Louise Foster
@louisefoster.bsky.social
@SfpLouise on X, much prefer to be here!
Anti Brexit, pro immigration, humanist, (actually Marxist), studied & am passionate about politics & economics. Hate current journey of travel in UK, US & on X. Diminished by Long Covid, Fibro, ME & POTS.
Anti Brexit, pro immigration, humanist, (actually Marxist), studied & am passionate about politics & economics. Hate current journey of travel in UK, US & on X. Diminished by Long Covid, Fibro, ME & POTS.
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If Labour MPs want to salvage something from the wreckage they had better move quickly.
November 17, 2025 at 10:32 AM
If Labour MPs want to salvage something from the wreckage they had better move quickly.
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She's my MP and I don't always agree with her but she's right here. What do Labour think they're doing here? This won't bring any voters back but will drive more away. And once again, it feels like Farage is setting the agenda. Honestly I expected to be disappointed by Labour but not horrified.
November 17, 2025 at 10:40 AM
She's my MP and I don't always agree with her but she's right here. What do Labour think they're doing here? This won't bring any voters back but will drive more away. And once again, it feels like Farage is setting the agenda. Honestly I expected to be disappointed by Labour but not horrified.
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As I wrote about last week, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood’s new immigration plans are dividing Labour. “Performatively cruel,” Stella Creasy says.
Labour Splits Erupt As MPs Condemn Shabana Mahmood's Immigration Crackdown
One said the government had taken "a wrong turning".
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
As I wrote about last week, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood’s new immigration plans are dividing Labour. “Performatively cruel,” Stella Creasy says.
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A few more details about Michael Prescott, the corporate lobbyist behind the “BBC bias” memo 👇🏻👇🏻
‘BBC bias’ memo was written by American pharma lobbyist
A guest post from Sam Bright.
jujuliagrace.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:53 AM
A few more details about Michael Prescott, the corporate lobbyist behind the “BBC bias” memo 👇🏻👇🏻
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I wonder what the EU and the French think about the UK's new asylum approach. If they feel out-competed in a race to the bottom, the French might withdraw existing co-operation on small boats.
November 17, 2025 at 10:53 AM
I wonder what the EU and the French think about the UK's new asylum approach. If they feel out-competed in a race to the bottom, the French might withdraw existing co-operation on small boats.
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Then we don't talk about what is happening in India a huge amount but this piece by Angshuman Choudhury in @theindiaforum.bsky.social on deaths in Assam's detention centre for suspected foreigners while grim, is an important read.
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Death, Dying, and Everything that Follows in Assam
In Assam's detention centre for suspected foreigners, the state wages an attritional assault against the lives of the detained. But that is only one part of a majoritatian fantasy to create a sinister...
www.theindiaforum.in
November 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Then we don't talk about what is happening in India a huge amount but this piece by Angshuman Choudhury in @theindiaforum.bsky.social on deaths in Assam's detention centre for suspected foreigners while grim, is an important read.
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"I don’t know how much more of a favor you can do for someone than tell the future in advance, other than forgive them when they don’t believe you."
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The Confluence
I’ve been right so long, I’ve been done wrong.
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January 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"I don’t know how much more of a favor you can do for someone than tell the future in advance, other than forgive them when they don’t believe you."
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For fairly obvious reasons when people flee their countries of origin to seek asylum elsewhere they can't carry much. Often things like jewellery are all they have to hold onto. This isn't just stripping people of "assets", it is stealing their memories. 57/
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum seekers’ jewellery could be seized to pay for processing costs, says Home Office minister
Idea borrowed from Denmark is latest attempt to reduce number of people seeking asylum in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:45 AM
For fairly obvious reasons when people flee their countries of origin to seek asylum elsewhere they can't carry much. Often things like jewellery are all they have to hold onto. This isn't just stripping people of "assets", it is stealing their memories. 57/
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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🇵🇱⚠️ Polish Army Lieutenant General Maciej Klisz said that the massive violation of Polish airspace by Russian drones on the night of September 10 posed a much greater threat than previously thought, - RMF24
‼️ Some of the drones, even those used as decoys, were equipped with explosives.
