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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Almost without exception, such 'patriots' loathe everything that actually makes Britain a great country and long for a smaller country, with narrower horizons, and a meaner future, based on a version of the past that never existed.
November 16, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Almost without exception, such 'patriots' loathe everything that actually makes Britain a great country and long for a smaller country, with narrower horizons, and a meaner future, based on a version of the past that never existed.
Absolutely this 😔
November 17, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Absolutely this 😔
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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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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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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...