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Tom Kemp

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Senior Research Fellow at Nottingham University. Writing on carceral change making in prisons, police custody and immigration detention.

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I wish it were true that "no one is above the law". But while the City of London acts as laundromat for the world's dirty money, as almost all fraud and waste crime go unprosecuted, as no one has gone to jail for the financial crash or the poisoning of our rivers, this is manifestly untrue.

19.02.2026 14:49 πŸ‘ 1697 πŸ” 487 πŸ’¬ 43 πŸ“Œ 18
Ice planning to acquire $38 billion in warehouses to create detention centers all over the U.S.

Ice planning to acquire $38 billion in warehouses to create detention centers all over the U.S.

There is no easier or more important political position to take than to do everything possible to stop this. It will change our society forever, and Democrats are going along with it.

15.02.2026 14:56 πŸ‘ 1052 πŸ” 442 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 26
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If Wes Streeting can release his messages with Peter Mandelson, why not release the ones with private healthcare donors?

16.02.2026 15:25 πŸ‘ 100 πŸ” 53 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

What kind of economic zone will musk die for?

15.02.2026 17:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wouldn’t this be a version of mission creep. Proscription is for orgs so serious that even expressing support needs stopping. But now it’s β€˜needed’ to allow proscribing less serious groups in more limited ways. I think that it needs to argued for rather be a logical step b/c the gov got embarrassed.

13.02.2026 17:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

this feels like a spoof from The Day Today

13.02.2026 15:24 πŸ‘ 629 πŸ” 115 πŸ’¬ 72 πŸ“Œ 8
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β€œIsrael is committing war crimes before our eyes. Their government talks the language of ethnic cleansing”.
- Wes Streeting, UK Health Secretary

A UK government minister has admitted that Israel is committing war crimes - so why is the UK government refusing to act?

11.02.2026 12:24 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

Β£240m. With no tender. Palantir.

I wrote to Wes Streeting last week demanding answers.

Every day without any transparency deepens the scandal.

Palantir out.

10.02.2026 13:14 πŸ‘ 2101 πŸ” 799 πŸ’¬ 78 πŸ“Œ 33

I want some of these people who are suddenly questioning failures of the wider culture to have a public moment like where a hapless faithful, on entering the final throws of the Traitors, asks 'Why am I here!?'

Of course this won't be Streeting. He's conducting some traitor on traitor action here.

10.02.2026 13:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't know if your message is a rebuttal or another joke at Starmer's expense.

10.02.2026 12:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Every day I wake up and fail to understand how no one is getting that if we lose on migrant rights - we lose on everything? Climate, the economy and to the far-right. It's this exact moment everyone needs to step in - but that's just not happening.

10.02.2026 11:31 πŸ‘ 100 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

That Starmer and his allies have rid the Labour Party of its diversity and then operate so catastrophically that all they have is saying β€˜what’s the alternative’ is hardly a selling point for Starmerism.

10.02.2026 09:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist and apocalypse are linked to the β€˜end of modernity’ currently happeningβ€”and cites Greta Thunberg as a driving example | Fortune The Gen Z Swedish climate activist is a legionnaire of the Antichrist, Thiel claims, a β€œLuddite” who wants to halt technological progress in its tracks.

Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist and apocalypse are linked to the β€˜end of modernity’ currently happeningβ€”and cites Greta Thunberg as a driving example

fortune.com/2026/02/04/p...

*Not satire.

07.02.2026 23:37 πŸ‘ 884 πŸ” 422 πŸ’¬ 494 πŸ“Œ 307
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UN urges UK and France to halt β€˜one in one out’ asylum system Letter expresses concerns agreement may involve β€˜serious violations of international human rights law’ The UN has called on the UK and France to halt the controversial β€œone in one out” asylum system, warning that there may be β€œserious violations of international human rights law”. Nine experts, who include seven special rapporteurs, wrote a 20-page letter to Downing Street and Paris on 8 December 2025 outlining detailed concerns about potential breaches of human rights they have identified in the scheme. They gave the two governments 60 days to respond and on Friday published their letter. Continue reading...

