Nathan Phillips
@nbphillips1872.bsky.social
Head of Campaigns @asylummatters.bsky.social campaigning for the rights of refugees and people seeking asylum 🧡 he/him 🏴 bylines include @bigissue.com @bylinetimes.bsky.social @labourlist.bsky.social @nation.cymru @left-foot-forward.bsky.social ✍️
What a week for the fascists:
❌️ Yaxley-Lennon seeks asylum
❌️ Lowe declares war on Farage
❌️ Zahawi traumatised by a tired man
❌️ Liz "kiss of death" Truss meets Trump
❌️ Farage wants to ban WFH to avoid Clacton
❌️ Nazis become overnight Man Utd fans
✅️ AND IT'S ONLY MONDAY!!!
❌️ Yaxley-Lennon seeks asylum
❌️ Lowe declares war on Farage
❌️ Zahawi traumatised by a tired man
❌️ Liz "kiss of death" Truss meets Trump
❌️ Farage wants to ban WFH to avoid Clacton
❌️ Nazis become overnight Man Utd fans
✅️ AND IT'S ONLY MONDAY!!!
a man in a red jacket holds a bucket of bovod popcorn in his hand
ALT: a man in a red jacket holds a bucket of bovod popcorn in his hand
media.tenor.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:14 PM
What a week for the fascists:
❌️ Yaxley-Lennon seeks asylum
❌️ Lowe declares war on Farage
❌️ Zahawi traumatised by a tired man
❌️ Liz "kiss of death" Truss meets Trump
❌️ Farage wants to ban WFH to avoid Clacton
❌️ Nazis become overnight Man Utd fans
✅️ AND IT'S ONLY MONDAY!!!
❌️ Yaxley-Lennon seeks asylum
❌️ Lowe declares war on Farage
❌️ Zahawi traumatised by a tired man
❌️ Liz "kiss of death" Truss meets Trump
❌️ Farage wants to ban WFH to avoid Clacton
❌️ Nazis become overnight Man Utd fans
✅️ AND IT'S ONLY MONDAY!!!
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It *literally* does.
Thats what it is. A document which says youre British.
Thats what it is. A document which says youre British.
February 15, 2026 at 1:38 PM
It *literally* does.
Thats what it is. A document which says youre British.
Thats what it is. A document which says youre British.
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Any time Priti Patel expresses *any* opinion about Palestine or Israel it should come with a reminder she was forced to resign in disgrace for holding 14 secret meetings w. Israeli ministers, businesspeople and a senior lobbyist while a member of the UK government www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
February 15, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Any time Priti Patel expresses *any* opinion about Palestine or Israel it should come with a reminder she was forced to resign in disgrace for holding 14 secret meetings w. Israeli ministers, businesspeople and a senior lobbyist while a member of the UK government www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
Wait till he hears about the rhetoric being pumped out by his Government's own Home Office, he'll be fuming!!!
Starmer:
"The real fight is not in the Labour Party. It's with the right-wing politics that challenges that. The politics of Reform... Divide, divide, divide. Grievance, grievance, grievance. That will tear our country apart... I will be in that fight as long as I have breath in my body."
"The real fight is not in the Labour Party. It's with the right-wing politics that challenges that. The politics of Reform... Divide, divide, divide. Grievance, grievance, grievance. That will tear our country apart... I will be in that fight as long as I have breath in my body."
February 15, 2026 at 6:27 AM
Wait till he hears about the rhetoric being pumped out by his Government's own Home Office, he'll be fuming!!!
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This would be a bit more powerful if Starmer hadn't raided the rhetoric of Enoch Powell while introducing one of the harshest asylum systems in Europe?
Starmer:
"The real fight is not in the Labour Party. It's with the right-wing politics that challenges that. The politics of Reform... Divide, divide, divide. Grievance, grievance, grievance. That will tear our country apart... I will be in that fight as long as I have breath in my body."
"The real fight is not in the Labour Party. It's with the right-wing politics that challenges that. The politics of Reform... Divide, divide, divide. Grievance, grievance, grievance. That will tear our country apart... I will be in that fight as long as I have breath in my body."
February 10, 2026 at 10:44 PM
This would be a bit more powerful if Starmer hadn't raided the rhetoric of Enoch Powell while introducing one of the harshest asylum systems in Europe?
Also, have the Westminster press pack learned nothing from the #Mandelson affair?
Why is BBC giving such a prominent platform to a disgraced former MP with unresolved sexual harrassment allegations hanging over him?
Let alone his lobbyist ties to arms and oil companies.
Why is BBC giving such a prominent platform to a disgraced former MP with unresolved sexual harrassment allegations hanging over him?
Let alone his lobbyist ties to arms and oil companies.
This would be despicable authoritarian shit at the best of times, when the main left party had not absolutely fucked it to Pluto in the most egregious manner imaginable. Doing it now, when they’re preparing to hand a series of new Draconian powers to the posh National Front, is significantly worse.
February 15, 2026 at 6:24 AM
Also, have the Westminster press pack learned nothing from the #Mandelson affair?
