Diamond Ashiagbor @diamondashiagbor.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Worth reading the whole thread by Karen Attiah. It highlights depressing and chilling new forms of anti-Black racism - which denies the creativity and humanity of African writers 031 0
Reposted by Diamond AshiagborKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 14/10/2026The Caine Prize is an award for African writers, judged by other African writers. As a Ghanaian/Nigerian-American, I've followed the Caine Prize for years-- I read African literature. The Atlantic article uses AI to justify overriding the judgment of African people reading their own literature. 656995 0
Diamond Ashiagbor @diamondashiagbor.bsky.social · 14/10/2026This thread by Emma Monk is well worth your time to read 010 0
Reposted by Diamond AshiagborDavid Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 13/10/2026If you establish and entrench a consensus that (a) hostility to migrants is a cri du coeur from the authentic working class, and (b) anti racism is the preserve of out of touch metropolitan liberals, where do you suppose the country will end up? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comRightwing extremists increasingly likely to consider terrorist attacks, MI5 chief saysMove from anti-immigration or anti-Muslim views to violence is ‘most marked trend’ in spy agency’s caseload over last year 5306123 0
Reposted by Diamond AshiagborJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Calling my shot: we will see less than half as many pundit-consultant pieces about this Latino realignment as we saw in the other direction 2021-2025, because a Latino blue shift doesn’t fit the Dems-Too-Woke narrative 271376273 0
Reposted by Diamond AshiagborAlan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 11/10/2026The more people that read Stephanie Lamy’s breakdown of the far right activist network that hunted Jason Arday (it includes Orr himself) the better for the future of our society. These people must be stopped from manipulating our public sphere. share.google/hvlCBiW0F9Bk...share.googleComment un réseau d’élite a chassé Jason ArdayLe racisme scientifique est une pseudoscience qui abreuve la propagande d'extrême-droite, dont masculiniste. Longtemps relégué aux marges, il s’installe dans les universités et cherche à imposer ses … 16931 0
Reposted by Diamond AshiagborNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Ossoff is acting like Trump/MAGA/GOP and what they’ve done to the country is Actually Bad. Charismatic and well spoken, which sure helps. But no “my friends across the aisle,” no acting like the imaginary “Baileys” are the only ones who matter, no “don’t talk values, only kitchen table.” That’s it. 492827532 0
Reposted by Diamond AshiagborAlan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 10/10/2026This powerful book by Amal Chatterjee identifies clearly and unequivocally the mechanisms enabling colonial economic extraction long after colonialism is supposed to have ended. Highly recommended: hurstpublishers.com/book/prisone... 411734 0
Reposted by Diamond AshiagborSathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Dear tv and radio producers. Thankyou for the invitation. But, no, I do not want to appear on your show to defend the idea that I am English, after 50 years of living and working here, because the increasingly feral right want to turn this into a "debate" and you cannot see how you're being played 10752181146 0
Reposted by Diamond AshiagborKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Anthropic banning “abusive or cruel behavior” toward Claude in its new usage policies is proof to me that tech companies are going to moderate violence against AI before they ever moderate violence against women and minorities 208126213132 0
Reposted by Diamond AshiagborLeonardo Carella @leonardocarella.bsky.social · 08/10/2026In other words, a 10 percent contraction in one of Britain’s most successful exports. If it were steel or fish or other infinitely less profitable sectors, people would be having a meltdown. 12625274 0
Reposted by Diamond AshiagborEuropean Law Open @europeanlawopen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This is just beautiful work by @bhumikabilla.bsky.social - the text, the film, the argument, the case for creative methods. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgTowards epistemic justice: a case for creative methods in legal research | European Law Open | Cambridge CoreTowards epistemic justice: a case for creative methods in legal research 164 0
Reposted by Diamond AshiagborMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 05/10/2026🚨BREAKING: The NAACP sued the Trump administration, seeking records about its plan to deploy roughly 1,000 federal personnel to polling places during the 2026 midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comDOJ sued for records on ‘unprecedented’ plan to deploy 1,000 election monitors in midtermsDOJ's planned effort represents an extraordinary expansion of federal election monitoring. It has already sparked confrontations with state officials and concerns about voter intimidation. 10556132423 0
Reposted by Diamond AshiagborNatalie Sedacca @nataliesedacca.bsky.social · 15/09/2026On 4 November, 6pm at UCL, we'll hold a launch event for 'Human Rights and the Protection of Domestic Workers in Labour and Migration Law' - many thanks to speakers Cristy of @kalayaan.org.uk , @tnovitz.bsky.social and Lydia Hayes and chair @vmantouvalou.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...ucl.ac.ukBook launch: Human Rights and the Protection of Domestic Workers in Labour and Migration LawJoin us for a panel discussion marking the launch of 'Human Rights and the Protection of Domestic Workers in Labour and Migration Law', organised by the Institute for Human Rights 01412 0
Reposted by Diamond AshiagborStephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 04/10/2026New York Times/Siena polls find Dems gaining the governors offices in Alaska, Iowa, Texas, and Ohio. That would give Dems control over election admin in Alaska and Texas. It’s a sign that Dems could also win for secretary of state in Iowa and Ohio in this environment www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u... 925160 0
