James Godfrey
@jamesgodfrey.bsky.social
Used to fly spacecraft, now only fly a bicycle
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'UK shouldn't pilot cruelty - my fears over asylum shake-up' writes Lord Alf Dubs
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
'UK shouldn't pilot cruelty - my fears over asylum shake-up'
Labour peer Lord Alf Dubs, who fled Nazis as child as part of the Kindertransport, writes for The Mirror on the government's proposed shake-up of the asylum system
www.mirror.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
'UK shouldn't pilot cruelty - my fears over asylum shake-up' writes Lord Alf Dubs
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say
Tether tokens found to facilitate scheme that enables sanctions evasion and launders money for the Kremlin
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Starmer & Mahmood have chosen the wrong side over immigration. If they don't change tack, they face electoral obliteration.
Starmer & Mahmood have chosen the wrong side over immigration. If they don't change tack, they face electoral obliteration.
Up to 50,000 nurses could quit UK over immigration plans, survey suggests
Exclusive: union leaders say proposed changes are immoral and could threaten patient safety if there is staff exodus
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:26 AM
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Starmer & Mahmood have chosen the wrong side over immigration. If they don't change tack, they face electoral obliteration.
Starmer & Mahmood have chosen the wrong side over immigration. If they don't change tack, they face electoral obliteration.
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Windrush scandal still a stain on society, Floella Benjamin tells Lords event
Windrush scandal still a stain on society, Floella Benjamin tells Lords event
Campaigners call for urgent reform of redress scheme and say they plan to launch ‘people’s inquiry’ into failings
The Windrush scandal remains “a stain on British society”, Floella Benjamin has said at an emotional House of Lords event where campaigners called for the government to commission a statutory inquiry into continuing Home Office errors.
Despite seven years of promises from ministers to rectify the mistakes caused by the Home Office scandal, Lady Benjamin said the injustices remained unresolved, with many of those affected still caught up in an ongoing nightmare. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Windrush scandal still a stain on society, Floella Benjamin tells Lords event
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Labour face evisceration here in the UK. A centrist party cannot lurch so hard to the right without voters abandoning them. Their current course is electoral suicide, and it's possibly already too late.
The Danish Social Democrats suffering historic losses, including Copenhagen. Partly incumbency. Partly the strategic direction of deciding to signal tough approaches and not prioritise keeping liberal educated support in the capital from progressive challengers
cphpost.dk/2025-11-19/n...
cphpost.dk/2025-11-19/n...
Sune Steffen Hansen: "Voters are turning on the Social Democrats" - The Copenhagen Post
The Copenhagen Post’s political analyst Sune Steffen Hansen said Tuesday’s municipal and regional elections delivered a clearer message than many expected: voters are dissatisfied with the governing p...
cphpost.dk
November 19, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Labour face evisceration here in the UK. A centrist party cannot lurch so hard to the right without voters abandoning them. Their current course is electoral suicide, and it's possibly already too late.
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When social democratic parties don't like their voters, those voters get the hint...
👏 Congratulations to @sissemariewe.bsky.social who was just elected as the new mayor of Copenhagen.
💚Congratulations to all of the SF members re-elected or newly elected and for the incredible 17.9% of votes across the country.
🌻Denmark’s people and nature will have a Greener future.
💚Congratulations to all of the SF members re-elected or newly elected and for the incredible 17.9% of votes across the country.
🌻Denmark’s people and nature will have a Greener future.
November 19, 2025 at 9:36 AM
When social democratic parties don't like their voters, those voters get the hint...
When you are criticised by Alf Dubs & congratulated by Yaxley-Lennon
November 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
When you are criticised by Alf Dubs & congratulated by Yaxley-Lennon
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“to use children as a weapon, as the home secretary is doing, is I think a shabby thing. I’m lost for words, frankly”
Lord Dubs
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/labour...
Lord Dubs
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/labour...
Labour Peer Who Fled The Nazis Condemns His Party's Immigration Crackdown
Lord Dubs said he was "lost for words".
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
“to use children as a weapon, as the home secretary is doing, is I think a shabby thing. I’m lost for words, frankly”
Lord Dubs
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/labour...
