Luke loves a migrant
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🌈 Queer Welsh/Canadian couple fighting to hold onto the life we've built on the so-called "island of strangers".
💚 Respect and dignity for ALL asylum seekers, refugees and migrants.
🏳️⚧️ Trans rights are non-negotiable. Draw the line.
⭐ Rejoin.
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💚 Respect and dignity for ALL asylum seekers, refugees and migrants.
🏳️⚧️ Trans rights are non-negotiable. Draw the line.
⭐ Rejoin.
🗳️ PR now!
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Petition: Make teachers exempt from changes introduced in the Home Office whitepaper
The UK suffers from a teacher shortage, especially in specialist fields like STEM. To help meet Labour's 6,500 new teacher pledge, we think the Government must acknowledge the social and economic cont...
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📌 A sharable list of reasons to sign my petition in support of internationally recruited teachers in the UK (beyond helping my fiancé and me stay here).
Please consider signing and sharing the petition if you haven't already 🙏
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This is how the media mark Trans Day of Remembrance in the UK
![Double page spread in the Times - From gender critical beliefs to boxing: what the guidance says
Geraldine Scott - Assistant Political Editor
A trans rights protest outside parliament in April after the Supreme Court ruled that the term sex in the Equality Act referred to biological sex
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The equality watchdog has set out sweeping new guidance on how to apply equality protections for the first time in more than a decade, with a focus on how transgender people should be treated.
The 300-page document, seen by The Times but not yet published, was prompted by a Supreme Court judgment in April that ruled the terms “sex” and “woman” in the Equality Act referred to biological sex.
Here we outline the key elements.
Single-sex spaces
The most significant change is a departure from previous interpretations that transgender people should generally be treated in line with their gender identity in single-sex settings such as changing rooms or hospital wards.
Previously it was thought that excluding a transgender woman from a single-sex setting could amount to discrimination.
The new guidance states clearly that trans people may be excluded from single-sex spaces that do not correspond to their biological sex when it is a “proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim”, such as protecting privacy, dignity or safety.
Reflecting the Supreme Court ruling, the guidance said that for the purposes of the Equality Act “a person’s sex remains their biological sex, whether they have a GRC [gender recognition certificate] or not”. The guidance adds: “A trans man with a GRC is a woman and a trans woman with a GRC is a man, for the purposes of the act.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cyefpiziml7b24sxpd74axq7/bafkreib2buaq3w6z2bphwtq3lvtmf2keurfz5hdbfqdedh7ushy5xdgdru@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 7:35 AM
This is how the media mark Trans Day of Remembrance in the UK
CONFIRMED: The announcement on "legal migration", including ILR residence period extension is coming today.
Another day of anxiously refreshing news feeds. I'll post again when I find out the time.
Another day of anxiously refreshing news feeds. I'll post again when I find out the time.
Andy Burnham calls on Labour to rethink plans to make it tougher for asylum seekers to settle permanently – UK politics live
The home secretary’s plans ‘may leave people in a sense of limbo and unable to integrate’, Burnham said
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:40 AM
CONFIRMED: The announcement on "legal migration", including ILR residence period extension is coming today.
Another day of anxiously refreshing news feeds. I'll post again when I find out the time.
Another day of anxiously refreshing news feeds. I'll post again when I find out the time.
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Users of r/tallgirls share their experiences of measures intended to target trans people:
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November 20, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Users of r/tallgirls share their experiences of measures intended to target trans people:
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women's safety is when the state enforced outdated sexists stereotypes by bringing in laws that lead to discrimination and harassment of any women who don't conform
@bphillipsonmp.bsky.social has thrown her lot in with a twitter-brained cult whose only aim is cruelty. they don't care about women 🤷♀️
@bphillipsonmp.bsky.social has thrown her lot in with a twitter-brained cult whose only aim is cruelty. they don't care about women 🤷♀️
November 20, 2025 at 9:06 AM
women's safety is when the state enforced outdated sexists stereotypes by bringing in laws that lead to discrimination and harassment of any women who don't conform
@bphillipsonmp.bsky.social has thrown her lot in with a twitter-brained cult whose only aim is cruelty. they don't care about women 🤷♀️
@bphillipsonmp.bsky.social has thrown her lot in with a twitter-brained cult whose only aim is cruelty. they don't care about women 🤷♀️
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Today is Trans Day of Remembrance.
