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Rachel @taylorfitz.bsky.social · 2d

everyone is treated with dignity isn’t naïve — it’s the foundation of stability and fairness. Telling people to “lighten up”about their rights is like telling someone to ignore a fire in their house because it’s only burning in one room. #ECHR #UKPolitics

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Rachel @taylorfitz.bsky.social · 2d

doesn’t change the fact that some parties are openly proposing to strip away rights, undoing decades of progress. Turning off the TV doesn’t make those policies disappear. Real reform should mean fixing what’s broken, not tearing down the protections that keep people safe. Wanting a society where

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Rachel @taylorfitz.bsky.social · 2d

direction we want for the UK?. Taking away protections, or even cutting social safety nets doesn’t build resilience — it creates division and instability. History shows societies thrive when rights, healthcare, education, and workers’ protections are upheld. The media might amplify tensions, but it

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Rachel @taylorfitz.bsky.social · 2d

hand out depending on who’s popular. If they’re weakened for one group, they’re weakened for everyone. That doesn’t make society safer — it makes it less fair and less stable. We only need to look at the US to see how quickly rights can be rolled back and divisions deepened. Is that really the

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Rachel @taylorfitz.bsky.social · 2d

When people dismiss real struggles as “just perceptions,” it shifts the blame onto those suffering instead of those causing the harm. The challenges minorities face aren’t imagined — they come from laws, media, and groups that actively try to take away rights. Rights aren’t optional or something to

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Rachel @taylorfitz.bsky.social · 4d

Labour MPs - Silence isn’t strategy when the stakes are dignity.

Rachel @taylorfitz.bsky.social · 9d

iOS 26 on iPhone 11 is like putting a jet engine on a tricycle. Impressive in theory, catastrophic in practice. #iOS26 #iPhone11 #TechTantrums

Rachel @taylorfitz.bsky.social · 13d

The ECHR isn’t perfect but, it’s independent. That’s its power. When domestic politics fail to protect your rights, you need a safeguard that doesn’t answer to politicians

Rachel @taylorfitz.bsky.social · 14d

No words! news.sky.com/story/tel-av...

Tel Aviv football derby cancelled as 'violent riots' see nine arrested

Police said dozens of smoke grenades and pyrotechnic devices were thrown, injuring 12 civilians and three police officers.

news.sky.com

Rachel @taylorfitz.bsky.social · 16d

Banning Maccabi Tel Aviv fans for hooliganism is a public safety call. Conflating it with antisemitism is dangerous and dishonest. We must protect public order and the integrity of anti-racism. Don’t weaponise identity to excuse bad behaviour.

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Rachel @taylorfitz.bsky.social · 18d

Benefit fraud: £6.3bn
Asylum seekers: £1.53bn
Tax avoidance + loopholes: £61.8bn Guess which group gets the headlines.Rage is being outsourced. Choose wisely!

Rachel @taylorfitz.bsky.social · 24d

GPs don’t “sign people off” on a whim. They protect patients from unsafe work environments, worsening symptoms, and systemic neglect. Embedding employment advisers in surgeries won’t fix that. Respect clinical judgment. Respect recovery.

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Rachel @taylorfitz.bsky.social · Sep 26

Spending £400M on digital ID to tackle illegal working—just 5% of migration—while ignoring upstream fixes like a French processing centre? That’s not strategy. That’s optics. #UKPolitics #MigrationPolicy #digitalID #government

Rachel @taylorfitz.bsky.social · Sep 14

The billionaire class is the only minority destroying the UK
They and their puppet politicians, not vulnerable groups, are behind the rising costs and gutted public services. The culture wars are a smokescreen to make us fight each other instead of fighting them. The true divide is top versus bottom

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Rachel @taylorfitz.bsky.social · Sep 7

When does a protest become a crime? The UK's proscription of Palestine Action has led to mass arrests, raising a critical question: In a democracy, should citizens be criminalised for protesting what they view as genocide? #Palestine #Protest

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Rachel @taylorfitz.bsky.social · Sep 7

The debate isn't about whether someone should be booed, but whether the public has the right to express that disapproval freely. What does it say about media transparency when crowd reactions are managed? #FreeSpeech #Transparency

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Donald Trump arrives at US Open men’s final to cheers and boos

Due to additional security measures in place for the president’s arrival, the highly anticipated match between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner was delayed by 30 minutes

www.independent.co.uk

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Rachel @taylorfitz.bsky.social · Sep 7

Arrested for protesting against genocide. This is a terrifying attack on the right to peaceful protest. When standing against human rights abuses becomes a criminal offense, our democracy is in peril. #Palestine #FreeSpeech
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Arrests at pro-Palestine Action protest rise to 890

The majority of the arrests were for supporting a proscribed group, police say.

www.bbc.com

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Rachel @taylorfitz.bsky.social · Sep 7

An ovation for a convicted inciter of racial hatred is not a statement—it's an endorsement. Reform has shown its true colours, and now Labour is disgracefully sprinting to the bottom to wear the same ones.

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Rachel @taylorfitz.bsky.social · Sep 6

It's an interesting thought: some are told to fear the small boats while the real crime is being perpetuated by those in power !

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Rachel @taylorfitz.bsky.social · Sep 6

Being thick as pig shit and/or wanting the world to burn are not not mutually exclusive, are they? It’s a baffling combination of both."

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Rachel @taylorfitz.bsky.social · Sep 6

The world is already in a surreal state; we don't need political figures adding to the chaos. This is not political satire; this is just bizarre. #ReformUK #AndreaJenkyns. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

Reform UK's Andrea Jenkyns sings own song at party conference

Jenkyns appeared on stage at the NEC in Birmingham, singing her self-written song Insomniac.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Rachel @taylorfitz.bsky.social · Aug 30

Trusting experts isn't blind faith. It's a system where we rely on those who've dedicated their lives to a subject. Science thrives on challenging ideas, but a healthy democracy needs us to respect well-established expertise to make informed decisions for our collective good.

Rachel @taylorfitz.bsky.social · Aug 30

The tragic increase in Channel crossings is a direct and predictable result of the very policies and promises made during the Brexit campaign. The crisis is a consequence of those decisions. #Brexit #immigration

Rachel @taylorfitz.bsky.social · Aug 30

Suddenly, the main legal route for managing these arrivals was gone. Simultaneously, Brexit closed down many of the official and safe ways for people to travel to the UK. This forced desperate individuals into desperate measures.

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Rachel @taylorfitz.bsky.social · Aug 30

The spike in small boat crossings isn't an accident. It's an inevitable consequence of Brexit. Before Brexit, the UK had a clear legal pathway, the Dublin Regulation used to send asylum seekers back to the first safe country they reached. When we left the EU, that pathway disappeared.

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