Satbir Singh
@satbirsingh.bsky.social
Campaigner, consultant, carer. Londoner via Delhi & NYC. I spend my time thinking about rights, justice & authoritarianism.
Former CEO of openDemocracy, JCWI. Ex UN/World Bank/Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative. Trustee @PraxisProjects.bsky.social
Former CEO of openDemocracy, JCWI. Ex UN/World Bank/Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative. Trustee @PraxisProjects.bsky.social
“The Danish model” latest.
"To see if you are civilised enough, if you can act like a human being."
Disgusting dehumanization of Indigenous people. Eye contact can't determine someone's ability to parent! Nor do any of the questions Keira talks about! FKU test also includes an ink blot test
bbc.com/news/articles/c1wlw2qj113o
Disgusting dehumanization of Indigenous people. Eye contact can't determine someone's ability to parent! Nor do any of the questions Keira talks about! FKU test also includes an ink blot test
bbc.com/news/articles/c1wlw2qj113o
November 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
“The Danish model” latest.
The worst of all worlds is being asked to swallow a lack of ambitious political vision in exchange for calm, competent technocracy but then being served unambiguously far-right border policy *and* weeks of chaotic, nervous, public meltdowns over a budget.
November 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The worst of all worlds is being asked to swallow a lack of ambitious political vision in exchange for calm, competent technocracy but then being served unambiguously far-right border policy *and* weeks of chaotic, nervous, public meltdowns over a budget.
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After more than 10 years of “the Danish Model”, nativism is hegemonic in the country, the far right polls near level highs again, and the Social Democrats lost Copenhagen and poll at historic low.
European Social Democrats should look at the facts, not the myths!
Me in @theguardian.com
European Social Democrats should look at the facts, not the myths!
Me in @theguardian.com
The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark | Cas Mudde
This week’s local elections are the latest reminder that when social democrats move rightwards, they’re making a mistake, says academic and author Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
After more than 10 years of “the Danish Model”, nativism is hegemonic in the country, the far right polls near level highs again, and the Social Democrats lost Copenhagen and poll at historic low.
European Social Democrats should look at the facts, not the myths!
Me in @theguardian.com
European Social Democrats should look at the facts, not the myths!
Me in @theguardian.com
There is something so Desi about this picture.
“This handsome stupid fellow says he is now a communist, calls me fascist and all, chalo good lucks beta, aajao anytime I like arguing with you”
(Grins) “Hanji, uncle. Wish you good health. Phir milte hain”
“This handsome stupid fellow says he is now a communist, calls me fascist and all, chalo good lucks beta, aajao anytime I like arguing with you”
(Grins) “Hanji, uncle. Wish you good health. Phir milte hain”
November 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
There is something so Desi about this picture.
“This handsome stupid fellow says he is now a communist, calls me fascist and all, chalo good lucks beta, aajao anytime I like arguing with you”
(Grins) “Hanji, uncle. Wish you good health. Phir milte hain”
“This handsome stupid fellow says he is now a communist, calls me fascist and all, chalo good lucks beta, aajao anytime I like arguing with you”
(Grins) “Hanji, uncle. Wish you good health. Phir milte hain”
Trying to decode the ‘good vibes’ in the Trump-Zohran presser:
Am I mad or is it possible that DJT is (actually quite smartly) trying to outflank Dems here by appearing to have a warmer rapport with a wildly popular mayor-elect than Zohran’s own party leadership has had?
(‘Both’ is a valid answer)
Am I mad or is it possible that DJT is (actually quite smartly) trying to outflank Dems here by appearing to have a warmer rapport with a wildly popular mayor-elect than Zohran’s own party leadership has had?
(‘Both’ is a valid answer)
November 22, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Trying to decode the ‘good vibes’ in the Trump-Zohran presser:
Am I mad or is it possible that DJT is (actually quite smartly) trying to outflank Dems here by appearing to have a warmer rapport with a wildly popular mayor-elect than Zohran’s own party leadership has had?