Sending love and solidarity to all trans+ people and those who have lost a trans+ loved one through violence or state oppression and neglect.
And a special thought for those who will have taken their lives without ever disclosing their trans identity.
Sending love and solidarity to all trans+ people and those who have lost a trans+ loved one through violence or state oppression and neglect.
And a special thought for those who will have taken their lives without ever disclosing their trans identity.
November 20, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Today is Trans Day of Remembrance.
Sending love and solidarity to all trans+ people and those who have lost a trans+ loved one through violence or state oppression and neglect.
And a special thought for those who will have taken their lives without ever disclosing their trans identity.
Sending love and solidarity to all trans+ people and those who have lost a trans+ loved one through violence or state oppression and neglect.
And a special thought for those who will have taken their lives without ever disclosing their trans identity.
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Telegraph are in on it too, with Bayswater on the front page. You know, the pro conversion therapy group whose parents advocate putting chilli powder in their kids mascara.
November 20, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Telegraph are in on it too, with Bayswater on the front page. You know, the pro conversion therapy group whose parents advocate putting chilli powder in their kids mascara.
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Today, on Transgender Day of Remembrance, we remember the transgender lives lost to violence.
The Green Party stands shoulder to shoulder with transgender people in the face of increasing transphobic rhetoric in our society and politics.
The Green Party stands shoulder to shoulder with transgender people in the face of increasing transphobic rhetoric in our society and politics.
November 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Today, on Transgender Day of Remembrance, we remember the transgender lives lost to violence.
The Green Party stands shoulder to shoulder with transgender people in the face of increasing transphobic rhetoric in our society and politics.
The Green Party stands shoulder to shoulder with transgender people in the face of increasing transphobic rhetoric in our society and politics.
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Today is Trans Day Of Remembrance
#TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames
*** Trigger warning for the following thread: Violence against trans people (especially TWOC) * * *
#TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames
*** Trigger warning for the following thread: Violence against trans people (especially TWOC) * * *
November 20, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Today is Trans Day Of Remembrance
#TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames
*** Trigger warning for the following thread: Violence against trans people (especially TWOC) * * *
#TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames
*** Trigger warning for the following thread: Violence against trans people (especially TWOC) * * *
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The Guardian are reporting a significant increase in Jewish people voting for the Green Party.
It's almost like many of us grew up learning a history of persecution & violence.
We don't oppose the Genocide in spite of being Jewish but because of it.
Never again for everyone.
It's almost like many of us grew up learning a history of persecution & violence.
We don't oppose the Genocide in spite of being Jewish but because of it.
Never again for everyone.
November 20, 2025 at 8:09 AM
The Guardian are reporting a significant increase in Jewish people voting for the Green Party.
It's almost like many of us grew up learning a history of persecution & violence.
We don't oppose the Genocide in spite of being Jewish but because of it.
Never again for everyone.
It's almost like many of us grew up learning a history of persecution & violence.
We don't oppose the Genocide in spite of being Jewish but because of it.
Never again for everyone.
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Interesting to have an article about the one person who has left and not the 100k who have joined. Wonder why the BBC chose that approach and didn’t ask people joining whether trans inclusivity had anything to do with their choice…
November 20, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Interesting to have an article about the one person who has left and not the 100k who have joined. Wonder why the BBC chose that approach and didn’t ask people joining whether trans inclusivity had anything to do with their choice…
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a side note, but "Keir Starmer vowed to curb net migration...migrants to wait as long as 10 years to apply to settle in the UK instead of automatically gaining settled status after five years." there IS NO AUTOMATIC SETTLING! this is *not a thing that exists*, @andrewgregory.com. Labour made that up
The predictable knee jerk incompetence of this government. Instead of addressing the material problems in people lives they scapegoat immigration and make the material problems worse. 50k nurse could quit the UK!
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Up to 50,000 nurses could quit UK over immigration plans, survey suggests
Exclusive: union leaders say proposed changes are immoral and could threaten patient safety if there is staff exodus
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:34 AM
a side note, but "Keir Starmer vowed to curb net migration...migrants to wait as long as 10 years to apply to settle in the UK instead of automatically gaining settled status after five years." there IS NO AUTOMATIC SETTLING! this is *not a thing that exists*, @andrewgregory.com. Labour made that up
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The UK is considering a policy that would effectively segregate trans people from society. It would bar trans people from "single sex spaces" even when they use the facility of their sex assigned at birth.
