sadbast.bsky.social @sadbast.bsky.social · 15/05/2026UKLabour is indelibly marked as a safe home for #racehate 000
sadbast.bsky.social @sadbast.bsky.social · 15/05/2026The Tory destruction of Britain accelerating under UKLabour. 000
Reposted by @sadbast.bsky.socialPippa Crerar @pippacrerar.bsky.social · 06/03/2026BREAKING: Police have released Peter Mandelson from bail conditions after deciding he wasn’t flight risk. Met dropped conditions applied after arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office, though he remains under investigation @kiranstacey.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comPeter Mandelson released from bail conditionsOfficers have decided former minister is not a flight risk, but he remains under investigation 145617
Reposted by @sadbast.bsky.socialCarla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 03/03/2026This Saturday in Bristol, a disingenuous “unity protest”, has been organised by the far right - open to people of Christian, Jewish, Hindu and Sikh faiths. Which major religion is missing from that list?...🤔 213334
Reposted by @sadbast.bsky.socialsinéad @transsexual.bsky.social · 07/03/2026ian huntley is dead. i'll always remember how the british press attempted to incite hatred against the trans community by reporting he was transitioning, then apologised to him for incorrect reporting instead of apologising to trans people 131002263
Reposted by @sadbast.bsky.socialTesla Takedown UK @teslatakedownuk.bsky.social · 08/03/2026New hyperlink (that hopefully works). Also, the touch screens are particularly problematic for those countries that drive on the correct side of the road (left). We have to use our left hand to operate the screens, which for most people is the least dexterous. theconversation.com/yes-those-bi...theconversation.comYes, those big touchscreens in cars are dangerous and buttons are coming backWe know texting while driving can kill – but research shows touchscreen controls in a car can be just as distracting. 2186
Reposted by @sadbast.bsky.socialCarla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Happy #IWD. Women bear the brunt of the climate crisis. But men dominate climate decision-making, and mega-rich ones like Farage, whose party is backed by oil and gas, set the climate back. I wrote this last IWD, but it's still relevant…👇 www.independent.co.uk/voices/clima...independent.co.ukIt’s men who caused the climate crisis – but it’s women who will suffer the mostWomen across the world are having their lives torn apart by the climate crisis – and the UK government is turning its back, writes co-leader of the Green Party Carla Denyer 817558
Reposted by @sadbast.bsky.socialNicola Kelly @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Thanks to @neilmackay.bsky.social for this feature on me and the book for this week's Long Read slot. 'Anywhere But Here' is out in paperback this week - and it's currently a steal at 99p on Kindle. 02210
Reposted by @sadbast.bsky.socialDan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 08/03/2026My response in the Guardian to the Home Secretary's changes to asylum rules, and the utterly false claim that Labour's hostile and Inhumane anti-asylum policies reduce "pull factors". 29444
Reposted by @sadbast.bsky.socialKalayaan @kalayaan.org.uk · 06/03/2026Ahead of International Women’s Day, pleased to support Disay* to share her story with @thelondonstandard.bsky.social about her experiences & the changes we need in order to ensure all migrant domestic workers, a mostly female workforce, are protected & safe at work www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...standard.co.ukThe hidden scandal of modern slavery in LondonUnpaid wages, 20-hour days, screaming abuse — Hannah Wallace investigates the grim reality for migrant domestic workers, helpless inside the city’s grandest addresses 089
Reposted by @sadbast.bsky.socialMusa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Was quite a relief at the start of the week - I found fascist graffiti in the building entrance and wondered if I was being dramatic, but one of the local antifa said no, that’s a new development in this area, and cleaned it up. Things are slowly but definitely intensifying in Berlin. 714743
Reposted by @sadbast.bsky.socialTesla Takedown UK @teslatakedownuk.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Legal ways to dissuade people from buying a Tesla: ✅️ Join your nearest #TeslaTakedown protest ✅️ Give Tesla owners a look of disgust ✅️ Report any Teslas parked illegally ASAP ✅️ Get an anti-Elon bumper sticker ✅️ Have a massive family row at Christmas with that weird cousin who thinks he is a tech bro 06016
sadbast.bsky.social @sadbast.bsky.social · 02/03/2026#uklabour follow where disgraced Tories flushed. 000
sadbast.bsky.social @sadbast.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Just how morally bankrupt is the #uklabour end game? 000
