Ricky
@paddington82.bsky.social
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And what, pray tell, have Labour strategists done? Why, they have made the debate around immigration salient, through draconian new restrictions and breaking promises made to existing immigrants. An issue that splits the left bloc and where Reform, not Labour, ‘own’ the issue. Genius. 9/n
December 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
And what, pray tell, have Labour strategists done? Why, they have made the debate around immigration salient, through draconian new restrictions and breaking promises made to existing immigrants. An issue that splits the left bloc and where Reform, not Labour, ‘own’ the issue. Genius. 9/n
What’s he on about?
🚨 NEW: Keir Starmer says he is "frustrated" with the number of regulations he faces
"Every time I go to pull a lever, there are a whole bunch of regulations, consultations, arms-length bodies that mean the action from pulling the lever to delivery is longer than I think it ought to be"
"Every time I go to pull a lever, there are a whole bunch of regulations, consultations, arms-length bodies that mean the action from pulling the lever to delivery is longer than I think it ought to be"
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 PM
What’s he on about?
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Super interesting how he has more energy for this than for those far-right marches where people were calling for his government to be overthrown.
Starmer calls for police crackdown on pro-Palestine marches
Starmer calls for police crackdown on pro-Palestine marches
Starmer calls for police crackdown on pro-Palestine marches
www.independent.co.uk
December 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Super interesting how he has more energy for this than for those far-right marches where people were calling for his government to be overthrown.
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It only takes one political, religious or economic crisis for … rights to be put in jeopardy - Simone de Beauvoir
Starmer calls for police crackdown on pro-Palestine marches
Starmer calls for police crackdown on pro-Palestine marches
Starmer calls for police crackdown on pro-Palestine marches
www.independent.co.uk
December 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
It only takes one political, religious or economic crisis for … rights to be put in jeopardy - Simone de Beauvoir
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Ok but your foreword to your recent consultation repeats the far right fantasy of an “open border experiment” & says the “cause of our division” is the “destabilising” “pace and scale of migration”, so
Shabana Mahmood dismisses White House’s ‘civilisational erasure’ claims
Home secretary says UK has managed the challenges of multiculturalism ‘very well’
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Ok but your foreword to your recent consultation repeats the far right fantasy of an “open border experiment” & says the “cause of our division” is the “destabilising” “pace and scale of migration”, so
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Ahmed al Ahmed, a Lebanese Muslim who owns a Sydney fruit shop, risked his life to disarm one of the Bondi Beach shooters.
His courage gives me hope amidst the horror and darkness. Muslims and Jews are not enemies. Our futures, in the Middle East and beyond, are intrinsically bound.
A true hero.
His courage gives me hope amidst the horror and darkness. Muslims and Jews are not enemies. Our futures, in the Middle East and beyond, are intrinsically bound.
A true hero.
December 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Ahmed al Ahmed, a Lebanese Muslim who owns a Sydney fruit shop, risked his life to disarm one of the Bondi Beach shooters.
His courage gives me hope amidst the horror and darkness. Muslims and Jews are not enemies. Our futures, in the Middle East and beyond, are intrinsically bound.
A true hero.
His courage gives me hope amidst the horror and darkness. Muslims and Jews are not enemies. Our futures, in the Middle East and beyond, are intrinsically bound.
A true hero.
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Home Office urged to be transparent about deaths of asylum seekers in its care
Home Office urged to be transparent about deaths of asylum seekers in its care
Campaigners call for quarterly data to be published in line with other departments instead of FoI route
Human rights and refugee campaigners are calling on the Home Office to be transparent about the numbers of asylum seekers who die in its care by publishing quarterly data as other government departments do.
The only way to obtain data about asylum seeker deaths is via freedom of information (FoI) requests to the Home Office, which officials do not always comply with. However, the NHS produces regular figures about deaths in hospitals and the Ministry of Justice does so with deaths in custody. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Home Office urged to be transparent about deaths of asylum seekers in its care
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Mahmood reminds me of that person you always get in minority communities who chastises everyone for making her look bad, and how we need to "be more integrated" then you find out her family's been feeding lies to the police.
The Home Secretary is asked, is Farage a racist? She says its for him to answer questions about his own conduct.
December 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Mahmood reminds me of that person you always get in minority communities who chastises everyone for making her look bad, and how we need to "be more integrated" then you find out her family's been feeding lies to the police.
It speaks volumes when people in government shut down comments or restrict quotes. If that’s happening, it’s probably time to question the direction and decisions of the government you’re part of.
December 14, 2025 at 12:18 PM
It speaks volumes when people in government shut down comments or restrict quotes. If that’s happening, it’s probably time to question the direction and decisions of the government you’re part of.
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This sounds like defensive briefing straight from a Morgan McSweeney Whatsapp group in denial about how an ineffective leader unwilling to face the breakdown of US-Europe relations might not be the best figure to lead the UK into a post-American order
December 13, 2025 at 10:47 AM
This sounds like defensive briefing straight from a Morgan McSweeney Whatsapp group in denial about how an ineffective leader unwilling to face the breakdown of US-Europe relations might not be the best figure to lead the UK into a post-American order
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Taking the scenario where there is a 2026 contest for Labour leadership (either involving the incumbent being challenged & contesting it, or a contest after the incumbent resigned & is not rumming), how surmountable or insurmountable are barriers to Andy Burnham being an MP in time to contest it?
December 13, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Taking the scenario where there is a 2026 contest for Labour leadership (either involving the incumbent being challenged & contesting it, or a contest after the incumbent resigned & is not rumming), how surmountable or insurmountable are barriers to Andy Burnham being an MP in time to contest it?
