Lizzie
@lizziecharlton.bsky.social
History geek, sewing devotee, fabric addict, sci-fi nerd, cat owner. Cis woman. Pronouns: she/her. 🩷💜💙 🐘: @Lizzie@MoreHammer.uk
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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 Airbnb left us a sewing kit. Someone's put biscuits in it. Bit weird.
November 19, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The Airbnb left us a sewing kit. Someone's put biscuits in it. Bit weird.
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This is incredibly powerful. Thriving, happy trans children in the UK are facing forced detransition due to a climate where their care has been politicized. Misinformation and innuendo suggests harms of their care that have never been shown.
Harming trans kids - using art to capture the impacts of the Sussex ICB investigation on trans adolescents and families.
Please read and share.
The art is not mine - the artist wishes to remain anonymous.
growinguptransgender.com/2025/11/19/h...
Please read and share.
The art is not mine - the artist wishes to remain anonymous.
growinguptransgender.com/2025/11/19/h...
Harming trans kids – Using art to capture the impacts of the Sussex ICB investigation
When puberty blockers were banned in June 2024, the legislation included a clause stating that those currently on blockers would not be medically detransitioned, and could continue care if adopted …
growinguptransgender.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:23 PM
This is incredibly powerful. Thriving, happy trans children in the UK are facing forced detransition due to a climate where their care has been politicized. Misinformation and innuendo suggests harms of their care that have never been shown.
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Mahmood trying to tell us she'd be this wildly racist even if Reform didn't exist to compare themselves with.
Interesting.
Interesting.
Green MP Carla Denyer accuses Shabana Mahmood of trying to "out Reform Reform" and says "toxic racist narratives and the scapegoating of migrants" are to blame for "tearing our country apart" not migrants.
Mahmood: "I couldn't care less what any other political party has to say about these matters"
Mahmood: "I couldn't care less what any other political party has to say about these matters"
November 18, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Mahmood trying to tell us she'd be this wildly racist even if Reform didn't exist to compare themselves with.
Interesting.
Interesting.
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During the general election campaign, a Labour aide told me:
"People think that Keir and Rachel have a secret plan hiding in a drawer somewhere.
They don't."
"People think that Keir and Rachel have a secret plan hiding in a drawer somewhere.
They don't."
November 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
During the general election campaign, a Labour aide told me:
"People think that Keir and Rachel have a secret plan hiding in a drawer somewhere.
They don't."
"People think that Keir and Rachel have a secret plan hiding in a drawer somewhere.
They don't."
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When you assemble a squad of thugs and tell them they're above the law, don't be shocked if they start behaving as if they're above the law.
An ICE employee was among 16 men arrested after trying to solicit a minor for sex in Bloomington, Minnesota, police say
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges said during a press conference. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges said during a press conference. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
November 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
When you assemble a squad of thugs and tell them they're above the law, don't be shocked if they start behaving as if they're above the law.
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She says, about talking to younger Jews, "I want to give data and information and facts and they are seeing carnage...I sound obscene."
Yes, yes you do! You sound obscene. The only possible moral lesson from the Holocaust is that never again means never again anywhere for anyone.
Yes, yes you do! You sound obscene. The only possible moral lesson from the Holocaust is that never again means never again anywhere for anyone.
I'm struck by this clip of former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz saying Holocaust education has backfired in part because people Palestinians as victims: "They think the lesson of the Holocaust is…you fight the big powerful people hurting the weak people."
www.reddit.com/r/JewsOfCons...
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From the JewsOfConscience community on Reddit: Former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz speaking to the Jewish Federation and lamenting that young people are learning the wrong lessons from Holocaust e...
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November 19, 2025 at 12:40 PM
She says, about talking to younger Jews, "I want to give data and information and facts and they are seeing carnage...I sound obscene."
Yes, yes you do! You sound obscene. The only possible moral lesson from the Holocaust is that never again means never again anywhere for anyone.
Yes, yes you do! You sound obscene. The only possible moral lesson from the Holocaust is that never again means never again anywhere for anyone.
