Dan Sohege
@danielsohege.bsky.social
Specialist in international refugee law, human rights policy, comms and advocacy. Also posting about being autistic and LGBTQIA+ rights. (They/them). My views, no-one else would want them.
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Dan Sohege
@danielsohege.bsky.social
· Jan 8
Sadly it is official, my current employment contract finishes at the end of March. It has been a fantastic three years at Migrant Voice. If you, or someone you know, knows of job opportunities for an experienced policy, advocacy and comms person, across multiple sectors, please do let me know.
Is it by any chance because I got so focused on work I forgot to eat, again?
February 17, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Is it by any chance because I got so focused on work I forgot to eat, again?
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A yellow what now
Mike Rounds says Republicans just want to make you show your document with a yellow star in order to vote
February 17, 2026 at 10:17 PM
A yellow what now
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They're coming for adult care and they're explicit about it.
Kevin Roberts, President of The Heritage Foundation, claims that evidence suggests a correlation between undergoing Trans Medical Care and acts of violence.
He states Heritage's public policy solution is to ban it for all ages and they're willing to work towards this goal on an incremental basis.
He states Heritage's public policy solution is to ban it for all ages and they're willing to work towards this goal on an incremental basis.
February 17, 2026 at 9:46 PM
They're coming for adult care and they're explicit about it.
Ramadan Mubarak to all those marking it.
February 17, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Ramadan Mubarak to all those marking it.
The only plausible reason I can come up with for how Starmer is hanging on with so many scandas is that no-one wants to be the first to wield the knife, and instead are waiting to blame him for Labour's inevitable humiliation at the locals. He's a lame duck PM.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Labour Together scandal goes right to the heart of No 10 – Starmer has nowhere to hide | Peter Geoghegan
He can sack who he wants to protect himself, but all roads currently lead back to the prime minister, says Peter Geoghegan of Democracy for Sale
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 10:03 PM
The only plausible reason I can come up with for how Starmer is hanging on with so many scandas is that no-one wants to be the first to wield the knife, and instead are waiting to blame him for Labour's inevitable humiliation at the locals. He's a lame duck PM.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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@unison.org.uk Thank you so so much 🏳️⚧️
"UNISON, the UK’s largest trade union, has passed a motion condemning the nation’s top equality watchdog’s worrying trans rhetoric."
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/17/u...
"UNISON, the UK’s largest trade union, has passed a motion condemning the nation’s top equality watchdog’s worrying trans rhetoric."
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/17/u...
UNISON calls out EHRC over trans guidance
UNISON, the UK's largest trade union, has called out the EHRC over its interim guidance on single-sex spaces.
www.thepinknews.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:54 PM
@unison.org.uk Thank you so so much 🏳️⚧️
"UNISON, the UK’s largest trade union, has passed a motion condemning the nation’s top equality watchdog’s worrying trans rhetoric."
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/17/u...
"UNISON, the UK’s largest trade union, has passed a motion condemning the nation’s top equality watchdog’s worrying trans rhetoric."
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/17/u...
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“Just asking questions” is it?
February 17, 2026 at 1:33 PM
“Just asking questions” is it?
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I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.
February 17, 2026 at 9:00 PM
I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.
Equal rights don't stop people finding work or having rights. They don't mean people have some kind of unfair advantage.
The only people who think the Equality Act or human rights laws create a system of "tokenism" are the same muppets who would still struggle to be mediocre in a "meritocracy".
The only people who think the Equality Act or human rights laws create a system of "tokenism" are the same muppets who would still struggle to be mediocre in a "meritocracy".
February 17, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Equal rights don't stop people finding work or having rights. They don't mean people have some kind of unfair advantage.
The only people who think the Equality Act or human rights laws create a system of "tokenism" are the same muppets who would still struggle to be mediocre in a "meritocracy".
The only people who think the Equality Act or human rights laws create a system of "tokenism" are the same muppets who would still struggle to be mediocre in a "meritocracy".
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Reform have said they are going to get rid of the Equalities Act and the Human Rights Act. Obviously every single charity working with humans, every union, and every employer should object to such proposals.
February 17, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Reform have said they are going to get rid of the Equalities Act and the Human Rights Act. Obviously every single charity working with humans, every union, and every employer should object to such proposals.
