton Park synagogue, on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. My thoughts are with the victims and their families, and all those affected by this horrific attack.
October 2, 2025 at 11:32 AM
I'm horrified by the reports of an attack on the Jewish community at Heaton Park synagogue, on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. My thoughts are with the victims and their families, and all those affected by this horrific attack.
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I have contacted West Yorkshire Police who have assured me that extra resources have been deployed to ensure there will be additional protection for places of Jewish worship in Leeds during this distressing time.
Antisemitism must never prevail.
Antisemitism must never prevail.
October 2, 2025 at 11:32 AM
I have contacted West Yorkshire Police who have assured me that extra resources have been deployed to ensure there will be additional protection for places of Jewish worship in Leeds during this distressing time.
Antisemitism must never prevail.
Antisemitism must never prevail.
Yes go Rachel!!
Rachel Reeves' dig at Reform: "My patriotism is not measured by how quick you are to exclude, how loudly you shout, how willing you are to exploit every division, but a patriotism measured by our obstinate determination, impatience, and commitment to building a better, fairer Britain." ~AA #Lab25
September 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Yes go Rachel!!
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"We should not cut young people off from opportunities that my generation took for granted."
Standing ovation for Reeves promising "as well as making it easier to trade with Europe," to secure "maximum economic and cultural opportunities through an ambitious agreement on youth mobility." ~AA #Lab25
Standing ovation for Reeves promising "as well as making it easier to trade with Europe," to secure "maximum economic and cultural opportunities through an ambitious agreement on youth mobility." ~AA #Lab25
September 29, 2025 at 12:12 PM
"We should not cut young people off from opportunities that my generation took for granted."
Standing ovation for Reeves promising "as well as making it easier to trade with Europe," to secure "maximum economic and cultural opportunities through an ambitious agreement on youth mobility." ~AA #Lab25
Standing ovation for Reeves promising "as well as making it easier to trade with Europe," to secure "maximum economic and cultural opportunities through an ambitious agreement on youth mobility." ~AA #Lab25
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Horrors of Trump detention centre: Lisburn man tells his story after arrest for 'looking like a Mexican'
Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping.
Here, he tells us his story.
Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping.
Here, he tells us his story.
September 10, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Horrors of Trump detention centre: Lisburn man tells his story after arrest for 'looking like a Mexican'
Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping.
Here, he tells us his story.
Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping.
Here, he tells us his story.
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Who’d have thought if you relentlessly told people to be worried, they’d be worried? Job done, Sky, eh?
Immigration becomes public's top issue for first time since Brexit
Immigration becomes public's top issue for first time since Brexit
Immigration and asylum is back as the top issue of public concern the first time since Brexit, according to exclusive polling for Sky News.
news.sky.com
September 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Who’d have thought if you relentlessly told people to be worried, they’d be worried? Job done, Sky, eh?
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Yep I’m hoping hell is currently being reinvented to warehouse the rotters who go for old folks like this. May they BURN 🔥🔥🔥
September 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Yep I’m hoping hell is currently being reinvented to warehouse the rotters who go for old folks like this. May they BURN 🔥🔥🔥
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Heads up - had a few of these scam texts the past couple of days.
I am slow to anger usually but this - targeting the most vulnerable with a scam dressed as hope. Jeebus.
I hope there’s a really extra awful circle of hell waiting for this lot.
I am slow to anger usually but this - targeting the most vulnerable with a scam dressed as hope. Jeebus.
I hope there’s a really extra awful circle of hell waiting for this lot.
September 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Heads up - had a few of these scam texts the past couple of days.
I am slow to anger usually but this - targeting the most vulnerable with a scam dressed as hope. Jeebus.
I hope there’s a really extra awful circle of hell waiting for this lot.
I am slow to anger usually but this - targeting the most vulnerable with a scam dressed as hope. Jeebus.
I hope there’s a really extra awful circle of hell waiting for this lot.
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📢 “Isn't it also time for a National Commission on Electoral Reform?”
👏 Great to see Labour MPs like Euan Stainbank, @simonforstroud.bsky.social & Olivia Blake calling for the Government to address First Past the Post for general elections
🌹 We need Proportional Representation #Labour4PR
👏 Great to see Labour MPs like Euan Stainbank, @simonforstroud.bsky.social & Olivia Blake calling for the Government to address First Past the Post for general elections
🌹 We need Proportional Representation #Labour4PR
September 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM
📢 “Isn't it also time for a National Commission on Electoral Reform?”
