Anne Oldfield
@anneoldfield.bsky.social
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We will never know *how much* this is attributable to Labour's decision to track not tackle Reform's rhetoric of hate on immigration. But that Labour *helped* render these views acceptable cannot, surely, be doubted.
Number of people who say Britons must be born in UK is rising, study shows
Exclusive: Research finds ‘worrying’ surge in support for hard-right narratives on national identity
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
We will never know *how much* this is attributable to Labour's decision to track not tackle Reform's rhetoric of hate on immigration. But that Labour *helped* render these views acceptable cannot, surely, be doubted.
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This is a great letter to add to the many open academic letters ignored in the recent past
when labour started down this path, over 200 uk politics academics singed an open letter warning them it wouldn't work
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/starmer
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/starmer
December 29, 2025 at 7:40 PM
This is a great letter to add to the many open academic letters ignored in the recent past
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Ceasefire? What Ceasefire? Israel Just Massacred Palestinians at a Wedding in Gaza
www.palestinedeepdive.com/p/ceasefire-...
www.palestinedeepdive.com/p/ceasefire-...
Ceasefire? What Ceasefire? Israel Just Massacred Palestinians at a Wedding in Gaza
Celebration Turns into Nightmare; Israel Bombs a Wedding Taking Place in a Gaza School Two Months After So-called Ceasefire
www.palestinedeepdive.com
December 27, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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December 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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🎄#Christmas is just around the corner, and with the festivities come a wide variety of Christmas traditions in Germany.
🇩🇪 From #Christbaumloben in Bavaria to #Barbaratag in southern Germany, Germany proves that its traditions are as diverse as its people.
👇 Learn more
🇩🇪 From #Christbaumloben in Bavaria to #Barbaratag in southern Germany, Germany proves that its traditions are as diverse as its people.
👇 Learn more
Praising Christmas trees and sausage singers: regional Christmas customs
From ancient rituals to lively celebrations: there is a very diverse range of German Christmas traditions.
www.deutschland.de
December 22, 2025 at 11:03 AM
🎄#Christmas is just around the corner, and with the festivities come a wide variety of Christmas traditions in Germany.
🇩🇪 From #Christbaumloben in Bavaria to #Barbaratag in southern Germany, Germany proves that its traditions are as diverse as its people.
👇 Learn more
🇩🇪 From #Christbaumloben in Bavaria to #Barbaratag in southern Germany, Germany proves that its traditions are as diverse as its people.
👇 Learn more
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“These sentences also likely breach Article 3 of the Human Rights Act which protects people from torture and degrading treatment - just think about that”
Keir Starmer - a former human rights lawyer- now has an opportunity to end the shocking, cruel & monumentally unjust IPP scandal - will he take it?
youtu.be/O1gkY3gByHg
youtu.be/O1gkY3gByHg
Keir Starmer now has an opportunity to end the shocking & monumentally unjust IPP scandal - will he?
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
December 21, 2025 at 9:12 AM
“These sentences also likely breach Article 3 of the Human Rights Act which protects people from torture and degrading treatment - just think about that”
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"If we continue to reduce registered nurse availability to patients in the current context of financial pressure, it’s extremely likely more people will die" says lead researcher @alisonleary1.bsky.social
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: English hospitals that cut registered nurses saw more deaths while those hiring nurses saw more patients survive. Even when hospitals tried to fill gaps with non-nurses, deaths still went up. Major new study exposes dangerous NHS variation:
www.thetimes.com/article/7eed...
www.thetimes.com/article/7eed...
Death rates rise when NHS cuts back on nursing
Using lower-paid workers to plug the gaps left by a failure to hire registered nurses damages safety, new research has shown
www.thetimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 8:48 AM
"If we continue to reduce registered nurse availability to patients in the current context of financial pressure, it’s extremely likely more people will die" says lead researcher @alisonleary1.bsky.social
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When’s the last time you saw a hedgehog? 🦔 Their numbers are falling, so I just signed a petition to make hedgehog highways - tiny gaps in fences to help them - mandatory in ALL new builds. Add your name: 38d.gs/po_n
Save Britain’s hedgehogs: make hedgehog highways law!
