Dr Zubaida Haque
@zubhaque.bsky.social
Former Dep Director and Head of Research at Women’s Budget Group. Former CEO The Equality Trust; Former deputy & interim CEO of The Runnymede Trust. Member of Independent SAGE. Worked in government and on national reviews. Views my own
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A group of Epstein survivors just formally demanded that the DOJ Inspector General open an investigation into how the heavily redacted Epstein files were released. They’re demanding action now to release the files and we stand with them.
January 14, 2026 at 7:33 PM
A group of Epstein survivors just formally demanded that the DOJ Inspector General open an investigation into how the heavily redacted Epstein files were released. They’re demanding action now to release the files and we stand with them.
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This is not the language of the government of a free country.
January 14, 2026 at 1:16 PM
This is not the language of the government of a free country.
An astonishing story but on a serious note this is why the use of AI unchecked is a huge issue/risk for Black & minority ethnic populations. There is significant racial bias in past data of BME groups in health, criminal justice, insurance. That has consequences for future predictions of algorithms.
West Midlands police chief apologises after AI error used to justify Maccabi Tel Aviv ban
West Midlands police chief apologises after AI error used to justify Maccabi Tel Aviv ban
Craig Guildford says he gave incorrect evidence to MPs and mistake arose from ‘use of Microsoft Copilot’
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The chief of West Midlands police has apologised to MPs for giving them incorrect evidence about the decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans, saying it had been produced by artificial intelligence (AI).
Craig Guildford told the home affairs select committee on Monday that the inclusion of a fictitious match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and West Ham in police intelligence “arose as a result of a use of Microsoft Copilot”. Continue reading...
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January 14, 2026 at 1:00 PM
An astonishing story but on a serious note this is why the use of AI unchecked is a huge issue/risk for Black & minority ethnic populations. There is significant racial bias in past data of BME groups in health, criminal justice, insurance. That has consequences for future predictions of algorithms.
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WM Police chief Craig Guildford has apologised for identifying a fictitious West Ham v Maccabi Tel Aviv match in a police report. He’s written to the home affairs committee and blames Microsoft CoPilot for the error
January 14, 2026 at 9:16 AM
WM Police chief Craig Guildford has apologised for identifying a fictitious West Ham v Maccabi Tel Aviv match in a police report. He’s written to the home affairs committee and blames Microsoft CoPilot for the error
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Six Federal Prosecutors in Minnesota Step Down Over ICE Shooting Investigation www.wsj.com/us-news/six-...
Six Federal Prosecutors in Minnesota Step Down Over ICE Shooting Investigation
Departing officials resigned over Trump administration’s handling of the probe into the killing of a woman by an ICE agent.
www.wsj.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Six Federal Prosecutors in Minnesota Step Down Over ICE Shooting Investigation www.wsj.com/us-news/six-...
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The Justice Department does not believe there is currently any basis to open a criminal civil rights investigation into the killing of a woman by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis, a top department official said Tuesday.
Justice Department sees no basis for civil rights probe in Minnesota ICE shooting, official says
A top Justice Department official says there is not currently any basis to open a criminal civil rights investigation into the killing of a woman by a U.S.
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January 13, 2026 at 11:16 PM
The Justice Department does not believe there is currently any basis to open a criminal civil rights investigation into the killing of a woman by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis, a top department official said Tuesday.
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Don't think Labour MPs are in any mood to drop this any time soon...
Labour’s first ‘Twitter tsar’ says ministers should get off ‘cesspit’ X immediately
Kerry McCarthy says X had ‘gone too far’ after its AI tool Grok was found to have been used to ‘undress’ images of people without consent and sexualise women and children
www.independent.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Don't think Labour MPs are in any mood to drop this any time soon...
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This is sickening.
Protester blinded, skull fractured by DHS agent during Santa Ana demonstration, family says — Los Angeles Times
A young protester narrowly avoided being killed but was left permanently blind after a Department of Homeland Security agent fired a nonlethal round at close range during a Santa Ana protest last week...
apple.news
January 13, 2026 at 3:12 PM
This is sickening.