👏 Great to see Labour MPs like Euan Stainbank, @simonforstroud.bsky.social & Olivia Blake calling for the Government to address First Past the Post for general elections
🌹 We need Proportional Representation #Labour4PR
👏 Great to see Labour MPs like Euan Stainbank, @simonforstroud.bsky.social & Olivia Blake calling for the Government to address First Past the Post for general elections
🌹 We need Proportional Representation #Labour4PR
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You did it. The neo-Nazi gig planned for Great Yarmouth has been CANCELLED. ❗
Over 34,000 of you emailed the Home Office and spread the word. Local press, councils and police took notice, and under pressure, we have just received the news that the venue has pulled the plug.
Over 34,000 of you emailed the Home Office and spread the word. Local press, councils and police took notice, and under pressure, we have just received the news that the venue has pulled the plug.
September 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
You did it. The neo-Nazi gig planned for Great Yarmouth has been CANCELLED. ❗
Over 34,000 of you emailed the Home Office and spread the word. Local press, councils and police took notice, and under pressure, we have just received the news that the venue has pulled the plug.
Over 34,000 of you emailed the Home Office and spread the word. Local press, councils and police took notice, and under pressure, we have just received the news that the venue has pulled the plug.
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🔥 The UK's voting system is bust, writes Polly Toynbee:
“The government needs to get to grips with this,” says @appgfairelections.bsky.social chair @alexsobel.co.uk. Keir Starmer could set up a commission right away and implement change before the next election.
“The government needs to get to grips with this,” says @appgfairelections.bsky.social chair @alexsobel.co.uk. Keir Starmer could set up a commission right away and implement change before the next election.
Keir Starmer’s legacy could be electoral reform – or Farage as prime minister | Polly Toynbee
MPs are voting to get rid of first past the post in mayoral elections. Doing the same at a national level would be an antidote to Reform UK, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
September 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
🔥 The UK's voting system is bust, writes Polly Toynbee:
“The government needs to get to grips with this,” says @appgfairelections.bsky.social chair @alexsobel.co.uk. Keir Starmer could set up a commission right away and implement change before the next election.
“The government needs to get to grips with this,” says @appgfairelections.bsky.social chair @alexsobel.co.uk. Keir Starmer could set up a commission right away and implement change before the next election.
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Labour MP @alexsobel.co.uk, @appgfairelections.bsky.social chair: “The government has a duty to identify and mitigate serious risks to Britain.
“These now include the possibility of an extreme party securing a majority government with the support of less than three in ten voters.”
“These now include the possibility of an extreme party securing a majority government with the support of less than three in ten voters.”
Cross-party MPs publish ‘ready to go’ blueprint for electoral reform commission - Politics.co.uk
A group of cross-party MPs have set out a “ready to go” blueprint for an independent review of the UK’s first past the post (FPTP) electoral system. The all-party parliamentary group (APPG) for fair e...
www.politics.co.uk
September 1, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Labour MP @alexsobel.co.uk, @appgfairelections.bsky.social chair: “The government has a duty to identify and mitigate serious risks to Britain.
“These now include the possibility of an extreme party securing a majority government with the support of less than three in ten voters.”
“These now include the possibility of an extreme party securing a majority government with the support of less than three in ten voters.”
Great Yarmouth is set to host the biggest neo-nazi music festival in over a decade. The Home Office has the power to block entry of overseas bands, which will scupper the promoters plans. But they won’t act unless we demand it. Email the Home Office now: hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/28/g...
Great Yarmouth to Host Britain’s Biggest White Power Concert in Years – HOPE not hate
Great Yarmouth is set to host the largest white power music gig held in the UK for at least 10 years, HOPE not hate can...
hopenothate.org.uk
September 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Great Yarmouth is set to host the biggest neo-nazi music festival in over a decade. The Home Office has the power to block entry of overseas bands, which will scupper the promoters plans. But they won’t act unless we demand it. Email the Home Office now: hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/28/g...
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“With the Government taking aim at First Past the Post for mayors it’s hard to see how they could justify inaction on the voting system for Westminster. It would look like double standards: fairer elections for mayors, no such worry for MPs.”
