Shabana Mahmood to limit refugees to 30 months in UK Shorter asylum period can be renewed under hardline policy aimed at stopping rise of Reform UK

Utterly cruel, pointless and harmful. It does not minimise how bad Conservatives were to say Labour are now the most anti-asylum government in most people's living memory. This prevents people feeling any sense of safety and security after fleeing persecution.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Starmer faces greater quandary over ‘special relationship’ after Iran attack - The Guardian

Death toll from school bombing in southern Iran reportedly rises to 165 - The Guardian

The worst thing a UK Prime Minister could do is follow along behind the USA and Israel doing whatever they are told in the USA and Israel's latest psychopathic war.

What we should do is say, "No, fight your own stupid wars"

UK to allow the US to take defensive action from British military bases - Starmer

Ffs!

As with Trump, whenever they lose, Reform racists will claim voter fraud at every opportunity.

And just like Trump, they will have zero evidence.

#GortonAndDenton #Farage

#r4today

For Věra 🪨

Black and white portrait of a young girl with dark, curly hair, wearing a collared dress and looking intensely at the camera.

1 March 1925 | A Czech Jewish woman, Věra Popperová, was born in Prague.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from the #Theresienstadt ghetto on 18 May 1944. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz:
📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8

I’ve rallied and left the house, because something nice is happening today. My local council here in 🇳🇱 is putting on an event to meet and welcome internationals.

I’ve been here for a long time, but I‘ll support anyone who wants to encourage community, not splinter it.

In case you missed it ...
Here's a great German poem against the current rise of fascism by Simon Pearce (inspired by Erich Kästner). I've done a basic translation for you in the next post so you can also enjoy it in English.
#NoAFD

Mike’s Diary February 15 to March 1 2026 Sunday 15 February The British Museum has removed the word Palestine from displays about the ancient Middle East following “concerns” by a UK-based Israeli advocacy group. Via Al Jazeera Tuesday 17…

#SocialistSunday No9 @acabchick.bsky.social @my-pedagogics.bsky.social @esmehornbeam.bsky.social @lou-cypher.bsky.social @grombags.bsky.social @missbunny57.bsky.social @roman123.bsky.social Mike’s Diary February 15 to March 1 2026 thephilosophicalmuse.blog/2026/03/01/m...

Really concerned to hear the Defence Secretary refuse to rule out UK's involvement in future strikes on Iran.

Iraq lessons must be learned.
Further escalation in the Middle East makes us all less safe.

Starmer must rule out UK involvement immediately.

So President Trump has so far killed over 100 Iranian children, in a sickening attempt to distract the American public from the reporting of missing Epstein files directly linking him to a rape of a 13 year old girl! 😤

#WarCriminal
#StopTrump ⛔🔥🌎
#LockHimUp 🚔
#CeasefireNOW

Farridge is now saying the quiet bit out loud. #wato

New post: Why Gorton and Denton is still a good result for Reform
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2026/03/why-...
Some say that the Gorton and Denton result shows how to defeat Reform. It doesn't. The right wing vote was higher, and if repeated in a General Election the right would be very hard to beat.

Maybe it’s because I’m a colonial historian but so many of these white nation states seem to behave exactly like they did in the 19th century: ‘your leaders aren’t right for you,’ ‘we’re only killing you/colonizing you/installing puppet leaders for your own good’

Netanyahu & Trump are waging illegal wars & destroying World order. They are despotic lunatics acting only to enrich themselves & avoid jail.
When does the coalition of the willing become the coalition for democracy, go to the Hague, file an arrest warrant for Trump & go to US en masse to serve it?

International Law Is Clear. Trump’s War on Iran Is Illegal There's nothing preemptive about the US-Israeli strikes, and there’s certainly no legitimate self-defense claim, explains international law expert Alonso Gurmendi.

International Law Is Clear. Trump’s War on Iran Is Illegal tinyurl.com/2a7cuhcr [Zeteo]

Yesterday I asked how stupid Trump’s supporters were. Would they keep supporting him now that he’s gone against his fundamental promise not to engage the US in foreign wars? Watching Rep Anna Paulina Luna on CNN the answer is very stupid.

Good People Have Had it With Faux Patriotism and Phony Faith Good people have had it.

We're tired of traitors masquerading as patriots,
of the treasonous waving the flag,
of the hateful peddling a God of love,
of sermonizing about the sanctity of life while having contempt for the living,
of star-spangled prophets preaching America First while disregarding nearly everyone in America.

@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "I do know that there's no example in history where you've bombed people to democracy.. airstrikes for regime change has never led [to] an example where a country is better off afterwards" 🎯

At least 148 dead after reported strike on school, Iran says Iran has blamed the US and Israel for the strike; the US is looking into reports of the incident, while the IDF says it is

Utterly horrifying. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Lucy Powell: Andy Burnham would ‘probably’ have won in Go... In Manchester the morning after Labour’s bad night before, its deputy leader shows Rachel Sylvester where she went clubbing on school nights, explains why she cried when she got into Oxford – and say...

‘We’re not going to be successful as a political party by trying to out-Reform Reform’
@lucympowell.bsky.social 👏

observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Yay foreign interference. Boo foreign interference.

Always plays out the same.

Some examples of successful regime change through random bombing would be nice. Not had any yet though.

People celebrating a destroyed school and likely potential incoming bloodshed just seems a little - odd?

PAKISTAN: “At least nine killed during pro-Iran protests at the 🇺🇸 consulate in the Pakistan megacity of Karachi…. Hundreds of pro-Iranian protesters tried to storm the consulate following the US-Israel strikes on Iran, an AFP journalist saw.” www.yahoo.com/news/article...

MPs approve expansion of anti-protest powers covering animal testing sites
open.substack.com/pub/protectt...
A dark day for the right to protest as draconian legislation passes through the Lords open.substack.com/pub/protectt...

Persia, the cradle of civilisation, is Iran.
So America is now bombing civilisation out of existence.

Sadiq Khan sends searing 'betrayal' warning to Starmer after by-election loss Sir Sadiq Khan said trying to 'compete with Reform on the right' is a 'betrayal' of Labour values and demanded Keir Starmer 'fundamentally rethink' the party’s approach

Sadiq Khan sends searing 'betrayal' warning to Keir Starmer after by-election loss

Sir Sadiq Khan said trying to 'compete with Reform on the right' is a 'betrayal' of Labour values and demanded Keir Starmer 'fundamentally rethink' the party’s approach

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

We visited Trump’s war base in Britain amid Greenland threat youtu.be/P89XmWdn5Vw?...