LonWon
@lonwon.bsky.social
Curious about politics. Hoping for more than slogans.
I have some sympathy with this, in that a simple tax on wealth is unlikely to be simple, unlikely to raise all that much, unlikely to claw back much of the windfalls the rich have received over the 15 years, and unlikely to redress structural unfairnesses.
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What does the left want? A wealth tax. What will that accomplish? Very little | Aditya Chakrabortty
Imposing a 1% levy on the super-rich isn’t a policy, it’s pantomime. Tackling inequality in Britain will require much more far-reaching changes, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
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November 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I have some sympathy with this, in that a simple tax on wealth is unlikely to be simple, unlikely to raise all that much, unlikely to claw back much of the windfalls the rich have received over the 15 years, and unlikely to redress structural unfairnesses.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Up to 50,000 nurses could quit the UK if the government’s immigration proposals are implemented.
Brilliant news for xenophobes. Not particularly great for patients and the elderly.
The NHS isn't safe under Labour, Tories or Farage.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Brilliant news for xenophobes. Not particularly great for patients and the elderly.
The NHS isn't safe under Labour, Tories or Farage.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Up to 50,000 nurses could quit UK over immigration plans, survey suggests
Exclusive: union leaders say proposed changes are immoral and could threaten patient safety if there is staff exodus
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Up to 50,000 nurses could quit the UK if the government’s immigration proposals are implemented.
Brilliant news for xenophobes. Not particularly great for patients and the elderly.
The NHS isn't safe under Labour, Tories or Farage.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Brilliant news for xenophobes. Not particularly great for patients and the elderly.
The NHS isn't safe under Labour, Tories or Farage.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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I know it’s attributed speech but I can’t get over “an attempt to humanise… [humans]”
It’s the exclusive everyone wanted, the story that will win next year’s Pulitzer…
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
London's giant AI artwork to be torn down
The bizarre story of why a much-talked-about creation is being torn down. Plus: Docklands Light Railway extension, giant laser stalks the night sky, and more tales of Android phone theft rejection.
www.londoncentric.media
November 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I know it’s attributed speech but I can’t get over “an attempt to humanise… [humans]”
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24 Labour MPs so far have publicly expressed opposition to Shabana Mahmood's asylum proposals, according to @labourlist.bsky.social ...
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Asylum reform: Full list of MPs opposing government's immigration proposals - LabourList
Shabana Mahmood has proposed sweeping new reforms to the UK asylum system today, which has quickly led to a visceral backlash from many Labour figures.
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November 19, 2025 at 9:39 AM
24 Labour MPs so far have publicly expressed opposition to Shabana Mahmood's asylum proposals, according to @labourlist.bsky.social ...
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A question to Labour's few remaining supporters.
Is kicking pensioners, disabled people and now asylum seekers what you voted for?
Really?
New column 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Is kicking pensioners, disabled people and now asylum seekers what you voted for?
Really?
New column 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A question to the few remaining Labour supporters: is this refugee-bashing what you voted for? | Owen Jones
The government’s callousness has won it respect – from Tommy Robinson and the hard right, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
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November 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
A question to Labour's few remaining supporters.
Is kicking pensioners, disabled people and now asylum seekers what you voted for?
Really?
New column 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Is kicking pensioners, disabled people and now asylum seekers what you voted for?
Really?
New column 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A lot of this stuff - the Nazi salutes, the fascist politics, the Hitler Youth songs - are well known from Michael Crick's book
The zealous bullying of younger ethnic minority kids sounds really sick though.
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The zealous bullying of younger ethnic minority kids sounds really sick though.
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations
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November 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
A lot of this stuff - the Nazi salutes, the fascist politics, the Hitler Youth songs - are well known from Michael Crick's book
The zealous bullying of younger ethnic minority kids sounds really sick though.
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
The zealous bullying of younger ethnic minority kids sounds really sick though.
