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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 1d

The only area Labour has reputation with more than a fringe sliver of Reform is "protecting minorities" (which is neutral or negative for many of these voters). It can try to win bsck Labour to Reform wavers, who will be a bit more balanced,but can't chase Reform 2024 voters or Tory/Reform switchers

YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 1d

Reform UK voters trust the party significantly more than they trust the other main parties in every area polled

yougov.co.uk/politics/art...

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 2d

No, it's not. It's all a lie. The blunt truth is across the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them.

Iain Mansfield @igmansfield.bsky.social · 2d

Outstanding piece by Stephen Daisley.

Ethnicity is no barrier to Britishness - it's culture and integration.

That means 'smaller cohorts and aggressive integration policies' - and tackling the institutions that 'have amplified grievance narratives and radical anti-Western ideologies'.

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British Future @britishfuture.bsky.social · 2d

The new 'Pride in Place' programme "fires the starting gun in Labour’s race to address the national decline that is fuelling polarisation," writes our @jakepuddle.bsky.social – but ministers should be wary of presenting it as a silver bullet to heal divides.
www.britishfuture.org/the-pride-in...

The Pride in Place Programme: an important step in the right direction, but no silver bullet - British Future

Devolving power and money will help build community connection, but government leadership is needed to address threats to social cohesion.

www.britishfuture.org

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Jake Puddle @jakepuddle.bsky.social · 2d

The new Pride in Place Programme has been set out by government as ‘an alternative to the forces trying to pull us apart’

I wrote about whether the programme can meet this ambition to address deepening social divides ⬇️

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 2d

British Future research director @jakepuddle.bsky.social blogs on the Pride in Place programme & the links between local pride and national challenges in addressing social divisions

www.britishfuture.org/the-pride-in...

The Pride in Place Programme: an important step in the right direction, but no silver bullet - British Future

Devolving power and money will help build community connection, but government leadership is needed to address threats to social cohesion.

www.britishfuture.org

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 2d

Kemi Badenoch announced this week that the Tories would take the UK out of the ECHR - but how many Britons want to do so?

Remain: 46%
Withdraw: 29%

By current VI
Reform UK: 72% withdraw
Con: 44%
Lib Dem: 8%
Lab: 5%
Green: 5%

yougov.co.uk/politics/art...

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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 3d

I've responded to Robert Jenrick's vile comments in @thetimes.com

www.thetimes.com/life-style/c...

I sang Jerusalem with Robert Jenrick at school — he’s wrong about race

The Conservative MP has complained that, visiting Handsworth in Birmingham, he didn’t see ‘another white face’. You can’t judge whether someone is integrated by skin colour, argues fellow Wulfrunian S...

www.thetimes.com

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 3d

Murder at the synagogue on Yom Kippur made Thursday a dark day in British history. My Eastern Eye column on the Manchester tragedy.
www.easterneye.biz/manchester-s...

Comment: Horror in Manchester and a glimmer of hope as communities respond together

Responses to Manchester show why expressions of empathy still matter – not only symbolically, but also in practice.

www.easterneye.biz

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JP Spencer @jpspencer.bsky.social · 4d

Last month, the government published a new Pride in Place Strategy. I was really struck by the graph below.

There is a very clear and worrying link between incomes and social trust in an area.

www.gov.uk/government/p...

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Jake Puddle @jakepuddle.bsky.social · 4d

As the Tories announce plans for a British ICE, it would be interesting to run a poll on public support before & after watching this video.

Much of the UK public will be unaware of these violent, balaclava-wearing thugs & more could be done to highlight the violence ICE is bringing to US streets

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 5d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Hend Aly @hendaly.bsky.social · 4d

We have recently released issue 8 of Migration and Society. The issue engages with solidarity, hope and writing on migration in dark times.

The issue is open access. berghahnbooks.bsky.social

We will have an online launch of the issue on 21 Oct. Let me know if you need the registration details

www.berghahnjournals.com

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Dame Sara Khan DBE @sarakhandbe.bsky.social · 5d

The fire attack at a mosque in Peaceheaven is despicable. Since June there have been 19 attacks on mosques/Muslim institutions. The virulent hatred, stereotyping & dehumanisation of Muslims must stop.The everyday anti-Muslim discourse is fuelling such incidents & will result in serious consequences.

Doorbell footage shows blaze erupt at mosque after suspected arson attack

Video shows a large fire in front of the mosque, which was later put out by the fire service. Photos from the aftermath showed a burnt-out car.

news.sky.com

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 6d

‘One of the strongest cases for harm is that time on these platforms is time away from nourishing interactions with other people.’

Great graph from @jburnmurdoch.ft.com showing that social media has become less social
on.ft.com/4gP83eW

Social media has become less social Change in share of people reporting each reason for using social media (%)
Source: GWI
FT graphic: John Burn-Murdoch / @jburnmurdoch

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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 5d

Hard agree - there are very vivid examples of why the disappearance of a functioning centre right option in a system which props up the two largest parties every single day, when the news reports on the Trump administration.

