Alison Thewliss
@thewliss.bsky.social
Scrapping the two child limit and the rape clause has been a ten year fight, with many folk involved. This will help so many families who have been struggling, and I'm glad for them today.
November 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Scrapping the two child limit and the rape clause has been a ten year fight, with many folk involved. This will help so many families who have been struggling, and I'm glad for them today.
Well done to all the campaigners who have kept up the pressure on this. It's been a long ten years, and so many families have been harmed by this pernicious policy.
UK's Reeves scraps two-child welfare cap to cut poverty reut.rs/4p46zRD
UK's Reeves scraps two-child welfare cap to cut poverty
Britain's finance minister Rachel Reeves said on Wednesday a two-child limit on welfare payments would be scrapped in April to help reduce child poverty rates, a move estimated to cost 3.1 billion pounds ($4 billion) by 2029-30.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Well done to all the campaigners who have kept up the pressure on this. It's been a long ten years, and so many families have been harmed by this pernicious policy.
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Can we all have a moment please for @thewliss.bsky.social who has pursued this outcome, doggedly, for over a decade.
The two child limit and the rape clause should never have been on the statute books.
The two child limit and the rape clause should never have been on the statute books.
👀Looks like this government is scrapping the two child limit! This is good news for the thousands of children who will be lifted out of poverty and for the economy. Previous NEF analysis found this would reduce the economic cost of child poverty by £3.2bn a year.
November 26, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Can we all have a moment please for @thewliss.bsky.social who has pursued this outcome, doggedly, for over a decade.
The two child limit and the rape clause should never have been on the statute books.
The two child limit and the rape clause should never have been on the statute books.
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@thewliss.bsky.social Listening to the #Budget and reflecting on all your years of hard work on abolishing the #rapeclause
November 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
@thewliss.bsky.social Listening to the #Budget and reflecting on all your years of hard work on abolishing the #rapeclause
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Quite the correction by the Telegraph. The publication in question is @freemovement.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Quite the correction by the Telegraph. The publication in question is @freemovement.bsky.social
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Thanks to @petewishart.bsky.social for highlighting the @lsepress.bsky.social report to the home secretary, commissioned by #PCS and Refugees Together which suggests policy changes which would enable refugees to contribute to UK economy and be self-sufficient quicker.
www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...
www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...
November 17, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Thanks to @petewishart.bsky.social for highlighting the @lsepress.bsky.social report to the home secretary, commissioned by #PCS and Refugees Together which suggests policy changes which would enable refugees to contribute to UK economy and be self-sufficient quicker.
www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...
www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...
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We must stop the hostility towards, and demonisation of, people just trying to seek safety. Our statement on just some of the Home Secretary's proposed changes to the asylum system
November 17, 2025 at 10:28 AM
We must stop the hostility towards, and demonisation of, people just trying to seek safety. Our statement on just some of the Home Secretary's proposed changes to the asylum system
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Completely beyond why people try to defend Labour record on treatment of asylum seekers. They are awful.
They have done terrible things the Tories never even thought of, like denying any refugee who came here through irregular means from EVER becoming a citizen & ENDING FAMILY REUNIFICATION. demons.
They have done terrible things the Tories never even thought of, like denying any refugee who came here through irregular means from EVER becoming a citizen & ENDING FAMILY REUNIFICATION. demons.
November 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Completely beyond why people try to defend Labour record on treatment of asylum seekers. They are awful.
They have done terrible things the Tories never even thought of, like denying any refugee who came here through irregular means from EVER becoming a citizen & ENDING FAMILY REUNIFICATION. demons.
They have done terrible things the Tories never even thought of, like denying any refugee who came here through irregular means from EVER becoming a citizen & ENDING FAMILY REUNIFICATION. demons.
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It's not as if Labour even believes what it says... Starmer and his acolytes in Westminster, Holyrood and The Senedd just blow in the wind of political opportunism.
"... it goes after those of us who look like we could be immigrants. We have talked a lot about illegal immigration sitting at the heart of this debate, but what we are not talking about so much is race"
Shabana Mahmood condemning the hostile environment back in 2018
Shabana Mahmood condemning the hostile environment back in 2018
November 17, 2025 at 8:20 AM
It's not as if Labour even believes what it says... Starmer and his acolytes in Westminster, Holyrood and The Senedd just blow in the wind of political opportunism.
I had the highest immigration caseload in Scotland, and was proud to advocate on behalf of constituents. It's important work and makes a huge difference to people's lives.
