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tonydailide.bsky.social @tonydailide.bsky.social · 7d

An excellent podcast discussion. Essential listening.

Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 7d

Was good to have a serious conversation about the rise of fascism & the Brexit dynamics that have twisted our immigration system, as well as cowardice from our media & our leaders on migration.

Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 8d

It’s out! I spoke to @zoejardiniere.bsky.social about migration, the realities, the challenges and how to confront the real threat of far right takeover of our country on a platform of fear and disinformation.

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Transparency International UK @transparencyuk.bsky.social · 7d

⚖️ "The 'VIP-lane' was one of the most egregious aspects of the way the former government went about procuring emergency supplies during the pandemic."

Our Chief Executive @danieljbruce.bsky.social spoke with @bbc5live.bsky.social to discuss today's High Court ruling against PPE Medpro.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 15d

In a corporate owned care home, charging £1,800 a week.

Residents face neglect/cruelty.

Left in urine-soaked clothes, wet bedsheets, calls for help ignored, not showered for weeks, excrement in corridors, staff shortages.

Cruelty is the norm when profits come before people.

Families accuse care home of 'neglect' and 'cruelty' after secret filming

A BBC Disclosure reporter saw vulnerable elderly people left sitting alone for hours in urine-soaked clothes.

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · Sep 8

🔴‘Racists Started Hurling Rocks and Abuse at My Family’: New Deputy Green Leader On His Own Experience of Far Right Hate

Mothin Ali, co-deputy leader of the Greens, on being on the receiving end of racist abuse and his ‘disappointment’ in Jeremy Corbyn’s new project
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‘Racists Started Hurling Rocks and Abuse at My Family’: New Deputy Green Leader On His Own Experience of Far Right Hate

Mothin Ali, co-deputy leader of the Green Party, on being on the receiving end of racist abuse – and his ‘disappointment’ in Jeremy Corbyn’s new project

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scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk · Sep 8

SCIE’s Chief Executive, Kathryn Marsden OBE, has written to The Guardian about the role of social care in relieving the growing pressure on hospitals.

Kathryn stressed that NHS reform will only succeed if health and social care are treated as equal partners.

Don’t leave social care out of the equation | Letters

Letter: Reform of the community-based care sector is long overdue, says Kathryn Marsden

www.theguardian.com

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Free Movement @freemovement.bsky.social · Sep 3

Here is our guide to making refugee family reunion applications: freemovement.org.uk/refugee-fami...

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tonydailide.bsky.social @tonydailide.bsky.social · Sep 3

Currently at the Artspace on the Prom in Cromer.

Workers Gallery @workersgallery.bsky.social · Sep 3

Very proud of this collaboration.

Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · Sep 3

Huge thank you to Gayle and Chris of @workersgallery.bsky.social for hosting the Outsiders touring exhibition over the summer and for taking the work out to people who wouldn’t normally engage with an exhibition like this via the gallery in a box. That’s what real community engagement looks like.

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Colin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social · Sep 3

New from Free Movement: National Audit Office publishes report on Afghanistan Response Route | Sonia Lenegan freemovement.org.uk/national-aud...

National Audit Office publishes report on Afghanistan Response Route - Free Movement

The National Audit Office has published a report on the Afghanistan Response Route which was set up following the government’s data leak (for background you

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · Sep 1

Say it again, and again, and again. They are not "illegal immigrants".

-seeking asylum is legal and has been since 1951.

This legally trumps all arguments of “but they arrived by illegal means”. That’s just a fact. That’s why you don’t see asylum seekers arrested & charged. Our MSM must do better.

Silencing the drumbeat again: seeking asylum is legal

Hundreds protested in Ashington against so-called "illegal immigrants" - though seeking asylum has been legal since 1951

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · Aug 31

YES! Thank you...

Say it again, and again, and again. They are not "illegal immigrants".

- seeking asylum is legal and has been since 1951.

Silencing the drumbeat again: seeking asylum is legal

Hundreds protested in Ashington against so-called "illegal immigrants" - though seeking asylum has been legal since 1951

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Pascal 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 @pascalr57.bsky.social · Aug 31

@zoejardiniere.bsky.social dealing with ignorance.
Is there a Nobel prize for patience?

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'You brand migrants in a way that allows you to despise them' | LBC

YouTube video by LBC

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tonydailide.bsky.social @tonydailide.bsky.social · Aug 31

excellent photographic exhibition The Outsiders by @marcdavenant.bsky.social at Cromer Artspace on the Prom. Moving stories of homeless and ignored people.

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tonydailide.bsky.social @tonydailide.bsky.social · Apr 24

Labour’s great nature sellout is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems I’ve seen in my lifetime

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Labour’s great nature sellout is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems I’ve seen in my lifetime | George Monbiot

The horrifying planning bill, which rips up environmental protections, was drafted with CEOs in mind. We know because Keir Starmer told us, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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Katie Schmuecker @katieschmuecker.bsky.social · Mar 26

Me talking about the impact of disability cuts on poverty- and how the government underplayed its poverty impact assessment: the true number is closer to 400,000 people pushed into poverty.

