Helen Tucker
@brujablanca.bsky.social
(she/her) Teacher of MFL, EAL/ESOL. Green Councillor - Cockermouth North. Chair - Cumbria Green Party. NEU workplace rep. #GreenParty #NEU #RefugeesWelcome #FreePalestine #ClimateEmergency
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Labour are making the far right happy. Just not anyone else.
We need an alternative.
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We need an alternative.
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November 16, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Labour are making the far right happy. Just not anyone else.
We need an alternative.
join.greenparty.org.uk
We need an alternative.
join.greenparty.org.uk
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Earlier today at #BEC2025, keynote speaker Dr Lesley Nelson-Addy spoke about unity in a time of polarisation and how research can shape nuanced, effective solutions for young people now and in the future.
📷 Kois Miah
📷 Kois Miah
November 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Earlier today at #BEC2025, keynote speaker Dr Lesley Nelson-Addy spoke about unity in a time of polarisation and how research can shape nuanced, effective solutions for young people now and in the future.
📷 Kois Miah
📷 Kois Miah
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The “magic money tree” exists: it’s in the City of London with the billionaires.
What’s missing isn’t money, it’s political will. Establishment parties bankrolled by billionaires aren’t going to tax their donors.
We are not going to take this anymore.
What’s missing isn’t money, it’s political will. Establishment parties bankrolled by billionaires aren’t going to tax their donors.
We are not going to take this anymore.
November 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The “magic money tree” exists: it’s in the City of London with the billionaires.
What’s missing isn’t money, it’s political will. Establishment parties bankrolled by billionaires aren’t going to tax their donors.
We are not going to take this anymore.
What’s missing isn’t money, it’s political will. Establishment parties bankrolled by billionaires aren’t going to tax their donors.
We are not going to take this anymore.
100% this 👇 Use Alt Text - it's not difficult. Be inclusive ❤️
When people post bangers but do not add ALT text. That makes me sad.
November 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
100% this 👇 Use Alt Text - it's not difficult. Be inclusive ❤️
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Her portrayal of asylum seekers doesn't just respond to the racist narratives of the Far Right: by othering asylum seekers as unworthy winners of riches, in implicit contrast to struggling families, Shabana Mahmood actively promotes and feeds those Far Right lies.
For Shabana Mahmood to attack some of the most cruelly treated people in the world as having won a "golden ticket" because they manage to get to and claim asylum in Britain is unforgiveable.
A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.
A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.
November 16, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Her portrayal of asylum seekers doesn't just respond to the racist narratives of the Far Right: by othering asylum seekers as unworthy winners of riches, in implicit contrast to struggling families, Shabana Mahmood actively promotes and feeds those Far Right lies.
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Just another of those days when I hate this government
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum system in UK ‘out of control’ and dividing country, home secretary says
Shabana Mahmood to unveil new proposals modelled on Denmark’s controversial system
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Just another of those days when I hate this government
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Danny Kruger claims migrant men represent a disproportionate threat to women.
FACT-CHECK:
Reform MPs are a bigger "Per Capita" threat to women and girls than ANY minority group.
#Bbcqt
FACT-CHECK:
Reform MPs are a bigger "Per Capita" threat to women and girls than ANY minority group.
#Bbcqt
Reform UK Danny Kruger: Migrants are a threat to women & girls
YouTube video by Femi - F Politics!
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Danny Kruger claims migrant men represent a disproportionate threat to women.
FACT-CHECK:
Reform MPs are a bigger "Per Capita" threat to women and girls than ANY minority group.
#Bbcqt
FACT-CHECK:
Reform MPs are a bigger "Per Capita" threat to women and girls than ANY minority group.
#Bbcqt
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"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." Malcolm X.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:41 AM
"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." Malcolm X.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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My granddad was a refugee, my wife, our close friends and those of our kids are either immigrants or the children of immigrants.
Do ministers ever think about the message their rhetoric on "handouts" and "golden tickets" for migrants sends about whether this is a government for people like us?
Do ministers ever think about the message their rhetoric on "handouts" and "golden tickets" for migrants sends about whether this is a government for people like us?
November 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
My granddad was a refugee, my wife, our close friends and those of our kids are either immigrants or the children of immigrants.
Do ministers ever think about the message their rhetoric on "handouts" and "golden tickets" for migrants sends about whether this is a government for people like us?
Do ministers ever think about the message their rhetoric on "handouts" and "golden tickets" for migrants sends about whether this is a government for people like us?
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When, inevitably, Labour's latest round of dog whistle anti-asylum measures don't appease the far right enough, exactly how far will those defending them today stomach it before they twig that the only way to beat the likes of Reform is to counter their messaging, not reinforce it?
