Roderic Gray
@rodericgray.bsky.social
PhD, writer on organisational climate (How People Work, A Climate of Success) and other things (By The Book - What does the Bible really say?, fiction, poems). European - always. FBPE. (Please don't DM)
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I’ve said this every month for a year.
November 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I’ve said this every month for a year.
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More powerful evidence of the disaster of #Brexit from @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social. If we’re to avoid yet more austerity, we need to start by rejoining the customs union & single market. Brexit was a reckless waste of money we simply can’t afford @europeanmovement.co.uk
Rachel Reeves is studiously ignoring the cause of Britain’s woes: the Brexit-shaped hole in its roof | Jonathan Freedland
The autumn budget will mop up some damage, but the true source of the economic crisis is clear. The government should now fix it – tragically, it won’t, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:13 AM
More powerful evidence of the disaster of #Brexit from @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social. If we’re to avoid yet more austerity, we need to start by rejoining the customs union & single market. Brexit was a reckless waste of money we simply can’t afford @europeanmovement.co.uk
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Shabana Mahmood's Indefinite Leave To Remain Culture War
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
November 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Shabana Mahmood's Indefinite Leave To Remain Culture War
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
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John Major labels Brexit an ‘act of collective folly’
'Britain's enemies celebrated and our friends despaired.'
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/joh...
'Britain's enemies celebrated and our friends despaired.'
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/joh...
John Major labels Brexit an 'act of collective folly'
John Major has launched a devastating attack on Brexit, branding it an "act of collective folly."
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:43 AM
John Major labels Brexit an ‘act of collective folly’
'Britain's enemies celebrated and our friends despaired.'
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/joh...
'Britain's enemies celebrated and our friends despaired.'
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/joh...
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"Our enemies celebrated & our friends dispaired".
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/former...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/former...
Former Tory PM Brands Brexit 'An Act Of Collective Folly' In Outspoken Attack
John Major said "our enemies celebrated and our friends despaired" at the vote to leave the European Union.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 7:57 AM
"Our enemies celebrated & our friends dispaired".
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/former...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/former...
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Shabana Mahmood, "I am the one that is regularly called a f*cking Paki and told to go back home"
Shabana Mahmood's solution is to ape the far right
What a pathetic way to address the issue of asylum seekers, playing the race card - sad, and disgusting
Shabana Mahmood's solution is to ape the far right
What a pathetic way to address the issue of asylum seekers, playing the race card - sad, and disgusting
November 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Shabana Mahmood, "I am the one that is regularly called a f*cking Paki and told to go back home"
Shabana Mahmood's solution is to ape the far right
What a pathetic way to address the issue of asylum seekers, playing the race card - sad, and disgusting
Shabana Mahmood's solution is to ape the far right
What a pathetic way to address the issue of asylum seekers, playing the race card - sad, and disgusting
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Ellie Chowns, "People are frustrated with the problems of the country"
"It's inequality, not immigration, at the root of that"
"There are very irresponsible, dark forces, whipping up hatred"
"It's inequality, not immigration, at the root of that"
"There are very irresponsible, dark forces, whipping up hatred"
November 17, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Ellie Chowns, "People are frustrated with the problems of the country"
"It's inequality, not immigration, at the root of that"
"There are very irresponsible, dark forces, whipping up hatred"
"It's inequality, not immigration, at the root of that"
"There are very irresponsible, dark forces, whipping up hatred"
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Government to ramp up deportations by overriding ECHR in fresh immigration crackdown
I would never have believed we would see a headline like this under a Labour government
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
I would never have believed we would see a headline like this under a Labour government
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Labour to ramp up deportations by overriding ECHR
Home secretary will attempt to change way ECHR is interpreted by UK judges – as critics hit out over proposals
www.independent.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Government to ramp up deportations by overriding ECHR in fresh immigration crackdown
I would never have believed we would see a headline like this under a Labour government
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
I would never have believed we would see a headline like this under a Labour government
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Confiscating jewellery from survivors of a war zone makes you look like a fucking Nazi. And the obscene thing is, that is the intention. It's there to look appropriately harsh. Indecent. Filthy. A moral stain. And no-one of good character would have ever proposed such a thing in the first place.
November 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Confiscating jewellery from survivors of a war zone makes you look like a fucking Nazi. And the obscene thing is, that is the intention. It's there to look appropriately harsh. Indecent. Filthy. A moral stain. And no-one of good character would have ever proposed such a thing in the first place.
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Your regular reminder that there is absolutely nothing "hard" or "tough" about targeting the poorest, most vulnerable, and least able to defend themselves groups of people on the entire planet
November 17, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Your regular reminder that there is absolutely nothing "hard" or "tough" about targeting the poorest, most vulnerable, and least able to defend themselves groups of people on the entire planet
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This is a new low from a govt plumbing the depths of performative cruelty in hopes that the public won’t notice they have no answers to the real issues facing this country
A sensible, humane govt would focus on safe routes to prevent people making dangerous small boat crossings
A sensible, humane govt would focus on safe routes to prevent people making dangerous small boat crossings
November 17, 2025 at 10:14 AM
This is a new low from a govt plumbing the depths of performative cruelty in hopes that the public won’t notice they have no answers to the real issues facing this country
A sensible, humane govt would focus on safe routes to prevent people making dangerous small boat crossings
A sensible, humane govt would focus on safe routes to prevent people making dangerous small boat crossings
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🚨🚨🚨 Can anyone please explain why Labour is so convinced it is losing more votes to Reform than to the Greens or the LibDems? This weird obsession is causing Labour to lose its soul and is making it impossible for any decent and fair-minded person to vote for them.
