Maria Gee
@maria-goretti.bsky.social
Active optimist because the alternative is hopeless.
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What the Home Sec announced today is not the politics of compromise but of being compromised.
Labour has just increased the salience of an issue they will always be outbid on by the right.
Labour has just increased the salience of an issue they will always be outbid on by the right.
@pimlicat.bsky.social: "Multiple studies show that ramping up ever-harsher rhetoric on immigration and asylum never wins over Reform-curious voters. The government would be wiser to make the case for the international institutions and protections we all depend on.”
https://bit.ly/49YBJVD
https://bit.ly/49YBJVD
November 17, 2025 at 7:37 PM
What the Home Sec announced today is not the politics of compromise but of being compromised.
Labour has just increased the salience of an issue they will always be outbid on by the right.
Labour has just increased the salience of an issue they will always be outbid on by the right.
The Home Secretary #ShabanaMahmood lies
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 5:23 PM
The Home Secretary #ShabanaMahmood lies
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People arriving here by small boat are desperate, often traumatised. Latest figures are 68% of boat arrivals granted asylum (see link)
The idea of the govt stripping people of their valuables & then hawking it off literally makes me sick to my stomach
migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br...
The idea of the govt stripping people of their valuables & then hawking it off literally makes me sick to my stomach
migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br...
Confiscating jewellery from survivors of a war zone makes you look like a fucking Nazi. And the obscene thing is, that is the intention. It's there to look appropriately harsh. Indecent. Filthy. A moral stain. And no-one of good character would have ever proposed such a thing in the first place.
November 17, 2025 at 11:46 AM
People arriving here by small boat are desperate, often traumatised. Latest figures are 68% of boat arrivals granted asylum (see link)
The idea of the govt stripping people of their valuables & then hawking it off literally makes me sick to my stomach
migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br...
The idea of the govt stripping people of their valuables & then hawking it off literally makes me sick to my stomach
migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br...
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Thank you @stellacreasy.bsky.social How very welcome it is to hear humanity and pragmatism from Labour
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 9:08 AM
Thank you @stellacreasy.bsky.social How very welcome it is to hear humanity and pragmatism from Labour
Grooming elderly Facebook users in the UK …
Islamophobic and racist AI-generated posts aimed at Brits helped make one Sri Lankan influencer rich – and now he’s sharing his formula
How racist AI Facebook posts made one Sri Lankan influencer rich
The content creator made his fortune from racist Facebook groups aimed at Brits; now he’s sharing his formula
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Grooming elderly Facebook users in the UK …
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Another chilling aspect... The Tories simply passed a law declaring Rwanda "safe".
Do we really trust that this govt or the next won't resort to similar tactics if this finds them politically convenient?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Do we really trust that this govt or the next won't resort to similar tactics if this finds them politically convenient?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
November 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Another chilling aspect... The Tories simply passed a law declaring Rwanda "safe".
Do we really trust that this govt or the next won't resort to similar tactics if this finds them politically convenient?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Do we really trust that this govt or the next won't resort to similar tactics if this finds them politically convenient?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Literally we're at the banging head against wall stage of things here. What is wrong with this government?
If you want more significant numbers of asylum seekers to work and find their own housing, rather than rely on statutory asylum provision, then you presumably need to…allow them to work? What am I missing
November 16, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Literally we're at the banging head against wall stage of things here. What is wrong with this government?
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A brave and well argued response. I find it hard to see how the government are going to be able to get their bill through simply.
The Prime Minister said in September that we are at a fork in the road. These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning.
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum system in UK ‘out of control’ and dividing country, home secretary says
Shabana Mahmood to unveil new proposals modelled on Denmark’s controversial system
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:29 PM
A brave and well argued response. I find it hard to see how the government are going to be able to get their bill through simply.
More from the “free speech” warriors in the White House & their lickspittles at the Daily Mail
This is very concerning. In future the BBC should submit any proposals for the Reith Lectures to Karoline Leavitt at the White House so that President Trump can sign off on them. Maye Pete Hegseth next year?
November 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
More from the “free speech” warriors in the White House & their lickspittles at the Daily Mail
Me too
Just another of those days when I hate this government
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum system in UK ‘out of control’ and dividing country, home secretary says
Shabana Mahmood to unveil new proposals modelled on Denmark’s controversial system
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Me too
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Had to ask it twice. The answer is "yes - 19 years can be as temporary as 3, 6 or 9 years".