‼️ Some of the drones, even those used as decoys, were equipped with explosives.
November 17, 2025 at 10:22 AM
🇵🇱⚠️ Polish Army Lieutenant General Maciej Klisz said that the massive violation of Polish airspace by Russian drones on the night of September 10 posed a much greater threat than previously thought, - RMF24
‼️ Some of the drones, even those used as decoys, were equipped with explosives.
‼️ Some of the drones, even those used as decoys, were equipped with explosives.
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www.politico.eu/article/haun...
Can Farage be stopped?
Not by Labour, who seem determined to ape his every last move.
But Reform can be stopped by showing the country a better way, as @zackpolanski.bsky.social is doing.
Can Farage be stopped?
Not by Labour, who seem determined to ape his every last move.
But Reform can be stopped by showing the country a better way, as @zackpolanski.bsky.social is doing.
Farage is gunning for Brexit 2.0. Can he be stopped?
U.K. officials vow to “get on the front foot” as populist Brexiteer Nigel Farage picks his next target: the European Convention on Human Rights.
www.politico.eu
November 17, 2025 at 6:34 AM
www.politico.eu/article/haun...
Can Farage be stopped?
Not by Labour, who seem determined to ape his every last move.
But Reform can be stopped by showing the country a better way, as @zackpolanski.bsky.social is doing.
Can Farage be stopped?
Not by Labour, who seem determined to ape his every last move.
But Reform can be stopped by showing the country a better way, as @zackpolanski.bsky.social is doing.
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Government issued warned over flagship post-Brexit fisheries law.
How's that 'make Brexit work' policy going, Mr. Starmer?
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
How's that 'make Brexit work' policy going, Mr. Starmer?
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Government issued warned over flagship post-Brexit fisheries law
It comes as many fish stocks around the UK face an increasingly dire situation
www.independent.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Government issued warned over flagship post-Brexit fisheries law.
How's that 'make Brexit work' policy going, Mr. Starmer?
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
How's that 'make Brexit work' policy going, Mr. Starmer?
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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"If we want to ‘stop the boats’, we need to stop the BS when it comes to what creates refugees, and how to respond to them", says @stellacreasy.bsky.social
More MPs must call out HO's immigration plans for the divisive, cruel, incoherent nonsense that they are.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
More MPs must call out HO's immigration plans for the divisive, cruel, incoherent nonsense that they are.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
ICE-style raids on Britain's streets: that's all Labour's brutal asylum reforms will achieve | Stella Creasy
If we want to ‘stop the boats’, we need to stop the BS when it comes to what creates refugees, and how to respond to them, says Labour MP Stella Creasy
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:35 AM
"If we want to ‘stop the boats’, we need to stop the BS when it comes to what creates refugees, and how to respond to them", says @stellacreasy.bsky.social
More MPs must call out HO's immigration plans for the divisive, cruel, incoherent nonsense that they are.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
More MPs must call out HO's immigration plans for the divisive, cruel, incoherent nonsense that they are.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Is this meant to be an actual policy to reduce/deter immigration or a way to improve revenue?
If it's the first, it won't work & it'll backfire spectacularly.
If it's the second, I can think of many better targets whose assets could be seized.
Labour are flailing/failing badly, & in plain sight.
If it's the first, it won't work & it'll backfire spectacularly.
If it's the second, I can think of many better targets whose assets could be seized.
Labour are flailing/failing badly, & in plain sight.
Govt minister Alex Norris is asked if the govt will take jewellery from people [fleeing war and persecution]. Norris says the govt won't be taking peoples wedding rings but they will seize assets.
November 17, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Is this meant to be an actual policy to reduce/deter immigration or a way to improve revenue?
If it's the first, it won't work & it'll backfire spectacularly.
