Simone
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The Sun asking us to pray for Boris Johnson when he got it because of the good work he’d been doing lol
Seems to be a really concerted effort by media types to rewrite the part in history where they enthusiastically cheered all of Boris Johnson's decisions during COVID
November 21, 2025 at 9:22 AM
The Sun asking us to pray for Boris Johnson when he got it because of the good work he’d been doing lol
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To explain briefly: at the moment people successful in their asylum claims get permission to stay in the UK for 5 years, then have to apply for permanent residency. At that point a review of their status is done, but it’s rare not to succeed at that point unless they‘ve committed an offence 1/
To reiterate, this is about making life immeasurably more miserable and stressful for some of the most vulnerable people, in the almost certainly vain hope of winning over the votes of racists.
Anything more shabby and shameful is difficult to envisage.
Anything more shabby and shameful is difficult to envisage.
Asylum in UK to be made temporary under Home Secretary’s plans
Shabana Mahmood will lay out reforms modelled on the Danish system on Monday.
www.independent.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 9:36 AM
To explain briefly: at the moment people successful in their asylum claims get permission to stay in the UK for 5 years, then have to apply for permanent residency. At that point a review of their status is done, but it’s rare not to succeed at that point unless they‘ve committed an offence 1/
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💚 OPEN LETTER TO @zackpolanski.bsky.social 💚
Long Covid is a crisis being silenced. Government denial is harming lives & livelihoods.
We call for bold system change: patient-led care, biomedical research, centres of excellence & hope for those left behind.
Full open letter 👇
Long Covid is a crisis being silenced. Government denial is harming lives & livelihoods.
We call for bold system change: patient-led care, biomedical research, centres of excellence & hope for those left behind.
Full open letter 👇
November 11, 2025 at 11:11 AM
💚 OPEN LETTER TO @zackpolanski.bsky.social 💚
Long Covid is a crisis being silenced. Government denial is harming lives & livelihoods.
We call for bold system change: patient-led care, biomedical research, centres of excellence & hope for those left behind.
Full open letter 👇
Long Covid is a crisis being silenced. Government denial is harming lives & livelihoods.
We call for bold system change: patient-led care, biomedical research, centres of excellence & hope for those left behind.
Full open letter 👇
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Great to see our membership numbers still rising....
This morning on Sky News. 👇🏼
youtu.be/yTTPu02UWDw?...
This morning on Sky News. 👇🏼
youtu.be/yTTPu02UWDw?...
Zack Polanski: Starmer 'not a man I would be willing to work with'
YouTube video by Sky News
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Great to see our membership numbers still rising....
This morning on Sky News. 👇🏼
youtu.be/yTTPu02UWDw?...
This morning on Sky News. 👇🏼
youtu.be/yTTPu02UWDw?...
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THREAD
A week ago, we published this statement by the Greater Manchester Asylum Hotels Group. The response has been overwhelming. The group has had many messages of support from our local area and beyond, and people have been inspired to share the message far and wide in their own communities.
A week ago, we published this statement by the Greater Manchester Asylum Hotels Group. The response has been overwhelming. The group has had many messages of support from our local area and beyond, and people have been inspired to share the message far and wide in their own communities.
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
October 31, 2025 at 1:47 PM
THREAD
A week ago, we published this statement by the Greater Manchester Asylum Hotels Group. The response has been overwhelming. The group has had many messages of support from our local area and beyond, and people have been inspired to share the message far and wide in their own communities.
A week ago, we published this statement by the Greater Manchester Asylum Hotels Group. The response has been overwhelming. The group has had many messages of support from our local area and beyond, and people have been inspired to share the message far and wide in their own communities.
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Wherever we looked for the prominent flaggers and leaders of this movement, we found people smugglers and sex doll salesmen, people with dubious criminal pasts and people willing to put in a good word for Adolf Hitler.
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 1, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Wherever we looked for the prominent flaggers and leaders of this movement, we found people smugglers and sex doll salesmen, people with dubious criminal pasts and people willing to put in a good word for Adolf Hitler.
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
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When you see those outfits, you immediately know what those people are trying to communicate. And thus, the outfits work because they are in conversation with culture using a shared language.
It's very hard to invent your own language, as this Key & Peele skit shows.
It's very hard to invent your own language, as this Key & Peele skit shows.
October 31, 2025 at 2:43 AM
When you see those outfits, you immediately know what those people are trying to communicate. And thus, the outfits work because they are in conversation with culture using a shared language.
It's very hard to invent your own language, as this Key & Peele skit shows.
It's very hard to invent your own language, as this Key & Peele skit shows.
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"No further delay should be acceptable."
Proud to co-author this #LongCovid declaration to demand urgent action to fully recognise, treat and prevent Long Covid
with @thewhn.bsky.social @winslowsp.bsky.social @togetherwemask.bsky.social et al
Proud to co-author this #LongCovid declaration to demand urgent action to fully recognise, treat and prevent Long Covid
with @thewhn.bsky.social @winslowsp.bsky.social @togetherwemask.bsky.social et al
October 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
"No further delay should be acceptable."
Proud to co-author this #LongCovid declaration to demand urgent action to fully recognise, treat and prevent Long Covid
with @thewhn.bsky.social @winslowsp.bsky.social @togetherwemask.bsky.social et al
Proud to co-author this #LongCovid declaration to demand urgent action to fully recognise, treat and prevent Long Covid
with @thewhn.bsky.social @winslowsp.bsky.social @togetherwemask.bsky.social et al
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Wow - those are quite phenomenal headlines given the details of the story.
