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Open Rights Group<p>📣 Make your voice heard through the secrecy!</p><p>By ordering Apple to break encryption, the UK government has put millions at a higher risk of their personal data, documents and photos falling into the hands of criminals and predators.</p><p>The secret tribunal is taking place this Friday – we need to take a stand for encryption!</p><p>Sign and share our petition ⬇️</p><p><a href="https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/keep-our-apple-data-encrypted" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions</span><span class="invisible">/keep-our-apple-data-encrypted</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/e2ee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>e2ee</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>encryption</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apple</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpol</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/investigatorypowersact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>investigatorypowersact</span></a></p>
Open Rights Group<p>The “case implicates the privacy rights of millions of British citizens who use Apple’s technology, as well as Apple’s international users.”</p><p>“End-to-end encryption cannot be broken in a targeted manner – once a ‘backdoor’ into the system has been created, it can be exploited by anyone, putting the privacy and security of all users at risk.”</p><p>With such high stakes, we demand to know what could possibly justify it.</p><p><a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/e2ee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>e2ee</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>encryption</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpol</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apple</span></a></p>
Open Rights Group<p>"Holding this Tribunal in secret would be an affront to the global privacy and security issues that are being discussed. This is bigger than just the UK, or Apple."</p><p>We call for the case – happening this Friday – to be held in the open as a matter of public interest!</p><p>🗣️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/@jim" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jim</span></a></span> – ORG Executive Director.</p><p><a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>encryption</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/e2ee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>e2ee</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apple</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpol</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/investigatorypowersact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>investigatorypowersact</span></a></p>
Open Rights Group<p>🚨 BREAKING 🚨</p><p>ORG, Big Brother Watch and Index on Censorship call for the secret Tribunal into the UK Home Office's encryption-breaching order against Apple to be held in PUBLIC 🧑‍⚖️</p><p>There's a significant public interest in knowing why the UK government believes it can compel a private company to undermine the privacy and security of its users.</p><p>Read our joint letter ⬇️</p><p><a href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/make-the-investigatory-powers-tribunal-on-apple-encryption-a-public-hearing/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">openrightsgroup.org/press-rele</span><span class="invisible">ases/make-the-investigatory-powers-tribunal-on-apple-encryption-a-public-hearing/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>encryption</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/e2ee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>e2ee</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/investigatorypowersact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>investigatorypowersact</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpol</span></a></p>
rhys<p>Holy shit, we're axing NHS England!</p><p>This was a core part of the disastrous Lansley reforms so I'm choosing to view this as a positive step. It'll mean government will become much more accountable for NHS performance — which will be good for Ministers when things are improving (as in the last five months under Labour) and terrible when things are declining (as in the fourteen years of Tory rule).</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.rhys.wtf/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.rhys.wtf/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPol</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/mar/13/keir-starmer-speech-civil-service-ai-labour-benefit-cuts-conservatives-uk-politics-latest-news?page=with%3Ablock-67d2ba228f0861bd5ce8fd95#block-67d2ba228f0861bd5ce8fd95" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/politics/live/</span><span class="invisible">2025/mar/13/keir-starmer-speech-civil-service-ai-labour-benefit-cuts-conservatives-uk-politics-latest-news?page=with%3Ablock-67d2ba228f0861bd5ce8fd95#block-67d2ba228f0861bd5ce8fd95</span></a></p>
Mark Burton<p>What was Thatchers legacy?<br>Keir Starmer.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPol</span></a></p>
Open Rights Group<p>Will the last small site turn off the lights?</p><p>The UK Online Safety Act imposes the same duties and penalties on blogs, forums and fedi instances as huge platforms.</p><p>Many small, safely moderated sites will shut down or block UK users.</p><p>Crushing competition is the last thing we need for a safer Internet!</p><p>Act now before 17 March ⬇️ </p><p><a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/SaveOurSites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveOurSites</span></a> 🌐</p><p><a href="https://action.openrightsgroup.org/save-our-sites-write-your-mp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">action.openrightsgroup.org/sav</span><span class="invisible">e-our-sites-write-your-mp</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/onlinesafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>onlinesafety</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/onlinesafetyact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>onlinesafetyact</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/activitypub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>activitypub</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpol</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/netplurality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>netplurality</span></a></p>
