Shazia Saleem
@shaziasaleem.bsky.social
Sustainable fashion expert and designer, founder of Pop London, lecturer in fashion & marketing. Seen & heard: COP26 Glasgow, Stylist Mag, Conde Nast Traveller, BBC Radio. Poplondon.co.uk
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Boiling lobsters alive to be banned in UK animal cruelty crackdown
Boiling lobsters alive to be banned in UK animal cruelty crackdown
Move is part of a long-awaited Labour strategy including outlawing hen cages and ending puppy farming
Boiling lobsters alive will be banned under proposals to improve animal welfare in England.
Government ministers say that “live boiling is not an acceptable killing method” for crustaceans and alternative guidance will be published. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Boiling lobsters alive to be banned in UK animal cruelty crackdown
It feels like these women have been fighting Johnson & Johnson my entire life, hope the settlement helps.
J & J smells like babies to me, its marketing was focussed on them and we grew up with it. Creepy company.
J & J smells like babies to me, its marketing was focussed on them and we grew up with it. Creepy company.
December 13, 2025 at 8:44 AM
It feels like these women have been fighting Johnson & Johnson my entire life, hope the settlement helps.
J & J smells like babies to me, its marketing was focussed on them and we grew up with it. Creepy company.
J & J smells like babies to me, its marketing was focussed on them and we grew up with it. Creepy company.
This @financialtimes.com podcast is super
Just another key service that doesn’t work in Broken Britain, quite depressing but glad it’s being exposed.
Just another key service that doesn’t work in Broken Britain, quite depressing but glad it’s being exposed.
December 10, 2025 at 12:11 PM
This @financialtimes.com podcast is super
Just another key service that doesn’t work in Broken Britain, quite depressing but glad it’s being exposed.
Just another key service that doesn’t work in Broken Britain, quite depressing but glad it’s being exposed.
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara issued a stern warning to his officers on Thursday: Intervene when you see Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents using unlawful force or lose your job.
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
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December 6, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara issued a stern warning to his officers on Thursday: Intervene when you see Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents using unlawful force or lose your job.
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UK’s Home Office admits facial-recognition tech fails Black and Asian people — raising fresh alarm over bias and wrongful ID. ⚠️
#FacialRecognition #TechBias #HomeOffice #CivilRights
www.easterneye.biz/home-office-...
#FacialRecognition #TechBias #HomeOffice #CivilRights
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Home Office admits tech bias as facial recognition checks fail minorities
Tests found false matches highest for black and Asian people, prompting demands for stronger safeguards
www.easterneye.biz
December 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
UK’s Home Office admits facial-recognition tech fails Black and Asian people — raising fresh alarm over bias and wrongful ID. ⚠️
#FacialRecognition #TechBias #HomeOffice #CivilRights
www.easterneye.biz/home-office-...
#FacialRecognition #TechBias #HomeOffice #CivilRights
www.easterneye.biz/home-office-...
Such a shame, I’ve taught super young people from these countries.
UK universities restricting recruitment of Bangladeshi and Pakistani students on.ft.com/3Y3vHfg
UK universities restricting recruitment of Bangladeshi and Pakistani students
At least nine higher education institutions have stopped applications due to tougher Home Office rules and concerns over visa abuse
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December 4, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Such a shame, I’ve taught super young people from these countries.
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“It horrified me to be from a species that did such things, over and over, but what good did my horror do?” Read a new short story from Joan Silber. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/_pKdGr
“Safety,” by Joan Silber
It horrified me to be from a species that did such things, over and over, but what good did my horror do?
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
“It horrified me to be from a species that did such things, over and over, but what good did my horror do?” Read a new short story from Joan Silber. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/_pKdGr
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France Issues Stamp Honouring Noor Inayat Khan’s Sacrifice
#NoorInayatKhan #WWIIHeroine #FrenchStamp #FiguresOfTheResistance #IndianHeritage #AsianSpies
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#NoorInayatKhan #WWIIHeroine #FrenchStamp #FiguresOfTheResistance #IndianHeritage #AsianSpies
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France honours Noor Inayat Khan’s wartime sacrifice with a stamp
The French postal service, La Poste, honoured Noor with a stamp issued to honour the “Figures of the Resistance” who fought against Nazi Germany.
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November 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
France Issues Stamp Honouring Noor Inayat Khan’s Sacrifice
#NoorInayatKhan #WWIIHeroine #FrenchStamp #FiguresOfTheResistance #IndianHeritage #AsianSpies
www.easterneye.biz/noor-inayat-...
#NoorInayatKhan #WWIIHeroine #FrenchStamp #FiguresOfTheResistance #IndianHeritage #AsianSpies
www.easterneye.biz/noor-inayat-...
Really enjoyed your interview on The Financial Edit, thanks for being so open and honest.
Cheers to enjoying yourself 🥂let me know if you come to London!
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Cheers to enjoying yourself 🥂let me know if you come to London!
youtu.be/clNmbbz9Izc?...
November 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Really enjoyed your interview on The Financial Edit, thanks for being so open and honest.
Cheers to enjoying yourself 🥂let me know if you come to London!
youtu.be/clNmbbz9Izc?...
Cheers to enjoying yourself 🥂let me know if you come to London!
youtu.be/clNmbbz9Izc?...
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The Trump Administration seems to be handpicking deportees to test a new approach to mass deportation: sending people to nations where they had no ties, and to places that were not safe, and where they are subject to indefinite detention abroad. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/YAjCKA
November 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The Trump Administration seems to be handpicking deportees to test a new approach to mass deportation: sending people to nations where they had no ties, and to places that were not safe, and where they are subject to indefinite detention abroad. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/YAjCKA
Don’t really appreciate this year’s Reith lecturer on radio 4. Don’t understand why he should have this platform to communicate his uncooked ideas and equivalences between left and right.