Lord Dubs
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/labour...
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Labour are sleepwalking into fascism to appease NF. May as well vote Reform UK as Labour tbh. I won't of course but many will.
Better answers are available - see www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPAr...
#Brexit #RejoinEU #Immigration #Asylum #Labour #Stargergeddon #Mahmood #Racism #Fascism
Better answers are available - see www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPAr...
#Brexit #RejoinEU #Immigration #Asylum #Labour #Stargergeddon #Mahmood #Racism #Fascism
An answer to immigration and asylum ... in just two minutes !
YouTube video by Peter Cook
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Labour are sleepwalking into fascism to appease NF. May as well vote Reform UK as Labour tbh. I won't of course but many will.
Better answers are available - see www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPAr...
#Brexit #RejoinEU #Immigration #Asylum #Labour #Stargergeddon #Mahmood #Racism #Fascism
Better answers are available - see www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPAr...
#Brexit #RejoinEU #Immigration #Asylum #Labour #Stargergeddon #Mahmood #Racism #Fascism
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Shabana Mahmood is wrong - Another cowardly attack on immigrants does not hide the incompetence of the Starmer government.
Me, for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Me, for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Shabana Mahmood is wrong
Another cowardly attack on immigrants does not hide the incompetence of the Starmer government
www.newstatesman.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Shabana Mahmood is wrong - Another cowardly attack on immigrants does not hide the incompetence of the Starmer government.
Me, for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Me, for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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@pimlicat.bsky.social: "Multiple studies show that ramping up ever-harsher rhetoric on immigration and asylum never wins over Reform-curious voters. The government would be wiser to make the case for the international institutions and protections we all depend on.”
https://bit.ly/49YBJVD
https://bit.ly/49YBJVD
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
@pimlicat.bsky.social: "Multiple studies show that ramping up ever-harsher rhetoric on immigration and asylum never wins over Reform-curious voters. The government would be wiser to make the case for the international institutions and protections we all depend on.”
https://bit.ly/49YBJVD
https://bit.ly/49YBJVD
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Labour’s plan risks weakening protections for all of us. Human rights are universal - politicians may not always find them politically convenient but it shouldn’t fall to any government to say who those rights should and should not apply to. It’s a slippery slope to oblivion youtu.be/bl0Lm7v_T18?...
The government won’t achieve ‘decency’ over ‘division’ by trying to be Reform Lite
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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November 17, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Labour’s plan risks weakening protections for all of us. Human rights are universal - politicians may not always find them politically convenient but it shouldn’t fall to any government to say who those rights should and should not apply to. It’s a slippery slope to oblivion youtu.be/bl0Lm7v_T18?...
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The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right.
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
November 16, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right.
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture
join.greenparty.org.uk
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Labour are telling us that they cannot lead, only follow farage.
Politically hopeless too. If they can't make a positive case re immigration, stop talking about it. Recent poll shows people are not that bothered by immigration as it affects them.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Politically hopeless too. If they can't make a positive case re immigration, stop talking about it. Recent poll shows people are not that bothered by immigration as it affects them.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
UK politics: Worries about immigration are ‘manufactured panic’ says charity as poll shows issue not a local concern – as it happened
YouGov poll say only 26% of people say immigration is an issue locally but more than half believe it to be a national issue
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Labour are telling us that they cannot lead, only follow farage.
Politically hopeless too. If they can't make a positive case re immigration, stop talking about it. Recent poll shows people are not that bothered by immigration as it affects them.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Politically hopeless too. If they can't make a positive case re immigration, stop talking about it. Recent poll shows people are not that bothered by immigration as it affects them.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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The only way these people think you can counter Reform is by emulating them.
Countering them with facts or a heartfelt defence of our humanitarian obligations has never been an option.
Countering them with facts or a heartfelt defence of our humanitarian obligations has never been an option.
This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 9:26 AM
The only way these people think you can counter Reform is by emulating them.
Countering them with facts or a heartfelt defence of our humanitarian obligations has never been an option.
Countering them with facts or a heartfelt defence of our humanitarian obligations has never been an option.
