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The 'Pink Ladies' Laundering Anti-Migrant Views Into the Mainstream An anti-migrant movement backed by Reform and Conservative politicians and regularly invited onto news channels is funded by a far-right group and has platformed a Neo-Nazi activist

🔴I spent time getting to know the Pink Ladies, a group of 'ordinary mothers' who are funded by Restore Britain's Rupert Lowe and whose leader shared a stage with a prominent neo-Nazi. It was...eye-opening.

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‘Bloodshed was supposed to stop’: no sign of normal life as Gaza’s killing and misery grind on The term ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion life is returning to normal’ for Palestinians squeezed into the remaining 42% of their land behind Israel’s ‘yellow line’

‘Since the US-brokered ceasefire was announced on 10 October, Israeli forces have killed more than 360 Palestinians in Gaza; according to a UN official, at least 70 are children… On average, Israeli weapons now kill seven people a day’ www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Far-right agitators stand accused of stirring up trouble at asylum hotel protests. But anti-racists are standing firm Following a sharp rise in far right activity, we’ve spent the last three months attending protests, speaking to activists under threat, and tracking anti-asylum seeker demonstrations across Scotland.

via @theferret.scot

‘Bloodshed was supposed to stop’: no sign of normal life as Gaza’s killing and misery grind on The term ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion life is returning to normal’ for Palestinians squeezed into the remaining 42% of their land behind Israel’s ‘yellow line’

‘Bloodshed was supposed to stop’: no sign of normal life as Gaza’s killing and misery grind on

Sudan's Silent Genocide: An Unfolding Humanitarian Disaster YouTube video by Institute of Politics Harvard Kennedy School

Source: Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics on YouTube

www.youtube.com/live/Y9E3z3g...

The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow

I'm an expert in bilingualism ... Nigel Farage's attack shows profound ignorance NIGEL Farage has shown “profound ignorance” of the benefits of having multilingual children in classrooms, an expert has said ahead of his visit…

Sorace said: “There are schools and teachers that really encourage children’s natural curiosity about each other’s languages and this is very positive not only for bilingual children, but for monolingual children. www.thenational.scot/news/2567627...

A full timeline of Israel's repeated Gaza ceasefire violations TWO months ago, a ceasefire was supposed to have brought Israel’s genocide in Gaza to an end ...

Consistently over the last two years one newspaper alone has shown moral leadership and journalists have stood in brave solidarity with their murdered colleagues @scotnational.bsky.social

www.thenational.scot/news/2567355...

UK Government slammed for 'ignoring' migrants in child poverty plans

A charity has slammed the UK Government for 'ignoring' migrant children in its plan to tackle poverty

David Lammy urged to meet Palestine prisoners on hunger strike

David Lammy has been urged to meet with prisoners on hunger strike calling for the de-proscription of Palestine Action

Sudan’s Khartoum needs ‘urgent’ help due to severe food shortages: Report Report by NGOs also finds healthcare system largely not functioning in Khartoum, months after city recaptured by army.

Report by NGOs also finds healthcare system largely not functioning in Khartoum, months after city recaptured by army.

'Great opportunity': Island ferry service to introduce 'lie-flat pods'

Ferry passengers are set to get the chance to cross in even more comfort with the introduction of ‘lie-flat pods'

Still Friday, still raining, still time to donate and share. #WeKeepTelling #MutualAid

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Farage branded racist over campaign video remark about Glasgow pupils The Reform UK leader said the proportion of children who do not have English as a first language in Glasgow was

This article is like a case study in the media normalisation of the far right.

The bulk of the article analyses stats to ask whether Fash Farage is technically correct, when the real issue is his repulsive racism.
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UK farmers lose £800m after heat and drought cause one of worst harvests on record Many now concerned about ability to make living in fast-changing climate after one of worst grain harvests recorded

2025 was heat and drought. 2024 was incessant rain

Three of the five worst British harvests on record have now occurred since 2020

Some farmers are asking whether the growing impacts of the climate crisis are making it too financially risky to sow their crops

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“The claim that this is a recent invention born of political bias is categorically untrue.”

