Raretrack Rob

Does someone need to explain to the Home Secretary that forcing migrants to volunteer isn’t volunteering? It’s free labour. Do we demand this of anyone else? And what’s a high standard of English?

I of course welcome the recognition of the state of Palestine.

And there won't be a Palestinian state left if government's continue enabling Israel's unfolding genocide.

Labour can't credibly support Palestinian statehood whilst also continuing to arm Israel.

Any reason you've omitted the dates for North Hertfordhsire residents. Our council is having events too, you know!

I'm listening to International for the first time right now. Loving it so far!

I was gutted over Brexit, and in a different way gutted that International will be the last album.
Anyway, thanks for all the adults-in-the-room listens over the last eight years. And good luck with whatever you do next.

Congratulations 😀

Absolutely brilliant how the same people who lose their shit about “virtue signalling” are the world champs of patriotism signalling and demand it from everyone else too.

Reality check.

Your mother paints roundabouts and your father shouts at hotels

Stolen from FB because we need it here too

English and uk flags going up, And roundabouts painted! #RejoinTheEU 🇪🇺

Seeing some politicians competing for just how brutal and dehumanising they can be to vulnerable minorities - I can’t help comparing that to 16th and 17th witch trials. It’s so depressing.

Union Jack hanging on a wall, with the words "Refugees Welcome" written on it.

Apparently flags are all the 'rage' right now...
well I'm British, and it's my flag too.

Loss of human rights doesn't only impact people you don't like!

It's not asylum seekers who jack up rents, undermine the NHS, hold down wages and keep people insecure.
It's capital.
The role of the far right is to shift the blame for decades of economic attacks by the rich and powerful onto powerless people who have only just arrived here.

There's no credible evidence asylum seekers commit more crime, or are guilty of more sexual assaults. I am so sick of being force-fed lies by these mendacious thugs in their expensive suits.

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Imagine being the society that didn’t save itself—because billionaires said it wasn’t “cost-effective.”

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Hmm, I was going to give this a go. But plaintext backups? No, thanks. I'll skip for now, so thanks for the heads-up.

Right to buy in England ‘fuelled housing crisis and cost taxpayers £200bn’ Common Wealth report calls discounted sales of council homes one of the ‘largest giveaways in UK history’

About time that right to buy is openly blamed for the catastrophic demise of social housing. But why has it taken so long?

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Great news, Ruth 😀

By supporting the expansion of Heathrow Airport and spreading outright lies about decarbonising flying, Labour has again capitulated to lobbyists.
This is its defining characteristic: doing whatever powerful lobbyists ask, regardless of the social, environmental and even political costs.

Race Across The World, it ain't! But I'm giving it a chance.

Exclusive: Inside the Diss hotel – a refugee’s view of the anti-refugee crowd outside Families fleeing danger thought they'd found safety, until protesters gathered outside their hotel, chanting for their removal

What’s it like to be an asylum seeker inside a hotel where racist mobs chant for your removal outside?

What will it take for the frightened children to recover from this & be able to feel safe & at home in this country.
Which WILL BE their home. eastangliabylines.co.uk/immigration/...

The Basic Struggle Today How to live a moral life in an age of bullies

Robert Reich: "Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize & participate in a vast network of moral resistance."

I can't quite believe it's the end. Not so much of me watching the TDF on TV for about 40 years, but the end of Ned and David commentating on it. So superb, insightful, genuine and funny, and they got better and better every year. So thank you for what we have had, which was and is greatly valued.

He's my local MP; good on him for standing up for his principles.

The issue with racism whether on socials, in football or media is that it’s treated like ‘bad apple’ syndrome. Individuals are used as fair scapegoats if at all. Organisations and institutions are never penalised. Racists don’t act alone. They are emboldened by cultures and empowered by our silence.

Hackney birdsong? Stolen Lime bikes the new sound of summer in the city Some in an east London park say they like the incessant beeping, but others that it’s an indication of low-level crime

"an indication of low level crime"
A phrase uttered between tuts at ebikes users, whilst the epidemic of illegal parking, speeding, red light jumping and hit and runs by drivers goes largely ignored cos it's socially acceptable.
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That forecourt is going to change a lot when the A9 is dualled on-line past there. Was the coffee van still there?