Sathnam Sanghera

A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.

Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.

This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.

Auschwitz took time.

“There are neighbourhoods in England where English is irregularly spoken, Western dress is abandoned, women and girls are subjugated and loyalty to Britain is not just absent but often opposed. Some in these communities may hold British passports and be born here. But does that make them English? I was born here, raised speaking the Queen’s English, and educated in England. Yet I am not English. My parents, members of the Indian diaspora, were born in Kenya and Mauritius. They acquired British citizenship, but they were not – and could never be – considered English. For Englishness to mean something substantial, it must be rooted in ancestry, heritage, and, yes, ethnicity – not just residence or fluency. And that’s no slight against those of us with different roots. I don’t feel English because I have no generational ties to English soil, no ancestral stories tied to the towns or villages of this land. My heritage, with its rich cultural and racial identity, is something distinct. I am British Asian, and I feel a deep love, gratitude and loyalty to this country. But I cannot claim to be English, nor should I.”

Just a reminder of one of Suella Braverman's greatest ethnonationalist hits:

"I will never be truly English: here is why", Telegraph, 26 February 2025

(Source: www.suellabraverman.co.uk/news/i-will-...)

Chris Madel announced he is ending his bid for the GOP nomination in the Minnesota governor's race, citing national Republicans' handling of immigration enforcement in his state. Aaron Lavinsky / TNS/ABACA via Reuters Connect

Chris Madel Republican candidate for Minnesota Governor: “I can’t look my daughters in the eye & say I’m running as a Republican, when they’re pulling over Hispanics & Asians because of the color of the skin — I did not sign up for that”

An event next month with @thetimes.com

www.thetimes.com/article/5b0c...

You know when people ask about your fantasy dinner party? Well the current line up of Reform MPs is the exact opposite of that.

first the internet got me to side with Michael O'Leary in his spat with Musk, now this.
end times.

The Traitors rewards the boring and incompetent I gave the BBC1 show a chance but the bitching, back-stabbing and sob stories had me reaching for the off button

Refreshing antidote from @sathnam.bsky.social to all The Traitors hysteria...

www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

@nigella.bsky.social In a world now full of terrible, heartbreaking stories THANK YOU for being lovely news. Can't wait to start watching Bake Off again! Just flat-out joy. Queen. x

a hand holding up a book titled empire ( blue font ) world ( black font) how British imperialism has shaped the globe by sathnam sanghers. it had a blue insert at the side but it’s cream

my hot date for the day + evening

Bluesky idea: if people who didn't agree with you change their opinions so that they do agree with you, why not be happy that you are making progress - rather than complaining that they are "only just catching up"?

Yes, It’s Fascism Until recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many and too strong to deny.

Important read.

In honour of its greatest son, Minneapolis should refer to ICE as "a big disease with a little name."

Maybe Trump's lawsuit is having the effect he intended?

Opinion | State Terror Has Arrived

"There is a logic, and this logic has a name. It’s called state terror."

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...

Who's secretly filming fake TikToks inside Londoners' homes? We tracked down the viral video account invading people's houses to spread false claims about immigrants.

Superb - and alarming - piece on the torrent of falsehood and disinformation pouring into people's phones, designed to stir up racial hatred.

If you don't subscribe to @londoncentric.media, its investigative journalism is outstanding. @jim.londoncentric.media www.londoncentric.media/p/tiktok-lon...

Closest anyone will ever get to an apology from The Orange ManBoy - now he should say something similar to the other 31 countries whose military he insulted

You know who”stayed a little back” in VIetnam? DJT.

Where are the poppy patriots? Why are they completely silent on this grotesque insult to our armed forces and specifically the 2,000 UK service and civilian personnel who were injured and the 457 who died in Afghanistan?

I'm so sorry your family is going through this x

The TACO cycle:

Markets want to price in TACO. But TACO only works if Trump sees stocks tank.

So we get a loop: Trump does things → nothing happens (markets already priced in TACO) → that emboldens him to do more → until markets start to think he might not TACO → stocks fall → TACO is restored.

An event next month with @thetimes.com

www.thetimes.com/article/5b0c...

‘The Tailor’ c 1570, by Giovanni Battista Moroni (1520-1578), Italian Mannerist painter of restrained, subtle portraits with silvery tonality, inspired by Titian & Lotto. The portrait, originally owned by the Venetian Grimani family, is probably of a woollen cloth merchant.
National Gallery London

great book by @jonathancoe.bsky.social

A talk in Delhi next month, do register if you're around

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I was addicted to social media — it ruled my life for 10 years For a decade social media was our columnist Sathnam Sanghera’s best mate and confidant. Now, like millions of us, he’s switching it off. What changed?

"Occasionally on Bluesky, which feels like an early version of X & hasn’t yet been shittified like most other social media platforms by algorithms and AI slop, I get a taste of this old world" writes @sathnam.bsky.social

#XisDead

www.thetimes.com/uk/social-me...

136. Journeys of Empire
Sathnam Sanghera & Jen Khatun

An accessible and detailed introduction to various hidden histories of the British Empire. Well told and informative.

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At what point?

Thankyou for the work you do 🙏🏾