Chris Young
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Dismal framing. Every aspect of most asylum seekers’ lives is controlled & paid for by the Home Office. They can’t work, are told where to live & have no autonomy or dignity. So they aren’t *choosing* to use taxis & don’t need to be “banned” from doing so. The HO just needs to get its act in order.
Government to ban asylum seekers from using taxis
The ban is set to come in February and any exemptions will have to be signed off by the Home Office.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Dismal framing. Every aspect of most asylum seekers’ lives is controlled & paid for by the Home Office. They can’t work, are told where to live & have no autonomy or dignity. So they aren’t *choosing* to use taxis & don’t need to be “banned” from doing so. The HO just needs to get its act in order.
Add to this the fact that AI centres aren’t mandated to report their massive use of UK freshwater.
Water usage in data centres in Scotland has quadrupled since 2021 up to 13.5 million litres annually.
In England that’s 10 million litres
The good news is we do have videos of bunnies on trampolines
Water usage in data centres in Scotland has quadrupled since 2021 up to 13.5 million litres annually.
In England that’s 10 million litres
The good news is we do have videos of bunnies on trampolines
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
THIS
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Support @labourlewis.bsky.social and his action to save/protect/improve our water
THIS
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Support @labourlewis.bsky.social and his action to save/protect/improve our water
Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown
Exclusive: UCL scientists find large swathes of southern Europe are drying up, with ‘far-reaching’ implications
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Add to this the fact that AI centres aren’t mandated to report their massive use of UK freshwater.
Water usage in data centres in Scotland has quadrupled since 2021 up to 13.5 million litres annually.
In England that’s 10 million litres
The good news is we do have videos of bunnies on trampolines
Water usage in data centres in Scotland has quadrupled since 2021 up to 13.5 million litres annually.
In England that’s 10 million litres
The good news is we do have videos of bunnies on trampolines
Can’t we have both? I don’t think we can have too many versions of ‘A Christmas Carol’
Although, given the performative cruelty of vulnerable folk over the past few decades, we’re going to need a lot of spirits…
Although, given the performative cruelty of vulnerable folk over the past few decades, we’re going to need a lot of spirits…
Hope is here.
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November 29, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Can’t we have both? I don’t think we can have too many versions of ‘A Christmas Carol’
Although, given the performative cruelty of vulnerable folk over the past few decades, we’re going to need a lot of spirits…
Although, given the performative cruelty of vulnerable folk over the past few decades, we’re going to need a lot of spirits…
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Three disabled peers have called on the House of Lords to make it harder for disabled people to be “coerced” or subjected to “undue influence” before requesting an assisted suicide through measures in a controversial bill.
#AssistedSuicide #AssistedDeath
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/disabled-pee...
#AssistedSuicide #AssistedDeath
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/disabled-pee...
Disabled peers call on Lords to increase protection from coercion in assisted suicide bill
Three disabled peers have called on the House of Lords to make it harder for disabled people to be “coerced” or subjected to “undue influence” before requesting an assisted suicide, through measure…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Three disabled peers have called on the House of Lords to make it harder for disabled people to be “coerced” or subjected to “undue influence” before requesting an assisted suicide through measures in a controversial bill.
#AssistedSuicide #AssistedDeath
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/disabled-pee...
#AssistedSuicide #AssistedDeath
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/disabled-pee...
Corporate welfare costs between £85 billion and £180 billion a year in the UK.
If we choose to be angry over the £1 billion motability scheme, we’re allowing ourselves to be both divided and conquered
If we choose to be angry over the £1 billion motability scheme, we’re allowing ourselves to be both divided and conquered
#Budget2025
Tax breaks for UK company cars cost the exchequer £3.27 billion a year
Motability costs £1 billion
Both are valuable to the folk who get them, and yet we save our pitchforks and torches for disabled people
Tax breaks for UK company cars cost the exchequer £3.27 billion a year
Motability costs £1 billion
Both are valuable to the folk who get them, and yet we save our pitchforks and torches for disabled people
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Corporate welfare costs between £85 billion and £180 billion a year in the UK.
