Chris Davison
@chrisdavison6363.bsky.social
#ProEU. Art educator BA 3D Design Ceramics. Berni Inns Shrewsbury, Hampshire Education ICT, SEGfL Manager (Blue Peter Badge), Brexitflüchtling seit 2017, Kitzbühel, Tirol. #RejoinEU. 🇪🇺
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I really see no difference between Labour and Reform at this point.
Cruel. Callous. Cowardly.
The public are seeing this Labour government for exactly who they are.
We all have a responsibility to make them pay at the ballot box.
Reject the hate. Reject them.
This is not who we are. Let's make hope normal again.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
The public are seeing this Labour government for exactly who they are.
We all have a responsibility to make them pay at the ballot box.
Reject the hate. Reject them.
This is not who we are. Let's make hope normal again.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I really see no difference between Labour and Reform at this point.
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When asked by Labour MP Catherine West about failed asylum seekers being forced into homelessness and destitution, Shabana Mahmood replies that "The best thing [for them] to do is to voluntarily leave the country".
November 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
When asked by Labour MP Catherine West about failed asylum seekers being forced into homelessness and destitution, Shabana Mahmood replies that "The best thing [for them] to do is to voluntarily leave the country".
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Government to ramp up deportations by overriding ECHR in fresh immigration crackdown
I would never have believed we would see a headline like this under a Labour government
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
I would never have believed we would see a headline like this under a Labour government
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Labour to ramp up deportations by overriding ECHR
Home secretary will attempt to change way ECHR is interpreted by UK judges – as critics hit out over proposals
www.independent.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Government to ramp up deportations by overriding ECHR in fresh immigration crackdown
I would never have believed we would see a headline like this under a Labour government
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
I would never have believed we would see a headline like this under a Labour government
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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The next pandemic is highly likely to be airborne. We need clarity on whether the government is prepared.
Are medical supplies up to date? And what action is being taken on ventilation and air filtration to keep public spaces safe?
#PublicHealth #PandemicPreparedness
Are medical supplies up to date? And what action is being taken on ventilation and air filtration to keep public spaces safe?
#PublicHealth #PandemicPreparedness
November 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The next pandemic is highly likely to be airborne. We need clarity on whether the government is prepared.
Are medical supplies up to date? And what action is being taken on ventilation and air filtration to keep public spaces safe?
#PublicHealth #PandemicPreparedness
Are medical supplies up to date? And what action is being taken on ventilation and air filtration to keep public spaces safe?
#PublicHealth #PandemicPreparedness
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The Home Secretary says "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
November 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The Home Secretary says "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
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Please share this petition to call for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Please share this petition to call for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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FFS. Surely they must realise that this brings up so many connotations of what the Nazis did to the Jews during the Shoah – taking their jewellery, valuables, and even the gold fillings out of their mouth. ... Or if they aren't aware of it, they're in the wrong damned job!
#BlueLabour
#BlueLabour
Jewellery and valuables belonging to refugees could be seized to pay for housing
‘It is right that if people have money in the bank, if people have assets...they should be contributing’, a Home Office minister said on Monday
www.independent.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 1:16 PM
FFS. Surely they must realise that this brings up so many connotations of what the Nazis did to the Jews during the Shoah – taking their jewellery, valuables, and even the gold fillings out of their mouth. ... Or if they aren't aware of it, they're in the wrong damned job!
#BlueLabour
#BlueLabour
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No one in America could have watched the programme at the time without a VPN because iPlayer is geo restricted. I doubt that Trump was even aware of the programme until his allies in the UK saw it as opportunity to continue their long running campaign against the Corporation.
The BBC has told President Trump’s lawyers that it would fight his lawsuit for up to $5bn, claiming nobody in America watched its misleading Panorama programme and it didn’t damage his reputation
BBC says Trump has no case as misleading Panorama did not air in US
www.thetimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:59 PM
No one in America could have watched the programme at the time without a VPN because iPlayer is geo restricted. I doubt that Trump was even aware of the programme until his allies in the UK saw it as opportunity to continue their long running campaign against the Corporation.
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Everything about the current 'debate' around this is dismal, not just morally but because it is so stupid. For example:
It conflates asylum-seeking and illegal immigration (and sometimes with migration generally)
It shows no understanding of why there is AS
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... 1/3
It conflates asylum-seeking and illegal immigration (and sometimes with migration generally)
It shows no understanding of why there is AS
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... 1/3
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 6:49 PM
Everything about the current 'debate' around this is dismal, not just morally but because it is so stupid. For example:
It conflates asylum-seeking and illegal immigration (and sometimes with migration generally)
It shows no understanding of why there is AS
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... 1/3
It conflates asylum-seeking and illegal immigration (and sometimes with migration generally)
It shows no understanding of why there is AS
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... 1/3
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Always remember that a parliamentary majority can (purport to) render a country "safe" by an Act. The Conservatives sought to do that with Rwanda, regardless of the facts.
