Phil Bennett
@philbennett.bsky.social
Tech / Anti-trafficking consultant and activist. Engineering, Ghostbusters, Star Trek, systems-thinking, love discovering I'm wrong. Focus on evidence. Live in UK.
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Estimations from the last ten years range from 8,300 to 136,000.
Why it is so hard to estimate the number of victims of modern slavery in the UK
Estimations from the last ten years range from 8,300 to 136,000.
tcnv.link
October 14, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Estimations from the last ten years range from 8,300 to 136,000.
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One of the Conservative party's contributions to our country has been keeping people who think you can measure integration through skin colour out of office - what next, are they only going to be lukewarm on the property-owning democracy?
Thank the Tories for keeping Robert Jenrick out of high office
Shadow justice secretary’s comment about not seeing a ‘white face’ shows he does not understand integration
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October 8, 2025 at 10:23 AM
One of the Conservative party's contributions to our country has been keeping people who think you can measure integration through skin colour out of office - what next, are they only going to be lukewarm on the property-owning democracy?
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A post shared on social media falsely claims that tumours are created by the body as a “bag” to contain toxins and that biopsies can “release those toxins”.
Incorrect claims about cancer can cause harm if people make treatment decisions based on them.
Incorrect claims about cancer can cause harm if people make treatment decisions based on them.
No, tumours aren’t ‘bags’ of toxins and biopsies don’t release them – Full Fact
Incorrect claims that tumours are part of the body’s healing response to cancer and that biopsies release toxins have been circulating online.
fullfact.org
September 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM
A post shared on social media falsely claims that tumours are created by the body as a “bag” to contain toxins and that biopsies can “release those toxins”.
Incorrect claims about cancer can cause harm if people make treatment decisions based on them.
Incorrect claims about cancer can cause harm if people make treatment decisions based on them.
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'Assisted dying is not compulsory, and if your religious convictions require that you do not take advantage of this Bill, then please have compassion, and enable us who do not have your convictions to have the right to choose.' Baroness Featherstone.
September 12, 2025 at 10:20 AM
'Assisted dying is not compulsory, and if your religious convictions require that you do not take advantage of this Bill, then please have compassion, and enable us who do not have your convictions to have the right to choose.' Baroness Featherstone.
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With Reform UK saying it would be reasonable to pay the Taliban to return migrants to Afghanistan, how many Britons this would be acceptable?
Acceptable: 17%
Unacceptable: 61%
% acceptable by party
Reform: 35%
Con: 23%
Lab/Lib Dem: 7-13%
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Acceptable: 17%
Unacceptable: 61%
% acceptable by party
Reform: 35%
Con: 23%
Lab/Lib Dem: 7-13%
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
August 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
With Reform UK saying it would be reasonable to pay the Taliban to return migrants to Afghanistan, how many Britons this would be acceptable?
Acceptable: 17%
Unacceptable: 61%
% acceptable by party
Reform: 35%
Con: 23%
Lab/Lib Dem: 7-13%
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Acceptable: 17%
Unacceptable: 61%
% acceptable by party
Reform: 35%
Con: 23%
Lab/Lib Dem: 7-13%
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
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fundamentally the problem is that if you think "hotels are where I stay on holiday and I like being on holiday so living in a hotel must be fun and it's not fair others get to do it and not me" then you have the intellectual reasoning of a little child and it's going to be hard to engage with you
August 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
fundamentally the problem is that if you think "hotels are where I stay on holiday and I like being on holiday so living in a hotel must be fun and it's not fair others get to do it and not me" then you have the intellectual reasoning of a little child and it's going to be hard to engage with you
I’m staggered a landlord was put in charge of the Renters Rights Bill. It’s like putting a fox in charge of the Chickens Rights Bill.
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inews.co.uk/news/homeles...
Homelessness minister threw out her tenants - then increased rent by £700 a month
Rushanara Ali, who has spoken out against 'unreasonable rent increases', relisted her four-bedroom townhouse in east London for £4,000 a month
inews.co.uk
August 8, 2025 at 9:42 AM
I’m staggered a landlord was put in charge of the Renters Rights Bill. It’s like putting a fox in charge of the Chickens Rights Bill.
inews.co.uk/news/homeles...
inews.co.uk/news/homeles...
That is shockingly poor journalism @mattdathan.bsky.social.
A textbook example of deploying framing bias and contextomy in a desparate attempt to sell more newspapers and generate more clicks.