Why is BBC giving such a prominent platform to a disgraced former MP with unresolved sexual harrassment allegations hanging over him?
Let alone his lobbyist ties to arms and oil companies.
Why is BBC giving such a prominent platform to a disgraced former MP with unresolved sexual harrassment allegations hanging over him?
Let alone his lobbyist ties to arms and oil companies.
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Dispatches showed how ‘corporate capture’ led to Palestine Action ban
One parliamentary stooge Dispatches interviewed was John Woodcock (‘Lord Walney’) – who’s among the clearest examples of corporate capture in UK politics.
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
One parliamentary stooge Dispatches interviewed was John Woodcock (‘Lord Walney’) – who’s among the clearest examples of corporate capture in UK politics.
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
Dispatches showed how 'corporate capture' led to Palestine Action ban
Channel 4's Dispatches programme on Palestine Action showed that the UK government has been captured by corporate interests
www.thecanary.co
February 11, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Dispatches showed how ‘corporate capture’ led to Palestine Action ban
One parliamentary stooge Dispatches interviewed was John Woodcock (‘Lord Walney’) – who’s among the clearest examples of corporate capture in UK politics.
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
One parliamentary stooge Dispatches interviewed was John Woodcock (‘Lord Walney’) – who’s among the clearest examples of corporate capture in UK politics.
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
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Although Sky News apparently couldn't help itself, we respectfully suggest just ignoring the faded "extremism advisor" Lord Walney, in his desperate search for relevance. His comments on the Palestine Action judgment today were, as ever, walnuts. Absolutely walnuts
February 13, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Although Sky News apparently couldn't help itself, we respectfully suggest just ignoring the faded "extremism advisor" Lord Walney, in his desperate search for relevance. His comments on the Palestine Action judgment today were, as ever, walnuts. Absolutely walnuts
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Fighting age man flees his homeland to seek asylum on overcrowded island.
February 14, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Fighting age man flees his homeland to seek asylum on overcrowded island.
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A few days ago we answered the office door to a delivery driver with a huge smile on his face.
Before we had a chance to say hi, he said:
🗣️ “With everything going on in the world right now, it’s amazing to know organisations like you exist. Keep up the good work and thank you!”
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Before we had a chance to say hi, he said:
🗣️ “With everything going on in the world right now, it’s amazing to know organisations like you exist. Keep up the good work and thank you!”
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February 14, 2026 at 2:21 PM
A few days ago we answered the office door to a delivery driver with a huge smile on his face.
Before we had a chance to say hi, he said:
🗣️ “With everything going on in the world right now, it’s amazing to know organisations like you exist. Keep up the good work and thank you!”
1/2
Before we had a chance to say hi, he said:
🗣️ “With everything going on in the world right now, it’s amazing to know organisations like you exist. Keep up the good work and thank you!”
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Please be careful in London. I have spent 25 years there, but I have never heard a story as frightening as this one from today in which nothing at all happened.
February 14, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Please be careful in London. I have spent 25 years there, but I have never heard a story as frightening as this one from today in which nothing at all happened.
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"Creating a poorer, more vulnerable migrant class of workers who have no long-term stake in our society worsens wages & conditions for everyone & increases resentment towards immigrants."
This. This. This.
@zoejardiniere.bsky.social is spot-on on why Government's hostile migration plans hurt us all.
This. This. This.
@zoejardiniere.bsky.social is spot-on on why Government's hostile migration plans hurt us all.
Labour is creating a vulnerable migrant underclass
Chasing Reform on immigration will only entrench an unequal system and increase resentment
www.newstatesman.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:55 AM
"Creating a poorer, more vulnerable migrant class of workers who have no long-term stake in our society worsens wages & conditions for everyone & increases resentment towards immigrants."
This. This. This.
@zoejardiniere.bsky.social is spot-on on why Government's hostile migration plans hurt us all.
This. This. This.
@zoejardiniere.bsky.social is spot-on on why Government's hostile migration plans hurt us all.
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Allowing refugee children to reunite with family members settled in the UK is morally the right thing to do and also removes the need for them to take dangerous journeys in search of safety.
Lord Dubs gets this. The government must listen to him.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Lord Dubs gets this. The government must listen to him.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Pulling up the drawbridge’: Alf Dubs criticises Shabana Mahmood’s plans for child refugees
Exclusive: Labour peer, who came to UK as a refugee, says some ministers try to show they won’t ‘just do things because of their background’
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Allowing refugee children to reunite with family members settled in the UK is morally the right thing to do and also removes the need for them to take dangerous journeys in search of safety.
Lord Dubs gets this. The government must listen to him.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Lord Dubs gets this. The government must listen to him.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Anyone feeling sympathy for Keir Starmer’s media treatment, recall: (1) he failed to charge News Corp phone hackers, (2) was found ‘culpable’ for hacking due to his failures, (3) wound up subsequent prosecutions early, and (4) rejected Leveson Stage 2.
This is the media environment he helped save.
This is the media environment he helped save.
