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Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

My great colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social saying all the thing I want to say this week about antisemitism and saying them beautifully and with real power. Comments are not enabled on this column because that’s where we are. www.ft.com/content/f9ee... The shrinking of Jewish life in Britain

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The shrinking of Jewish life in Britain

It should be entirely possible to be anti-Israel without sinking to dehumanising language

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Jill Rutter @jillyrutter.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Starmergrad..Elizabethtown sounds colonial. Why not crowd source the names?

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Jill Rutter @jillyrutter.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Churchill's war-time leadership took place alongside moral and political failings, including in India. It is possible to acknowledge both.

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Jill Rutter @jillyrutter.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

One of the reasons that we have a right to protest for Gaza is that Churchill stood up against fascism & tyranny. The latest stupid stunt from extremists who actions do nothing to support the Palestinians and a sustainable Middle East peace. The inverted triangle sprayed on the statue is chilling.

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Jill Rutter @jillyrutter.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

I've also been captivated by Punch, but there has been very little comment on his horrible, bare concrete enclosure. Ichikawa Zoo don't your macaque monkeys need trees, greenery and more stimulation?

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Jill Rutter @jillyrutter.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

There are plenty of businesses where I don't agree with the politics of their owners of investors. I can choose not to buy some things because of this. But vandalism and harassment aren't good ways to achieve changd or build support for your cauase.

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Jill Rutter @jillyrutter.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

First vandalism then harassment at Gail's bakery in Archway, London. Two of Gail's founders were Israeli, but they have had nothing to do with the business for a long time. Gail's is largely owned by private equity. This type of stunt is naked antisemitism and does nothing to help the Palestinians.

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Jill Rutter @jillyrutter.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

A little known fact about #GortonAndDenton - it is centre of bowler hat making. George Galloway wears a Fedora, but few politicians wear hats these days. However, in 2011 Jacob Rees-Mogg said that council officials should wear bowler hats to identify them as public servants. #BringBackHats.

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Jill Rutter @jillyrutter.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

It's staggering that Craig Guildgord hasn't resigned. He fabricated evidence and lied to Parliament, which doesn't create confidence in the police. Interesting to see what the Home Affairs Committee will recommend.

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Jill Rutter @jillyrutter.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Thanks for sharing the book title. Long live Mercia!

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British Future @britishfuture.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

We’re delighted that our @jakepuddle.bsky.social & @heather-rolfe.bsky.social, together with @jillyrutter.bsky.social of Belong, won the MRS Presidents Medal last night at the Market Research Society & Research Live Awards 2025, for the ‘The State of Us’ report. www.mrs.org.uk/awards/mrs-a...

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Jill Rutter @jillyrutter.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Evidently the people who write YouGov's polling questions are not from the Midlands, or the 'Neither Lands' using their terminology. I was born in Warwickshire, grew up near Banbury and I do think there are English Midlands identities.

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Jill Rutter @jillyrutter.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Ex President of Iraq & ex PM of the Kurdistan Region. Barham Salih was a refugee in the UK & was educated at Liverpool & Cardiff universities. He is the second UN High Commissioner for Refugees who has been a refugee with Gerrit Goedhart (1951-56), a Dutchman who fled the Nazis being the first

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Board of Deputies of British Jews @boardofdeputies.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

“The social media history that has emerged from Alaa abd El-Fattah is of profound concern... The cross-party campaign for such a person, and the warm welcome issued by the Government, demonstrate a broken system with an astonishing lack of due diligence by the authorities.” – Adrian Cohen, SVP

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Jill Rutter @jillyrutter.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

But also some quite large differences in trust and perceptions of inter-group relations between different local authority areas.

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Jill Rutter @jillyrutter.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

All great charities, but the work of @thelinkingnetwork.bsky.social & Who is Your Neighbour are particularly close to my heart. The Linking Network links schools across ethnic & class divides, and undertakes intergenerational linking. Who is Your Neighbour undertakes community dialogue in Yorkshire

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Jill Rutter @jillyrutter.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

At @britishfuture team meetings in the dark days of COVID we used to wear hats to keep up morale. A legacy of those days - for me - is an interest in millinery and I've just made my first hat. Lots of steam & stretching is involved; the process has barely changed in hundreds of years #BringBackHats

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Jill Rutter @jillyrutter.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

The Home Office has released refugee employment statistics today, too. Important data, as the proposed Protection and Work and Study visa will reduce wait prior to settlement being granted. But employment rates for refugees are low and better employment support is needed.

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Jill Rutter @jillyrutter.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

We mustn't forget the capacity of football to bridge divides in Israel. There are many sports-based peace initiatives in Israel eg Football for Peace. Hapoel Tel Aviv has had Israeli Arab players throughout its history & has a large Israeli Arab fanbase This doesn't deny racism in Israeli football

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British Future @britishfuture.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

"Are you representing an organisation here?", I asked a Muslim attendee. “I’m here as a Mancunian mate,’ he replied. “That’s what I’m representing.” Our Avaes Mohammad's reflections from Friday's vigil in Manchester following the appalling Synagogue attack. www.britishfuture.org/im-here-as-a...

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"I'm here as a Mancunian – that's what I'm representing" - British Future

British Future's Avaes Mohammad reports from Friday's vigil in Manchester following the appalling Synagogue attack.