A textbook example of deploying framing bias and contextomy in a desparate attempt to sell more newspapers and generate more clicks.
Others have noted that this means foreign-born people are LESS likely than UK-born people to be in prison. What I want to note is that The Times is now referring to foreign-born UK citizens as ‘foreigners’. This includes Boris Johnson, Sir Mo Farah, Emma Watson, Rory Stewart and little old me.
August 1, 2025 at 8:52 AM
That is shockingly poor journalism @mattdathan.bsky.social.
A textbook example of deploying framing bias and contextomy in a desparate attempt to sell more newspapers and generate more clicks.
A textbook example of deploying framing bias and contextomy in a desparate attempt to sell more newspapers and generate more clicks.
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"Is Britain about to blow?" asks Matt Goodwin promoted a two hour special event on the subject.
Their greasy desperation for violence and carnage, so they can profit off it, is so disgusting.
Their greasy desperation for violence and carnage, so they can profit off it, is so disgusting.
July 25, 2025 at 8:16 AM
"Is Britain about to blow?" asks Matt Goodwin promoted a two hour special event on the subject.
Their greasy desperation for violence and carnage, so they can profit off it, is so disgusting.
Their greasy desperation for violence and carnage, so they can profit off it, is so disgusting.
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Exactly one year ago today, Russia struck Ohmatdyt, Ukraine's largest children's oncology hospital.
The international response was weak to nonexistent, allowing Russia to continue its attacks on civilians, including children, with increasing brutality.
The international response was weak to nonexistent, allowing Russia to continue its attacks on civilians, including children, with increasing brutality.
July 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Exactly one year ago today, Russia struck Ohmatdyt, Ukraine's largest children's oncology hospital.
The international response was weak to nonexistent, allowing Russia to continue its attacks on civilians, including children, with increasing brutality.
The international response was weak to nonexistent, allowing Russia to continue its attacks on civilians, including children, with increasing brutality.
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Absolutely incredible turnout for Budapest Pride! So proud of all the organizers, including some old friends, who estimate hundreds of thousands— major embarrassment to Orban
June 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Absolutely incredible turnout for Budapest Pride! So proud of all the organizers, including some old friends, who estimate hundreds of thousands— major embarrassment to Orban
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This interview’s so sharp on precarious funding, systemic injustice in anti-trafficking & disconnects with community realities.
Real privilege to speak with @christianashnc.bsky.social @kiconco.bsky.social & Sophie Otiende & hear their critiques & alternative visions. @beyondslavery.bsky.social
Real privilege to speak with @christianashnc.bsky.social @kiconco.bsky.social & Sophie Otiende & hear their critiques & alternative visions. @beyondslavery.bsky.social
How US funding built a brittle economy in anti-trafficking
How US funding built a brittle economy in anti-trafficking
Three anti-trafficking experts explore what funding cuts reveal about the politics of survival in the sector
bit.ly
June 26, 2025 at 7:55 AM
This interview’s so sharp on precarious funding, systemic injustice in anti-trafficking & disconnects with community realities.
Real privilege to speak with @christianashnc.bsky.social @kiconco.bsky.social & Sophie Otiende & hear their critiques & alternative visions. @beyondslavery.bsky.social
Real privilege to speak with @christianashnc.bsky.social @kiconco.bsky.social & Sophie Otiende & hear their critiques & alternative visions. @beyondslavery.bsky.social
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⚡️'Dead and wounded everywhere' — Russia strikes Dnipro with ballistic missiles, hits civilian train.
Russia launched a deadly missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro on June 24, striking civilian infrastructure and a passenger train, local officials reported.
Russia launched a deadly missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro on June 24, striking civilian infrastructure and a passenger train, local officials reported.
'Dead and wounded everywhere' — Russia strikes Dnipro with ballistic missiles, hits civilian train
Russia launched a deadly missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro on June 24, striking civilian infrastructure and a passenger train, local officials reported.
kyivindependent.com
June 24, 2025 at 9:47 AM
⚡️'Dead and wounded everywhere' — Russia strikes Dnipro with ballistic missiles, hits civilian train.
Russia launched a deadly missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro on June 24, striking civilian infrastructure and a passenger train, local officials reported.
Russia launched a deadly missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro on June 24, striking civilian infrastructure and a passenger train, local officials reported.