The advertising for the UK adaptation of American Psycho isn't looking promising
Casually scrolling Instagram, and a perfect example of "dangers of social media harm adults too"
February 17, 2026 at 9:07 PM
The advertising for the UK adaptation of American Psycho isn't looking promising
Nothing says "anti-establishment" like appointing the former Minister of Immigration and Shadow Secretary of State for Justice and former Home Secretary and Attorney General for the previous government, which was in power for 14 years, to your front bench.
February 17, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Nothing says "anti-establishment" like appointing the former Minister of Immigration and Shadow Secretary of State for Justice and former Home Secretary and Attorney General for the previous government, which was in power for 14 years, to your front bench.
The utter hate against trans and non-binary individuals for political purposes is global. It is in no way about "defending women" or "protecting childish". They just despise us and want to ensure we are excluded from society, or worse.
This is what "Gender Criticals" in the UK are trying to get.
This is what "Gender Criticals" in the UK are trying to get.
1. Terrible news for trans people in Idaho.
The state's House just passed one of the first private business bathroom bans in the United States.
It allows you to sue any private business that lets trans people pee if you think they're in the wrong bathroom.
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The state's House just passed one of the first private business bathroom bans in the United States.
It allows you to sue any private business that lets trans people pee if you think they're in the wrong bathroom.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Idaho House Votes, Passes Trans Bathroom Ban In Private Businesses As Bill Rockets Through Legislature
The bathroom ban bill will now go to the senate.
www.erininthemorning.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:54 PM
The utter hate against trans and non-binary individuals for political purposes is global. It is in no way about "defending women" or "protecting childish". They just despise us and want to ensure we are excluded from society, or worse.
This is what "Gender Criticals" in the UK are trying to get.
This is what "Gender Criticals" in the UK are trying to get.
This is a good and welcome move. Until we tackle the vile, hostile and dehumanising political and media rhetoric which so often stoke these hate crimes though it is a sticking plaster on a gaping wound.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Disability and LGBT hate crimes set to become aggravated offences
The proposed change has been set out in an amendment to the government's Crimes and Policing Bill.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 17, 2026 at 5:43 PM
This is a good and welcome move. Until we tackle the vile, hostile and dehumanising political and media rhetoric which so often stoke these hate crimes though it is a sticking plaster on a gaping wound.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Trans people were the canary in the coal mine.
Labour gave tacit approval to ripping up the Equality Act by failing to uphold it or legislate for it when it was under attack from often dark money funded fascist lawfare.
www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
Labour gave tacit approval to ripping up the Equality Act by failing to uphold it or legislate for it when it was under attack from often dark money funded fascist lawfare.
www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
Reform plans to scrap up Equality Act – what it would mean for Britain
www.independent.co.uk
February 17, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Trans people were the canary in the coal mine.
Labour gave tacit approval to ripping up the Equality Act by failing to uphold it or legislate for it when it was under attack from often dark money funded fascist lawfare.
www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
Labour gave tacit approval to ripping up the Equality Act by failing to uphold it or legislate for it when it was under attack from often dark money funded fascist lawfare.
www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
Wrote this for @migrantvoice.bsky.social on hostility of this government's changes to immigration rules for "earned settlement". We hear politicians talk about "British values", "integration" and "fairness". Labour destroys any concept of all three with its treatment of migrants through this policy.
"This reform [earned settlement] risks not only the wellbeing of migrant communities, but the fabric of British society. A system that rents belonging rather than grants it corrodes trust, weakens families and devalues people based on narrow definitions of worth"
www.migrantvoice.org/home/editori...
www.migrantvoice.org/home/editori...
Earned Settlement: A Cruel Betrayal of Migrants and the Promise…
Earned Settlement: A Cruel Betrayal of Migrants and the Promise of Belonging
www.migrantvoice.org
February 17, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Wrote this for @migrantvoice.bsky.social on hostility of this government's changes to immigration rules for "earned settlement". We hear politicians talk about "British values", "integration" and "fairness". Labour destroys any concept of all three with its treatment of migrants through this policy.
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"This reform [earned settlement] risks not only the wellbeing of migrant communities, but the fabric of British society. A system that rents belonging rather than grants it corrodes trust, weakens families and devalues people based on narrow definitions of worth"
www.migrantvoice.org/home/editori...
www.migrantvoice.org/home/editori...
