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Thank you, Carmen.

As the world finally punches back, was this the week Donald Trump went too far? | Jonathan Freedland The US president took his bullying doctrine to Davos and hit a wall of opposition. If this creates a new western alliance against him, all to the good, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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Thank goodness for satire during these days of madness. #thenewsquiz

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Liam Ramos, 5 years old, being seized by a masked ICE agent who has left his humanity and decency at home (if he ever had any)

Liam Ramos, a 5 year old child, in a little blue hat with ears and pom poms, is being put in an ICE van. The people who seized him belong in prison.

REFORMUK AUG 2025 Operation Restoring Justice Our plan to deport all illegal migrants in the UK, and secure our borders. The Operational Plan We will create an enforcement unit called UK Deportation Command, including an Illegal Migrant Identification Centre - harnessing cutting edge data fusion A Reform government will create a cutting edge enforcement data centre to relentlessly identify and detain all illegal migrants in the UK. Using powers granted by the new legislation, it will automatically share data between the Home Office, NHS, HMRC, DVLA, banks and the police. It will pow-er bulk warrants, including mandatory biometric capture during any police encounter. Each power ad-dresses a failure mode observed over the past decade-for example, banks and GP surgeries unaware of a customer's status, or overstayers slipping through because a warrant covered only a single property. Secure Immigration Removal Centres (SIRC) will be built rapidly to detain up to 24,000 Detention capacity for up to 24,000 will be created within 18 months. The Home Office will build. Secure Immigration Removal Centres. This will be modular accommodation built in remote parts of the country. Conditions are basic but not punitive: prefabricated two-person rooms, canteen catering, on-site medical suites. Robust perimeters and internal movement controls prevent escapes. This enables detention-on-arrest: no more bail. This capacity would allow for up to 24,000 illegal migrants to be deported per month. Initial Voluntary Return Window A six-month Assisted Voluntary Return window precedes large-scale raids Illegal migrants will

Farage, who had previously said mass deportations were a "political impossibility", said his party had now come up with "a credible plan, so that we can deport hundreds of thousands of people over the five years of a Reform government". During the news conference, Farage asked Reform UK chair Zia Yusuf whether it was realistic to deport 500,000-600,000 people within the lifetime of the first Parliament under a Reform UK government, to which he replied "totally, yeah". Reform, which currently has just four MPs although it is leading in many opinion polls, has not specified what proportion of this number would come from future arrivals, or people already in the country.

If you live in the UK and you were shocked to see the US ICE seize a 5 year old boy, don't forget this is what Nigel Farage and the Reform Party UK want for our country.

If Trump’s concern was drugs, he’d not have pardoned Honduras’s corrupt leader; if terrorism, he’d have gone after Iran; if world order, Russia; if preserving US power, China. If democracy, human rights or humanitarian motive, dozens of other worthy cases. What’s left is oil. And Epstein.

Petition: Fund a National Climate Resilience Plan: protect communities from climate impact From floods to extreme temperatures, climate impacts risk damaging homes, health, businesses, services, and the economy. We want Government to prioritise adaptation; fund a new Resilience Plan that wo...

OK so It’s Christmas Eve & petitioning Govt might not be front of mind today - but *please* take just 20 secs to sign this, calling for a funded national #climate resilience plan to help protect us all. Just 1700 more needed to get a Govt response! 🤞🙏https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/730062

Put Britain's safety before migrants' rights, Mahmood to tell judges Home Secretary to increase deportations and restrict asylum seekers' use of ECHR in plans modelled on Denmark 36 Gift this article free Plans for more deportations come as migrants continue to arrive by small boat Credit: PA Charles Hymas Home Affairs Editor 13 November 2025 6:30pm GMT Shabana Mahmood will force judges to prioritise public safety over the rights of illegal migrants in a crackdown on asylum claims.

The Home Secretary will on Monday pledge to "scale up" deportations as she announces new restrictions on the way judges apply the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) when foreigners appeal against being removed from the UK. Ms Mahmood will propose new statutory rules that require judges to prioritise public interest and safety over migrants' claims that deportation would breach their family rights or put them at risk of “inhuman" treatment if they were returned to their home country.

Sickening rhetoric by Home Secretary. Denying access to human rights isn't "protecting the public". This is Labour further demonising those seeking asylum in language very reminiscent of the far right. Yes, some break the law, so should be prosecuted within the law. Removing rights is not the answer

They didn't want my blood, but they probably want yours! I went to give blood today, but due to a v minor medical issue they couldn't take it. Yet they told me they do need donors. As I couldn't help by giving, instead, I thought i'd publicise this... www.blood.co.uk

Beautiful door knocker in Collognes la Rouge. #architecture #france

🚨 Big Oil is damaging the ocean & killing the planet. Good job Greenpeace for drawing attention to the ongoing destruction with this stark piece of protest art in the North Sea. 🛢️

According to our oil spill tracker there's been at least 2 recorded spills at this very rig since 2011. Sickening. ❌

Sheep are destroying precious British habitats – and we taxpayers are footing the bill | Chris Packham Large parts of Dartmoor have been denuded of wildlife, harmed by farming and a mess of government schemes that are costly in every way, says naturalist and broadcaster Chris Packham

Sheep are destroying precious British habitats – and we taxpayers are footing the bill to the tune of millions in a climate and biodiversity emergency - it’s bad and bonkers ! ⁦Me for The Guardian . . . @wildjustice.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Poor?