🌹 #Labour4PR @labourlist.bsky.social
🌹 #Labour4PR @labourlist.bsky.social
'First past the post is corroding trust in politics. The government must make all elections fit for the future' - LabourList
Labour is right that FPTP is corroding trust in politics and is right to address this in mayoral and PCC elections. When the Government sets out its proposals for political reform, it must do the righ...
labourlist.org
July 14, 2025 at 7:40 AM
“With the Government taking aim at First Past the Post for mayors it’s hard to see how they could justify inaction on the voting system for Westminster. It would look like double standards: fairer elections for mayors, no such worry for MPs.”
🌹 #Labour4PR @labourlist.bsky.social
🌹 #Labour4PR @labourlist.bsky.social
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One year on from the General Election, I wanted to share just a few key policy achievements from Labour.
July 5, 2025 at 8:21 AM
One year on from the General Election, I wanted to share just a few key policy achievements from Labour.
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"By committing to changing this, the Government has wisely taken a step in the right direction - but First Past the Post is just as flawed when it comes to general elections."
🌹 @alexsobel.co.uk #Labour4PR
🌹 @alexsobel.co.uk #Labour4PR
July 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
"By committing to changing this, the Government has wisely taken a step in the right direction - but First Past the Post is just as flawed when it comes to general elections."
🌹 @alexsobel.co.uk #Labour4PR
🌹 @alexsobel.co.uk #Labour4PR
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One of the biggest problems with the world is that fools are always so sure and certain about everything and intelligent people are so full of doubts and uncertainties.
June 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
One of the biggest problems with the world is that fools are always so sure and certain about everything and intelligent people are so full of doubts and uncertainties.
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🚀 Public support for electoral reform is the highest it's been since records began
💥 60% now want to change to a fair, proportional voting system... including a majority of supporters of every party
🌹 Chair of @appgfairelections.bsky.social, Labour MP @alexsobel.co.uk, welcomes the news
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💥 60% now want to change to a fair, proportional voting system... including a majority of supporters of every party
🌹 Chair of @appgfairelections.bsky.social, Labour MP @alexsobel.co.uk, welcomes the news
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June 25, 2025 at 7:56 AM
🚀 Public support for electoral reform is the highest it's been since records began
💥 60% now want to change to a fair, proportional voting system... including a majority of supporters of every party
🌹 Chair of @appgfairelections.bsky.social, Labour MP @alexsobel.co.uk, welcomes the news
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💥 60% now want to change to a fair, proportional voting system... including a majority of supporters of every party
🌹 Chair of @appgfairelections.bsky.social, Labour MP @alexsobel.co.uk, welcomes the news
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The ban on asylum seekers working is a failed New Labour era policy designed to manage public opposition to free movement that just ruins towns. A terrible appendix in our system.
June 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
The ban on asylum seekers working is a failed New Labour era policy designed to manage public opposition to free movement that just ruins towns. A terrible appendix in our system.
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Good. The use of hotels was a) designed to immiserate the people in them to avoid a 'pull factor' (didn't work) and b) has been very bad for the towns in them. Now need to end the ban on people working while they claim asylum.
Reeves said she'll stop the use of asylum hotels in this parliament.
June 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Good. The use of hotels was a) designed to immiserate the people in them to avoid a 'pull factor' (didn't work) and b) has been very bad for the towns in them. Now need to end the ban on people working while they claim asylum.
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Rachel Reeves will vow to rebuild Britain’s foundations this week, unveiling Labour ’s 10-year infrastructure strategy.
The £725 billion plan will include upgrades for transport networks, hospitals, schools & local facilities
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
The £725 billion plan will include upgrades for transport networks, hospitals, schools & local facilities
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Rachel Reeves to unveil £725 billion plan to 'rebuild Britain's foundations'
Labour's 10-year infrastructure strategy will include upgrades for transport networks, hospitals, schools and local facilities, as well as a boost to affordable house building
www.mirror.co.uk
June 15, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Rachel Reeves will vow to rebuild Britain’s foundations this week, unveiling Labour ’s 10-year infrastructure strategy.
The £725 billion plan will include upgrades for transport networks, hospitals, schools & local facilities
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
The £725 billion plan will include upgrades for transport networks, hospitals, schools & local facilities
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...