Reposted by FatimaMayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 19/08/2026Bold action on air pollution works. Take London’s example. After the ULEZ was introduced, new research shows that children’s lung function improved in Central London, catching up to levels outside London. 933481
Reposted by FatimaJames Bowes @jamesbowes01.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Just exempting care workers would be ridiculous. Basically it would be a case of designing a policy to kick out care workers, panicking when you realise how stupid an idea that is, and then kicking out a load of engineers, scientists etc out of sheer stubbornness. 1236396
Reposted by FatimaIan Gorrie @iangorrie.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Totally ridiculous. So low skilled and low paid workers are welcome but engineers and scientists aren’t? 221
Reposted by FatimaSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Braverman is Home Sec from Sept 2022 to Nov 2023. She inherited highest flows, does get returns to Albania. By replacing temp protection with a ban on processing, she is the major architect of asylum hotels fiasco. (Pursues Rwanda & fails: law + operations. It may have taken 1% 300-500 of 30k-50k!) 314164
Reposted by FatimaDan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Hostile measures inevitably cause harm, yet every time there is loss of life in the channel all we hear from politicians is how they are going to go further on them. It is the ultimate sunk cost fallacy. Actually ensuring people can seek asylum safely is the only way to properly reduce crossings. 1177
Reposted by FatimaDan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 28/01/2026This in turns means resources can be used more effectively to target actual criminals, those who exploit vulnerable individuals. Instead though it is easier to just target the victims of exploitation. People don't choose to be undocumented. This government chooses to vilify them. 5/ 1442
Reposted by FatimaDan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 28/01/2026So just to clarify, Labour blocks a candidate who stood a good chance of winning because Starmer got scared, pretty much ignored that Reform are fielding a massive racist, and instead attack the Greens on a fairly popular policy idea. Who's running their campaign? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comLabour attacks Green party drugs policy in Gorton and Denton byelectionOnline ads target Zack Polanski’s drugs stance as Labour aims to sideline Greens and consolidate anti-Reform vote 119635
Reposted by FatimaDan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 28/01/2026A 77% increase in immigration raids, 83% increase in arrests, coupled with undermining modern slavery protections and a call to remove basic ECHR rights from migrants. If you think what is happening with ICE in the US can't happen here I have a bridge to sell you. 1/ www.gov.uk/government/n...gov.ukIllegal working raids reach highest level in UK historyEnforcement raids skyrocket by 77% since the government came to power leading to an 83% increase in arrests. 9385202
Reposted by FatimaDave Lee @davelee.me · 07/12/2025After this weekend's racist attacks on the EU, I've written a column about the moral obligation to stop posting on X. Oh no, wait, I wrote it *two years ago* when it was blatantly obvious what was going on and how it would get much much worse. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...bloomberg.comThe Moral Case for No Longer Engaging With Elon Musk’s XThe former Twitter is incentivizing violent content, which will only become worse to stand out to users. 472195668
Reposted by FatimaDan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Maybe not months, but I would be surprised if Starmer was leading Labour into next election. He's losing too much support by chasing Reform. He's making the same errors as Conservatives did, by focusing on attacking marginalised groups rather than making lives better. news.sky.com/story/starme...news.sky.comSir Keir Starmer could be ousted as PM within months, two senior Labour MPs tell Sky NewsA member of the government and a prominent MP said Sir Keir Starmer could be ousted unless Labour has a strong showing in May's elections. 98312
Reposted by FatimaIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Incredibly depressing day. I've spent my entire life being told by British governments how dreadful immigration is. New Labour did it. The Coalition. The Brexiters. Now Starmer. All of them accusing the ones who came before them of failing to clamp down. The same old vacant mean-spirited bollocks. 26065131322
Reposted by FatimaZoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Those who are uncomfortable with this Labour immigration announcement, but think it's necessary to satisfy Reform voters, this is for you. You will not satisfy. You will never satisfy. 711377422
Reposted by FatimaZoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 09/05/2025I did an update on who is seeking asylum in the UK 🧐 Are they all men? 🤔 What countries do they come from? 🤨 Why are only half of Afghans being recognised as refugees? www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsOc...youtube.comThe TRUTH about migrants seeking asylum in the UKYouTube video by Zoe Gardner 18235112
Reposted by FatimaJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 11/05/2025On social care, there *is* a reasonable argument for limiting/reducing the care visa *if* - as she says - it's linked to a proper pay/workforce strategy. But governments have said that before and failed to deliver. That's why we have a care visa in the first place.. 911217