I think MPs + peers should take 20 year limbo period (6-7 renewals) out of thelis legislation for a ceiling that is fairer and better for integration. 10-12 would be pretty long + above that v hard to defend
I think MPs + peers should take 20 year limbo period (6-7 renewals) out of thelis legislation for a ceiling that is fairer and better for integration. 10-12 would be pretty long + above that v hard to defend
“Is it possible that you could have a life here, a job here, maybe kids going to school, a family here, then after 19 years if your country is then considered safe you get booted out and sent home?”
November 16, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Had to ask it twice. The answer is "yes - 19 years can be as temporary as 3, 6 or 9 years".
I think MPs + peers should take 20 year limbo period (6-7 renewals) out of thelis legislation for a ceiling that is fairer and better for integration. 10-12 would be pretty long + above that v hard to defend
I think MPs + peers should take 20 year limbo period (6-7 renewals) out of thelis legislation for a ceiling that is fairer and better for integration. 10-12 would be pretty long + above that v hard to defend
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Any outrage from the Great British Patriots on this assault, with an illegal weapon, in London?
"Forriners attack British woman with illegal weapon in London Underground"
I'm sure Farage, Tommy 10 names Robinson and Matt Goodwin will be all over this any minute now....
I'm sure Farage, Tommy 10 names Robinson and Matt Goodwin will be all over this any minute now....
British Police want to speak to a MAGA influencer and partner after London incident | CNN
British police published an appeal for information indicating that they want to speak to two people following what police called a “racially aggravated” incident in central London.
edition.cnn.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Any outrage from the Great British Patriots on this assault, with an illegal weapon, in London?
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If you're cheering Trump on then you have no right to call yourself a patriot.
You absolute moron.
You absolute moron.
November 15, 2025 at 5:55 PM
If you're cheering Trump on then you have no right to call yourself a patriot.
You absolute moron.
You absolute moron.
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Here's Ivanka, not appreciating the importance of context.
#jefferson
#stockholmsyndrone
#releasethefiles
#jefferson
#stockholmsyndrone
#releasethefiles
November 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Here's Ivanka, not appreciating the importance of context.
#jefferson
#stockholmsyndrone
#releasethefiles
#jefferson
#stockholmsyndrone
#releasethefiles
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A counterclaim might be an interesting idea
BBC has a case against Trump. WhiteHouse Chief Press Officer called the BBC ‘100% fake news.’ Which is defamatory and untrue.
Trump says he will sue BBC for between $1 billion and $5 billion despite apology www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 15, 2025 at 9:03 AM
A counterclaim might be an interesting idea
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With the ending of permanent asylum, taxes on foreign students, two U-turns on income tax, a refusal to listen to business concerns about hiring costs, again I ask ‘who are Labour for?’ What is the vision underlying all these choices other than responding to last week’s polls?
November 15, 2025 at 10:36 AM
With the ending of permanent asylum, taxes on foreign students, two U-turns on income tax, a refusal to listen to business concerns about hiring costs, again I ask ‘who are Labour for?’ What is the vision underlying all these choices other than responding to last week’s polls?
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This from one railway station morning...
Britain isn't at all being remoulded as a bigoted, self-loathing paranoid shit hole then...
And is all this fuckery - with the highest fares in Europe - 'making the trains run on time '?
It is not.
Britain isn't at all being remoulded as a bigoted, self-loathing paranoid shit hole then...
And is all this fuckery - with the highest fares in Europe - 'making the trains run on time '?
It is not.
November 15, 2025 at 10:48 AM
This from one railway station morning...
Britain isn't at all being remoulded as a bigoted, self-loathing paranoid shit hole then...
And is all this fuckery - with the highest fares in Europe - 'making the trains run on time '?
It is not.
Britain isn't at all being remoulded as a bigoted, self-loathing paranoid shit hole then...
And is all this fuckery - with the highest fares in Europe - 'making the trains run on time '?
It is not.
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Ah the 1970s.
Stagflation, three day weeks, collapsing infrastructure. Civil War in Northern Ireland. In yer face racism and bigotry everywhere. Bin strikes. Strikes in general. Blackouts. Industrial decline. Wage inequality. Dog crap everywhere. And households spent 25% of their income on food.
Stagflation, three day weeks, collapsing infrastructure. Civil War in Northern Ireland. In yer face racism and bigotry everywhere. Bin strikes. Strikes in general. Blackouts. Industrial decline. Wage inequality. Dog crap everywhere. And households spent 25% of their income on food.
November 14, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Ah the 1970s.
Stagflation, three day weeks, collapsing infrastructure. Civil War in Northern Ireland. In yer face racism and bigotry everywhere. Bin strikes. Strikes in general. Blackouts. Industrial decline. Wage inequality. Dog crap everywhere. And households spent 25% of their income on food.