(‘Both’ is a valid answer)
Am I mad or is it possible that DJT is (actually quite smartly) trying to outflank Dems here by appearing to have a warmer rapport with a wildly popular mayor-elect than Zohran’s own party leadership has had?
(‘Both’ is a valid answer)
There's nowhere else to go for a lot of us and, for all its flaws and hostility, this is actually home. We are rooted.
But every so often I feel this brief flicker of spite and think "fuck them, let's all leave, take everything we've built and given, good luck to them." And I hate that I feel it.
But every so often I feel this brief flicker of spite and think "fuck them, let's all leave, take everything we've built and given, good luck to them." And I hate that I feel it.
All those people, including current government, who falsely claim migrants are to blame for failings with the NHS, along with infrastructure in general, are in for one hell of a shock with how much worse things will get with Labour's anti-immigration policies.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures last year that imperils NHS
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:04 AM
There's nowhere else to go for a lot of us and, for all its flaws and hostility, this is actually home. We are rooted.
But every so often I feel this brief flicker of spite and think "fuck them, let's all leave, take everything we've built and given, good luck to them." And I hate that I feel it.
But every so often I feel this brief flicker of spite and think "fuck them, let's all leave, take everything we've built and given, good luck to them." And I hate that I feel it.
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Ok but this is totally something Charlotte Church would do
Just realised this is referring to a church in North Carolina and not the Welsh singer
November 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Ok but this is totally something Charlotte Church would do
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VERY funny that Labour are being pointlessly cruel and haemorrhaging support from their base and yet none of what they're offering is ever going to be enough for the people whose approval they're seeking, WHO could have predicted it
November 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
VERY funny that Labour are being pointlessly cruel and haemorrhaging support from their base and yet none of what they're offering is ever going to be enough for the people whose approval they're seeking, WHO could have predicted it
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I swear a lot of the Government's problems would be solved by just taking themselves off of Twitter
November 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I swear a lot of the Government's problems would be solved by just taking themselves off of Twitter
"Aha!" said the comms guy. "If we do something the right craves then they'll cover it and like us too!"
Multiple news channels on at the leisure centre. Lots of rolling coverage of the asylum crackdown. Not GB News - they had a discussion about how Reeves "plans to tax the sugar in milkshakes".
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Multiple news channels on at the leisure centre. Lots of rolling coverage of the asylum crackdown. Not GB News - they had a discussion about how Reeves "plans to tax the sugar in milkshakes".
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November 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
"Aha!" said the comms guy. "If we do something the right craves then they'll cover it and like us too!"
Multiple news channels on at the leisure centre. Lots of rolling coverage of the asylum crackdown. Not GB News - they had a discussion about how Reeves "plans to tax the sugar in milkshakes".
🙃
Multiple news channels on at the leisure centre. Lots of rolling coverage of the asylum crackdown. Not GB News - they had a discussion about how Reeves "plans to tax the sugar in milkshakes".
🙃
Leaders of today's political centre will turn their noses up at bold, radical economic policies and say "that won't work, it's performative to suggest otherwise".
And yet they have no such hesitation about performative cruelty that ruins lives and still fails to meet their stated goals.
And yet they have no such hesitation about performative cruelty that ruins lives and still fails to meet their stated goals.
November 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Leaders of today's political centre will turn their noses up at bold, radical economic policies and say "that won't work, it's performative to suggest otherwise".
And yet they have no such hesitation about performative cruelty that ruins lives and still fails to meet their stated goals.
And yet they have no such hesitation about performative cruelty that ruins lives and still fails to meet their stated goals.
The very idea that Wes Streeting could/would provide the kind of values-based leadership and oratory that connects with human beings and brings back voters lost to the left and right is peak Westminster bubble brain rot.
