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Zofia Duszynska

@duszdemon.bsky.social
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Asylum, human rights and civil liberties lawyer #Legal500 UK

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Not a dicky bird about thugs trying to sink a dinghy with a rescue worker on board or their claims to be "forming an army". Two boats of people seeking safety land and bingo bango they're the ones portrayed as the issue. Labour is complict in the rise of the far right. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Home Secretary hits out at 'unacceptable' migrant landings in Kent
Usually brought ashore by Border Security Command or the RNLI, these are the first uncontrolled landings since 2025.
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Imagine looking at ICE… Those unruly, violent, incel thugs, and the chaos, fear and murder they’ve brought to the streets of America, and thinking...that’s what Britain needs. Well, Nigel Farage has.
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Zofia Duszynska @duszdemon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I’ll make it easy for the hackers. I support the #RNLI
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
In May of 1940 there was a mass panic in Britain - stirred up by the tabloid press - about 'fighting aged men' who had come to Britain as 'refugees' posing a threat to the women and children of this country - and essentially forming a 'fifth column' that could, at any moment rise up against everyone
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WW2 Soldiers in Croatia: Ivan Janjic Storefront
ALT: WW2 Soldiers in Croatia: Ivan Janjic Storefront
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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The RNLI has said the abuse of volunteers in Portsmouth has forced it to close the lifeboat station there and stop operating since September 10. Nearby stations have been providing cover to the area instead. One of the UK's largest coastal cities without a lifeboat because of the far-right.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Richard Tice boasts that a Reform council is protecting women and girls from men who don't understand the culture of how we do things in the UK.
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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 10/09/2026
A dark blizzard of disinformation is warping the public’s perception of our great city. But we know the truth: our homicide rate is lower than every major US city, neighbourhood crimes are down and we’ve been ranked #1 city in the world 11 years in a row. My piece for The Times.
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We must fight back against troll army’s lies about London
There is a dark blizzard of disinformation online, where our capital is described as a lawless dystopia in decline — this couldn’t be further from the truth
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If you feel like donating to the RNLI, here’s a link. I just have. Their minimum donation is £2: I think it might be nice for them to receive a lot of donations this week, even if they’re mostly very modest. Just so they know a lot of people out here appreciate their work. rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Well, well, well would you look at that Rupert Lowe, who "proudly stands with those peacefully protesting in Dover" Tried to bring in a "Ban on full face coverings in public spaces" Via an Early Day Motion, 11 June 2025
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Ban on full face coverings in public spaces - Early Day Motions - UK Parliament
That this House notes with concern the increasing prevalence of full-face coverings, including the burqa and niqab, in public spaces across the United Kingdom; believes that the covering of the face i...
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 05/09/2026
As gangs of masked men block Dover port, I will just leave this here www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Five Just Stop Oil activists receive record sentences for planning to block M25
Campaigners receive longest ever sentences for non-violent protest after being convicted of conspiracy to cause public nuisance
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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Protecting women and girls latest
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
One of the first "outrageous" claims I saw as Jason Arday's media hounding unfolded was that he ran 30 marathons in 35 days! Wow! What a thing to claim! And the newspapers all suggested there was no evidence he actually did it. Well, they clearly didn't look very hard 🙄 🧵 1/26
Photo after Jason's final marathon taken from his archived blog showing Jason surrounded by supporters in orange charity t-shirts
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 20/08/2026
Today, Romania destroyed a naval drone carrying explosives near its Neptun Deep platform in the Black Sea. An escalating campaign of threats is underway, unsettling our citizens and seeking to divide our Union. This is hybrid warfare.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
"Cutbacks include no longer electrifying its vehicle fleet, removing a requirement to consider the climate in new contracts, not applying for net-zero grants and no longer producing an annual climate report." Monumentally self-defeating www.energylivenews.com/2026/08/19/e...
energylivenews.com
Essex County Council axe net zero policies - Energy Live News
Reform UK say it will save the taxpayer almost £3 million
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Zofia Duszynska @duszdemon.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
ULEZ! What a difference a solid pro clean environment policy can make apple.news/A0yqMYGoHSMi...
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Scientists stunned by children's lung recovery in ultra low emission zone — BBC News
Children's lung capacity caught up with their peers in less polluted areas once a clean air zone came in, a study shows.
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Simon Cox @simonfrcox.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The Express could have asked someone knowledgeable abour asylum support: these items belong to the accommodation provider who furnishes the accommodation, not to the asylum-seekers. They only get £49.18 per week for all food, clothes and essentials.
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Josh Gabbatiss @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
As Ed Miliband leaves his post as energy and net-zero secretary, a final tally: There have been an incredible 251 newspaper editorials attacking him and his approach to net-zero since the start of 2024 That amounts to two editorials a week, mainly in the Sun, Daily Mail, Times and Daily Telegraph.
cumulative line chart showing that UK newspapers have published 251 editorials criticising Ed Miliband since the start of 2024
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
35°C is normal, we used to just call that summer! Here's how many summers topped 32°C 70s 4 80s 2 90s 8 2000s 6 2010s all of them 2020s all of them And here's how many summers topped 35°C 70s 1 80s 0 90s 2 2000s 2 2010s 3 2020s 4 (out of 6 so far)
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Sam McBride @sjamcbride.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Belfast knife attack suspect Hadi Alodid was granted asylum under a fast-track application scheme introduced by two of Nigel Farage's senior colleagues. It meant he'd only to complete a Home Office questionnaire rather than attend a face-to-face interview.
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Belfast suspect granted asylum under fast-track scheme
The Belfast knife attack suspect was granted asylum under a fast-track application scheme because of his nationality.
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Lauren Donovan Ginsberg @laurenginsberg.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
It's not 1536, but Anne Boleyn has taken over the news. Recently a team of computer scientists, electrical engineers and a historical novelist think they have discovered the “true face” of Anne (& her mother) by applying AI-based computational facial recognition to Holbein sketches. The catch? /1
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Janey 🏳️‍⚧️ @janeykb.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Have you found yourself in the position of having a Reform councillor?

