Left Of London
@left-of-london.bsky.social
Green, Humanist, Windsor resident - geographically & politically to the left of London.
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It's not even surprising anymore...
REVEALED: David Lammy placed the former UK president of the world’s biggest fossil fuel advertiser on the board of the foreign office after she gave him a £5000 donation: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/lammy-appo...
Lammy appointed Labour donor to plum foreign office role
Exclusive: Karen Blackett donated £5,000 to foreign secretary’s office last year. Now she’s been given a paid role as a non-executive director in his department.
democracyforsale.substack.com
July 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
It's not even surprising anymore...
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In January, the BBC wrote an article fear mongering about pylons "springing up" across the country
It contained some wildly misleading figures which spread to other newspapers.
I'm glad to say they've FINALLY been corrected. Here's what happened...🧵
bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It contained some wildly misleading figures which spread to other newspapers.
I'm glad to say they've FINALLY been corrected. Here's what happened...🧵
bbc.co.uk/news/article...
May 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
In January, the BBC wrote an article fear mongering about pylons "springing up" across the country
It contained some wildly misleading figures which spread to other newspapers.
I'm glad to say they've FINALLY been corrected. Here's what happened...🧵
bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It contained some wildly misleading figures which spread to other newspapers.
I'm glad to say they've FINALLY been corrected. Here's what happened...🧵
bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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It’s absolutely insane that hundreds of lawyers and judges (829 to be exact) need to write to Starmer to tell him, a humanitarian lawyer by trade, of his basic duties under humanitarian law.
—> lawyersletter.uk
—> lawyersletter.uk
UK Judges’ and Lawyers’ Open Letter Concerning the Occupied Palestinian Territory - May 2025 - UK lawyers’ open letter concerning Gaza
Download the full letter and Legal Memorandum | View signatories London26 May 2025 We are lawyers, legal academics and former judges who are UK-based or qualified. We write owing to our deep concern ...
lawyersletter.uk
May 27, 2025 at 11:10 AM
It’s absolutely insane that hundreds of lawyers and judges (829 to be exact) need to write to Starmer to tell him, a humanitarian lawyer by trade, of his basic duties under humanitarian law.
—> lawyersletter.uk
—> lawyersletter.uk
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"Doing nothing about the real issues behind people's struggles, politicians like Starmer create & trap us on an 'island of strangers' – a place not only of 'alien foreigners' but of Brits alienated from themselves & a political system of no use"
My long read on how complexity/humanity is missing 👇
My long read on how complexity/humanity is missing 👇
How Our Politicians Created an ‘Island of Strangers’ So They Don’t Have to Make Our Lives Any Better
By presenting tougher immigration as a solution to people’s discontent, Keir Starmer and others sidestep the real reasons why people feel estranged in their lives – it’s a cynical and simplistic polit...
bylinetimes.com
May 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
"Doing nothing about the real issues behind people's struggles, politicians like Starmer create & trap us on an 'island of strangers' – a place not only of 'alien foreigners' but of Brits alienated from themselves & a political system of no use"
My long read on how complexity/humanity is missing 👇
My long read on how complexity/humanity is missing 👇
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I have no words.
May 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I have no words.
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A symbol of the colossal waste of time and money that Brexit has been.
Brexit food control post at Portsmouth ‘may have to be demolished’, says port director
Exclusive: £25m hi-tech facility at terminal had been called ‘white elephant’ even before latest EU deal scrapping some health and veterinary checks
www.theguardian.com
May 21, 2025 at 6:43 AM
A symbol of the colossal waste of time and money that Brexit has been.
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Brilliant!
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
May 21, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Brilliant!
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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The Lib Dems have 14 times as many MPs at Westminster (72) as Reform but nowhere near as much broadcast media coverage. Meanwhile the Greens have 4 compared to 5 Reform MPs in the HofC and don’t get a fraction of the coverage Reform get. Sign the petition. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
May 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The Lib Dems have 14 times as many MPs at Westminster (72) as Reform but nowhere near as much broadcast media coverage. Meanwhile the Greens have 4 compared to 5 Reform MPs in the HofC and don’t get a fraction of the coverage Reform get. Sign the petition. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
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You wouldn't know it from today's newspaper front pages screaming "betrayal", but new YouGov polling finds that 66% of British people now want the Government to deliver a closer relationship with the EU, compared to just 14% who don't
May 20, 2025 at 10:31 AM
You wouldn't know it from today's newspaper front pages screaming "betrayal", but new YouGov polling finds that 66% of British people now want the Government to deliver a closer relationship with the EU, compared to just 14% who don't
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Starmer is making a huge mistake - ignoring voters who want real action on the climate, a fair tax system, investment in our economy, support for disabled people, action to lift children out of poverty, global leadership to end the bloodshed in Gaza...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/698...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/698...
