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Shabana Mahmood vows to stick with hardline migration policies after byelection defeat Home secretary will defy ‘plain wrong’ calls from unions and leftwing MPs that she is alienating Muslim voters

“Mahmood will argue next week that migration policies – including forcing people to wait 20 years before being able to claim leave to remain – were entirely consistent with Labour values”

I just despair

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“We welcome migrants, we don’t scapegoat them".

How Keir Starmer promised Labour MPs and members he would lead his party on immigration

Camden Council- Borough of Sanctuary for refugees and asylum seekers. www.camden.gov.uk/borough-of-s...

Shabana Mahmood threatens Trump-style visa ban on three countries Angola, Namibia and the Democratic Republic of Congo will face Trump-style sanctions if they do not start taking back more illegal migrants and criminals

Somebody is briefing the Times that the Home Secretary finds inspiration in Kristi Noem's leading the Trump mass deportation effort - which has gone much too far for Americans

What a kamikaze piece of political madness that is on the eve of their asylum package
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It’s disgusting. Several of my children’s school friends would have been deported under this regime. Most had families who worked hard, paid taxes, got their children to uni etc and they in turn contribute richly to our local community. Erm… this is in the PMs constituency btw .

My granddad was a refugee, my wife, our close friends and those of our kids are either immigrants or the children of immigrants.

Do ministers ever think about the message their rhetoric on "handouts" and "golden tickets" for migrants sends about whether this is a government for people like us?

This is the logical consequence of Labour’s appeasement of the far right - this is an arms race Labour should never seek to win

Educators against the 11-plus – Comprehensive Future Dear Bridget Phillipson, Secretary of State for Education This September, more than 100,00 stressed children will sit an unnecessary exam. We are ... Read more

Educators against the 11-plus comprehensivefuture.org.uk/educators-ag...

There is a dangerous disconnect: on Gaza, politics no longer speaks for the people | Gaby Hinsliff The government now faces a daunting task to show that society’s concerns can be reflected. It will need to do better than this, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

Every word of this www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Our hearts are breaking

I’m witnessing the deliberate starvation of Gaza’s children – why is the world letting it happen? | Nick Maynard A permanent ceasefire, the free and safe flow of aid, and the lifting of the blockade are needed now – all could be achieved with political will, says UK surgeon Nick Maynard

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Labour peer Peter Hain in the House of Lords just now: "This Government is treating Palestine Action as equivalent to Al Qaeda and Islamic State...It is intellectually bankrupt and morally wrong.

"Frankly, I am deeply ashamed. And that's why I support the regret motion."

Ayatollah Khamenei - 86
Donald Trump - 79
Benjamin Netanyahu - 72
Vladimir Putin - 72

Why are these old men determining the future of the planet? 🤦🏽‍♂️

Royal College of Physicians and health organisations write to the UK Foreign Secretary about the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza

We’ve joined several other UK medical organisations in urging Foreign Secretary David Lammy MP to take decisive action to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in #Gaza.

Read the full letter: ow.ly/YElJ50W4eYT

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‘These are not numbers – they are people’: what ex-communist Slovenia can teach the world about child poverty Slovenia’s children are less likely to know deprivation than any other European nation’s. Is that because of what the country is doing now – or its socialist past?

So impressive- a lot for us to learn here. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Labour's attempts to blame rising small boat numbers on the weather are "pathetic" says Shadow Conservative Home Secretary Chris Philp

In other news, here's Chris Philp, when he was Immigration Minister, blaming rising small boat numbers on the weather

The boy who came back: the near-death, and changed life, of my son Max It was, we were told, a case of sudden infant death syndrome interrupted. What followed would transform my understanding of parenting, disability and the breadth of what makes a meaningful life

“I hate the way that disabled lives recede out of view because other people are too squeamish to talk about them, and I want to confront that tendency. Mostly, though, I think Max is already a thousand times more interesting than anyone I’ve ever met, and I want to tell you about him.”

Stanford president and provost back Harvard in funding fight The president and provost said Harvard’s rejection of government demands was “rooted in the American tradition of liberty.”

Stanford’s president and provost release a statement supporting Harvard. stanforddaily.com/2025/04/15/l...

America has no allies in this trade war. Not the EU. Not Japan. Not Canada, not Mexico, not Australia. Not even Russia. OK, maybe El Salvador. MAGA wanted America alone. It got its wish.

Just enjoy the tariffs

Elon’s own AI bot is calling this illegal ⚰️

The email lady gets the last laugh on this, forever

Huge Survey Finds 94% Of Germans Won't Buy A Tesla After Musk’s Political Antics | Carscoops It's unclear if Tesla will be able to win back fans in Germany before rivals snatch away its market share

Huge Survey Finds 94% Of Germans Won’t Buy A Tesla After Musk’s Political Antics 👏

www.carscoops.com/2025/03/germ...

Meanwhile over on X….

In January I spent 24 hours with Ukrainian combat medics of the Third Assault Brigade in a frontline field hospital.

Their work is extraordinarily courageous - they are constantly targeted by Russian forces, in violation of the Geneva Conventions.

Please watch.

Please keep supporting Ukraine 🇺🇦

Diagnosis isn't really relevant either way to this issue as neither PIP nor incapacity benefit follow from a diagnosis but an assessment of capability.

Wikipedia image of Major General (Ret.) Charles C. Rogers

Defense.gov google return: Medal of Honor Monday: Army Maj. Gen. Charles Calvin Rogers

Defense.gov 404 - Page Not Found

https://www.defense.gov/News/Feature-Stories/Story/Article/2824721/deimedal-of-honor-monday-army-maj-gen-charles-calvin-rogers/

This is blood-boiling. Charles Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam after being wounded three times leading the defense of a position.

Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."

Agree with this- anyone who has had interaction with NHS MH services will know how stretched they are. It’s hard to get diagnosed at all so how can mental illness be overdiagnosed.