Paul Seddon
@paulseddon.bsky.social
Costs lawyer & owner of Seddon Costs Law. Ranked in @ChambersGuides, @legalaidhbk contributor. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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Helpful list of some of the people who, or whose families, Shabana Mahmood thinks should only have been allowed to stay temporarily
Famous Refugees
Famous or not, refugees bring much more than their belongings with them to their new countries.
Here's a list of public figures you might not know were
refugeeweek.org.uk
November 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Helpful list of some of the people who, or whose families, Shabana Mahmood thinks should only have been allowed to stay temporarily
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BBC accused of 'extraordinary' anti-Green bias after party say the Laura Kuenssberg Show scrapped a promised interview with @zackpolanski.bsky.social on Sunday.
Green sources say the show also refused to interview Polanski after he was elected as leader last month
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/06/b...
Green sources say the show also refused to interview Polanski after he was elected as leader last month
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/06/b...
October 6, 2025 at 10:30 AM
BBC accused of 'extraordinary' anti-Green bias after party say the Laura Kuenssberg Show scrapped a promised interview with @zackpolanski.bsky.social on Sunday.
Green sources say the show also refused to interview Polanski after he was elected as leader last month
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/06/b...
Green sources say the show also refused to interview Polanski after he was elected as leader last month
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/06/b...
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"I never speak behind people's backs. If I've anything nasty to say, I pop it on a postcard"
RIP to the greatest to ever do it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wisQ...
RIP to the greatest to ever do it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wisQ...
Kitty 2 - With Patricia Routledge - BBC
YouTube video by maxinebendix
www.youtube.com
October 3, 2025 at 10:49 AM
"I never speak behind people's backs. If I've anything nasty to say, I pop it on a postcard"
RIP to the greatest to ever do it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wisQ...
RIP to the greatest to ever do it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wisQ...
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The former leader of Reform UK in Wales, Nathan Gill, has pleaded guilty to eight bribery charges while being an elected member of the European Parliament.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ex-Reform UK Wales leader Nathan Gill pleads guilty to bribery charges
Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 26, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The former leader of Reform UK in Wales, Nathan Gill, has pleaded guilty to eight bribery charges while being an elected member of the European Parliament.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I don’t love the “feud” framing, as much as I do appreciate the mayor standing up to Trump. Sadiq Khan is not feuding with anyone. He was the target of a vicious, racist attack and is standing up for himself and others.
Donald Trump is 'racist, sexist and Islamophobic', says Sadiq Khan amid feud with US president
Donald Trump is 'racist, sexist and Islamophobic', says Sadiq Khan amid feud with US president
Sadiq Khan has branded Donald Trump "racist, sexist, misogynistic" and "Islamophobic" following the US president's latest attack on London.
news.sky.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I don’t love the “feud” framing, as much as I do appreciate the mayor standing up to Trump. Sadiq Khan is not feuding with anyone. He was the target of a vicious, racist attack and is standing up for himself and others.
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If you were concerned about Kimmel, here's another for you…
Journalist Mario Guevara has been detained for 100+ days, ironically arrested as he reported on a "No Kings" protest.
The Trump-Vance admin just issued an order of final removal, to send him to El Salvador—where he fled from 21 years ago.
Journalist Mario Guevara has been detained for 100+ days, ironically arrested as he reported on a "No Kings" protest.
The Trump-Vance admin just issued an order of final removal, to send him to El Salvador—where he fled from 21 years ago.
September 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
If you were concerned about Kimmel, here's another for you…
Journalist Mario Guevara has been detained for 100+ days, ironically arrested as he reported on a "No Kings" protest.
The Trump-Vance admin just issued an order of final removal, to send him to El Salvador—where he fled from 21 years ago.
Journalist Mario Guevara has been detained for 100+ days, ironically arrested as he reported on a "No Kings" protest.
The Trump-Vance admin just issued an order of final removal, to send him to El Salvador—where he fled from 21 years ago.
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This is how it begins, with indirect insinuations and fake-humble pleas of uncertainty, as if online conspiracy theories, cranks and grifters carry equal weight to the overwhelming body of scientific evidence and medical expert opinion. Then they get into power and start shredding the health service
"We were told thalidomide was a safe drug and it wasn't..."
Nigel Farage says he has 'no idea' if Donald Trump is right about paracetamol being linked to autism.
Nigel Farage says he has 'no idea' if Donald Trump is right about paracetamol being linked to autism.
September 24, 2025 at 8:31 AM
This is how it begins, with indirect insinuations and fake-humble pleas of uncertainty, as if online conspiracy theories, cranks and grifters carry equal weight to the overwhelming body of scientific evidence and medical expert opinion. Then they get into power and start shredding the health service
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the government is too right wing for Dan Hodges now? fucking hell
September 23, 2025 at 5:35 PM
the government is too right wing for Dan Hodges now? fucking hell
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Good BBC report on life in asylum hotels www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Behind the doors of asylum hotels - what I found when I went inside
A BBC reporter goes into four hotels and speaks to asylum seekers and staff about what daily life is like.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 23, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Good BBC report on life in asylum hotels www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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We are close to ending the threat of AIDS.