If we choose to be angry over the £1 billion motability scheme, we’re allowing ourselves to be both divided and conquered
If we choose to be angry over the £1 billion motability scheme, we’re allowing ourselves to be both divided and conquered
#Budget2025
The cost of #CorporateWelfare to the UK is somewhere between £85 billion and £180 billion a year
Motability costs £1 billion
Point your anger elsewhere (please)
The cost of #CorporateWelfare to the UK is somewhere between £85 billion and £180 billion a year
Motability costs £1 billion
Point your anger elsewhere (please)
November 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
#Budget2025
The cost of #CorporateWelfare to the UK is somewhere between £85 billion and £180 billion a year
Motability costs £1 billion
Point your anger elsewhere (please)
The cost of #CorporateWelfare to the UK is somewhere between £85 billion and £180 billion a year
Motability costs £1 billion
Point your anger elsewhere (please)
#Budget2025
Tax breaks for UK company cars cost the exchequer £3.27 billion a year
Motability costs £1 billion
Both are valuable to the folk who get them, and yet we save our pitchforks and torches for disabled people
Tax breaks for UK company cars cost the exchequer £3.27 billion a year
Motability costs £1 billion
Both are valuable to the folk who get them, and yet we save our pitchforks and torches for disabled people
November 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
#Budget2025
Tax breaks for UK company cars cost the exchequer £3.27 billion a year
Motability costs £1 billion
Both are valuable to the folk who get them, and yet we save our pitchforks and torches for disabled people
Tax breaks for UK company cars cost the exchequer £3.27 billion a year
Motability costs £1 billion
Both are valuable to the folk who get them, and yet we save our pitchforks and torches for disabled people
While all the noise is going on around motability benefits & how disabled people should be given no more than a pogo stick to get around on - it’s worth considering -
The cost of motability is £1 billion
The cost of company car tax breaks is £3.25 billion
The cost of motability is £1 billion
The cost of company car tax breaks is £3.25 billion
November 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM
While all the noise is going on around motability benefits & how disabled people should be given no more than a pogo stick to get around on - it’s worth considering -
The cost of motability is £1 billion
The cost of company car tax breaks is £3.25 billion
The cost of motability is £1 billion
The cost of company car tax breaks is £3.25 billion
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Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
I’m watching this just now - I think you should too. It’s arse clenchingly uncomfortable.
Really brave work by Deeyah Khan
Really brave work by Deeyah Khan
Amazing documentary by Deeyah Khan, who followed and interviewed blue collar neo-nazis to try and better understand where their hate and rage come from.
youtube.com/watch?v=hvt5...
youtube.com/watch?v=hvt5...
My documentary about White Supremacy. White Right: Meeting the Enemy.
YouTube video by Deeyah Khan
youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I’m watching this just now - I think you should too. It’s arse clenchingly uncomfortable.
Really brave work by Deeyah Khan
Really brave work by Deeyah Khan
Good morning
Today I discovered #Bloomscrolling
It’s rather lovely
Am I getting old?
Looks winsomely into the middle distance…
Today I discovered #Bloomscrolling
It’s rather lovely
Am I getting old?
Looks winsomely into the middle distance…
November 23, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Good morning
Today I discovered #Bloomscrolling
It’s rather lovely
Am I getting old?
Looks winsomely into the middle distance…
Today I discovered #Bloomscrolling
It’s rather lovely
Am I getting old?
Looks winsomely into the middle distance…
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November 22, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Lived experience practitioners don't have a central body or a specific union to support and protect us
We’re exploring the feasibility of developing that central body to ensure we are supported at all levels
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So the government spends (checks notes) £3.6 million on their new men’s mental health strategy whilst planning to decimate the incomes of our most vulnerable (which will have a huge affect on their mental health)
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/labour-cuts-...
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/labour-cuts-...
Labour cuts to out-of-work disability benefits likely to have ‘devastating’ mental health impact, research finds
Next April’s cuts to out-of-work disability benefits are likely to have “devastating” consequences for disabled people’s mental health, and drive many into serious poverty, research into the impact…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:44 AM
So the government spends (checks notes) £3.6 million on their new men’s mental health strategy whilst planning to decimate the incomes of our most vulnerable (which will have a huge affect on their mental health)
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/labour-cuts-...