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There is a widespread feeling of decline about place. On every dimension people are more likely to feel that their area has got worse over the past ten years. This is especially true for the condition of local high streets, levels of crime, access to good shops and access to good quality healthcare.
January 13, 2026 at 9:27 AM
There is a widespread feeling of decline about place. On every dimension people are more likely to feel that their area has got worse over the past ten years. This is especially true for the condition of local high streets, levels of crime, access to good shops and access to good quality healthcare.
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People tend to be proud of the area they live, but there is a widespread view that places have been 'left behind by government'. This is not new - the sense of places being overlooked by those in power has been bubbling away for more than a decade.
January 13, 2026 at 9:21 AM
People tend to be proud of the area they live, but there is a widespread view that places have been 'left behind by government'. This is not new - the sense of places being overlooked by those in power has been bubbling away for more than a decade.
Trump and Farage call London “lawless” and a “warzone.” Yet the reality is crime is down and London’s homicide rate is lower than every US state and cities like New York, Paris and Berlin. It’s not an accident that the populist right targets a Muslim mayor – just like in NYC with Mayor Mamdani.
Sorry, Trump and Farage – London is no lawless ‘warzone’. Violent crime is lower than ever | Sadiq Khan
Sorry, Trump and Farage – London is no lawless ‘warzone’. Violent crime is lower than ever | Sadiq Khan
Reform’s new candidate for mayor claims people pity Londoners for living in an unsafe capital. But the evidence is clear: we’re making our streets safer, says mayor of London Sadiq Khan
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January 13, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Trump and Farage call London “lawless” and a “warzone.” Yet the reality is crime is down and London’s homicide rate is lower than every US state and cities like New York, Paris and Berlin. It’s not an accident that the populist right targets a Muslim mayor – just like in NYC with Mayor Mamdani.
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To everyone in my timeline discussing high streets, I've got a report out on Tuesday writing up some surveys that we ran with YouGov in 2022, 2024 and 2025 asking people about how they view their local area... the findings may be of interest in various respects! #staytuned #towns
January 11, 2026 at 8:22 PM
To everyone in my timeline discussing high streets, I've got a report out on Tuesday writing up some surveys that we ran with YouGov in 2022, 2024 and 2025 asking people about how they view their local area... the findings may be of interest in various respects! #staytuned #towns
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Great to write for labourlist.bsky.social : Gov hasn't had a brilliant start to 2026. Public are gloomy & mistrustful of politics & politicians. But step back & there's a strong story to tell about Labour's progress on tackling hunger & hardship in the first 18 months. labourlist.org/2026/01/labo...
‘Labour has a strong story to tell about its progress on tackling hunger & hardship’ - LabourList
Labour’s early reforms on social security, work, housing and energy show a credible path to tackling hunger and hardship in the UK.
labourlist.org
January 12, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Great to write for labourlist.bsky.social : Gov hasn't had a brilliant start to 2026. Public are gloomy & mistrustful of politics & politicians. But step back & there's a strong story to tell about Labour's progress on tackling hunger & hardship in the first 18 months. labourlist.org/2026/01/labo...
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❤️🔥Tory sources confirm that Nadhim Zahawi made approaches to senior members of Kemi Badenoch's team about getting a peerage just weeks before defecting to Reform UK - but was turned down.
January 12, 2026 at 2:35 PM
❤️🔥Tory sources confirm that Nadhim Zahawi made approaches to senior members of Kemi Badenoch's team about getting a peerage just weeks before defecting to Reform UK - but was turned down.
This is so important: “The threat of criminal charges [against the Federal Reserve] is a consequence of the Federal Reserve setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President."
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
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January 12, 2026 at 8:37 AM
This is so important: “The threat of criminal charges [against the Federal Reserve] is a consequence of the Federal Reserve setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President."
