Phil Cole
@phillcole40.bsky.social
Immigration, asylum, refugees, displacement:
https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-global-displacement-in-the-twenty-first-century.html
https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-global-displacement-in-the-twenty-first-century.html
Step 1. Government promotes hostility towards asylum seekers.
Step 2. People grow more hostile towards asylum seekers.
Step 3. Government concludes that the solution to growing public hostility to asylum seekers is to be more hostile to asylum seekers.
Step 4. What do you think?
Step 2. People grow more hostile towards asylum seekers.
Step 3. Government concludes that the solution to growing public hostility to asylum seekers is to be more hostile to asylum seekers.
Step 4. What do you think?
November 16, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Step 1. Government promotes hostility towards asylum seekers.
Step 2. People grow more hostile towards asylum seekers.
Step 3. Government concludes that the solution to growing public hostility to asylum seekers is to be more hostile to asylum seekers.
Step 4. What do you think?
Step 2. People grow more hostile towards asylum seekers.
Step 3. Government concludes that the solution to growing public hostility to asylum seekers is to be more hostile to asylum seekers.
Step 4. What do you think?
UK university halted human rights research after pressure from China
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
UK university halted human rights research after pressure from China
Exclusive: Leading professor at Sheffield Hallam was told to cease research on supply chains and forced labour in China after demands from authorities
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:16 AM
UK university halted human rights research after pressure from China
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Government minister:
“It’s an operational issue for the police, and government doesn’t get involved in operational issues for the police.”
But: “[The decision] is just completely and utterly unacceptable.”
I think you are getting involved mate!
“It’s an operational issue for the police, and government doesn’t get involved in operational issues for the police.”
But: “[The decision] is just completely and utterly unacceptable.”
I think you are getting involved mate!
October 17, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Government minister:
“It’s an operational issue for the police, and government doesn’t get involved in operational issues for the police.”
But: “[The decision] is just completely and utterly unacceptable.”
I think you are getting involved mate!
“It’s an operational issue for the police, and government doesn’t get involved in operational issues for the police.”
But: “[The decision] is just completely and utterly unacceptable.”
I think you are getting involved mate!
On the Guardian United States news page today;
October 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
On the Guardian United States news page today;
Mahmood stakes the credibility of the nation state on its ability to control border crossings.
Whatever you think of nation states, this is a fairly minor aspect of what they do …
Whatever you think of nation states, this is a fairly minor aspect of what they do …
October 15, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Mahmood stakes the credibility of the nation state on its ability to control border crossings.
Whatever you think of nation states, this is a fairly minor aspect of what they do …
Whatever you think of nation states, this is a fairly minor aspect of what they do …
Care workers ‘Frightened to get out of their cars’: Britain’s toxic race debates threaten overseas care workers.
Staff are being advised to travel in mixed groups and carry panic alarms as incidents of intimidation spread
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Staff are being advised to travel in mixed groups and carry panic alarms as incidents of intimidation spread
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘Frightened to get out of their cars’: Britain’s toxic race debates threaten overseas care workers
Staff are being advised to travel in mixed groups and carry panic alarms as incidents of intimidation spread
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Care workers ‘Frightened to get out of their cars’: Britain’s toxic race debates threaten overseas care workers.
Staff are being advised to travel in mixed groups and carry panic alarms as incidents of intimidation spread
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Staff are being advised to travel in mixed groups and carry panic alarms as incidents of intimidation spread
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
UK charities say toxic immigration rhetoric leading to threats against staff.
Voluntary organisations forced to introduce extensive security measures to protect staff and property
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Voluntary organisations forced to introduce extensive security measures to protect staff and property
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK charities say toxic immigration rhetoric leading to threats against staff
Voluntary organisations forced to introduce extensive security measures to protect staff and property
www.theguardian.com
October 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
UK charities say toxic immigration rhetoric leading to threats against staff.
Voluntary organisations forced to introduce extensive security measures to protect staff and property
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Voluntary organisations forced to introduce extensive security measures to protect staff and property
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Doreen Lawrence alleges Home Office was involved in Met spying on family.
‘Egregious’ police surveillance was sanctioned by government department, mother of Stephen Lawrence tells inquiry
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Egregious’ police surveillance was sanctioned by government department, mother of Stephen Lawrence tells inquiry
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Doreen Lawrence alleges Home Office was involved in Met spying on family
‘Egregious’ police surveillance was sanctioned by government department, mother of Stephen Lawrence tells inquiry
www.theguardian.com
October 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Doreen Lawrence alleges Home Office was involved in Met spying on family.
