Giovanna Fassetta
@giofassetta.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Social Inclusion
Views entirely my own
Views entirely my own
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Labour MP says only way to unite UK over immigration is by leaning into Reform narrative.
November 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Labour MP says only way to unite UK over immigration is by leaning into Reform narrative.
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“Lammy is expected to argue on Wednesday that the ECHR could also be reinterpreted to limit the scope of rights under article 3, which prohibits torture and “degrading treatment””
Just think about that
Just think about that
“Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR”
An absolutely shocking headline and not what I expected from a Labour government.
The Prime Minister won’t achieve ‘decency’ over ‘division’ by trying to be Reform Lite
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
An absolutely shocking headline and not what I expected from a Labour government.
The Prime Minister won’t achieve ‘decency’ over ‘division’ by trying to be Reform Lite
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right
Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
“Lammy is expected to argue on Wednesday that the ECHR could also be reinterpreted to limit the scope of rights under article 3, which prohibits torture and “degrading treatment””
Just think about that
Just think about that
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There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
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Sweet Jesus Starmer’s here to make the headlines about immigration again. The actual worst politician I’ve ever seen 🤦♀️🤦♀️
Today - are foreigners really human? Should they REALLY enjoy human rights protections like the rest of us? #r4today
Today - are foreigners really human? Should they REALLY enjoy human rights protections like the rest of us? #r4today
December 10, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Sweet Jesus Starmer’s here to make the headlines about immigration again. The actual worst politician I’ve ever seen 🤦♀️🤦♀️
Today - are foreigners really human? Should they REALLY enjoy human rights protections like the rest of us? #r4today
Today - are foreigners really human? Should they REALLY enjoy human rights protections like the rest of us? #r4today
"When people learn in languages they know, and when these languages are not stigmatised but welcomed as a vital element of diversity in a culture, then everyone learns more and develops stronger literacy skills, building confidence for the future"
My bit on why languages are brilliant and multilingual education is good for all
www.thenational.scot/politics/256...
www.thenational.scot/politics/256...
Alison Phipps: Monolingualism was invented to serve capitalism and colonialism
THE majority of the world’s mother tongue is multilingual. The vast majority of the world’s people are multilingual people. Indeed, the idea of…
www.thenational.scot
December 7, 2025 at 8:37 AM
"When people learn in languages they know, and when these languages are not stigmatised but welcomed as a vital element of diversity in a culture, then everyone learns more and develops stronger literacy skills, building confidence for the future"
In case anyone was under any kind of illusion. What remains of Gaza is a huge, ramshackle refugee camp condemned to be totally reliant on aid for bare survival, in which civilians constantly risk being killed, including families looking for firewood.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘Bloodshed was supposed to stop’: no sign of normal life as Gaza’s killing and misery grind on
The term ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion life is returning to normal’ for Palestinians squeezed into the remaining 42% of their land behind Israel’s ‘yellow line’
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:55 AM
In case anyone was under any kind of illusion. What remains of Gaza is a huge, ramshackle refugee camp condemned to be totally reliant on aid for bare survival, in which civilians constantly risk being killed, including families looking for firewood.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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How many times has Israel violated the Gaza ceasefire? Here are the numbers aje.io/usdhib
December 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
How many times has Israel violated the Gaza ceasefire? Here are the numbers aje.io/usdhib
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The diplomatic "achievement" of the ceasefire was to recalibrate the tempo of the genocide sufficiently to get it off the front pages and the news bulletins, thus alleviating the political pressure on Israel's western accomplices.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
The NGO’s chief says last month’s ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal’
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The diplomatic "achievement" of the ceasefire was to recalibrate the tempo of the genocide sufficiently to get it off the front pages and the news bulletins, thus alleviating the political pressure on Israel's western accomplices.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Central to the 2010s Legitimate Concerns discourse that paved the way for our current pre-fascist moment was the refusal to acknowledge that these "concerns" were based on demonstrable fictions, filtered through socially constructed prejudices. I.e. they were not, in fact, "legitimate".
"A new poll suggests nearly half of Britons think there are more migrants in the UK illegally than legally, but in reality just 7% arrive through irregular channels"
Charlie Angela on how sensationalist reporting in the right wing press is fuelling falsehoods and misconceptions
Charlie Angela on how sensationalist reporting in the right wing press is fuelling falsehoods and misconceptions
November 27, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Central to the 2010s Legitimate Concerns discourse that paved the way for our current pre-fascist moment was the refusal to acknowledge that these "concerns" were based on demonstrable fictions, filtered through socially constructed prejudices. I.e. they were not, in fact, "legitimate".