Labour is ignoring the threat from its left
As disaffection with mainstream parties grows, Labour is copying Reform’s agenda. But trying to outflank the hard-right populists is not only pointles...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
May 19, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Starmer is making a huge mistake - ignoring voters who want real action on the climate, a fair tax system, investment in our economy, support for disabled people, action to lift children out of poverty, global leadership to end the bloodshed in Gaza...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/698...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/698...
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INCREDIBLE MOMENT.
Sir Simon Fraser pleads with media to elicit "a deeper conversation" about trade-offs, the role of Brexit in the UK's position, and challenge Reform arguments "rather than accept them simplistically".
Sky News cuts in to read out the latest tweet from Farage. 🤣~AA
Sir Simon Fraser pleads with media to elicit "a deeper conversation" about trade-offs, the role of Brexit in the UK's position, and challenge Reform arguments "rather than accept them simplistically".
Sky News cuts in to read out the latest tweet from Farage. 🤣~AA
May 19, 2025 at 9:43 AM
INCREDIBLE MOMENT.
Sir Simon Fraser pleads with media to elicit "a deeper conversation" about trade-offs, the role of Brexit in the UK's position, and challenge Reform arguments "rather than accept them simplistically".
Sky News cuts in to read out the latest tweet from Farage. 🤣~AA
Sir Simon Fraser pleads with media to elicit "a deeper conversation" about trade-offs, the role of Brexit in the UK's position, and challenge Reform arguments "rather than accept them simplistically".
Sky News cuts in to read out the latest tweet from Farage. 🤣~AA
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Someone has finally been held accountable for the war in Gaza, and it's Gary Lineker www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Match of the Day host Gary Lineker expected to leave the BBC
It comes after he faced criticism for sharing a social media post about Zionism.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 19, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Someone has finally been held accountable for the war in Gaza, and it's Gary Lineker www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The UK is near the bottom of a league table for the well-being of children and the happiness of teenagers
news.sky.com/story/uk-nea...
news.sky.com/story/uk-nea...
UK near bottom of child happiness and wellbeing league table
The UK ranks 21 out of 36 when compared to other high-income countries for child wellbeing, with countries such as France, Spain and Portugal near the top. On child mental health, the UK was 27th out ...
news.sky.com
May 14, 2025 at 10:15 AM
The UK is near the bottom of a league table for the well-being of children and the happiness of teenagers
news.sky.com/story/uk-nea...
news.sky.com/story/uk-nea...
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The Tories' contempt for scientific evidence is profoundly dangerous.
The climate crisis is the single greatest threat to future generations, we need action now.
The climate crisis is the single greatest threat to future generations, we need action now.
May 13, 2025 at 11:51 AM
The Tories' contempt for scientific evidence is profoundly dangerous.
The climate crisis is the single greatest threat to future generations, we need action now.
The climate crisis is the single greatest threat to future generations, we need action now.
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Whether “island of strangers”
was deliberately quoting Powell or not, taking the loneliness & atomisation of 2025 modernity - digitalised, distantly housed, car dependent, overworked, underserved by community facilities & public transport, & laying the blame on foreign care staff is fash-adjacent.
was deliberately quoting Powell or not, taking the loneliness & atomisation of 2025 modernity - digitalised, distantly housed, car dependent, overworked, underserved by community facilities & public transport, & laying the blame on foreign care staff is fash-adjacent.
May 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Whether “island of strangers”
was deliberately quoting Powell or not, taking the loneliness & atomisation of 2025 modernity - digitalised, distantly housed, car dependent, overworked, underserved by community facilities & public transport, & laying the blame on foreign care staff is fash-adjacent.
was deliberately quoting Powell or not, taking the loneliness & atomisation of 2025 modernity - digitalised, distantly housed, car dependent, overworked, underserved by community facilities & public transport, & laying the blame on foreign care staff is fash-adjacent.
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If Labour weren't such total cowards about Brexit, they could have diffused the row over immigration by pointing, again and again and again, at the graph that shows immigration skyrocketed immediately after the transition period ended.
Make "Brexit = v high levels of immigration" in peoples' minds.
Make "Brexit = v high levels of immigration" in peoples' minds.
May 14, 2025 at 8:10 AM
If Labour weren't such total cowards about Brexit, they could have diffused the row over immigration by pointing, again and again and again, at the graph that shows immigration skyrocketed immediately after the transition period ended.
Make "Brexit = v high levels of immigration" in peoples' minds.