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
Jamaica, Mauritius and Cuba reiterate the life-or-death nature of cutting emissions, calling it ‘a moral duty’
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‘This is survival’: Jamaica leads calls from vulnerable nations at Cop30
Countries including Mauritius and Cuba reiterate life-or-death nature of cutting emissions, calling it ‘a moral duty’
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November 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Jamaica, Mauritius and Cuba reiterate the life-or-death nature of cutting emissions, calling it ‘a moral duty’
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I think there's an argument for a General Strike to remove Starmer as PM.
We can't get rid of this government for over 3 years, and yet it has clearly been elected on the basis of lies.
Refugees, the sick, starving families, freezing pensioners, and desperate disabled people cannot wait that long.
We can't get rid of this government for over 3 years, and yet it has clearly been elected on the basis of lies.
Refugees, the sick, starving families, freezing pensioners, and desperate disabled people cannot wait that long.
Labour MP Brian Leishman: "The Government has surrendered to... the vile rhetoric of Reform. Does the Home Secretary not see that removing the legal obligation to support asylum seekers who will be otherwise destitute, is as far away from Labour Party principles and values as we can get?"
November 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I think there's an argument for a General Strike to remove Starmer as PM.
We can't get rid of this government for over 3 years, and yet it has clearly been elected on the basis of lies.
Refugees, the sick, starving families, freezing pensioners, and desperate disabled people cannot wait that long.
We can't get rid of this government for over 3 years, and yet it has clearly been elected on the basis of lies.
Refugees, the sick, starving families, freezing pensioners, and desperate disabled people cannot wait that long.
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Labour’s asylum plans are horribly cruel – but they’re also a mix of hype, old policy and unachievable promises | Diane Taylor
Labour’s asylum plans are horribly cruel – but they’re also a mix of hype, old policy and unachievable promises | Diane Taylor
There is mounting disquiet among Labour MPs, while the vulnerable refugees at the heart of this story are living with a renewed sense of panic, says Diane Taylor, who writes on human rights, racism and civil liberties
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November 17, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Labour’s asylum plans are horribly cruel – but they’re also a mix of hype, old policy and unachievable promises | Diane Taylor
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My Dad escaped the Nazis in 1939 on the Kindertransport.
He went to night school then University, trained as a physicist. Married my mum, brought up 3 kids, all work in public sector.
Under these proposed rules, he would have been deported.
100% 'performatively cruel' @stellacreasy.bsky.social
He went to night school then University, trained as a physicist. Married my mum, brought up 3 kids, all work in public sector.
Under these proposed rules, he would have been deported.
100% 'performatively cruel' @stellacreasy.bsky.social
ICE-style raids on Britain's streets: that's all Labour's brutal asylum reforms will achieve | Stella Creasy
ICE-style raids on Britain's streets: that's all Labour's brutal asylum reforms will achieve | Stella Creasy
If we want to ‘stop the boats’, we need to stop the BS when it comes to what creates refugees, and how to respond to them, says Labour MP Stella Creasy
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November 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
My Dad escaped the Nazis in 1939 on the Kindertransport.
He went to night school then University, trained as a physicist. Married my mum, brought up 3 kids, all work in public sector.
Under these proposed rules, he would have been deported.
100% 'performatively cruel' @stellacreasy.bsky.social
He went to night school then University, trained as a physicist. Married my mum, brought up 3 kids, all work in public sector.
Under these proposed rules, he would have been deported.
100% 'performatively cruel' @stellacreasy.bsky.social
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Asked if Keir Starmer believes British people want to "see refugee children pulled out of school and deported after 10 years in this country”, his spokesman says that “what the British public wants and what this government was elected on a mandate to deliver was to secure our borders"
November 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Asked if Keir Starmer believes British people want to "see refugee children pulled out of school and deported after 10 years in this country”, his spokesman says that “what the British public wants and what this government was elected on a mandate to deliver was to secure our borders"
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Wes Streeting says striking NHS staff are “holding patients to ransom”.
Wrong! He’s the one holding patients and the NHS to ransom, by refusing to give doctors the pay and jobs they deserve.
To all our dedicated healthcare workers: thank you for all you do. Solidarity!
Wrong! He’s the one holding patients and the NHS to ransom, by refusing to give doctors the pay and jobs they deserve.
To all our dedicated healthcare workers: thank you for all you do. Solidarity!