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if you haven't seen it, here is @zackpolanski.bsky.social with christiane amanpour on cnn being a bloody super hero.
he's the future.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's the future.
there is light shining.
worth your time.👇
www.cnn.com/2025/11/13/t...
he's the future.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's the future.
there is light shining.
worth your time.👇
www.cnn.com/2025/11/13/t...
Amanpour | CNN
Zack Polanski, Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, speaks with Christiane Amanpour about left-wing populism and Zohran Mamdani becoming the next mayor of New York City.
www.cnn.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
if you haven't seen it, here is @zackpolanski.bsky.social with christiane amanpour on cnn being a bloody super hero.
he's the future.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's the future.
there is light shining.
worth your time.👇
www.cnn.com/2025/11/13/t...
he's the future.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's the future.
there is light shining.
worth your time.👇
www.cnn.com/2025/11/13/t...
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Good to see an academic paper linking tackling the housing crisis with tackling the climate crisis. Both the EU & UK currently addressing them as separate issues - in the main - at present. www.bruegel.org/analysis/sol...
The solution to Europe’s housing affordability crisis must include building decarbonisation
The EU can help tackle Europe’s housing crisis by reducing energy costs, decarbonising buildings and adhering to climate goals
www.bruegel.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Good to see an academic paper linking tackling the housing crisis with tackling the climate crisis. Both the EU & UK currently addressing them as separate issues - in the main - at present. www.bruegel.org/analysis/sol...
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It's the first time an official comet trajectory is determined using data from another planet! 🔭 @science.esa.int @operations.esa.int
November 14, 2025 at 10:25 AM
It's the first time an official comet trajectory is determined using data from another planet! 🔭 @science.esa.int @operations.esa.int
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Labour’s rebuttal to the Green party this week sums up the double standard that dogs our politics | Frances Ryan
Labour’s rebuttal to the Green party this week sums up the double standard that dogs our politics | Frances Ryan
Why is it that the politics of hope offered up by the left is dismissed as naive, while the policies of the centre and right are portrayed as all that is possible? asks Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Labour’s rebuttal to the Green party this week sums up the double standard that dogs our politics | Frances Ryan
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The letter the BBC could send back to Trump - brilliant stuff from @davidallengreen.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/emptycit...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump - brilliant stuff from @davidallengreen.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/emptycit...
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"Yorkshire Water was privatised in 1989 under the Water Act, launched debt-free and promoted as the start of a new, efficient era.
What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
Yorkshire Water: it’s time to end the rip-off
Handing the company back to local people would return both control and value to those who need it most
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 7:58 AM
"Yorkshire Water was privatised in 1989 under the Water Act, launched debt-free and promoted as the start of a new, efficient era.
What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
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📷 This image taken in October 2024 by ESA's Mars Express shows Coloe Fossae, an area on Mars showing signs of an ancient ice age. 🧪🔭
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
@science.esa.int @dlr-spaceagency.bsky.social @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social
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@science.esa.int @dlr-spaceagency.bsky.social @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
📷 This image taken in October 2024 by ESA's Mars Express shows Coloe Fossae, an area on Mars showing signs of an ancient ice age. 🧪🔭
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
@science.esa.int @dlr-spaceagency.bsky.social @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social
www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
@science.esa.int @dlr-spaceagency.bsky.social @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social
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Great to see our membership numbers still rising....
This morning on Sky News. 👇🏼
youtu.be/yTTPu02UWDw?...
This morning on Sky News. 👇🏼
youtu.be/yTTPu02UWDw?...
Zack Polanski: Starmer 'not a man I would be willing to work with'
YouTube video by Sky News
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Great to see our membership numbers still rising....
This morning on Sky News. 👇🏼
youtu.be/yTTPu02UWDw?...
This morning on Sky News. 👇🏼
youtu.be/yTTPu02UWDw?...
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You think it'd be in Zia Yusuf and Reform's interests to be a lot more convincing than this...
November 7, 2025 at 11:11 AM
You think it'd be in Zia Yusuf and Reform's interests to be a lot more convincing than this...