When’s the last time you saw a hedgehog? 🦔 Their numbers are falling, so I just signed a petition to make hedgehog highways - tiny gaps in fences to help them - mandatory in ALL new builds. Add your n...
38d.gs
December 21, 2025 at 7:28 AM
When’s the last time you saw a hedgehog? 🦔 Their numbers are falling, so I just signed a petition to make hedgehog highways - tiny gaps in fences to help them - mandatory in ALL new builds. Add your name: 38d.gs/po_n
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It’s incomprehensible that a Labour government has knowingly & deliberately allowed this monstrous injustice to continue.
On January 6 it’s time to step up, put party politics aside and end it by allowing the amendment tabled by Lord Thomas to the Sentencing Bill
On January 6 it’s time to step up, put party politics aside and end it by allowing the amendment tabled by Lord Thomas to the Sentencing Bill
Keir Starmer - a former human rights lawyer- now has an opportunity to end the shocking, cruel & monumentally unjust IPP scandal - will he take it?
youtu.be/O1gkY3gByHg
youtu.be/O1gkY3gByHg
Keir Starmer now has an opportunity to end the shocking & monumentally unjust IPP scandal - will he?
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
December 20, 2025 at 9:21 AM
It’s incomprehensible that a Labour government has knowingly & deliberately allowed this monstrous injustice to continue.
On January 6 it’s time to step up, put party politics aside and end it by allowing the amendment tabled by Lord Thomas to the Sentencing Bill
On January 6 it’s time to step up, put party politics aside and end it by allowing the amendment tabled by Lord Thomas to the Sentencing Bill
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🚨Lord Thomas has tabled an amendment to the Sentencing Bill which is a major step towards ending the monstrous injustice of the #IPPscandal
Keir Starmer - a former Human Rights lawyer - is being urged to allow it
Keir Starmer - a former Human Rights lawyer - is being urged to allow it
Keir Starmer - a former human rights lawyer- now has an opportunity to end the shocking, cruel & monumentally unjust IPP scandal - will he take it?
youtu.be/O1gkY3gByHg
youtu.be/O1gkY3gByHg
Keir Starmer now has an opportunity to end the shocking & monumentally unjust IPP scandal - will he?
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
December 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
🚨Lord Thomas has tabled an amendment to the Sentencing Bill which is a major step towards ending the monstrous injustice of the #IPPscandal
Keir Starmer - a former Human Rights lawyer - is being urged to allow it
Keir Starmer - a former Human Rights lawyer - is being urged to allow it
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BREAKING: Hundreds of foreign prison staff 'offered emergency extension to visa' to stop the prison system collapsing
Sources suggest Home Secretary had previously been reluctant to make the exemption as part of her drive to reduce net migration
news.sky.com/story/hundre...
Sources suggest Home Secretary had previously been reluctant to make the exemption as part of her drive to reduce net migration
news.sky.com/story/hundre...
Hundreds of foreign prison staff 'offered emergency extension to visa' to stop the prison system collapsing
Sources suggest Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood had previously been reluctant to make the exemption as part of her drive to reduce net migration.
news.sky.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
BREAKING: Hundreds of foreign prison staff 'offered emergency extension to visa' to stop the prison system collapsing
Sources suggest Home Secretary had previously been reluctant to make the exemption as part of her drive to reduce net migration
news.sky.com/story/hundre...
Sources suggest Home Secretary had previously been reluctant to make the exemption as part of her drive to reduce net migration
news.sky.com/story/hundre...
In our blood. In our water. In our babies. 🩸☠️💧Ask @EmmaReynolds to stop the poisoning of Britain, and ban #ForeverChemicals immediately! 🚫 Join the @38_degrees consultation submission to #BanPFAs👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...