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/labour-cuts-...
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Wow. As a Jew in America I have been feeling less safe these days. And now I feel this way even more. Disgusting
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Wow. As a Jew in America I have been feeling less safe these days. And now I feel this way even more. Disgusting
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The Together! 2025 Disability Film Festival is free online from 6-7 December. Events are captioned and have British Sign Language interpretation.
Sunday 7 December 3-4pm: Documenting Activism
Book here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/documenting-activism-tickets-1974882109552?aff=oddtdtcreator
Sunday 7 December 3-4pm: Documenting Activism
Book here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/documenting-activism-tickets-1974882109552?aff=oddtdtcreator
November 20, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The Together! 2025 Disability Film Festival is free online from 6-7 December. Events are captioned and have British Sign Language interpretation.
Sunday 7 December 3-4pm: Documenting Activism
Book here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/documenting-activism-tickets-1974882109552?aff=oddtdtcreator
Sunday 7 December 3-4pm: Documenting Activism
Book here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/documenting-activism-tickets-1974882109552?aff=oddtdtcreator
Square Pegs Donations
Square Pegs is a grass roots organisation by and for square pegs like us. This is the start of a fundraising campaign that will support us to reach out to marginalised people and communities
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This QR code enables you to make a one-off £5 donation
Square Pegs is a grass roots organisation by and for square pegs like us. This is the start of a fundraising campaign that will support us to reach out to marginalised people and communities
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This QR code enables you to make a one-off £5 donation
November 19, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Square Pegs Donations
Square Pegs is a grass roots organisation by and for square pegs like us. This is the start of a fundraising campaign that will support us to reach out to marginalised people and communities
squarepegsuk.substack.com
This QR code enables you to make a one-off £5 donation
Square Pegs is a grass roots organisation by and for square pegs like us. This is the start of a fundraising campaign that will support us to reach out to marginalised people and communities
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This QR code enables you to make a one-off £5 donation
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Reposted by Chris Young
Last night #R4Today debate in front of a live audience by Nick Robinson asked: Who should pay more tax?
On the panel ⬇️
Zack Polanski, leader of the Green Party
Jeremy Hunt, former Conservative Chancellor
Baroness Debbonaire, Labour peer
Ruth Curtice & Justin King.
Catch up on BBC sounds.
On the panel ⬇️
Zack Polanski, leader of the Green Party
Jeremy Hunt, former Conservative Chancellor
Baroness Debbonaire, Labour peer
Ruth Curtice & Justin King.
Catch up on BBC sounds.
November 19, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Last night #R4Today debate in front of a live audience by Nick Robinson asked: Who should pay more tax?
On the panel ⬇️
Zack Polanski, leader of the Green Party
Jeremy Hunt, former Conservative Chancellor
Baroness Debbonaire, Labour peer
Ruth Curtice & Justin King.
Catch up on BBC sounds.
On the panel ⬇️
Zack Polanski, leader of the Green Party
Jeremy Hunt, former Conservative Chancellor
Baroness Debbonaire, Labour peer
Ruth Curtice & Justin King.
Catch up on BBC sounds.
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www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Many have refugees in their family’s past. My husband’s uncle by marriage was on Franco’s death-list (he was anti Franco). He escaped over the Pyrenees + to 🇬🇧 where he met OH’s aunt.
Just as well, as when his mum died, they took him in/brought him up as their own
Many have refugees in their family’s past. My husband’s uncle by marriage was on Franco’s death-list (he was anti Franco). He escaped over the Pyrenees + to 🇬🇧 where he met OH’s aunt.
Just as well, as when his mum died, they took him in/brought him up as their own
Anglican bishop shaken ‘to the core’ by home secretary’s asylum seeker comments
Bishop of Edmonton says people coming to UK are being ‘scapegoated’ for years of policy failures
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:15 AM
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Many have refugees in their family’s past. My husband’s uncle by marriage was on Franco’s death-list (he was anti Franco). He escaped over the Pyrenees + to 🇬🇧 where he met OH’s aunt.
