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@lukelovesamigrant.bsky.social
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🌈 Queer Cymro in England. Married to a Canadian. 🌍 Mainly post about migrant rights, trans rights, rejoin EU and electoral reform. 💚 Views my own.

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David Allsopp @doublehelix.bsky.social · 6h
Home office: "Syria is safe" Foreign office:
Your travel insurance could be invalidated if you travel against advice from the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).

FCDO advises against all travel to Syria due to unpredictable security conditions and the threat of terrorist attacks.
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Mike (They/Them) 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @mxmike.co.uk · 11h
Bethany wore a “Protect The Dolls” t-shirt during rehearsals. The BBC posted it on their socials then quietly deleted and reposted it without showing her from the front. On TV last night they actually blurred the message #Strictly
Bethany Antonia rehearsing for Strictly Come Dancing in a Protect The Dolls t-shirt Bethany Antonia rehearsing for Strictly Come Dancing in a Protect The Dolls t-shirt that’s been edited to look like a plain white t shirt
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The contrast between the utterly sycophantic coverage this week of Kemi Badenoch, whose party has a truly atrocious electoral record under her leadership, and the utterly dismissive coverage of the Greens, tells you everything you need to know about media bias in the UK
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Why the Holborn and St Pancras By-Election Was a Good Result for the Green Party
The dismissive coverage of Zack Polanski’s party obscures a far bigger truth about the rise of the left in British politics
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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.
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Sir Almaviva @ilcontealmaviva.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I'd like the people who write tons or articles about Zack Polanski to take some time to report on the truly horrible immigration policies the government is pushing.
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Simon Cox @simonfrcox.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
“The child of a banker can settle in the UK after 3 years, while the child of a care worker has to wait 15 years.”
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Yes, dodgy immigration practitioners exist and some people do lie on asylum claims. Based on BBC reporting though, people"d think it was far more widespread than it is, and completely fail to grasp how hard it can be to get asylum based on being LGBTQIA+ alone. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Three arrested after raid on gang accused of helping migrants pretend to be gay to get asylum
Those targeted by Home Office immigration enforcement officers are accused of charging migrants up to £4,500 for fabricated evidence.
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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Labour says it wants to reduce child poverty. So why is it pursuing immigration reforms projected to leave 90,000 more children in poverty? No concessions can save these reforms. Tell Burnham to bin them. act.praxis.org.uk/andy-burnham...
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To Andy Burnham: Scrap the earned settlement proposals
Sign the petition and call on Prime Minister Andy Burnham to scrap the earned settlement plans. They are unpopular. They are divisive. And they will devastate our already struggling NHS and our social...
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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 05/10/2026
Please don't forget about us trans people. Facing the worst attack on our rights in this country due to Labour's current transphobia. Don't forget my community. That's all I ask. Please.
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TransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
TransActual partnered with @scottishtrans.bsky.social and @transsolidarity.bsky.social to bring messages from this month’s Mass Lobby for Trans Equality to the Labour conference in Liverpool, and to ask the party: what now for our standing on LGBTQ+ rights?
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Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"Give Wales what Scotland has" My latest Guardian column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The demands of Welsh devolution are simple: just give us what Scotland has | Will Hayward
Andy Burnham is a Westminster leader whom Welsh nationalists could finally work with - but only if he stands up to the devo-sceptics in UK Labour, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
When did it become so normalised to describe often far right thugs attacking people as "scuffles" but make out anyone just trying to seek safety is a threat to national security?
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Anti-migrant protesters scuffle with police in Gosport after Channel rescue

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Protesters scuffle with police as migrants brought ashore on south coast

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Protesters Scuffle With Police as Migrants Brought Ashore

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Three arrested at Portsmouth anti-migrant protest as scuffles break out

3 weeks ago
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Elizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I can’t really believe this is happening in our country. And it makes me very angry people aren’t doing more to stop it. An entire group have had their civil rights gutted, and are having their lives made unliveable (especially children who are most vulnerable). And what’s anyone doing about it?
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Bold Politics @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Zack is one of the hardest working people out there when it comes to fighting for equality. He turns up at every opportunity. Now we need to turn up for him. Sign up and help elect our 6th Green MP👇 linktr.ee/HSP_6thGreenMP
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Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I have said before and will again: any electoral reform commission must NOT rule out a change of system BEFORE the next election if needed. We cannot risk a minority vote handing a huge majority to any party that would take a shredder to democracy itself.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 01/10/2026
I'm glad a lot of cis people are feeling so much optimism over Burnham, optimism is good, but I'm also immensely sad as a trans person because our persecution is so easy to completely and utterly dismiss for some shiny words.
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I wrote to Miatta Fahnbulleh to urge her to publish a Fossil Fuel Transition Roadmap ahead of COP31 in November. Ending all new licenses & publishing a clear roadmap will show that the UK is not just calling for a global transition, but delivering one.
The post is a graphic. At the top, white text on a light green background says:

"The Government must publish a fossil fuel transition roadmap before COP31" 

The rest of the image shows the top of a letter to Miatta Fahnbulleh.