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London’s newest gender clinic: what to expect
by @eliacugini.bsky.social
London’s newest gender clinic: what to expect
by @eliacugini.bsky.social
London’s newest gender clinic: what to expect - Trans Writes
TransPlus, “the first integrated Gender, Sexual Health and HIV service commissioned by NHS England”, operates out of the 56 Dean Street clinic in Soho. This
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November 19, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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London’s newest gender clinic: what to expect
by @eliacugini.bsky.social
London’s newest gender clinic: what to expect
by @eliacugini.bsky.social
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Sharron Davies appears to have launched a new anti-trans astro-TERF group, setting their sights on Stonewall, DEI, Parkrun, amongst other things (interspersed with various perfectly worthy aims to promote women's sport, of course)
(www dot womenssportsunion dot com)
(www dot womenssportsunion dot com)
November 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Sharron Davies appears to have launched a new anti-trans astro-TERF group, setting their sights on Stonewall, DEI, Parkrun, amongst other things (interspersed with various perfectly worthy aims to promote women's sport, of course)
(www dot womenssportsunion dot com)
(www dot womenssportsunion dot com)
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A few days ago Starmer & Mahmoud were trying to justify their fascistic refugee policy with reference to Denmark's Social Democratic Party.
Yesterday the Danish SD Party did SO BADLY in the Copenhagen local elections that it lost control of the capital for the 1st time since 1903.
archive.is/QnDke
Yesterday the Danish SD Party did SO BADLY in the Copenhagen local elections that it lost control of the capital for the 1st time since 1903.
archive.is/QnDke
November 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
A few days ago Starmer & Mahmoud were trying to justify their fascistic refugee policy with reference to Denmark's Social Democratic Party.
Yesterday the Danish SD Party did SO BADLY in the Copenhagen local elections that it lost control of the capital for the 1st time since 1903.
archive.is/QnDke
Yesterday the Danish SD Party did SO BADLY in the Copenhagen local elections that it lost control of the capital for the 1st time since 1903.
archive.is/QnDke
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Is it a threat to free speech when the President of the United States threatens to yank the broadcast license of a channel whose reporters are asking him challenging questions?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
Trump in response to an Epstein question: "ABC, your company, your crappy company is one of the perpetrators. I think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake and so wrong. And we have a great commissioner, a chairman, who should take a look at that."
November 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Is it a threat to free speech when the President of the United States threatens to yank the broadcast license of a channel whose reporters are asking him challenging questions?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
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Asked about Tommy Robinson supporting her asylum plans Shabana Mahmood replies that "Tommy Robinson doesn't even think I'm actually English, so he will certainly not be supporting anything I've got to say."
But he is supporting what she's got to say. That was the point of the question
But he is supporting what she's got to say. That was the point of the question
November 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Asked about Tommy Robinson supporting her asylum plans Shabana Mahmood replies that "Tommy Robinson doesn't even think I'm actually English, so he will certainly not be supporting anything I've got to say."
But he is supporting what she's got to say. That was the point of the question
But he is supporting what she's got to say. That was the point of the question
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I mean quite apart from anything else, given the revolt of your backbenchers that seems to be happening right now… perhaps you should care, actually
Green MP Carla Denyer accuses Shabana Mahmood of trying to "out Reform Reform" and says "toxic racist narratives and the scapegoating of migrants" are to blame for "tearing our country apart" not migrants.
Mahmood: "I couldn't care less what any other political party has to say about these matters"
Mahmood: "I couldn't care less what any other political party has to say about these matters"
November 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I mean quite apart from anything else, given the revolt of your backbenchers that seems to be happening right now… perhaps you should care, actually
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Shot, chaser.
Shabana Mahmood asks MPs to stop mentioning Tommy Robinson's name (in relation to his support for her policies) as "he doesn't even think I am English. I find that offensive."
November 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Shot, chaser.
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The Home Secretary says "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
November 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The Home Secretary says "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
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Yeah, but voters do care, Mahmood, they care a lot
They care that you’re tearing children away from the only home they’ve ever known and sentencing them to years of fear, instability, and trauma
They care that violent racist criminals like Tommy Robinson are applauding your policies
They care that you’re tearing children away from the only home they’ve ever known and sentencing them to years of fear, instability, and trauma
They care that violent racist criminals like Tommy Robinson are applauding your policies
Green MP Carla Denyer accuses Shabana Mahmood of trying to "out Reform Reform" and says "toxic racist narratives and the scapegoating of migrants" are to blame for "tearing our country apart" not migrants.