February 9, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Anyone feeling sympathy for Keir Starmer’s media treatment, recall: (1) he failed to charge News Corp phone hackers, (2) was found ‘culpable’ for hacking due to his failures, (3) wound up subsequent prosecutions early, and (4) rejected Leveson Stage 2.
This is the media environment he helped save.
This is the media environment he helped save.
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Labour in opposition - let refugee families reunite.
Labour in power - refugee families won’t reunite on our watch.
They’re just in power for power’s sake.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Labour in power - refugee families won’t reunite on our watch.
They’re just in power for power’s sake.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Pulling up the drawbridge’: Alf Dubs criticises Shabana Mahmood’s plans for child refugees
Exclusive: Labour peer, who came to UK as a refugee, says some ministers try to show they won’t ‘just do things because of their background’
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Labour in opposition - let refugee families reunite.
Labour in power - refugee families won’t reunite on our watch.
They’re just in power for power’s sake.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Labour in power - refugee families won’t reunite on our watch.
They’re just in power for power’s sake.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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It's not even midnight and we're already at "Deport Elmo."
February 9, 2026 at 3:15 AM
It's not even midnight and we're already at "Deport Elmo."
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Three-quarters of charities oppose the government’s plans to link volunteering to settlement in the UK, according to a new survey by @ncvo.bsky.social
Most charities oppose government’s ‘harmful’ migrant volunteering plans, survey shows
www.civilsociety.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Three-quarters of charities oppose the government’s plans to link volunteering to settlement in the UK, according to a new survey by @ncvo.bsky.social
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In a touching tribute to his mentor, Morgan McSweeney has resigned in disgrace.
February 8, 2026 at 2:46 PM
In a touching tribute to his mentor, Morgan McSweeney has resigned in disgrace.
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Just beyond parody at this point
February 8, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Just beyond parody at this point
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The Times calls Keir Starmer's decision to hire Peter Mandelson an "egregious error" which deserves an "inquiry into the appointment process."
Not included is any demand for an inquiry into their own appointment of him, long after his post-conviction relationship with Jeffrey Epstein was exposed
Not included is any demand for an inquiry into their own appointment of him, long after his post-conviction relationship with Jeffrey Epstein was exposed
February 8, 2026 at 7:29 PM
The Times calls Keir Starmer's decision to hire Peter Mandelson an "egregious error" which deserves an "inquiry into the appointment process."
Not included is any demand for an inquiry into their own appointment of him, long after his post-conviction relationship with Jeffrey Epstein was exposed
Not included is any demand for an inquiry into their own appointment of him, long after his post-conviction relationship with Jeffrey Epstein was exposed
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The Home Office now describes asylum seekers as "illegal immigrants [living in hotels]" with no reference to the reason that these people are in government-funded accommodation is that this government has taken & will process the asylum claim from them in 98-99% of cases of unauthorised entry.
February 8, 2026 at 12:50 PM
The Home Office now describes asylum seekers as "illegal immigrants [living in hotels]" with no reference to the reason that these people are in government-funded accommodation is that this government has taken & will process the asylum claim from them in 98-99% of cases of unauthorised entry.
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This is the man whose company Peter Mandelson's lobbying firm represents.
Keir Starmer visited its HQ last year, at the request of Mandelson, shortly before it was handed a £240m Government contract
Keir Starmer visited its HQ last year, at the request of Mandelson, shortly before it was handed a £240m Government contract
Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist and apocalypse are linked to the ‘end of modernity’ currently happening—and cites Greta Thunberg as a driving example
fortune.com/2026/02/04/p...
*Not satire.
fortune.com/2026/02/04/p...
*Not satire.
Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist and apocalypse are linked to the ‘end of modernity’ currently happening—and cites Greta Thunberg as a driving example | Fortune
The Gen Z Swedish climate activist is a legionnaire of the Antichrist, Thiel claims, a “Luddite” who wants to halt technological progress in its tracks.
fortune.com
February 8, 2026 at 8:41 AM
This is the man whose company Peter Mandelson's lobbying firm represents.
Keir Starmer visited its HQ last year, at the request of Mandelson, shortly before it was handed a £240m Government contract
Keir Starmer visited its HQ last year, at the request of Mandelson, shortly before it was handed a £240m Government contract
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It's so important to remember that it's people who suffer through oppressive and cruel immigration and asylum policies. Not numbers, people.
Thanks for this crucial piece @diane-writer10.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
It's so important to remember that it's people who suffer through oppressive and cruel immigration and asylum policies. Not numbers, people.
Thanks for this crucial piece @diane-writer10.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
‘They were humans’: inquiry into mass Channel drowning hears from families
Relatives of at least 27 people who died in November 2021 describe their loved ones and their grief to Cranston inquiry
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:37 PM
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It's so important to remember that it's people who suffer through oppressive and cruel immigration and asylum policies. Not numbers, people.
Thanks for this crucial piece @diane-writer10.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
It's so important to remember that it's people who suffer through oppressive and cruel immigration and asylum policies. Not numbers, people.
Thanks for this crucial piece @diane-writer10.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...