Just as well, as when his mum died, they took him in/brought him up as their own
Many have refugees in their family’s past. My husband’s uncle by marriage was on Franco’s death-list (he was anti Franco). He escaped over the Pyrenees + to 🇬🇧 where he met OH’s aunt.
Just as well, as when his mum died, they took him in/brought him up as their own
Me last night…
I love football
I hate football
I love…
Oh good God…
Is it too late to crack open a can…?
In conclusion…
Jings, crivvens, help ma Boab!
I love football
I hate football
I love…
Oh good God…
Is it too late to crack open a can…?
In conclusion…
Jings, crivvens, help ma Boab!
November 19, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Me last night…
I love football
I hate football
I love…
Oh good God…
Is it too late to crack open a can…?
In conclusion…
Jings, crivvens, help ma Boab!
I love football
I hate football
I love…
Oh good God…
Is it too late to crack open a can…?
In conclusion…
Jings, crivvens, help ma Boab!
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The way this Govenrment are treating some of the most vulnerable people in the world is disgusting.
And they the audacity to pretend it's coming from a place of compassion and concern.
Their only actual concern seems to be dancing to the tune of the far right rather than tackle inequality.
And they the audacity to pretend it's coming from a place of compassion and concern.
Their only actual concern seems to be dancing to the tune of the far right rather than tackle inequality.
November 17, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The way this Govenrment are treating some of the most vulnerable people in the world is disgusting.
And they the audacity to pretend it's coming from a place of compassion and concern.
Their only actual concern seems to be dancing to the tune of the far right rather than tackle inequality.
And they the audacity to pretend it's coming from a place of compassion and concern.
Their only actual concern seems to be dancing to the tune of the far right rather than tackle inequality.
Who are you?
What’s important to you?
I had a really lovely conversation for the upcoming #SquarePegs #podcast where, no matter how much I tried to shoe-horn Maslow’s heirarchy of needs, my guest’s answer was ‘Community’, ‘Society’ and ‘Collective Action’
What’s important to you?
I had a really lovely conversation for the upcoming #SquarePegs #podcast where, no matter how much I tried to shoe-horn Maslow’s heirarchy of needs, my guest’s answer was ‘Community’, ‘Society’ and ‘Collective Action’
November 18, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Who are you?
What’s important to you?
I had a really lovely conversation for the upcoming #SquarePegs #podcast where, no matter how much I tried to shoe-horn Maslow’s heirarchy of needs, my guest’s answer was ‘Community’, ‘Society’ and ‘Collective Action’
What’s important to you?
I had a really lovely conversation for the upcoming #SquarePegs #podcast where, no matter how much I tried to shoe-horn Maslow’s heirarchy of needs, my guest’s answer was ‘Community’, ‘Society’ and ‘Collective Action’
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Great interview with Russell Tovey - and really delighted to say welcome to @greenparty.org.uk
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Russell Tovey on pride, sexual power and politics: ‘The Green party slogan – make hope normal again – is what we need’
One of the most prolific and popular actors of his generation, he reflects on therapy, homophobia, why he suspects now is the worst time in history for trans people, and his secret life as a geek
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Great interview with Russell Tovey - and really delighted to say welcome to @greenparty.org.uk
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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Joni Mitchell video.
Parking Lot Song & Both Sides Now. #60's
Parking Lot Song & Both Sides Now. #60's
Joni Mitchell ~ Big Yellow Taxi + Both Sides Now (BBC - 1969)
YouTube video by Boston 4 Evaa
music.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Joni Mitchell video.
Parking Lot Song & Both Sides Now. #60's
Parking Lot Song & Both Sides Now. #60's
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Maybe there really is someone out there who wants to text like a cross between Chaucer, a deeply drunken Dutch person & Kryten trying to call Rimmer a Smeghead in Red Dwarf & so is absolutely overjoyed with how autocorrect “works” now
November 17, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Maybe there really is someone out there who wants to text like a cross between Chaucer, a deeply drunken Dutch person & Kryten trying to call Rimmer a Smeghead in Red Dwarf & so is absolutely overjoyed with how autocorrect “works” now