Profile avatar
aferdita.bsky.social
Head of Comms Lloyds Bank Foundation, Vice Chair Lewisham Refugee and Migrant Network, feminist, social justice, cat & dog parent, fast cookie eater, slow cyclist. She/her
11 posts 415 followers 754 following
Regular Contributor
Posts 23 Comments 3

Today, the Government will present its new Border Security Bill. It said it would be led by evidence and experts - but it seems it has ignored both. We know these cruel anti-migrant policies fail on their own terms - they'll only cause more deaths, more suffering and more violence.

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

This Kemi Badenoch quote is such a rich text. Steak at your desk? Sandwiches for breakfast? No moist bread?

submitted 77 days ago • 196 comments

This is a compelling, thoughtful and sometimes heartbreaking debate in the Commons on assisted dying. Refreshingly stripped of party politics, Parliament is rising to the occasion.

submitted 90 days ago • 19 comments

Tim Stanley, in what now appears to be a weekly slot on one or other BBC flagship politics programme, reels off a huge amount of absolute, provable nonsense about immigration. And he does so completely unchallenged. Enough now. ~AA A MEGA-THREAD 🧵1/

submitted 91 days ago • 105 comments

Processing claims is a huge first step in the right direction to finally endidn the limbo that too many people are forced in for months. Not able to start your life, find a job, build a home. The next step needs ot be giving people more than just 28 days to find a home after being granted asylum

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

The appeal in the Supreme Court on how the Equality Act 2010 works with the Gender Recognition Act 2004 has prompted anti-trans voices to shout loudly. If you're affected by what you’re reading, please consider accessing our list of support resources 🩵🩷 goodlawproject.org/support-reso...

submitted 92 days ago • 2 comments

Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales is now on Bluesky! You can follow us here @lbfew.bsky.social

submitted 92 days ago • 0 comments

Jeremy Clarkson, James Dyson, the Earl of Derby – they’re up in arms about paying tax on the vast areas of land they own. Small farmers are worried that changes to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) will affect them. But who are the big landowners complaining the loudest? Thread: 1/

submitted 101 days ago • 90 comments

Excellent thread on one of those "poor farmers" affected by the inheritance tax thing.... .... who also used to moonlight as the head of the stock exchange

submitted 94 days ago • 32 comments

YES to this 🙌 I'm so tired of the narrative that charities need to be lean and have small overheads. This directly impacts their ability to do due diligence, safeguarding, provide strong financial oversight & stay compliant with regulations. amp.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 94 days ago • 2 comments

"Last year researchers in Canada found that giving CA$7,500 (£4,285) to 50 homeless people in Vancouver was more effective than spending money housing them in shelters, and saved around CA$777 (£443) per person" www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

submitted 96 days ago • 0 comments

It's not new that people, including children, face abuse at Manston. If this was in any other context there would have been outrage, across the aisle, years ago. It is, however, an inevitable outcome of the continued dehumanisation of people seeking asylum. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

submitted 96 days ago • 2 comments

Mothers are working more than in the past - but are still most impacted by childcare requirements. On current progress, it would take until the 2220s to reach gender parity and close the gender parenting gap.

submitted 96 days ago • 1 comment

The website vs app split for Bluesky vs Threads captures the difference in user base and usage patterns beautifully. Bluesky = knowledge sector workers who have it open all day in a tab next to their emails. “Wait what was I doing again?” Threads = normies watching recipe videos on the commute.

submitted 96 days ago • 115 comments

Arguing against the bill because palliative care is not good enough is ridiculous. It's not either or. Invest in good palliative care and give people the choice and dignity. As someone with a chronic health condition that could get worse as I age I sincerely hope this bill passes.

submitted 96 days ago • 0 comments

“They cut speed limits, changed street design, removed space for cars… Now it appears that work is paying off. #Oslo & #Helsinki are reaping the rewards of committed action on making their roads safer, reducing pedestrian fatalities to zero last year.” #VisionZero www.theguardian.com/world/2020/m...

submitted 98 days ago • 36 comments

On Monday we learnt that 1 in 3 children are living in poverty… And that deprivation has hit a record high Given their new found compassion for struggling Brits Where’s Jeremy Clarkson, Nigel Farage and Andrew Lloyd Webber to fight their corner? …anywhere?

submitted 99 days ago • 152 comments

"There's a sense of shame, and that option just isn't there to go back." Women's centre CEO Benaifer Bhandari tells Ciaran Jenkins it's crucial women who've recently entered the UK can find the right support if a partner is being abusive. Read and watch: www.channel4.com/news/domesti...

submitted 99 days ago • 0 comments

How much does a banana cost Michael, $6.2m? I don't like to complain about the cost of contemporary art, but the arrogance of spending $6.2m on a single banana as an 'artistic experience' is exactly what's wrong with the ultra-wealthy and the significantly unequal distribution of wealth & resources

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments

🚨 Over 1.4 MILLION emergency food parcels were provided by food banks in our community in just 6 months. This is 69% higher than the same period 5 years ago. This can't go on and we refuse to stand by while so many of us are pushed to the brink, without enough money to live on.

submitted 99 days ago • 34 comments

Nobody wants to leave everything behind, flee their home, and risk a life threatening journey. This is why they're pushed into doing that www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments

It's been a long week with a board meeting on Tuesday where I'm excited (terrified?) to have been appointed interim chair for a year, a full house residents meeting that our local councillor came to and plenty of actions taken away by first time joiners. OOO comes on in two days!

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments

I've been lurking here too long because of the dreaded first post anxiety of needing to fill a blank page with something useful. But filling a blank page with anything at all is better than nothing. So here it is, the first post to break the blue sky writer's block. Hello.

submitted 100 days ago • 2 comments