Stagflation, three day weeks, collapsing infrastructure. Civil War in Northern Ireland. In yer face racism and bigotry everywhere. Bin strikes. Strikes in general. Blackouts. Industrial decline. Wage inequality. Dog crap everywhere. And households spent 25% of their income on food.
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Fascinating juxtaposition. ⬇️⬇️
1. Placing these two graphs side by side shows why we have a prisons crisis. They can also be seen as a kind of Authoritarianism Index, showing the trend in state attitudes.
On the left is the Crime Survey for England and Wales.
On the right is the UK prison population.
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On the left is the Crime Survey for England and Wales.
On the right is the UK prison population.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Fascinating juxtaposition. ⬇️⬇️
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Betcha didn't have money on the Catholic Church being the only institution with the spine to stand up to fascism this time round.
BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
NEW: At Pope Leo’s Urging, Bishops Issue Historic Rebuke of Trump’s Raids
Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in Baltimore to denounce the Trump administration’s “inhumane” deportation campaign — a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Betcha didn't have money on the Catholic Church being the only institution with the spine to stand up to fascism this time round.
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Biggest beneficiary of donations from private health firms: Labour health secretary Wes Streeting.
This is a scandal.
Not only does evidence show that NHS prioritisation is more expensive and has worse outcomes for patients but UK voters have never given permission to privatise their NHS.
This is a scandal.
Not only does evidence show that NHS prioritisation is more expensive and has worse outcomes for patients but UK voters have never given permission to privatise their NHS.
More evidence that Tory privatisation of public services, only leads to worse services for its users and workers. The owners get richer and the rest of us are left worse off. Would like to know how many Tory politicians 'invested' in these companies.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Private care providers in three English regions make £250m in three years
More than third of profits analysed went to firms owned by private equity or based in tax havens, research finds
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Biggest beneficiary of donations from private health firms: Labour health secretary Wes Streeting.
This is a scandal.
Not only does evidence show that NHS prioritisation is more expensive and has worse outcomes for patients but UK voters have never given permission to privatise their NHS.
This is a scandal.
Not only does evidence show that NHS prioritisation is more expensive and has worse outcomes for patients but UK voters have never given permission to privatise their NHS.
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Sort of message given by every dictator who ran their economies into the ground.
November 12, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Sort of message given by every dictator who ran their economies into the ground.
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Am I the only one who thinks Farage is an ungrateful f***er?
I mean the BBC platforms him all the time and rarely calls him to account (Left wing bias? Don’t make me laugh!).
Yet he slags the BBC off at every opportunity and wants to abolish the very media outlet that has made his career.
I mean the BBC platforms him all the time and rarely calls him to account (Left wing bias? Don’t make me laugh!).
Yet he slags the BBC off at every opportunity and wants to abolish the very media outlet that has made his career.
November 12, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Am I the only one who thinks Farage is an ungrateful f***er?
I mean the BBC platforms him all the time and rarely calls him to account (Left wing bias? Don’t make me laugh!).
Yet he slags the BBC off at every opportunity and wants to abolish the very media outlet that has made his career.
I mean the BBC platforms him all the time and rarely calls him to account (Left wing bias? Don’t make me laugh!).
Yet he slags the BBC off at every opportunity and wants to abolish the very media outlet that has made his career.
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In 2015 Cameron won an overall majority, and it was thrown away by May in 2017 because of Brexit.
In 2019 Johnson won a thumping majority, and yet he was out of office less than three years later.
In 2024 Starmer won a thumping majority and seems to have no idea what to do with it.
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In 2019 Johnson won a thumping majority, and yet he was out of office less than three years later.
In 2024 Starmer won a thumping majority and seems to have no idea what to do with it.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:39 AM
In 2015 Cameron won an overall majority, and it was thrown away by May in 2017 because of Brexit.
In 2019 Johnson won a thumping majority, and yet he was out of office less than three years later.
In 2024 Starmer won a thumping majority and seems to have no idea what to do with it.
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In 2019 Johnson won a thumping majority, and yet he was out of office less than three years later.
In 2024 Starmer won a thumping majority and seems to have no idea what to do with it.
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In an interview about Palantir's creeping involvement in the British state and the NHS, I told @prospectmagazine.co.uk: “Its business is death and destruction. This is not an organisation you want running the democratic jewel of the postwar period.”
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...
How Palantir infiltrated the state
At a moment of national emergency, the government handed our data to Peter Thiel’s controversial company
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:49 AM
In an interview about Palantir's creeping involvement in the British state and the NHS, I told @prospectmagazine.co.uk: “Its business is death and destruction. This is not an organisation you want running the democratic jewel of the postwar period.”
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...