Let’s flood the consultation to ban these poisons!
Linked to cancer, fertility issues, and birth defects -- forever chemicals (PFAS) are now found in our food, drinking water, and even our blood. When we reach 100k signatures, 38 Degrees will submit o...
you.38degrees.org.uk
December 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
In our blood. In our water. In our babies. 🩸☠️💧Ask @EmmaReynolds to stop the poisoning of Britain, and ban #ForeverChemicals immediately! 🚫 Join the @38_degrees consultation submission to #BanPFAs👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...
www.itv.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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A much more likely trigger IMO is the loosening of financial regulation and corruption underway in the US, to which we and the ROW would be heavily exposed.
Will there be another financial crisis?
If Labour continues cutting red tape, maybe.
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/will-th...
If Labour continues cutting red tape, maybe.
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/will-th...
Will there be Another Financial Crisis? If Labour Continues Cutting Red Tape, Maybe
Could Labour's enthusiasm for ‘cutting red tape’ in the financial sector pose a threat to long-term economic well-being?
politicalquarterly.org.uk
December 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
A much more likely trigger IMO is the loosening of financial regulation and corruption underway in the US, to which we and the ROW would be heavily exposed.
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Nearly 1,000,000 patients have been treated in NHS corridors this year
As seen in this footage from ITV News
Underfunding and understaffing is one of the reasons the doctors are striking
As seen in this footage from ITV News
Underfunding and understaffing is one of the reasons the doctors are striking
December 17, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Nearly 1,000,000 patients have been treated in NHS corridors this year
As seen in this footage from ITV News
Underfunding and understaffing is one of the reasons the doctors are striking
As seen in this footage from ITV News
Underfunding and understaffing is one of the reasons the doctors are striking
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"On social media, the upcoming generation is expressing more European solidarity than the continent has seen in decades."
This makes the Queen of Schengen very happy. Go on kids you are our future 🇪🇺♥️
www.politico.eu/article/unit...
This makes the Queen of Schengen very happy. Go on kids you are our future 🇪🇺♥️
www.politico.eu/article/unit...
Forget the far right. The kids want a ‘United States of Europe.’
Based on social media, the upcoming generation is expressing more European solidarity than the continent has seen in decades.
www.politico.eu
December 15, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"On social media, the upcoming generation is expressing more European solidarity than the continent has seen in decades."
This makes the Queen of Schengen very happy. Go on kids you are our future 🇪🇺♥️
www.politico.eu/article/unit...
This makes the Queen of Schengen very happy. Go on kids you are our future 🇪🇺♥️
www.politico.eu/article/unit...
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Labour's policy of denying citizenship to refugees based on manner of entry is arguably in breach of both Articles 31 and 34 of the Refugee Convention, fundamentally underming the very principle of international refugee protection.
It needs scrapping entirely.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
It needs scrapping entirely.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Woman who fled rape and torture in DRC wins UK citizenship case after Home Office U-turn
Victory thought to be first under new policy that normally refuses applicants such as refugees who entered illegally
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Labour's policy of denying citizenship to refugees based on manner of entry is arguably in breach of both Articles 31 and 34 of the Refugee Convention, fundamentally underming the very principle of international refugee protection.
It needs scrapping entirely.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
It needs scrapping entirely.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Tory legacy
People pulling own teeth due to lack of urgent NHS dental care in England, taking unprescribed antibiotics
Some forced to travel up to 110 miles, spend hundreds of pounds going private or travel abroad to get care, and borrow money.
This is how privatisation is enforced.
People pulling own teeth due to lack of urgent NHS dental care in England, taking unprescribed antibiotics
Some forced to travel up to 110 miles, spend hundreds of pounds going private or travel abroad to get care, and borrow money.
This is how privatisation is enforced.
People pulling own teeth due to lack of urgent NHS dental care in England, watchdog finds
Emergency help should be available, but some being forced to travel 100 miles or go private, says Healthwatch England
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Tory legacy
People pulling own teeth due to lack of urgent NHS dental care in England, taking unprescribed antibiotics
Some forced to travel up to 110 miles, spend hundreds of pounds going private or travel abroad to get care, and borrow money.
