Nicole Johnson
@nicolevjohnson.bsky.social
Comms Manager @powertochange.org.uk
🇺🇸 in 🇬🇧. Midlands based. UNC Chapel Hill and Georgetown SFS alumn. Still learning how to make the perfect cuppa. She/her.
🇺🇸 in 🇬🇧. Midlands based. UNC Chapel Hill and Georgetown SFS alumn. Still learning how to make the perfect cuppa. She/her.
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The PM was right to call Reform's plans to scrap Indefinite Leave to Remain racist.
But if we force migrants to meet standards far beyond those who were born here, that is discriminatory too.
Migrants shouldn't have to do a Duke of Edinburgh award to be able to stay in the UK.
But if we force migrants to meet standards far beyond those who were born here, that is discriminatory too.
Migrants shouldn't have to do a Duke of Edinburgh award to be able to stay in the UK.
September 30, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The PM was right to call Reform's plans to scrap Indefinite Leave to Remain racist.
But if we force migrants to meet standards far beyond those who were born here, that is discriminatory too.
Migrants shouldn't have to do a Duke of Edinburgh award to be able to stay in the UK.
But if we force migrants to meet standards far beyond those who were born here, that is discriminatory too.
Migrants shouldn't have to do a Duke of Edinburgh award to be able to stay in the UK.
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If scrapping indefinite leave to remain (ILR) entirely, as Reform would do, is racist, according to Labour, what is making ILR twice as difficult, expensive & humiliating to obtain, as Labour are doing?
September 29, 2025 at 1:21 PM
If scrapping indefinite leave to remain (ILR) entirely, as Reform would do, is racist, according to Labour, what is making ILR twice as difficult, expensive & humiliating to obtain, as Labour are doing?
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📣 We know community business works to create thriving places. We have seen and evidenced it over the last decade. We also know there is so much more they can do. This year we are reflecting, celebrating, and looking to the future.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSa-...
#PowertoChange10
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#PowertoChange10
Power to Change - celebrating ten years backing community business
YouTube video by Power to Change
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June 25, 2025 at 8:56 AM
📣 We know community business works to create thriving places. We have seen and evidenced it over the last decade. We also know there is so much more they can do. This year we are reflecting, celebrating, and looking to the future.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSa-...
#PowertoChange10
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSa-...
#PowertoChange10
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It is not just the increase to the Minimum Income Requirement which needs scrapping, it is MIR in general. This is a policy which see families ripped apart, and people denied the ability to be with their loved ones, purely because of where one of them was born.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Lowering UK’s income requirement for family visas ‘would increase net migration’
Migration advisory committee sets out options and suggests scrapping Tory plan to raise threshold to £38,700
www.theguardian.com
June 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It is not just the increase to the Minimum Income Requirement which needs scrapping, it is MIR in general. This is a policy which see families ripped apart, and people denied the ability to be with their loved ones, purely because of where one of them was born.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Support for Reform UK is particularly rising in areas that have seen the most acute high street decline in recent years, new research suggests
@powertochange.org.uk said its findings show that the government "should be laser-focused on turning around declining high streets by the next election"
@powertochange.org.uk said its findings show that the government "should be laser-focused on turning around declining high streets by the next election"
Support For Reform Is Rising In Places With Most High Street Decline, Study Finds
Support for Nigel Farage's Reform UK is particularly rising in areas that have seen the most acute high street decline in recent years, new researc...
www.politicshome.com
May 30, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Support for Reform UK is particularly rising in areas that have seen the most acute high street decline in recent years, new research suggests
@powertochange.org.uk said its findings show that the government "should be laser-focused on turning around declining high streets by the next election"
@powertochange.org.uk said its findings show that the government "should be laser-focused on turning around declining high streets by the next election"
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Starmer doesn't seem to realise that, if you consistently accept the way your opponents frame a question, you'll find it hard to reject the answers that they give.
If you keep telling voters that Farage is right in his analysis, it will be hard to persuade them that he's wrong in his prescriptions.
If you keep telling voters that Farage is right in his analysis, it will be hard to persuade them that he's wrong in his prescriptions.
May 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Starmer doesn't seem to realise that, if you consistently accept the way your opponents frame a question, you'll find it hard to reject the answers that they give.
If you keep telling voters that Farage is right in his analysis, it will be hard to persuade them that he's wrong in his prescriptions.
If you keep telling voters that Farage is right in his analysis, it will be hard to persuade them that he's wrong in his prescriptions.
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“Inspired by the @disappearedtracker.bsky.social this dashboard visualizes persons brought into ICE custody when the Trump Administration has demonstrated undeniable political motive/animus and/or the person has been denied appropriate due process”
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April 2, 2025 at 1:51 PM
“Inspired by the @disappearedtracker.bsky.social this dashboard visualizes persons brought into ICE custody when the Trump Administration has demonstrated undeniable political motive/animus and/or the person has been denied appropriate due process”
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“We are currently clean on OPSEC” accidentally sent to a journalist is an all time classic.
March 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
“We are currently clean on OPSEC” accidentally sent to a journalist is an all time classic.