Reposted by Diamond AshiagborYair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Saying that Zionism is racism is like saying Communism is totalitarianism. Both are 19th century ideologies that generated wide sympathy and were seen as progressive, and when put to practice to create and reshape states, created enormous injustice. 1/ 1620841 0
Reposted by Diamond AshiagborGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Something big may be happening: Trump's world-historical misrule may be creating the conditions for the emergence of a coalition similar to the one that ousted Viktor Orban earlier this year: Anti-corruption, anti-authoritarian, pro-democracy. I made this case here: newrepublic.com/article/2161... 781929464 0
Diamond Ashiagbor @diamondashiagbor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"More Self-Censorship? None of this has been reported on by Times Higher Education, the leading publication for higher education in the UK – which published at least six articles about Orr’s colleague at Cambridge, the late Jason Arday, Professor of the Sociology of Education." 031 0
Diamond Ashiagbor @diamondashiagbor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Excellent discussion on the politics podcast, Oh God What Now about the dispiriting speech from Chancellor John Healy. Many Labour MPs fetishise reindustrialisation, misunderstand the working class are now working in services, refuse to see universities as vital to economy of our towns + cities 1113 0
Reposted by Diamond AshiagborDan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Labour's immigration/asylum policies are profoundly racist and xenophobic. They embolden far right, undermine international law and violate basic human rights, while being even more hostile than the previous government. They can't be tweaked. They need to be scrapped. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukAngela Rayner criticises worker visa plans on eve of Labour conferenceThe housing secretary says the government's plans to change wait times for permanent residency are unfair because they "change the goalposts". 820065 0
Reposted by Diamond AshiagborJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 18/09/2026my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform www.ft.com/content/f270... 6528181175 0
Reposted by Diamond AshiagborWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Time is long overdue that the political mainstream in Britain vigorously re-asserts its longstanding anti-racism norms... these have been allowed to be significantly eroded the last few years. 528458 0
Reposted by Diamond AshiagborWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The original reporting of what happened in Portsmouth was a joke. This is just a hate mob that has been whipped up who are now targeting the RNLI. Throw the book at them.independent.co.ukRNLI closes Portsmouth lifeboat station after huge anti-migrant protestsRNLI volunteers were branded ‘traitors’ after bringing migrants ashore 27555172 0
Reposted by Diamond AshiagborSpooky Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Danny Tommo has decided to visit Piddington. If they welcome someone jailed for kidnapping at knife point to their village, it should show everyone their supposed concern for women and girls is just a cover for racism. bsky.app/profile/oxfo... 210144 0
Reposted by Diamond AshiagborAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The people of Piddington have spoken. I say, grant them independence. Border controls. Visas to cross into the UK. Tariffs on goods. No GBP. No NHS. No benefits or pensions. Let us know when your little lilywhite enclave has gone all Mad Max and you started eating each other. BUH-BYE! 1251253237 0
Reposted by Diamond AshiagborJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I've done a deep-dive on the Harborne and Delo mega-donations over the weekend, and whether they may have to be handed back From my reading, a lot of unlikely things have to be true at once for the two £36m 'gifts' to be allowed once the (retrospective) Representation of the People Bill becomes lawbylinetimes.comWhy Reform UK Could Be Forced to Hand Back Their £72m Donations From Crypto BillionairesChristopher Harborne and Ben Delo gave a record £36 million each over the weekend to Nigel Farage's party, but a new law means they may have to take it all back 16455191 0
Reposted by Diamond AshiagborJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026£72m for Reform over the weekend could be just the tip of the iceberg There's nothing to stop Elon Musk giving, via a UK X subsidiary, £300m to Restore Britain today Or a Trump ally giving £500m to Farage via a UK-registered firm There's a v narrow window to tackle big money in the elections bill 21466182 0
Reposted by Diamond AshiagborEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 13/09/2026So how about this for a "pause AI" proposal: "pause credulous AI reporting". No more media about "breakthroughs" or "rogue agent swarms" or ... UNLESS and UNTIL that media demands the actual empirical evidence and/or focuses on the motivations of & harms by these companies. 4745198 0
Reposted by Diamond AshiagborDan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I’m just a person on my fucking knees begging the government to use its absolutely massive majority to do something extremely fucking popular: save our democracy. 792176499 0
Reposted by Diamond AshiagborSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 12/09/2026The UK now needs to introduce political spending limits across a parliament, not just for election campaign years. Otherwise, its election spending rules could fall over. Current rules: parties have a limit (about £34m) for 12 months before an election - but no limits outside the 12 month period. 11443138 0
