Natasha Saunders
@negsaunders.bsky.social
Lecturer in IR and Political Theory at University of St Andrews. Interested in: Migration | Rights | Borders | Digital Tech | Activism
When not working, I’m travelling, eating nice food, and being a mum to Chocolate Labrador Bonnie.
When not working, I’m travelling, eating nice food, and being a mum to Chocolate Labrador Bonnie.
The UK Home Office know that there is no evidence to substantiate their claims that ever harsher border control policies will reduce asylum seeking or stop irregular arrivals. They commissioned a review of existing evidence under the last government hoping it would provide a solid evidence base for
November 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The UK Home Office know that there is no evidence to substantiate their claims that ever harsher border control policies will reduce asylum seeking or stop irregular arrivals. They commissioned a review of existing evidence under the last government hoping it would provide a solid evidence base for
There always seems to be money for cruelty, doesn’t there…
Labour's anti-asylum policies are already fundamentally inhumane and discriminatory. Applying them retrospectively is pure cruelty though. It serves absolutely no purpose. Meanwhile it will increase the costs and bureaucracy of an already dysfunctional Home Office.
www.thetimes.com/article/6f83...
www.thetimes.com/article/6f83...
November 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
There always seems to be money for cruelty, doesn’t there…
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Actual analysis of the BBC’s coverage of Gaza is devastating for Prescott and the right wing attacks on the BBC. Ratio of Israeli-Palestinian deaths: 1 /34. Ratio of coverage of those deaths: 19 / 1.
cfmm.org.uk/bbc-on-gaza-...
cfmm.org.uk/bbc-on-gaza-...
BBC On Gaza-Israel: One Story, Double Standards - Centre For Media Monitoring
cfmm.org.uk
November 23, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Actual analysis of the BBC’s coverage of Gaza is devastating for Prescott and the right wing attacks on the BBC. Ratio of Israeli-Palestinian deaths: 1 /34. Ratio of coverage of those deaths: 19 / 1.
cfmm.org.uk/bbc-on-gaza-...
cfmm.org.uk/bbc-on-gaza-...
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Don’t worry Keir. I’m sure the months of cos-playing as Nigel Farage will see an uptick in support…
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NEW from Ipsos
Satisfaction with the PM remains unchanged since September, continuing to be the worst ever recorded by Ipsos for a Prime Minister, going back to 1977…
Satisfaction with the PM remains unchanged since September, continuing to be the worst ever recorded by Ipsos for a Prime Minister, going back to 1977…
November 17, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Don’t worry Keir. I’m sure the months of cos-playing as Nigel Farage will see an uptick in support…
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Asked a question by Kuenssberg about whether her proposals on refugees would mean refugee families being broken up, Shabana Mahmood immediately started talking about illegal migration. Eventually, she’s admitted that yes, Labour’s policy will break up settled families. Vile.
November 16, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Asked a question by Kuenssberg about whether her proposals on refugees would mean refugee families being broken up, Shabana Mahmood immediately started talking about illegal migration. Eventually, she’s admitted that yes, Labour’s policy will break up settled families. Vile.
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What is truly pathetic about Labour is that this is all they have got. They have failed so spectacularly already, despite a whacking great majority, to even attempt to govern positively that all they have is punching down on marginalised groups and saying "oh but Reform will be worse".
November 15, 2025 at 7:48 AM
What is truly pathetic about Labour is that this is all they have got. They have failed so spectacularly already, despite a whacking great majority, to even attempt to govern positively that all they have is punching down on marginalised groups and saying "oh but Reform will be worse".
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The tech billionaires want: AI to manage their relationships, robot slaves to serve their every whim, & their minds uploaded into cyborg bodies. Their pet projects are eugenics & leaving the earth. They are terrified of being human. The same people think they should be the leaders of humanity
November 10, 2025 at 8:27 AM
The tech billionaires want: AI to manage their relationships, robot slaves to serve their every whim, & their minds uploaded into cyborg bodies. Their pet projects are eugenics & leaving the earth. They are terrified of being human. The same people think they should be the leaders of humanity
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Rather than global cooperation on preventing people seeking asylum, there needs to be global cooperation on ensuring they can do so safely if we are to avoid further tragic loss of life. There's no question Rohinga Muslims need asylum. It's a question of how they get it.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Dozens missing after migrant boat sinks near Malaysia-Thailand border
Malaysian authorities are looking for more survivors after the vessel capsized near the resort of Langkawi.
www.bbc.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Rather than global cooperation on preventing people seeking asylum, there needs to be global cooperation on ensuring they can do so safely if we are to avoid further tragic loss of life. There's no question Rohinga Muslims need asylum. It's a question of how they get it.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
So I think the 5th December might be the day I die………of laughter.
I don’t think I’ll be able to withstand the scale of the laughing fit I will have when Infantino gives Trump the “FIFA Peace Prize” and Trump extols the prize as the greatest honour ever bestowed on a human being.
I don’t think I’ll be able to withstand the scale of the laughing fit I will have when Infantino gives Trump the “FIFA Peace Prize” and Trump extols the prize as the greatest honour ever bestowed on a human being.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:15 AM
So I think the 5th December might be the day I die………of laughter.
I don’t think I’ll be able to withstand the scale of the laughing fit I will have when Infantino gives Trump the “FIFA Peace Prize” and Trump extols the prize as the greatest honour ever bestowed on a human being.