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Gift link for the non-Atlantic subscribers about how... I mean, the headline pretty much says it all, Trump's national security team included the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic in a Signal chat about its plans for bombing Yemen.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Gift link for the non-Atlantic subscribers about how... I mean, the headline pretty much says it all, Trump's national security team included the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic in a Signal chat about its plans for bombing Yemen.
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"The language that is being used has a specific resonance, which, historically, has been used to change regime type. It is important that the rights of human beings were violated. It is important that the rule of law was ignored. It is important that the executive is trying to define reality."
Language used by individuals associated with the federal government who deported people without trial or due process to a concentration camp in El Salvador, defying a court order, has a specific resonance that, historically, has been used to change regime type.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-evil-a...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-evil-a...
The evil at your door
The deportation action as regime change
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March 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
"The language that is being used has a specific resonance, which, historically, has been used to change regime type. It is important that the rights of human beings were violated. It is important that the rule of law was ignored. It is important that the executive is trying to define reality."
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You don’t know who we just disappeared to El Salvador. Think about that.
March 17, 2025 at 12:35 AM
You don’t know who we just disappeared to El Salvador. Think about that.
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Imagine if as well as pubs & village halls, communities could dream big & purchase beloved rivers, woods & peat bogs. Labour’s forthcoming Community Right to Buy could enable this but rumours are circulating that it's at risk of being dropped. Read more from @guyshrubsole.bsky.social
Why communities need the power to own environmental assets
What’s of value to communities very often includes their local environment – access to nature, fresh air, clean rivers, abundant wildlife. The government shouldn’t be putting a lid on what communities say they value – instead, they ought to be unleashing the public’s imagination.
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March 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Imagine if as well as pubs & village halls, communities could dream big & purchase beloved rivers, woods & peat bogs. Labour’s forthcoming Community Right to Buy could enable this but rumours are circulating that it's at risk of being dropped. Read more from @guyshrubsole.bsky.social
We're looking for an experienced comms wiz to help us deliver on a really exciting year @powertochange.org.uk when I head off on maternity leave this summer.
Great for folks w/
⭐️ Policy communications expertise
⭐️ A love of creatively engaging stakeholders
⭐️ A knack for PR
DMs open for questions!
Great for folks w/
⭐️ Policy communications expertise
⭐️ A love of creatively engaging stakeholders
⭐️ A knack for PR
DMs open for questions!
VACANCIES 💼 | We're looking for an experienced Communications Manager to join our Policy and Insight team as a 14-month maternity leave cover.
This role leads the delivery of our communications strategy and acts as the central point for all external communications.
Learn more 👇
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This role leads the delivery of our communications strategy and acts as the central point for all external communications.
Learn more 👇
buff.ly/VsLYUcj
March 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM
We're looking for an experienced comms wiz to help us deliver on a really exciting year @powertochange.org.uk when I head off on maternity leave this summer.
Great for folks w/
⭐️ Policy communications expertise
⭐️ A love of creatively engaging stakeholders
⭐️ A knack for PR
DMs open for questions!
Great for folks w/
⭐️ Policy communications expertise
⭐️ A love of creatively engaging stakeholders
⭐️ A knack for PR
DMs open for questions!
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Bit of perspective on today's immigration stats. An 18% increase in people seeking asylum still equates to roughly 0.1% of the population, not a lot, and a hell of a lot lower than quite a few countries. Also, small boats account for a third of those, so not a big issue either. 1/
February 27, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Bit of perspective on today's immigration stats. An 18% increase in people seeking asylum still equates to roughly 0.1% of the population, not a lot, and a hell of a lot lower than quite a few countries. Also, small boats account for a third of those, so not a big issue either. 1/
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The new regulations would now ban Paddington getting his British passport in the third film, if he had not already applied, though the Refugee Convention would be on the side of giving him the opportunity to be a British citizen, as Colin Yeo notes
February 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The new regulations would now ban Paddington getting his British passport in the third film, if he had not already applied, though the Refugee Convention would be on the side of giving him the opportunity to be a British citizen, as Colin Yeo notes
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“It isn’t unusual for a former asylum seeker like Paddington to become British. In fact, 70% of all refugees granted asylum over ten years ago ultimately went on to naturalise as British. What are the requirements that Paddington must have fulfilled?” freemovement.org.uk/an-immigrati...
An immigration lawyer reviews Paddington in Peru: A very British bear - Free Movement
They grow up so fast. As we will see, Paddington himself has almost certainly reached the age of ursine majority, whatever that might be. When I took my
freemovement.org.uk
November 12, 2024 at 4:03 PM
“It isn’t unusual for a former asylum seeker like Paddington to become British. In fact, 70% of all refugees granted asylum over ten years ago ultimately went on to naturalise as British. What are the requirements that Paddington must have fulfilled?” freemovement.org.uk/an-immigrati...