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Hey, who cares about growth. Immigration is down. That’s all that matters.
apparently there's 'falling growth' in the 'scientific research' sector, and yes, that is what will happen if you slash jobs in universities
UK economy unexpectedly contracts by 0.1% in October
Growth has slowed throughout the year
www.ft.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Hey, who cares about growth. Immigration is down. That’s all that matters.
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The far right are 'capitalising on' problems with the UK immigration system that could be easily fixed, a leading Scottish charity CEO has said ⬇️
Far right 'capitalising on' fixable flaws in Home Office system, charity boss warns
www.thenational.scot
December 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The far right are 'capitalising on' problems with the UK immigration system that could be easily fixed, a leading Scottish charity CEO has said ⬇️
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My god I have respect for satirists right now. It must be the most difficult job going. This from the ever brilliant @rosieisaholt.bsky.social is effectively government policy.
Labour MP says only way to unite UK over immigration is by leaning into Reform narrative.
December 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
My god I have respect for satirists right now. It must be the most difficult job going. This from the ever brilliant @rosieisaholt.bsky.social is effectively government policy.
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On "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"
"we concluded that the statement made by the Home Secretary was presented as an assertion, and not a statistical finding" - UK statistics regulator
"we concluded that the statement made by the Home Secretary was presented as an assertion, and not a statistical finding" - UK statistics regulator
December 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM
On "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"
"we concluded that the statement made by the Home Secretary was presented as an assertion, and not a statistical finding" - UK statistics regulator
"we concluded that the statement made by the Home Secretary was presented as an assertion, and not a statistical finding" - UK statistics regulator
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Over 250 pubs, restaurants and hotels have now banned all Labour MPs from their premises in protest at the new business tax rates
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
No 10 says it backs pubs as landlords bar Labour MPs in tax protest
The government says it delivered a £4.3bn support package for pubs and restaurants in the Budget.
www.bbc.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Over 250 pubs, restaurants and hotels have now banned all Labour MPs from their premises in protest at the new business tax rates
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Beyond belief that Keir Starmer has gone back on his word and his manifesto several times.
December 12, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Beyond belief that Keir Starmer has gone back on his word and his manifesto several times.
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The border inspector’s 2022 description of Home Office data as “inexcusably awful” remains undefeated
The real asylum scandal is the incompetence of the Home Office inews.co.uk/opinion/the-...
December 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The border inspector’s 2022 description of Home Office data as “inexcusably awful” remains undefeated
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We already have to pay a few thousand pounds every couple of years for the privilege of being able to live together as a married couple, now they just want to punish us even further if for some reason the spouse on the visa doesn't earn enough money, by making it harder and longer to settle.
If you are a British citizen who married a foreigner, the Labour government is going to make it harder and more expensive for you to just live a normal stable life as a married couple, if your spouse doesn't earn enough money (which never was a condition for their visa in the first place).
December 12, 2025 at 11:36 AM
We already have to pay a few thousand pounds every couple of years for the privilege of being able to live together as a married couple, now they just want to punish us even further if for some reason the spouse on the visa doesn't earn enough money, by making it harder and longer to settle.
“Important voices in the violence against women and girls (VAWG) sector have privately accused ministers of sidelining first-hand expertise and
Government’s process behind tackling violence against women ‘worse than under the Tories’
Government’s process behind tackling violence against women ‘worse than under the Tories’
Exclusive: As Labour ministers prepare long awaited strategy, campaigners accuse them of sidelining experts
Leading organisations have criticised the development of the government’s flagship violence against women and girls strategy, calling the process chaotic, haphazard and “worse than under the Tories”.
Ministers are gearing up for a policy announcement blitz before the publication of the long-awaited plan next week. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:35 PM
“Important voices in the violence against women and girls (VAWG) sector have privately accused ministers of sidelining first-hand expertise and
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That proscription of Palestine Action is going very well.
Alongside fellow Green MPs and Peers, I have written to the Justice Secretary to express my serious concern about the wellbeing and conditions of the hunger strikers.
Five of the strikers have now been hospitalised - it is clear Lammy must take urgent action to prevent tragedy.
Five of the strikers have now been hospitalised - it is clear Lammy must take urgent action to prevent tragedy.
December 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
That proscription of Palestine Action is going very well.
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So far Zack Polanski is the only political leader of a mass membership party to come out in support of the hunger strikers. Meanwhile the Justice Secretary refuses even to reply to MPs demanding an urgent meeting to avert what could well be the tragic deaths of unconvicted prisoners. Shameful.
Solidarity with the hunger strikers.
It is an egregious violation for them to be held on remand - without trial or conviction.
All for protesting against a genocide. Shameful.
It is an egregious violation for them to be held on remand - without trial or conviction.
All for protesting against a genocide. Shameful.
December 12, 2025 at 8:35 AM
So far Zack Polanski is the only political leader of a mass membership party to come out in support of the hunger strikers. Meanwhile the Justice Secretary refuses even to reply to MPs demanding an urgent meeting to avert what could well be the tragic deaths of unconvicted prisoners. Shameful.
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December 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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So they've halved their membership since Starmer became leader as it was over 500,000 under Corbyn
He really is about as popular as a kick in the balls
He really is about as popular as a kick in the balls
December 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
So they've halved their membership since Starmer became leader as it was over 500,000 under Corbyn
He really is about as popular as a kick in the balls
He really is about as popular as a kick in the balls