Reposted by FatimaJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 11/05/2025The claim by Yvette Cooper that there is a link between immigration and higher levels of inactivity (related to sickness and disability) has absolutely no basis in evidence or data. Just retrofitting the evidence to the policy... 771862526
Reposted by FatimaLuke Piper @lukepiper.bsky.social · 11/05/2025The debate around care visas in the political space boils down to people saying stuff like this - we desperately need people. It's a good soundbite but... A significant surge in care visas were issued since 2020 in response to sector demand and yet the problem of shortage has persisted. Why? 28313135
Reposted by FatimaLuke Piper @lukepiper.bsky.social · 11/05/20253. The sector IMO is poorly regulated. Bad actors are prominent and exploit people. I've spoken to many many people over the past 12 months, the issue is real & significant. The government is supporting tens of thousands of people who've been displaced/exploited/ripped off into new jobs 112413
Reposted by FatimaLuke Piper @lukepiper.bsky.social · 11/05/2025So it's not simply "we need these people, give them visas" it's been tried and has been a disaster. The sector needs a massive monetary and skills injection, serious regulation with the support of overseas workers with an immigration system that compliments and supports/protects migrants. 416226
Reposted by FatimaLuke Piper @lukepiper.bsky.social · 11/05/2025Thousands of people wanting to work in care are stuck in the UK. Lots of jobs that won't fit their visa type. A big additional problem is the need for people to drive - most people on the health and care visa don't have licences and need to learn/pass test que driving test shortage. 31087
Reposted by FatimaLuke Piper @lukepiper.bsky.social · 11/05/2025The desperate response in 2020 for care workers (COVID etc.) saw the creation of a business model for criminals to exploit tens of thousands of people into paying for visas to come to the UK. It also saw the creation of conditions for modern slavery / exploitation. The answer is not more visas. 813921
Reposted by FatimaEmily Mark-FitzGerald @emilymfg.bsky.social · 11/05/2025Perfect day for a swim in Lake Zurich (if you’re Irish, apparently - we were the only ones in, and loving it 😂 water was 14 degrees) 4753
Reposted by FatimaEmma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 13/04/2025Let’s take a closer look. First, the sign itself: Badly formatted, cheap-looking, and includes a lowercase “i” in “Islamic area” All pretty big red flags! 🚩 3/22 32565
Reposted by FatimaEmma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 13/04/2025Are Muslims really banning dogs in parks? 🤔 Let’s look at this perfect example of how rage baiting works, and how disinformation spreads, sticks, and fuels division, even years after being debunked… 🧵1/22 (1/1) 431207582
Reposted by FatimaJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 15/04/2025I’m beginning to think that the people who claimed to care deeply about academic liberty & freedom of speech on college campuses may not have been entirely honest. 591742235
Reposted by FatimaChris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · 12/04/2025“we didn’t realise there was this group of people who were here legally but who wouldn’t have the ability to prove it.” says May re Windrush. Well not because nobody told you but because you chose not to listen to people you identified as "the immigration lobby". You are totally responsibleft.comTheresa May: ‘Keep calm and keep talking to Trump’The former UK prime minister on tariffs, Boris Johnson’s manoeuvring — and the time the president held her hand 36619147
Reposted by FatimaSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 14/04/2025If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful. 12585406413729
Reposted by FatimaAlex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Calm down Dorothy, I've spent longer putting the bins out 1594927699
Reposted by FatimaZoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 25/02/2025You've heard all about the farmers' protests... But you haven't heard about this one theconversation.com/the-uk-farme...theconversation.comThe UK farmer protests you probably haven’t heard aboutFarm workers milk cows, drive machinery and pick crops – yet their grievances are seldom heard. 316168
Reposted by FatimaJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 24/02/2025US, Russia, Israel, Sudan, North Korea, Belarus, Hungary. Axis of.. No, wait. Axis will do. 1326668
Reposted by FatimaZoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Labour is getting dragged to pieces across social media - by their own supporters AND Reform supporters - for Trump-style wannabe GBNews content. This isn’t why anyone voted for you. youtu.be/NAjl2Pe8z44?...youtu.beVIDEO DEPORTATIONS: Reform & Labour voters REACTIONYouTube video by Zoe Gardner 2737389
Reposted by FatimaJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 12/02/2025The Telegraph has now published not one but *three* separate corrections of its repeated false claims about "illegal immigrants in London". The latest one is of Lord Frost's bizarre and ignorant rant here: archive.ph/HBZLF 28536206
Reposted by FatimaSiue Allen @sitebadger.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Kids repeat what they hear at home. So the youngun, not only a human shield but an inner thoughts mouthpiece. 0152
Reposted by FatimaAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 12/02/2025This is not only morally reprehensible, but a breach of the UN Refugee Convention. No refugee should be discriminated against on the basis of how they entered the country www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comUK to refuse citizenship to refugees who have ‘made a dangerous journey’Home Office accused of shutting out refugees, as new guidance says those applicants will ‘normally be refused’ 921979632
