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The sub editor at the BBC news website should get an award for this one 👏
#ukpolitics #trans #transformers
#ukpolitics #trans #transformers
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Of course he means England, multi party politics is alive and kicking in Scotland and NI, hopefully Plaid will kick back in Wales as well. But this is the Gruaniad and it is an English academic being quoted.
#UkPolitics#Scotland#NI#Ireland#Wales#Parochial#ParochialReporting#Blinkered#ScottishIndependence
Here’s the story behind this outrageous demand. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/trump-jd-vance-trade-deal-free-speech-b2733806.html
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@georgetakei as a Queer British man I dont think the State will protect me at all.
Starmer has been hostile to the needs of he Queer minority, he consorts with hate preachers instead of us.
Starmer has been hostile to the needs of he Queer minority, he consorts with hate preachers instead of us.
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The Digital Hostile Environment is expanding 🚨
The UK Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill gives broad powers to impose conditions on a person with lawful leave in the UK, including electronic monitoring and any other conditions the Home Secretary sees fit.
We demand #DigitalSanctuary for all migrants!
#DigitalHostileEnvironment #hostileenvironment #migrants #migrantdigitaljustice #immigration #surveillance #ukpolitics #ukpol
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The UK Online Safety Act burdens small sites with duties and penalties that they can't shoulder. They'll shut down instead, stripping us of net plurality.
There’s a simple solution:
✅ Exempt small, safely run blogs, forums and fedi instances
✅ The government can do this now
The duties start TOMORROW – Write to your MP ⬇️
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/save-our-sites-write-your-mp
#onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #fediverse #netplurality #mastodon #ukpolitics #ukpol #tech
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Did you know Peter Mandelson runs a consulting firm that represents Peter Thiel, and that Mandelson took Keith to visit Thiel while he was in the States a couple of weeks ago?
Me neither.
Here's Jo Maugham to tell you about it.
Me neither.
Here's Jo Maugham to tell you about it.
The eVisa scheme continues to be beset with problems, causing huge anxiety for people who have the right to be in the UK.
At the start of February, the Home Office admitted that refugee’s travel documents can’t be linked to their eVisa.
eVisas aren't working.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/evisa-uk-travel-problems-immigration-b2692700.html
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The UK Home Office must use the latest delay in rolling out the eVisa scheme to makes changes.
Migrants need to be able to prove their immigration status offline with a QR code or digital token that can be saved or printed out.
Write to your MP ⬇️
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/write-your-mp-stop-e-visas-becoming-next-windrush-scandal
The eVisa scheme means a migrants' right to be in the UK is checked online everytime they need to prove it.
Without a physical or saved digital proof of status, migrants are exposed to data errors, system crashes and the stability of Internet connections.
There must be an offline version.
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The eVisa scheme continues to be beset with problems, causing huge anxiety for people who have the right to be in the UK.
At the start of February, the Home Office admitted that refugee’s travel documents can’t be linked to their eVisa.
eVisas aren't working.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/evisa-uk-travel-problems-immigration-b2692700.html
Further delays won't solve the problems with the UK's eVisa scheme.
The sticking plaster of advising migrants to use expired documentation makes the situation worse.
People are being stopped at borders and denied access to services or benefits.
Change is needed.
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The eVisa scheme means a migrants' right to be in the UK is checked online everytime they need to prove it.
Without a physical or saved digital proof of status, migrants are exposed to data errors, system crashes and the stability of Internet connections.
There must be an offline version.
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Further delays won't solve the problems with the UK's eVisa scheme.
The sticking plaster of advising migrants to use expired documentation makes the situation worse.
People are being stopped at borders and denied access to services or benefits.
Change is needed.
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The UK e-Visa scheme is inaccessible to many people.
With migrants' proof of the right to be in the UK hanging in the balance, we're seeing a digital Windrush scandal in the making.
Jana Trkulja from IMK Solicitors talked to us about the technical barriers that migrants are facing.
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"Our volunteer doctors have visited some of them and documented their physical and psychological scars of torture as well as deterioration due to the notoriously dangerous UK immigration detention conditions. Many have been forcibly separated from their family, their friends and their community.”
Emma Ginn, Medical Justice
Emma Ginn, Medical Justice
#AsylumSeekers #Refugees#Immigration#UKPolitics
Deportations reach five-year high despite concerns of rights groups | Home Office | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/dec/15/deportations-reach-five-year-high-despite-concerns-of-rights-groups
The UK exported 8,500 tonnes of pesticides last year that are banned on British farms because of the dangers they pose to human health and nature.
Under British law, when a pesticide is banned, the ban does not extend to its production or export. This leaves companies free to keep manufacturing these products in the UK to be sold in countries with weaker regulations.
#Pesticides #Pollution#PublicHealth#UKPolitics #Brazil #Canada #Mexico
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"The shipments went to 18 different countries. Top importers included the US, Brazil, Canada and Mexico. A significant amount also went to the EU – where these pesticides are banned – to be re-exported elsewhere.
Five companies were involved in this trade, but Syngenta was responsible for 8,282 tonnes of the exports – or 98%.
The UK’s top three banned pesticide exports were all Syngenta products"
#Pesticides #Pollution#PublicHealth#UKPolitics #Brazil #Canada #Mexico
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The UK exported 8,500 tonnes of pesticides last year that are banned on British farms because of the dangers they pose to human health and nature.
Under British law, when a pesticide is banned, the ban does not extend to its production or export. This leaves companies free to keep manufacturing these products in the UK to be sold in countries with weaker regulations.
#Pesticides #Pollution#PublicHealth#UKPolitics #Brazil #Canada #Mexico