The Govt will snoop around to make sure you aren't paid a penny more than they can get away with.

Rich?

Govt too busy chasing the poor to bother you...

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Budget : le Pacte s’alarme des conséquences des coupes annoncées et de la faiblesse des mesures de justice fiscale

Les annonces sur les coupes des dépenses publiques sont alarmantes ! 🚨 Elles fragiliseraient :
🔸nos services publics
🔸la transition écologique
🔸la protection sociale
En plus elles rendraient la vie encore plus difficile aux ménages les plus modestes ⚠️
Le CP de @pouvoirdevivre.bsky.social 👇

Don't be fooled - Farage doesn't actually want to stop the boats Flanked by the Emmanuel Macron, President of France, Sir Keir Starmer boasted that the Government was taking action while others were "taking pictures". No prizes for he was referring to. That very day, Nigel Farage was out on the briny with a GB News film crew, fishing for mackerel while observing French coastguards shepherding the handover of 78 migrants from their "rib" inflatable to the safety of Dover-bound UK Border Force. "We are witnessing a crime yet everyone seems happy," Farage almost chortled. Yet the leader of Reform UK seemed happiest of all. Far from stopping the boats, Farage needs them to keep coming if he is to achieve his ambition of becoming the next British Prime Minister. Waterborne migrants have been his most spectacular political recruiting sergeants ever since he began taking videos off the south coast back in May 2020. In their various manifestations - Ukip, Brexit, Reform UK - the parties Farage leads are always been negative, destructively focussed. They aim to exploit widespread dissatisfaction with the state of the world. The solutions they offer are sketchy and impractical. For once the Prime Minister slotted one past Farage at Prime Minister's Questions this week: "He has no interest in fixing the problem because he wants to milk it and exploit it. That's the truth about him and his party." Farage's strategy is to blame anyone he can….. Reform UK's interests are best served by denouncing and stuffing up any productive collaboration with allies in Europe or more broadly. Reform UK has yet to produce its definitive policy on immigration. This side of a general election Farage knows that Reform UK's best option is to sabotage the Government's gradualist, co-operative efforts to turn the tables, helping to ensure that the boats keep coming. (Abridged because of word limit)

This is spot on.
Farage doesn’t want to stop the boats… yet…
They’re his daily ‘Breaking Point’ poster made flesh… His political strength relies on the hatred, prejudice and disinformation he can whip up on beach watch.
Humane solutions scare the hell out of him.
@adamboulton.bsky.social
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Most people in France, Germany, Italy and Spain would support UK rejoining EU, poll finds YouGov survey suggests majority support idea of Britain returning to bloc – but not on same terms it once enjoyed

Cakeism still alive and well in the UK, even amongst remainers www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Quiz - Fête Nationale - Les Amis des Animaux July 14th Quiz Buy your entry ticket and then download your entry form. It's available in either French or English in either Word or pdf. Then spend a fun half-hour filling in the answers while help...

Think you know France? Enter the quiz and find out, and at the same time helping an asso here in south west France that matches people in need of animals with animals in need of people.
Egalement en Français !

Act now to protect the UK's place in the ECHR Sign the European Movement UK's petition now if you agree: Britain must remain in the ECHR

The ECHR is vital - and we're campaigning to save it.

Please do sign this petition to get on board with our activities (at European Movement UK).

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@mrjamesob.bsky.social Asks a nation to check its moral compass.🧭

Did his minder not put his phone into Airplane Mode during the long flight back from the middle east?

Small things, but today we briefly had a pair of greenfinches in the garden. It must be at least five years since I last saw one of these once common birds.
#wildlife #gardenbirds #nature

Let biodiversity thrive in your lawn.

Petition: Ensure plurality of political coverage across UK broadcast media at all times We want to ensure that a plurality of views from all political parties in Westminster are represented and the nations parliaments are heard all year round, not just election times. The rules for cover...

There isn’t just one party leader with a chance for No.10 in 2029!! There are now 5 (or even 6) because ALL the parties are now minorities - within a few % of each other. We demand to hear from them ALL regularly not just one. We demand fairer coverage now
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It'll be a long time before I stop making initial assessments of people based on Leave or Remain, which is probably no longer helpful.

The Truth Of The Matter And They Are Not Bringing Jobs Back….

Dog roses rampaging through the self-generated hedges are just starting to do their thing! #wildflowers #nature #rewilding

Now billowing nicely, this hedge between our garden and a patch of unmanaged woodland is completely self-generated. We also leave a strip beside it unmown until the autumn. #environment #rewilding

"The Poop."

Liberty defeats Government appeal as Court rules anti-protest laws are unlawful - Liberty

LIBERTY DEFEATS GOVERNMENT APPEAL AS COURT RULES ANTI-PROTEST LAWS ARE UNLAWFUL

This should be on every UK News channel

www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/libert...