Reposted by FatimaZoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 12/02/2025🔥 @carladenyer.bsky.social: "Until Labour are brave enough to deal with forces draining money out of us, people will look for someone to blame. "The ultra-rich siphon off more & more, landlords hike the rent, & Farage will continue to sell the lie that migrants are the cause" t.co/oU9z5QdWYN 20530162
Reposted by FatimaBen Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 09/02/2025The criminal record part is already part of the ILR process as I know very well because of my family going through it. In my personal ‘common sense’ view, one should keep rules in place that were there when people arrived. If you want new rules they should apply to new arrivals. 2262
Reposted by FatimaJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 11/02/2025"The playbook is simple .. flood the zone with a mixture of lies, half-truths, misleading claims and statistics taken out of context." Me in @prospectmagazine.co.uk on pushing back against anti-immigration propaganda: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pol...prospectmagazine.co.ukImmigration myths are everywhereThe media is flooded with outright lies and misleading statistics. Countering the falsehoods is arduous work 11420172
Reposted by FatimaZoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Because there only is one lesson politicians are capable of learning at the moment, and that is that they have to show themselves to be tougher on immigration. Again. And again. And again. 611816
Reposted by FatimaZoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 10/02/2025You know what’s funny is that after today’s display, after their stupid Borders Bill & all their posturing, Labour are going to do horribly in the local elections. And then they’re going to take from that they need to do even more of the same. 2238169
Reposted by FatimaDavid Norris @borisnorris.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Integration is a 2 way thing; you can’t expect people to integrate if you exclude them from the host society. 022
Reposted by FatimaAtul Haria (immigrant) @atulharia.bsky.social · 11/02/2025@davidpintod.bsky.social you are my MP. Rather than going for the most desperate and vulnerable in society, have you considered going after billionaires and tax evaders - maybe shut down the tax havens? This race to the bottom - to out-Reform, Reform - is just vile. Have you in Labour all gone mad? 021
Reposted by FatimaColin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social · 11/02/20259. The new government claim to be taking international law seriously. Doesn't look like it. They claim to be competent not theatrical. Doesn't look like it. This is a terrible policy change and should be reversed. 820350
Reposted by FatimaColin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social · 11/02/20255. Article 31 says refugees shall not be penalised for illegal entry: 312525
Reposted by FatimaLiz (or Lizzie) Kim 김혜성 💫 @lizzielizliz.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Americans have been spoiled and too many don’t understand the back breaking labor for long hours and little pay. They pay into our tax system but don’t benefit from it. My heart breaks for the people and children who are affected by trump’s evil policies. 110910
Reposted by FatimaMaca Iglesias @rotterdamvvg.bsky.social · 31/01/2025After watching this video, you will never look at a simple bag of lettuce the same way again. The average workday for an undocumented immigrant is 10-12 hours, and many get paid below minimum wage because their employers know they are afraid of being deported. How many Americans want this job? 34658982286
Reposted by FatimaBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 31/01/2025GBeebies visiting really Brexity areas to find anyone who thinks it was a good idea. It's not going well. "I really struggle to think of anything positive that's come out of it. A lot of people that I speak to said that if they had the choice again, would vote to stay." ~AA 711666463
Reposted by FatimaZoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Just listened back to @sianberry.bsky.social on Nicky Campbell on BBC 5Live from yesterday. Thank GOD for an MP who recognises that the UK needs people to protect our welfare state with an ageing population. Whoever that Labour MP on with you was was a total disaster🤦♀️ 323939
Reposted by FatimaRyan Reads and Writes 📚✨ @ryanreadsandwrites.me · 21/01/2025I have a big ask. My 9yo son is autistic and he’s been raising a betta fish he named Kevin. Yesterday He asked if he could “share a photo of Kevin with the whole world“. I don’t know if this will work, but a dad’s gotta try. Like and share if that’s your thing. Kevin says hi! 🐟👋 1083127302904
Reposted by FatimaJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Quite telling that Byline Times (well, me) was the only outlet to ask about the phone hacking settlement at lobby with No 10 just now... 🤐 131017202
Reposted by FatimaEsheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 22/01/2025The people who have a problem with the picture on the left, do not have a problem with the picture on the right. 9424129
Reposted by FatimaMigration Observatory @migobs.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Full briefing here: migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br...migrationobservatory.ox.ac.ukUnauthorised migration in the UK - Migration ObservatoryThis briefing examines irregular migration – also called ‘illegal immigration’ – in the UK, including the difficulties in defining and measuring it, and evidence on its nature and scale. 011
