Gwen
@gwenglens.bsky.social
Curious follower of shiny things, prone to getting distracted by random stuff and looking for meaning in a baffling world. Learning Spanish & Swedish. Living in Portsmouth, born in Argyll & married to a Welshman; making rugby internationals interesting! 🏴🏴
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The incompetence of Starmer's Labour succinctly exposed by Jamie Driscoll.
The farce of Labour's behaviour could be taken out of a Monty Python script.
Labour has just betrayed its 2024 manifesto completely www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...
The farce of Labour's behaviour could be taken out of a Monty Python script.
Labour has just betrayed its 2024 manifesto completely www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...
Labour has just betrayed its 2024 manifesto completely
When push comes to shove Labour will sell out anyone to protect their jobs and the white colonialist infrastructure the UK is built on
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November 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The incompetence of Starmer's Labour succinctly exposed by Jamie Driscoll.
The farce of Labour's behaviour could be taken out of a Monty Python script.
Labour has just betrayed its 2024 manifesto completely www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...
The farce of Labour's behaviour could be taken out of a Monty Python script.
Labour has just betrayed its 2024 manifesto completely www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025...
I wrote to my Labour MP about the retrospective change to the 5-year path to settlement for care workers, amongst others, who are already here, which is deeply unfair. I got back a standard lot of drivel which didn’t address my concerns at all. And people wonder why politicians have a bad rep. 🤬
November 24, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I wrote to my Labour MP about the retrospective change to the 5-year path to settlement for care workers, amongst others, who are already here, which is deeply unfair. I got back a standard lot of drivel which didn’t address my concerns at all. And people wonder why politicians have a bad rep. 🤬
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"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
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My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
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November 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
@goodlawproject.org
Re the retrospective nature of the govt’s new migration rules for people on care visas who are not yet eligible for ILR, is there a chance of judicial review along the lines of the 2008 HSMP vs Secretary of State judgment which struck down an attempt to backdate new rules?
Re the retrospective nature of the govt’s new migration rules for people on care visas who are not yet eligible for ILR, is there a chance of judicial review along the lines of the 2008 HSMP vs Secretary of State judgment which struck down an attempt to backdate new rules?
November 20, 2025 at 9:56 PM
@goodlawproject.org
Re the retrospective nature of the govt’s new migration rules for people on care visas who are not yet eligible for ILR, is there a chance of judicial review along the lines of the 2008 HSMP vs Secretary of State judgment which struck down an attempt to backdate new rules?
Re the retrospective nature of the govt’s new migration rules for people on care visas who are not yet eligible for ILR, is there a chance of judicial review along the lines of the 2008 HSMP vs Secretary of State judgment which struck down an attempt to backdate new rules?
Of course people are fleeing Britain – we're narrow-minded and selfish - The i Paper
Truth.
Truth.
November 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Of course people are fleeing Britain – we're narrow-minded and selfish - The i Paper
Truth.
Truth.
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Some of the people in this article have shared their recollections with me before - but on condition of anonymity. Coming forward now is an act of patriotism. Farage’s claim that it never happened is the opposite.
(Note also the line about pronouncing his name.)
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
(Note also the line about pronouncing his name.)
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations
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November 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Some of the people in this article have shared their recollections with me before - but on condition of anonymity. Coming forward now is an act of patriotism. Farage’s claim that it never happened is the opposite.
(Note also the line about pronouncing his name.)
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
(Note also the line about pronouncing his name.)
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
@alfdubs.bsky.social
It was genuinely moving to hear Lord Dubs on Radio 4 this morning, talking with compassion about refugees—such a refreshing difference from the vile rhetoric we heard in the Commons yesterday.
It was genuinely moving to hear Lord Dubs on Radio 4 this morning, talking with compassion about refugees—such a refreshing difference from the vile rhetoric we heard in the Commons yesterday.
November 18, 2025 at 8:55 AM
@alfdubs.bsky.social
It was genuinely moving to hear Lord Dubs on Radio 4 this morning, talking with compassion about refugees—such a refreshing difference from the vile rhetoric we heard in the Commons yesterday.
It was genuinely moving to hear Lord Dubs on Radio 4 this morning, talking with compassion about refugees—such a refreshing difference from the vile rhetoric we heard in the Commons yesterday.
Not in my name, Starmer.
It's hard to find words to capture quite how revolting, steeped in bigotry, irresponsible, morally unmoored, Labour has become. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Anglican bishop shaken ‘to the core’ by home secretary’s asylum seeker comments
Bishop of Edmonton says people coming to UK are being ‘scapegoated’ for years of policy failures
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November 17, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Not in my name, Starmer.