UN urges UK and France to halt β€˜one in one out’ asylum system

06.02.2026 13:25 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

Palantir fasciitis

06.02.2026 04:45 πŸ‘ 2033 πŸ” 493 πŸ’¬ 38 πŸ“Œ 13
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Home Office says nearly 60,000 people deported from UK or left voluntarily since 2024 election Shabana Mahmood insists deportations will rise, as Labour government is accused of promoting β€˜harmful stereotypes’ of migrants

The government has gone very far down a very dark road.

This announcement of mass deportations while also seeking to gut rights protections is frightening.

Meanwhile, the home secretary is openly using fascist rhetoric.

We were quoted in the Guardian πŸ‘‡

06.02.2026 11:16 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I hope people focus on the palantir meeting and the contracts and that some technical detail in that was not above board.

06.02.2026 10:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Apparently these were the follow up questions... Their own story makes them look stupid and gullible but I guess they're just hoping that the challengers are so weak they will not be able to capitalise on anything and Keir can bang on about how 'process' was followed.

06.02.2026 10:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The Labour Party might be more successful in finding a successor to Starmer who is not tainted by association with Mandelson if only there hadn't been a deliberate effort, led by Mandelson and his mentees, to sideline or expell everyone who didn't fall in line with his faction.l

06.02.2026 10:03 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

If you were looking for an exposition of what British values *could* be you could do a lot worse than Ian McKellen wielding Shakespeare like a rapier.

05.02.2026 13:13 πŸ‘ 191 πŸ” 64 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0

Did anyone vote Labour to get a reincarnation of Priti Patel in the Home Office

05.02.2026 08:47 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Steve Reed continues to pretend that Starmer & the govt didn't know anything about Mandelson when they appointed him ambassador & when they did find out he was sacked.

Sophy Ridge knows he's lying. The viewers know he's lying. Even he knows he's lying.

05.02.2026 07:56 πŸ‘ 95 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 2
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Ban on asylum seekers using taxis for medical appointments comes into force It comes after a BBC investigation which showed people travelling long distances at high cost.

An abhorrent policy which inevitably leads to people seeking asylum being denied necessary medical support.
People seeking asylum don't receive enough financial support to pay for taxis, or often public transport, themselves, but still need to travel to appointments 1/
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

05.02.2026 09:06 πŸ‘ 90 πŸ” 46 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 9
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Criminologists for Palestine A collective of members of the European Society of Criminology who oppose Israel’s genocide, crimes against humanity and human rights violations in Palestine

πŸ‘‰The Response of Criminologists for Palestine (C4P) to the recent questions by the ESC to their members. The @ESC is hiding behind the the issue of scientificity - and of following swiss laws on equality- what about international law? Please vote to support C4P
criminologists4palestine.wordpress.com

04.02.2026 08:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Is Mandelson's real sin that he gave confidential information to Epstein? Or that he got caught doing what so many do? Why do Ministers sell access to business people for huge 'donations'?

04.02.2026 08:09 πŸ‘ 955 πŸ” 222 πŸ’¬ 76 πŸ“Œ 15
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How we beat ICEπŸ‘‡

31.01.2026 15:36 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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From the catbongos community on Reddit Explore this post and more from the catbongos community

Fully signed up advocate of the Catbongo community and manifesto www.reddit.com/r/catbongos/...

30.01.2026 14:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Wouldn't be surprised if the galaxy brains of labour hq are trying to lose this to reform in order to have something to bash the greens in the long term.

30.01.2026 11:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you think that Labour will lose the Denton and Gorton seat to Reform and it will be the fault of the GREENS you are actually nuts. Labour has stacked it on every piece of comms, they've fought publicly and stupidly, they've u-turned and are Reform's messenger on immigration.

30.01.2026 11:30 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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The Bodily Remainder: Chicago Organisers after the

Beautiful reflection on what remains after the spectacles of violence by immigration enforcement. How does activism and solidarity continue when the spotlight moves away?

blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...

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