This is a full on policy of segregation without even the benefit of separate facilities.
This is a full on policy of segregation without even the benefit of separate facilities.
November 19, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The UK is considering a policy that would effectively segregate trans people from society. It would bar trans people from "single sex spaces" even when they use the facility of their sex assigned at birth.
This is a full on policy of segregation without even the benefit of separate facilities.
This is a full on policy of segregation without even the benefit of separate facilities.
"Many of those who will soon be applying for ILR came to the UK during the pandemic, at great personal sacrifice. This is no way to repay them and amounts to a betrayal."
Up to 50,000 nurses could quit UK over immigration plans, survey suggests
Up to 50,000 nurses could quit UK over immigration plans, survey suggests
Exclusive: union leaders say proposed changes are immoral and could threaten patient safety if there is staff exodus
Up to 50,000 nurses could quit the UK over the government’s immigration proposals, plunging the NHS into its biggest ever workforce crisis, research suggests.
Keir Starmer has vowed to curb net migration, with plans to force migrants to wait as long as 10 years to apply to settle in the UK instead of automatically gaining settled status after five years. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:45 AM
"Many of those who will soon be applying for ILR came to the UK during the pandemic, at great personal sacrifice. This is no way to repay them and amounts to a betrayal."
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labour/tories/reform have a ✨consensus💫 on immigration
labour/tories/reform have a ✨consensus💫 on trans rights
labour/tories/reform have a ✨consensus💫 on disability
labour/tories/reform have a ✨consensus💫 on austerity
labour/tories/reform have a ✨consensus💫 on wealth
funny how that happened.
labour/tories/reform have a ✨consensus💫 on trans rights
labour/tories/reform have a ✨consensus💫 on disability
labour/tories/reform have a ✨consensus💫 on austerity
labour/tories/reform have a ✨consensus💫 on wealth
funny how that happened.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
labour/tories/reform have a ✨consensus💫 on immigration
labour/tories/reform have a ✨consensus💫 on trans rights
labour/tories/reform have a ✨consensus💫 on disability
labour/tories/reform have a ✨consensus💫 on austerity
labour/tories/reform have a ✨consensus💫 on wealth
funny how that happened.
labour/tories/reform have a ✨consensus💫 on trans rights
labour/tories/reform have a ✨consensus💫 on disability
labour/tories/reform have a ✨consensus💫 on austerity
labour/tories/reform have a ✨consensus💫 on wealth
funny how that happened.
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Truly fed up of people saying that the way to prevent a huge drift to the far-right is to keep Labour in govt. Their migration polices ARE far-right populist and make way for worse. Trad politics are done. Lab/Tories are done. The next election will not be fought how we've experienced them to date.
November 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Truly fed up of people saying that the way to prevent a huge drift to the far-right is to keep Labour in govt. Their migration polices ARE far-right populist and make way for worse. Trad politics are done. Lab/Tories are done. The next election will not be fought how we've experienced them to date.
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Greens are punching above our weight, help us punch even further! - South Gloucestershire Green Party
Billionaires are bankrolling bigoted campaigns. Scandals about dirty money in politics. Big party donors with dodgy ties. Its all a bit nauseating isn’t it? I have had enough, that’s why I am fightin...
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November 19, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Keir Starmer's spokesman insisted on Monday that "clearly these changes will not be retrospective" for those already granted asylum, as Reform have been demanding.
Now we learn they will be
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Now we learn they will be
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November 19, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Keir Starmer's spokesman insisted on Monday that "clearly these changes will not be retrospective" for those already granted asylum, as Reform have been demanding.
Now we learn they will be
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Now we learn they will be
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The truth politics dare not speak. Part of the reason this is unsolvable for Lab is that it isn’t a real issue - it’s a euphemism for political discontent.
