Saul Staniforth
@saulstaniforth.bsky.social
The land it is the landlord's, the trader's is the sea, the ore the usurer's coffer fills, but what remains for me?
Sky News ran a 5 minute piece called 'Retire at 35'. The long and the short of it? Just stop being poor.
November 18, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Sky News ran a 5 minute piece called 'Retire at 35'. The long and the short of it? Just stop being poor.
Its a scandal that hospices have to rely on charity for most of their funding. What we need is a publicly funded & fully resourced hospice system within the NHS.
November 18, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Its a scandal that hospices have to rely on charity for most of their funding. What we need is a publicly funded & fully resourced hospice system within the NHS.
Shaina Low from the Norwegian Refugee Council on the flooding in Gaza.
November 18, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Shaina Low from the Norwegian Refugee Council on the flooding in Gaza.
"Days of heavy rain storms have created even more miserable conditions for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians living in makeshift shelters in Gaza"
November 18, 2025 at 7:48 AM
"Days of heavy rain storms have created even more miserable conditions for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians living in makeshift shelters in Gaza"
Whatever Labour does won't be enough for Reform, and why would it? All it does is legitimise Reforms rhetoric and policies, shifts the narrative further to the right, and makes a Reform government more likely.
November 18, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Whatever Labour does won't be enough for Reform, and why would it? All it does is legitimise Reforms rhetoric and policies, shifts the narrative further to the right, and makes a Reform government more likely.
Asked about opposition to yesterdays announcement Reed says all Lab MPs were elected on the same manifesto
Where in the manifesto did it say Lab would deport more kids, seize refugees property & increase the time before they can apply for permanent settlement from 5 to 20 years?
Where in the manifesto did it say Lab would deport more kids, seize refugees property & increase the time before they can apply for permanent settlement from 5 to 20 years?
November 18, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Asked about opposition to yesterdays announcement Reed says all Lab MPs were elected on the same manifesto
Where in the manifesto did it say Lab would deport more kids, seize refugees property & increase the time before they can apply for permanent settlement from 5 to 20 years?
Where in the manifesto did it say Lab would deport more kids, seize refugees property & increase the time before they can apply for permanent settlement from 5 to 20 years?
Ceasefire? What ceasefire?
Tareq Abu Azzoum reporting.
Tareq Abu Azzoum reporting.
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Ceasefire? What ceasefire?
Tareq Abu Azzoum reporting.
Tareq Abu Azzoum reporting.
Tareq Abu Azzoum reports on how Palestinians in Gaza are reacting to yesterdays UN vote and what it means for their future.
November 18, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Tareq Abu Azzoum reports on how Palestinians in Gaza are reacting to yesterdays UN vote and what it means for their future.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social is spot on here, the Labour govt is driving division and hate, they're emboldening the (far) right and they're preparing the way for a Reform government.
November 18, 2025 at 7:03 AM
@zackpolanski.bsky.social is spot on here, the Labour govt is driving division and hate, they're emboldening the (far) right and they're preparing the way for a Reform government.
Starmer has given an interview to the Mirror today saying he'll be leading Labour at the next election.
He'll be gone next year (and whoever succeeds him will carry on with exactly the same policies)
He'll be gone next year (and whoever succeeds him will carry on with exactly the same policies)
November 18, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Starmer has given an interview to the Mirror today saying he'll be leading Labour at the next election.
He'll be gone next year (and whoever succeeds him will carry on with exactly the same policies)
He'll be gone next year (and whoever succeeds him will carry on with exactly the same policies)
The Labour government wants to deport more children.
November 18, 2025 at 6:32 AM
The Labour government wants to deport more children.
Birmingham council tried to slash workers wages & when the workers responded by taking industrial action the council decided to bring in scab labour to try & break the strike. Those agency workers are now going on strike too.
Solidarity with the @unitetheunion.bsky.social bin workers
Solidarity with the @unitetheunion.bsky.social bin workers
November 18, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Birmingham council tried to slash workers wages & when the workers responded by taking industrial action the council decided to bring in scab labour to try & break the strike. Those agency workers are now going on strike too.