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
🧵
1/9
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
🧵
1/9
October 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Wow - those are quite phenomenal headlines given the details of the story.
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
🧵
1/9
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
🧵
1/9
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
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Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
October 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social First order of business please when the Greens get in 😁
October 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
@zackpolanski.bsky.social First order of business please when the Greens get in 😁
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October 23, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Reminder that if you buy me a coffee, I will pen an entirely untrue fact about you and post it here. Simply indicate if you would like your personal factor to be kindly, dastardly, silly, or a surprise.
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Something it's become unfashionable to say about mental health is that the answer often IS a pill.
It doesn't matter how many earnest discussion programmes you have on Radio 4, sometimes the answer is a big old pill.
It doesn't matter how many earnest discussion programmes you have on Radio 4, sometimes the answer is a big old pill.
October 22, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Something it's become unfashionable to say about mental health is that the answer often IS a pill.
It doesn't matter how many earnest discussion programmes you have on Radio 4, sometimes the answer is a big old pill.
It doesn't matter how many earnest discussion programmes you have on Radio 4, sometimes the answer is a big old pill.
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“I was with you, until you said ‘pregnant people.’”
I get this a lot. I’m an abortion provider, and the CEO and President of an org known for abortion advocacy. Let’s talk about why I use inclusive language — and why I’m not stopping. 🧵
I get this a lot. I’m an abortion provider, and the CEO and President of an org known for abortion advocacy. Let’s talk about why I use inclusive language — and why I’m not stopping. 🧵
October 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
“I was with you, until you said ‘pregnant people.’”
I get this a lot. I’m an abortion provider, and the CEO and President of an org known for abortion advocacy. Let’s talk about why I use inclusive language — and why I’m not stopping. 🧵
I get this a lot. I’m an abortion provider, and the CEO and President of an org known for abortion advocacy. Let’s talk about why I use inclusive language — and why I’m not stopping. 🧵
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October 18, 2025 at 10:35 AM
If you feel ready to invest in healthier indoor air and reduce risk of infections and reinfections - get an air filter for work, school or home.
Please support Long Covid Kids by using our @smartairuk.bsky.social affiliate code.
Every little helps
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Every little helps
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October 18, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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HELL YES SCARY GERMAN SUPERMARKET BREAD SLICER
October 18, 2025 at 8:41 AM
HELL YES SCARY GERMAN SUPERMARKET BREAD SLICER
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“Why is it always hard choices for working-class communities — not for multimillionaires and billionaires?”
Zack Polanski calls for a tax on the super-rich on #BBCQT
Zack Polanski calls for a tax on the super-rich on #BBCQT
October 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
“Why is it always hard choices for working-class communities — not for multimillionaires and billionaires?”
Zack Polanski calls for a tax on the super-rich on #BBCQT
Zack Polanski calls for a tax on the super-rich on #BBCQT
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This is the first party political broadcast in a very long time that understands the trouble we’re in.
Great job @zackpolanski.bsky.social 💚
youtu.be/qxt4HCjd7VA
Great job @zackpolanski.bsky.social 💚
youtu.be/qxt4HCjd7VA
Let's Make Hope Normal Again - Green Party Political Broadcast
YouTube video by Green Party of England & Wales
youtu.be
October 6, 2025 at 7:16 PM
This is the first party political broadcast in a very long time that understands the trouble we’re in.
Great job @zackpolanski.bsky.social 💚
youtu.be/qxt4HCjd7VA
Great job @zackpolanski.bsky.social 💚
youtu.be/qxt4HCjd7VA
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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The attack in East Sussex comes as Britain sees a wave of protests demonising Muslims and asylum seekers.
‘Hate crime’: UK police probe suspected arson attack on mosque
The attack in East Sussex comes as Britain sees a wave of protests demonising Muslims and asylum seekers.
bit.ly
October 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The attack in East Sussex comes as Britain sees a wave of protests demonising Muslims and asylum seekers.
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There is no such thing, as Starmer well knows, as a "golden ticket of resettlement and family reunion" for people who have been granted refugee status. This is meaningless guff aimed to play to populist fantasies that refugees get provided with everything. 1/
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Starmer to end asylum ‘golden ticket’ of resettlement and family reunion rights
People granted asylum will have to earn right to invite family in plan charities call ‘straight from populist playbook’
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 9:36 PM
There is no such thing, as Starmer well knows, as a "golden ticket of resettlement and family reunion" for people who have been granted refugee status. This is meaningless guff aimed to play to populist fantasies that refugees get provided with everything. 1/
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Picture it: White racist thugs who've never done a day's work in their lives, taunting brown people in trains or pubs about 'not doing enough work for our great country' (and then demanding they do humiliating things to prove themselves).
It's never just the policy; it's the atmosphere generated
It's never just the policy; it's the atmosphere generated
Mahmood says she will introduce new conditions for indefinite leave to remain:
Lived here 10 years not 5
Being in work
Not taking a penny in benefits
No criminal record
Giving back to community eg volunteering
Lived here 10 years not 5
Being in work
Not taking a penny in benefits
No criminal record
Giving back to community eg volunteering
September 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Picture it: White racist thugs who've never done a day's work in their lives, taunting brown people in trains or pubs about 'not doing enough work for our great country' (and then demanding they do humiliating things to prove themselves).
It's never just the policy; it's the atmosphere generated
It's never just the policy; it's the atmosphere generated