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'That did not happen in Chicago, or in Massachusetts, or in Munich or in Tokyo, didn't even happen in London, it happened in little old Oldham' Frank Rothwell spoke to #BBCBreakfast after he collected his OBE at Windsor Castle, where he asked Prince William for a royal party in Oldham in 2028 to celebrate the world's first IVF baby being born in the town bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

@LizWebsterSBF Amazing post

🚨Sir Ian McKellen is quoting Thomas More, writing in 1517 during anti-immigrant riots in London 🔥 when terrified foreigners were dragged from their homes and blamed for every social ill. More asked the mob a simple question: “What would you do, if you were the stranger?” 500 years later, those same words cut straight through the noise. Because today we are again stirring hatred, again blaming the vulnerable, again pretending cruelty is “strength”. If the great humanists of the 16th century could see the danger… why can’t our politicians in 2025? History is speaking louder than ever. The only question is: are we listening?

Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community. Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.

📆 This Saturday @eithnenight author of Child Migrant Voices in Modern Britain, will be speaking at Moments Away From Home: Migration on Film and in Words at @V_and_A. 🎫 bit.ly/4n5AyGO 📘 bit.ly/4ohgr9D

Explore migration as resistance and reinvention—through film, literature, and lived experiences. Uncover stories of displacement, incarceration, survival, and solidarity, celebrating diasporas, new voices, and the power of culture and community. Book now: childmigrantstories.com/events/moments…

We stand with you. #BritainStandsTogether

Farage may be riding high in the polls, but he has no idea of what it is to be prime minister prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/uk/71…

@JolyonMaugham Yes brilliant . Thanks so much for your work.

Mandelson Crisis Starmer Acts! The new Private Eye is out now.

How Charlie Kirk died does not redeem how he lived. 🔥 I can’t say it any better than Pastor Howard John-Wesley of Alfred Street Baptist Church in Washington D.C.

Gary Lineker on winning the National TV Award, "It's not lost on me why I might have won this award" "Aside from presenting Match of the Day, the most iconic football show for 26 years" "Also, I think it demonstrates that perhaps it's ok sometimes to use our platform to speak up on behalf of those who have no voice" @GaryLineker Legend 👏

The BBC are constantly fawning over Farage's every move despite Reform only having four MPs. Our national broadcaster should reflect the whole country, not just one man’s ego.

Gavin Esler cuts through the noise with a reminder that true patriotism isn’t loud flag-waving, fear-mongering fantasies. It’s quiet confidence, accountability, and celebrating the diverse, international roots of who we are. perspectivemedia.com/flying-the-fla… #PerspectiveMedia

Paul Nowak(TUC): "Are Nigel Farage & Richard Tice just right wing con men lining their own pockets... Robert Jenrick is a xenophobe, an opportunistic xenophobe,hoping to create a political climate that ends up with far right thugs laying siege to hotels..."

I’ve done an awful lot of interviews in my 35 years as an academic and @neilmackay has been utterly meticulous with this, precise in questions and follow up. I wish I didn’t live in a time when my scholarship and voice were needed in this way. #AyeWelcomeRefugees @UofGlasgow

When a Telegraph journalist says this is the most right-wing government of his lifetime, it should make people stop and think. Tory MP @AndrewBowie_MP : “I do find some of the tone of the debate quite troubling”. #EmergencyAlert #England

Priti Patel, Michael Gove, Gavin Williamson, Liz Truss, Boris Johnson and Robert Jenrick have something in common. They all were found to have breached the ministerial code but didn’t resign. So if any Tory has anything to say about Angela Rayner’s resignation remind them of it.

All those people so concerned about “protecting woman & girls” & “oppressed Muslim women” are posting racist sh*t at @ShabanaMahmood - the first Muslim women to become U.K. Home Secretary These attacks aren’t just personal—they’re an attack on progress itself #cabinetreshuffle