Naomi McAuliffe
@naomimc.bsky.social
Head of Policy and Research at Amnesty International UK. Scottish Women's Aid Trustee. Scottish by choice. I do swearing and tweed. I am not a slave and I am not a master. She/Her.
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Toby Young, self-appointed king of free speech, is speaking in Hungary tomorrow about UK “censorship”.
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
Toby Young to Address Orbán-Backed Group on UK ‘Censorship’
Conservative peer and right-wing commentator Toby Young is due to deliver a talk tomorrow (25 November) at the in-house think tank of Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orbán. Young is being interviewed by Mat...
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November 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Toby Young, self-appointed king of free speech, is speaking in Hungary tomorrow about UK “censorship”.
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
He’ll be addressing a group funded by Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime, which has seized control of the country’s media, judiciary, and routinely harasses its critics
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Still can't quite believe that "I only said 'gas the Jews' in a non-hurtful way" was the strategy Nigel Farage opted to go for
November 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Still can't quite believe that "I only said 'gas the Jews' in a non-hurtful way" was the strategy Nigel Farage opted to go for
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“Eton boys cheered Farage’s “worst comments on migrants and Covid” and subjected visiting girls to “racial slurs” & “misogynistic comments”…The college said it had apologised “unreservedly” for the “totally unacceptable” behaviour, but it is difficult to understand what other outcome they expected.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... - my new article, if of interest please share.
I endured an English public school. But that’s not the only reason I’m unsurprised about the Farage allegations |
Let’s put aside the schooldays accusations and look, instead, at the Reform leader’s path since then. I think a pretty clear picture of the man emerges, says author and podcaster Musa Okwonga
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:45 AM
“Eton boys cheered Farage’s “worst comments on migrants and Covid” and subjected visiting girls to “racial slurs” & “misogynistic comments”…The college said it had apologised “unreservedly” for the “totally unacceptable” behaviour, but it is difficult to understand what other outcome they expected.”
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A child poverty strategy with the 2-child limit in place would *not* be a credible child poverty strategy. *All* of the growth in child poverty since the 2011/12 low point is for children in scope of this policy.
November 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
A child poverty strategy with the 2-child limit in place would *not* be a credible child poverty strategy. *All* of the growth in child poverty since the 2011/12 low point is for children in scope of this policy.
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As I was saying...
She's nuked per popularity with members
She's nuked per popularity with members
November 22, 2025 at 10:49 PM
As I was saying...
She's nuked per popularity with members
She's nuked per popularity with members
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This is sooner or later going to turn into a lawsuit and there's a decent chance he wins, at which point US companies are going to be stuck between violating sanctions and getting absolutely wrecked in European court and leaving Europe entirely.
November 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
This is sooner or later going to turn into a lawsuit and there's a decent chance he wins, at which point US companies are going to be stuck between violating sanctions and getting absolutely wrecked in European court and leaving Europe entirely.
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I don’t think Danny Kruger is being taken seriously enough - this is far more extreme than anything the Conservatives were allowed to get away with. He is effectively saying that being anti-racist and being trans are contrary to British national identity and his party is leading the polls.
Reform are so dangerous and this headline doesn’t do it justice. I also think a piece like this should start with the politician‘s core views just to emphasise the urgency.
November 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I don’t think Danny Kruger is being taken seriously enough - this is far more extreme than anything the Conservatives were allowed to get away with. He is effectively saying that being anti-racist and being trans are contrary to British national identity and his party is leading the polls.
It does make me smile that no one involved in tech is actually working class or has ever been involved in a (non-commercial/film) fight or even witnessed one.
Me in 1995, pulling an all-nighter in an Edinburgh computer lab: One day Artificial Intelligence might help us diagnose cancer.
2025...
2025...
November 21, 2025 at 12:20 AM
It does make me smile that no one involved in tech is actually working class or has ever been involved in a (non-commercial/film) fight or even witnessed one.
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When the time comes that people have to at least act as if they care about trans people, do not forget and do not forgive a single person associated with this who isn’t speaking out about it now.
Don’t let them say it was a different time. Don’t let them say they didn’t know. We know.
Don’t let them say it was a different time. Don’t let them say they didn’t know. We know.
For Women Scotland wins Public Campaign or Campaigner of the Year at The Herald Scottish Politician of the Year Awards 2025, in association with ScottishPower
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#politicianawards25
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#politicianawards25
November 20, 2025 at 11:45 PM
When the time comes that people have to at least act as if they care about trans people, do not forget and do not forgive a single person associated with this who isn’t speaking out about it now.
