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Recent proposals to restrict #asylum claims incl discriminatory measures to prevent those with Pakistani, Nigerian + Sri Lankan nationalities from acquiring intl #StudentVisas, based on the Gov’s demonising assessment that these nationalities are more likely to ‘abuse’ the system by claiming asylum.

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Whether or not you voted Labour, this column from Byline Times is relevant.

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Mainstream radio presenters like Vanessa Feltz are perfectly happy to contribute, in their own small way, to the rise of the extreme far right. Her interview with me on LBC just now was chock full of lies. Calls herself a journalist. Really I wonder how they sleep at night.

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3 elections in as many weeks. Centre left parties in two of them take on populist right and win, in 3rd they emulate populists and lose. Could there be a lesson here? And is there even a remote chance U.K. Labour might see it?

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For hundreds of years, women in the South Korean island province of Jeju have made their living harvesting seafood by hand from the ocean floor. See Hyung S. Kim’s portraits of the sea women.

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You’re telling me that right wing voters that Labour was trying to appeal to voted for a right wing party anyway and left wing voters decided not to vote for Labour because they’re too right wing now? Who could have possibly predicted this.

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"'Many of the events predicted for 2050 or 2070 are already happening. We underestimated the speed of change'." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Today I joined Right to Roam and 400 people today in a mass swim trespass at Kinder Reservoir in the Peak District. The event was in commemoration of the anniversary of the Kinder Scout Mass Trespass, but with a very modern & pressing issue of access.

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Help challenge the recent Supreme Court ruling, which will undermine #trans rights ://goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/supreme-court-human-rights-for-trans-people/

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Minorities were frightened under the Tories. They're now terrified under Labour.

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🏳️‍⚧️ Now is the time to work together - @jessothomson.co.uk

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I feel increasingly disconnected from the party I voted for and had such high hopes for. Did we give them a mandate to cos-play Reform-lite? I want them to lead and argue for their vision instead of chasing polls. Oh and charge me more income tax instead of penalising kids & disabled people

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UK charities warn of record high child poverty if two-child benefit cap not scrapped. £3.6bn would lift 350,000 children out of poverty, reduce poverty for another 700,000. Govts that bail out & subsidise corporations can eradicate poverty. Ditch the Tory policy. Tax the rich. Save the future.

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A Labour government is doing this. What utter bastards.

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Bastards

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Young union leaders jailed - show your solidarity by demanding their release: bit.ly/labor-desk

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Giorgia Meloni conveniently arranges a visit to Uzbekistan for 25th April, thus avoiding the ceremonies to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Italy's liberation from fascism.

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Sign this to support trans rights chng.it/pNbXqMv22T

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Thousands show solidarity at #TransRightsAreHumanRights Demo in Parliament Square.

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You've only got a few more days to bake Jürgen's Easter Braid, an easy to make German Easter staple that's delicious smothered with butter and jam. 😍 Full video and recipe: instagram.com/p/DITkrFfsIjQ/

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As I watch Starmer tear up Labour's prospects by attacking people in poverty, abusing those who care about the living world and appeasing the ultra-rich, I feel the same sense of dislocation as I did before the Iraq War. Anyone can see the disaster coming, except, apparently, the government.

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The kindness of strangers: I was ready to leave the theatre in disgrace when a gentle usher made me an offer

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Thread. A few thoughts on World Parkinson's Day. Firstly we are all on a different journey. We have different symptoms, present differently and decline at different rates.

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John Scheve Arctic News "Warming could spiral completely out of control any time now because of the less than 1 million square km of sea ice cover in each of the polar regions, vastly increasing methane emissions, and the exponential cascade of other feedbacks.

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I think this may be the most ‘Ladybird’ thing I’ve ever found in an old Ladybird book

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Heaven help us

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We've focussed on the big names , Shell , Exxon , BP , but these companies are run by people . People who hide behind those brands to keep their anonymity These corporations , and their leaders , are committing ecocide & they must be held accountable Ban Fossil Fuel Ads → govpetition.uk/700024

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Breaking: Die Politikwissenschaft nimmt das Konzept „Dumbest motherfuckers alive“ in den Fachjargon auf, um die Realität angemessen beschreiben zu können.

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Turns out Le Pen is not mightier than the fraud.

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I try to stay away from politics but this crab eating a grape is very important.

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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Disability benefit cuts will push over 250,000 people, including 50,000 children, into poverty. So I asked the Chancellor — who earns over £150,000, accepted £7,500 in free clothes & took freebie tickets to see Sabrina Carpenter — if Austerity 2.0 is the "change" people voted for?

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Reeves will argue the UK has to "move quickly in a changing world"… by cutting benefits rather than taxing the wealthy or stopping Brexit from stifling prosperity. Making the vulnerable pay for grim govt choices. More austerity to fund ‘sovereignty’. What an ugly farce. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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“The ‘nasty party’ is back — this time wearing a red rose.” 🌹 This is brutal. 👇

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Guy Venables in the Metro:

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Cry for me Britannia. Over 85,000 children in Britain living in extreme poverty. Nursery-aged child hospitalised malnourished, caused heart condition, teeth removed. Govts prioritise arbitrary fiscal rules, won't tax the rich, redistribute. 1% has more wealth than 70% of the population combined.

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CAMBODIA: Sreymom: A Champion for Safe Migration and Education in Cambodia asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/stories/f...

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Ethiopia first to ban petrol and diesel cars earthbound.report/2025/03/13/t...

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Zur Zeit der Streiks britischer Bergarbeiter in den 80er Jahren lebten wir in #London. Eine Ausstellung im Fotografie-Forum #Frankfurt zeigt nun viele der bei diesem Arbeitskampf entstandenen Werke des Fotografen Michael Kerstgens: Out of Control - eine eindrucksvolle, berührende Zeitreise.

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BREAKING: Hundreds of U.S. Jews and friends are taking over the Trump Tower to say: Come for one, face us all.

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The news has been more than a bit grim of late, so hooray for @carbonbrief.org providing some genuine and really meaningful good news: the UK's carbon emissions in 2024 were the lowest since 1872, because demand for fossil fuels just keeps decreasing. www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...

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Other work by the Ladybird artists ‘March’ Artist: Ronald Lampitt

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After months of very little Covid activity, a new variant has popped up in South Africa that looks to have been evolving quietly for years in someone with a chronic infection. Still very early days, so could easily fizzle out, but still something to keep an eye on.

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🇵🇸 Palestine Action SHUT DOWN Allianz's office in the City of London. ✊ INSURE OUR SURVIVAL Palestine Action Demand that Allianz STOP insuring and investing in Israel's biggest weapons producer, Elbit Systems.

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Eine Studie hat gezeigt, dass die Angst vor der AfD fast doppelt so groß ist wie die vor Migration. Im Sondierungspapier von Union und SPD wurde Rechtsextremismus mit keinem Wort erwähnt, Migration bekam fast zwei Seiten.

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Choosing to take money from disabled benefit claimants rather than levy a wealth tax is simply immoral 👇

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85.9% for Carney. Astounding.

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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...

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