November 12, 2025 at 10:10 AM
The very idea that Wes Streeting could/would provide the kind of values-based leadership and oratory that connects with human beings and brings back voters lost to the left and right is peak Westminster bubble brain rot.
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Yes, the cashier on their feet full-time should be able to afford rent, groceries, and healthcare with their paycheck.
And the custodian. And the fry cook. And the waitress. And and and.
And the custodian. And the fry cook. And the waitress. And and and.
November 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Yes, the cashier on their feet full-time should be able to afford rent, groceries, and healthcare with their paycheck.
And the custodian. And the fry cook. And the waitress. And and and.
And the custodian. And the fry cook. And the waitress. And and and.
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The "why do you care so much about the NY mayoral election" takes strike me as pretty obtuse. The world's sole superpower is being taken over by fascists, and this was part of the struggle to define what the opposition to that will look like. That obviously has major implications for all of us?
November 5, 2025 at 10:06 AM
The "why do you care so much about the NY mayoral election" takes strike me as pretty obtuse. The world's sole superpower is being taken over by fascists, and this was part of the struggle to define what the opposition to that will look like. That obviously has major implications for all of us?
Cuomo's gift to us is the debunking of the myth that racism, oligarchy and entitlement are the preserve of the parties of the right.
Never forget that the harshest treatment of a 34 year old Muslim of unimpeachable integrity and raw talent came from the Democratic establishment's favoured son.
Never forget that the harshest treatment of a 34 year old Muslim of unimpeachable integrity and raw talent came from the Democratic establishment's favoured son.
November 5, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Cuomo's gift to us is the debunking of the myth that racism, oligarchy and entitlement are the preserve of the parties of the right.
Never forget that the harshest treatment of a 34 year old Muslim of unimpeachable integrity and raw talent came from the Democratic establishment's favoured son.
Never forget that the harshest treatment of a 34 year old Muslim of unimpeachable integrity and raw talent came from the Democratic establishment's favoured son.
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left-winger wins: BUT WILL HE DELIVER
right-winger wins: WHY ARE THE LEFT SO OUT OF TOUCH
right-winger wins: WHY ARE THE LEFT SO OUT OF TOUCH
November 5, 2025 at 11:15 AM
left-winger wins: BUT WILL HE DELIVER
right-winger wins: WHY ARE THE LEFT SO OUT OF TOUCH
right-winger wins: WHY ARE THE LEFT SO OUT OF TOUCH
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A great day for the golden rule of political analysis: when the right wins it is a resounding ideological victory that humiliates the left and when the left wins it is a precarious fluke that will surely end up humiliating the left. Conservatives are power’s landlords and the left merely tenants
November 5, 2025 at 10:35 AM
A great day for the golden rule of political analysis: when the right wins it is a resounding ideological victory that humiliates the left and when the left wins it is a precarious fluke that will surely end up humiliating the left. Conservatives are power’s landlords and the left merely tenants
23 things on my to-do list before a flight tonight but all the Christmas ads (and associated takes) are dropping everywhere I look...
November 5, 2025 at 10:50 AM
23 things on my to-do list before a flight tonight but all the Christmas ads (and associated takes) are dropping everywhere I look...
There was a moment after the Trump-Zelensky Oval blowout, and then again after the tariff war began, in which even fiscally conservative finance ministers saw an opportunity to say "the world has changed, so must our policy frameworks".
That logic doesn't really work as well eight months later.
That logic doesn't really work as well eight months later.
November 4, 2025 at 8:56 AM
There was a moment after the Trump-Zelensky Oval blowout, and then again after the tariff war began, in which even fiscally conservative finance ministers saw an opportunity to say "the world has changed, so must our policy frameworks".
That logic doesn't really work as well eight months later.
That logic doesn't really work as well eight months later.