November 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Wes Streeting says striking NHS staff are “holding patients to ransom”.
Wrong! He’s the one holding patients and the NHS to ransom, by refusing to give doctors the pay and jobs they deserve.
To all our dedicated healthcare workers: thank you for all you do. Solidarity!
Wrong! He’s the one holding patients and the NHS to ransom, by refusing to give doctors the pay and jobs they deserve.
To all our dedicated healthcare workers: thank you for all you do. Solidarity!
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The Prime Minister said in September that we are at a fork in the road. These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning.
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum system in UK ‘out of control’ and dividing country, home secretary says
Shabana Mahmood to unveil new proposals modelled on Denmark’s controversial system
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The Prime Minister said in September that we are at a fork in the road. These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning.
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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This is what many of us have been saying. Part 3 of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill is based on a myth: that we don't have enough homes because wildlife and green spaces are protected. It will solve nothing, and inflict terrible harm on our remaining ecosystems
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Nature not a blocker to housing growth, inquiry finds
Commons committee report challenges ‘lazy narrative’ used by ministers that scapegoats wildlife and the environment
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:12 PM
This is what many of us have been saying. Part 3 of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill is based on a myth: that we don't have enough homes because wildlife and green spaces are protected. It will solve nothing, and inflict terrible harm on our remaining ecosystems
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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My granddad was a refugee, my wife, our close friends and those of our kids are either immigrants or the children of immigrants.
Do ministers ever think about the message their rhetoric on "handouts" and "golden tickets" for migrants sends about whether this is a government for people like us?
Do ministers ever think about the message their rhetoric on "handouts" and "golden tickets" for migrants sends about whether this is a government for people like us?
November 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
My granddad was a refugee, my wife, our close friends and those of our kids are either immigrants or the children of immigrants.
Do ministers ever think about the message their rhetoric on "handouts" and "golden tickets" for migrants sends about whether this is a government for people like us?
Do ministers ever think about the message their rhetoric on "handouts" and "golden tickets" for migrants sends about whether this is a government for people like us?
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Performative cruelty once again. By Labour. Support for people seeking asylum is already heavily restricted. Most are not allowed to work, but for those who can support themselves they are already pretty much expected to. 1/
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UK government set to make support for asylum seekers ‘discretionary’
Home secretary expected to change system to deny help to those who can work or who have assets
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Performative cruelty once again. By Labour. Support for people seeking asylum is already heavily restricted. Most are not allowed to work, but for those who can support themselves they are already pretty much expected to. 1/
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Cross-party committee challenges ministers' "lazy narrative" that nature is blocking housing.
A healthy environment is essential to building resilient towns and cities.
Labour will remove environmental protections anyway.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
A healthy environment is essential to building resilient towns and cities.
Labour will remove environmental protections anyway.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Nature not a blocker to housing growth, inquiry finds
Commons committee report challenges ‘lazy narrative’ used by ministers that scapegoats wildlife and the environment
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Cross-party committee challenges ministers' "lazy narrative" that nature is blocking housing.
A healthy environment is essential to building resilient towns and cities.
Labour will remove environmental protections anyway.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
A healthy environment is essential to building resilient towns and cities.
Labour will remove environmental protections anyway.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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November 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Andrew Neil has made no secret of wanting to be BBC Director-General or Chair in the past, and has been interviewed for both roles in the past. (When rejected he pretended he'd never wanted either role)
Now he will be seen as a good candidate because the hard right won't object.
Now he will be seen as a good candidate because the hard right won't object.
Here Andrew Neil wilfully misinterprets / misrepresents Ed Davey's criticism of the BBC.
The BBC compromised with the principles of a rigorous, impartial news service to make itself more attractive to Faragistes.
Reconsidering these compromises is not the same thing as aiming to stop Farage!
The BBC compromised with the principles of a rigorous, impartial news service to make itself more attractive to Faragistes.
Reconsidering these compromises is not the same thing as aiming to stop Farage!
November 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Andrew Neil has made no secret of wanting to be BBC Director-General or Chair in the past, and has been interviewed for both roles in the past. (When rejected he pretended he'd never wanted either role)
Now he will be seen as a good candidate because the hard right won't object.
