Zoë Crowther
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IG: http://instagram.com/zoe.crowther/ • X: @zoenora6
📍 London via Notts, Newcastle & Bristol
And The Guardian op-ed is here!
Dark forces are stirring up anger in the UK. My asylum reforms are our chance to stop them | Shabana Mahmood
I know some of these measures will face opposition. But a country without secure borders is less safe for those who look like me, says Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
And The Guardian op-ed is here!
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'It's About Earning Consent': Inside The Labour Government's 'Difficult Tightrope' On Immigration
Government insiders believe there is political space to set out a more positive case for legal immigration. But even Labour MPs who support a progr...
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November 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Trailing new migration policy measures, Mahmood wrote that as the govt "restores control to our borders", new capped legal routes for "genuine refugees" will be opened, which "will grow in time"
Here is what a govt source told me last week about where they see a gap for Labour on immigration...
Here is what a govt source told me last week about where they see a gap for Labour on immigration...
November 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Trailing new migration policy measures, Mahmood wrote that as the govt "restores control to our borders", new capped legal routes for "genuine refugees" will be opened, which "will grow in time"
Here is what a govt source told me last week about where they see a gap for Labour on immigration...
Here is what a govt source told me last week about where they see a gap for Labour on immigration...
Read the full story here, including senior voices inside and close to government, Labour MPs, and research from @goodgrowthfdn.bsky.social @labourtogether.bsky.social @moreincommonuk.bsky.social @thinksinsight.bsky.social
'It's About Earning Consent': Inside The Labour Government's 'Difficult Tightrope' On Immigration
Government insiders believe there is political space to set out a more positive case for legal immigration. But even Labour MPs who support a progr...
www.politicshome.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Read the full story here, including senior voices inside and close to government, Labour MPs, and research from @goodgrowthfdn.bsky.social @labourtogether.bsky.social @moreincommonuk.bsky.social @thinksinsight.bsky.social
The debate over immigration is also part of the wider search for the political philosophy of the Labour government, and how it should be communicated
Starmer's biographer Tom Baldwin said this:
Starmer's biographer Tom Baldwin said this:
November 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The debate over immigration is also part of the wider search for the political philosophy of the Labour government, and how it should be communicated
Starmer's biographer Tom Baldwin said this:
Starmer's biographer Tom Baldwin said this:
And here’s what a source close to No10 had to say, arguing that the tough rhetoric on migration was about "earning permission to set out a sensible position" further down the line
November 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
And here’s what a source close to No10 had to say, arguing that the tough rhetoric on migration was about "earning permission to set out a sensible position" further down the line
One minister told me: "We need to do something on this, but it makes me nervous."
Another minister said it was “pretty simple” that skilled migration would be needed to boost the economy – but that this would need to be alongside demonstrating control over borders
Another minister said it was “pretty simple” that skilled migration would be needed to boost the economy – but that this would need to be alongside demonstrating control over borders
November 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
One minister told me: "We need to do something on this, but it makes me nervous."
Another minister said it was “pretty simple” that skilled migration would be needed to boost the economy – but that this would need to be alongside demonstrating control over borders
Another minister said it was “pretty simple” that skilled migration would be needed to boost the economy – but that this would need to be alongside demonstrating control over borders
Reposted by Zoë Crowther
Taken from a cracking @zoecrowther.bsky.social piece on migration policy and Labour.
A policy area where conflicts aren't resolved, just parked and allowed to fester before shooting off in different directions so things feel very ad hoc and disorientating.
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
A policy area where conflicts aren't resolved, just parked and allowed to fester before shooting off in different directions so things feel very ad hoc and disorientating.
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
'It's About Earning Consent': Inside The Labour Government's 'Difficult Tightrope' On Immigration
Government insiders believe there is political space to set out a more positive case for legal immigration. But even Labour MPs who support a progr...
www.politicshome.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Taken from a cracking @zoecrowther.bsky.social piece on migration policy and Labour.
A policy area where conflicts aren't resolved, just parked and allowed to fester before shooting off in different directions so things feel very ad hoc and disorientating.
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
A policy area where conflicts aren't resolved, just parked and allowed to fester before shooting off in different directions so things feel very ad hoc and disorientating.
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Thanks for reading Gaby!
November 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Thanks for reading Gaby!
Reposted by Zoë Crowther
(The immigration piece is here btw and it’s worth reading www.politicshome.com/news/article...)
'It's About Earning Consent': Inside The Labour Government's 'Difficult Tightrope' On Immigration
Government insiders believe there is political space to set out a more positive case for legal immigration. But even Labour MPs who support a progr...
www.politicshome.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
(The immigration piece is here btw and it’s worth reading www.politicshome.com/news/article...)
The streamlined option could also effectively remove any Tory grassroots membership input into the selection process for some wards
November 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The streamlined option could also effectively remove any Tory grassroots membership input into the selection process for some wards
A Conservative Party insider told PoliticsHome: “This has been a problem for the last 20 years, but why introduce this now?
“It speaks to the wider point of decline and decay in the party, which has become increasingly apparent in the last 12 months.”
“It speaks to the wider point of decline and decay in the party, which has become increasingly apparent in the last 12 months.”
November 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
A Conservative Party insider told PoliticsHome: “This has been a problem for the last 20 years, but why introduce this now?
“It speaks to the wider point of decline and decay in the party, which has become increasingly apparent in the last 12 months.”
“It speaks to the wider point of decline and decay in the party, which has become increasingly apparent in the last 12 months.”
The optional streamlined process is for non-target wards
Under the streamlined process, candidates will still be required to fill out an application form
But they WON’T have to fill out:
- previous employment
- campaigning experience
- what you hope to achieve if elected
Under the streamlined process, candidates will still be required to fill out an application form
But they WON’T have to fill out:
- previous employment
- campaigning experience
- what you hope to achieve if elected
November 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The optional streamlined process is for non-target wards
Under the streamlined process, candidates will still be required to fill out an application form
But they WON’T have to fill out:
- previous employment
- campaigning experience
- what you hope to achieve if elected
Under the streamlined process, candidates will still be required to fill out an application form
But they WON’T have to fill out:
- previous employment
- campaigning experience
- what you hope to achieve if elected