November 16, 2025 at 10:46 AM
🚨🚨🚨 Can anyone please explain why Labour is so convinced it is losing more votes to Reform than to the Greens or the LibDems? This weird obsession is causing Labour to lose its soul and is making it impossible for any decent and fair-minded person to vote for them.
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Governments really should remember that asylum seekers are humans like the rest of us, who have often been through very traumatic events.
The real asylum scandal
Governments really should remember that asylum seekers are humans like the rest of us , who have often been through very traumatic events
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Governments really should remember that asylum seekers are humans like the rest of us, who have often been through very traumatic events.
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Labour’s plan risks weakening protections for all of us. Human rights are universal - politicians may not always find them politically convenient but it shouldn’t fall to any government to say who those rights should and should not apply to. It’s a slippery slope to oblivion youtu.be/bl0Lm7v_T18?...
The government won’t achieve ‘decency’ over ‘division’ by trying to be Reform Lite
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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November 17, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Labour’s plan risks weakening protections for all of us. Human rights are universal - politicians may not always find them politically convenient but it shouldn’t fall to any government to say who those rights should and should not apply to. It’s a slippery slope to oblivion youtu.be/bl0Lm7v_T18?...
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I hope every Labour MP considering whether to support Shabana Mahmood's asylum plans remembers Nigel Farage's assessment that the “Home Secretary sounds like a Reform supporter.”
If they support them they will too.
If they support them they will too.
November 17, 2025 at 7:19 AM
I hope every Labour MP considering whether to support Shabana Mahmood's asylum plans remembers Nigel Farage's assessment that the “Home Secretary sounds like a Reform supporter.”
If they support them they will too.
If they support them they will too.
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I'm boring myself now by repeating the same thing but Mahmood has appalled me today. These are not policies Labour should be supporting or rhetoric any Labour MP should be speaking. I voted Labour, not Reform & am now joining the alienated & disillusioned Labour supporters abandoning the party.
November 16, 2025 at 9:29 AM
I'm boring myself now by repeating the same thing but Mahmood has appalled me today. These are not policies Labour should be supporting or rhetoric any Labour MP should be speaking. I voted Labour, not Reform & am now joining the alienated & disillusioned Labour supporters abandoning the party.
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Shabana Mahmood on the BBC this morning talking about desperate people fleeing war and persecution as being given a "golden ticket" and "handouts" and saying she's got a "moral mission" to take them away from them
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Shabana Mahmood and the Politics of Extortion
Labour's strategy of telling its supporters to back Reform-style policies, or get a Reform Government, is the politics of the protection racket and it is not going to work
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Shabana Mahmood on the BBC this morning talking about desperate people fleeing war and persecution as being given a "golden ticket" and "handouts" and saying she's got a "moral mission" to take them away from them
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
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If Shabana Mahmood wants to talk about what's 'tearing Britain apart', let's start with billionaire tax evasion, the cost of living crisis, overflowing prisons, sewage spilling into rivers and streets full of people sleeping rough
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 AM
If Shabana Mahmood wants to talk about what's 'tearing Britain apart', let's start with billionaire tax evasion, the cost of living crisis, overflowing prisons, sewage spilling into rivers and streets full of people sleeping rough
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The plan to keep Farage out by copying him has some clear policy flaws.
November 16, 2025 at 11:46 AM
The plan to keep Farage out by copying him has some clear policy flaws.
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Very long-winded way of answering ‘Yes’ to that question.
Not sure how that sits then with Mahmood’s previous demands that refugees must integrate and contribute to their communities. Much harder to do that if you never know how long you can stay.
Depressing in its dull-witted cruelty.
Not sure how that sits then with Mahmood’s previous demands that refugees must integrate and contribute to their communities. Much harder to do that if you never know how long you can stay.
Depressing in its dull-witted cruelty.
November 16, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Very long-winded way of answering ‘Yes’ to that question.
Not sure how that sits then with Mahmood’s previous demands that refugees must integrate and contribute to their communities. Much harder to do that if you never know how long you can stay.
Depressing in its dull-witted cruelty.
Not sure how that sits then with Mahmood’s previous demands that refugees must integrate and contribute to their communities. Much harder to do that if you never know how long you can stay.
Depressing in its dull-witted cruelty.
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Neal Ascherson:
November 16, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Neal Ascherson:
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Human rights are universal - if we start stripping away basic human rights from any section of society then none of us has rights – just privileges that can be taken away by people in power whenever they want
November 16, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Human rights are universal - if we start stripping away basic human rights from any section of society then none of us has rights – just privileges that can be taken away by people in power whenever they want
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What is the point of Labour? This ‘divided communities’ narrative is wrong and stoking the problem. We are the 5th/6th richest country in the world yet the big problem is people feel short-changed. Blaming immigration is such an easy blame game. Awful optics did we seriously vote for this?
November 16, 2025 at 10:43 AM
What is the point of Labour? This ‘divided communities’ narrative is wrong and stoking the problem. We are the 5th/6th richest country in the world yet the big problem is people feel short-changed. Blaming immigration is such an easy blame game. Awful optics did we seriously vote for this?