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Properly funding the court system would clear the backlog even more quickly.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Slashing jury trials could clear courts backlog within a decade, says Lammy
Exclusive: Lord chancellor urges MPs to back judge-only trials in thousands of criminal cases in England and Wales
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Properly funding the court system would clear the backlog even more quickly.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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It will never stop shocking me. They can come up to us and ask "how do I know youre a US citizen?" and "Where were you born?"
I've been carrying around a passport for the last year.
What a disgrace.
I've been carrying around a passport for the last year.
What a disgrace.
This black man, who was racially profiled by ICE in a gas station in Minneapolis today, would not have walked away if it weren’t for brave Americans who stood up for him and for those whose deaths have brought ICE’s savagery to the epicenter of national attention.
Keep calling them out, America!
Keep calling them out, America!
January 11, 2026 at 5:21 AM
It will never stop shocking me. They can come up to us and ask "how do I know youre a US citizen?" and "Where were you born?"
I've been carrying around a passport for the last year.
What a disgrace.
I've been carrying around a passport for the last year.
What a disgrace.
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This is why the Government's strategy is doomed. The British public's view of immigration is completely disconnected from reality, and copying the last government by pursuing increasingly vicious crackdowns on legal migration is delivering the same outcome.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Two-thirds of UK voters wrongly think immigration is rising, poll finds
Exclusive: Voters say they have little confidence that government can control borders despite sharp falls in net migration
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:50 AM
This is why the Government's strategy is doomed. The British public's view of immigration is completely disconnected from reality, and copying the last government by pursuing increasingly vicious crackdowns on legal migration is delivering the same outcome.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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I was just denied access to the ICE processing center at the Whipple Building.
Members of Congress have a legal right and constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight where people are being detained.
The public deserves to know what is taking place in ICE facilities.
Members of Congress have a legal right and constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight where people are being detained.
The public deserves to know what is taking place in ICE facilities.
JUST NOW: Huge mass of agents in a standoff, weapons drawn as Reps. Ilhan Omar, Angie Craig, and Kelly Morrison attempt to conduct congressional oversight at the Whipple Building, which has been HQ for thousands of ICE agents.
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January 10, 2026 at 5:17 PM
I was just denied access to the ICE processing center at the Whipple Building.
Members of Congress have a legal right and constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight where people are being detained.
The public deserves to know what is taking place in ICE facilities.
Members of Congress have a legal right and constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight where people are being detained.
The public deserves to know what is taking place in ICE facilities.
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This is *such* a long way from what No10 was saying 48 hours ago.
Scathing words from No 10 on X making the Grok image tool available only to paying users: “That simply turns an AI feature that allows the creation of unlawful images into a premium service. It's not a solution. In fact, it's insulting to victims of misogyny and sexual violence."
January 9, 2026 at 12:16 PM
This is *such* a long way from what No10 was saying 48 hours ago.
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January 10, 2026 at 12:59 PM
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and here is a US politics one
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January 10, 2026 at 1:13 PM
and here is a US politics one
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You have to wonder where is the line for this government? What message does it send about UK government’s VAWG policies? These sexualised images are a threat to the safety of women and children everywhere. X should be prosecuted in the same way any other publisher (newspapers?) would be prosecuted
Well said.
X should also be prosecuted, just as any other publisher of hate speech and CSAM would be. It's a disgrace that they appear to be above the law.
X should also be prosecuted, just as any other publisher of hate speech and CSAM would be. It's a disgrace that they appear to be above the law.
January 9, 2026 at 2:56 PM
You have to wonder where is the line for this government? What message does it send about UK government’s VAWG policies? These sexualised images are a threat to the safety of women and children everywhere. X should be prosecuted in the same way any other publisher (newspapers?) would be prosecuted
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I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
January 8, 2026 at 12:31 PM
I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
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However, the revelations around the enablement, if not encouragement, of child sexual abuse mean it is unconscionable to use the site for another minute.
January 8, 2026 at 12:31 PM
However, the revelations around the enablement, if not encouragement, of child sexual abuse mean it is unconscionable to use the site for another minute.