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OD and leadership. Chair Refugee,Asylum, Migration Policy Project. Feminist.Mum.Dog owner. Cook
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In response to some recent idiocy: NEW BLOGPOST: No, the Inns of Court are not biased against white barristers thesecretbarrister.com/2025/05/18/n...

submitted 3 days ago • 33 comments

A more personal substack post today about the first refugee I hosted through @refugeesathome.bsky.social . It's not something I talk about much but I felt I needed to write something in response to the increasingly hostile environment for refugees. christinapagel.substack.com/p/the-path-t...

submitted 3 days ago • 18 comments

Exactly this 👇 What a tawdry week in politics this has been.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Alex Sobel MP, Labour, opens his speech: "No-one. Not a Government. Not a public authority. Not a politician has the right to define who another person is. Only the individual can do that. This is a fundamental principle of dignity... we must reject amendment NC21". Fantastic @alexsobel.co.uk!

submitted 14 days ago • 5 comments

So tired of this hysteria around public toilets . . . "With so many real threats to women’s safety, it is confounding that this much time and attention is being lavished on a largely hypothetical risk." #SocialistSunday www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 25 days ago • 8 comments

things I have done in a public restroom outside of the cubicles: washed my hands, fixed my makeup, fixed my hair, made friends with drunk women, borrowed a tampon, lent a tampon, thrown up in a bin (hg life), texted, changed my shoes things I would bothered with actual men seeing me do: none of that

submitted 25 days ago • 12 comments

Britain wakes up every day, aims the gun at its feet and pulls the trigger. Just a prolonged exercise in meanspiritedness and self-harm.

submitted 29 days ago • 72 comments

I’ve just listened to this absolute masterpiece. @sturdyalex.bsky.social’s Podyssey is an extraordinary feat and a deep, deep joy. I really advise you to take time to listen!

submitted 33 days ago • 9 comments

Column, on the spectacularly bad-faith/ideologically contorted White House demands the "free speech protection" be a factor in UK-US trade talks www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 36 days ago • 40 comments

STOP what you are doing, find some headphones or a secluded location, and watch this. I am crying with laughter and admiration at an idea seen through to its (nearly) bitter end. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD3Q... Sound--as they say--on.

submitted 37 days ago • 67 comments

Radical or reckless? The abolition of NHS England and what comes next - read my analysis published by @uclpolicylab.bsky.social. @hpiandycowper.bsky.social @shaunlintern.bsky.social @profjudithsmith.bsky.social @brindled.bsky.social @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social @uclnews.bsky.social

submitted 62 days ago • 0 comments

📢 | NEW BLOG: Moving from temporary status to citizenship is the cornerstone of a fair immigration system. But recent policy announcements signal a shift towards instability and precarity. This blog makes the case against a reactive, short-term approach. Read more 👇

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

Amidst all the (legitimate) anxiety about the stresses within the NHS feels important to say that I have just had really good, timely, kind, administratively competent care from Moorfields NHS Trust.

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

As always, Chris Ham making the absolutely critical argument.

submitted 118 days ago • 0 comments