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Our government tried to let racist, genocidal Israeli football hooligans rampage on Birmingham's streets.
They smeared those opposed to this as being driven by hatred of Jewish people.
Now listen to what the West Midlands Chief Constable told MPs.
What a scandal.
They smeared those opposed to this as being driven by hatred of Jewish people.
Now listen to what the West Midlands Chief Constable told MPs.
What a scandal.
December 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Our government tried to let racist, genocidal Israeli football hooligans rampage on Birmingham's streets.
They smeared those opposed to this as being driven by hatred of Jewish people.
Now listen to what the West Midlands Chief Constable told MPs.
What a scandal.
They smeared those opposed to this as being driven by hatred of Jewish people.
Now listen to what the West Midlands Chief Constable told MPs.
What a scandal.
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Lord Farmer said the #AssistedDyingBill is 'an atheist bill that assumes there is nothing after death.' If you hold a religious belief that means you do not want an assisted death, you have every right to live – and die – by that conviction. What you don’t have is the right to impose it on others.
November 24, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Lord Farmer said the #AssistedDyingBill is 'an atheist bill that assumes there is nothing after death.' If you hold a religious belief that means you do not want an assisted death, you have every right to live – and die – by that conviction. What you don’t have is the right to impose it on others.
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Appeals against deportation on human rights grounds are vanishingly rare - less than one per cent of foreign national offenders remain in the UK on human rights grounds. So changing how the Convention is interpreted won’t make a material difference to migration figures
Labour’s plan risks weakening protections for all of us. Human rights are universal - politicians may not always find them politically convenient but it shouldn’t fall to any government to say who those rights should and should not apply to. It’s a slippery slope to oblivion youtu.be/bl0Lm7v_T18?...
The government won’t achieve ‘decency’ over ‘division’ by trying to be Reform Lite
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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November 21, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Appeals against deportation on human rights grounds are vanishingly rare - less than one per cent of foreign national offenders remain in the UK on human rights grounds. So changing how the Convention is interpreted won’t make a material difference to migration figures
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A mansion tax isn't how you hit the wealthy - who have a small proportion of their wealth tied up in housing. A mansion tax is how you hit the middle classes - whose only valuable asset is their house.
More cowardice from Labour: afraid to go where the real money is, to go after the super rich.
More cowardice from Labour: afraid to go where the real money is, to go after the super rich.
November 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
A mansion tax isn't how you hit the wealthy - who have a small proportion of their wealth tied up in housing. A mansion tax is how you hit the middle classes - whose only valuable asset is their house.
More cowardice from Labour: afraid to go where the real money is, to go after the super rich.
More cowardice from Labour: afraid to go where the real money is, to go after the super rich.
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I feel physically sick. In one fell swoop, the Labour Government have legitimised the whole racist, right wing narrative. Bravo you bunch of clueless cowards👏
November 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I feel physically sick. In one fell swoop, the Labour Government have legitimised the whole racist, right wing narrative. Bravo you bunch of clueless cowards👏
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Once more, with feeling, seeking asylum in the UK is not illegal.
November 17, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Once more, with feeling, seeking asylum in the UK is not illegal.
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I'm pretty old (71), so I remember clearly the National Front in the 1970s. They were pariahs that the main political parties wouldn't touch with a 10ft pole. What is shocking is that the LABOUR party is now coming out with the same policies. What on earth would the likes of Benn, Foot etc. think?
November 16, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I'm pretty old (71), so I remember clearly the National Front in the 1970s. They were pariahs that the main political parties wouldn't touch with a 10ft pole. What is shocking is that the LABOUR party is now coming out with the same policies. What on earth would the likes of Benn, Foot etc. think?
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Ultimately the vision of britain that starmer has is profoundly cynical, nasty and just not true. He thinks that abidicating his responsibility in showing that another option is maturity and doing the difficult thing, but he's literally just creating the hateful country he is so afraid of
November 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Ultimately the vision of britain that starmer has is profoundly cynical, nasty and just not true. He thinks that abidicating his responsibility in showing that another option is maturity and doing the difficult thing, but he's literally just creating the hateful country he is so afraid of
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They made Jimmy Carter sell his peanut farm.
Saudi officials used President Trump’s state visit in May to pique his interest in a major real estate development, the latest example of Trump blending governance and family business, particularly in Persian Gulf countries. nyti.ms/4r7mboU
November 16, 2025 at 5:56 AM
They made Jimmy Carter sell his peanut farm.
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You cant parachute asylum seekers into deprived areas, in completely inappropriate housing, then say those migrants are 'dividing our country'. You divided the country because you can't organise a basic service and process claims in a timely way
November 16, 2025 at 9:28 AM
You cant parachute asylum seekers into deprived areas, in completely inappropriate housing, then say those migrants are 'dividing our country'. You divided the country because you can't organise a basic service and process claims in a timely way
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Her portrayal of asylum seekers doesn't just respond to the racist narratives of the Far Right: by othering asylum seekers as unworthy winners of riches, in implicit contrast to struggling families, Shabana Mahmood actively promotes and feeds those Far Right lies.
For Shabana Mahmood to attack some of the most cruelly treated people in the world as having won a "golden ticket" because they manage to get to and claim asylum in Britain is unforgiveable.
A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.
A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.