This is how privatisation is enforced.
People pulling own teeth due to lack of urgent NHS dental care in England, taking unprescribed antibiotics
Some forced to travel up to 110 miles, spend hundreds of pounds going private or travel abroad to get care, and borrow money.
This is how privatisation is enforced.
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Starmer fully accepted all the Fingleton recommendations and asked the business secretary to apply it across the entire industrial strategy.
Can anyone remember in the Labour manifesto the pledge to "increase radiation levels for people working in / living near nucleair powerstations?
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Can anyone remember in the Labour manifesto the pledge to "increase radiation levels for people working in / living near nucleair powerstations?
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December 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Starmer fully accepted all the Fingleton recommendations and asked the business secretary to apply it across the entire industrial strategy.
Can anyone remember in the Labour manifesto the pledge to "increase radiation levels for people working in / living near nucleair powerstations?
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Can anyone remember in the Labour manifesto the pledge to "increase radiation levels for people working in / living near nucleair powerstations?
2
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Francesca Albanese: "The last 2 years have demonstrated the majority of western govts are very fine with the continuous trashing of intl law.. Gaza & Palestine have put [us] in front of the mirror & are telling us who we are as individuals and societies"
December 14, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Francesca Albanese: "The last 2 years have demonstrated the majority of western govts are very fine with the continuous trashing of intl law.. Gaza & Palestine have put [us] in front of the mirror & are telling us who we are as individuals and societies"
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Krishnan Guru-Murthy: "Phase 1 of the ceasefire is Gaza is holding, but its precarious"
Francesca Albanese: "The ceasefire is not precarious, its not existent. Since the day the ceasefire was proclaimed nearly 400 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli army in Gaza"
Francesca Albanese: "The ceasefire is not precarious, its not existent. Since the day the ceasefire was proclaimed nearly 400 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli army in Gaza"
December 14, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Krishnan Guru-Murthy: "Phase 1 of the ceasefire is Gaza is holding, but its precarious"
Francesca Albanese: "The ceasefire is not precarious, its not existent. Since the day the ceasefire was proclaimed nearly 400 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli army in Gaza"
Francesca Albanese: "The ceasefire is not precarious, its not existent. Since the day the ceasefire was proclaimed nearly 400 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli army in Gaza"
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Francesca Albanese: "This is the genocide that continues through other means. Israel has zero intention to relinquish control of the Gaza strip.. what has been sold to the world as the peace plan.. is a way to push the intl community to have an alibi not to continue to engage with Gaza"
December 14, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Francesca Albanese: "This is the genocide that continues through other means. Israel has zero intention to relinquish control of the Gaza strip.. what has been sold to the world as the peace plan.. is a way to push the intl community to have an alibi not to continue to engage with Gaza"
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UK Govt plan to reduce child poverty is welcome but that requires reduction in parental poverty.
That can't be done without equitable distribution of income and wealth, stronger trade unions, progressive taxation, decent housing, education, healthcare, jobs and sound economy.
Who will do that?
That can't be done without equitable distribution of income and wealth, stronger trade unions, progressive taxation, decent housing, education, healthcare, jobs and sound economy.
Who will do that?
To tackle child poverty the government must deal with parental poverty
Labour's child poverty strategy offers some welcome measures, but it won't address the factors keeping families trapped in poverty
leftfootforward.org
December 13, 2025 at 7:53 AM
UK Govt plan to reduce child poverty is welcome but that requires reduction in parental poverty.
That can't be done without equitable distribution of income and wealth, stronger trade unions, progressive taxation, decent housing, education, healthcare, jobs and sound economy.
Who will do that?
That can't be done without equitable distribution of income and wealth, stronger trade unions, progressive taxation, decent housing, education, healthcare, jobs and sound economy.
Who will do that?