"The Rt Hon Miatta Fahnbulleh MP
Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
Cc: The Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP, Katie White MP

Dear Secretary of State,

RE: Securing a fossil fuel transition roadmap for the UK

I am writing on behalf of the Green Party of England and Wales to urge your department to move swiftly to publish a comprehensive fossil fuel transition roadmap for the UK ahead of COP31 in November." The post is a text box on a dark green background. In the box is a parliamentary paper-style letter extract that reads: 

"The impacts of the climate and nature emergency are escalating at a terrifyingly dangerous rate, as global temperatures continue to climb rapidly.

At the same time, the poorest peoples of the world, with the least historic responsibility for climate emissions, continue to bear the brunt of climate breakdown.

As you will be aware, nearly a year ago, at COP30 in Belém, the UK endorsed a fossil fuels transition roadmap. More recently, at the Santa Marta TAFF conference in April, the UK reiterated its support for such a roadmap. Since then, France, Germany and the Netherlands have all published plans.

In this context, it is unacceptable that the government is still yet to publish a comprehensive domestic roadmap"The post is a text box on a dark green background. In the box is a parliamentary paper-style letter extract that reads: 

"The UK cannot claim global leadership at COP31 while expanding fossil fuels at home.

Ending all new licenses – including Jackdaw and Rosebank - and publishing a clear
roadmap will demonstrate that the UK is not merely calling for global transition, but
actively delivering the domestic plan required to deliver one.

Can your department confirm that such a roadmap will be published before COP31?
And will you meet with me to discuss how we can work together to advance this
strategy?

Yours sincerely,
Carla Denyer MP
Green Party Spokesperson for Energy and Net Zero"
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How Burnham is going to try and balance proposals for a National Care Service, while supporting Mahmood's immigration policies is going to...interesting, and by "interesting" I mean fundamentally unworkable. It just cannot work with the hostile immigration policies being pushed.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 30/09/2026
Cutting immigration to the UK means billions less for the Treasury. Can the country really afford that? | Zoe Williams
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Cutting immigration to the UK means billions less for the Treasury. Can the country really afford that? | Zoe Williams
‘Taking back control’ turns out to be staggeringly expensive. That’s something to mull over as budget day approaches, writes Zoe Williams
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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Difficult to say which part of Mahmood’s speech Nigel Farage will be happiest with …
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Shabana Mahmood's speech to Labour Party Conference 2026 – The Labour Party
Hear from Shabana Mahmood, Home Secretary, at Labour Party Conference 2026.
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"A senator in Vermont has noticed who is buying Reform. Why do you think so many British papers haven't?" via Very Brexit Problems
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 24/09/2026
“I would be a voice that speaks up on so many of the issues that I know young people care about.” Zack Polanski on what he would do for young people if elected as the MP for Holborn and St Pancras.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 24/09/2026
Healthcare should be there when you need it. No exceptions. Trans people deserve the same dignity, respect and access to care as everyone else.
Quote graphic. Headline reads: “When trust in healthcare is broken.”

Quote from Anthony Slaughter, Leader of the Wales Green Party:

“People had surgeries cancelled at the 11th hour, with no explanation or option to reschedule. These are people who had spent years preparing, both physically and mentally, for this life-affirming surgery.

In my own way, I was able to relate to that agonising wait. In the days leading up to planned surgery over recess, I underwent scheduled and serious surgery. You trust the system around you. For some, that trust has been broken.

