Matt Riley

Dear Shabana, I notice today that you referred to me in your speech on immigration at the IPPR think tank. You said: “A party leader should not be on the beaches of France encouraging people to make a perilous crossing on small boats.” I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised especially after the hateful Labour campaign in Gorton and Denton, but this is just the latest in a string of lies peddled by a discredited Government who intentionally fan the flames of racism and division. When I went to Calais, I was not there to encourage people to travel to the UK. I was there to see at first hand the suffering your Government and successive Governments have done in demonising migrants in a pathetic bid to pander to the base instincts of Reform and the flawed strategy of Morgan McSweeney. As you will know, if you even bothered to research my visit instead of taking Reform talking points, I was there to witness the brutality of families living in tents in freezing temperatures. I filled water tanks and picked up litter. What that visit did do is confirm my belief that if we are to smash the boat gangs and stop the boats, we need to offer safer and managed routes for migrants to come to this country. Showing compassion as a politician is not a crime. In fact, we need to see much more of it. It reminded me of a young MP who in October 2015 spent three days in Lesbos helping migrants fleeing war-torn Syria. She posted videos on X, talked about handing out water and croissants to refugees and food parcels. When she returned to the UK, she wrote a very moving piece in the New Statesman. She said “we have to work with our European partners and create new, safe, and legal routes for refugees to get to Europe. We cannot abandon them to their fate, left as prey for smugglers whilst risking death on the seas.” She said “maybe we can make ourselves feel better by saying no-one is making them get on the boats. And again, the Home Secretary is not entirely wrong when …

Dear Shabana,

Let's clear some things up around migration and remember we're talking about people's lives.

Migration is part of what makes this country great.

We're not an island of strangers - we're an island of neighbours.

The Green Party will always support fair & managed migration.

Israel is assassinating Iran’s leadership with breathtaking accuracy.

Please reflect on that when you recollect that they dropped 2,000 pound bunker buster bombs on refugee camps in Gaza.

Proof that it was indeed a genocide.

Your partner isn’t wrong.

If Wrexham go up, there’s no way Everton are allowed a result against them.

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The Greens are now second in the polls for the first time ever.

BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview The new Green Party leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted a conference interview on the flagship BBC show

The Greens requested an interview on the Laura Kuenssberg Show with Zack Polanski when he was elected leader, but were denied, with a promise to interview him during Green conference instead.

This was then scrapped citing the Manchester synagogue attack. Polanski is both Jewish and from Manchester

Well said, Gary Neville! 👏

Photo of Oracle owner Larry Ellison smiling under a headline from Business Insider that reads "Billionaire Larry Ellison says a vast AI-fueled surveillance system can ensure that 'citizens will be on their best behavior'. Dated Sept 15, 2024.

Here's what the new co-owner of TikTok US and existing co-owner of the Tony Blair Institute (the 'let's do digital ID' guys) had to say this time last year.

This is who's dictating and planning to profit from mandatory government digital ID, starting with immigrants and expanding to everyone else.

I of course welcome the recognition of the state of Palestine.

And there won't be a Palestinian state left if government's continue enabling Israel's unfolding genocide.

Labour can't credibly support Palestinian statehood whilst also continuing to arm Israel.

Queen

Letter from the National Union of Rail Maritime and Transport Workers expressing condolences and solidarity after a Lisbon streetcar derailment.

🕯️ RMT Union sends our full condolences and unwavering solidarity with Transport Unions and Transport Workers in Portugal following yesterday’s horrific funicular railway crash in Lisbon.

I wouldn’t trust a scab as far as I could kick them. So yeah, I trust the NEC over scabs.

There was nothing in the NUM constitution demanding a national ballot thus the elected NEC voted against holding one, instead the ballots were held regionally and locally.

What you’re saying simply isn’t true but your trying to defend scabs, so 🤷‍♂️ People tie themselves in knots trying to justify the unjustifiable

There was nothing in the NUM constitution saying a national ballot was needed. There were local ballots across the country, the miners voted to go out on strike. Running round in circles frothing at the mouth about a national ballot doesn’t remove the fact miners voted to go out on strike.

There were ballots all over the country and miners voted to go out on strike. It was democratic, just clearly not the democracy you choose to believe in - which is unsurprising for a scab.

What part of there being ballots are you not understanding? As for the rule of law, workers are allowed to withhold their labour, and many of our anti-trade union laws actually break international law regarding the right to strike and be in unions but you know, you keep banging the scab drum

There wasn’t a requirement at all, there were local ballots, it was not an illegal strike in any sense regardless of what the court said, the legal system was hardly at its peak during the 80’s.

No the NUM didn’t need to have a national ballot there was no constitutional need for them to do so. There were ballots across the country. And there was one region who took money from Tory donors to set up a scab union.

Except there were ballots, 73% of Nottinghamshire Miners voted not to strike.

There were ballots across the various regions, there was not a national ballot. If there was, doesn’t mean the Notts scabs would have paid any attention to it.

Meta brought AI to rural Colombia. Now students are failing exams When Meta embedded AI bots in its apps, even students in the most remote corners of Colombia gained access. But rather than boosting learning, it’s getting in the way.

This is the giant Canary in the coal mine of what AI will do to education. Improperly adopted, it will destroy critical thinking and educational attainment.

For the oligarchs, this is a feature of AI, not a bug.

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That little cutie!! They are gorgeous, hope they’re doing well.

Labour supporters, genuinely, how do you explain how you’ve lost so much support?

NHS staff strike where you feel the need to, the public will support you.

Wes Streeting can do one too. Odious little twat.

Freedom to Palestine. 🇵🇸

Lammy can fuck off. Lieing prick.