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Calling all good people of BlueSky, @goodlawproject.org is raising money for their very serious legal challenge to Elon's Twitter/X.
If anyone has a spare couple of quid they could contribute?
Details of the court case and a donation link:
goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
If anyone has a spare couple of quid they could contribute?
Details of the court case and a donation link:
goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
X is not above the law
goodlawproject.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Calling all good people of BlueSky, @goodlawproject.org is raising money for their very serious legal challenge to Elon's Twitter/X.
If anyone has a spare couple of quid they could contribute?
Details of the court case and a donation link:
goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
If anyone has a spare couple of quid they could contribute?
Details of the court case and a donation link:
goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
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Very long thread: As with many of Labour's anti-immigration policies, this isn't new. British police have been stationed in other countries for this purpose for a long time
It does however show how Labour is pushing more on anti-immigration than previous governments. 1/
www.lbc.co.uk/article/shab...
It does however show how Labour is pushing more on anti-immigration than previous governments. 1/
www.lbc.co.uk/article/shab...
Home Secretary orders police and border 'hit squads' to Albania to stamp out people smugglers | LBC
Shabana Mahmood will send hit squads of police and border force teams to Albania in a fresh drive to stamp out people-smuggling gangs upstream.
www.lbc.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Very long thread: As with many of Labour's anti-immigration policies, this isn't new. British police have been stationed in other countries for this purpose for a long time
It does however show how Labour is pushing more on anti-immigration than previous governments. 1/
www.lbc.co.uk/article/shab...
It does however show how Labour is pushing more on anti-immigration than previous governments. 1/
www.lbc.co.uk/article/shab...
Afternoon session of the @uofglasgow.bsky.social collaborations with Palestine event at the University of Porto. The LINEs2theFuture project
November 21, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Afternoon session of the @uofglasgow.bsky.social collaborations with Palestine event at the University of Porto. The LINEs2theFuture project
Presenting on the @uofglasgow.bsky.social LINEs4Palestine projects at the University of Porto
November 21, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Presenting on the @uofglasgow.bsky.social LINEs4Palestine projects at the University of Porto
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It’s actually mad that me and the far-right have exactly the same take. No notes.
They're openly telling us in advance what's going to happen
November 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
It’s actually mad that me and the far-right have exactly the same take. No notes.
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🌍 42.5m refugees
Over 70% of them are hosted by low- and middle-income countries.
🇬🇧 548k refugees
= 0.78% of the UK population.
It is not refugees who tear our country apart, it is the mainstreaming of far right policies. And that’s a risk to all of us.
My letter to my MP.
#asylum #Mahmood
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Over 70% of them are hosted by low- and middle-income countries.
🇬🇧 548k refugees
= 0.78% of the UK population.
It is not refugees who tear our country apart, it is the mainstreaming of far right policies. And that’s a risk to all of us.
My letter to my MP.
#asylum #Mahmood
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![Dear [my MP’s name],
As the Home Secretary prepares to announce sweeping changes to the UK’s asylum system, I see it as both my duty as a citizen and responsibility as a migration expert to do all I can to urge policymakers to oppose the proposals—not only for what they will do to refugees, though that is the first concern, but also for what they will mean for all of us and the future society we live in.
That is why I am writing to you as my MP. This letter explains why I consider the need to oppose the Home Secretary’s proposals urgent and, at the most fundamental level, in the national and your constituents’ interest.
I was born in Germany, a country whose history taught me how quickly societies can go down dark paths; how quickly our leaders can fail in the choices they make. But the history of the displacement of people that the Nazi regime was responsible for also shaped my understanding of why refugee movements occur—and why our response to any of them can never compromise what are, and must always be, universal human rights.
Which is why what is happening in the UK now is so deeply alarming.
A manufactured crisis
As of June 2025, there were 42.5 million refugees globally. Over 70% of them are hosted by low- and middle-income countries; most of them immediate neighbours. Overall, five countries—Colombia, Germany, Türkiye, Iran and Uganda—host a third of the total number of refugees; Germany is the main host in the EU, hosting 2.7 million.
The UK hosts 548,000 refugees; that is 0.78% of the UK population. About 110,000 people are in receipt of asylum support; that is 0.15% of the UK population.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bru4h6s37w4hfmwhetu7veye/bafkreidmewc5timbx7nh57qyq7lm7gmhvclzidmloqhwgckpnegnddoicq@jpeg)
November 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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The only Legitimate Concerns about asylum seekers are concerns for their well being and safety. For a rich country like ours to incessantly whine about these people as if we are their victims is perhaps the single most pathetic spectacle in British politics over the past quarter century.