Solidarity with the @unitetheunion.bsky.social bin workers
Solidarity with the @unitetheunion.bsky.social bin workers
@richardburgon.bsky.social : "We can defeat the far rights politics of division not by capitulating to it and not by copying reform, but by having an immigration policy that is informed by decency, compassion and fairness" #GMB
November 18, 2025 at 6:20 AM
@richardburgon.bsky.social : "We can defeat the far rights politics of division not by capitulating to it and not by copying reform, but by having an immigration policy that is informed by decency, compassion and fairness" #GMB
Paul Brand: "There is criticism from the left wing of the Labour Party but also actually quite a lot of support from right wing newspapers this morning"
Says it all #GMB
Says it all #GMB
November 18, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Paul Brand: "There is criticism from the left wing of the Labour Party but also actually quite a lot of support from right wing newspapers this morning"
Says it all #GMB
Says it all #GMB
"Rather than take on the powerful, because the issue here is not immigration, it's inequality, they went for pensioners, they went for the disabled and now they're going for people who are fleeing war"
@zackpolanski.bsky.social on the govt targeting asylum seekers and refugees. Spot on.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social on the govt targeting asylum seekers and refugees. Spot on.
November 18, 2025 at 5:56 AM
"Rather than take on the powerful, because the issue here is not immigration, it's inequality, they went for pensioners, they went for the disabled and now they're going for people who are fleeing war"
@zackpolanski.bsky.social on the govt targeting asylum seekers and refugees. Spot on.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social on the govt targeting asylum seekers and refugees. Spot on.
Sophy Ridge: a yougov poll in July shows a majority in every party supports keeping the two child benefit cap.
A majority of Green party members support keeping the cap? Goes off to check the poll. Oh, the Green Party weren't included.
A majority of Green party members support keeping the cap? Goes off to check the poll. Oh, the Green Party weren't included.
November 17, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Sophy Ridge: a yougov poll in July shows a majority in every party supports keeping the two child benefit cap.
A majority of Green party members support keeping the cap? Goes off to check the poll. Oh, the Green Party weren't included.
A majority of Green party members support keeping the cap? Goes off to check the poll. Oh, the Green Party weren't included.
"A majority of Ecuadorians have voted against a measure to allow foreign military bases back in the country"
No prize for guessing which foreign military the president had in mind.
No prize for guessing which foreign military the president had in mind.
November 17, 2025 at 9:31 AM
"A majority of Ecuadorians have voted against a measure to allow foreign military bases back in the country"
No prize for guessing which foreign military the president had in mind.
No prize for guessing which foreign military the president had in mind.
Ridge: lots of people around the world are persecuted & we can't take them all
Alison Pickup from Asylum Aid: most people who flee their countries stay nearby
e.g Lebanon has 1.5m Syrian refugees. But 37,000 people arriving in small boats last year is tearing the UK apart, right?
Alison Pickup from Asylum Aid: most people who flee their countries stay nearby
e.g Lebanon has 1.5m Syrian refugees. But 37,000 people arriving in small boats last year is tearing the UK apart, right?
November 17, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Ridge: lots of people around the world are persecuted & we can't take them all
Alison Pickup from Asylum Aid: most people who flee their countries stay nearby
e.g Lebanon has 1.5m Syrian refugees. But 37,000 people arriving in small boats last year is tearing the UK apart, right?
Alison Pickup from Asylum Aid: most people who flee their countries stay nearby
e.g Lebanon has 1.5m Syrian refugees. But 37,000 people arriving in small boats last year is tearing the UK apart, right?
Israel has killed over 1,000 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since Oct 2023
So this justifies killing hundreds of thousands of Israelis, bombing Israeli hospitals & schools, destroying synagogues, murdering Israeli journalists & healthcare workers. Isnt that how it works?
So this justifies killing hundreds of thousands of Israelis, bombing Israeli hospitals & schools, destroying synagogues, murdering Israeli journalists & healthcare workers. Isnt that how it works?
November 17, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Israel has killed over 1,000 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since Oct 2023
So this justifies killing hundreds of thousands of Israelis, bombing Israeli hospitals & schools, destroying synagogues, murdering Israeli journalists & healthcare workers. Isnt that how it works?
So this justifies killing hundreds of thousands of Israelis, bombing Israeli hospitals & schools, destroying synagogues, murdering Israeli journalists & healthcare workers. Isnt that how it works?
Israel shot and killed a child in the occupied West Bank, prevented paramedics from reaching him and are refusing to release his body.
November 17, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Israel shot and killed a child in the occupied West Bank, prevented paramedics from reaching him and are refusing to release his body.
Nurse Islam Abu Assar stayed at her post at Al Shifa hospital throughout Israels genocide.
November 17, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Nurse Islam Abu Assar stayed at her post at Al Shifa hospital throughout Israels genocide.
So you've come to the UK fleeing war or persecution, you're granted refugee status, you live here for 18 years during which time you build a life, career and family, and then the govt deems the country you came from safe and deports you.
November 17, 2025 at 8:11 AM
So you've come to the UK fleeing war or persecution, you're granted refugee status, you live here for 18 years during which time you build a life, career and family, and then the govt deems the country you came from safe and deports you.
"... 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 8:01 AM
"... 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