Reposted by @sadbast.bsky.socialSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Take two seven year olds in a primary school in the Prime Minister’s constituency. His Dad is a banker Her Mum is the cleaner at that bank Is the Government’s Ipoproposal that richer child gets permanent status at age 10 while in primary school & working class classmate not until they are 22? 11389149
Reposted by @sadbast.bsky.socialSarah Fitzpatrick @sfitz787.bsky.social · 27/02/2026At least 6 Trump Cabinet members or senior administration officials were in contact with Epstein. It is unclear if these relationships w/ Epstein were raised in background checks or security clearances. Every agency involved declined to answer my questions. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...theatlantic.comThe ‘Crazy’ Plot to Release the Epstein FilesHow an unlikely duo of lawmakers partnered with victims to try to hold the powerful accountable 25857340
Reposted by @sadbast.bsky.socialMinnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social · 28/02/2026What the Greens did is the opposite of sectarianism. They looked at what the British public might be interested in and what unites them. Muslims don’t just vote on Gaza you plebs. They’re in the economy, housing crisis and using the NHS too. We’re whole people. 4636
Reposted by @sadbast.bsky.socialMinnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Mad that everyone from Stewart to Starmer to Badenoch to Farage is talking about sectarianism when all the Greens did was consider how British Muslims might vote. Is it sectarian to think about faith groups? Do MPs not visit synagogues, gurdwaras and churches? Is Tommy Robinson not sectarian? 913925
Reposted by @sadbast.bsky.socialMinnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Everything about this is Islamophobia and we’re just letting our Prime Minister spout it. 46510
Reposted by @sadbast.bsky.socialMinnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social · 28/02/2026So sorry to learn that thinking about how I might vote is sectarian. Apologies to all. Pls never think about me, a British citizen, again. 0343
Reposted by @sadbast.bsky.socialChai Patel @chaipatel.net · 28/02/2026Again and again we see the reasons why all centralised id databases must be resisted. In the UK we already have this in place for migrants and they called it the 'hostile environment' deliberately. It has to be repealed and we certainly can't allow it to be extended any further. 052
Reposted by @sadbast.bsky.socialStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Very clear that for Starmer, 'sectarian voting' is when British Muslims don't vote Labour, and for many others, it is just when British Muslims vote. 21985274
Reposted by @sadbast.bsky.socialPraxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 25/02/2026It’s deeply alarming that detention centres are failing to follow their own safeguarding guidance - just weeks after excessive force against vulnerable migrants was exposed at Brook House. Immigration detention actively inflicts harm. It must end. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...independent.co.ukFailures in care of epileptic man who died in immigration detention, inquest hearsThéophile Kaliviotis died in custody at Brook House immigration removal centre near Gatwick Airport 11513
Reposted by @sadbast.bsky.socialThe Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 24/02/2026Reform want ICE-style deportations in the UK — the kind that have wreaked havoc in the US. Instead of standing up to this Trump tribute act, Labour is echoing it. And it won’t fix what’s broken. Inequality is the problem — and only the Greens have a plan to confront it. @CarlaDenyer.bsky.social 4336134
sadbast.bsky.social @sadbast.bsky.social · 24/02/2026F.R.I.C.A.S.S.E.E. ice using spicy F.U.C.K.I.C.E. 000
sadbast.bsky.social @sadbast.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Stupidity and mimicking far-right extremists is all labour has to offer. 000
Reposted by @sadbast.bsky.social👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 23/02/2026so you've probably heard about the London measles outbreak. A lot of people are talking about anti-vax misinformation, but that's not actually the problem here. The problem is austerity. 🧵 6443220
Reposted by @sadbast.bsky.socialJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 23/02/2026a year is a long time in politics 682931708
Reposted by @sadbast.bsky.socialNathan Phillips @nbphillips1872.bsky.social · 23/02/2026When did kindness become weakness in politics? If our children know to be kind, how do our leaders not? My #substack debut on how kindness is our most powerful tool to resist fascism in the UK today 👇 open.substack.com/pub/nathanph... 24922
