Clive Gomes

Record number of solicitors call mental health charity 'Need for trusted, accessible and sector-specific support has never been greater', LawCare chief says.

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Ellie Chowns, "Keir Starmer is absolutely a lame duck"

"He's on the edge of the precipice.. Labour MPs decided to pull back, not quite push him over the edge"

"But it's only a matter of time"

Just going to leave this here

Facial recognition consultation: have your say - Liberty

British Transport Police have launched their trial of live facial recognition despite the ongoing public consultation.

Police use of facial recognition is expanding. We need urgent safeguards put in place now more than ever.

🚨 Today is our last chance to have our say. Don't miss your chance 👇

Britons' right to protest is under threat like never before. If you value it, speak up now | Imran Khan Civil rights, women’s rights: little could have been achieved under the system now being considered by UK ministers. A bad situation could get worse, says Imran Khan KC

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Bar chart. Text reads: Green Light? Youth Voting Intention GRN: 34% LAB: 28% REF: 18% CON: 10% LD: 8% OTHER: 3% Source: Savanta for ITV Youth Tracker, Sample Size: 1,040 UK based 16-25 year-olds, Fieldwork 4-9 February 2026

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#ITVYouthTracker headline voting intention for 16-25 year olds🗳️

🟢GRN: 34%
🌹LAB: 28%
➡️REF: 18%
🌳CON: 10%
🔸LD: 8%
🗳️OTHER: 3%

Source: Savanta for ITV Youth Tracker, Sample Size: 1,040 UK based 16-25 year-olds, Fieldwork 4-9 February 2026

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YouTube video by Channel 4 News More scandal for Starmer over vetting of another aide’s links to sex offender

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So it’s Greens versus Reform
Hope versus Hate
A brilliant local candidate who loves her community
Versus a full time grifter bussed in from London
It’s not hard
#VoteGreen

NUS urges ‘loan shark’ Reeves to reverse changes to student debt repayment Policy announced in autumn budget freezes threshold at which students start repaying university loans Protesters dressed as sharks and in Rachel Reeves face masks gathered outside the Houses of Parliament on Wednesday to express their anger over changes to their student loans and their ballooning debt. The demonstration by members of the National Union of Students (NUS) characterised the chancellor as a loan shark after changes to university loan repayments. Continue reading...

NUS urges ‘loan shark’ Reeves to reverse changes to student debt repayment

Portuguese extradition appeal allowed, saving 5 children from ‘likely’ foster care Coppel J allowed an appeal on 26 January 2026, finding that extradition would have an exceptionally severe impact on the Article 8 rights of the Appellant's five children, aged 5 to 14.

Portuguese extradition appeal allowed, saving 5 children from ‘likely’ foster care
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YouTube video by Martin Lewis Martin Lewis: Freezing the Plan 2 student loan repayment threshold is a breach of natural justice

On a Plan 2 Student loan? Why freezing the repayment threshold from 2027 to 2030 is, in my view, a breach of natural justice. A brief audio explainer

"A jury found multiple failures by private contractors Sodexo led to a vulnerable man taking his own life after spending 53 days in segregation."

Channel 4 News: https://www.channel4.com/news/falsified-welfare-checks-led-to-deaths-of-vulnerable-inmates-inquest-told

This is what politics should feel like: thoughtful, honest and shaking things up.

Hannah Spencer is going to be a brilliant MP for Gorton & Denton.

It's time to stop Reform in their tracks:

Watch online this Wednesday.

‘Hurry for justice’: Windrush victims dying without redress, commissioner says Clive Foster says action needed now to deliver justice to UK residents who had been wrongly classified as illegal immigrants

The Windrush commissioner has warned of a “hurry for justice” as more victims of the scandal die without redress, while stakeholders call for a public inquiry and legislative changes at a people’s inquiry symposium for those affected www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Meet @greenpartyhan.bsky.social, our @greenparty.org.uk candidate for Gorton and Denton by-election.

Its Greens Vs Reform for this by-election in Gorton & Denton.

Vote Hannah Spencer on 26th February.

#VoteGreen #VoteHannah #VoteForHannah #VoteHannahSpencer #Hannah4GortonandDenton

IT'S GREEN VS REFORM. JOIN ZACK AND HANNAH IN GORTON & DENTON THIS SATURDAY SIGN-UP NOW Green Party Promoted by Miles Thorpe on behalf of Hannah Spencer and The Green Party of England and Wales, both at 2 Glenhurst Road, Burnage, Manchester, M19 1WX. With photo of Hannah Spencer and Zack Polanski

We have a real chance to elect Hannah Spencer as the Green Party’s 5th MP.

This by-election is clear: Green vs Reform. Graft vs grift. Hope vs division.

Join Hannah and @zackpolanski.bsky.social in Gorton and Denton this Saturday and help us make hope normal again ⤵️

Photograph of Hannah Spencer and Zack Polanski smiling at a Green Party campaign event, taking a selfie with supporters behind them holding green placards. A green overlay covers the lower half of the image. At the top, white text reads “Bradford District Green Party.” A BBC-style headline graphic says: “Green leader urges ‘hope over hate’ for by-election.” At the bottom is a green banner with the text “join.greenparty.org.uk” and the Green Party Bradford District logo.