1/ A bit of warning here before we’re all seduced by the practicalities of a “BritCard” digital ID. Although the tech heavy lifting may be mostly in place, the safeguards and protections for the vulnerable - particularly undocumented migrants are not.
The "BritCard" digital ID proposal is a good idea (FREE TO READ!)
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/britcard
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/britcard
The "BritCard" digital ID proposal is a good idea
Why I've changed my mind on ID cards
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk
June 17, 2025 at 8:58 AM
1/ A bit of warning here before we’re all seduced by the practicalities of a “BritCard” digital ID. Although the tech heavy lifting may be mostly in place, the safeguards and protections for the vulnerable - particularly undocumented migrants are not.
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The conditions that have led to what’s happening in the US today exist in democracies around the world.
They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.
They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.
June 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The conditions that have led to what’s happening in the US today exist in democracies around the world.
They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.
They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.
Nailed it.
April 24, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Nailed it.
In completely unrelated news, Margin Call is an entertaining film.
www.rottentomatoes.com/m/margin_call
www.rottentomatoes.com/m/margin_call
Margin Call | Rotten Tomatoes
When an analyst uncovers information that could ruin them all, the key players (Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany) at an investment firm take extreme measures to control the damage.
www.rottentomatoes.com
April 8, 2025 at 11:21 PM
In completely unrelated news, Margin Call is an entertaining film.
www.rottentomatoes.com/m/margin_call
www.rottentomatoes.com/m/margin_call
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Trump: "The reason we're not talking about tariffs with Russia is because we're not doing business essentially with Russia".
US-Russia trade totalled $3.5 billion in 2024.
US-Lesotho trade totalled $240 million in 2024, yet Trump imposed a 50% tariff on the impoverished country.
US-Russia trade totalled $3.5 billion in 2024.
US-Lesotho trade totalled $240 million in 2024, yet Trump imposed a 50% tariff on the impoverished country.
April 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Trump: "The reason we're not talking about tariffs with Russia is because we're not doing business essentially with Russia".
US-Russia trade totalled $3.5 billion in 2024.
US-Lesotho trade totalled $240 million in 2024, yet Trump imposed a 50% tariff on the impoverished country.
US-Russia trade totalled $3.5 billion in 2024.
US-Lesotho trade totalled $240 million in 2024, yet Trump imposed a 50% tariff on the impoverished country.
Adolescence on Netflix is superb. Surely the best television in recent years.
An examination of male rage against women from perspectives of psychologists, parents, police and children.
An examination of male rage against women from perspectives of psychologists, parents, police and children.
March 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Adolescence on Netflix is superb. Surely the best television in recent years.
An examination of male rage against women from perspectives of psychologists, parents, police and children.
An examination of male rage against women from perspectives of psychologists, parents, police and children.
I visited Bucha. It brings home the nature of this conflict, which is an aggressor seeking to eliminate the sovereignty of Ukraine.
Russia has inflicted horrific human rights abuses, including war crimes. Trying to be even handed as a strategy for peace is a mistake and will only embolden Russia.
Russia has inflicted horrific human rights abuses, including war crimes. Trying to be even handed as a strategy for peace is a mistake and will only embolden Russia.
JD Vance should visit Bucha, where the horrors of war reveal a truth far greater than any political rhetoric: this is a battle between good and evil, writes David Junk in his op-ed.
Come to Bucha, JD Vance
During a heated exchange with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office on Feb. 28, U.S. Vice President JD Vance accused the Ukrainian president of leading “propaganda tours” of Russia...
kyivindependent.com
March 10, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I visited Bucha. It brings home the nature of this conflict, which is an aggressor seeking to eliminate the sovereignty of Ukraine.
Russia has inflicted horrific human rights abuses, including war crimes. Trying to be even handed as a strategy for peace is a mistake and will only embolden Russia.
Russia has inflicted horrific human rights abuses, including war crimes. Trying to be even handed as a strategy for peace is a mistake and will only embolden Russia.
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I highly recommend reading this piece - ‘Nigel Farage feels real’: why young British men are drawn to Reform www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Nigel Farage feels real’: why young British men are drawn to Reform
Once, anti-establishment youth disillusioned with mainstream politics headed left. Now increasing numbers are tilting right. Why?
www.theguardian.com
March 8, 2025 at 8:30 AM
I highly recommend reading this piece - ‘Nigel Farage feels real’: why young British men are drawn to Reform www.theguardian.com/politics/202...