I hear that some Labour MPs have reverted to pre-2015 behaviour of not supporting people with immigration casework. Shameful.
I hear that some Labour MPs have reverted to pre-2015 behaviour of not supporting people with immigration casework. Shameful.
New from Free Movement: What can MPs do to help their constituents in immigration and asylum cases? | Anonymous
What can MPs do to help their constituents in immigration and asylum cases? - Free Movement
I’ve worked in the busy constituency office of an MP for the last decade and I carry out the immigration and asylum casework for them. I thought it would be
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November 17, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I had the highest immigration caseload in Scotland, and was proud to advocate on behalf of constituents. It's important work and makes a huge difference to people's lives.
I hear that some Labour MPs have reverted to pre-2015 behaviour of not supporting people with immigration casework. Shameful.
I hear that some Labour MPs have reverted to pre-2015 behaviour of not supporting people with immigration casework. Shameful.
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ECHR has protected domestic-violence survivors, disabled people fighting cuts, bereaved families demanding inquests, racialized communities resisting police abuse & people in mental health settings facing neglect.
Don’t be distracted. This is a rights rollback for everyone. tinyurl.com/3namk9ss
Don’t be distracted. This is a rights rollback for everyone. tinyurl.com/3namk9ss
November 16, 2025 at 10:20 PM
ECHR has protected domestic-violence survivors, disabled people fighting cuts, bereaved families demanding inquests, racialized communities resisting police abuse & people in mental health settings facing neglect.
Don’t be distracted. This is a rights rollback for everyone. tinyurl.com/3namk9ss
Don’t be distracted. This is a rights rollback for everyone. tinyurl.com/3namk9ss
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Govt pushing for “tough” asylum plans,but the real danger is the move to rewrite how UK courts apply the ECHR.This won’t stop at deportation cases
Undermine rights for migrants,&you weaken the tools every marginalised group relies on to hold the state to account
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Undermine rights for migrants,&you weaken the tools every marginalised group relies on to hold the state to account
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
No 10 tells Labour MPs it expects support for tough new asylum policies
Some backbenchers already opposing planned immigration crackdown seen as ‘economically and culturally illiterate’
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Govt pushing for “tough” asylum plans,but the real danger is the move to rewrite how UK courts apply the ECHR.This won’t stop at deportation cases
Undermine rights for migrants,&you weaken the tools every marginalised group relies on to hold the state to account
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Undermine rights for migrants,&you weaken the tools every marginalised group relies on to hold the state to account
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Just wilful performative cruelty that is entirely out of step with the majority of British people.
How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?
How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?
November 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Just wilful performative cruelty that is entirely out of step with the majority of British people.
How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?
How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?
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Imagine spending 20 years waiting to see if a reconsideration every few years would uproot you again. Never leaving the system. Constantly wondering whether you'd need to challenge a new decision made, thinking about evidence and getting legal help. Never feeling safe. It's inhumane.
November 17, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Imagine spending 20 years waiting to see if a reconsideration every few years would uproot you again. Never leaving the system. Constantly wondering whether you'd need to challenge a new decision made, thinking about evidence and getting legal help. Never feeling safe. It's inhumane.
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There’s just so much performative cruelty and stupidity in the asylum announcements that it’s hard to know where to start.
But one place to start is that if its aim is to reduce small boats crossings, it won’t work.
We’ve had 5 years of deterrent policies. They don’t work.
But one place to start is that if its aim is to reduce small boats crossings, it won’t work.
We’ve had 5 years of deterrent policies. They don’t work.
November 17, 2025 at 8:31 AM
There’s just so much performative cruelty and stupidity in the asylum announcements that it’s hard to know where to start.
But one place to start is that if its aim is to reduce small boats crossings, it won’t work.
We’ve had 5 years of deterrent policies. They don’t work.
But one place to start is that if its aim is to reduce small boats crossings, it won’t work.
We’ve had 5 years of deterrent policies. They don’t work.
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Imagine you find a place to make a new life for yourself after a traumatic event. You form a family, find work, make friends, learn a new way to live. Then 20 years later a government minister decides you haven’t ‘tried hard enough’ so sends you back to the place of your trauma. 1/3
November 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Imagine you find a place to make a new life for yourself after a traumatic event. You form a family, find work, make friends, learn a new way to live. Then 20 years later a government minister decides you haven’t ‘tried hard enough’ so sends you back to the place of your trauma. 1/3
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Jewellery, gold teeth and glasses frames, pens and watches and watch chains.