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Jill Rutter @jillyrutter.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Labour's post-conference bounce benefits Reform and the Greens

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Jill Rutter @jillyrutter.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Hollow words when almost every weekend in London protestors shout 'globalise the intifada' and 'Khaybar, Khaybar ya yahud' and nothing is done by your police to address antisemitism and extremism.

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British Future @britishfuture.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Great to see Lisa Nandy announce a new ‘Town of culture’ competition - something British Future’s been calling for since our 2019 ‘Crossing Divides’ report by @sundersays.bsky.social @jillyrutter.bsky.social. Culture’s not just for cities! www.britishfuture.org/publication/... #LPC25

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Jill Rutter @jillyrutter.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

I also think the Government has made a big mistake in pushing this through when trust in democratic institutions is so low. As of 10.40 this morning 1.7 million people have now signed the parliamentary petition opposing digital ID card.

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Jill Rutter @jillyrutter.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Arguments for digital ID include faster, streamlined verification. But the Government's main argument is that it reduces unauthorised migration. Yet there's no evidence from outside the UK that it does this. This false promise means I DON'T support digital ID petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

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Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards

We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.

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Jill Rutter @jillyrutter.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

In 2009 IPPR's @ippr.org own research suggested that largescale migration depressed the earnings of the lowest paid in the short term, but had less of an impact in the long-term. ippr-org.files.svdcdn.com/production/D...

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Jill Rutter @jillyrutter.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Labour propose increasing the time to get ILR from 5 years to 10 years, so it's not just Reform who are looking at settlement and citizenship

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Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

After years of making the running on immigration, Farage may this week have handed the initiative back to his opponents'. @robfordmancs.bsky.social for @ukandeu.bsky.social on the unpopularity of Reform's proposals on ILR ukandeu.ac.uk/reforms-radi...

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

18 September 1932 | A French Jewish girl, Rosa Farber, was born in Paris. On her 10th birthday, she was deported from #Drancy to #Auschwitz. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection. --- The first two gas chambers of Birkenau - Bunkers I & II: youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU

A vintage black-and-white portrait of a young girl with curly hair tied up with a bow, wearing a checkered shirt.

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Jill Rutter @jillyrutter.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Yes, it's about marking territory and control. But surely better first to focus on the murals of masked men with guns than more ambivalent symbols like flags.

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Jill Rutter @jillyrutter.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Most councils are taking a sensible approach to flags. They ate discouraging painting on roundabouts and building on grounds of safety/vandalism but keeping up the flags. Councils are also talking to residents on this issue.

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Jill Rutter @jillyrutter.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Asylum protests have now taken place or are planned at 62 locations. With the exception of Epping and Norwich, (Bowthorpe) where a more local people are involved, most protests were small last weekend, c20-100 people. Most people who feel frustrated/angry about asylum policy don't attend protests.

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Jill Rutter @jillyrutter.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

This weekend's protests are smaller, even in places such as Nuneaton. Also, fewer women in pink and a bigger proportion of outside activists. I did some interviews in Horley: while there is opposition to the hotels, people's concerns about potential violence stops them going to the protests.

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Jill Rutter @jillyrutter.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

While I agree with this in principle, I fear that genie is out of the bottle. It is a really difficult situation that needs proper investment in dialogue. And addressing people's real grievances about housing and the cost of living.

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Jill Rutter @jillyrutter.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Winning an appeal would help the Government deal with housing challenges, but there could be big impacts for community cohesion in this current febrile climate. The Epping protectors would certainly be vocal.

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Jill Rutter @jillyrutter.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

This is a good blog in Eastern Eye about rising racism and what is a legitimate concern.

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Jill Rutter @jillyrutter.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

From Jan-Jun 2025, there were 19,982 small-boat arrivals to the UK. Some 65% were males aged 18-39 years. Top five countries of origin for boat arrivals were Afghanistan, Eritrea, Iran, Syria and Sudan - all countries with poor human rights records and high refugee recognition rates.

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Jill Rutter @jillyrutter.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Previously, asylum-seekers could request permission to work after they had been here for six months without a decision. This concession ended in 2003 as you say. There are still some concessions for asylum seekers applying to work in shortage occupations.

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Jill Rutter @jillyrutter.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

This suggestion leaves large group sites eg RAF Wethersfield, as the only housing option, unless the Government opens refugee camps. Leaving people homeless and on the streets is also highly undesirable - for asylum seekers themselves and for wider community cohesion.

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Jill Rutter @jillyrutter.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Arrests/unrest in 7 locations, but most protests peaceful in 2025. What is interesting is that there largely haven't been protests in the places that saw the riots in 2024. Is that because the arrests of 2024 deterred people? Or is it because councils & police have better tension monitoring?

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Jill Rutter @jillyrutter.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

There have been protests in 36 different locations in the last 2 weeks involving c4,500 people. All but 4 protests have been small - <100 people & far-right organised. They have been larger and have involved more local people where triggered by a rape or assault: Nuneaton, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Epping

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British Future @britishfuture.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Today we announce the Independent Commission on Inclusion and Belonging in Multi-Ethnic Newham commissioned by @rokhsanafiaz.bsky.social, chaired by @sundersays.bsky.social. Newham residents can share their views on social cohesion via this survey qualtricsxml86vqtd2v.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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We want to hear your views on how to improve inclusion and a shared sense of belonging in Newham, as part of research for a new Independent Commission seeking to drive change in one of the most divers...

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