Reposted by Diamond AshiagborJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The TUC campaigning against donation caps - despite all the proposed amendments having carve-outs for affiliation fees - will come back to bite the union movement if they succeed in delaying it. Frankly, billionaires will always have more money with which to buy parties than unions will.politico.eu‘Step backwards’: Union leader warns Burnham against political donations capPaul Nowak, general secretary of the Trades Union Congress, said he is concerned about union members’ voices being ‘silenced’ 36216 0
Reposted by Diamond AshiagborOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The balaclava blackshirted thugs are a result of a decade of politicians, tabloids and the broadcast media telling racists they have "legitimate concerns." The normalisation of actual fascism rhetoric and action has led to this and is a far greater "legitimate concern" than any migrant on a boat. 781710560 0
Reposted by Diamond AshiagborKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 08/09/2026@ stephenkb.bsky.social hitting the nail on the head of course. "the Labour Party has now produced two governments whose response to acts of thuggery and intimidation is to reiterate that perhaps the thugs have a point" - as.ft.com/r/97d33f08-a...as.ft.comLabour’s muddled migration policy won’t stop thuggeryA government that can’t distinguish between ‘legitimate concerns’ and open racism is only making things worse 22863322 0
Reposted by Diamond AshiagborJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I want the Prime Minister to look into a TV camera and say the RNLI are heroes, that we do not change policy by street violence in this country, and that he expects any criminal action to face the full force of the law. That's it. That's all he has to do. 622781881 0
Reposted by Diamond AshiagborCornucopist @cornucopist.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Is Burnham scared, complacent or complicit? Silence is not leadership. Where does he stand on masked men in black intimidating the public and terrified asylum seekers? I have a legitimate concern about fascism taking over the UK. 093 0
Reposted by Diamond AshiagborNadia Whittome MP @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social · 07/09/2026When blackshirts are marching through the streets of Dover and Portsmouth, the focus shouldn’t be on the disruption they cause, but on their fascist ideology and deliberate intimidation of migrants and people of colour. [1/2] 801510345 0
Reposted by Diamond AshiagborThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Seems the difference between ‘protestors’ and ‘terrorists’ is that protestors wear balaclavas while terrorists hold placards. 3034401278 0
Diamond Ashiagbor @diamondashiagbor.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Absolutely astounding that Labour ministers seem unable to condemn masked violent racist thugs who are intent on terrorising migrant and non-white communities 150 0
Reposted by Diamond AshiagborRuss Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Let me get this right: if you're a retired vicar and peacefully hold up a sign opposing genocide, you're a terrorist. But if 1200 morons put on balaclavas and close half of Dover to stop people *escaping* genocide, police "constructively engage." Is that it? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comBlack-clad protesters in balaclavas block road at port of Dover in KentTraffic on A20 in and out of port grinds to halt as Kent police say they are in attendance and engaging with group 941183479 0
Reposted by Diamond AshiagborHardeep Matharu @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Now James Orr has stepped down as Reform UK's Head of Policy after C4's report, questions remain for Cambridge – where he is Associate Professor. Byline Times revealed serious concerns about his activities there months ago. We all know there won't now be 200+ articles on him and his life don't we? 551914736 0
Reposted by Diamond AshiagborSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The Electoral Commission appears to be straightforwardly wrong about its role and responsibilities in law as the regulator when it says publicly "Information about any potential attempt to evade the controls on donations is for the police to consider". It is the core job of the Electoral Commission 39673246 0
Reposted by Diamond AshiagborOmar Khan @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social · 22/08/2026If you falsely but strongly believe that your students' intelligence is based on race and gender you will be unable to treat or grade them fairly. This includes giving white and male students too high grades as well as giving Black and female students too low ones 419440 0
Reposted by Diamond AshiagborOmar Khan @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social · 22/08/20261 in 3 UK university students are not white. 57% are female Being unable to treat 70%+ of UK students fairly because of your irrational and immoral beliefs just is you acknowledging you're not qualified for the role (Believing empirical and moral falsehoods to be true is also disqualifying) 0406 0
Reposted by Diamond AshiagborMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Universities are actually not just bigger schools for older students: to get higher education 'right' in 2026-27, they need to put research and teaching in a shared analytical frame. The research funding side of the equation is also out of control (see toys being flung from prams in parliament). 2/3 1225 0
Reposted by Diamond AshiagborHenry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 31/08/2026Conservative policy: - Demand criminals get long sentences - Don't build prisons to house them - Oppose early release of prisoners - Cut prisons budgets so that fewer people are rehabilitated 👍 42744182 0
Reposted by Diamond AshiagborMax Colbert @mc00.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Unions are failing to see the bigger picture, that a handful of people can buy our democracy with hugely disproportionate means at their disposal, using fear of a cap being weaponised against them to let the main issue at the heart of political financing to continue unabated. A catastrophic U-turn. 54317 0