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Despite ongoing economic challenges, our Community Business Market 2024 report reveals a stable and resilient sector that is empowering our communities. It shows community business continues to play a key role in supporting local growth, wellbeing and greater community cohesion.👏
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Community Business Market Report 2024 - Power to Change
Our first bi-annual report on the community business market shows the positive impact they continue to have on local communities, other businesses, and thei ...
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February 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Despite ongoing economic challenges, our Community Business Market 2024 report reveals a stable and resilient sector that is empowering our communities. It shows community business continues to play a key role in supporting local growth, wellbeing and greater community cohesion.👏
buff.ly/4hI3nXJ
buff.ly/4hI3nXJ
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I spoke to former Treasury and OMB officials, and they said Elon Musk accessing government payment systems could give him the power to selectively turn off payments. They described what this really means in very clarifying terms. See below:
newrepublic.com/article/1910...
newrepublic.com/article/1910...
January 31, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I spoke to former Treasury and OMB officials, and they said Elon Musk accessing government payment systems could give him the power to selectively turn off payments. They described what this really means in very clarifying terms. See below:
newrepublic.com/article/1910...
newrepublic.com/article/1910...
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The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
End of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs
blog.archive.org
February 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
A wild, must read. Resonated with me since our nearby Sam Smiths, The Abbey, has finally reopened. Darley Abbey's only pub, in a Grade II listed building, was left empty for 5 years, despite plenty of people asking to run it and the council trying to help. What a strange, sad way to run a business.
Humphrey’s world: how the Samuel Smith beer baron built Britain’s strangest pub chain
Humphrey’s world: how the Samuel Smith beer baron built Britain’s strangest pub chain
Since the 1970s, Humphrey Smith has acquired scores of pubs and historic properties around the UK. But time after time, he has left the buildings empty. Why has he allowed his empire to moulder?
In early September 2022, Alivia Bienko and her husband,…
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2024 at 5:35 PM
A wild, must read. Resonated with me since our nearby Sam Smiths, The Abbey, has finally reopened. Darley Abbey's only pub, in a Grade II listed building, was left empty for 5 years, despite plenty of people asking to run it and the council trying to help. What a strange, sad way to run a business.
so proud of this report we launched today, by the brilliant @jesscraig.bsky.social. Chock full of inspiring stories of communities repurposing vacant department stores and revitalizing their high streets 👏
NEW REPORT 📢 | Department Stories: How Communities are Reimagining a National Institution 🏬
Quick read here: www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and...
Or see thread 🧵👇
Quick read here: www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and...
Or see thread 🧵👇
Department stories: How communities are reimagining a national institution - Power to Change
Once a destination for generations of shoppers, department stores are on the decline. But community businesses are repurposing vacant department stores and ...
www.powertochange.org.uk
December 11, 2024 at 8:55 PM
so proud of this report we launched today, by the brilliant @jesscraig.bsky.social. Chock full of inspiring stories of communities repurposing vacant department stores and revitalizing their high streets 👏
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Next week we @powertochange.bsky.social launch a new report - Department Stories - and discuss its findings with:
@jesscraig.bsky.social
@grahamsoult.bsky.social
@katcj.bsky.social
Book your spot 👉 bit.ly/3V351ub
@jesscraig.bsky.social
@grahamsoult.bsky.social
@katcj.bsky.social
Book your spot 👉 bit.ly/3V351ub
December 3, 2024 at 10:59 AM
Next week we @powertochange.bsky.social launch a new report - Department Stories - and discuss its findings with:
@jesscraig.bsky.social
@grahamsoult.bsky.social
@katcj.bsky.social
Book your spot 👉 bit.ly/3V351ub
@jesscraig.bsky.social
@grahamsoult.bsky.social
@katcj.bsky.social
Book your spot 👉 bit.ly/3V351ub
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We could go on about how we welcome publishers, we don't demote links, we encourage independent developers to build apps and extensions on top of Bluesky's network.... but instead, we'll show you.
All thanks to the incredible community here! 🦋
All thanks to the incredible community here! 🦋
The Engagement Is Better on Bluesky - Bluesky
Bluesky is the lobby to the open web. Find and build your community here.
bsky.social
November 29, 2024 at 10:30 PM
We could go on about how we welcome publishers, we don't demote links, we encourage independent developers to build apps and extensions on top of Bluesky's network.... but instead, we'll show you.
All thanks to the incredible community here! 🦋
All thanks to the incredible community here! 🦋
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November 19, 2024 at 8:40 PM
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I've been followed by so many fab third sector folk lately thanks to being included in a starter pack and thought I'd share the love around.
So here's one of all the people out there shouting about social change - my fellow third sector comms people and campaigners
go.bsky.app/DBMtM8Y
So here's one of all the people out there shouting about social change - my fellow third sector comms people and campaigners
go.bsky.app/DBMtM8Y
November 19, 2024 at 11:40 AM
I've been followed by so many fab third sector folk lately thanks to being included in a starter pack and thought I'd share the love around.
So here's one of all the people out there shouting about social change - my fellow third sector comms people and campaigners
go.bsky.app/DBMtM8Y
So here's one of all the people out there shouting about social change - my fellow third sector comms people and campaigners
go.bsky.app/DBMtM8Y