‘Egregious’ police surveillance was sanctioned by government department, mother of Stephen Lawrence tells inquiry
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Egregious’ police surveillance was sanctioned by government department, mother of Stephen Lawrence tells inquiry
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Gaza PhD student ‘heartbroken’ as family blocked from entering the UK.
Manar al-Houbi’s husband and children refused entry despite her winning a scholarship to cover tuition fees, living costs and housing for them all
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Manar al-Houbi’s husband and children refused entry despite her winning a scholarship to cover tuition fees, living costs and housing for them all
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Gaza PhD student ‘heartbroken’ as family blocked from entering the UK
Manar al-Houbi’s husband and children refused entry despite her winning a scholarship to cover tuition fees, living costs and housing for them all
www.theguardian.com
October 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Gaza PhD student ‘heartbroken’ as family blocked from entering the UK.
Manar al-Houbi’s husband and children refused entry despite her winning a scholarship to cover tuition fees, living costs and housing for them all
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Manar al-Houbi’s husband and children refused entry despite her winning a scholarship to cover tuition fees, living costs and housing for them all
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘It’s a question of humanity’: how a small Spanish town made headlines over its immigration stance.
Mayor explains why Villamalea unanimously backed call to regularise undocumented migrants – across party lines
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Mayor explains why Villamalea unanimously backed call to regularise undocumented migrants – across party lines
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
‘It’s a question of humanity’: how a small Spanish town made headlines over its immigration stance
Mayor explains why Villamalea unanimously backed call to regularise undocumented migrants – across party lines
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
‘It’s a question of humanity’: how a small Spanish town made headlines over its immigration stance.
Mayor explains why Villamalea unanimously backed call to regularise undocumented migrants – across party lines
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Mayor explains why Villamalea unanimously backed call to regularise undocumented migrants – across party lines
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
The Gaza effect: how a global pro-Palestine protest movement met repression and resistance.
Across the west, solidarity marches are testing governments’ tolerance for dissent. From arrests to bans, free-speech boundaries are shifting
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Across the west, solidarity marches are testing governments’ tolerance for dissent. From arrests to bans, free-speech boundaries are shifting
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
The Gaza effect: how a global pro-Palestine protest movement met repression and resistance
Across the west, solidarity marches are testing governments’ tolerance for dissent. From arrests to bans, free-speech boundaries are shifting
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The Gaza effect: how a global pro-Palestine protest movement met repression and resistance.
Across the west, solidarity marches are testing governments’ tolerance for dissent. From arrests to bans, free-speech boundaries are shifting
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Across the west, solidarity marches are testing governments’ tolerance for dissent. From arrests to bans, free-speech boundaries are shifting
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Militia strikes kill at least 60 in Sudan displacement camp, says El Fasher group.
Drone and artillery strikes by RSF paramilitary group hit Dar al-Arqam shelter in western city, says resistance committee
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Drone and artillery strikes by RSF paramilitary group hit Dar al-Arqam shelter in western city, says resistance committee
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Militia strikes kill at least 60 in Sudan displacement camp, says El Fasher group
Drone and artillery strikes by RSF paramilitary group hit Dar al-Arqam shelter in western city, says resistance committee
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Militia strikes kill at least 60 in Sudan displacement camp, says El Fasher group.
Drone and artillery strikes by RSF paramilitary group hit Dar al-Arqam shelter in western city, says resistance committee
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Drone and artillery strikes by RSF paramilitary group hit Dar al-Arqam shelter in western city, says resistance committee
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Ugly scenes in our neighbourhood where right wing thugs are putting flags back up after the council removed them. Menacing atmosphere out there and many people who don’t look “right” will be scared to go out.
October 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Ugly scenes in our neighbourhood where right wing thugs are putting flags back up after the council removed them. Menacing atmosphere out there and many people who don’t look “right” will be scared to go out.
October 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Of course Jenrick’s comments were racist but the important point is that he intended them to be whatever he says subsequently.
He’s wants the racist vote which has traditionally belonged to the Conservative Party but which Reform have nabbed.
He’s wants the racist vote which has traditionally belonged to the Conservative Party but which Reform have nabbed.
October 9, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Of course Jenrick’s comments were racist but the important point is that he intended them to be whatever he says subsequently.
He’s wants the racist vote which has traditionally belonged to the Conservative Party but which Reform have nabbed.
He’s wants the racist vote which has traditionally belonged to the Conservative Party but which Reform have nabbed.
Happy, stressed, overwhelmed: Palestinians evacuated from Gaza start their studies in UK.