If it's the second, I can think of many better targets whose assets could be seized.
Labour are flailing/failing badly, & in plain sight.
If it's the first, it won't work & it'll backfire spectacularly.
If it's the second, I can think of many better targets whose assets could be seized.
Labour are flailing/failing badly, & in plain sight.
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People are probably calling Labour racist because Labour keep being racist. If they want to stop being called racist they should stop doing racist things.
November 17, 2025 at 10:14 AM
People are probably calling Labour racist because Labour keep being racist. If they want to stop being called racist they should stop doing racist things.
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I'm not sure there's anyone at the top of government that's capable of joining those dots anymore.
People are probably calling Labour racist because Labour keep being racist. If they want to stop being called racist they should stop doing racist things.
November 17, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I'm not sure there's anyone at the top of government that's capable of joining those dots anymore.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Incredible work from the president, collecting another $1 trillion from tariffs in less than 10 hours
November 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Incredible work from the president, collecting another $1 trillion from tariffs in less than 10 hours
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This latter point is particularly relevant this week. When Donald Trump says "I want to kill brown people because I am at war on drugs" you can stop reading after the 6th word. It's not about drugs. It's about hatred. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Memo Approving Boat Strikes Is Said to Rely on Trump’s Claims About Cartels
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
This latter point is particularly relevant this week. When Donald Trump says "I want to kill brown people because I am at war on drugs" you can stop reading after the 6th word. It's not about drugs. It's about hatred. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
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What Starmer and Mahmood are doing is saying things that will alienate much of the electoral base they rely on to stay afloat while not going far enough to keep right wing voters happy through policies that will fall apart on first contact with reality.
November 17, 2025 at 10:43 AM
What Starmer and Mahmood are doing is saying things that will alienate much of the electoral base they rely on to stay afloat while not going far enough to keep right wing voters happy through policies that will fall apart on first contact with reality.
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"Hey man, I know we just slammed a visa ban on you because you wouldn't take a couple of migrants back, but could you please cut us a special deal on rare earth trade and counter-terrorism intel-sharing"....
Have fun with that.
Have fun with that.
November 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
"Hey man, I know we just slammed a visa ban on you because you wouldn't take a couple of migrants back, but could you please cut us a special deal on rare earth trade and counter-terrorism intel-sharing"....
Have fun with that.
Have fun with that.
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Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss, Sunak, Starmer....
No UK government since 2010 has seemed able to comprehend that policy decisions in one field might affect policy priorities in a different geopolitical field
No UK government since 2010 has seemed able to comprehend that policy decisions in one field might affect policy priorities in a different geopolitical field
November 17, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss, Sunak, Starmer....
No UK government since 2010 has seemed able to comprehend that policy decisions in one field might affect policy priorities in a different geopolitical field
No UK government since 2010 has seemed able to comprehend that policy decisions in one field might affect policy priorities in a different geopolitical field
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This lasts about one minute after it turns out that many of these states that refuse to take back migrants and refugees turn out to be security and trade actors whose good will the UK relies on
The British government will impose visa bans on countries that refuse to take back migrants who enter the UK without authorization, as part of widespread reforms to the immigration system.
UK to impose Trump-style migrant visa bans
People from Angola, Namibia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo will be barred from Britain if their governments don’t improve immigration cooperation.
www.politico.eu
November 17, 2025 at 10:28 AM
This lasts about one minute after it turns out that many of these states that refuse to take back migrants and refugees turn out to be security and trade actors whose good will the UK relies on
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Instead, we have the most grotesque details of the punishment approach. Forcing people fleeing a war zone into administrative limbo for two decades is obscene. It is the opposite of what you would do if you gave a damn about integration, or the dignity of refugees.
November 17, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Instead, we have the most grotesque details of the punishment approach. Forcing people fleeing a war zone into administrative limbo for two decades is obscene. It is the opposite of what you would do if you gave a damn about integration, or the dignity of refugees.
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November 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM