Tony Bird
@tonybirdlondon.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 🇪🇺 ✅ Socialism and sequins. HIV+ he/him.
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I am telling you once more that there is something particularly sick about people who benefited from the courageous activism of previous generations of Blacks & Asians in Britain spitting on that legacy. Home Office can cancel me any number of times, I'll keep repeating
Illegal migration is ‘tearing our country apart’ and system is broken, says Shabana Mahmood – UK politics live
Illegal migration is ‘tearing our country apart’ and system is broken, says Shabana Mahmood – UK politics live
Home secretary says it is ‘moral mission’ for her to tackle asylum system
Ukrainians are in the UK on a “bespoke scheme”, Mahmood says, and it is on a temporary basis.
If Ukraine becomes a safe country again and the conflict ends, “the principle of the new reforms are that if your country becomes safe then you will return,” she says. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I am telling you once more that there is something particularly sick about people who benefited from the courageous activism of previous generations of Blacks & Asians in Britain spitting on that legacy. Home Office can cancel me any number of times, I'll keep repeating
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The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
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Cost of abolishing university tuition fees = £17bn
Cost of making care homes free = £8.3bn
Cost of making trains free to use = £11bn
Cost of hitting net zero = £30.7bn
The annual cost of the above is £67bn, which happens to be the amount of money given in tax relief to the richest 20% of the UK.
Cost of making care homes free = £8.3bn
Cost of making trains free to use = £11bn
Cost of hitting net zero = £30.7bn
The annual cost of the above is £67bn, which happens to be the amount of money given in tax relief to the richest 20% of the UK.
November 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Cost of abolishing university tuition fees = £17bn
Cost of making care homes free = £8.3bn
Cost of making trains free to use = £11bn
Cost of hitting net zero = £30.7bn
The annual cost of the above is £67bn, which happens to be the amount of money given in tax relief to the richest 20% of the UK.
Cost of making care homes free = £8.3bn
Cost of making trains free to use = £11bn
Cost of hitting net zero = £30.7bn
The annual cost of the above is £67bn, which happens to be the amount of money given in tax relief to the richest 20% of the UK.
My most popular tweet in the other place was pointing out to a bigot that I'd danced through Tower Hamlets in sequins and was perfectly safe
November 18, 2025 at 10:41 AM
My most popular tweet in the other place was pointing out to a bigot that I'd danced through Tower Hamlets in sequins and was perfectly safe
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PFI deals signed under Tony Blair left the NHS without enough money to treat patients, while private investors made billions in profits.
Wes Streeting's plans to bring back private finance in our NHS MUST be stopped.
Take action with @adrianramsay.bsky.social: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tell-rache...
Wes Streeting's plans to bring back private finance in our NHS MUST be stopped.
Take action with @adrianramsay.bsky.social: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tell-rache...
November 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
PFI deals signed under Tony Blair left the NHS without enough money to treat patients, while private investors made billions in profits.
Wes Streeting's plans to bring back private finance in our NHS MUST be stopped.
Take action with @adrianramsay.bsky.social: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tell-rache...
Wes Streeting's plans to bring back private finance in our NHS MUST be stopped.
Take action with @adrianramsay.bsky.social: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tell-rache...
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A Government of cowards.
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
A Government of cowards.
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
The only party with a moral compass
The Greens don’t believe providing safe refuge for endangered asylum seekers is an “out-of-control” policy.
Nor do we believe making life more difficult for those in need is the way to unify British society.
Refugees are welcome.
Nor do we believe making life more difficult for those in need is the way to unify British society.
Refugees are welcome.
November 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The only party with a moral compass
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The thing to understand is that there is a particular contingent within Labour who assess their own performance not based on the support they get from the right (which will always be, basically, none) but on how much they repulse the left. So they turn into Reform, without actually getting votes.
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The thing to understand is that there is a particular contingent within Labour who assess their own performance not based on the support they get from the right (which will always be, basically, none) but on how much they repulse the left. So they turn into Reform, without actually getting votes.
Every time a new record low is polled I say it will go lower.
And every time it does.
It will go lower
And every time it does.
It will go lower
📊 NEW | As Labour announces fresh crackdown on refugees, their approval falls to an all-time low.
✅ Satisfied – 11% (-1)
❌ Dissatisfied – 82% (-)
Via @IpsosUK, 30 Oct - 5 Nov (+/- vs 11-17 Sep)
✅ Satisfied – 11% (-1)
❌ Dissatisfied – 82% (-)
Via @IpsosUK, 30 Oct - 5 Nov (+/- vs 11-17 Sep)
November 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Every time a new record low is polled I say it will go lower.
And every time it does.
It will go lower
And every time it does.
It will go lower
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“We welcome migrants, we don’t scapegoat them".
How Keir Starmer promised Labour MPs and members he would lead his party on immigration
How Keir Starmer promised Labour MPs and members he would lead his party on immigration
November 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
“We welcome migrants, we don’t scapegoat them".
How Keir Starmer promised Labour MPs and members he would lead his party on immigration
How Keir Starmer promised Labour MPs and members he would lead his party on immigration
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Seems like a good time (again) to share the guide I developed with @freedomfromtorture.bsky.social, which tells you how to talk about refugees and asylum in a way that actually convinces the undecided - based on testing 🧵 www.freedomfromtorture.org/changing-the...
Changing the Conversation on Asylum: A Messaging Guide
Our new messaging guide looks at the methodology and messages that can help us carve out a new approach that will be successful in persuading the public that seeking safety is a fundamental human righ...
www.freedomfromtorture.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Seems like a good time (again) to share the guide I developed with @freedomfromtorture.bsky.social, which tells you how to talk about refugees and asylum in a way that actually convinces the undecided - based on testing 🧵 www.freedomfromtorture.org/changing-the...
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Old enough to remember Labour home secretary David Blunkett restricting asylum seekers’ right to work in the first place as part of this racist doom spiral that has been going on for decades
Indeed, and it’s not like this is the first example of performance art cruelty, is it. Let’s look up the Wiki page for Home Secretaries of the 2000s, for example. Does this tell us anything about this mode of politics?
November 17, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Old enough to remember Labour home secretary David Blunkett restricting asylum seekers’ right to work in the first place as part of this racist doom spiral that has been going on for decades
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People arriving here by small boat are desperate, often traumatised. Latest figures are 68% of boat arrivals granted asylum (see link)
The idea of the govt stripping people of their valuables & then hawking it off literally makes me sick to my stomach
migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br...
The idea of the govt stripping people of their valuables & then hawking it off literally makes me sick to my stomach
migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br...
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 11:46 AM
People arriving here by small boat are desperate, often traumatised. Latest figures are 68% of boat arrivals granted asylum (see link)
The idea of the govt stripping people of their valuables & then hawking it off literally makes me sick to my stomach
migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br...
The idea of the govt stripping people of their valuables & then hawking it off literally makes me sick to my stomach
migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br...
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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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This vividly demonstrates the problem with rightwing “centrist” regimes.
“Moralising” is “tedious” to them. Their policy decisions are never taken on principled or moral grounds, morality is non-existent in the Starmer regime & its apologists.
No wonder @zackpolanski.bsky.social is doing so well!
“Moralising” is “tedious” to them. Their policy decisions are never taken on principled or moral grounds, morality is non-existent in the Starmer regime & its apologists.
No wonder @zackpolanski.bsky.social is doing so well!
November 17, 2025 at 10:17 AM
This vividly demonstrates the problem with rightwing “centrist” regimes.
“Moralising” is “tedious” to them. Their policy decisions are never taken on principled or moral grounds, morality is non-existent in the Starmer regime & its apologists.
No wonder @zackpolanski.bsky.social is doing so well!
“Moralising” is “tedious” to them. Their policy decisions are never taken on principled or moral grounds, morality is non-existent in the Starmer regime & its apologists.
No wonder @zackpolanski.bsky.social is doing so well!
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What have I been warning about for the last several years?
Tories and Labour's collusion on freeports and SEZs would form stepping stones for charter cities.
The latest proposal for a new city named "Forest City" exemplifies the stealth trajectory of the zonification of Britain. www.forestcity.uk
Tories and Labour's collusion on freeports and SEZs would form stepping stones for charter cities.
The latest proposal for a new city named "Forest City" exemplifies the stealth trajectory of the zonification of Britain. www.forestcity.uk
Forest City 1
Britain needs millions of homes. We have a plan and a team to build them, east of Cambridge, as a beautiful, permanently affordable city.
www.forestcity.uk
November 17, 2025 at 8:22 AM
What have I been warning about for the last several years?
Tories and Labour's collusion on freeports and SEZs would form stepping stones for charter cities.
The latest proposal for a new city named "Forest City" exemplifies the stealth trajectory of the zonification of Britain. www.forestcity.uk
Tories and Labour's collusion on freeports and SEZs would form stepping stones for charter cities.
The latest proposal for a new city named "Forest City" exemplifies the stealth trajectory of the zonification of Britain. www.forestcity.uk
Church of England going hard on the "We're doing this but you queers aren't our equals" vibes.
"No exchanging of rings or vows, no processing down the aisle and no kissing.
"These are likely to be the rules if blessing services for same-sex couples are approved by the Church of England." [Times]
"These are likely to be the rules if blessing services for same-sex couples are approved by the Church of England." [Times]
November 17, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Church of England going hard on the "We're doing this but you queers aren't our equals" vibes.
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Can you see the problem 🤷🏻♂️
Wes Streeting can’t 🤦🏻♂️
31million/month consult GP practices with similar number having haircuts
102,000 hairdressers in England with 40,000 salons
38,000 GPs with 6200 Surgeries
On average people spend £400pa on hair
GPs receive £169pa per patient
Wes Streeting can’t 🤦🏻♂️
31million/month consult GP practices with similar number having haircuts
102,000 hairdressers in England with 40,000 salons
38,000 GPs with 6200 Surgeries
On average people spend £400pa on hair
GPs receive £169pa per patient
November 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Can you see the problem 🤷🏻♂️
Wes Streeting can’t 🤦🏻♂️
31million/month consult GP practices with similar number having haircuts
102,000 hairdressers in England with 40,000 salons
38,000 GPs with 6200 Surgeries
On average people spend £400pa on hair
GPs receive £169pa per patient
Wes Streeting can’t 🤦🏻♂️
31million/month consult GP practices with similar number having haircuts
102,000 hairdressers in England with 40,000 salons
38,000 GPs with 6200 Surgeries
On average people spend £400pa on hair
GPs receive £169pa per patient
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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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Thinking about all those people who told me they HAD to vote for the Lesser Evil party as their gov now starts seeing piles of valuables collected from the undesirables processed in mass numbers as a pr victory
Govt minister Alex Norris is asked if the govt will take jewellery from people [fleeing war and persecution]. Norris says the govt won't be taking peoples wedding rings but they will seize assets.
November 17, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Thinking about all those people who told me they HAD to vote for the Lesser Evil party as their gov now starts seeing piles of valuables collected from the undesirables processed in mass numbers as a pr victory
Just when think it's impossible for Russell Tovey to get any hotter - he joins the Green Party
Great interview with Russell Tovey - and really delighted to say welcome to @greenparty.org.uk
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Russell Tovey on pride, sexual power and politics: ‘The Green party slogan – make hope normal again – is what we need’
One of the most prolific and popular actors of his generation, he reflects on therapy, homophobia, why he suspects now is the worst time in history for trans people, and his secret life as a geek
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Just when think it's impossible for Russell Tovey to get any hotter - he joins the Green Party
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Look, maybe as a German person I am being overly sensitive here, but in the nicest possible way: what the fuck lads?!
Imagine having a thumping majority in parliament and deciding to use it for something as squalid as this.
November 17, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Look, maybe as a German person I am being overly sensitive here, but in the nicest possible way: what the fuck lads?!
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The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
*hot dog gif*
"We're all trying to find the guys that did this"
"We're all trying to find the guys that did this"
November 17, 2025 at 12:07 AM
*hot dog gif*
"We're all trying to find the guys that did this"
"We're all trying to find the guys that did this"