The deaths of refugees in the English Channel will continue until the political establishment stops dehumanising those fleeing war, poverty and persecution.

The only solution is safe routes and a migration system based on care, compassion and dignity.

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Leicester University students have launched an encampment for Palestine. Couldn't be more proud!

Throwback to when we caught Akua Reindorf (commissioner at the EHRC) at the LGB Alliance conference wearing anti trans merchandise. And giving talks to anti trans staff groups at the Guardian...

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And yet the EHRC still gets re-accreddited by GANHRI...

‘Independent research has shown that as attacks on the National Trust have increased, so has public trust in it.’ I’ve had lots of feedback since this was published. People are tired of populism and polarisation, as they say on ⁦⁦The Rest Is Politics⁩ theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

This story is so enraging. Solidarity with Dana Abuqamar, a student at Manchester University who has lost 15 family members to Israel's genocide in Gaza & had her visa revoked by the Home Office on spurious ‘security grounds’ because she spoke at a protest.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-home-o…

#BoycottBarclays
#StopBankingOnGenocide
#StopBankingOnApartheid

From last month, Gideon Levy explainings why focussing just on Benjamin Netanyahu is wrong. Its a convenient over simplification that allows the pretence that if only he could be removed, everything will be ok

So it looks like both the SNP and the Labour party this week made some personnel decisions that pushed at the boundaries of what bullshit even their own elected representatives were willing to accept. Maybe they should start a petition.

the thing is Pete

If you were actually plugged into and fighting for the trans community you'd already know things like 'there's no trans people available for this' usually happen because we, as a community, have refused to participate in media bigotry.

But you're not lol

Fixed because BBC can’t name the assailants

“MI5 has apologised for failing to promptly disclose information to a woman who was attacked with a machete by one of its agents…Two years ago, the government took the BBC to court to block the story being broadcast”

Everything about this is terrifying. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

The replies confirm this.

Swinney's choice of DFM is emboldening the SNP's right wing contingent.

Daft if the SNP thinks lecturing progressive voters and marginalised people (with the most to lose from the SNP shifting right) will bring them to heel. 🙄

After sharing my disdain for Forbes appointment to DFM, the only person to reply rejoicing and calling me a “groomer” was Wings Over Scotland

Saul Staniforth I never thought of Lisa Nandy as weak until now. In failing to speak up for Palestinian rights in how she used to she betrays society and herself. It’s one further reason to withdraw my vote for Labour, as if another reason were needed.

New: Maternal healthcare crisis puts Black women’s lives at risk new research finds

Campaigners say the concerns of expectant mothers are routinely ignored and the consequences are putting their lives at risk

By Sinai Fleary 🇬🇩🇻🇨

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This rhetoric - associating refugees with terrorism & existential threat, & framing the answer as ever more coercive measures - feeds far-right narratives & opens the door to Tory calls to abandon international law & our moral duties to refugees.

Myopic, dangerous & abject.

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Concerning footage from the University of Aberdeen encampment, as a hooded individual can be seen tearing down multiple posters from the wall bordering Elphinstone Lawn.

This video was recorded around 3 AM this morning.

UNICEF: 'We expect food stocks in the southern Gaza Strip to run out within days, and child deaths must be prevented.'