Another chilling aspect... The Tories simply passed a law declaring Rwanda "safe".
Do we really trust that this govt or the next won't resort to similar tactics if this finds them politically convenient?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Do we really trust that this govt or the next won't resort to similar tactics if this finds them politically convenient?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
November 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Always remember that a parliamentary majority can (purport to) render a country "safe" by an Act. The Conservatives sought to do that with Rwanda, regardless of the facts.
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This. 👇
![Dear [my MP’s name],
As the Home Secretary prepares to announce sweeping changes to the UK’s asylum system, I see it as both my duty as a citizen and responsibility as a migration expert to do all I can to urge policymakers to oppose the proposals—not only for what they will do to refugees, though that is the first concern, but also for what they will mean for all of us and the future society we live in.
That is why I am writing to you as my MP. This letter explains why I consider the need to oppose the Home Secretary’s proposals urgent and, at the most fundamental level, in the national and your constituents’ interest.
I was born in Germany, a country whose history taught me how quickly societies can go down dark paths; how quickly our leaders can fail in the choices they make. But the history of the displacement of people that the Nazi regime was responsible for also shaped my understanding of why refugee movements occur—and why our response to any of them can never compromise what are, and must always be, universal human rights.
Which is why what is happening in the UK now is so deeply alarming.
A manufactured crisis
As of June 2025, there were 42.5 million refugees globally. Over 70% of them are hosted by low- and middle-income countries; most of them immediate neighbours. Overall, five countries—Colombia, Germany, Türkiye, Iran and Uganda—host a third of the total number of refugees; Germany is the main host in the EU, hosting 2.7 million.
The UK hosts 548,000 refugees; that is 0.78% of the UK population. About 110,000 people are in receipt of asylum support; that is 0.15% of the UK population.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bru4h6s37w4hfmwhetu7veye/bafkreidmewc5timbx7nh57qyq7lm7gmhvclzidmloqhwgckpnegnddoicq@jpeg)
November 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
This. 👇
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This is now a familiar rubric for ideas that are hard to sell on merits.
2019: Boris Johnson’s agenda is the only way to stop Nigel Farage’s.
2024: Nigel Farage’s agenda is the only way to stop Tommy Robinson.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
2019: Boris Johnson’s agenda is the only way to stop Nigel Farage’s.
2024: Nigel Farage’s agenda is the only way to stop Tommy Robinson.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are stirring up anger in the UK. My asylum reforms are our chance to stop them | Shabana Mahmood
I know some of these measures will face opposition. But a country without secure borders is less safe for those who look like me, says Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:56 AM
This is now a familiar rubric for ideas that are hard to sell on merits.
2019: Boris Johnson’s agenda is the only way to stop Nigel Farage’s.
2024: Nigel Farage’s agenda is the only way to stop Tommy Robinson.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
2019: Boris Johnson’s agenda is the only way to stop Nigel Farage’s.
2024: Nigel Farage’s agenda is the only way to stop Tommy Robinson.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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🚨🚨"The new European parliament, which has the job of endorsing the Von der Leyen 2.0 commission, is the most right wing in EU history". Great piece by @alemanno.bsky.social reflecting on a drastically changed EU political landscape.
November 17, 2025 at 12:40 PM
🚨🚨"The new European parliament, which has the job of endorsing the Von der Leyen 2.0 commission, is the most right wing in EU history". Great piece by @alemanno.bsky.social reflecting on a drastically changed EU political landscape.
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You get the feeling that McSweeney really does believe that ICE-style raids is what your median Yorkshire and Midlands voter hankers after
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 12:22 PM
You get the feeling that McSweeney really does believe that ICE-style raids is what your median Yorkshire and Midlands voter hankers after
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Europe is large and it's impossible to defend all points at the same time. It should consider imposing consequences for Russian action. For example, becoming stricter about shadow fleet movements in the Baltic Sea. This would complement Ukraine's kinetic strictness in the Black Sea.
November 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Europe is large and it's impossible to defend all points at the same time. It should consider imposing consequences for Russian action. For example, becoming stricter about shadow fleet movements in the Baltic Sea. This would complement Ukraine's kinetic strictness in the Black Sea.
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The threats to our security are real and growing.
Europe must urgently boost capacity to protect our skies and our infrastructure.
Poland is the largest defence spender in Europe. And it will be the biggest beneficiary of the SAFE instrument.
Razem jesteśmy silniejsi.
Europe must urgently boost capacity to protect our skies and our infrastructure.
Poland is the largest defence spender in Europe. And it will be the biggest beneficiary of the SAFE instrument.
Razem jesteśmy silniejsi.
November 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The threats to our security are real and growing.
Europe must urgently boost capacity to protect our skies and our infrastructure.
Poland is the largest defence spender in Europe. And it will be the biggest beneficiary of the SAFE instrument.
Razem jesteśmy silniejsi.
Europe must urgently boost capacity to protect our skies and our infrastructure.