November 16, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Her portrayal of asylum seekers doesn't just respond to the racist narratives of the Far Right: by othering asylum seekers as unworthy winners of riches, in implicit contrast to struggling families, Shabana Mahmood actively promotes and feeds those Far Right lies.
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How are people supposed to make a life and integrate if they can be deported for up to 20 years. A cruel policy that panders to the right wing who will never be satisfied. People who are allowed to drag because they are genuine #asylumseekers
November 16, 2025 at 9:12 AM
How are people supposed to make a life and integrate if they can be deported for up to 20 years. A cruel policy that panders to the right wing who will never be satisfied. People who are allowed to drag because they are genuine #asylumseekers
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Using Golden Ticket to describe people who have fled war and destitution to legally seek asylum. An internationally recognized legal right that the UK is treaty bound to recognize is pure cruelty and evil. It is the language of Nazis, of deportations, of camps and life unworthy of life. Evil.
Home secretary vows to end UK’s ‘golden ticket’ for asylum seekers - live updates
Home secretary vows to end UK’s ‘golden ticket’ for asylum seekers - live updates
Home secretary vows to end UK’s ‘golden ticket’ for asylum seekers - live updates
www.independent.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Using Golden Ticket to describe people who have fled war and destitution to legally seek asylum. An internationally recognized legal right that the UK is treaty bound to recognize is pure cruelty and evil. It is the language of Nazis, of deportations, of camps and life unworthy of life. Evil.
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No, I'd say it's racists and those pandering to them.
November 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
No, I'd say it's racists and those pandering to them.
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I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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God help us, it looks like utter chaos in there.
Starmer and Reeves ditch plans to raise income tax in budget
Starmer and Reeves ditch plans to raise income tax in budget
Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves have scrapped plans to break their manifesto pledge and raise income tax rates in a massive U-turn less than two weeks from the budget.
news.sky.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:11 AM
God help us, it looks like utter chaos in there.
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BREAKING: Rachel Reeves explains planned tax increases are in line with government's iron-clad commitment to u-turning on every manifesto promise x
November 8, 2025 at 10:42 AM
BREAKING: Rachel Reeves explains planned tax increases are in line with government's iron-clad commitment to u-turning on every manifesto promise x
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There is an issue of transparency if you receive a paid salary from an organisation that has a policy of opposing assisted dying, and you are playing an important role in scrutinising it; those interests should be declared. #AssistedDyingBill
October 29, 2025 at 12:39 PM
There is an issue of transparency if you receive a paid salary from an organisation that has a policy of opposing assisted dying, and you are playing an important role in scrutinising it; those interests should be declared. #AssistedDyingBill
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Prince Andrew hosted Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and Harvey Weinstein at Royal Lodge, the home he’s under pressure to move out of
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Prince Andrew hosted Epstein, Maxwell and Weinstein at Royal Lodge
The trio were at Andrew's mansion in 2006 as part of his daughter Beatrice's 18th birthday celebrations.
www.bbc.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Prince Andrew hosted Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and Harvey Weinstein at Royal Lodge, the home he’s under pressure to move out of
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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The Sheer Scale of Conservative Mismanagement of the Asylum System Revealed
Billions of pounds were wasted by successive Conservative Home Secretaries on a chaotic and costly system
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/27/t...
Billions of pounds were wasted by successive Conservative Home Secretaries on a chaotic and costly system
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/27/t...
The Sheer Scale of Conservative Mismanagement of the Asylum System Revealed
Billions of pounds were wasted by successive Conservative Home Secretaries on a chaotic and costly system that left vulnerable people at risk, according to a new Parliamentary report
bylinetimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The Sheer Scale of Conservative Mismanagement of the Asylum System Revealed
Billions of pounds were wasted by successive Conservative Home Secretaries on a chaotic and costly system
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/27/t...
Billions of pounds were wasted by successive Conservative Home Secretaries on a chaotic and costly system
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/27/t...
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#Labour have completely sold out to the US Regime. We're going to be run by Oracle & Palantir it won't matter who's in power. It's performative politics while the robber barons attempt to fill their infinite coffers.
October 24, 2025 at 9:05 AM
#Labour have completely sold out to the US Regime. We're going to be run by Oracle & Palantir it won't matter who's in power. It's performative politics while the robber barons attempt to fill their infinite coffers.
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Strange that Kemi Badenoch only manages to find her voice on grooming gangs now, after being an MP for 8 years, including time as Minister For Children & Families then Minister for Women and Equalities.
October 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Strange that Kemi Badenoch only manages to find her voice on grooming gangs now, after being an MP for 8 years, including time as Minister For Children & Families then Minister for Women and Equalities.
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Final Version:
225 (!) UK-based politics academics signed our open letter warning anti-immigrant rhetoric will only embolden the far-right
Text & signatories here -
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/starmer
225 (!) UK-based politics academics signed our open letter warning anti-immigrant rhetoric will only embolden the far-right
Text & signatories here -
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/starmer
OPEN LETTER: 225 UK Academics & Writers to Keir Starmer
New anti-immigrant rules are bad policy & will only validate the far-right
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com
May 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Final Version:
225 (!) UK-based politics academics signed our open letter warning anti-immigrant rhetoric will only embolden the far-right
Text & signatories here -
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/starmer
225 (!) UK-based politics academics signed our open letter warning anti-immigrant rhetoric will only embolden the far-right
Text & signatories here -
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/starmer