Stella Creasy, a Labour member of Britain’s Parliament, was reprimanded for attending a debate with her infant son in tow, evidently in violation of House of Commons rules. "Still no rule on wearing masks btw," she responded on Twitter. nyti.ms/3rmesH9

Alone, afraid and facing exile: one boy’s ordeal indicts Britain’s asylum system | Aditya Chakrabortty theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Please take a few minutes to read this - it's both deeply humane and, I think, useful on this terrible day. Hastings Community Of Sanctuary 🧡 Royal College of Music BBC South East

Many of us will be angry and grieving today following the avoidable and devastating loss of life in the Channel. Here's a short list of actions you can take in solidarity, and to call on the Government to ensure that others aren't forced to make these dangerous journeys ⬇️

Highly recommended if you want a set of powerful counter-arguments in conversations in the next few days. Hastings Community Of Sanctuary 🧡 Stand Up To Racism

This is excellent.

Lord Kerr demolishes Priti Patel’s ‘economic migrants’ narrative with just three simple facts a.msn.com/01/en-gb/AARcH…

Please, please send a short e mail to your MP registering your support for people to be allowed to lodge an application for asylum at the border in France and then to travel in safety by ferry to the UK to await a decision. Thank you. Hastings Community Of Sanctuary 🧡 Royal College of Music

photos.app.goo.gl/cCQHkYZfvvwyU6… Lead letter in @thesundaytimes yesterday by Hastings resident Felicity Laurence. If you agree with please send a short email to your MP asking them to write to the Home Sec. registering your opposition to 'hostile environment'. Thankyou. Hastings Community Of Sanctuary 🧡

Lead letter in Sunday Times sent by Hastings resident Felicity Laurence. If you agree PLEASE email your MP ask them to write to HomeSec to register your rejection of the 'hostile environment'. Thanks. Hastings Community Of Sanctuary 🧡

'Heed the call of civil society and secure safe routes for refugees': excellent editorial in Friday's Morning Star morningstaronline.co.uk/article/e/heed… Hastings Community Of Sanctuary 🧡

One of its principal architects was James Fawcett, Johnson's grandfather. Hastings Community Of Sanctuary 🧡 Refugee Action Jo Maugham

The political immigration game of misinformation and cynicism has such horrendous human costs. This must stop. We do need solutions to the soaring inequality we see, but not suspicion and scapegoats. #NationalityAndBordersBill

While you await the next distracting puerile lie in Christmasgate, and the government drives through laws to end asylum, here's what's happening in the real world: theguardian.com/global-develop… Hastings Community Of Sanctuary 🧡 Royal College of Music

Standing Together with Refugees Take a break from the inane lies of Christmasgate & the brutal inhumanities of the Borders bill and read some humane truths from a small town on the South coast: hastingsindependentpress.co.uk/features/stand… Refugee Action Together With Refugees 🧡 Daniel Trilling Sally-Ann Hart

The latest annual report from the Migration Advisory Committee reaffirms that there's no reason to stop people seeking aslyum in the UK from working. #LiftTheBan now. theguardian.com/society/2021/d…

🚨 The arts sector, one of the hardest hit by the pandemic, faces a new and existential crisis from Omicron. I've signed the PCA letter urging the Culture Secretary to protect UK culture with an emergency relief fund now. campaignforthearts.org/petitions/nadi…

Letter to the The Guardian

Many congratulations Wiebke Thormahlen @jeanice_brooks @sydlivmus on this exciting book: if only I still believed in Father Christmas, I could look forward to reading it tomorrow *sigh*. Renaissance SRS