Don’t let them say it was a different time. Don’t let them say they didn’t know. We know.
Don’t let them say it was a different time. Don’t let them say they didn’t know. We know.
Oh here we go. I'm old enough to remember the last "femicide" attempt by forced-birthers back in...I'm going to say 2014?
This is US anti-womens' healthcare playbook. We defeated them before and we are very ready to defeat them again.
This was ALWAYS where GCs were headed.
This is US anti-womens' healthcare playbook. We defeated them before and we are very ready to defeat them again.
This was ALWAYS where GCs were headed.
Good people of Bluesky, I know you will be as shocked, confused and discombobulated as I am to see a “gender critical” parroting religious right, anti-abortion talking points. I am shooketh I tell you!
WHY DID NOBODY WARN US?
Narrator: trans people & allies have been warning us for years…
WHY DID NOBODY WARN US?
Narrator: trans people & allies have been warning us for years…
November 20, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Oh here we go. I'm old enough to remember the last "femicide" attempt by forced-birthers back in...I'm going to say 2014?
This is US anti-womens' healthcare playbook. We defeated them before and we are very ready to defeat them again.
This was ALWAYS where GCs were headed.
This is US anti-womens' healthcare playbook. We defeated them before and we are very ready to defeat them again.
This was ALWAYS where GCs were headed.
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VERY funny that Labour are being pointlessly cruel and haemorrhaging support from their base and yet none of what they're offering is ever going to be enough for the people whose approval they're seeking, WHO could have predicted it
November 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
VERY funny that Labour are being pointlessly cruel and haemorrhaging support from their base and yet none of what they're offering is ever going to be enough for the people whose approval they're seeking, WHO could have predicted it
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That American politics went off the rails after Barack Obama and British ethnonationalism has reared its head after Rishi Sunak is the real tell about how committed some people are to integration and post racial politics.
A country where Sadiq Khan can lead London, Humza Yousaf can lead Scotland, and Rishi Sunak can lead Britain is a country where the racists had *lost*. So much of this vicious bile has come directly after that and almost no one seems to draw the connection
November 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
That American politics went off the rails after Barack Obama and British ethnonationalism has reared its head after Rishi Sunak is the real tell about how committed some people are to integration and post racial politics.
I'm so fucking tired of this shit. They are constantly looking for a new "Winterval". It doesn't matter one jot that Christmas is the biggest festival in this country which drives the entire fucking economy.
Let’s have a look at a crazy Twitter to newspaper pipeline story and debunk as we go! 🔎👍🏼
16th Nov the “Britain is Broken” account shared the following post claiming “Tesco are no longer celebrating Christmas”
With a picture of their “Evergreen” Trees
2.2Million views to date🙄
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16th Nov the “Britain is Broken” account shared the following post claiming “Tesco are no longer celebrating Christmas”
With a picture of their “Evergreen” Trees
2.2Million views to date🙄
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November 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I'm so fucking tired of this shit. They are constantly looking for a new "Winterval". It doesn't matter one jot that Christmas is the biggest festival in this country which drives the entire fucking economy.
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And the worst academics and lawyers ...
I love mess but man this whole thing underlines how much it sucks that all the worst journalists somehow end up with flashy high-paying media jobs
November 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
And the worst academics and lawyers ...
I guess Amnesty will unexpectedly have to issue guidance to Scotland fans about going to the US now! (Burner phone, delete all those "Trump is a Cunt" banners from your profiles, pretend to be from Lewis)
November 18, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I guess Amnesty will unexpectedly have to issue guidance to Scotland fans about going to the US now! (Burner phone, delete all those "Trump is a Cunt" banners from your profiles, pretend to be from Lewis)
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Pensions account for 55 per cent of British social security spending, a hefty chunk of NHS spending is also on elderly people, and so is a big chunk of local council social care budgets. There is no way around this! So you either need HUGE birth rates or you need immigration of working-age people.
November 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Pensions account for 55 per cent of British social security spending, a hefty chunk of NHS spending is also on elderly people, and so is a big chunk of local council social care budgets. There is no way around this! So you either need HUGE birth rates or you need immigration of working-age people.
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"We have become the destination of choice in Europe" according to the Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood.