November 16, 2025 at 7:19 AM
The only Legitimate Concerns about asylum seekers are concerns for their well being and safety. For a rich country like ours to incessantly whine about these people as if we are their victims is perhaps the single most pathetic spectacle in British politics over the past quarter century.
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“While the AI industry claims its models can “think,” “reason,” and “learn,” their supposed achievements rest on marketing hype and stolen intellectual labor. In reality, AI erodes academic freedom, weakens critical reading, and subordinates the pursuit of knowledge to corporate interests.”
AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education
Olivia Guest & Iris van Rooij urge teachers and scholars to reject tools that commodify learning, deskill students, and promote illiteracy.
www.project-syndicate.org
November 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
“While the AI industry claims its models can “think,” “reason,” and “learn,” their supposed achievements rest on marketing hype and stolen intellectual labor. In reality, AI erodes academic freedom, weakens critical reading, and subordinates the pursuit of knowledge to corporate interests.”
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This idea that the UK is "excessively generous" is a flat out lie. Countries such as France have far higher support for this seeking asylum for example. It's a myth used to try and defend the indefensible. Britain has never been welcoming, it has only got more hostile
novaramedia.com/2022/03/18/b...
novaramedia.com/2022/03/18/b...
Britain Has Never Been Welcoming to Refugees | Novara Media
From Russia's war with Ukraine to the second world war, the nostalgic myth of Britain being welcoming to refugees is exactly that; a myth. Daniel Sohege explains.
novaramedia.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:33 AM
This idea that the UK is "excessively generous" is a flat out lie. Countries such as France have far higher support for this seeking asylum for example. It's a myth used to try and defend the indefensible. Britain has never been welcoming, it has only got more hostile
novaramedia.com/2022/03/18/b...
novaramedia.com/2022/03/18/b...
"residence permits have only been granted for one to two years at a time ... to gain permanent status, refugees have ... to have had a full-time job for several years" ...Who gives a full time job for 'several' years to someone who can stay only one or two years?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
The UK wants to emulate Denmark’s hardline asylum model – but what does it actually look like?
Denmark has slashed asylum numbers by granting only short-term status and by targeting ‘ghettoes’, which critics say has damaged the country’s values
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:02 AM
"residence permits have only been granted for one to two years at a time ... to gain permanent status, refugees have ... to have had a full-time job for several years" ...Who gives a full time job for 'several' years to someone who can stay only one or two years?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Palestinians say so-called 'yellow line' impossible to discern, as Israeli troops in Gaza continue to kill.
Israel kills Palestinian for nearing Gaza ‘yellow line’, bombs north
Palestinians say so-called 'yellow line' impossible to discern, as Israeli troops in Gaza continue to kill.
bit.ly
November 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Palestinians say so-called 'yellow line' impossible to discern, as Israeli troops in Gaza continue to kill.
I’m calling on governments to #TaxTheSuperRich for a green and just future! Add your name: act.gp/42iAjSi
Tax the super-rich - Greenpeace International
Are you done watching billionaires hoard wealth and power while the world drowns in growing inequality and climate chaos?
act.gp
November 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I’m calling on governments to #TaxTheSuperRich for a green and just future! Add your name: act.gp/42iAjSi
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"Bold politics works. Not managerialism. Not triangulation. But the courage to tell the truth, and show how you will act on that truth": @zackpolanski.bsky.social. observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
Zack Polanski: ‘Hope has just won in New York – it can win here too’ | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 7:44 AM
"Bold politics works. Not managerialism. Not triangulation. But the courage to tell the truth, and show how you will act on that truth": @zackpolanski.bsky.social. observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
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#Sudan El-Fasher has become city of grief, civilians enduring atrocities of unimaginable scale: UN
#Sudan_genocide
#UAE-backed #RSF www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-ea...
#Sudan_genocide
#UAE-backed #RSF www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-ea...
Sudan’s El-Fasher has become city of grief, civilians enduring atrocities of unimaginable scale: UN
‘What we are witnessing is not chaos. It is a systematic assault on human life and dignity,’ says UN representative in Sudan - Anadolu Ajansı
www.aa.com.tr
November 9, 2025 at 7:24 AM
#Sudan El-Fasher has become city of grief, civilians enduring atrocities of unimaginable scale: UN
#Sudan_genocide
#UAE-backed #RSF www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-ea...
#Sudan_genocide
#UAE-backed #RSF www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-ea...