Earned Settlement: A Cruel Betrayal of Migrants and the Promise…
Earned Settlement: A Cruel Betrayal of Migrants and the Promise of Belonging
www.migrantvoice.org
February 17, 2026 at 3:05 PM
"This reform [earned settlement] risks not only the wellbeing of migrant communities, but the fabric of British society. A system that rents belonging rather than grants it corrodes trust, weakens families and devalues people based on narrow definitions of worth"
www.migrantvoice.org/home/editori...
www.migrantvoice.org/home/editori...
Picking my favourite, and arguably one of the more embarrassing, getting woken up at my desk by the then President of North Cyprus when I was meant to be interviewing him and had been working for more than 24 hours already getting a paper out.
Ok Bluesky, what are your most low key celebrity interactions? I once shared a lift with Tim Finn and put drinks in Bryan Brown and Rachel Ward’s fridge. My husband sold cheese to John Cleese and my mum delivered groceries to Gough Whitlam. Go!!
February 17, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Picking my favourite, and arguably one of the more embarrassing, getting woken up at my desk by the then President of North Cyprus when I was meant to be interviewing him and had been working for more than 24 hours already getting a paper out.
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Henry Shelford, chief executive of charity ADHD UK: it is "hateful and cruel how badly the overall NHS treats people with ADHD”.
ADHD patients stripped of NHS prescriptions under crackdown
GP practices are increasingly withdrawing from shared-care agreements with patients diagnosed by private clinics
giftarticle.ft.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:25 AM
Henry Shelford, chief executive of charity ADHD UK: it is "hateful and cruel how badly the overall NHS treats people with ADHD”.
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It's just so strange - like the fixation on 'imperial units'. I actually remember, just about, getting my pocket money in pre-decimal currency & can even still remember the advertising jingle of the decimalization public information films. But so what? Why would anyone *care* about this?
Dan wasn't even born before decimalisation (nor was he anywhere near the UK when he was born) but still he yearns for Britain's pre-decimal times 55 years later.
February 16, 2026 at 8:22 PM
It's just so strange - like the fixation on 'imperial units'. I actually remember, just about, getting my pocket money in pre-decimal currency & can even still remember the advertising jingle of the decimalization public information films. But so what? Why would anyone *care* about this?
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Exactly, this has to be the starting point of any further reform.
February 16, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Exactly, this has to be the starting point of any further reform.
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do you know what would help!!!!!!!! living in a society that lets people experiment with their gender without treating it like the most important thing in the world!!!!!!! letting people get it right or wrong without politicising their decisions!!!!!!! just being chilled about gender!!!!!! aaahhhhhh
"if they socially transition too early we think they can get locked onto a trajectory that may not have been the correct natural trajectory for them"
Direct quote.
Direct quote.
February 16, 2026 at 5:03 PM
do you know what would help!!!!!!!! living in a society that lets people experiment with their gender without treating it like the most important thing in the world!!!!!!! letting people get it right or wrong without politicising their decisions!!!!!!! just being chilled about gender!!!!!! aaahhhhhh
"Catastrophically" would be the first word which comes to mind in relation to this headline. All by the way for no political gain for Labour. They are already enacting some of the most draconian anti-immigration policies for decades. It doesn't appease Reform. 1/
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
February 16, 2026 at 6:58 PM
"Catastrophically" would be the first word which comes to mind in relation to this headline. All by the way for no political gain for Labour. They are already enacting some of the most draconian anti-immigration policies for decades. It doesn't appease Reform. 1/
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Every so often you hear calls for ministers to be more robust (or something) in the face of legal advice.
But one can be fairly certain government lawyers warned about both proscribing Palestine Action and cancelling local council elections.
And here we are - a defeat and a reversal respectively.
But one can be fairly certain government lawyers warned about both proscribing Palestine Action and cancelling local council elections.
And here we are - a defeat and a reversal respectively.
February 16, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Every so often you hear calls for ministers to be more robust (or something) in the face of legal advice.
But one can be fairly certain government lawyers warned about both proscribing Palestine Action and cancelling local council elections.
And here we are - a defeat and a reversal respectively.
But one can be fairly certain government lawyers warned about both proscribing Palestine Action and cancelling local council elections.
And here we are - a defeat and a reversal respectively.