They could get immigration to zero, destroying the country in the process & it wouldn’t help, cause it’s not what ppl are actually angry about
They could get immigration to zero, destroying the country in the process & it wouldn’t help, cause it’s not what ppl are actually angry about
One of the things that the “immigration debate” in the UK really reveals is how little people actually know about how other people live. So much of immigration policy fails to work, even on its own terms, because it’s trying to solve problems that mostly exist in peoples heads
November 19, 2025 at 9:23 AM
The truth politics dare not speak. Part of the reason this is unsolvable for Lab is that it isn’t a real issue - it’s a euphemism for political discontent.
They could get immigration to zero, destroying the country in the process & it wouldn’t help, cause it’s not what ppl are actually angry about
They could get immigration to zero, destroying the country in the process & it wouldn’t help, cause it’s not what ppl are actually angry about
Thinking about this as we await an "announcement" by the end of the week. The headline omits that, like my partner, some of those quoted would have been eligible for citizenship by the end of this Parliament, were it not for Labour's policy of extending ILR residence requirement retroactively.
‘Death by a thousand cuts’: the people who could face deportation under Reform
As party’s rise fuels fears over future visa rules, people share how the lives they have built are in jeopardy
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Thinking about this as we await an "announcement" by the end of the week. The headline omits that, like my partner, some of those quoted would have been eligible for citizenship by the end of this Parliament, were it not for Labour's policy of extending ILR residence requirement retroactively.
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Labour is in power — they can set the agenda — but they’ve chosen to let others set it. On X, the new target set by the far right is “legal” migration (no one is illegal, by the way), and now we’re in a situation where we can predict and fear in advance what’s coming.
November 19, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Labour is in power — they can set the agenda — but they’ve chosen to let others set it. On X, the new target set by the far right is “legal” migration (no one is illegal, by the way), and now we’re in a situation where we can predict and fear in advance what’s coming.
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Billionaires shouldn't be able to buy a bigger voice in politics. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to put a cap on how much they can donate in the #ElectionsBill
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November 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Billionaires shouldn't be able to buy a bigger voice in politics. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to put a cap on how much they can donate in the #ElectionsBill
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European political scientists are blue in the face from constantly pointing out that accommodating the far right does not help centre-left parties win, and contributes to the rise of far-right parties. There's a mountain of data to support that.
But no, the galaxy-brained strategists must be right.
But no, the galaxy-brained strategists must be right.
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
European political scientists are blue in the face from constantly pointing out that accommodating the far right does not help centre-left parties win, and contributes to the rise of far-right parties. There's a mountain of data to support that.
But no, the galaxy-brained strategists must be right.
But no, the galaxy-brained strategists must be right.
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Please repost and share this petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics.
Given Farage's poll lead, this is the most important issue in British politics.
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Given Farage's poll lead, this is the most important issue in British politics.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Please repost and share this petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics.
Given Farage's poll lead, this is the most important issue in British politics.
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Given Farage's poll lead, this is the most important issue in British politics.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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“They went for pensioners, they went for the disabled, and now they’re going for people fleeing war and conflict. I am furious — this government should hang their heads in shame.”
Zack Polanski on Labour’s new immigration reforms on Newsnight.
Zack Polanski on Labour’s new immigration reforms on Newsnight.
November 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
“They went for pensioners, they went for the disabled, and now they’re going for people fleeing war and conflict. I am furious — this government should hang their heads in shame.”
Zack Polanski on Labour’s new immigration reforms on Newsnight.
Zack Polanski on Labour’s new immigration reforms on Newsnight.
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Our Twitter account has been locked because we posted an expose of a Councillor in Lancashire.
Because we copied in Lancashire Council and said ‘are they going to act’ this has been deemed as ‘incitement’.
Incitement of a council doing this job.
Let’s look at what Councillor Tom Pickup did…
Because we copied in Lancashire Council and said ‘are they going to act’ this has been deemed as ‘incitement’.
Incitement of a council doing this job.
Let’s look at what Councillor Tom Pickup did…
November 18, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Our Twitter account has been locked because we posted an expose of a Councillor in Lancashire.
Because we copied in Lancashire Council and said ‘are they going to act’ this has been deemed as ‘incitement’.
Incitement of a council doing this job.
Let’s look at what Councillor Tom Pickup did…
Because we copied in Lancashire Council and said ‘are they going to act’ this has been deemed as ‘incitement’.
Incitement of a council doing this job.
Let’s look at what Councillor Tom Pickup did…