Now he will be seen as a good candidate because the hard right won't object.
Some excellent points made here about the BBC's struggles with bias claims, by brilliant journalist and former BBC Newsnight reporter Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/the-truth-...
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/the-truth-...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
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November 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Some excellent points made here about the BBC's struggles with bias claims, by brilliant journalist and former BBC Newsnight reporter Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/the-truth-...
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/the-truth-...
Here Andrew Neil wilfully misinterprets / misrepresents Ed Davey's criticism of the BBC.
The BBC compromised with the principles of a rigorous, impartial news service to make itself more attractive to Faragistes.
Reconsidering these compromises is not the same thing as aiming to stop Farage!
The BBC compromised with the principles of a rigorous, impartial news service to make itself more attractive to Faragistes.
Reconsidering these compromises is not the same thing as aiming to stop Farage!
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Here Andrew Neil wilfully misinterprets / misrepresents Ed Davey's criticism of the BBC.
The BBC compromised with the principles of a rigorous, impartial news service to make itself more attractive to Faragistes.
Reconsidering these compromises is not the same thing as aiming to stop Farage!
The BBC compromised with the principles of a rigorous, impartial news service to make itself more attractive to Faragistes.
Reconsidering these compromises is not the same thing as aiming to stop Farage!
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SPECIAL REPORTS // Labour and Conservative councillors join forces to block Exeter city centre antisocial behaviour initiative
Rejection of voluntary & community sector calls for more inclusive response follows 13-year council failure to comply with legal duties.
exeterobserver.org/2025/11/09/l...
Rejection of voluntary & community sector calls for more inclusive response follows 13-year council failure to comply with legal duties.
exeterobserver.org/2025/11/09/l...
Labour and Conservative councillors join forces to block Exeter city centre antisocial behaviour initiative - Exeter Observer
Rejection of voluntary and community sector calls for more inclusive response follows thirteen-year council failure to comply with legal duties under crime and disorder legislation in relation to Exet...
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November 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
SPECIAL REPORTS // Labour and Conservative councillors join forces to block Exeter city centre antisocial behaviour initiative
Rejection of voluntary & community sector calls for more inclusive response follows 13-year council failure to comply with legal duties.
exeterobserver.org/2025/11/09/l...
Rejection of voluntary & community sector calls for more inclusive response follows 13-year council failure to comply with legal duties.
exeterobserver.org/2025/11/09/l...
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There's a case for raising income tax to fund public services, but there's a much stronger case to tackle the cost of living crisis by clamping down on profiteering.
November 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
There's a case for raising income tax to fund public services, but there's a much stronger case to tackle the cost of living crisis by clamping down on profiteering.
Where is the money to repair public services, to pay for Brexit, to deal with climate change, to reduce the cost of living?
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social says we're being pointed away from taxing those who are growing rich by impoverishing others.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social says we're being pointed away from taxing those who are growing rich by impoverishing others.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George Monbiot
Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Where is the money to repair public services, to pay for Brexit, to deal with climate change, to reduce the cost of living?
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social says we're being pointed away from taxing those who are growing rich by impoverishing others.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social says we're being pointed away from taxing those who are growing rich by impoverishing others.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Immigration has become the number one political priority for the public.
Here's an excellent article by Prof Bobby Duffy & Eliel Cohen looking at the phenomenon of "imagined immigration".
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
Here's an excellent article by Prof Bobby Duffy & Eliel Cohen looking at the phenomenon of "imagined immigration".
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
Imagined immigration is shaping our politics | British Politics and Policy at LSE
Enjoying this post? Then sign up to our newsletter and receive a weekly roundup of all our articles. Immigration has become the central issue in British politics. The public now rank it as the most im...
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November 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Immigration has become the number one political priority for the public.
Here's an excellent article by Prof Bobby Duffy & Eliel Cohen looking at the phenomenon of "imagined immigration".
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
Here's an excellent article by Prof Bobby Duffy & Eliel Cohen looking at the phenomenon of "imagined immigration".
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...