James Taylor

Dear Shabana, I notice today that you referred to me in your speech on immigration at the IPPR think tank. You said: “A party leader should not be on the beaches of France encouraging people to make a perilous crossing on small boats.” I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised especially after the hateful Labour campaign in Gorton and Denton, but this is just the latest in a string of lies peddled by a discredited Government who intentionally fan the flames of racism and division. When I went to Calais, I was not there to encourage people to travel to the UK. I was there to see at first hand the suffering your Government and successive Governments have done in demonising migrants in a pathetic bid to pander to the base instincts of Reform and the flawed strategy of Morgan McSweeney. As you will know, if you even bothered to research my visit instead of taking Reform talking points, I was there to witness the brutality of families living in tents in freezing temperatures. I filled water tanks and picked up litter. What that visit did do is confirm my belief that if we are to smash the boat gangs and stop the boats, we need to offer safer and managed routes for migrants to come to this country. Showing compassion as a politician is not a crime. In fact, we need to see much more of it. It reminded me of a young MP who in October 2015 spent three days in Lesbos helping migrants fleeing war-torn Syria. She posted videos on X, talked about handing out water and croissants to refugees and food parcels. When she returned to the UK, she wrote a very moving piece in the New Statesman. She said “we have to work with our European partners and create new, safe, and legal routes for refugees to get to Europe. We cannot abandon them to their fate, left as prey for smugglers whilst risking death on the seas.” She said “maybe we can make ourselves feel better by saying no-one is making them get on the boats. And again, the Home Secretary is not entirely wrong when …

Dear Shabana,

Let's clear some things up around migration and remember we're talking about people's lives.

AI research:

Researcher: Claude, please eat ten hamburgers.

Claude: Done! I have eaten ten hamburgers. The first two were delicious, but after that I began to experience bloating and the meat sweats.

Headline: Anthropic Says Claude has "A Fully Developed Digestive System"

Winchester declares themselves the capital is exactly the kind of scam I would expect from them :)

Thomas who? <Checks Wikipedia> Why do you only recognise South Wessex?

As a Westcountry man fundamentally unsurprised to see Cornwall, Devon and Dorset doing so well. I have no doubt that Dorsets numbers are being dragged down by those Bournemouth entryists who should go back to Hampshire where they belong.

🤷‍♀️ It's all Wessex.

[We see a close up of a young white male, tanned, white teeth, coiffed hair clearly an influencer on social media. It is an image such as you see when social media posts are shown on the news. In the corner of the screen is named a location: DUBAI. He is staring slightly off-camera for several silent panels of the comic strip. His eyes move slightly. He is having a thought.] From off-screen a newsreader’s commentary comes: NEWSREADER: Extraordinary images here of an expat in Dubai [The influencer’s eybrows raise slightly] …Having their first ever geopolitical thought. [CUT TO a BBC news scene. The BBC newsreader CLIVE MYRIE is talking to an interviewee next to the screen showing the social media influencer’s face. The interviewee’s name is David Jones]. CLIVE MYRIE: To explain the significance of this moment we’re joined by David Jones, our Expat Thoughts correspondent DAVID JONES: Clive, this is momentous It was caught on film at the end of an Instagram post titled: ‘Dubai Is Brilliant’. [Pointing at the screen, the influencer’s expression still the same] You can clearly see in the eyebrows here, the dawning realisation that there *might* be something in the world beyond his dickhead self. It marks a *huge* departure from all the Dubai Expat’s previous thoughts. CLIVE MYRIE: Which are…? DAVID JONES: You've Got To Get Yourself Out Here Mate, Everything Is So Clean, I Don't Have To Pay Taxes, I Am Incurious As To Why I Do Not Have To Pay Taxes, and Spa. CLIVE MYRIE: And might we see an expansion of these new Thoughts in coming days? DAVID JONES: I think we can expect to see: “I Deserve To Be Airlifted By A Country I Pay No Tax To” CLIVE MYRIE: Mmm. [Ends]

In 2014, Apple had the genius idea to give all 500 million iTunes users a free U2 album. I haven't heard shit from U2 since then

The lost history of a mosaic in Victoria A small side street near Victoria contains a mosaic that people will tell you is an old advert for the Victor Talking Machine Company. They are wrong.

A small side street near Victoria contains a mosaic that people will tell you is an old advert for the Victor Talking Machine Company. They are wrong.

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"(3 lines)"! Your call really was important to Victor!

2026 will definitely be the year of the Linux desktop

Shabana Mahmood to announce asylum system changes to take effect From Monday, asylum seekers granted refugee status in the UK will be offered only temporary protection.

I guess it was too much to expect Labour to learn any lessons from their recent defeat...
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Planning to have an injection practice day in the office this week! Just need to remember to take some 🍊s!

But her emails latest

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I’m afraid this letter shows why so many Labour MPs think Starmer needs to go. His political antenna is non-existent. If you have just been humbled in a by-election it might not be the best idea to slag off the choices of the voters who deserted you in their droves.

Keir Starmer has written to all Labour MPs attacking the Green Party for embracing "divisive" and "sectarian" politics

I'm picking up concern among Labour MPs about how this letter will come across to people who have voted/are tempted to vote Green, as it could risk further alienating these voters

I've been reliably informed on Threads that Labour haven't been imitating Reform.

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Voters overwhelmingly rejected far right politics yesterday.

They overwhelmingly rejected imigrant bashing, race baiting, anti-women, anti-LGBT bigotry.

We should all be grateful. We should listen to them.

Will Labour start imitating the Green Party instead of Reform to get "their voters" back now? 🤔

Meanwhile the business secretary of the country that decided to leave the EU, the single market and the customs union, and ended freedom of movement 'once and for all'.

Irony is dead.

Forward Democracy Empowering people to vote towards a better future

Hoping for a good result today. Voting Green seems like an excellent way to say no to Reform, and no to the party that keeps imitating Reform. Plus they look like the best tactical choice as well, which is a bonus!

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Bcachefs creator claims his custom LLM is 'fully conscious' : It's not chatbot psychosis, it's 'math and engineering and neuroscience'

www.theregister.com/2026/02/25/b...

Wibble

That's odd, I didn't spot Paul Holmes in that clip. I thought he would have been a keen supporter. #TorySewageParty #HambleValley

Teachers stop hitting children after Scottish mums complain to Strasbourg - Impact of the European Convention on Human Rights - www.coe.int <p>Grace Campbell and Jane Cosans sent their children to state schools which continued to allow the use of corporal punishment. The two mothers complained to the European court, which found that this ...

What has the European Convention on Human Rights ever done for anyone in Britain?

On this day in 1982, the @echr.coe.int ruled that teachers hitting kids in UK state schools was not OK👇

🔗 go.coe.int/tqT6M

Millions of people have since been educated without the threat of physical violence.

#ECHR

My English teacher definitely _threatened_ us with physical violence after 1982!

Remind me of the history of student loans again...

Me in April 2025 on how Trump was unlawfully using emergency powers for tariffs.

US Supreme Court has now ruled 6-3 that they are being used unlawfully.

emptycity.substack.com/p/how-trump-...

davidallengreen.com/2025/04/how-...

“Why is America the threatening a country without nukes instead of one with nukes?” seems like a question that answers itself, tbh

Trump really is Making Atomic weapons Great Again :(

Yes to Schengen!