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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 10h

Will be on Sky News #PoliticsHub from 7pm discussing the big political stories of the day.

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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 1d

Me for @theipaper.com on the importation of an alien culture to Britain: Trumpism

inews.co.uk/opinion/robe...

Jenrick 'not seeing white people' is straight out of the Trump playbook

Communities up and down Britain show we have integrated successfully - now that is under assault from politicians on the right

inews.co.uk

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Andy McDonald MP @andymcdonaldmp.bsky.social · 16h

You have heard it from @kemibadenochmp.bsky.social at #CPC25.

If elected, Conservatives will:

✅ attack your employment rights
✅ cut public sector jobs
✅ cut social security

The Conservatives: a threat to your living standards.

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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 1d

"We are an incredibly successful multicultural society that has integrated and welcomed people from diverse backgrounds
"What we should fear is the importation of the Trumpian politics of fear and division. That, Mr Jenrick, is distinctly unBritish"

Me for @theipaper.com
inews.co.uk/opinion/robe...

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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 1d

"We are an incredibly successful multicultural society that has integrated and welcomed people from diverse backgrounds
"What we should fear is the importation of the Trumpian politics of fear and division. That, Mr Jenrick, is distinctly unBritish"

Me for @theipaper.com
inews.co.uk/opinion/robe...

inews.co.uk

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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 1d

Me for @theipaper.com on the importation of an alien culture to Britain: Trumpism

inews.co.uk/opinion/robe...

Jenrick 'not seeing white people' is straight out of the Trump playbook

Communities up and down Britain show we have integrated successfully - now that is under assault from politicians on the right

inews.co.uk

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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 3d

But please TV and radio producers take a hard line:

Don't book people again who come on your programmes and tell lies.

Protect honest debate.

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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 3d

No wonder Mordaunt lost her seat at the last election.

1) Lies that teachers and social workers need to be a member of a union to work (the 'closed shop' ended c.40 years ago!)
2) Then says those unions are openly anti-semitic (by which I suspect she means back the rights of Palestinians)

Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 3d

On #bbclaurak Penny Mordaunt claims some Trade Unions are "openly antisemitic"

And what a pathetic response from Labour MP Lucy Powell: "its not something that I recognise".

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 4d

"Milei is amazing. It's Thatcherism on steroids. Cutting and slashing. That's leadership" - Nigel Farage

Milei would be the "template" for my government - Kemi Badenoch

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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 5d

Being pro-Palestinian is not being anti-Jewish.

Just as being pro-Jewish is not being anti-Palestinian.

Irresponsible language and framing from the Home Secretary.

It is perfectly right that people both protest the Gaza genocide and mourn the Manchester attack.

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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 5d

Being pro-Palestinian is not being anti-Jewish.

Just as being pro-Jewish is not being anti-Palestinian.

Irresponsible language and framing from the Home Secretary.

It is perfectly right that people both protest the Gaza genocide and mourn the Manchester attack.

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 9d

My family came here 50 years ago. They've worked, paid taxes, raised families, been good citizens.

My many colleagues and friends who were either born elsewhere, or their parents were, the same.

It's so offensive to be told you're here on sufferance.

Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 9d

Just fuck off with this. How about start the conversation by highlighting how much immigrants contribute to the UK - not least by propping up the NHS and social care system!

Also - forced volunteering is not volunteering, it's unpaid labour.

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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 7d

My #Lab25 conference diary for @insidecroydon.com...

insidecroydon.com/2025/10/01/m...

MP Reed caps off his high-profile week with a flood of protest

CONFERENCE NOTEBOOK: Bringing Croydon’s trains back into public ownership and putting more emphasis on apprenticeships are among some of the announcements made by Labour figures in Liverpool,…

insidecroydon.com

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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 7d

My #Lab25 conference diary for @insidecroydon.com...

insidecroydon.com/2025/10/01/m...

MP Reed caps off his high-profile week with a flood of protest

CONFERENCE NOTEBOOK: Bringing Croydon’s trains back into public ownership and putting more emphasis on apprenticeships are among some of the announcements made by Labour figures in Liverpool,…

insidecroydon.com

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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 8d

100%

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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 8d

Bringing back maintenance grants for working class students is a good policy

But to announce it with no detail of eligibility thresholds, the level of the grant, or even implementation date is poor

And levying foreign students while reducing numbers sounds risky
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Maintenance grants to return for some students

The support will be available to those on

www.bbc.co.uk

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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 8d

Blair had the same line in 2014. Two truly awful people
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/04/23/t...

Blair Says Forget The People Of Ukraine, Let's Side With Putin And Fight Radical Islam

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 9d

Burnham’s diagnosis is that the policy agenda is missing because of “a climate of fear within our party and [because of] the way the party is being run”

That message strikes a chord with Labour MPs and members alike

My latest column for @theipaper.com #Lab25
inews.co.uk/opinion/andy...

Andy Burnham is right about a culture of fear in the Labour Party

Given how badly Labour is doing, some introspection might be helpful

inews.co.uk

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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 9d

Yes, I think so - not least because I and others were pushing that point in advance of the election.

But Labour's manifesto was utterly dishonest (or if not delusional) about the scale of the challenge

The Tories salted the earth, but Labour did nothing to prepare the ground.

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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 9d

Burnham’s diagnosis is that the policy agenda is missing because of “a climate of fear within our party and [because of] the way the party is being run”

That message strikes a chord with Labour MPs and members alike

My latest column for @theipaper.com #Lab25
inews.co.uk/opinion/andy...

Andy Burnham is right about a culture of fear in the Labour Party

Given how badly Labour is doing, some introspection might be helpful

inews.co.uk

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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 9d

Why double time to qualify for ILR from five to ten years?

Just makes people put their lives on hold for longer - and will discourage skilled people from putting down roots.

Can't see how that's good for integration or for the economy ...

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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 9d

Read more about the case for safe and secure routes from @pcsunion.bsky.social and @care4calais.org
www.pcs.org.uk/campaigns/fi...

Safe and Secure Routes for Refugees

On 25 March 2025, PCS and Care4Calais launched a new report to lobby politicians to provide a humanitarian alternative to small boats crossings.

www.pcs.org.uk

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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 9d

This is why we need to open safe and secure routes.

The perversity of a system, in which refugees have to cross the Channel in this way just to seek asylum, must end.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Child dies while reportedly trying to reach UK in small boat

Body of teenager found on beach in northern France after three other people die in Channel crossings on Saturday

www.theguardian.com

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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 10d

Perhaps slightly premature to announce a policy if there are no details yet ...

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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 10d

Now signed by over 2 million people
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

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