#PritiPatel

Refugee Action

RefugeeAction

This week the Government changed immigration rules to “reform” the asylum system.But to deport, not to protect. Yesterday, @Stuart_McDonald asked @pritipatel why the Government didn’t “have the courage” to explain

Windrush Lives

WindrushLives

"You've come across a generation who are not ready to give up." @GlendaCaesar on Westminster Hour yesterday. In addition to his excellent interview, @Jack_W_Fenwick established through FOI requests that 9

Best for Britain

BestForBritain

We’re deeply concerned about the government’s plans to cut workers’ rights enshrined in EU law, including the 48-hour working week. A thread. 1/ Everything you need to know is in

Windrush Lives

WindrushLives

There were distressing reports yesterday that chartered deportation flights to Jamaica are being resumed, with one scheduled for 2 Dec. Aspects of these removals have been deemed unlawful by the

Munish Sharma

_Munish_Sharma

@BorisJohnson "will compromise on everything". With @JoeBiden widely expected as President, the will be not budge, so it's BRINO or no deal. Are @BorisJohnson and @Conservatives really Brexiteers or

Hassan Akkad حسان عقاد

hassan_akkad

It’s great to hear that the Home office is going to be more ‘compassionate and outward-looking’. @pritipatel, here are a number of issues that you can start with. Thread Release

The Secret Barrister

BarristerSecret

There has been quite a bit of coverage today about the so-called “rough sex defence”, which the government is claiming credit for abolishing.This is a difficult and sensitive subject, but

Stefan Simanowitz

StefSimanowitz

1. Orwell’s 1984 opens with Winston Smith writing in his diary about a film he’s seen. “One very good one of a ship full of refugees being bombed somewhere in

Daniel Sohege

stand_for_all

Deportations, a long thread. There is a lot in the news at the moment regarding deportations and some of it tends to get confusing and mixed up. Essentially there are

Windrush Lives

WindrushLives

In January, we wrote to @pritipatel on behalf of 31 claimants, several standing in for their deceased parents, calling for the Windrush Compensation Scheme to be taken away from the

Peter Kirkham

Peter_Kirkham

The incident in Islington illustrates the asymmetric reporting of policing perfectly: on a scale of 1 to 100 the brief use of a restraint method which caused no actual harm

Windrush Lives

WindrushLives

As we stagger to the 2020 finish line on our bloodied stumps, a few brief notes:In Q1 2021, it will have been three years since the Windrush Scandal broke and

JermainJackman🇬🇾

JermainJackman

TO @SadiqKhan @SophieKLinden @LibPeck *THREAD ON INSTITUTIONAL RACISM IN THE MET & WHY CRESSIDA DICK SHOULD RESIGN FOR NOT RECOGNISING IT*I chaired a meeting w/ Cressida & YP. She heard

For Your Safety

ADUK2019

@Baroness_Nichol why isn't the government taking this ideology more seriously?Why haven't they realised after a decade of this being mainstream where it comes from (queer theory) a made up dogma/scholarship

Stefan Simanowitz

StefSimanowitz

1/. In March, @Telegraph ran a piece warning that: “Those questioning the govt’s #coronavirus strategy are not only wrong, they’re a danger to the rest of us.”Its intent seemed to

Catherine Baksi

legalhackette

Lord chief justice Lord Burnett giving evidence to @CommonsJustice says "vitality & independence of legal profession is essential hallmark of a society governed by the rule of law. Lawyers have

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