Rishaad Aït El Moudden
@rish-aemoudden.bsky.social
Fundraiser in Higher Education & the arts. Usually at the cinema or climbing. Leeds United fan/victim. 🏴🇲🇦ⵣ🏴
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Nigel Farage appears to have changed his mind
January 26, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Nigel Farage appears to have changed his mind
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Finally, the @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social programme has dropped and I am so glad to have it out there. Below are some of the films that I am most excited for people to see:
January 22, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Finally, the @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social programme has dropped and I am so glad to have it out there. Below are some of the films that I am most excited for people to see:
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Nadim Zahawi arrived in the UK from Iraq as a child refugee. His family claimed asylum once they were here. Today he has joined Reform who will stop all in country asylum applications. Under his new party, his own family fleeing persecution would be immediately deported.
January 12, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Nadim Zahawi arrived in the UK from Iraq as a child refugee. His family claimed asylum once they were here. Today he has joined Reform who will stop all in country asylum applications. Under his new party, his own family fleeing persecution would be immediately deported.
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GFF26 news!
BAFTA-winner Felipe Bustos Sierra’s documentary, Everybody to Kenmure Street, will open our 22nd edition on 25 February.
Tickets for both Opening and Closing Galas will go on sale 10am Monday 19 January on our website.
Read more: bit.ly/GFF26_OpeningGalaAnnounced
BAFTA-winner Felipe Bustos Sierra’s documentary, Everybody to Kenmure Street, will open our 22nd edition on 25 February.
Tickets for both Opening and Closing Galas will go on sale 10am Monday 19 January on our website.
Read more: bit.ly/GFF26_OpeningGalaAnnounced
January 7, 2026 at 10:31 AM
GFF26 news!
BAFTA-winner Felipe Bustos Sierra’s documentary, Everybody to Kenmure Street, will open our 22nd edition on 25 February.
Tickets for both Opening and Closing Galas will go on sale 10am Monday 19 January on our website.
Read more: bit.ly/GFF26_OpeningGalaAnnounced
BAFTA-winner Felipe Bustos Sierra’s documentary, Everybody to Kenmure Street, will open our 22nd edition on 25 February.
Tickets for both Opening and Closing Galas will go on sale 10am Monday 19 January on our website.
Read more: bit.ly/GFF26_OpeningGalaAnnounced
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If you were personally not racist but you ran a party that contained this level of racism, you'd resign on the basis you had somehow ended up organising racists into a serious campaigning force, which had never been your intention.
On the other hand, if you *are* a racist...
On the other hand, if you *are* a racist...
"More than a third (37%) of Reform UK voters said they would be prouder of Britain if there were fewer people from minority ethnic backgrounds in a decade’s time, and 10% [compared to 3% overall] said it was important to have white skin to be a good British citizen."
Number of people who say Britons must be born in UK is rising, study shows
Exclusive: Research finds ‘worrying’ surge in support for hard-right narratives on national identity
www.theguardian.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
If you were personally not racist but you ran a party that contained this level of racism, you'd resign on the basis you had somehow ended up organising racists into a serious campaigning force, which had never been your intention.
On the other hand, if you *are* a racist...
On the other hand, if you *are* a racist...
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I already agree with this in principle - citizenship is an untouchable status or it is nothing - but also for reasons of prudence. “The Home Sec can revoke citizenship when he/she deems someone’s online output sufficiently offensive” is a v dangerous precedent to set with Reform leading all polls.
December 29, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I already agree with this in principle - citizenship is an untouchable status or it is nothing - but also for reasons of prudence. “The Home Sec can revoke citizenship when he/she deems someone’s online output sufficiently offensive” is a v dangerous precedent to set with Reform leading all polls.
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Starmer / Reeves relentless focus on growth latest.
Tighter visa rules will cost UK up to £10.8bn
Home Office assessment shows impact of latest changes to immigration regime over next five years
giftarticle.ft.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Starmer / Reeves relentless focus on growth latest.
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🚨 GFF26 breaking news! 🚨
We’re proud to announce that James McAvoy’s directorial debut will have its UK premiere as the closing gala for Glasgow Film Festival 2026!
Tickets to the UK premiere on Sunday 8 March go on sale in January 2026.
Read more: bit.ly/GFF26_ClosingGalaAnnouncement
We’re proud to announce that James McAvoy’s directorial debut will have its UK premiere as the closing gala for Glasgow Film Festival 2026!
Tickets to the UK premiere on Sunday 8 March go on sale in January 2026.
Read more: bit.ly/GFF26_ClosingGalaAnnouncement
December 9, 2025 at 11:07 AM
🚨 GFF26 breaking news! 🚨
We’re proud to announce that James McAvoy’s directorial debut will have its UK premiere as the closing gala for Glasgow Film Festival 2026!
