Ravi S
@ravisubbie.bsky.social
Doting grandad; trade union official; maths/physics geek; semi-retired DJ
posts = personal; RPs/faves ≠ agree
posts = personal; RPs/faves ≠ agree
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It’s just nuts. Even if you accept Labour’s policy diagnosis, we “lost control” of our borders, and concern about immigration was rising long before the alarming rise of racism. The big change on racism has been we traded an anti-racist government for one that is at best Trappist on it.
I find insane that shabana mahmood is going out there and saying "white british people cannot be asked to accept too many of us outsiders, it is not in their nature, and their pushback against all of us is to be placated". What???
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood made more explicit her argument that when ethnic minorities face racism, "we have no choice but to ask: what is the cause of our division"
Her answer is the level of net migration, 2019-23 causes racism. (She on Monday said it was caused by the scale of asylum)
Her answer is the level of net migration, 2019-23 causes racism. (She on Monday said it was caused by the scale of asylum)
November 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
It’s just nuts. Even if you accept Labour’s policy diagnosis, we “lost control” of our borders, and concern about immigration was rising long before the alarming rise of racism. The big change on racism has been we traded an anti-racist government for one that is at best Trappist on it.
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Whoever replaces Starmer will want some easy wins and one of them would be to ensure that Glasman is no longer a Labour peer
Fresh from advising Morgan McSweeney last week, Labour peer Maurice Glasman addressed the annual conference of a pro-Reform group that has spread myths about the Covid vaccine and has claimed Starmer is "destroying Britain".
📝 New @desmog.com story 👇
📝 New @desmog.com story 👇
Influential Labour Peer Maurice Glasman Addressed Pro-Reform Conspiracy Group’s Conference
High-profile Labour peer Lord Maurice Glasman was one of the keynote speakers at the annual conference of the Together Declaration, a conspiracy theory group with ties to Reform UK. Together held its ...
www.desmog.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Whoever replaces Starmer will want some easy wins and one of them would be to ensure that Glasman is no longer a Labour peer
As a kid every single day I was called exactly the same racial slur the Home Secretary used in the House of Commons yesterday.
You dont fight racism by attacking the rights of refugees and demonising them.
You fight racism by challenging it.
The Home Secretary doesn't speak for me.
You dont fight racism by attacking the rights of refugees and demonising them.
You fight racism by challenging it.
The Home Secretary doesn't speak for me.
November 18, 2025 at 7:39 PM
As a kid every single day I was called exactly the same racial slur the Home Secretary used in the House of Commons yesterday.
You dont fight racism by attacking the rights of refugees and demonising them.
You fight racism by challenging it.
The Home Secretary doesn't speak for me.
You dont fight racism by attacking the rights of refugees and demonising them.
You fight racism by challenging it.
The Home Secretary doesn't speak for me.
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Line of Duty to return for seventh series, BBC confirms
Line of Duty to return for seventh series, BBC confirms
Adrian Dunbar, Vicky McClure and Martin Compston will all reprise their roles in the hugely popular drama.
www.bbc.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Line of Duty to return for seventh series, BBC confirms
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As a man, nothing will turn you into a radical feminist faster than the first time you're shown the twitter mentions and DM requests of literally any woman on the internet.
We don't need a Joe Rogan of the left. We need Bryan to see what his sister's LinkedIn Message Requests folder looks like.
We don't need a Joe Rogan of the left. We need Bryan to see what his sister's LinkedIn Message Requests folder looks like.
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
As a man, nothing will turn you into a radical feminist faster than the first time you're shown the twitter mentions and DM requests of literally any woman on the internet.
We don't need a Joe Rogan of the left. We need Bryan to see what his sister's LinkedIn Message Requests folder looks like.
We don't need a Joe Rogan of the left. We need Bryan to see what his sister's LinkedIn Message Requests folder looks like.
