The most depressing shift in UK politics. It's not just the abandonment of core liberal beliefs that's so concerning, but the normalisation of ugly commentary about immigration (and migrants themselves).

The support for putting torture victims on flights to Rwanda says it all.

In 2008, I broke my leg, and had an operation to put a metal rod in on the NHS.

In 2014, I had top surgery as a key part of my transition, on the NHS.

Can Dr Cass please explain why employability should be a measure of the success of the latter but not the former?

#Transphobia

Labour was tribal towards:

Corbyn supporters.
Scottish independence supporters.
Muslims and supporters of Palestine.

Labour shouldn’t be tribal towards:

The desperate Tory hard right.

Once again, for those like John Swinney who seem to be unaware, ‘diverse’ does not mean ‘includes homophobes and not-homophobes’.

Ahhhhhh 'European values'

No one believes Labour's gains are down to his visionary leadership. It's entirely due to people crying out for someone other than Tories. He's picking up votes by default but he's also losing plenty through his stance on Gaza, trans rights, police powers, immigration, benefits..

Wonderful to listen to author Dina Nayeri on breaking down stereotypes of the #refugee experience: mprnews.org/episode/2020/0…

Boris Johnson was turned away from a polling station for forgetting voter ID under rules he introduced

staff initially turned him away as he only had an envelope with his name and address on it, according to a source

The absolute state of this lot
mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

What is about Johnson introducing laws and thinking they don’t apply to him.

This is such an excellent series organised by Clive Nwonka. More than worth your time if you’re in London. IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK is one of the finest political films of the 2010s, even if it’s rarely valued for that

BREAKING: Israel is now dropping bombs on Palestinian civilians hiding in tents in Rafah, the last place of shelter in Gaza.

Read that again: Families seeking refuge in tents are under attack.

This is not “self-defense.”

This is terrorism.

1/ We invited artists to respond to the topic of artist exploitation, as explored at the Aberdeen Summit in 2023...⁠

Read 'On Mining' - a series of short pieces by Adam York Gregory: axisweb.org/article/artist…

Do I know any UK social sciences or humanities scholars on here studying the video games industry and who might be interested in joining the team for a large grant bid?

Notice how there's been zero pushback from the Labour Party over the changes in PIP.
Where the fuck is the Opposition?

Tory DWP benefit changes branded 'reckless assault' on disabled people mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

Coming from Germany with its history of chillingly vicious Nazi citizenship laws, this is genuinely horrifying. It is not just students either. A Palestinian friend was caught in the hell of transit through Germany for this reason a couple of days ago.

Fully funded interdisciplinary PhD with the incomparable Prof. Eleonora Belfiore #WIASN (she/her) and Joseph Pierce @[email protected]: Radical place-making: folk counter-geographies and cultural representations of opposition to power in Aberdeen, Scotland findaphd.com/phds/project/r…

Still time to be involved!

Protest works!!

Portland State University pauses connections to Boeing opb.org/article/2024/0…

feminism has gone too far

theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…