Here’s how you can help your brand new councillor settle into local government properly: email them this week with an actual council problem to solve.

Got rubbish piling up? Email them.

Bus vanished from existence? Email them.

Streetlights dead? Email them.

Care package delayed? Email them.

Pavement like the Somme? Email them. 

Send them in by the hundred.  Make sure they’re made very clear on what their job is.  

Being a councillor is not standing in front of the Union flag shouting about dinghies on GB News.  It’s reading committee papers at midnight, attending meetings nobody enjoys, holding surgeries in church halls, and dealing with the endlessly glamorous world of drains, social care budgets and recycling disputes.

Welcome to local government. 

The boats are in Kent. The bins are in your ward.

The email address for your ward councillor can be found on your local council website as soon as it’s updated.

Feel free to copy and paste to share wider.
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
In 1953, MI6 and the CIA overthrew Iran's democracy. British officials wanted "a non communist coup d'état" in Iran to install a "dictator" who would promote UK oil interests, declassified files show. www.declassifieduk.org/iran-1953-mi...
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Iran 1953: MI6 plots with Islamists to overthrow democracy
Declassified British files highlight a little known aspect of the joint MI6/CIA coup against Iran’s democratically elected government in August 1953 – UK covert action in support of leading radical Sh...
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Reform is a protest party. A protest against decency, integrity, kindness, expertise, and progress. It's a party of pettiness and hate, and it is made up of petty and hateful people from the grassroots to the very top. What it doesn't have is competence. So good luck with the bins and potholes.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Nigel Farage's beaming face is featuring heavily in the local elections coverage, but the truth is that the real architect of Reform's gains is the man whose disastrous 'Blue Labour' strategy we were confidently told would prevent them bylinetimes.com/2026/05/08/l...
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Local Election Results 2026: Morgan McSweeney’s ‘Blue Labour’ Legacy Lives On
Keir Starmer's former adviser's strategy of focusing on Reform-sympathetic 'hero voters', whilst spurning Labour's natural supporters on the left, has led to a disastrous set of local election results...
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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
If you're an activist, you're probably not reading this, too busy delivering/ knocking up/ telling. But may the weather stay fine, your shoes comfy, and may you only meet friendly dogs. We salute you all, of all parties and none, for working for democracy in this county. Good luck!
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West Country Voices @westcountryvoices.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Plymouth today, 90 minutes. Note immigration again. Not a priority. Sadly one of the stickers was placed by an immigrant from Morocco, resentful that her family had had to pay thousands to come here 'while illegals get everything for nothing' . Attempts made to debunk ...
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Lots of "commentators" are rewarded for spreading lies and convincing you that everything is getting worse and you should be afraid. The good news is it's not: homicides at their lowest level in 50 years and killings involving a knife are at their lowest recorded level www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Knife killings down by 21%, figures show
The annual ONS crime data also shows overall recorded homicides have fallen.
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Zofia Duszynska @duszdemon.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
I watched the Foreign Affairs Cttee this morning. And I’m confused. If PM did not actually fail the vetting as it can’t be pass/fail and UKSV said he’s a borderline but we can mitigate (OR’s evidence) then why is everyone in trouble for not disclosing that he failed? Who said he did? #mandelson
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
And you can complain to the BBC here: www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...
bbc.co.uk
Make A Complaint | Contact the BBC
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
When Angela Rayner underpaid £40,000 stamp duty on her flat, Richard Tice said it was "morally completely indefensible” and she should immediately resign if she had “any moral decency”. Now we learn he personally made £91,000 in excess payments by failing to pay the tax his company legally owed
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
BREAKING: JOINT STATEMENT FROM THE LEADERS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, FRANCE, ITALY, GERMANY, CANADA, DENMARK, NETHERLANDS, SPAIN, THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL AND JAPAN.
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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 03/04/2026
Did you know... magnolia evolved on earth about 95 million years ago! Magnolia is so old in fact that it pre-dates the existence of bees and butterflies, meaning they relied on beetles to pollinate in their early days.
A close-up of pink flowers emerging from a tree, a blue sky is in the background
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 03/04/2026
This image of home just came down from the Artemis II crew. Taken after their translunar injection burn, there are aurorae at top right and lower left, and zodiacal light at lower right. Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman
That's home. That's us.
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Charles Thomson @cethomson.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