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Jesus Christ. We go mad about one bloke we wrongly released, yet hear next to nothing about this horror? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
More than 50 child asylum seekers still missing after disappearing from Kent care
Council data obtained by the Guardian shows 345 children have gone missing in recent years, many probably taken by traffickers
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Jesus Christ. We go mad about one bloke we wrongly released, yet hear next to nothing about this horror? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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⚠️ ICYMI: Our new report shatters mainstream consensus on voters' priorities and reveals that concerns around immigration are being inflamed by media exposure and political discourse, rather than being based on experience.
https://www.bestforbritain.org/the_uks_biggest_challenges
https://www.bestforbritain.org/the_uks_biggest_challenges
The UK's biggest challenges: Public attitudes towards the most important issues facing the UK and local communities
Best for Britain's latest polling report suggests that the cost of living is the top priority for people both nationally and locally. Conversely, the salience of immigration and asylum drops from the ...
www.bestforbritain.org
October 31, 2025 at 7:15 PM
⚠️ ICYMI: Our new report shatters mainstream consensus on voters' priorities and reveals that concerns around immigration are being inflamed by media exposure and political discourse, rather than being based on experience.
https://www.bestforbritain.org/the_uks_biggest_challenges
https://www.bestforbritain.org/the_uks_biggest_challenges
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How short our memories are.
Just a few years ago, nurses carried this country through a pandemic, and now they're suffering a 55% surge in racist abuse.
To every nurse: London stands with you. You are loved and valued, and always will be.
Just a few years ago, nurses carried this country through a pandemic, and now they're suffering a 55% surge in racist abuse.
To every nurse: London stands with you. You are loved and valued, and always will be.
October 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
How short our memories are.
Just a few years ago, nurses carried this country through a pandemic, and now they're suffering a 55% surge in racist abuse.
To every nurse: London stands with you. You are loved and valued, and always will be.
Just a few years ago, nurses carried this country through a pandemic, and now they're suffering a 55% surge in racist abuse.
To every nurse: London stands with you. You are loved and valued, and always will be.
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It‘s going to be a wild ride tomorrow when pundits around the globe explain to us what kind of party D66 is and why they did exactly what they have always told us their favorite strategy is
And just to emphasize it again: yes, PVV is down by a lot but the other two far-right parties are up by a lot
And just to emphasize it again: yes, PVV is down by a lot but the other two far-right parties are up by a lot
October 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
It‘s going to be a wild ride tomorrow when pundits around the globe explain to us what kind of party D66 is and why they did exactly what they have always told us their favorite strategy is
And just to emphasize it again: yes, PVV is down by a lot but the other two far-right parties are up by a lot
And just to emphasize it again: yes, PVV is down by a lot but the other two far-right parties are up by a lot
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Reposting my @theguardian.com piece on today’s election in the Netherlands. Since then, PVV & CDA have dropped and D66 has risen in polls. Biggest 3 parties will be small and probably close together.
If Wilders doesn’t come first, “peak populism” will be media frame — it will again be nonsense.
If Wilders doesn’t come first, “peak populism” will be media frame — it will again be nonsense.
Geert Wilders failed in government, but the far right retains its grip on the Netherlands | Cas Mudde
A media in thrall to Wilders’ party ensures its agenda is entrenched in Dutch politics and will dominate Wednesday’s election, says political scientist Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Reposting my @theguardian.com piece on today’s election in the Netherlands. Since then, PVV & CDA have dropped and D66 has risen in polls. Biggest 3 parties will be small and probably close together.
If Wilders doesn’t come first, “peak populism” will be media frame — it will again be nonsense.
If Wilders doesn’t come first, “peak populism” will be media frame — it will again be nonsense.
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This is absolutely right. It’s about creating a permission structure for violence, whether that violence is conducted by the state directly or simply permitted by the state.
The claim that "civil war is inevitable in the UK" is better understood as an expression of the author's desire to see blood spilt on British streets.
October 29, 2025 at 9:13 AM
This is absolutely right. It’s about creating a permission structure for violence, whether that violence is conducted by the state directly or simply permitted by the state.