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 5d

It's fascinating how there are still replies on this, and indeed on every post about the decline of the Tories, with people on the left and centre-left people going 'good'. Honestly, I don't know how big of a warning sign you need that the death of the Tory party is bad for your politics!

Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 5d

Removing her will be an act of mercy at this point. It's getting unbearable to watch her flail around.

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Dame Sara Khan DBE @sarakhandbe.bsky.social · 7d

In 2021 the CST rightly labelled Tommy Robinson an extremist.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 8d

Wholeheartedly this 👇

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 8d

On Yom Kippur many Jewish people in Britain have their phones off to mark the holy day.

As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time.

At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.

To everyone in Britain's Jewish Community: you are not alone.

We will not let hate or those who spread it win.

We stand with you.

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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 8d

I never post on Yom Kippur but:

When British Jews tell you antisemitism is getting worse BELIEVE US. It shouldn’t take us getting stabbed by terrorists on the holiest day in our calendar for you to believe us.

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Sumi Madhok @sumimadhok.bsky.social · 10d

“…Labour risks a migration politics that divides society into the fully entitled and the permanently probationary. In this hierarchical system of belonging, migrants are kept on extended probation and judged by standards never applied to British nationals”.

Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 10d

Labour’s plan to make migrants earn permanent residency by doubling the wait to 10 years & adding new tests turns belonging into an endless exam.
🔗 theconversation.com/labours-plan...
#ShabanaMahmood
#LabourConference

Labour’s plan for migrants to ‘earn’ permanent residency turns belonging into an endless exam

In this hierarchical system, migrants are kept on extended probation and judged by standards never applied to British nationals.

theconversation.com

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Ben Barclay @benbarclay.bsky.social · 11d

My mum spent around 20 years living in the UK as an immigrant, and I’ve spent a similar time in Spain.

She contributed, and I hope I’ve contributed in many ways, but some of them have only been possible precisely because I haven’t needed to jump through hoops to demonstrate my contribution.

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 11d

Krishnan Guru Murthy, "Isn't it a bit insulting to say to an Indian doctor who is working 60-70 hours a week that in order to get settled status he's got to volunteer?"

Rachel Reeves, "We want people to contribute if they come to our country"

Labour have gone utterly bonkers

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British Future @britishfuture.bsky.social · 10d

Great to see Lisa Nandy announce a new ‘Town of culture’ competition - something British Future’s been calling for since our 2019 ‘Crossing Divides’ report by @sundersays.bsky.social @jillyrutter.bsky.social.
Culture’s not just for cities!
www.britishfuture.org/publication/...
#LPC25

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 10d

Delaying ILR/settlement/citizenship for this group would very likely leave them to the mercy of a future Reform/Tory govt -and to policies which Starmer and Mahmood have (rightly) explicitly described as racist.

A real litmus test for Labour.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 11d

I expect both candidates in the deputy leadership election will be asked whether Labour's policy should include threatening to deport people here legally.

The Prime Minister seemed to say that would be immoral. Home Secretary says government intends to let some stay & tell some they must leave.

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British Future @britishfuture.bsky.social · 11d

“I didn’t think I’d live in a Britain where questions of fairness and equality have become polarised - but here we are,” says Uma Kumaran MP.
There is a wilful attempt to mislead people about what Equality and diversity work is about, she says - and we need to address that.

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British Future @britishfuture.bsky.social · 11d

At our #LPC25 event ‘Creating Inclusive Workplaces: Challenges, Choices and Change’ (ACC Room 11a) with Anneliese Dodds MP; Uma Kumaran MP; Anna Purchas (KPMG Vice Chair and London Office Senior Partner); Hayley Bennett of HTVB Consultancy; and Heather Rolfe of British Future.

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 11d

Apart from the unnecessary hardship this will inflict on individuals, this will be bad for integration and social cohesion, bad for the economy, and will increase irregular migration.

[And, as @robfordmancs.bsky.social has shown, it's hugely unpopular and out of step with the British public]

Paul Brand @paulbrand.bsky.social · 11d

Mahmood says she will introduce new conditions for indefinite leave to remain:

Lived here 10 years not 5
Being in work
Not taking a penny in benefits
No criminal record
Giving back to community eg volunteering

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Luke Piper @lukepiper.bsky.social · 11d

There is something deeply unfair telling people that their eligibility for options to settle in the UK are unknown because the government is busy chasing perceptions about migrants. I have to essentially 🤷when asked about when they can settle. Stressful for too many. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Shabana Mahmood to demand migrants earn right to settled status

New tests will include learning English to a high standard, paying National Insurance and not claiming benefits.

www.bbc.co.uk

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