Starmer: “work as one team.” Mahmood: scapegoat migrants. This isn’t unity. This is a power grab using the most vulnerable as political ammo.
#PowerPolitics #StandWithRefugees #RefugeesWelcome #StopTheFear
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/17/labour-asylum-reform-britain-ice-raid-refugees
ICE-style raids on Britain’s streets: that’s all Labour’s brutal asylum reforms will achieve

If we want to ‘stop the boats’, we need to stop the BS when it comes to what creates refugees, and how to respond to them, says Labour MP Stella Creasy

The Guardian
Trump calls a reporter “quiet, piggy.” Labour confiscates refugees’ jewellery. Same playbook: dehumanize, demean, deny dignity.
#FightBack #HumanRights #PowerPolitics #StopTheFear
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/19/trump-quiet-piggy
‘Unforgivable’: Trump’s ‘piggy’ insult is stoking more outrage than usual

The clip of the US president on Air Force One last Friday has taken off without much help from the media itself

The Guardian
Labour says it’s serious, but it’s copying the far-right. Mahmood’s immigration crackdown isn’t reform — it’s racial scapegoating dressed as policy.
#RefugeesWelcome #StopTheFear
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/nov/17/immigration-asylum-keir-starmer-labour-shabana-mahmood-uk-politics-live-news-updates
Starmer braced for backlash from Labour MPs as Mahmood sets out asylum plans – UK politics live

Home secretary to announce a drastic tightening of rules, including requiring asylum seekers to wait 20 years before getting the right to permanently settle in UK

the Guardian