November 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
When, inevitably, Labour's latest round of dog whistle anti-asylum measures don't appease the far right enough, exactly how far will those defending them today stomach it before they twig that the only way to beat the likes of Reform is to counter their messaging, not reinforce it?
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For Shabana Mahmood to attack some of the most cruelly treated people in the world as having won a "golden ticket" because they manage to get to and claim asylum in Britain is unforgiveable.
A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.
A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.
November 16, 2025 at 11:11 AM
For Shabana Mahmood to attack some of the most cruelly treated people in the world as having won a "golden ticket" because they manage to get to and claim asylum in Britain is unforgiveable.
A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.
A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.
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When Tommy Robinson is celebrating your policies it is time to take a long hard look in the mirror and then quit politics forever.
Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
November 16, 2025 at 10:01 AM
When Tommy Robinson is celebrating your policies it is time to take a long hard look in the mirror and then quit politics forever.
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Every time I hear a politician say that an issue is “dividing” this country they always then come down on the side of the right wing view of it. Just once I’d love to hear someone say “this issue is divisive, which is why I’m making the argument that kindness and compassion is important”
November 16, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Every time I hear a politician say that an issue is “dividing” this country they always then come down on the side of the right wing view of it. Just once I’d love to hear someone say “this issue is divisive, which is why I’m making the argument that kindness and compassion is important”
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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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Allowing far right vigilante groups
to protect women & girls from violence
is like employing a pack of wolves
to look after some sheep & goats ...
meme via Bernie Hastie
#SocialistSunday
to protect women & girls from violence
is like employing a pack of wolves
to look after some sheep & goats ...
meme via Bernie Hastie
#SocialistSunday
November 16, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Allowing far right vigilante groups
to protect women & girls from violence
is like employing a pack of wolves
to look after some sheep & goats ...
meme via Bernie Hastie
#SocialistSunday
to protect women & girls from violence
is like employing a pack of wolves
to look after some sheep & goats ...
meme via Bernie Hastie
#SocialistSunday
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There is no difference in practice between removing rights of individuals and leaving the ECHR. The end outcome is still the same, people lose rights. If human rights are an obstacle to your policy it is not the rights which are the issue, it is your policy. Labour going full Reform at this stage.
November 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM
There is no difference in practice between removing rights of individuals and leaving the ECHR. The end outcome is still the same, people lose rights. If human rights are an obstacle to your policy it is not the rights which are the issue, it is your policy. Labour going full Reform at this stage.
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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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The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right.
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
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There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
November 16, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right.
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
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It's almost as if every new Home Secretary feels compelled to prove they can be nastier than their predecessor, regardless of their political affiliations.
Makes me sick to my stomach.
#notinmyname
Makes me sick to my stomach.
#notinmyname
This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 7:21 AM
It's almost as if every new Home Secretary feels compelled to prove they can be nastier than their predecessor, regardless of their political affiliations.
Makes me sick to my stomach.
#notinmyname
Makes me sick to my stomach.
#notinmyname
100% this - it's an obsession. Safe routes will stop the boats - perhaps not all, but surely the majority?
Illegal migration isn't tearing this country apart, but our obsession with it is. It's an obsession fuelled by our media and politicians. Both profit from blowing the problem out of all proportion. It's been happening for decades, but never more so than now
November 16, 2025 at 9:16 AM
100% this - it's an obsession. Safe routes will stop the boats - perhaps not all, but surely the majority?
Me too!
Ok. I want to know more about this please.
November 16, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Me too!
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“How do you respond to people who say you’re being panicked into a racist immigration policy?”
Trevor Philips
Trevor Philips
November 16, 2025 at 9:11 AM
“How do you respond to people who say you’re being panicked into a racist immigration policy?”
Trevor Philips
Trevor Philips
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I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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This week Nathan Gill, Reform UK’s Leader in Wales will be sentenced for 8 charges of Russian bribes.
Here’s Farage calling him an “honest, decent and honourable man”.
Let’s not forget that whilst he was taking the bribes, Farage was making similar pro-Russian speeches in the European Parliament.
Here’s Farage calling him an “honest, decent and honourable man”.
Let’s not forget that whilst he was taking the bribes, Farage was making similar pro-Russian speeches in the European Parliament.
November 16, 2025 at 8:20 AM
This week Nathan Gill, Reform UK’s Leader in Wales will be sentenced for 8 charges of Russian bribes.
Here’s Farage calling him an “honest, decent and honourable man”.
Let’s not forget that whilst he was taking the bribes, Farage was making similar pro-Russian speeches in the European Parliament.
Here’s Farage calling him an “honest, decent and honourable man”.
Let’s not forget that whilst he was taking the bribes, Farage was making similar pro-Russian speeches in the European Parliament.