First thought, best thought

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.

kill the imposter syndrome in you head because not only is there someone out there doing it worse than you, they're also using chat gpt to do it

Anyways.

Belated birthday 🎂 for hump day

Thanks handsome 😘

Its my birthday fyi 😉

we often say someone was "the best to ever do it," but she was, in fact, the best to ever do it. RIP to the funniest woman who ever lived.

Brianna met her killer at school. The killers used Tor to watch snuff videos on the dark web. The BBC and Sky initially omitted that was transgender from their coverage. The Tory party wanted her to be buried under her deadname.

I have no idea how social media plays at all here

The first set of odds certainly agree lol

I wouldnt be too pessimistic just yet given how viral linda and pete seem to be over there

Brianna Ghey was targeted by classmates who knew her offline. Online, she made friends and a community, and was making content to help other trans kids like her.

This is a grieving mother pushing for legislation that would have further isolated her trans child, that is supported by transphobes.

It might sound silly, but I mean it: The easiest and most potent way for Europe to hurt Trump this year is to once again use its cultural soft power and to threaten a boycott of the World Cup. It would become a completely meaningless event and would hurt him where he is most vulnerable - his vanity.

delete your account!!!! 😇 like just get rid of that shit

I'm heading pres with people so not certain but id presume will be close to the start

And yeah for some reason it defaults me to Korean I dont know why, maybe was something i needed to actively set and never did

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Faired better than most of mine

Out of office message on, officially done with work for the year 🙌

two screencaps from the first christmas episode of Community, the first of a guy cowering on the ground saying "please, it's christmas!" and the second of Shirley saying "it's december 10th!" while lifting a giant candy cane over her head to hit him with

it's that time again

Thanks cutie 💕

Eventually made it to Reading after a lot of stress

Me too, just need an Abor & Tynna UK show already

Yep no real surprises there, just call me a slur and get it over with

Damn if i knew finished that early maybe i would have pushed though my cold to still go 😭