These things were taken from the desperate and dispossessed as they entered the camps.
If you are a Labour MP, it is time to act. Either you take back your party for humanity and solidarity now, or you leave.
These things were taken from the desperate and dispossessed as they entered the camps.
If you are a Labour MP, it is time to act. Either you take back your party for humanity and solidarity now, or you leave.
November 17, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Jewellery, gold teeth and glasses frames, pens and watches and watch chains.
These things were taken from the desperate and dispossessed as they entered the camps.
If you are a Labour MP, it is time to act. Either you take back your party for humanity and solidarity now, or you leave.
These things were taken from the desperate and dispossessed as they entered the camps.
If you are a Labour MP, it is time to act. Either you take back your party for humanity and solidarity now, or you leave.
Dehumanising language
Undermining human rights protections
Putting people in military camps
Seizing their jewellery
Shame on the Labour party
Undermining human rights protections
Putting people in military camps
Seizing their jewellery
Shame on the Labour party
Govt minister Alex Norris is asked if the govt will take jewellery from people [fleeing war and persecution]. Norris says the govt won't be taking peoples wedding rings but they will seize assets.
November 17, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Dehumanising language
Undermining human rights protections
Putting people in military camps
Seizing their jewellery
Shame on the Labour party
Undermining human rights protections
Putting people in military camps
Seizing their jewellery
Shame on the Labour party
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Since removing the two-child benefit cap is all over the news today I just wanna shout out my ex MP Alison Thewliss @thewliss.bsky.social who was absolutely Instrumental in keeping the issue in people's minds when it could easily have just faded away
November 12, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Since removing the two-child benefit cap is all over the news today I just wanna shout out my ex MP Alison Thewliss @thewliss.bsky.social who was absolutely Instrumental in keeping the issue in people's minds when it could easily have just faded away
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Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages (Fife) by-election, 1st prefs:
SNP: 1594 (42.6%, -4.9)
RUK: 1080 (28.9%, new)
Lab: 778 (20.8%, -19.5)
LD: 99 (2.6%, +0.4)
Alba: 83 (2.2%, +0.9)
Con: 64 (1.7%, -4.8)
Sovereignty: 45 (1.2%, new)
(Greens 2.2% in 2022)
SNP elected stage TBC (3rd time lucky!)
SNP: 1594 (42.6%, -4.9)
RUK: 1080 (28.9%, new)
Lab: 778 (20.8%, -19.5)
LD: 99 (2.6%, +0.4)
Alba: 83 (2.2%, +0.9)
Con: 64 (1.7%, -4.8)
Sovereignty: 45 (1.2%, new)
(Greens 2.2% in 2022)
SNP elected stage TBC (3rd time lucky!)
November 7, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages (Fife) by-election, 1st prefs:
SNP: 1594 (42.6%, -4.9)
RUK: 1080 (28.9%, new)
Lab: 778 (20.8%, -19.5)
LD: 99 (2.6%, +0.4)
Alba: 83 (2.2%, +0.9)
Con: 64 (1.7%, -4.8)
Sovereignty: 45 (1.2%, new)
(Greens 2.2% in 2022)
SNP elected stage TBC (3rd time lucky!)
SNP: 1594 (42.6%, -4.9)
RUK: 1080 (28.9%, new)
Lab: 778 (20.8%, -19.5)
LD: 99 (2.6%, +0.4)
Alba: 83 (2.2%, +0.9)
Con: 64 (1.7%, -4.8)
Sovereignty: 45 (1.2%, new)
(Greens 2.2% in 2022)
SNP elected stage TBC (3rd time lucky!)
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While Labour copies Farage’s policies, our NHS and care homes are finding it harder to recruit the staff they need.
We have a solution.👇
We have a solution.👇
October 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
While Labour copies Farage’s policies, our NHS and care homes are finding it harder to recruit the staff they need.
We have a solution.👇
We have a solution.👇
💛 Brilliant conversations last night at the inaugural meeting of the new Glasgow Central SNP - plans well underway for next year's Scottish Parliament elections.
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www.snp.org/join/
October 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
💛 Brilliant conversations last night at the inaugural meeting of the new Glasgow Central SNP - plans well underway for next year's Scottish Parliament elections.
www.snp.org/join/
www.snp.org/join/