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'If the proposal to treat trans-inclusive services as unlawful and intrinsically wrongful is followed, it would represent a radical departure from the laissez-faire approach that has prevailed in the United Kingdom for several decades. It would be an unprecedented regression for the UK'
*Half* of all UK media reports about Muslims contain negative bias, according to a new study, together with widespread "sweeping generalisations".
"The highest rates were recorded by GB News (39%), The Telegraph (32%), Daily Express (24%), The Times (22%), The Sun (21%) and the Daily Mail (20%)"
Everything that is happening to the Labour Party is something they have chosen to do to themselves - to prioritise unscientific, unpopular cruelty on a minority group over everything else they stand for. I won't forget. I'm unlikely to forgive.
09.03.2026 07:53 — 👍 67 🔁 23 💬 0 📌 0
Opinion: Experiences in Hungary, the US and the Netherlands make threats like autocratic legalism and oligarchic capture feel existential, says Ferenc Laczó #academicfreedom #AcademicSky
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/three-brushes-populist-power-tell-me-no-one-academia-safe
Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper responds to President Trump’s latest outburst.
“The job of the British PM is to take decisions in the national interest of the U.K., not in the interests of other countries… we don’t outsource foreign policy to other countries”.
#bbclaurak
The competence issue matters because what is at stake here is not, as many commentators claim and, no doubt, some political activists and voters hope, that Labour need to respond to the by-election defeat with a ‘lurch to the left’. Setting an immigration policy which is fair, rational, and consonant with economic and demographic needs is not, in itself, ‘left-wing’. Operating an efficient and humane asylum process is not, in itself, ‘left-wing’. Making a clear distinction between immigration and asylum policies is not, in itself, ‘left-wing’. To think otherwise is to cede the idea that these are somehow ‘extreme’ propositions and that the policies of virtually zero immigration, mass deportation, and the near-total rejection of asylum seekers advocated by Reform and others are the ‘norm’ or ‘moderate’.
As @chrisgrey.bsky.social says, rejecting Mahmood's plans would not be a "lurch to the left" but simply about restoring a basic level of (economic, political and administrative) competence.
chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/03/real...
Measles is one of the most highly infectious diseases, and it can make children seriously unwell.
But it is preventable.
Protect yourself and others by ensuring you’re up to date with your and your children’s MMRV vaccines.
there are 1,942 seats in london
opencouncildata.co.uk/councils.php...
U.S.-Israeli Strikes Grow as Fuel Depots Burn in Tehran: Live Updates - The New York Times
08.03.2026 09:21 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Savour the irony here. For a year the Trump administration have browbeaten Zelensky as a loser with no cards. Now they turn to him for anti-drone defences. Perhaps they will now recognise that Ukraine is a valuable, battle-hardened ally.
06.03.2026 13:05 — 👍 114 🔁 44 💬 7 📌 4
Our once great ally:
•threatens NATO allies e.g. Canada & Greenland protected by Denmark.
•behaves like a mafia Don using tariffs to extort allies
▪︎supports Putin & Netanyahu wanted for war crimes.
•trashes RoL, RBIO & intl law e.g. Geneva Convention
•supported insurrection
•is a felon & sex abuser
Our once great ally:
•threatens NATO allies e.g. Canada & Greenland protected by Denmark.
•behaves like a mafia Don using tariffs to extort allies
▪︎supports Putin & Netanyahu wanted for war crimes.
•trashes RoL, RBIO & intl law e.g. Geneva Convention
•supported insurrection
•is a felon & sex abuser
"There's no ready legal basis that can be invoked in order to justify the present operation"
Professor Marc Weller on the legal basis for the US and Israel's military campaign against Iran.
I mean, so does everyone else - and you'd be hard pressed to find anyone right now who's dismissing Gorton and Denton as an unrepresentative one-off.
07.03.2026 12:22 — 👍 39 🔁 10 💬 5 📌 0
+ IMGs in Emergency Medicine if Medical Training Prioritisation creates:
'a two-tier workforce, in which certain groups of doctors feel less valued or see reduced opportunity for progression..That could undermine inclusion, morale and team cohesion'
'an atmosphere of increasing division and racism'?
'Sadiq Khan, the London mayor, said last week that Labour faced an “existential threat” in parts of the country in May.'
“If we don’t unite progressives, we risk opening the door to the darkness and division of Reform," he said.'
NB New GBRM technique correctly predicted Gorton & Denton result!💚
They won't. They are going to get shafted. They are going to deserve it. And it's going to be hilarious.
06.03.2026 18:31 — 👍 395 🔁 67 💬 22 📌 7Wes Streeting to don an "adult human male" badge and Shabana Mahmood to appoint Tommy Robinson as Labour's immigration Tsar.
06.03.2026 18:50 — 👍 221 🔁 42 💬 9 📌 1
Crackdowns on peaceful protest
Support for Conservative benefit cuts
Blaming migrants for failing public services
As Labour keeps moving right. The question is: How low do they want to go?
Churchill would have been appalled by a figure like Trump. But some journalists have convinced themselves that Starmer is to blame for this hiccup in the “special relationship” app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/72649/...
07.03.2026 08:07 — 👍 333 🔁 101 💬 38 📌 8
“A slow handclap for those self-appointed strategic geniuses who ridicule Labour values & think we can afford to sacrifice our core vote by mimicking the performative cruelty of Suella Braverman
“The dead end of McSweeneyism must be abandoned before it’s too late" www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Trump was just asked if Americans should be worried about retaliatory attacks by Iran within the United States:
“I guess… Like I said, some people will die.”
In a win for LGBTQ+ rights, the House of Lords passed an amendment that will see LGBTQ+ hate crimes made an aggravated offence.
www.thepinknews.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Spot on ⬇️
@stellacreasy.bsky.social: "The performative cruelty of repeatedly demanding that refugees prove they are still refugees – or else face deportation – cannot be understated. It is also a waste of money given that so few refugees, when retested, will change status."
This oaf is fast becoming a serious challenger to Daniel Hannan for the ‘Wrongest Man In The World’ title.
06.03.2026 17:08 — 👍 1163 🔁 169 💬 153 📌 11@bestforbritain.org @lewisgoodall.com @mrjamesob.bsky.social @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social @politicsjoe.bsky.social @iandunt.bsky.social
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Labour urged to listen to progressive voters or face ‘political earthquake’ in London
Senior party figures share data suggesting Green surge could put Labour in fourth place in capital in May
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
@zackpolanski.bsky.social @greenparty.org.uk @mehdirhasan.bsky.social @carolinelucas.bsky.social @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social @elliechowns.bsky.social
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