megan

@elliechowns.bsky.social : "In 2020 Starmer said he did not think the UK should enter into military action without a legal justification, without a clear goal & without parliamentary approval. None of those conditions are in place now. Indeed, it is an illegal war led by a war criminal"

Refugee status to be temporary as Shabana Mahmood rips up rules on UK asylum Home secretary announces 30-month protection limit, with refugees required to leave if their home countries are later judged safe

Today is a dark day for anyone who believes in sanctuary in the UK.

People who've fled war and torture should be able to rebuild their lives in peace and security - not live under a constant threat of removal.

We must not stop fighting these appalling anti-refugee laws.

The Labour van in Gorton and Denton was also attacking us for our policy in support of sex work decriminalisation - would be great if you could also mention this, sex work decriminalisation is also about prioritising safety and harm reduction! Thanks Rachel ❤️

Apollo with the dodgeball of prophecy

Years ago in another life I gave a guest lecture at The Hague warning “AI weapons” could be invoked to remove accountability for war crimes from the chain of command. I said “there are no autonomous weapons, only unsupervised ones,” and sadly it seems I was cooking with that one

Look how Laura Kuenssberg refuses to examine Farage’s own specific history of hatred, despite it being at the core of his offering. In 2026, that’s not only a choice, it’s wilful normalisation.

When you call strikes on Iran a "distraction from the Epstein files", you are distracting other people from the reality that the US government is at this very moment gleefully murdering Iranian civilians. By calling an illegal war a "distraction", you are trivializing their deaths. Don't do it.

Well, no, they’re not just as wrong. The bigger error is not seeing that “trying to win over voters from a party on the opposite end of the spectrum, whose values your core voters oppose” is not same as “chasing voters from party on same side ideologically whose values your core voters like.”

It’s weird being inside a piece that you’ve listened to loads, isn’t it! I sang the whole vespers in my choir at uni years ago, fun but bloody exhausting.

Nothing like a bit of Rachmaninov vespers to get your weekend going

If Reform had won, Labour's statement would be that this result is a stark reminder we need to listen and learn from voters who rightly feel betrayed by modern politics.

But the Greens won by a comfortable margin, so it's: these voters are stupid and also sinister and, ugh, Muslims

This letter is utterly delusional… he’s totally lost the plot

It's so hilarious that they're trying the whole "extremes on the left" thing when everyone just watched a plumber with totally regular degular liberal politics get elected. These people are utterly cooked in the media political London bubble, they think everyone hates trans people and drugs.

"I really want to encourage more people from backgrounds like mine to get into a system that has always shut us out."

Hannah Spencer MP: plumber, plasterer, parliamentarian

"It's outrageous that the PM chose to make political attacks on such a serious issue" #ZackPolansky explaining that the UK has more drug deaths than anyone in Europe.
The #SkyNews presenter got salty & Zack asked: "Would you rather have drugs regulated by healthcare professionals, or drug barons?”

The reaction from our volunteers in Manchester! 💚

It is time to join our movement of hope 👉 join.greenparty.org.uk/

note how the Tories and Libs Dems weren’t even on the pitch in Gorton

Has anyone said more like Matt Goodlose yet

Fantastic news to wake up to - can’t wait to see the incredible stuff Hannah will get up to in Parliament ❤️❤️❤️ And huge thanks to the many volunteers and staff who helped us get to this victory.

Lost species to be released as Labour seeks to stave off Greens’ election threat Push for good nature news before polls with reintroduction of white-tailed eagles, pine martens and beavers in England

All for these releases, but rushing them with no notice, after 2 years of environmental hostility has a whiff of The Thick of It. Some Spad saying 'I want the minister hugging a pine marten on page 1 every day until the election. After that, poison their nests'.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Reform’s Danny Kruger criticises UK’s ‘totally unregulated sexual economy’ Former Conservative laments divorce changes and says Reform UK will pursue policies to boost birthrate

Reform: There's too much state interference.

Also Reform: We will force you to marry, stop you getting divorced, make you have babies, dictate your religious beliefs, control your sexuality, penalise you if you are disabled and deport you if you don't look right.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The European commissioner for human rights urges countries planning to exercise authoritarian restrictions on children's access to online connection to instead focus on creating safer online platforms that protect children's rights.

Regret being glib about this in my initial post, the fact they want to create a law based on punishing those who help refugees and name it after a prominent Jewish politician whose family fled pogroms is disgusting. The fact they don't realise it makes them look like Nazis actually makes it worse.

Finally saw Marty Supreme at the cinema last night. It’s like if Uncut Gems was about ping pong. Very entertaining but not good for the stress levels

Hackers Expose Age-Verification Software Powering Surveillance Web Three hacktivists tried to find a workaround to Discord’s age-verification software. Instead, they found its frontend exposed to the open internet.

Oops. Turns out Persona, Discord’s age-verification service, was secretly screening selfies against government watchlists AND accessible by the feds. It's backed by Peter Thiel.

“The state wants to see everything. The corporations want to see everything. And they've learned to work together.”

Playgrounds would become crack dens if greens were in power policing minister says.

Drug deaths have risen every year for 13 years.

That’s 13 years of a failed “war on drugs”.

Labour should be looking at legalisation, control and regulation - not playing politics with people’s lives.

This is a public health crisis. Treat it like one. Not a game.

Dennis nedry jurrasic park "see nobody cares" meme reads Hey everybody, this guy still posts on X! See? Everyone is horrified and disappointed. They feel it speaks directly to your values.

I stopped watching it after 30 minutes for similar reasons - too much verbose dialogue, strange pacing, the look of it I found surreal in a silly way. I’m a big fan of the book, as well.

Government abandons plans to delay 30 council elections Government abandons plans to delay 30 council elections

Labour's democracy hokey cokey.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

1️⃣ Create new mayor elections
2️⃣ Cancel them immediately
3️⃣ Ask councils to waste time bidding to postpone elections
4️⃣ Find out you can't actually cancel them
5️⃣ That's what it's all about

SHAMBLES

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😭😭 absolute chaos