James Lynas
@skybluejim.bsky.social
CCFC (84-) Emp Lawyer (93-) School Governor (95-98, 04-22) Cllr (96-98) Surrey CCC (11-) #ukemplaw #PUSB
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Think we'd all enjoy Clive standing down and triggering a by-election that Andy Burnham then loses to the Greens.
Left-wing Labour MP offers Burnham his seat to replace Starmer on.ft.com/4801Vg4
Left-wing Labour MP offers Burnham his seat to replace Starmer
Move by Clive Lewis reflects increasing discontent with prime minister’s leadership
on.ft.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Think we'd all enjoy Clive standing down and triggering a by-election that Andy Burnham then loses to the Greens.
I hadn’t even realised we had picked up Michael Howard’s old seat.
The UK isn’t a “soft touch” on asylum.
UK asylum seeker benefits are similar to European neighbours
No right to work before 12 months (it’s 6 months in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands)
UK settlement after 5 years (it’s 3 or 4 in Germany)
Let’s cut out the alarmist rhetoric.
UK asylum seeker benefits are similar to European neighbours
No right to work before 12 months (it’s 6 months in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands)
UK settlement after 5 years (it’s 3 or 4 in Germany)
Let’s cut out the alarmist rhetoric.
November 19, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I hadn’t even realised we had picked up Michael Howard’s old seat.
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Hereditary peers are a lazy scapegoat for what is essentially a failure of government policy. No lawyers I have spoken to (including trade unionists) think day-one unfair dismissal is sensible or workable, whatever union general secretaries might say in public. Six months would work.
November 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Hereditary peers are a lazy scapegoat for what is essentially a failure of government policy. No lawyers I have spoken to (including trade unionists) think day-one unfair dismissal is sensible or workable, whatever union general secretaries might say in public. Six months would work.
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Want to know why we are in such a mess … this
There is so much messed up about this front page Express story today.
There's no suggestion or evidence ANY alcohol or drugs was consumed. This is literally just people dancing.
And buried in the piece: "The footage is believed to have been filmed just before Labour took power in July last year."
There's no suggestion or evidence ANY alcohol or drugs was consumed. This is literally just people dancing.
And buried in the piece: "The footage is believed to have been filmed just before Labour took power in July last year."
November 19, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Want to know why we are in such a mess … this
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'Labour politicians who believe they must simply hold their nose and pass these latest morally degrading policies in order to stem the rise of racism are deluding themselves.'
Showing the racists that racism works will not stem the tide of racism.
Showing the racists that racism works will not stem the tide of racism.
Shabana Mahmood is wrong - Another cowardly attack on immigrants does not hide the incompetence of the Starmer government.
Me, for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Me, for the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Shabana Mahmood is wrong
Another cowardly attack on immigrants does not hide the incompetence of the Starmer government
www.newstatesman.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
'Labour politicians who believe they must simply hold their nose and pass these latest morally degrading policies in order to stem the rise of racism are deluding themselves.'
Showing the racists that racism works will not stem the tide of racism.
Showing the racists that racism works will not stem the tide of racism.
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The UK isn’t a “soft touch” on asylum.
UK asylum seeker benefits are similar to European neighbours
No right to work before 12 months (it’s 6 months in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands)
UK settlement after 5 years (it’s 3 or 4 in Germany)
Let’s cut out the alarmist rhetoric.
UK asylum seeker benefits are similar to European neighbours
No right to work before 12 months (it’s 6 months in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands)
UK settlement after 5 years (it’s 3 or 4 in Germany)
Let’s cut out the alarmist rhetoric.
November 19, 2025 at 11:52 AM
The UK isn’t a “soft touch” on asylum.
UK asylum seeker benefits are similar to European neighbours
No right to work before 12 months (it’s 6 months in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands)
UK settlement after 5 years (it’s 3 or 4 in Germany)
Let’s cut out the alarmist rhetoric.
UK asylum seeker benefits are similar to European neighbours
No right to work before 12 months (it’s 6 months in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands)
UK settlement after 5 years (it’s 3 or 4 in Germany)
Let’s cut out the alarmist rhetoric.
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Remember integration? That thing voters "really, really" care about? Where's that in the latest plans?
My column:
My column:
Labour has given up on integration
Shabana Mahmood's latest asylum plans prioritise return at the expense of integrating newcomers
www.newstatesman.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Remember integration? That thing voters "really, really" care about? Where's that in the latest plans?
My column:
My column:
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Apparently having children is now a ‘perverse incentive’. So we’re about to hit Day 3 so still a few to go before Keir Starmer says he’s been terribly misunderstood and this isn’t what he he’s like at all. Rank.
November 18, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Apparently having children is now a ‘perverse incentive’. So we’re about to hit Day 3 so still a few to go before Keir Starmer says he’s been terribly misunderstood and this isn’t what he he’s like at all. Rank.
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Children’s AI toy gave advice on sex and where to find knives
The Kumma teddy bear, which uses OpenAI, has been pulled from shelves after it gave researchers worrying answers
The Kumma teddy bear, which uses OpenAI, has been pulled from shelves after it gave researchers worrying answers
Children’s AI toy gave advice on sex and where to find knives
www.thetimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Children’s AI toy gave advice on sex and where to find knives
The Kumma teddy bear, which uses OpenAI, has been pulled from shelves after it gave researchers worrying answers
The Kumma teddy bear, which uses OpenAI, has been pulled from shelves after it gave researchers worrying answers
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There is no downside
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:45 AM
There is no downside
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“Alf Dubs, of Kindertransport fame”
November 18, 2025 at 11:05 AM
“Alf Dubs, of Kindertransport fame”
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An absolute disgrace that @ox.ac.uk hosted this celebration of murdering a journalist.