Make "Brexit = v high levels of immigration" in peoples' minds.
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“Only ten years ago we were the best in the world in the annual LGBTI Rights Ranking. We’re now 22nd... This is not just an embarrassment abroad – it’s also a tragedy at home for tens of thousands of people struggling to live lives of quiet dignity.” goodlaw.social/5mgp
UK plummets down rankings for LGBTQ+ rights
Last month’s Supreme Court ruling has seen the UK fall six places to 22nd. It’s time to fight back
goodlaw.social
May 14, 2025 at 7:32 AM
“Only ten years ago we were the best in the world in the annual LGBTI Rights Ranking. We’re now 22nd... This is not just an embarrassment abroad – it’s also a tragedy at home for tens of thousands of people struggling to live lives of quiet dignity.” goodlaw.social/5mgp
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BBC News observe migration shot up after Brexit in 2020 but doesn't explain that ending Free Movement with the EU means we replaced temp workers from the EU with permanent workers from India, Nigeria and elsewhere around the world
May 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
BBC News observe migration shot up after Brexit in 2020 but doesn't explain that ending Free Movement with the EU means we replaced temp workers from the EU with permanent workers from India, Nigeria and elsewhere around the world
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Lovely to hear from the Prime Minister that the historical policies which allowed my Mum to remain in the UK after studying here, thus enabling my existence, was a “squalid experiment in open borders”.
May 12, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Lovely to hear from the Prime Minister that the historical policies which allowed my Mum to remain in the UK after studying here, thus enabling my existence, was a “squalid experiment in open borders”.
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When will Starmer learn that no matter how good his Nigel Farage impression gets, it won't save him from wipeout at the hands of Reform? Here's another idea - how about doing the work that's needed to actually make people's lives better? 🧵
May 12, 2025 at 10:19 AM
When will Starmer learn that no matter how good his Nigel Farage impression gets, it won't save him from wipeout at the hands of Reform? Here's another idea - how about doing the work that's needed to actually make people's lives better? 🧵
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Wow. I didn't realise that. I knew Labour have been piling indignities on immigrants like sprinkling confetti at a wedding, but I managed to miss this particular horror.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
May 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Wow. I didn't realise that. I knew Labour have been piling indignities on immigrants like sprinkling confetti at a wedding, but I managed to miss this particular horror.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Donald Trump’s termination of Register of Copyrights, Shira Perlmutter, is a brazen, unprecedented power grab with no legal basis.
It's surely no coincidence he acted less than a day after she refused to rubber-stamp Elon Musk’s efforts to mine troves of copyrighted works to train AI models.
It's surely no coincidence he acted less than a day after she refused to rubber-stamp Elon Musk’s efforts to mine troves of copyrighted works to train AI models.
May 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Donald Trump’s termination of Register of Copyrights, Shira Perlmutter, is a brazen, unprecedented power grab with no legal basis.
It's surely no coincidence he acted less than a day after she refused to rubber-stamp Elon Musk’s efforts to mine troves of copyrighted works to train AI models.
It's surely no coincidence he acted less than a day after she refused to rubber-stamp Elon Musk’s efforts to mine troves of copyrighted works to train AI models.
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“The firing of Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter came after Perlmutter and her office earlier this week issued part three of a lengthy report about artificial intelligence and expressed some concerns and questions about the usage of copyrighted materials by AI technology.”
CBS News - The Trump administration has fired the head of the US Copyright Office. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-fires-director-of-u-s-copyright-office-shira-perlmutter-sources/
Trump fires director of U.S. Copyright Office, sources say
Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter was appointed to the post by now former Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, who herself was fired by President Trump earlier this week.
www.cbsnews.com
May 11, 2025 at 1:32 AM
“The firing of Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter came after Perlmutter and her office earlier this week issued part three of a lengthy report about artificial intelligence and expressed some concerns and questions about the usage of copyrighted materials by AI technology.”
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🚨BREAKING🚨
WE’VE WON OUR CASE TO #DefendDemocracy
The Court of Appeal has ruled that anti-protest laws which completely ignored the will of Parliament are unlawful
WE’VE WON OUR CASE TO #DefendDemocracy
The Court of Appeal has ruled that anti-protest laws which completely ignored the will of Parliament are unlawful
May 2, 2025 at 9:47 AM
🚨BREAKING🚨
WE’VE WON OUR CASE TO #DefendDemocracy
The Court of Appeal has ruled that anti-protest laws which completely ignored the will of Parliament are unlawful
WE’VE WON OUR CASE TO #DefendDemocracy
The Court of Appeal has ruled that anti-protest laws which completely ignored the will of Parliament are unlawful