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The "safe and legal routes", the sop to allow Labour MPs to convince themselves that there's a smidgen of morality here, are to cover "a few hundred people"
Mahmood faces calls for compassion and clarity over hardline asylum policies
Home secretary urged to explain statement that asylum admissions will start at ‘a few hundred’ people
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The "safe and legal routes", the sop to allow Labour MPs to convince themselves that there's a smidgen of morality here, are to cover "a few hundred people"
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Fresh from advising Morgan McSweeney last week, Labour peer Maurice Glasman addressed the annual conference of a pro-Reform group that has spread myths about the Covid vaccine and has claimed Starmer is "destroying Britain".
📝 New @desmog.com story 👇
📝 New @desmog.com story 👇
Influential Labour Peer Maurice Glasman Addressed Pro-Reform Conspiracy Group’s Conference
High-profile Labour peer Lord Maurice Glasman was one of the keynote speakers at the annual conference of the Together Declaration, a conspiracy theory group with ties to Reform UK. Together held its ...
www.desmog.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Fresh from advising Morgan McSweeney last week, Labour peer Maurice Glasman addressed the annual conference of a pro-Reform group that has spread myths about the Covid vaccine and has claimed Starmer is "destroying Britain".
📝 New @desmog.com story 👇
📝 New @desmog.com story 👇
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Not sure "can't tell you, its a hypothetical" is going to be much use to an MP with a pregnant refugee in their surgery, asking if they and their baby is going to be deported.
Listening to Steve Reed explain on the radio today that he can't say what Mahmood's plan means for kids of people who give birth after they've been granted asylum because that's a hypothetical Q govt can't be expected to answer right now made me think these reforms are going to unravel quite fast
November 18, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Not sure "can't tell you, its a hypothetical" is going to be much use to an MP with a pregnant refugee in their surgery, asking if they and their baby is going to be deported.
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I've been out canvassing quite a lot in London lately. Labour's vote has absolutely evaporated.... it is quite extraordinary to go to places where Labour were on 50-60% of the vote at the last locals and find nobody, or virtually nobody, supporting them.
The phrase 'I voted Labour last time, but...
The phrase 'I voted Labour last time, but...
November 18, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I've been out canvassing quite a lot in London lately. Labour's vote has absolutely evaporated.... it is quite extraordinary to go to places where Labour were on 50-60% of the vote at the last locals and find nobody, or virtually nobody, supporting them.
The phrase 'I voted Labour last time, but...
The phrase 'I voted Labour last time, but...
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Really ties all the threads together, this one
Andrew Johnson — a Jan. 6 rioter who went by "Am🇺🇸rican T🇺🇸rrorist” on Elon Musk’s platform — has been arrested on child molestation charges, with police saying he used the promise of a taxpayer-funded payout from Trump's DOJ to try and keep one of the victims silent.
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/p...
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/p...
Pardoned Capitol Rioter Tried to Hush Child Sex Victim With Promise of Jan. 6 Reparation Money, Police Say
Pardoned Capitol rioter Andrew Johnson tried to keep a child sex abuse victim quiet with claimed $10 million Jan. 6 reparations, police say.
theintercept.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Really ties all the threads together, this one
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This from @stephenkb.bsky.social cuts to the heart of the matter. Does the government not understand how toxic this argument is? Do they think they can somehow weaponise it? The last governments at least had the merit not of making this kind of foul claim.
November 18, 2025 at 10:04 AM
This from @stephenkb.bsky.social cuts to the heart of the matter. Does the government not understand how toxic this argument is? Do they think they can somehow weaponise it? The last governments at least had the merit not of making this kind of foul claim.
Paging No 10 and the Home Office
Centre left in Denmark losing votes to the Greens cos people don't like the pandering to the hard right on immigration.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Centre left in Denmark losing votes to the Greens cos people don't like the pandering to the hard right on immigration.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Centre-left tipped to lose Copenhagen for first time in electoral history
Political rivals say PM’s divisive politics have encouraged voters to ditch the Social Democrats for the far right
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Paging No 10 and the Home Office
Centre left in Denmark losing votes to the Greens cos people don't like the pandering to the hard right on immigration.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Centre left in Denmark losing votes to the Greens cos people don't like the pandering to the hard right on immigration.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Richard Tice says the Home Secretary “sounds like she’s putting in an application for vetting to join Reform” with her immigration announcement today.
Says she’s “well intentioned” but doesn’t believe anything announced will amount to anything.
