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Labour MP Rachael Maskell, who previously sat on the health select committee, called on the government to “overhaul its procurement processes before another disastrous contract is signed with Palantir.”… democracyforsale.substack.com/p/uk-governm...

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Sliding doors: imagine how things would be now had Rebecca Long-Bailey and Rory Stewart won their respective leadership races 5/6 years ago.

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No, this isn't the US. This is the UK. The police have their man - Sir Oswald Muesli - in Number 10, and they come up with this terrifying perversion of existing law to further remove human rights. Starmer is already implementing and encouraging fascism. #FuckLabour observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

Call me a hypersensitive Jew, but Starmer’s “island of strangers” comment immediately reminds me of British turn-of-the-C20th antisemitic rhetoric grounded in the Wandering Jew trope. It formed part of a racist moral panic then, and it does the same job now albeit largely against different groups.

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A favourite photo, worth putting up today: I took it at the end of two weeks in Charing Cross Hospital after a major operation. Both here and not featured are/were folk I adored from the Philippines, India, Pakistan, Somalia, Italy, Slovenia, Antigua, Poland, Nigeria... Island of Strangers, pah.

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Don't blame the advisors. Don't blame the speech writers. Starmer is a barrister. He is a KC. He knows how to work the rhetoric. He knows what he's delivered. This is deliberate provocation. But, why?

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Not surprised by white paper on immigration. There's a long history of restrictive Acts by both Cons & Lab. What is curious is Starmer's use of DELIBERATELY provocative language, I suspect to assuage faragists while 'owning the libs' on the left. He MEANS to create division. This is populism.

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This is what satire is meant to be: bitter, cutting, furious. Starmer deserves every enraged word of it.

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Fuck P̶o̶w̶e̶l̶l̶ Starmer & his sickening vitriol. Support a charity that stands unapologetically with some of the most vulnerable & marginalised in our society. Support a charity that proudly says 'AYE WELCOME REFUGEES'. Support @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social ❤️🫶 www.justgiving.com/page/amy-mci...

submitted 13 days ago • 17 comments

My wife is an immigrant. And she's a GP. Without immigration there would not be a single doctor at the practice where she works. Go to hell, Starmer.

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Was Starmer’s speech this morning racist? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/05...

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Forget about “Island of Strangers”, this country risks being an island of over 90s if Starmer goes the reform way on immigration

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I migrated to UK when I was 20. Had lots of jobs, got through university, became a professor eventually. Spent time in the senior civil service, doing science policy. Paid quite a bit of tax. I would like to apologise to Keir Starmer for the incalculable harm I have done to our country.

submitted 13 days ago • 12 comments

My husband has been employed since he arrived in the UK, paying UK taxes & NI, but until he got permanent residency he had to pay extra to use the NHS. New applicants will have to pay extra to use the NHS for 10 yrs despite paying UK tax & NI. How dare Starmer say they're damaging the UK.

submitted 13 days ago • 10 comments

So they’ll be deporting any UK-born citizens who fail A-level English, then. Right?

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The “strangers” now to me are Labour Party leaders. I used to admire and support Labour politics as a force for social justice and humanity. It is heartbreaking to know that @teamlabouruk.bsky.social no longer represents my values. 1/n www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

submitted 13 days ago • 2 comments

IOW #starmer is not only stupid and spiteful, he is completely out of touch with the electorate. guess what will happen at the next general election...

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My letter to the Prime Minister. #immigration

submitted 13 days ago • 82 comments

How nice to be told by Keir Starmer that my mother who delivered babies, as a midwife, worked nights and damaged her back lifting patients as a nurse, was a pillar of her community as a health visitor has caused “incalculable damage” to the UK !

submitted 13 days ago • 83 comments

UK government lied about sending weaponry to Israel. substack.com/@palestinede...

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Ben Wallace has a left-field plan to get Trump under control... …Threaten to nationalise his golf courses.

submitted 36 days ago • 12 comments

Meta Platforms, Facebook’s parent company, is on trial accused of attempting to eliminate competitors and maintain monopolistic control of the social media industry through its purchases of Instagram and WhatsApp

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An obscure office of the federal government that NASA has relied on to safely land astronauts on the moon and robotic probes on Mars is facing pressure by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency to cut its tight-knit team by at least 20%, people familiar with the mandate said.

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Don MacKinnon is one of more than 1,400 complex surgical patients on a waiting list at the Orthopedic Surgery Centre, or OSC, a 56-bed stand-alone clinic operated by Alberta Health Services at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton. @charlesrusnell.bsky.social reports.

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Scottish councils hit with over £500 million bill for PFI deals. PFI (Private Finance Initiative) and PPP (Public Private Partnerships) schemes were brought in by the Tories in the 1990s and expanded on by Tony Blair’s Labour Government. www.thenational.scot/news/2506966...

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🚨 Conservative Peer Helped Firm He Held Shares in Land £58 Million Covid PPE Contract Newly-released documents reveal the peer also helped a “generous and loyal supporter” of the Conservative party secure another £93 million PPE contract bylinetimes.com/2025/03/19/c...

submitted 67 days ago • 27 comments

Um... Peer who led government NHS review failed to declare shares in health firms Lord Darzi’s undeclared interests in four companies included $500,000 of shares in US-based healthcare venture. Starmer's 'changed' Labour party ARE going to privatise the NHS. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

submitted 67 days ago • 6 comments

A government minister was asked if he could live on £70 a week. It was while he was defending the government's onslaught against disabled people. @torstenbell.bsky.social's response was beyond belief.

submitted 67 days ago • 60 comments

Yeah, don’t think I’ll be travelling to the United States anytime soon!

submitted 67 days ago • 15 comments

There's something very Cromwellian, very Roundhead, about Starmer, is there not? I really don't think I'd be surprised if he cancelled Christmas or Yuletide for safety's sake.

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