The government pledged to end the moral scar of food banks, not increase their footfall ⬇️

Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · Mar 26

Cuts have ‘huge implications for hardship’ says charity

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Cuts have ‘huge implications for hardship’ says charity

Katie Schmuecker is from anti-poverty charity the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · Mar 3

Last month the government released new details of how it intends to deliver its manifesto pledge to provide 700,000 more urgent dental appointments.

See how our Government Tracker is rating progress on this pledge - and why - here 👇

Is the government on track to provide 700,000 more urgent dental appointments? - Full Fact

Full Fact looks at Labour’s manifesto pledge on dentistry.

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tonydailide.bsky.social @tonydailide.bsky.social · Feb 11

Migrant workers in UK to fill care roles ‘charged up to £20,000’ in illegal fees

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Migrant workers in UK to fill care roles ‘charged up to £20,000’ in illegal fees

Survey by Unison finds people on health and care worker visas also having to share beds and sleep rough

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Chris Ham @chrisham.bsky.social · Jan 23

it's time to engage people and communities in improving health and using services wisely. Just expanding the supply of care is not a sustainable solution. Wanless in 2002 argued for a fully engaged population which has not been achieved www.nhsconfed.org/articles/mod...

Moderating demand for NHS care needs much more attention

It’s time to revisit the Wanless report and fully engage the public to improve health and reduce demand for services, writes Professor Sir Chris Ham.

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Museum of Homelessness @ourmoh.bsky.social · Jan 17

We were very pleased to be able to attend the opening of Outsiders at @stalbansmuseums.bsky.social last night.

We highly recommend you see this show.

@marcdavenant.bsky.social thank you for your work.

St Albans Museums @stalbansmuseums.bsky.social · Jan 17

*NEW EXHIBITION* Outsiders

📸 This is Uche in her bedroom.

"Outsiders" is a documentary photography project by @marcdavenant.bsky.social telling the stories behind modern British homelessness.

https://www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/outsiders

#outsiders #homelessness #stalbansmuseums

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tonydailide.bsky.social @tonydailide.bsky.social · Jan 6

How the ‘continuing healthcare’ system is failing sick and elderly people

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

How the ‘continuing healthcare’ system is failing sick and elderly people | Letters

Letters: Readers on the struggles of getting support for loved ones who need care outside hospital

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andyburnham.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social · Jan 5

Despite all of the challenges - legal and meteorological - we did it!

After 40 years of damaging deregulation, Greater Manchester has this morning successfully retaken control of the whole its bus network. 🙌🏻

The first Bee Network service pulls out of a snowy Altrincham Interchange early this morning.

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tonydailide.bsky.social @tonydailide.bsky.social · Jan 5

Labour had plenty of time to ponder social care. Now it has a chance to deliver

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Labour had plenty of time to ponder social care. Now it has a chance to deliver | Sonia Sodha

Keir Starmer’s government can’t leave the urgent question of how social care will be funded to yet another commission

www.theguardian.com

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tonydailide.bsky.social @tonydailide.bsky.social · Jan 3

Britain has a social care crisis. Here’s how Labour plans to fix it

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Britain has a social care crisis. Here’s how Labour plans to fix it | Wes Streeting

Our National Care Service will meet the urgent needs of our generation – just as the NHS did when it was created in 1948, says health secretary Wes Streeting

www.theguardian.com

tonydailide.bsky.social @tonydailide.bsky.social · Jan 2

Ex-chief prosecutor rejects Musk’s calls for new child abuse inquiry

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Ex-chief prosecutor rejects Musk’s calls for new child abuse inquiry

Nazir Afzal and police whistleblower Maggie Oliver say previous lengthy inquiries were not acted upon

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · Jan 2

If we're going to have an honours system that is open to the whole community - in which we thank people, collectively, for service to the public - we can't keep demanding that they pass a loyalty test to a bygone empire.

At least give a choice between "Empire" & "Excellence". It's such an easy fix.

BeardedGenius @beardedgenius.bsky.social · Jan 1

Hillsborough campaigner Phil Scraton refuses OBE

"I could not accept an honour tied in name to the 'British Empire'. In my scholarship and teaching I remain a strong critic of the historical, cultural and political contexts of imperialism and their international legacy." ❤️

Hillsborough campaigner Phil Scraton refuses OBE

Hillsborough campaigner Prof Phil Scraton turns down an OBE in the Queen's New Year Honours list.

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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · Jan 2

NFU calling for guarantee Seasonal Agricultural Worker visas will stay in place long term as our food system relies on migrant workers.

No discussion, of course, of widespread exploitation of workers trapped by stringent conditions of that visa #r4today www.workrightscentre.org/publications...

Open letter to the government calling for urgent action to address exploitation of seasonal workers | Work Rights Centre

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