See also Curtis Yarvin's remarks in a recent Oxford lecture:
"Say what you want about MBS, he's quite an effective king I think in a lot of different ways. Um love the Ritz thing, the whole Saudi embassy thing, I don't know, but I mean he was a journalist". [Giggles]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXYl...
"Say what you want about MBS, he's quite an effective king I think in a lot of different ways. Um love the Ritz thing, the whole Saudi embassy thing, I don't know, but I mean he was a journalist". [Giggles]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXYl...
November 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
An absolute disgrace that @ox.ac.uk hosted this celebration of murdering a journalist.
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"Higher education generated £24bn in export earnings for the UK in 2022-23, far above aircraft manufacturing with £12bn, legal services with £9.5bn and telecoms with £8.8bn."
#HigherEd
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
#HigherEd
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Less than Greggs? Public have no idea of value of top universities, study finds
Belief that snack chain’s revenues exceed those of Oxford’s one of many misconceptions about UK’s HE sector
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
"Higher education generated £24bn in export earnings for the UK in 2022-23, far above aircraft manufacturing with £12bn, legal services with £9.5bn and telecoms with £8.8bn."
#HigherEd
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
#HigherEd
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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We are doing our best not to dismember any more journalists with bone saws www.ft.com/content/dc11...
November 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
We are doing our best not to dismember any more journalists with bone saws www.ft.com/content/dc11...
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There is perhaps no group of human beings alive with less capacity for pattern recognition than professional centre-left advisers who go “if we pander to far-right rhetoric and outright racism on immigration, surely it will work out for us!”
November 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
There is perhaps no group of human beings alive with less capacity for pattern recognition than professional centre-left advisers who go “if we pander to far-right rhetoric and outright racism on immigration, surely it will work out for us!”
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Maybe I've missed a trick by not using my own experiences of racism to justify my (problematic) actions but then I don't have a seat in the Commons so what do I know.
November 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Maybe I've missed a trick by not using my own experiences of racism to justify my (problematic) actions but then I don't have a seat in the Commons so what do I know.
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During this cloudflare outage, let me supply you with this wisdom of the ages: “single point of failure” can be sung to the tune of “all the single ladies”
November 18, 2025 at 1:43 PM
During this cloudflare outage, let me supply you with this wisdom of the ages: “single point of failure” can be sung to the tune of “all the single ladies”
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All this is very bleak. But as today’s major protests all across the country show, the Slovak civil society is very vibrant and most Slovaks disagree with the direction of Fico’s govt and want him out of office. The next election is due in 2027, and Fico is now very much on the defensive. /Ends
November 18, 2025 at 12:20 AM
All this is very bleak. But as today’s major protests all across the country show, the Slovak civil society is very vibrant and most Slovaks disagree with the direction of Fico’s govt and want him out of office. The next election is due in 2027, and Fico is now very much on the defensive. /Ends
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Imagine, if you wish, the manager of a football club shouting at the fans that parking the bus and general hacking and shit-housery all over the pitch is, unfortunately, the only viable plan to win games. And then you look up the league table, and the club is 14pts off the first Europa League spots
November 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Imagine, if you wish, the manager of a football club shouting at the fans that parking the bus and general hacking and shit-housery all over the pitch is, unfortunately, the only viable plan to win games. And then you look up the league table, and the club is 14pts off the first Europa League spots
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A strong immigration system doesn't need to be a cruel one.
It shouldn't need saying - but refugees & asylum seekers are real people, fleeing war and persecution.
This daughter of an immigrant is proud of our British and Labour values of respect and not turning our backs on people in real need.
It shouldn't need saying - but refugees & asylum seekers are real people, fleeing war and persecution.
This daughter of an immigrant is proud of our British and Labour values of respect and not turning our backs on people in real need.
November 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
A strong immigration system doesn't need to be a cruel one.
It shouldn't need saying - but refugees & asylum seekers are real people, fleeing war and persecution.
This daughter of an immigrant is proud of our British and Labour values of respect and not turning our backs on people in real need.
It shouldn't need saying - but refugees & asylum seekers are real people, fleeing war and persecution.
This daughter of an immigrant is proud of our British and Labour values of respect and not turning our backs on people in real need.
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17 November 1922 | Dutch Jewish woman, Johanna Jeanette de Wijze, was born in Boxmeer.
In December 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz
Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
In December 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz
Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
November 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
17 November 1922 | Dutch Jewish woman, Johanna Jeanette de Wijze, was born in Boxmeer.
In December 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz
Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
In December 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork. She did not survive.
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Women at Auschwitz
Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
unspeakable
The Sun has been told Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will on Monday propose confiscating jewellery, watches, necklaces from asylum seekers to meet asylum costs
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
November 17, 2025 at 12:17 AM
unspeakable
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"I totally beat the BNP and ended up praised by them" is quite the CV. Sadly the wrong half is puffed up
November 16, 2025 at 9:26 PM
"I totally beat the BNP and ended up praised by them" is quite the CV. Sadly the wrong half is puffed up
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Fascinating that the cause of collapse of both major parties has not just been basically identical (cost of living and service failings creating unpopularity, chasing radical right tail on immigration fuelling in-bloc schism), but that doubling down has persisted long after failure became clear.
November 16, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Fascinating that the cause of collapse of both major parties has not just been basically identical (cost of living and service failings creating unpopularity, chasing radical right tail on immigration fuelling in-bloc schism), but that doubling down has persisted long after failure became clear.