Alex Goodman KC

Absolutely scandalous that £2.1 bn of overseas aid is still being used every year to subsidise the Home Office’s inability to decide asylum claims. And all the social problems this ineptitude is creating too. Put the resources into deciding their claims so there are no long-term asylum seekers.

Military sites may be used to house asylum seekers, says defence secretary John Healey says Keir Starmer is ‘absolutely determined’ to end use of hotels for asylum housing earlier than planned

Military sites back on the table for asylum accommodation again. The Home Secretary changes but the Home Office remains devoid of competence and ideas.
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Stewart Lee seems to be settling in as front page editor of The Daily Telegraph.

Yep, been waiting for this. Back to the asylum fast track we go. A terrible, failed system is to be revived by Britain’s worst department of state because they have no new ideas.

Like Jeremy Corbyn and Sophie Ellis-Bextor, I grew up in Woodcraft Folk. Here’s how it changes children’s lives | Phineas Harper The leftwing alternative to Scouts turns 100 this year. If Keir Starmer wants to empower Britain’s young people, it has much to teach him, says writer and curator Phineas Harper

The Woodcraft Folk turn 100.
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Nordic countries hit by ‘truly unprecedented’ heatwave Scientists record longest streak of temperatures higher than 30C in region in records going back to 1961

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💥The fight goes on 💥

We are pleased to say that our case against the EHRC’s transphobic guidance will be heard in full in November.

This is just the beginning, and we’re ready to fight it, together.

A statement by Doctors Against Genocide which reads: To all international humanitarian organizations, The situation in Gaza is spiraling beyond any medical or moral threshold. The limited stock of intravenous fluids in our hospitals is no longer sufficient to treat the waves of starving individuals arriving at emergency units — from infants to the elderly, they are collapsing from pure exhaustion and hunger. This is no longer just a humanitarian crisis. It is a deliberate, systematic starvation of an entire population. We urge you — Speak. Act. Intervene. Nasser Medical Complex

“a deliberate, systematic starvation of an entire population”

A statement by Doctors Against Genocide.

#Gaza

Police in Canterbury today informed a protestor that the phrase "Israel is committing genocide in Gaza" could be considered a declaration of support for Palestine Action and therefore a terrorism offence.

New direct action group 'Yvette Cooper' emerges following Palestine Action ban A NEW direct-action group named after the Home Secretary has apparently emerged, as they have claimed to have targeted a transport firm which they…

Parliament is making a mockery of itself with these absurd terrorism laws, but a little more absurdism won’t hurt. Really looking forward to the vote in the commons when ‘Yvette Cooper’ is proscribed.

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Just received news that 27 people have been arrested in Parliament Square under the Terrorism Act 2000 for holding signs saying "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action".
This is real police state behaviour.

Appointment of Lord and Lady Justices of Appeal - Courts and Tribunals Judiciary Find out who the new appointees are and read their biographies

The King has approved the appointment of six Lord and Lady Justices of Appeal. He has been pleased to approve the appointments of Mrs Justice Cockerill, Mr Justice Dove, Mr Justice Foxton, Mrs Justice May, Mr Justice Miles and Mrs Justice Yip. www.judiciary.uk/appointments...

Being told Iran has WMDs that can be deployed in 45 minutes must only be weeks away at this point.

I hope I will die without pain looking into the eyes of those I love.
Thank you to those MPs who voted with compassion and reason today.

EHRC admits employers don't have to provide single-sex toilets The EHRC has admitted tht employers don't have to provide single-sex toilets despite statements to the contrary in its interim guidance.

Making a bit of progress on trans rights with this case. www.thepinknews.com/2025/06/17/e...

Asylum sites to be expanded as ministers bid to end hotel use Chancellor Rachel Reeves pledged to stop using taxpayer-funded hotels to house asylum seekers by 2029.

Round and round we go. Labour is completely out of ideas on migration. This one is so bad that there was a manifesto promise by Labour less than a year ago not to do it.
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Israeli forces take control of Gaza aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg Crew of activists making symbolic attempt to deliver aid expected to be held in port until deportation hearings

Very impressed with Greta Thunberg. A perfect piece of non-violent action here exposing the true nature of the oppressor.
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Britain has escalated the global nuclear arms race – and is bringing us closer to armageddon | Simon Tisdall The UK’s strategic defence review plans to normalise nuclear weapons. Don’t believe the PR hype: they are immoral, irrational and catastrophic, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

Within a lifetime there will probably be nuclear war. Multilateral disarmament is the most pressing existential political issue.
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UK government struggles to cut foreign aid spent on asylum hotels New figures show the Home Office plans to spend £2.2bn of overseas development assistance for 2025/26 - only marginally down on last year.

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Legal challenge: EHRC guidance is either wrong in law or breaches human rights | Good Law Project Guidance that excludes trans people faces challenge in the High Court.

💥NEW 💥

We’ve teamed up with trans and intersex people to challenge the interim guidance rushed out by the EHRC in the wake of the transphobic judgment handed down by the Supreme Court in April.

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US federal court blocks Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs Ruling from court of international trade in New York comes after slew of lawsuits arguing president exceeded authority

Some constitutional order being reasserted. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

UK must impose sanctions on Israel to meet legal obligations, say more than 800 lawyers Exclusive: Letter to PM signed by retired supreme court justices among others says lack of action will imperil international legal system

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The Silence of the Board What the Taliban's ban on chess reveals about fear, culture, and the enduring power of thought.

Taliban bans chess. csesznekymiklos.substack.com/p/the-silenc...

Wow.

Part of Charity Commission’s Kids Company report ‘extremely unfair’, says judge The charity, which supported vulnerable children, went into liquidation in August 2015 following unfounded safeguarding allegations.

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The High Court has allowed my client Mr Kerman’s Judicial Review of the Charity Commission’s report on Kids Company. It’s not often a judge finds a regulator to have made “unbalanced and one-sided” innuendos, and findings that were “extremely unfair” and irrational. Thanks to Leverets instructing.

Bridget Phillipson ‘breached human rights’ by backing trans lavatory ban Group of lawyers accuses Education Secretary of ‘humiliating’ transgender people

"The stark and needlessly cruel position adopted by the Government humiliates trans people by forcing them to use the wrong toilets and obliges them to reveal deeply personal information about their gender to complete strangers"
✍️ Jo Maugham
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We're bringing a legal challenge to the EHRC’s ‘Interim Update’ A number of trans and intersex individuals have today begun a legal challenge to the EHRC’s ‘Interim Update’ following the For Women, Scotland decision

Along with a man and a woman who are trans, and someone who is intersex, we are suing the EHRC and the Equalities Minister in respect of the disgraceful and unlawful EHRC guidance.

In line with our transparency principles we are publishing the full 32 page legal letter. goodlaw.social/2ihj

This latest report shows that men who have suffered persecution and abuse continue to be subjected to poor conditions and structural violence at RAF Wethersfield.

Over 60% of men examined had severe mental distress and 30% reported suicidal ideation. 👇

#CommunitiesNotCamps