For two days, every Essex court case I tried to cover went wrong. A flooded court, a collapsed interpreter, a runaway defendant. My firsthand experience of two days of justice system chaos: www.echo-news.co.uk/news/2596892... (Spoiler: Zero delays caused by juries!) @barristersecret.bsky.social
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Trial & Error - Two days of chaos at Basildon and Southend courts
Our south Essex crime & investigations reporter recounts two days of chaos: a flooded courthouse, a collapsed interpreter and a missing…
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 30/03/2026
Countries across Asia are bracing for a complete cutoff in coming days of Middle Eastern LNG, a fuel that underpins power generation and industrial output across much of the region.
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Asia Depends on L.N.G. From the Middle East. This Is What Happens When It Runs Out.
With a cutoff in shipments imminent, Asian countries, the biggest importers of liquefied natural gas from the Middle East, are already burning more coal and reducing consumption.
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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Sadly this whole wretched fiasco is a win-win for Farage, since if the police had found evidence of fraud, it’d have been The Foreigns Are Stealing Our Elections, and since they (predictably) haven’t, it’s The Establishment Is Conspiring With The Foreigns To Steal Our Elections
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No evidence of 'family voting' in Gorton and Denton by-election
An investigation into alleged
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
So it turns out the real scandal of the Gorton and Denton by-election was the willingness of media organisations to collude in Nigel Farage's attempt to undermine the result of a free and fair election www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/how-the-bb...
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How the BBC and Daily Mail Spread Reform's ‘Family Voting’ Lies
The real scandal of the Gorton and Denton by-election was the willingness of media organisations to collude in Nigel Farage's attempt to undermine the result of a free and fair election
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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
'the overall conclusion is that the scale of deaths in the first wave could have been much lower and the devastating second wave could have been largely avoided' @chrischirp.bsky.social substack.com/home/post/p-...
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The UK Covid Inquiry has laid bare the avoidable horror of the second Covid wave
It is becoming ever clearer both how devastating the second wave of winter 2020/21 was, and how much of that devastation could have been avoided.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Left: Nigel Farage, "Never once did I say we could cut council tax" Right: Nigel Farage leaflet literally saying 'cut your taxes'
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 22/03/2026
Reopening the Strait of Hormuz — a critical conduit for global energy supplies — has emerged as perhaps the paramount objective of the Iran war.
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Trump threats, U.S. troop build-up raise specter of battle for Hormuz
Israelis said securing the strait for energy shipments could become the war’s main goal now that regime change and ending Iran’s ability to obtain a nuclear weapon seem out of reach.
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
History Lesson first... Using an Egg as a symbol of Easter and rebirth has been a thing for centuries. Chocolate Eggs, not so much! The first-ever hollow chocolate Easter Egg was created by Fry's in Bristol in 1873. And guess what? There was no mention of the word EASTER on the packaging😱 2/
Vintage packaging for Fry's Chocolate Eggs features a scenic riverside view and people in period attire.A vintage box labeled "Fry's Chocolate Egg" features an illustration of a girl holding an egg, with small yellow decorations.A vintage Fry's hollow chocolate egg, wrapped in silver foil with decorative flowers, placed beside a measuring tape for scale.
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Just for avoidance of doubt, this would be a war crime. It could arguably be multiple war crimes as it would violate multiple international laws which specifically prohibit the destruction of objects indispensable to civilian survival, which "obliterating Iran's power plants" would definitely be.
Trump says US will ‘obliterate’ Iran's power plants if Strait of Hormuz not open before 48-hour deadline
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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
There’s no saving these cruel, pointless and unworkable proposals and it’s to be hoped that critics within Labour won’t allow themselves to be fobbed off with tinkering around at the edges
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Starmer plans to ease impact of immigration policy changes after backlash from Labour MPs
PM will consider exempting large numbers from proposed changes, which would leave people waiting 10 years for settled status
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Zofia Duszynska @duszdemon.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Bit confused by Momentum (trademarked??) is firmly with Reform UK. Really? Wow…
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Zofia Duszynska @duszdemon.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
‘Criticism of one’s government does not mean welcoming the destruction of one’s society’
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Dear Shabana, Let's clear some things up around migration and remember we're talking about people's lives.
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 …
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Surprise! Seems those "legitimate concerns" were about melanin content after all
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
It's not Roosevelt we're dealing with. Hell, it's not even Nixon.
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