November 25, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Don’t really appreciate this year’s Reith lecturer on radio 4. Don’t understand why he should have this platform to communicate his uncooked ideas and equivalences between left and right.
What is left for Palestinians here? No buildings, no trees. Our government sat back and watched this unfold.
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Inside Gaza, BBC sees total devastation after two years of war
With endless rubble and destroyed streets as far as the eye can see, any plans for Gaza's future are a far cry from where it is today, writes Lucy Williamson.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
What is left for Palestinians here? No buildings, no trees. Our government sat back and watched this unfold.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Inside Gaza, BBC sees total devastation after two years of war - BBC News apple.news/A_7SrBjRqS8y...
Inside Gaza, BBC sees total devastation after two years of war — BBC News
With endless rubble and destroyed streets as far as the eye can see, any plans for Gaza's future are a far cry from where it is today, writes Lucy Williamson.
apple.news
November 6, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Inside Gaza, BBC sees total devastation after two years of war - BBC News apple.news/A_7SrBjRqS8y...
Listening to BBC radio 4 this morning, why is it politically acceptable to re-nationalise the railways but the government won’t consider the same for water? Every reason the govt rep cited in the interview applies to water. Weird.
November 5, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Listening to BBC radio 4 this morning, why is it politically acceptable to re-nationalise the railways but the government won’t consider the same for water? Every reason the govt rep cited in the interview applies to water. Weird.
I have signed @weownit.org.uk's petition to block Thames Water's plans to dump sewage in our rivers for the next 15 years. We have until 21st Oct to stop it. Add your name now.
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Thames Water wants to pollute illegally until 2040. Ofwat must say NO.
Thames Water wants to make at deal with Ofwat, to pollute illegally for 15 years
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October 21, 2025 at 5:26 AM
I have signed @weownit.org.uk's petition to block Thames Water's plans to dump sewage in our rivers for the next 15 years. We have until 21st Oct to stop it. Add your name now.
weownit.org.uk/act-now/peti...
weownit.org.uk/act-now/peti...
Just heard about Afghanistan having the third most land mines and 85% of death and injury from contact are children.
What a world to live in.
UN special rapporteur mentioned this as a side issue, funding to clear land mines has plummeted.
What a world to live in.
UN special rapporteur mentioned this as a side issue, funding to clear land mines has plummeted.
October 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Just heard about Afghanistan having the third most land mines and 85% of death and injury from contact are children.
What a world to live in.
UN special rapporteur mentioned this as a side issue, funding to clear land mines has plummeted.
What a world to live in.
UN special rapporteur mentioned this as a side issue, funding to clear land mines has plummeted.
Of all the issues the home sec could deal with this week. Labour need to re-prioritise.
October 5, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Of all the issues the home sec could deal with this week. Labour need to re-prioritise.
Thank you @data.ft.com for continuing to cover this story. Tony Blair desperately following the money.
July 7, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Thank you @data.ft.com for continuing to cover this story. Tony Blair desperately following the money.
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I'm not sure he's up for going out in the rain.
June 5, 2025 at 7:46 AM
I'm not sure he's up for going out in the rain.
Thanos and I waiting for the march for Palestine to start from Westminster.
May 17, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Thanos and I waiting for the march for Palestine to start from Westminster.
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We're very concerned by the UK Home Office's refusal to grant a visa to PEN Translates award-winner Ibrahima Balde. This raises serious concerns for artistic freedom and exchange – we urge them to reconsider this decision.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Author denied UK visa unable to attend premiere of play based on his memoir
Exclusive: London theatre urges Home Office to reconsider as Ibrahima Balde unable to watch adaptation of award-winning book
www.theguardian.com
May 16, 2025 at 10:11 AM
We're very concerned by the UK Home Office's refusal to grant a visa to PEN Translates award-winner Ibrahima Balde. This raises serious concerns for artistic freedom and exchange – we urge them to reconsider this decision.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Cleaning out the flat and need to get rid of some of these books so let's have a competition. The next eight people to take out a paid subscription to the newsletter get a signed copy of either the Westminster book or the complete Origin Story set. Sign up here iandunt.substack.com
April 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Cleaning out the flat and need to get rid of some of these books so let's have a competition. The next eight people to take out a paid subscription to the newsletter get a signed copy of either the Westminster book or the complete Origin Story set. Sign up here iandunt.substack.com
How can this be the way that we treat asylum seekers in the U.K.? A woman with one arm expected to empty buckets of rain water from a leak in the ceiling, why is she in low quality accomm. Many eg of cruelty in the article.
@ukhomeoffice.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
@ukhomeoffice.bsky.social
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Ten assaults a day on asylum seekers in Home Office care, figures reveal
Exclusive: There were 380 safeguarding referrals of victims of hate crimes from January 2023 to August 2024
www.theguardian.com
April 21, 2025 at 6:05 AM
How can this be the way that we treat asylum seekers in the U.K.? A woman with one arm expected to empty buckets of rain water from a leak in the ceiling, why is she in low quality accomm. Many eg of cruelty in the article.
@ukhomeoffice.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
@ukhomeoffice.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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What happened in Wisconsin is an example of what is most feared: That in a true democracy regular people have more power than a billionaire, that all the money in the world doesn’t change one person one vote.
April 2, 2025 at 10:47 AM
What happened in Wisconsin is an example of what is most feared: That in a true democracy regular people have more power than a billionaire, that all the money in the world doesn’t change one person one vote.