Data from Eurostat & the Home Office shows the UK had the fifth largest number of claims of the EU/UK area in 2025, at 108,000... assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691ae0...
Data from Eurostat & the Home Office shows the UK had the fifth largest number of claims of the EU/UK area in 2025, at 108,000... assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691ae0...
November 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
"We have become the destination of choice in Europe" according to the Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood.
Data from Eurostat & the Home Office shows the UK had the fifth largest number of claims of the EU/UK area in 2025, at 108,000... assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691ae0...
Data from Eurostat & the Home Office shows the UK had the fifth largest number of claims of the EU/UK area in 2025, at 108,000... assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691ae0...
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🚨The EU Commission wants to slash the pillar of our digital rights, all to prop up AI companies 🚨
www.politico.eu/article/brus...
No doubt the biggest winners will be US Big Tech that for years fought against our privacy rules and now stand to dominate AI development 👉 www.somo.nl/the-real-win...
www.politico.eu/article/brus...
No doubt the biggest winners will be US Big Tech that for years fought against our privacy rules and now stand to dominate AI development 👉 www.somo.nl/the-real-win...
Brussels knifes privacy to feed the AI boom
Draft proposals obtained by POLITICO show EU is breaking sacred privacy regime to placate industry.
www.politico.eu
November 12, 2025 at 12:10 PM
🚨The EU Commission wants to slash the pillar of our digital rights, all to prop up AI companies 🚨
www.politico.eu/article/brus...
No doubt the biggest winners will be US Big Tech that for years fought against our privacy rules and now stand to dominate AI development 👉 www.somo.nl/the-real-win...
www.politico.eu/article/brus...
No doubt the biggest winners will be US Big Tech that for years fought against our privacy rules and now stand to dominate AI development 👉 www.somo.nl/the-real-win...
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Governments and voters are both reacting to algorithm-shaped “public opinion,” not grounded priorities. Immigration feels urgent because platforms amplify fear, pulling parties into hollow performances of toughness. The far right reads that drift as confirmation it’s winning.
Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
November 16, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Governments and voters are both reacting to algorithm-shaped “public opinion,” not grounded priorities. Immigration feels urgent because platforms amplify fear, pulling parties into hollow performances of toughness. The far right reads that drift as confirmation it’s winning.
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Very much not one of the ‘usual suspects’ on this issue. Good that he’s taken a stand here.
Labour's MP for Folkestone says the government has taken "the wrong turning" on its plans for asylum seekers.
"The rhetoric around these reforms encourages the same culture of divisiveness that sees racism and abuse growing in our communities."
"The rhetoric around these reforms encourages the same culture of divisiveness that sees racism and abuse growing in our communities."
November 17, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Very much not one of the ‘usual suspects’ on this issue. Good that he’s taken a stand here.
Please imagine a migrant group doing this in England and the media response. Then let's look at the very real problem there is with English Nationalism.
Just some British patriots in Benidorm, taking over a street in Spain to shout in their own language about unwanted foreigners. It’s a blessing that they are too thick to understand irony.
November 16, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Please imagine a migrant group doing this in England and the media response. Then let's look at the very real problem there is with English Nationalism.
Do all men in academia need to hear this? OK, I'll say it. Young women find you repulsive. If they do fuck you, it's for a really upsetting mix of reasons which I don't have the time or energy to go into. Just accept that they are not there for you to fuck, and leave them the fuck alone.
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 16, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Do all men in academia need to hear this? OK, I'll say it. Young women find you repulsive. If they do fuck you, it's for a really upsetting mix of reasons which I don't have the time or energy to go into. Just accept that they are not there for you to fuck, and leave them the fuck alone.
Can't top this comment, just exactly this 👇
It would be one thing having a "debate" on immigration if people meant they wanted a "debate" based on facts. But what most people seem to mean when they say they want a debate is that is they want us to pretend a bunch of entirely made up bullshit is true.
November 16, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Can't top this comment, just exactly this 👇
Think for one second how many children are born to refugees during a 20 year period. British kids born, gone to nursery, primary, secondary, college university, working, maybe multiple jobs, paying taxes, getting married, making friends, setting down roots.
Despicable and inhumane.
Despicable and inhumane.
November 16, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Think for one second how many children are born to refugees during a 20 year period. British kids born, gone to nursery, primary, secondary, college university, working, maybe multiple jobs, paying taxes, getting married, making friends, setting down roots.
Despicable and inhumane.
Despicable and inhumane.