[9/9] There is a better way forward, and that would be to genuinely tackle inequality, nourish strong communities, and stop stoking racist hatred. The politics of fear is cheap and easy but in the end we will all pay a heavy price for it.
[8/9] One thing the Home Secretary is right about is that far right politics are indeed “taking hold”. But that is because successive governments have actively legitimised and proudly pursued far right, racist, policies, insisting they are part of our core values.
[7/9] Trust is broken when a government - and successive governments - violates its duty of care to its people. Our political leaders keep punching down, so those with the most can continue to hoard their wealth and power. These are political choices.
[6/9] Instead, we continue to be bombarded with policies and narratives that promote racism and curate an idea that people of colour are second class citizens.
We are being encouraged to hate, which is not normal.
[5/9] Then we could move on to issues that directly impact our quality of life, like the NHS, cost of living crisis, and maybe even the looming climate crisis.
[4/9] The Home Secretary also said that safe routes would be introduced for people seeking asylum via work or student visas - but this breaches basic principles of asylum. Safe and legal routes for anyone fleeing war and persecution is the only way to stop small boat arrivals.
[3/9] She, and others, are correct that there has been a ‘failure’ around migration - a total failure to communicate honestly about immigration and its impact in the UK. The truth is that the UK needs and relies on migrants, they are an integral part of the British story.
[2/9] Mahmood’s latest plans include making refugee status temporary, introducing legislation to make asylum support optional, suspending visas from four global south countries, and continuing plans to move the goalposts for migrants, retrospectively.
The Home Secretary has been busy this week, and just delivered a speech announcing further attacks on people seeking asylum and migrants.
Here's our take 🧵 [1/9] www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
There is a better way forward, and that would be to genuinely tackle inequality, nourish strong communities, and stop stoking racist hatred. The politics of fear is cheap and easy but in the end we will all pay a heavy price for it.
One thing the Home Secretary is right about is that far right politics are indeed “taking hold”. But that is because successive governments have actively legitimised and proudly pursued far right, racist, policies, insisting they are part of our core values.
Trust is broken when a government - and successive governments - violates its duty of care to its people. Our political leaders keep punching down, so those with the most can continue to hoard their wealth and power. These are political choices.
Instead, we continue to be bombarded with policies and narratives that promote racism and curate an idea that people of colour are second class citizens. We are being encouraged to hate, which is not normal.
Small boat arrivals could be stopped immediately if safe routes were opened, it’s as simple as that.
Then we could move on to issues that directly impact our quality of life, like the NHS, cost of living crisis, and maybe even the looming climate crisis.
She, and others, are correct that there has been a ‘failure’ around migration - a total failure to communicate honestly about immigration and its impact in the UK.
The truth is that the UK needs and relies on migrants, they are an integral part of the British story.
Politicised attacks that demonise and attempt to delegitimise Muslim communities exercising their civic rights and responsibilities must stop, or there will be further escalation of ongoing Islamophobic violence.
Given current levels of Islamophobia across many of our political parties, it is unsurprising that Muslim voters are likely to be more discerning in how they cast their vote.
Muslims are not a homogenous group and, like everyone, they vote for candidates based on issues like the cost of living crisis, the NHS and causes that they feel close to.
Since the results of the Gorton and Denton by-election, we have witnessed a barrage of smears against Muslim people in the UK.
Voting is a fundamental right. Voting according to political interests is entirely ordinary and is how our democratic system is set up.
Refugees do not choose to come here - by definition, they were forced to flee.
Scrapping permanent status will trap refugees in a state of insecurity and fear. This is inhumane cruelty.
Doing so says some people deserve fewer rights - and that inequality is law.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
The UK is the only G20 nation to strip citizenship in bulk. Only Kuwait, Bahrain and Nicaragua have stripped more people of citizenship than Britain. These powers must be abolished. Find out more in our report, co-authored with @runnymedetrust.bsky.social
Today, we’re writing to the Prime Minister, calling on the UK Government to abolish citizenship stripping.
Using these extreme powers, the Home Secretary can deprive some British citizens of legal rights simply by saying it is 'conducive to the public good' to do so.
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“Society welcomed her status but not her heritage”
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We know that real safety and real justice is delivered in communities.
The home secretary should urgently change direction and instead address unequal outcomes for people of colour in our justice system.
Scrapping juries won’t fix our broken criminal justice system.
Although juries are far from perfect, removing this cornerstone of our legal system places more power in the hands of individual judges, who are more prone to racial bias than a jury of twelve people.
This interim report once again outlines what we have known for years: maternity services continue to fail women of colour and their babies.
Until there is a shift to embed racial equity into health policies, many more women and babies will be harmed and die unnecessarily.
Political leaders need to take responsibility for the racist rhetoric they are enabling.
We need strong leadership that rejects division and makes clear that racism in all its forms is unacceptable.
We need to consider all the racist incidents from the past few days together. These events are not isolated.
As racist violence and rhetoric is increasingly normalised, these are the devastating consequences which people of colour are having to face without adequate protection.
“Begum uses evidence, plain language and calm authority to challenge misinformation and defend racial minorities.”
Our CEO Dr @shabna.bsky.social has been celebrated in the @bigissue.com 100 Changemakers list for 2026.
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