Poland is the largest defence spender in Europe. And it will be the biggest beneficiary of the SAFE instrument.
Razem jesteśmy silniejsi.
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Last night was chilly, so I roasted chicken thighs brushed with the confit garlic oil sprinkled with smoked paprika, cracked black pepper and lemon, with mushroom, leek & pea risotto. Great on a chilly evening #rissotto #chickenrisotto #chillyevening #dinner #home
November 16, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Last night was chilly, so I roasted chicken thighs brushed with the confit garlic oil sprinkled with smoked paprika, cracked black pepper and lemon, with mushroom, leek & pea risotto. Great on a chilly evening #rissotto #chickenrisotto #chillyevening #dinner #home
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Im at the stage where i think that any labour mp thinks that they were voted in to do what labour has done to the disabled, to migrants and to the country in this follow reform shitshow, MUST KNOW THEY ARE ON BORROWED TIME.
DEFECT TO THE GREENS OR STAND DOWN
You are ALL frauds.
#GreenIsTheNewRed
DEFECT TO THE GREENS OR STAND DOWN
You are ALL frauds.
#GreenIsTheNewRed
November 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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A disgusting assault from @shabanamahmood.bsky.social @teamlabouruk.bsky.social on foreigners.
Removing jewelry - We've been here before ... shame on you !!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9vj...
You have now stooped so low to appease NF that I will not support Labour again.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Removing jewelry - We've been here before ... shame on you !!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9vj...
You have now stooped so low to appease NF that I will not support Labour again.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Schindler's List | "I Didn't Do Enough"
YouTube video by Universal Pictures
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:15 AM
A disgusting assault from @shabanamahmood.bsky.social @teamlabouruk.bsky.social on foreigners.
Removing jewelry - We've been here before ... shame on you !!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9vj...
You have now stooped so low to appease NF that I will not support Labour again.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Removing jewelry - We've been here before ... shame on you !!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9vj...
You have now stooped so low to appease NF that I will not support Labour again.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
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Imagine having a thumping majority in parliament and deciding to use it for something as squalid as this.
November 17, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Imagine having a thumping majority in parliament and deciding to use it for something as squalid as this.
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I hope every Labour MP considering whether to support Shabana Mahmood's asylum plans remembers Nigel Farage's assessment that the “Home Secretary sounds like a Reform supporter.”
If they support them they will too.
If they support them they will too.
November 17, 2025 at 7:19 AM
I hope every Labour MP considering whether to support Shabana Mahmood's asylum plans remembers Nigel Farage's assessment that the “Home Secretary sounds like a Reform supporter.”
If they support them they will too.
If they support them they will too.
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“It is far too easy for the true owners of property to hide behind secret trusts and offshore structures.”
Our latest investigation shows how an oligarch praised by Putin controls UK property, including in Scotland’s biggest town
www.theferret.scot/r...
Our latest investigation shows how an oligarch praised by Putin controls UK property, including in Scotland’s biggest town
www.theferret.scot/r...
www.theferret.scot
https://www.theferret.scot/russian-oligarch-paisley/
www.theferret.scot
November 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“It is far too easy for the true owners of property to hide behind secret trusts and offshore structures.”
Our latest investigation shows how an oligarch praised by Putin controls UK property, including in Scotland’s biggest town
www.theferret.scot/r...
Our latest investigation shows how an oligarch praised by Putin controls UK property, including in Scotland’s biggest town
www.theferret.scot/r...
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🔴 NEW: A Russian oligarch praised by Vladimir Putin has amassed a property portfolio in the UK under the veil of secretive offshore trusts.
Anti-corruption campaigners say our investigation is a “shocking indictment” of the UK’s “dirty money” defences
www.theferret.scot/r...
Anti-corruption campaigners say our investigation is a “shocking indictment” of the UK’s “dirty money” defences
www.theferret.scot/r...
November 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🔴 NEW: A Russian oligarch praised by Vladimir Putin has amassed a property portfolio in the UK under the veil of secretive offshore trusts.
Anti-corruption campaigners say our investigation is a “shocking indictment” of the UK’s “dirty money” defences
www.theferret.scot/r...
Anti-corruption campaigners say our investigation is a “shocking indictment” of the UK’s “dirty money” defences
www.theferret.scot/r...
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The Times: Business live: EU growth set to outpace Britain
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
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Business live: EU growth set to outpace Britain
GDP expected to be 1.4% in the European Union versus 1.2% in the UK; ex-Bank of England chief economist blames budget uncertainty for sluggish economy
www.thetimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The Times: Business live: EU growth set to outpace Britain
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
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Euractiv: Danish political parties hit by cyberattack on election eve
www.euractiv.com/news/danish-...
www.euractiv.com/news/danish-...
www.euractiv.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Euractiv: Danish political parties hit by cyberattack on election eve
www.euractiv.com/news/danish-...
www.euractiv.com/news/danish-...