What is important is that the voices and experiences of the trans community are amplified and understood. Gender-affirming healthcare saves lives. What this community needs now more than ever is decisive action, proof that their government will stand up for them and take the lead.”
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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ @sloanelysbeth.northsky.social · 17/08/2026
jk rowling threatens international human rights organistions and the nhs with slapp lawsuits and we still have to hear from cis ppl about how she just has opinions that we disagree with. it's not normal to be engaging in vexatious lawfare against human rights organisations and the nhs.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 22/09/2026
“We can push the government in a better direction. We can get them to finally start putting people before profit.” Hannah Spencer on how getting more Green MPs can challenge the government to be bolder and deliver for ordinary people.
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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is the good news 👇 The bad news is that Reform’s struggles aren’t sending many of those votes leftwards. We currently have three far right parties (the Tories are basically far right atm) polling an eye-watering 46% between them. Any sort of pact btwn them could well give us a far right govt.
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Burnham reappointed Shabana Mahmood. That made it clear that he’s not the man to deal with this.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Joshua was 23 when he died after a railing gave way in Holborn. Speaking with his mum who is tirelessly campaigning for new laws that say people shouldn't live in unsafe buildings, and I pledge as an MP to take this up in parliament.
Zack with Joshua's mum Fiona and friend in the park
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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
When I chat to people in my area who know my kid is now out of school, who know why, I'm yet to find a single cis person who will say anything like: 'I'm sorry' 'It's really unfair' 'It's terrible what she's experiencing' Not one For everyone else persecution is All Just Fine.
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
He could have quite explicitly stated that they don't, because they don't. This isn't an area to go "oh people think". We have the evidence. They just don't. If you want to claim to be a progressive, liberal, party, you have to actually challenge right wing, predominantly, lies and scare mongering.
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Amra Watson @amrawatson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A Zack Polanski win would matter. We need a strong left opposition, more Green MPs in Parliament, and Zack Polanski right at the heart of it.💚
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Our Green Party is people powered. We have the energy and the momentum to win in Holborn & St Pancras. We're about to go up a gear. We'll be out every day and evening and we need you! 🫵🏽 Sign up here: linktr.ee/HSP_6thGreenMP
Zack with lots of people with Vote Green signsZack with a group of women and a young man all smiling on the streetZack and Hannah with lots of people waving vote green signs
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Palantir have just bought themselves a Labour Lord with close links to the Labour government. No other word to describe this other than corruption. How can Watson remain a member of the House of Lords and keep the Labour whip?
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
While rightwing media nods approvingly at the prejudiced outcry in Piddington, a RNLI station has to close because of white British thuggery and threats. This is where the constantly toxic obsession with immigration leads. To racist, flag-wielding vigilantism that ruins this country for everyone.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A macho culture of performative selfishness might start on the roads, through racing, rolling coal, ever bigger SUVs ... But it doesn't end there. If we want to live in a decent country which values human life, we need to change this culture. My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Driving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George Monbiot
In towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or consicence. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Katherine Denkinson @kdenkwrites.com · 16/09/2026
NEW: The Reform councillor supporting Patriot Platform, and the veteran-led group who want to establish a UK version of ICE. My latest for @bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2026/09/16/t...
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The Reform Councillors Embedded in Britain’s Masked 'Patriot' Anti-Migrant Network
A Reform councillor and campaign co-ordinater urged his followers to join and support the masked group
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Who Targets Me @whotargets.me · 16/09/2026
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The clock is ticking. We have to act now. Vote Green on October 8th. 💚
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Just imagine the embarrassment if Canada ends up joining the EU before we do
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
How long is it until Nigel Farage trots out the old line about Reform UK’s Leader in Wales Dan Thomas, who resigned yesterday after being arrested on suspicion of coercive control and abuse? Let’s not forget who else was Reform UK Welsh Leader… Nathan Gill.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 14/09/2026
This is what has happened with Labour in the UK. Most people don't believe that Labour could be transphobic - they aren't the Tories or Reform after all - and refuse to see it, and they are the most transphobic government of my life. So much harder to fight against, so much more damage done.
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Just imagine how much disinformation and micro targeting £72m gets you… Shame on the leaders who did nothing to protect democracy from the assault coming its way …as if we learnt nothing from Brexit.
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John Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I wrote about Ben Delo back in July... was obvious something like this was about to happen. Also, further evidence that Starmer was completely asleep. Donations reform should have been a priority as soon as Labour got in www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Reform UK's record-breaking donor was accused of running “in effect a money laundering platform”. Prosecutors accused Delo of being the “leader of a criminal enterprise” who knew that his Bitmex platform had become a “magnet for money laundering and criminal activity”.
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Reform UK Is Now a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Corrupt Crypto Industry
As criminal investigations into Reform’s funding continue, much of the British press continues to give a free pass to Nigel Farage’s shady funders
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
WOW. Massive thank you to the hundreds of people who volunteered in Holborn & St Pancras. And a huge thank you to @owenjones.bsky.social for joining us! Just getting started. See you tomorrow (Sunday) in Tavistock Square! actionnetwork.org/events/1309-...
Huge crowd with Vote Green signs
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Politicians on the centre-left and centre-right simply don't seem to understand they are in an existential battle for the future of British democracy.
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Oops!! I think we can safely say, then, that these are going to be given the green light So, everyone in Holborn & St Pancras, you know where to put your cross @zackpolanski.bsky.social @greenparty.org.uk www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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North Sea gasfield decision likely delayed until after Holborn and St Pancras byelection
Greens accuse Labour of hiding position to avoid criticism before contest, in which Zack Polanski is standing
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Great. Now we just also need the Home Secretary, and Labour government as a whole, to stop fueling and reinforcing far right ideology it with continued hostile and racist rhetoric and policies against migrants, particularly people seeking safety. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Shabana Mahmood urges police to curb far-right, anti-migrant protests
Home secretary tells officers to make ‘full use’ of their powers after masked vigilantes cause weekend of chaos
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It's on. I'm running to be the next Green MP for Holborn & St Pancras. donatetothe.greenparty.org.uk
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