I don’t think I’ll be able to withstand the scale of the laughing fit I will have when Infantino gives Trump the “FIFA Peace Prize” and Trump extols the prize as the greatest honour ever bestowed on a human being.
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not to brag but i can generate slop with natural intelligence
October 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
not to brag but i can generate slop with natural intelligence
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Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?
October 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?
I can find lots of surveys about general public attitudes to AI, but I can’t find anything on whether the public actually want AI generated communication from public bodies (UK). Does anyone know of anything along these lines? Curious given some dynamics developing in comms in various depts.
October 23, 2025 at 7:08 AM
I can find lots of surveys about general public attitudes to AI, but I can’t find anything on whether the public actually want AI generated communication from public bodies (UK). Does anyone know of anything along these lines? Curious given some dynamics developing in comms in various depts.
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Guess if you're not an ethicist, biologist, environmental/climate scientist, creative, cog scientist, housed near data centers, privacy expert, software dev who fucking knows better, comp scientist ditto, worker w/o work bc of deluded execs, or just abt anyone else, maybe it's just, like, 2 things
There are basically only two positions in the debate about AI.
1. I’ve barely invested any time in learning how to use it effectively. AI sucks.
2. I’ve invested in learning how to use this tool. Holy cow, it’s transformational.
Position #1 has lower barriers to entry.
1. I’ve barely invested any time in learning how to use it effectively. AI sucks.
2. I’ve invested in learning how to use this tool. Holy cow, it’s transformational.
Position #1 has lower barriers to entry.
October 17, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Guess if you're not an ethicist, biologist, environmental/climate scientist, creative, cog scientist, housed near data centers, privacy expert, software dev who fucking knows better, comp scientist ditto, worker w/o work bc of deluded execs, or just abt anyone else, maybe it's just, like, 2 things
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you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you
October 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you
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No Microsoft, I do not want Copilot to summarise my emails. Ever. I will read them myself. Because I care about what they say. Reading is a useful skill & literacy is good for humanity, stop trying to undermine it you pricks.
October 14, 2025 at 9:06 AM
No Microsoft, I do not want Copilot to summarise my emails. Ever. I will read them myself. Because I care about what they say. Reading is a useful skill & literacy is good for humanity, stop trying to undermine it you pricks.
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On the centenary of Thatcher's birth, there have been predictable calls for a memorial to her memory. But Britain's 2300 food banks serve that purpose already.
October 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
On the centenary of Thatcher's birth, there have been predictable calls for a memorial to her memory. But Britain's 2300 food banks serve that purpose already.
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This is the inevitable outcome of relentless anti-immigration political rhetoric and a media environment which disproportionately amplifies the voices of racists, giving the indication that they are the "voice of the public" rather than the minority they are.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘Frightened to get out of their cars’: Britain’s toxic race debates threaten overseas care workers
Staff are being advised to travel in mixed groups and carry panic alarms as incidents of intimidation spread
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:18 AM
This is the inevitable outcome of relentless anti-immigration political rhetoric and a media environment which disproportionately amplifies the voices of racists, giving the indication that they are the "voice of the public" rather than the minority they are.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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In a woodcut released today the Guild of Thieves and Cutpurses declared that enforcement of regulations against Thieving and Pursecutting would ‘devastate a growth industry’ and damage the economy.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
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October 8, 2025 at 9:03 AM
In a woodcut released today the Guild of Thieves and Cutpurses declared that enforcement of regulations against Thieving and Pursecutting would ‘devastate a growth industry’ and damage the economy.
Bonnie says “Good morning hoomans!”
October 8, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Bonnie says “Good morning hoomans!”
My beautiful mother would have been 68 today. Happy Birthday, mummy. I miss you everyday xxxx
October 6, 2025 at 10:05 AM
My beautiful mother would have been 68 today. Happy Birthday, mummy. I miss you everyday xxxx
Bonnie celebrating our win over Liverpool 🤣❤️
October 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Bonnie celebrating our win over Liverpool 🤣❤️
If I’m Oscar Piastri I’d race with gloves off from now on. Constructors is done, no need to help my teammate anymore, especially if my teammate is going to collide with me during the race.
October 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM
If I’m Oscar Piastri I’d race with gloves off from now on. Constructors is done, no need to help my teammate anymore, especially if my teammate is going to collide with me during the race.
Refugee protection is the definition of a collective action problem. Can the UK on its own solve that problem? No. The system has been collectively broken and it can only be collectively fixed. But, what the UK can do on its own is NOT MAKE THE PROBLEM WORSE. #KeirStarmer
October 2, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Refugee protection is the definition of a collective action problem. Can the UK on its own solve that problem? No. The system has been collectively broken and it can only be collectively fixed. But, what the UK can do on its own is NOT MAKE THE PROBLEM WORSE. #KeirStarmer
If you want to stop smugglers putting people in small boats STOP GIVING THEM BUSINESS!!!
Jesus wept, I can’t bear this F-ing stupidity and cruelty.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Jesus wept, I can’t bear this F-ing stupidity and cruelty.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Starmer to end asylum ‘golden ticket’ of resettlement and family reunion rights
People granted asylum will have to earn right to invite family in plan charities call ‘straight from populist playbook’
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:53 AM
If you want to stop smugglers putting people in small boats STOP GIVING THEM BUSINESS!!!
Jesus wept, I can’t bear this F-ing stupidity and cruelty.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Jesus wept, I can’t bear this F-ing stupidity and cruelty.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...