Tickets to the UK premiere on Sunday 8 March go on sale in January 2026.
Read more: bit.ly/GFF26_ClosingGalaAnnouncement
We’re proud to announce that James McAvoy’s directorial debut will have its UK premiere as the closing gala for Glasgow Film Festival 2026!
Tickets to the UK premiere on Sunday 8 March go on sale in January 2026.
Read more: bit.ly/GFF26_ClosingGalaAnnouncement
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'We have historically high welfare spending.' No we don't.
'We have a historically high proportion of working-age people not actually working.' No we don't.
'The number of Britons emigrating is skyrocketing.' No it isn't.
'We have a historically high proportion of working-age people not actually working.' No we don't.
'The number of Britons emigrating is skyrocketing.' No it isn't.
November 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
'We have historically high welfare spending.' No we don't.
'We have a historically high proportion of working-age people not actually working.' No we don't.
'The number of Britons emigrating is skyrocketing.' No it isn't.
'We have a historically high proportion of working-age people not actually working.' No we don't.
'The number of Britons emigrating is skyrocketing.' No it isn't.
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Agree with every word of this
We've gone from 9% of social care staff coming from outside the UK and EEA in 2021/22 to almost 25% in 2024/25
The govt has no near-term replacement
It means either:
1) staffing shortages or
2) councils spending far more to attract staff, with no extra funding
We've gone from 9% of social care staff coming from outside the UK and EEA in 2021/22 to almost 25% in 2024/25
The govt has no near-term replacement
It means either:
1) staffing shortages or
2) councils spending far more to attract staff, with no extra funding
November 28, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Agree with every word of this
We've gone from 9% of social care staff coming from outside the UK and EEA in 2021/22 to almost 25% in 2024/25
The govt has no near-term replacement
It means either:
1) staffing shortages or
2) councils spending far more to attract staff, with no extra funding
We've gone from 9% of social care staff coming from outside the UK and EEA in 2021/22 to almost 25% in 2024/25
The govt has no near-term replacement
It means either:
1) staffing shortages or
2) councils spending far more to attract staff, with no extra funding
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We’ve mapped the mansion tax.
You can see who's paying - which constituency, which postcode - and how many "mansions" are near you.
Full interactive map here 👇
You can see who's paying - which constituency, which postcode - and how many "mansions" are near you.
Full interactive map here 👇
November 28, 2025 at 9:34 AM
We’ve mapped the mansion tax.
You can see who's paying - which constituency, which postcode - and how many "mansions" are near you.
Full interactive map here 👇
You can see who's paying - which constituency, which postcode - and how many "mansions" are near you.
Full interactive map here 👇
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Again, I invite the public to put two and two together about what has been happening in British politics and media for a long time now.
November 26, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Again, I invite the public to put two and two together about what has been happening in British politics and media for a long time now.
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if you missed me at thought bubble i have added my new zine to my online shop! 24 pages of writing about films including MAY DECEMBER, TÁR, QUEER &c – all with cute illustrations by moi! £4+pp! fwyl.bigcartel.com/product/wrap...
im going to be at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social this weekend with @omipalonepress.bsky.social! I will have prints stickers and zines including this new one compiling some film writing with added illustrations! come say hi!
November 20, 2025 at 11:38 AM
if you missed me at thought bubble i have added my new zine to my online shop! 24 pages of writing about films including MAY DECEMBER, TÁR, QUEER &c – all with cute illustrations by moi! £4+pp! fwyl.bigcartel.com/product/wrap...
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Even with my bedrock low opinion of Labour, I was clinging to some shred of hope that even they would realise that stealing the last remaining possessions of people who have fled for their lives was a disgusting policy. Turns out there isn't a bottom to this particular barrel they are scraping.
For fairly obvious reasons when people flee their countries of origin to seek asylum elsewhere they can't carry much. Often things like jewellery are all they have to hold onto. This isn't just stripping people of "assets", it is stealing their memories. 57/
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum seekers’ jewellery could be seized to pay for processing costs, says Home Office minister
Idea borrowed from Denmark is latest attempt to reduce number of people seeking asylum in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Even with my bedrock low opinion of Labour, I was clinging to some shred of hope that even they would realise that stealing the last remaining possessions of people who have fled for their lives was a disgusting policy. Turns out there isn't a bottom to this particular barrel they are scraping.
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The government seems to be trying to simultaneously claim it can deliver Reform’s agenda better than Reform, while also about once a month sending out someone to decry Reform’s racism.
It’s genuinely sort of amazing that they still haven’t realised why that doesn’t work.
It’s genuinely sort of amazing that they still haven’t realised why that doesn’t work.
November 16, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The government seems to be trying to simultaneously claim it can deliver Reform’s agenda better than Reform, while also about once a month sending out someone to decry Reform’s racism.