With long-acting prevention and treatment, we have all the tools we need.
But recent international funding cuts mean instead of ending AIDS by 2030 we are likely to see 4.2 million unnecessary, preventable AIDS deaths by 2029.
With long-acting prevention and treatment, we have all the tools we need.
But recent international funding cuts mean instead of ending AIDS by 2030 we are likely to see 4.2 million unnecessary, preventable AIDS deaths by 2029.
Prince Harry, Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Charlize Theron and Thuso Mbedu unite with UNAIDS and Hollywood filmmaker Ron Nyswaner to urge continued funding to end AIDS.
Watch their message: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R9u...
Press release: mailchi.mp/unaids.org/2...
Watch their message: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R9u...
Press release: mailchi.mp/unaids.org/2...
September 23, 2025 at 8:52 AM
We are close to ending the threat of AIDS.
With long-acting prevention and treatment, we have all the tools we need.
But recent international funding cuts mean instead of ending AIDS by 2030 we are likely to see 4.2 million unnecessary, preventable AIDS deaths by 2029.
With long-acting prevention and treatment, we have all the tools we need.
But recent international funding cuts mean instead of ending AIDS by 2030 we are likely to see 4.2 million unnecessary, preventable AIDS deaths by 2029.
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Obviously this piece is absurd, and mainly designed to exploit rifts between Hermer and the rest of the govt.
But it’s also part of a deeply sinister attempt to delegitimise legal work on behalf of asylum seekers, in an environment where death threats & actual attacks have already occurred
But it’s also part of a deeply sinister attempt to delegitimise legal work on behalf of asylum seekers, in an environment where death threats & actual attacks have already occurred
Real "I saw Lord Hermes dancing with the devil at the crossroads" energy. The whole report is that a lawyer, then in private practice, gave free advice to a charity regarding the law. And if anyone avoided deportation as a result? That would be because they were legally entitled not to be deported.
September 21, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Obviously this piece is absurd, and mainly designed to exploit rifts between Hermer and the rest of the govt.
But it’s also part of a deeply sinister attempt to delegitimise legal work on behalf of asylum seekers, in an environment where death threats & actual attacks have already occurred
But it’s also part of a deeply sinister attempt to delegitimise legal work on behalf of asylum seekers, in an environment where death threats & actual attacks have already occurred
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Detained people without lawyers are only given a few days' notice of the intention to send them to France. In this time they need to find a lawyer, who will then need to gather evidence and consider whether there is a claim. Of course court applications are being made only shortly before removal.
Shabana Mahmood accuses asylum seekers of making ‘vexatious, last-minute claims’
Shabana Mahmood accuses asylum seekers of making ‘vexatious, last-minute claims’
Home Office says it will review modern slavery laws to save PM’s ‘one in, one out’ returns deal with France
Shabana Mahmood has accused asylum seekers of making “vexatious, last-minute claims” to avoid removal to France as the Home Office said it would review modern slavery laws to save Keir Starmer’s returns deal.
After an 11th hour injunction that scuppered Labour’s “one in, one out” scheme, the home secretary said she would stop claimants “suddenly deciding that they are a modern slave on the eve of their removal”, adding that it made a “mockery of our laws and this country’s generosity”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Detained people without lawyers are only given a few days' notice of the intention to send them to France. In this time they need to find a lawyer, who will then need to gather evidence and consider whether there is a claim. Of course court applications are being made only shortly before removal.
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This happened in full view of Sky News cameras and a bunch of police just standing there. Why is THIS not on the news all day? Why don't we show people what these thugs are turning the country into? I could only find it on the far right TikTok page that proudly boasted about the incident. SHARE!
September 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This happened in full view of Sky News cameras and a bunch of police just standing there. Why is THIS not on the news all day? Why don't we show people what these thugs are turning the country into? I could only find it on the far right TikTok page that proudly boasted about the incident. SHARE!
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Incredible paragraphs from Allison Morris here
September 10, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Incredible paragraphs from Allison Morris here
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All of this. And also, military barracks are more expensive than asylum hotels. Which is why the Home Office moved on from using them. Back to performative and money-wasting policy making.
Women, men & children seeking sanctuary should not be left in overcrowded hotels for months on end. The answer is not more political theatre or warehousing people on disused military bases.
September 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
All of this. And also, military barracks are more expensive than asylum hotels. Which is why the Home Office moved on from using them. Back to performative and money-wasting policy making.
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Gimme a break. Who does that? Who says to their solicitor "no, I'd like to pay triple, just in case"? We need to reject the ridiculous double standard imposed on working class Labour women by right wing tabloids. Instead of embracing it and saying she should have bent backwards a bit further.
