Catherine Carlin

Yay!🎉 go Bluesky! 🥳

Any time a politician says we should leave the ECHR, the very next questions any interviewer should ask are
🚨Which human rights are you willing to lose personally
🚨Which methods of torture are you going to allow people to be sent to face
🚨Which family members would you be willing to lose

#r4today

On the Radio 2 breakfast show recently, they were talking about Bagpuss and several people were saying it was boring. I was appalled! I used to absolutely love it! 😻

Well thanks for emphasising the party you belong to, Mahmood, because without that, it would’ve been hard to distinguish you from the Tories or Reform. All seemingly competing to win the “Biggest Bastard to Immigrants” prize. You cannot win against Reform, but competing with them disgraces you.

Oh look, immigrants (refugees even) make their host country richer.

That'll get a mention at Labour conference, won't it?

Nail on head by Adil Ray, "If a Muslim extremist rallied 100,000 people we would be worried, but when Robinson did we say: they have genuine concerns"

Sgt Peppers album cover consisting of things that only made it because of immigration in to the UK, either immigrants themselves, the children of or as a result of someone else coming here.

Farage wanting to kick people out of the country because they migrated here made me angry and made me think about which best of British people and things wouldn't have happened were it not for the brilliance of immigration to the UK.

Graphic with the headline “London is the greatest city in the world” set against a bright view of the River Thames with the Shard, Tower Bridge and the city skyline. The text celebrates what makes London special: regularly voted the number one city in the world, incredible diversity with over 300 languages spoken, world-class transport, world leader in finance tech and life sciences, best museums and galleries many free to visit, world-leading nightlife, food sport and music for every taste, host to the world’s best sporting events, home to seven Premier League clubs, globally-ranked universities, a city where you can be yourself and love who you love, and a place for everyone.

I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again.

Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐

spokesperson for Sadiq Khan:

“We are not going to dignify his appalling and bigoted comments with a response.

“London is the greatest city in the world, safer than major US cities, and we’re delighted to welcome the record number of US citizens moving here.”

#OtD 19 Sep 1893 following two decades of struggle, all women in Aotearoa/New Zealand, not just white women or property owners, won the right to vote in parliamentary elections. Māori and working-class women had played an important role in the movement stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9148...

London ❤️

Sarah Andersen, contemporary US cartoonist and illustrator #womensart

Plus ça change..

anyone need their horse rotated?

Violent crime plunges 13% in London as homicide rate less than Paris and Berlin Despite there being ‘tens of thousands of fewer victims,’ Mayor of London Sadiq Khan acknowledged that ‘one death and one crime will always be too many’

Violent crime in London has dropped by 13%—a fall of nearly 10,000 attacks a year—as the capital records its lowest homicide rate in five years. www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

an inflatable pool fills most of the frame, with a wood fence in the background. a little brown dog is resting up against the far side of the pool, standing on his hind legs and leaning down against his back so only his head is above water. he’s got his front paws tucked in close to his chest and is staring off into space while contemplating the meaning of life. definitely either that or wondering if he finished burying his bone earlier. (he didn’t, but we’re not trying to stress the guy out)

This is Trigger. The pool may be shallow. But his thoughts are deep. 12/10 (via u/hercules25)

When free speech is defined as the right to spread hate speech and disinformation, while making money from the societal disarray that results, it is not free speech at all.

Hahahaha

And me! 😆

We escaped war and torture but now we feel unsafe in Britain Special report: Amid protests and rising aggression towards asylum seekers across the country, we spoke to those being targeted

I’ve been frustrated to see so much of the ongoing story about asylum seekers and the protests against them covered without hearing from those seeking asylum and now being met with hostility and hatred

I set out to speak to those directly affected to find out about the impact this is having 👇

Bullshit and lies about immigrants exposed by
@privateeyenews.bsky.social

The most important news from today's reshuffle:

a very wet black and white husky puppy glares at you from his perch in a bathtub. his front paws are hooked over the lip of the tub, and his fur forms little damp tufts all over his face, ears, and chest. the black fur on top of his head has been pushed into a faux hawk. his icy blue eyes look exceedingly stern, and there is no hint of a smile on his lips.

This is Delta. He just had his first bath. And you just had your last day of peace. 12/10 (IG: camphusky)

Silencing the drumbeat again: seeking asylum is legal Hundreds protested in Ashington against so-called "illegal immigrants" - though seeking asylum has been legal since 1951

YES! Thank you...

Say it again, and again, and again. They are not "illegal immigrants".

- seeking asylum is legal and has been since 1951.

Owl on the bench. OWL ON THE BENCH

Home Office bans asylum seekers from buying luxury goods and services Purchase of snowmobiles, timeshares and furs prohibited, despite asylum seekers receiving only £9.95 a week

We can all laugh about the bloody snowmobile but do you know what else is on the list?

Toys.

We are banning desperate mothers from doing anything to support their children’s learning.

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

I can

I can

I found out my work laptop (that I must have had for about a year) has a touch screen the other day - mind blown 🤯

Rough guide to freedom of expression.

If you’re speaking up to challenge those with power or privilege please go ahead.

If you’re using your position of power or privilege to (further) demonise already oppressed or disadvantaged people, we need to have words.

Photo pf a large group of women in blue football strips posing together on a grass field, some wonen standing in a row while others are sitting on the ground in front

The Afghan women's football/soccer team, who relocated to the UK to escape the Taliban's removal of female rights, including exclusion from all public life #WomensArt #AfghanWomen