Truly a dark day for the UK when our Govt ‘detains’ / arrests incredibly vulnerable people who have committed no crime, and who only sought to claim refuge in what they believed was a safe and humane country.

Grotesque to hear Kemi Badenoch telling The World at One it’s a myth to say Rwanda is unsafe as she echoes a bloodstained dictatorship by claiming that raising human rights is stereotyping of Africa. This is shameful betrayal of all the people killed, tortured and jailed by Kagame

These are not just migrants, they are asylum seekers who have not had their claims processed. They are potentially being deported to a country which is unsafe for asylum seekers but which Parliament has said by law is 'safe'.

And clearly being used for party political purposes

Rishi Sunak fails for a second time to condemn these Facebook groups. This might end up being a thing.

amp.theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

The Guardian reports today that Susan Hall is a member of another Facebook group filled with racist and Islamophobic comments.

The truth is actually far worse. She's actively endorsing and campaigning alongside some of the people making those comments
bylinetimes.com/2024/04/30/sus…

They’ve lost 3,500 asylum seekers.

But they did manage to find one - who was willing to go to Rwanda - and they agreed to pay him £3000 to be flown there, so they could fleetingly pretend their hideous little plan was underway.

Jeezus. The shabby desperation.

Columbia still has its official website up lionizing the protesters of 1968 who occupied university buildings to protest the Vietnam War until the NYPD, in Columbia's own words, 'stormed' campus, creating a 'fallout that dogged Columbia for years.' news.columbia.edu/content/new-pe…

The government is now briefing a voluntary relocation to Rwanda - paying somebody £3000 as in voluntary return programmes - presenting it as if the UK-Rwanda MEDP removal scheme had begun

A far more important story than campus protests…

Tory council splashed £54,000 on Mayoral chauffeur in same month it declared bankruptcy mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

I want to say something to the people with mental health conditions that have got in touch with me worried / panicked about the govt news on possible benefits changes... NOTHING HAS HAPPENED.

- The govt has put out a green paper. That is an EARLY STAGE consultation document.

Been reassured by a Labour insider that this is bollocks. Would be, shall we say, extremely helpful for a shadow minister to say so on the record - some of us are at risk of losing our minds

#OtD 30 Apr 1923 radical Jewish actor, Al Lewis, was born in NYC. Best known for the role of Grandpa Munster in The Munsters, his mother took him to May Day protests and he became a socialist. He later helped rehouse evicted people during the depression stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10257/…

A mother whose son was left seriously injured after he was hit by a car believes the 20mph limit saved his life

bbc.in/4aXrAX8

“I’m being used to whitewash the story of empire and I’m not going for it.”

As he releases his memoir Track Record, George the Poet explains why he turned down an MBE and how the UK's political culture has moved 'in favour of the elites'.

I LOVE London! Lived there for years while filming & our 1st child was born there, in St. John's Wood. I wholeheartedly support Sadiq Khan for Mayor on May 2. He’s been a driving force in cleaning up London’s air & choosing #HopeOverFear

For a fairer, safer & greener London,

Rishi Sunak, whose party campaigned for Gary Lineker to be sacked for expressing his opinions and whose government blacklisted from official events anyone who publicly criticised them, says 'cancel culture' is now 'threatening our freedom'

Having once again been arbitrarily denied access to the Occupied Palestinian Territory by Israel, I have travelled across the region to meet with Palestinians and others who could help me better understand/assess developments on the ground.

Based on the information received, I

Democrats, rightly sounding the alarm about an authoritarian second Trump presidency, willfully hand him a precedent to crack down on dissent.

Make no mistake: the Tories’ introduction of photo ID is designed to stop younger and historically marginalised people from voting. Do not let them.

This Thursday:

🚨 You need to show photo ID at the polling station

🚨 You can only vote once - there is no second preference