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Nancy Kelley @nancymk.bsky.social · 2h

For generations people have come here and made *massive contributions to our shared life, some speaking English fluently, some with only a few phrases. I hate that our politics is this debased.

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Migrants will be required to pass A Level standard of English

Migrants will be required to pass tough new English language requirements under a law introduced in Parliament today.

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Commissioner for Human Rights @commissionerhr.coe.int · 1d

Read my two letters to the #UK:
1. Protests: I call for a review of the legal framework and the reconsideration of provisions in the Crime & Policing Bill that could restrict freedom of assembly.
2. Trans people: I warn against exclusion&zero-sum approaches
👇#HumanRights
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United Kingdom: Commissioner addresses human rights issues in policing of protests and the situation of trans people - Commissioner for Human Rights - www.coe.int

Strasbourg 14/10/2025

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Mark McGeoghegan @markmcgeoghegan.bsky.social · 2d

Analysis in @thetimes.com by @leaskyd.bsky.social & Anna Dowell of the sharp decline in British identity uncovered by the Scottish Social Attitudes survey.

With comment from Sir John Curtice on the polarising of Scottish politics and from myself on the decoupling of Scottish and British identities:

Why Scots are losing their British identity

With only a quarter of respondents to the Scottish Social Attitudes survey identifying with Britishness, Scotland faces a generational political split

www.thetimes.com

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Dylan Difford @dylandifford.bsky.social · 3d

Which party underperformed the most in the 2025 local elections?

Arguably Reform UK. A 🧵 on what the locals tell us about a key and neglected dimension in analysis of the current political situation.

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Nancy Kelley @nancymk.bsky.social · 3d

This article and everyone in it was v disturbing....

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 6d

"Black people are tired. Not metaphorically tired—actually tired. The kind of tired that turns every group chat into a mix of gallows humor and emotional triage."

I write about white ignorance and how exhausting it is to hear white ppl insist "this isn't who we are, when it's ALWAYS who we've been.

White People’s Performative Ignorance Is Exhausting—Opinion

Disbelief over authoritarianism in America isn’t a cutesy personality trait. It’s a confession: You haven’t been paying attention.

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Nancy Kelley @nancymk.bsky.social · 7d

Must watch for anyone who cares to know about the state of trans+ healthcare in the UK👇

What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 8d

Gender Identity Clinic's Waiting Lists from Shortest To Longest

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GIC Waiting List from Shortest To Longest.

YouTube video by What The Trans?! Podcasts

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Nancy Kelley @nancymk.bsky.social · 8d

So touched to be nominated for a Trans in the City allyship award. Allyship and solidarity has never been more needed. If you'd like to stand up for the trans community in the UK, go to @transsolidarity.bsky.social 🫶

Background is pink blue and white to reflect trans flag. Text reads "I've been nominated! Trans Ally, Trans in the City awards 2025. Head to transinthecity.co.uk to nominate

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 10d

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.

After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

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Nancy Kelley @nancymk.bsky.social · 11d

Conversion practices bill belongs to GEO not Home Office. Im not holding my breath about one being brought forward, but it doesn't sit w Mahmood.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 11d

Support for staying in the ECHR has been rising (probably a Farage effect of solidifying the majority who oppose him, maybe Trump osmosis effect). Media and political opinion on the right believes there is a strong public desire to quit. Badenoch has now committed the Conservatives to quitting.

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Nancy Kelley @nancymk.bsky.social · 12d

Must read on rising tide of racism in schools. Both of my children are Black and have experienced racism of a type I saw all around me as a child in the 1980s. Schools/teachers are not keeping up.

Charlotte Santry @charlottesantry.bsky.social · 12d

“You can just feel the atmosphere changing and tension rising.”

Schools say they need more support to deal with the fallout from debates around immigration and flags.

This report by the @tesmagazine.bsky.social news team reflects huge concern on the ground right now 👇

Schools criticise support ‘vacuum’ as racial tensions rise

Concerned leaders tell Tes the government has not equipped them to deal with debates on immigration, race and St George’s flags

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 13d

The idea that "the median voter will feel attacked" by challenging Reform over racism is certainly not shown by the data in this piece. It shows they may be indifferent. (It may mean a different important swing voter, who isn't the median voter)

The New Statesman @newstatesman1913.bsky.social · 13d

Crying racism only hurts Labour

Activists like it, but the median voter will feel attacked.

📊 @bwalker.uk

Crying racism only hurts Labour

Activists like it, but the median voter will feel attacked.

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Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 14d

Lucy Powell has warned that Labour should not wave through a devastating trans bathroom ban 👇

Ripping up trans rights would be a disaster for Labour, for business, for women, and for the wider LGBT+ community.

It's wrong. Labour needs to stop aping Trump and Farage, and protect our human rights.

Lucy Powell calls for MPs to vote on single sex space guidance

The Labour deputy leadership candidate calls for a debate and vote on guidance which is expected to say that trans people should be excluded from single sex spaces.

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Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 14d

We are at Labour conference, telling members about the impact of the proposed bathroom ban. It would devastate trans people’s lives, create unworkable business challenges, and alienate voters.

This would be Labour’s legacy on LGBT+ rights for a generation. But it’s not too late for them to stop it.