🗣 @zackpolanski.bsky.social: "The Green Party are the only party who can stop Reform and to have the Labour Party trying to wade in, trying to make themselves relevant, demonstrates what a difficult week they've had and what a difficult year they've had since gaining power."

A gathering of people on the pavement by the A2 in New Cross Gate

A white bike in memorial to Irene Leardini. There are several bunches of flowers on the lappet above it, and several candles below it. To the right is a road with three lanes of traffic and no bus lane or space for cycling.

Very moving vigil for Irene Leardini by side of A2 in New Cross Gate tonight. She was cycling here two weeks ago. RIP.

Sad we are still gathering at the side of busy roads asking why nothing has been done to make them safe.

Thanks to all at @lewishamcyclists.bsky.social for organising the vigil.

Bad and getting worse: for students like me, the loan system is the disaster that never ends | Rohan Sathyamoorthy The current situation in England and Wales is akin to generational warfare – Martin Lewis is right when he takes ministers to task, says student Rohan Sathyamoorthy

Bad and getting worse: for students like me, the loan system is the disaster that never ends | Rohan Sathyamoorthy

Graphic entitled Disabled people need mobility equality has pictures of different Disabled people using wheeled mobility aids, some of which are presently legal to use in some ways, and some of which are not presently legal in public spaces. The pictures are surrounding the words “Rights to pedestrian mobility” and “Rights to cycling and cycling-equivalent mobility”. From left and top to bottom in columns, a child using a powerchair, an adult using a powerchair with a pram attached, an adult using a mobility scooter towing two children in a cycle-type trailer, an adult using a manual wheelchair and long cane, an adult on a mobility scooter assisting a small child who is walking, an adult on a recumbent trike, an adult using a manual wheelchair with an e-assist handcycle attachment, an older child on a bicycle, an adult and child using a side-by-side tandem. Graphic entitled Disabled people need mobility equality has pictures of different Disabled people using wheeled mobility aids, some of which are presently legal to use in some ways, and some of which are not presently legal in public spaces. The pictures are surrounding the words “Rights to pedestrian mobility” and “Rights to cycling and cycling-equivalent mobility”. From left and top to bottom in columns, a child using a powerchair, an adult using a powerchair with a pram attached, an adult using a mobility scooter towing two children in a cycle-type trailer, an adult using a manual wheelchair and long cane, an adult on a mobility scooter assisting a small child who is walking, an adult on a recumbent trike, an adult using a manual wheelchair with an e-assist handcycle attachment, an older child on a bicycle, an adult and child using a side-by-side tandem. At the bottom is hashtag MobilityJustice and the Wheels for Wellbeing logo.

At Wheels for Wellbeing, we’re really excited about how changes to mobility aid laws could transform Disabled people’s mobility rights & options. We want Disabled people to have the same rights to pedestrian movement & cycling or cycling-equivalent movement that all non-disabled people already have

By 50% to 24% Britons say Keir Starmer should resign .

First poll Starmer has been ahead in for quite a while.

Starmer knew about Mandelson.

Now he must resign.

“It is important to emphasise that the review has not recommended the creation of a ‘supermax’-style prison in the UK."

Our view on the independent review of separation centres: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/feb/03/supermax-style-units-most-dangerous-criminals-introduced-england-wales

Mr Rules hits tipping point as Mandelson proves the one mistake that can’t be undone There is a look of despair in Starmer’s eyes – and a feeling in the room that the endgame has begun

Mr Rules hits tipping point as Mandelson proves the one mistake that can’t be undone

Labour’s toxic immigration policies damage the social fabric of our nation, causing division and endanger us all. We are stronger together as a thriving inclusive society. This is good by @zoejardiniere.bsky.social

For years, Starmer's critics on the left have warned that he was trashing Labour values, kowtowing to the rich and powerful while hurting the poor and the living world.
Every time, people here and elsewhere leapt up to call us "closet Tories" and "Reform enablers".
Funny how they've gone so quiet.

Facial recognition error: Customer misidentified by Sainsbury's Sainsbury's staff wrongly eject a man from a south London store over a facial recognition alert.

Sainsbury's ejects man misidentified as offender
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Coroner concerned over indeterminate sentences after HMP Humber death Scott Berry died after being found unconscious in his cell at HMP Humber in October 2023.

The state of British justice.

"Berry had been jailed for two years and four months, but remained in prison 15 years later".

Disgusting and inhumane.

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How UK government has just made student loans more expensive Pressure is mounting on the Government over the affordability of student loans, after a decision by Chancellor Rachel Reeves to freeze the earnings threshold where graduates begin repayments.

How UK government has just made student loans more expensive

Chancellor needs to ‘urgently reverse’ freeze on loans threshold says students union We spoke to the president of the National Union of Students Zamzam Ibrahim.

Chancellor needs to ‘urgently reverse’ freeze on loans threshold says students union

RIP Eilidh Cairns, who was killed by a driver just metres down the road from the front door of the building where I grew up, and where the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has done absolutely nothing for road safety since.