Isaac Shaffer
@isaacshaffer.bsky.social
Lawyer, working on refugee & migrant rights. Legal Director, Refugee Legal Support. Usual disclaimer. Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.refugeelegalsupport.org/
Website: https://www.refugeelegalsupport.org/
This about sums it up. A government not only without backbone but without ideas too. Labour serve no purpose anymore.
An illustration of Labour parties abandoning progressive principles and legitimising far‑right rhetoric through the adoption of restrictive, populist stances on migration 👇
UK suspends refugee family reunion applications
Yvette Cooper outlines her plans as MPs return to Parliament after a summer of protests at asylum hotels.
www.bbc.com
September 3, 2025 at 8:40 AM
This about sums it up. A government not only without backbone but without ideas too. Labour serve no purpose anymore.
Arendt:
“Evil comes from a failure to think. It defies thought for as soon as thought tries to engage itself with evil & examine the premises & principles from which it originates, it is frustrated because it finds nothing there.”
On this trajectory, stupidity is hard to distinguish (externally).
“Evil comes from a failure to think. It defies thought for as soon as thought tries to engage itself with evil & examine the premises & principles from which it originates, it is frustrated because it finds nothing there.”
On this trajectory, stupidity is hard to distinguish (externally).
August 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Arendt:
“Evil comes from a failure to think. It defies thought for as soon as thought tries to engage itself with evil & examine the premises & principles from which it originates, it is frustrated because it finds nothing there.”
On this trajectory, stupidity is hard to distinguish (externally).
“Evil comes from a failure to think. It defies thought for as soon as thought tries to engage itself with evil & examine the premises & principles from which it originates, it is frustrated because it finds nothing there.”
On this trajectory, stupidity is hard to distinguish (externally).
Hesse casually predicting modernity and YouTube etc., the early radio age seems wild - a kind of swift breakdown of reality.
June 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Hesse casually predicting modernity and YouTube etc., the early radio age seems wild - a kind of swift breakdown of reality.
Reposted by Isaac Shaffer
UK Parliamentarians should reject the government’s plan to cut disability benefits, and be clear that budget savings should not come at the cost of the rights—especially the right to social security—of people with disabilities.
Human dignity must come first.
@hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
Human dignity must come first.
@hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
UK Social Security Plans Will Harm People With Disabilities
While the UK government claims its moves “will protect the most vulnerable,” in reality its plans to cut £4.5 billion in disability-linked benefits by 2030 will have a devastating impact on people’s r...
www.hrw.org
June 23, 2025 at 7:23 AM
UK Parliamentarians should reject the government’s plan to cut disability benefits, and be clear that budget savings should not come at the cost of the rights—especially the right to social security—of people with disabilities.
Human dignity must come first.
@hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
Human dignity must come first.
@hrw.org
www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...
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June 21, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Thanks so much to everyone for all of your support. Setting off for Brighton this morning at 8:30. It’s only the hottest day of the year so far. Last chance to sponsor me in raising money for the important work of @reflegalsupport.bsky.social if youd like to!
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Reposted by Isaac Shaffer
New from Free Movement: New report finds that children continue to be prosecuted for arriving across the Channel | Sonia Lenegan
New report finds that children continue to be prosecuted for arriving across the Channel - Free Movement
A new report from Humans for Rights Network, Oxford Border Criminologies, Refugee Legal Support and Captain Support UK, "I told them the truth" looks at the
freemovement.org.uk
June 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM
New from Free Movement: New report finds that children continue to be prosecuted for arriving across the Channel | Sonia Lenegan
Reposted by Isaac Shaffer
Crucial insight here.
Racists are insatiable.
Non-racists don’t think migration is all that important.
Labour’s migration policy must not chase the dream of satiating racists.
Racists are insatiable.
Non-racists don’t think migration is all that important.
Labour’s migration policy must not chase the dream of satiating racists.
CPS report deliberative groups liked reducing net migration to zero least of the options
- didn't think it was possible
- identified specific reasons/needs why not
But for smaller hardline group, reducing *net* to zero didn't go nearly far enough unless shut borders & deporting lots of people too!
- didn't think it was possible
- identified specific reasons/needs why not
But for smaller hardline group, reducing *net* to zero didn't go nearly far enough unless shut borders & deporting lots of people too!
December 5, 2024 at 10:35 AM
Crucial insight here.
Racists are insatiable.
Non-racists don’t think migration is all that important.
Labour’s migration policy must not chase the dream of satiating racists.
Racists are insatiable.
Non-racists don’t think migration is all that important.
Labour’s migration policy must not chase the dream of satiating racists.
Wondering if the starter pack of all starter packs contains itself?
November 22, 2024 at 1:54 PM
Wondering if the starter pack of all starter packs contains itself?