It’s genuinely sort of amazing that they still haven’t realised why that doesn’t work.
It’s genuinely sort of amazing that they still haven’t realised why that doesn’t work.
"Where is the nearest place that sells a calzone this big in Vatican City?"
Adam Scott meeting the pope, for anyone interested in that sort of thing
November 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
"Where is the nearest place that sells a calzone this big in Vatican City?"
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What is truly pathetic about Labour is that this is all they have got. They have failed so spectacularly already, despite a whacking great majority, to even attempt to govern positively that all they have is punching down on marginalised groups and saying "oh but Reform will be worse".
November 15, 2025 at 7:48 AM
What is truly pathetic about Labour is that this is all they have got. They have failed so spectacularly already, despite a whacking great majority, to even attempt to govern positively that all they have is punching down on marginalised groups and saying "oh but Reform will be worse".
Based on popular artists 'similar to' music I listen to, probably LCD Soundsystem.
Or maybe Bring Me the Horizon or A Day to Remember. I thought they were the same band for ages.
Or maybe Bring Me the Horizon or A Day to Remember. I thought they were the same band for ages.
What is your biggest musical blindspot for someone precisely your age?
For me - an elder millennial - it is that I have never knowingly listened to INCUBUS, nor could I name even one of their songs if you put a gun to my head.
For me - an elder millennial - it is that I have never knowingly listened to INCUBUS, nor could I name even one of their songs if you put a gun to my head.
November 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Based on popular artists 'similar to' music I listen to, probably LCD Soundsystem.
Or maybe Bring Me the Horizon or A Day to Remember. I thought they were the same band for ages.
Or maybe Bring Me the Horizon or A Day to Remember. I thought they were the same band for ages.
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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An entire segment of the population is being repeatedly told that ’illegal immigration‘ - which is in fact barely 5% of immigration - is the dominant problem in this country. This is a media-driven phenomenon.
A case study in far right propaganda success. Tory governments run down public services over decades & then the the populist right breeds in ruined communities by scapegoating Black & brown immigrants.
Why one small town with very little immigration turned to Reform UK www.bbc.com/news/article...
Why one small town with very little immigration turned to Reform UK www.bbc.com/news/article...
Buxton: Why one small town with very little immigration turned to Reform UK
How national concerns affected a local election in the heart of the Peak District.
www.bbc.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:17 AM
An entire segment of the population is being repeatedly told that ’illegal immigration‘ - which is in fact barely 5% of immigration - is the dominant problem in this country. This is a media-driven phenomenon.
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Nothing on the BBC Radio news this morning. Nothing I could find on their website. This is an MP from the party whose lead in the opinion polls normally ensures them wall-to-wall coverage. She spouts racist nonsense for which even she feels obliged to apologise. What on earth are they playing at?
Reform’s Sarah Pochin forced to apologise after claiming adverts 'full of black people' drive her 'mad’ | LBC
The Runcorn and Helsby MP was responding to a viewer live on air who complained about the demographics of advertising.
www.lbc.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Nothing on the BBC Radio news this morning. Nothing I could find on their website. This is an MP from the party whose lead in the opinion polls normally ensures them wall-to-wall coverage. She spouts racist nonsense for which even she feels obliged to apologise. What on earth are they playing at?
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This is a good response. Why did it take 48 hours? What kindal of Micky Mouse operation are they running in there?
NEW: Labour condemn Tory plan to strip people of indefinite leave to remain:
“It’s utterly grotesque that Tories want to deport people with the lawful right to be here to achieve ‘cultural coherence’.
“This policy would mean tearing families apart and ripping out our neighbours from communities."
“It’s utterly grotesque that Tories want to deport people with the lawful right to be here to achieve ‘cultural coherence’.
“This policy would mean tearing families apart and ripping out our neighbours from communities."
October 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This is a good response. Why did it take 48 hours? What kindal of Micky Mouse operation are they running in there?
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Yeah this is BNP stuff pursued for BNP reasons, regardless of how much it costs.
Sunday Times interview Tory "rising star" Katie Lam
She is clear she wants lots of legal migrants to be told to "go home" so as "to leave a mostly but not entirely culturally coherent group of people"
(The interviewer suggests she is scrapping ILR or stripping people of it)
She is clear she wants lots of legal migrants to be told to "go home" so as "to leave a mostly but not entirely culturally coherent group of people"
(The interviewer suggests she is scrapping ILR or stripping people of it)
October 19, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Yeah this is BNP stuff pursued for BNP reasons, regardless of how much it costs.
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How has the government got itself into the position of standing up for Israeli football hooligans, while criminalising peaceful supporters of Palestine Action?
October 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
How has the government got itself into the position of standing up for Israeli football hooligans, while criminalising peaceful supporters of Palestine Action?