Reposted by @sadbast.bsky.socialElliott & Thompson @eandtbooks.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Rogues, fraudsters and criminals have all trodden the corridors of the Houses of Parliament. In this episode of British History, #MembersBehavingBadly author @debbiekilroyauthor.bsky.social chats to Philippa Lacey about outrageous political misbehaviour from history: www.youtube.com/watch?v=63Go...youtube.comMembers Behaving Badly | Interview with author Debbie KilroyYouTube video by British History 111
sadbast.bsky.social @sadbast.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Uklabour mission is to be the #FarRightEnabler in little britain. 000
Reposted by @sadbast.bsky.socialAlexandra Topping @lexytopping.bsky.social · 21/02/2026This week Nigel Farage was accused of patronising a female journalist, hired a hardline anti-abortion theologian as his head of policy and promised to repeal the Equality Act on his party’s first day in government. Does he have a women problem? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comDoes Nigel Farage have a problem with women?Critics say Reform leader’s patronising rhetoric is part of worrying trend. He says scrutiny is a two way street. 1812544
sadbast.bsky.social @sadbast.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Olympic / World Cup enthusiasts, you have been warned. 000
Reposted by @sadbast.bsky.socialStop Trump Coalition @ukstoptrump.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Turns out you can punish an insurrection by your president... edition.cnn.com/2026/02/19/a...edition.cnn.comFormer South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol handed life sentence for leading insurrection | CNNFormer South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to life in prison Thursday after a court found him guilty of leading an insurrection during his short-lived imposition of martial law, which p... 0218
sadbast.bsky.social @sadbast.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Migration policies of recent decades are the bell weather highlighting the catastrophic failure of UK mainstream politicians and media to consider humanity and ethics in government. 000
Reposted by @sadbast.bsky.socialHenry Dyer @direthoughts.com · 20/02/2026Exclusive: Josh Simons claimed to be “surprised” and “furious” at a PR agency’s work to investigate journalists on his behalf. He had been personally involved in naming them to British intelligence officials and falsely linking them to pro-Russian propaganda. w/ @dansabbagh.bsky.socialtheguardian.comLabour minister falsely linked journalists to ‘pro-Kremlin’ network in emails to GCHQExclusive: Josh Simons pressed intelligence officials to investigate reporters, in emails described as ‘McCarthyite smear’ 1216389
Reposted by @sadbast.bsky.socialMinnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social · 20/02/2026This is actually MAD??? It's slightly difficult to follow but obviously Josh Simons should go. Labour Together is a cursed and vile project. 2428
Reposted by @sadbast.bsky.socialZoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 16/02/2026(For context they’re fighting over 3 Sikh men campaigning for Goodwin & whether this is or is not betrayal…) 211511
Reposted by @sadbast.bsky.socialZoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 16/02/2026😬Not the best look for Reform’s Gorton & Denton candidate Matt Goodwin White supremacist far right activist says “you've appeared on our podcasts, had dinner with us, had us write for your Substack, and sought our advice on how to write your social media posts” Tad awkward😬 33701336
Reposted by @sadbast.bsky.socialZoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Can open, worms everywhere 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 41318
Reposted by @sadbast.bsky.socialLizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 13/02/2026This story will be updated: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/w...nytimes.comU.K. Ban on Pro-Palestinian Group is Unlawful, Court Finds 1189
Reposted by @sadbast.bsky.socialThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 13/02/2026It is very difficult to defeat the government on any terrorism judicial review It is also very difficult to defeat the government when challenging a statutory instrument, terrorism or otherwise. Legally this is a *huge* achievement for the applicants. 441893
Reposted by @sadbast.bsky.socialThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Wow! Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report. This is a *big* legal win. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comUK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, high court judges ruleProtest group’s co-founder wins legal challenge against decision to proscribe it under anti-terrorism laws 241832767
Reposted by @sadbast.bsky.socialEmiliano Mellino @mellino.bsky.social · 16/02/2026The independent anti-slavery commissioner said the gov had missed an opportunity to fix the visa. “It is unacceptable that too many face withheld pay, unsafe conditions and abuse – and feel they cannot speak out because their job, income and immigration status all depend on a single recruiter" 041