Says she’s “well intentioned” but doesn’t believe anything announced will amount to anything.
November 17, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Richard Tice says the Home Secretary “sounds like she’s putting in an application for vetting to join Reform” with her immigration announcement today.
Says she’s “well intentioned” but doesn’t believe anything announced will amount to anything.
Says she’s “well intentioned” but doesn’t believe anything announced will amount to anything.
Government position on refugees is literally being cheered on by the far right.
November 16, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Government position on refugees is literally being cheered on by the far right.
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This weekend has been an interesting approach to winning over the Parliamentary Labour Party for a leader on the verge of being dumped.
November 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This weekend has been an interesting approach to winning over the Parliamentary Labour Party for a leader on the verge of being dumped.
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The Daily Mail has been relentlessly attacking the BBC over the editing of Trump quotes in a documentary and look:
It completely fabricated a quote from a BBC presenter. Robinson should sue them for, ooh, at least $2 billion dollars as it’s worse than what they accused the BBC of.
It completely fabricated a quote from a BBC presenter. Robinson should sue them for, ooh, at least $2 billion dollars as it’s worse than what they accused the BBC of.
November 15, 2025 at 10:24 PM
The Daily Mail has been relentlessly attacking the BBC over the editing of Trump quotes in a documentary and look:
It completely fabricated a quote from a BBC presenter. Robinson should sue them for, ooh, at least $2 billion dollars as it’s worse than what they accused the BBC of.
It completely fabricated a quote from a BBC presenter. Robinson should sue them for, ooh, at least $2 billion dollars as it’s worse than what they accused the BBC of.
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Tommy Robinson is claiming credit for the language/policy being used by the Labour government (about deporting people found to be refugees once their home country is deemed safe)
November 15, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Tommy Robinson is claiming credit for the language/policy being used by the Labour government (about deporting people found to be refugees once their home country is deemed safe)
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NEW
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
emptycity.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
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Shocking article in the Sheffield Tribune. A solicitor, Andrew Milne, buying up freeholds of houses and then making (false) threats to the leaseholders to bully them into buying the freehold at a huge premium.
November 7, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Shocking article in the Sheffield Tribune. A solicitor, Andrew Milne, buying up freeholds of houses and then making (false) threats to the leaseholders to bully them into buying the freehold at a huge premium.
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As ever, @tuc.org.uk, gets an important point across with clarity. We need more of this.
November 7, 2025 at 10:47 AM
As ever, @tuc.org.uk, gets an important point across with clarity. We need more of this.
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Agent Lairmore is done with his testimony. Prosecution asked further about the condiments and he said there was mustard on his uniform and an onion hanging on his radio antenna. Don’t think defense was going for a pun when she called him a “seasoned officer,” but you never know…
November 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Agent Lairmore is done with his testimony. Prosecution asked further about the condiments and he said there was mustard on his uniform and an onion hanging on his radio antenna. Don’t think defense was going for a pun when she called him a “seasoned officer,” but you never know…
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A total and utter hero
November 4, 2025 at 11:08 AM
A total and utter hero
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The UAE where hugging in public can get you arrested, where human rights barely exist, where foreign workers are routinely abused, where critics of the regime routinely disappear, where an Indian nanny was shot by firing squad in March & where marital rape is not a criminal offence but being gay is.
November 3, 2025 at 8:38 AM
The UAE where hugging in public can get you arrested, where human rights barely exist, where foreign workers are routinely abused, where critics of the regime routinely disappear, where an Indian nanny was shot by firing squad in March & where marital rape is not a criminal offence but being gay is.
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If this is what local journalists can find out, it’s quite embarrassing for the mainstream media considering they seem to just parrot Farage’s bullshit.
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
manchestermill.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
If this is what local journalists can find out, it’s quite embarrassing for the mainstream media considering they seem to just parrot Farage’s bullshit.
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"it is striking how many of the key players we have looked into — the people who have gone out of their way to put up hundreds of flags — seem anything but ordinary."
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
manchestermill.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 8:18 AM
"it is striking how many of the key players we have looked into — the people who have gone out of their way to put up hundreds of flags — seem anything but ordinary."
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...