@mrjamesob.bsky.social reveals that Peter Ettedgui made identical accusations against Nigel Farage in private six years ago.

Top UK scientist says research visa restrictions endanger economy Prof Sir Paul Nurse says the UK is "shooting itself in the foot" with its visa system for researchers.

Useful reminder:
1) Migrant scientists already contribute to the NHS with their taxes like everyone. Abolish NHS supercharge!
2) why are only rich scientists welcome in the UK? What has wealth to do with science?

Colonial mentality is strong & alive

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Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Hardline migration policies are fuelling people smuggling, report finds As leaders try to break smugglers’ business model, research suggests strategy so far has had opposite effect

Rich countries are turning their backs on people fleeing violence & repression, so no surprise they’re forced to use smugglers.

Both having to flee at all & the means they use to do so are primarily problems for refugees themselves & no-one else.

Nothing’s going to change till we recognise this.

@adilray.bsky.social asks, is it right that people who benefit from the govt and public contracts donate huge amounts of money to politicians?

No its not. In other countries we happily call it corruption #GMB

UK’s new digital-only immigration system creating exclusion and fear, study finds Obtaining an eVisa to prove their status or right to legally reside in Britain is causing migrants high levels of stress

The shift to a "digital only immigration system" is already causing distress and exclusion for many migrants.
Our work with the University of Warwick has shown significant issues with the system.
We will be launching our report later today detailing the problems.

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

Good news coming out of Eritrea, 7 prisoners of conscience who have been held incomunicado & without any charges for over 18 years were released today. 1 of the prisoners released today was Zeregabir, who was a renowned Eritrean/Ethiopian cyclist and a big business man. Zeregabir was my neighbor.

Shabana Mahmood's Asylum Seeker Military 'Warehousing' Plans Delayed Amid Opposition by Labour MPs Home Office sources tell Byline Times that local Labour MPs are opposing plans by the Home Secretary to use barracks and army bases to house asylum seekers amid rising community tensions

Home Office sources tell @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social that local Labour MPs are resisting plans to house asylum seekers in military bases in their constituencies amid rising local tensions.

Sources say there are also tensions between the Home Office and the Ministry of Defence over the plans

Red squirrels expand across Highlands after 10-year reintroduction drive Rewilding charity helps bolster Scottish stronghold of species that once came close to extinction in UK Red squirrels have expanded their range across the Highlands by more than a quarter after a 10-year reintroduction programme moved hundreds to new homes. The species once came close to extinction in Britain when foresters killed them as pests and their natural habitat was destroyed. A deadly virus carried by invasive grey squirrels has hampered their recovery. Continue reading...

Red squirrels expand across Highlands after 10-year reintroduction drive

UK’s new digital-only immigration system creating exclusion and fear, study finds Obtaining an eVisa to prove their status or right to legally reside in Britain is causing migrants high levels of stress The UK’s new digital-only immigration system is creating stress, fear and exclusion for immigrants who rely on their status, a new report has found. The digitalisation of immigration status began in 2018 and in the middle of this year the government set out that nearly all migrants entering or legally residing in the UK would have to obtain an eVisa to prove their rights. This would make them the first migrants to experience a mandatory digital-only identification system. Continue reading...

UK’s new digital-only immigration system creating exclusion and fear, study finds

Rising racism blamed for collapse in number of foreign nurses coming to UK Number of overseas nurses and midwives registered between April and September was half that of a year ago The number of overseas nurses and midwives coming to the UK is collapsing, figures reveal, with rising racism and changes to immigration rules blamed for the fall. Between April and September, 6,321 nurses and midwives from abroad joined the register of those licensed to practice in the UK, compared with 12,534 who did so in the same period in 2024. Continue reading...

Rising racism blamed for collapse in number of foreign nurses coming to UK

Well done! A Massachusetts church displayed an “ICE was here” sign in its Nativity scene.