Abdallah, 27, and Soha, 31, describe adjusting to their new lives after leaving their war-torn home.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Abdallah, 27, and Soha, 31, describe adjusting to their new lives after leaving their war-torn home.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Happy, stressed, overwhelmed: Palestinians evacuated from Gaza start their studies in UK
Abdallah, 27, and Soha, 31, describe adjusting to their new lives after leaving their war-torn home
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Happy, stressed, overwhelmed: Palestinians evacuated from Gaza start their studies in UK.
Abdallah, 27, and Soha, 31, describe adjusting to their new lives after leaving their war-torn home.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Abdallah, 27, and Soha, 31, describe adjusting to their new lives after leaving their war-torn home.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
UK universities offered to monitor students’ social media for arms firms, emails show.
Loughborough, Heriot-Watt and Glasgow corresponded with companies concerned about campus protests
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Loughborough, Heriot-Watt and Glasgow corresponded with companies concerned about campus protests
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
UK universities offered to monitor students’ social media for arms firms, emails show
Loughborough, Heriot-Watt and Glasgow corresponded with companies concerned about campus protests
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
UK universities offered to monitor students’ social media for arms firms, emails show.
Loughborough, Heriot-Watt and Glasgow corresponded with companies concerned about campus protests
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Loughborough, Heriot-Watt and Glasgow corresponded with companies concerned about campus protests
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
The question for UK political parties is do they want the racist vote?
The Greens and LibDems clearly don’t.
ReformUK clearly does.
Jenrick’s version of the Tory party clearly does.
How about the Labour party?
The Greens and LibDems clearly don’t.
ReformUK clearly does.
Jenrick’s version of the Tory party clearly does.
How about the Labour party?
October 7, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The question for UK political parties is do they want the racist vote?
The Greens and LibDems clearly don’t.
ReformUK clearly does.
Jenrick’s version of the Tory party clearly does.
How about the Labour party?
The Greens and LibDems clearly don’t.
ReformUK clearly does.
Jenrick’s version of the Tory party clearly does.
How about the Labour party?
How come Jenrick isn’t going to some village in Suffolk and complaining about the lack of ethnic diversity? Why only inner cities?
October 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
How come Jenrick isn’t going to some village in Suffolk and complaining about the lack of ethnic diversity? Why only inner cities?
Theresa May warned the Tories against being the nasty party but Jenrick has embraced that identity - nasty vicious politics.
October 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Theresa May warned the Tories against being the nasty party but Jenrick has embraced that identity - nasty vicious politics.
Enjoying international cuisines makes people more tolerant, UK study finds.
Frequent and varied eating found to reduce likelihood of perceiving immigrants as ‘cultural or economic threats’
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/oc...
Frequent and varied eating found to reduce likelihood of perceiving immigrants as ‘cultural or economic threats’
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/oc...
Enjoying international cuisines makes people more tolerant, UK study finds
Frequent and varied eating found to reduce likelihood of perceiving immigrants as ‘cultural or economic threats’
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Enjoying international cuisines makes people more tolerant, UK study finds.
Frequent and varied eating found to reduce likelihood of perceiving immigrants as ‘cultural or economic threats’
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/oc...
Frequent and varied eating found to reduce likelihood of perceiving immigrants as ‘cultural or economic threats’
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/oc...
Angry that fascists came to march in our great city of Bristol but proud of its defiance of their hatred.
October 6, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Angry that fascists came to march in our great city of Bristol but proud of its defiance of their hatred.
British political parties now competing over who will deport more migrants. Reform UK - 600,000 in first term; Tories - 150,000 a year (around the same then); Labour - Shabana Mahmood yet to put her bid in.
October 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
British political parties now competing over who will deport more migrants. Reform UK - 600,000 in first term; Tories - 150,000 a year (around the same then); Labour - Shabana Mahmood yet to put her bid in.
The UK is not experiencing a migration crisis. It is experiencing a political crisis as far right politicians have succeeded in creating a general anxiety about migrants which the mainstream political parties feel they need to respond to by competing to feed that anxiety.
October 5, 2025 at 9:45 AM
The UK is not experiencing a migration crisis. It is experiencing a political crisis as far right politicians have succeeded in creating a general anxiety about migrants which the mainstream political parties feel they need to respond to by competing to feed that anxiety.
Mosque fire being treated as arson and hate crime.
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Peacehaven: Fire at East Sussex mosque probed as 'hate crime'
Video appears to show two people in balaclavas at the mosque before a large blaze spreads.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 5, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Mosque fire being treated as arson and hate crime.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...