Well done, Labour. I mean, really. You’ve fucking outdone yourself this time.
Congratulations Labour, this fucker makes Farage look welcoming to immigrants.
November 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Well done, Labour. I mean, really. You’ve fucking outdone yourself this time.
The Guardian: Starmer braced for backlash from Labour MPs as Mahmood sets out asylum plans – UK politics live
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If the backlash amounts to anything more than a handful of backbenchers, then I just don’t see how Starmer can survive. And nor should he. This is a disgusting policy.
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If the backlash amounts to anything more than a handful of backbenchers, then I just don’t see how Starmer can survive. And nor should he. This is a disgusting policy.
November 17, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The Guardian: Starmer braced for backlash from Labour MPs as Mahmood sets out asylum plans – UK politics live
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If the backlash amounts to anything more than a handful of backbenchers, then I just don’t see how Starmer can survive. And nor should he. This is a disgusting policy.
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If the backlash amounts to anything more than a handful of backbenchers, then I just don’t see how Starmer can survive. And nor should he. This is a disgusting policy.
Mahmood’s right about divisive rhetoric damaging the country. The problem is that they’re actually buying into it and giving it legitimacy. I’m utterly sickened by this.
November 17, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Mahmood’s right about divisive rhetoric damaging the country. The problem is that they’re actually buying into it and giving it legitimacy. I’m utterly sickened by this.
Horrifying.
It appears that our Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has been inspired by Kirsti Noem - and finds her to have an “under appreciated intellect and eye for detail” and is now following her lead.
Isn’t that just utterly horrifying.
Of all Starmer’s picks for cabinet, she has to be the worst.
Isn’t that just utterly horrifying.
Of all Starmer’s picks for cabinet, she has to be the worst.
November 17, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Horrifying.
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Yeah, that's pretty close to my view.
November 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Yeah, that's pretty close to my view.
I don’t know about you guys but I’ve spent most of the day feeling slightly sick at the thought of what our so-called ‘Labour’ government are planning to do on immigration.
November 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I don’t know about you guys but I’ve spent most of the day feeling slightly sick at the thought of what our so-called ‘Labour’ government are planning to do on immigration.
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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.
From The Sunday Times: “The home secretary argued that for too long those being granted asylum have ended up spending a lifetime in Britain. “
What the actual fuck?
What the actual fuck?
November 15, 2025 at 11:39 PM
From The Sunday Times: “The home secretary argued that for too long those being granted asylum have ended up spending a lifetime in Britain. “
What the actual fuck?
What the actual fuck?
I have always backed Starmer – until now - The i Paper
@iandunt.bsky.social is, as usual, spot on. It’s so depressing.
@iandunt.bsky.social is, as usual, spot on. It’s so depressing.
November 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I have always backed Starmer – until now - The i Paper
@iandunt.bsky.social is, as usual, spot on. It’s so depressing.
@iandunt.bsky.social is, as usual, spot on. It’s so depressing.
The BBC has its faults, but it must stand up to Trump. It cannot kowtow.
November 12, 2025 at 8:28 AM
The BBC has its faults, but it must stand up to Trump. It cannot kowtow.
Farridge: “I do not believe that it is right that we should, when it comes to controlling our borders, when it comes to who should be able legally to live, work and settle in this country…”
And on and on. The worst bit is, I can actually hear his voice in my head as I’m reading. Yuck.
And on and on. The worst bit is, I can actually hear his voice in my head as I’m reading. Yuck.
October 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Farridge: “I do not believe that it is right that we should, when it comes to controlling our borders, when it comes to who should be able legally to live, work and settle in this country…”
And on and on. The worst bit is, I can actually hear his voice in my head as I’m reading. Yuck.
And on and on. The worst bit is, I can actually hear his voice in my head as I’m reading. Yuck.
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October 28, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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I’m watching QT on catchup. Mariella Frostrup is absolutely spot on. As for Nadine Dorries, oh dear…
October 24, 2025 at 11:42 AM
I’m watching QT on catchup. Mariella Frostrup is absolutely spot on. As for Nadine Dorries, oh dear…
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Rachel Reeves’ nasty prejudice is coming into play www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...
Rachel Reeves’ nasty prejudice is coming into play
As the Guardian notes this morning:
Rachel Reeves has said she “can’t leave welfare untouched” this parliament, with the Treasury understood to be considering axing up to £1bn in tax breaks for a sch...
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October 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Rachel Reeves’ nasty prejudice is coming into play www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...