September 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Gimme a break. Who does that? Who says to their solicitor "no, I'd like to pay triple, just in case"? We need to reject the ridiculous double standard imposed on working class Labour women by right wing tabloids. Instead of embracing it and saying she should have bent backwards a bit further.
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This is the thing: the political exploitation of migration is entirely cynical and not related to reality. Both Immigration and net migration fell from
2023 to 2024 - net drastically from 860,000 to 431,000. Did you notice people calming down about it or saying it now felt under control?
2023 to 2024 - net drastically from 860,000 to 431,000. Did you notice people calming down about it or saying it now felt under control?
on the small boats specifically, if they boast the annual number is 10K instead of 35K, who do they imagine will be impressed? the number could be 10 million or 500 and it wouldn't make any difference
September 6, 2025 at 7:52 AM
This is the thing: the political exploitation of migration is entirely cynical and not related to reality. Both Immigration and net migration fell from
2023 to 2024 - net drastically from 860,000 to 431,000. Did you notice people calming down about it or saying it now felt under control?
2023 to 2024 - net drastically from 860,000 to 431,000. Did you notice people calming down about it or saying it now felt under control?
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Housing sector will be gutted to lose a genuine advocate and someone who understands the economic value of their work beyond units
September 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Housing sector will be gutted to lose a genuine advocate and someone who understands the economic value of their work beyond units
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On the same day in the Telegraph:
![The Telegraph
Rayner tax scandal - £40k tax dodge - Statement
Angela Rayner dodges £40,000 stamp duty
Deputy Prime Minister reduces tax bill for Hove flat by declaring it as her main residence
[Photo: Angela Rayner pictured at the weekend in Hove, where she has just bought a flat Credit: Dan Charity/The Sun on Sunday]
Robert Mendick Chief Reporter. Amy Gibbons Political Correspondent
29 August 2025 8:57am BST](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreihe5mm7nwmwvzhtgadmsafyvsaxhrufuai2d2j2rju5zt6g2lytea@jpeg)
![The Telegraph
Money > Property > Second homes
How to avoid tax on your second home
From stamp duty to council tax, shield your wealth from Labour's tightening net
[Photo of houses around a bay - Areas such as Cornwall have added a premium to council tax bills for second homes Credit: iStockphoto]
Fran Ivens Senior Money Writer
29 August 2025 1:21pm BST](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreieuwgc2vsmyfcctmf4cnpcqckij2pqdk2gmzajpnihrsqyqmzyr5e@jpeg)
September 5, 2025 at 7:55 AM
On the same day in the Telegraph:
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My primary impression of Rayner's arrangements regarding her child was what an amazing example of a "good divorce" this was and how dedicated both her and her ex husband obviously are to their co-parenting responsibilities and their children's welfare.
I have not seen this mentioned anywhere once.
I have not seen this mentioned anywhere once.
September 5, 2025 at 9:38 AM
My primary impression of Rayner's arrangements regarding her child was what an amazing example of a "good divorce" this was and how dedicated both her and her ex husband obviously are to their co-parenting responsibilities and their children's welfare.
I have not seen this mentioned anywhere once.
I have not seen this mentioned anywhere once.
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There was outrage in Conservative circles at the revelation that Angela Rayner has a property empire extending to two actual residences.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
September 4, 2025 at 11:34 AM
There was outrage in Conservative circles at the revelation that Angela Rayner has a property empire extending to two actual residences.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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Graham Linehan once took issue with a sketch I did and tweeted about me referring to me not by name but only as to who my boyfriend was and called me an NPC ( non player character.) It was misogynistic and his “standing up for women” schtick is baloney.
September 3, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Graham Linehan once took issue with a sketch I did and tweeted about me referring to me not by name but only as to who my boyfriend was and called me an NPC ( non player character.) It was misogynistic and his “standing up for women” schtick is baloney.
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Asylum protests vs the local park run. @lgeraghty23.bsky.social runs the numbers for the Big Issue
www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
Revealed: Asylum hotel protests dwarfed by runners going to Parkrun
Protesters outside asylum hotels over the bank holiday weekend were vastly outnumbered by Parkrun runners, Big Issue analysis found.
www.bigissue.com
September 2, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Asylum protests vs the local park run. @lgeraghty23.bsky.social runs the numbers for the Big Issue
www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
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Not a single Reform UK MP attended today's Commons statement on child rape gangs.
September 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Not a single Reform UK MP attended today's Commons statement on child rape gangs.
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Sorry, but wtaf? This does absolutely nothing but ensure that even more people, including children, have to use irregular crossings, and blocks people who even this government have recognised are refugees from being with their families. This is utterly sickening from Labour. 1/
BREAKING: Yvette Cooper says she is suspending all applications to bring family members to the UK under the asylum system.
September 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Sorry, but wtaf? This does absolutely nothing but ensure that even more people, including children, have to use irregular crossings, and blocks people who even this government have recognised are refugees from being with their families. This is utterly sickening from Labour. 1/