Mahmood: "I couldn't care less what any other political party has to say about these matters"
Mahmood: "I couldn't care less what any other political party has to say about these matters"
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Yeah, but voters do care, Mahmood, they care a lot
They care that you’re tearing children away from the only home they’ve ever known and sentencing them to years of fear, instability, and trauma
They care that violent racist criminals like Tommy Robinson are applauding your policies
They care that you’re tearing children away from the only home they’ve ever known and sentencing them to years of fear, instability, and trauma
They care that violent racist criminals like Tommy Robinson are applauding your policies
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Hey Labour
Remember the majority of voters who believe in treating people decently and not stealing from those who've endured months and years of hardship fleeing war and persecution to seek a place of safety?
We're still over here 👋
Remember the majority of voters who believe in treating people decently and not stealing from those who've endured months and years of hardship fleeing war and persecution to seek a place of safety?
We're still over here 👋
November 17, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Hey Labour
Remember the majority of voters who believe in treating people decently and not stealing from those who've endured months and years of hardship fleeing war and persecution to seek a place of safety?
We're still over here 👋
Remember the majority of voters who believe in treating people decently and not stealing from those who've endured months and years of hardship fleeing war and persecution to seek a place of safety?
We're still over here 👋
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you can literally see the Starmer government hit the Scottish Labour trendline like a lead weight, it's quite something
it was really funny when we all let Anas Sarwar think he was going to be First Minister
November 17, 2025 at 8:45 PM
you can literally see the Starmer government hit the Scottish Labour trendline like a lead weight, it's quite something
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Trump retreats on Epstein files. Three lessons:
1. It can be easier to fracture the MAGA coalition than get "responsible" Republicans to step up.
2. Democrats should fight rather than find reasons not to fight.
3. Dems need to be anti-elitist not just anti-GOP.
www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-eps...
1. It can be easier to fracture the MAGA coalition than get "responsible" Republicans to step up.
2. Democrats should fight rather than find reasons not to fight.
3. Dems need to be anti-elitist not just anti-GOP.
www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-eps...
Trump’s Epstein Humiliation Grows
The president saw defeat and ran. But that doesn’t mean the fight over releasing the files is over.
www.thebulwark.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Trump retreats on Epstein files. Three lessons:
1. It can be easier to fracture the MAGA coalition than get "responsible" Republicans to step up.
2. Democrats should fight rather than find reasons not to fight.
3. Dems need to be anti-elitist not just anti-GOP.
www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-eps...
1. It can be easier to fracture the MAGA coalition than get "responsible" Republicans to step up.
2. Democrats should fight rather than find reasons not to fight.
3. Dems need to be anti-elitist not just anti-GOP.
www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-eps...
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For those asking, this is Rod Liddle’s column in the Sunday Times. Apparently we’re in a place in 2025 where the notion that Hitler was straightforwardly an evil, genocidal despot is ‘contested’.
November 17, 2025 at 9:06 PM
For those asking, this is Rod Liddle’s column in the Sunday Times. Apparently we’re in a place in 2025 where the notion that Hitler was straightforwardly an evil, genocidal despot is ‘contested’.
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man good luck hosting a world cup or an olympics, let alone something like a sxsw
NEW: An Irish tourist visiting the US was jailed by ICE for 3 months after overstaying 3 days due to medical issue. Thomas agreed to be deported, but instead went to federal prison where he recounted horrific conditions + no medical care.
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
Irish tourist jailed by Ice for months after overstaying US visit by three days: ‘Nobody is safe’
Exclusive: For roughly 100 days, Thomas says he faced harsh detention conditions, despite agreeing to deportation
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
man good luck hosting a world cup or an olympics, let alone something like a sxsw
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Any decent person should be fearful of support from the likes of Robinson. It’s at this point that you should know you’ve crossed the line into deplorable.
The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right.
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
November 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Any decent person should be fearful of support from the likes of Robinson. It’s at this point that you should know you’ve crossed the line into deplorable.