A.Stringer<p>"As Ellie Mae O’Hagan of the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> thinktank E3G put it to me: “The <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/energytransition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energytransition</span></a> is unstoppable. The anti-net zero <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politicalpantomime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politicalpantomime</span></a> we’re seeing right now doesn’t change the fundamental <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a>.”</p><p>The <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a>’s climate plans are still ambitious and on-track, so why is <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> making so much anti-green noise? | Richard Power Sayeed | The Guardian<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/12/labour-climate-plans-anti-green-noise" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/mar/12/labour-climate-plans-anti-green-noise</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/climatecrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatecrisis</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/renewableenergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>renewableenergy</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/greenenergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greenenergy</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fossilfuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossilfuels</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UKpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKpol</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UKpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKpolitics</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/smokeandmirrors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smokeandmirrors</span></a></p>
rhys<p>What a stark graph.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.rhys.wtf/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.rhys.wtf/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPol</span></a></p>
AbolishBorderControlsNow<p>The perception of the UK as the land of milk and honey is getting further and fruther from the truth. For people coming to the UK they find a country that is a shadow of itself. </p><p>The UK looks after it's poor and vulnerable badly. In paricular, the UK also fails to look after it's elderly and disabled to standards that are common elsewhere. </p><p>It is shocking that a Labour government is doing something even the Tories wouldn't. What are they thinking?</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labour</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://archive.is/20250313025255/https://www.ft.com/content/0c5a9cd4-84a8-4588-bbe8-5fe749331503" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.is/20250313025255/http</span><span class="invisible">s://www.ft.com/content/0c5a9cd4-84a8-4588-bbe8-5fe749331503</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>We're living in a Timeline where Canada and Ukraine are more likely to be in the EU before the United Kingdom even though a two thirds majority hate the fucking thing but Starmer proclaimed it "not in his lifetime"</p><p> Neville Chamberlain fuck </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starmer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>Maybe Starmer is just an Ableist fuck?<br>Have we considered that option?<br>He's not going to budge, he thinks he's being 'brave' </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/mar/12/keir-starmer-could-face-biggest-rebellion-over-disability-benefit-freeze" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/politics/2025/</span><span class="invisible">mar/12/keir-starmer-could-face-biggest-rebellion-over-disability-benefit-freeze</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starmer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Disablity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disablity</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>Hey Gilead, I see you're Brexiting yourself, very smart, very clever.....</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/12/uk-drops-down-list-of-affluent-nations-after-decade-of-stagnation-niesr-finds" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/2025/</span><span class="invisible">mar/12/uk-drops-down-list-of-affluent-nations-after-decade-of-stagnation-niesr-finds</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Brexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brexit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Stagnation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stagnation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a></p>
Police State UK<p>"It’s a relationship that may have seemed unlikely, especially given the past tension between Britain and France over Brexit. But as the heads of Europe’s two nuclear-armed military powers, the pair have formed a bond and worked as a tag team to encourage Trump and Zelenskyy to move closer to a deal, sharing ideas and alternating between hosting meetings in Paris and London."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/EUPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EUPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/keir-starmer-ukraine-ceasefire-donald-trump-volodymyr-zelenskyy/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.eu/article/keir-starm</span><span class="invisible">er-ukraine-ceasefire-donald-trump-volodymyr-zelenskyy/</span></a></p>
Ollie<p><em>The government spends most of its welfare budget on keeping people trapped in poverty. There is a better way</em></p><p>This chart shows where the government is going wrong on poverty - Big Issue</p><p><a href="https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/poverty-prevention-emergency-coping-cure-pecc/?utm_source=flipboard&amp;utm_content=topic%2Fu.k.politics" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bigissue.com/opinion/poverty-p</span><span class="invisible">revention-emergency-coping-cure-pecc/?utm_source=flipboard&amp;utm_content=topic%2Fu.k.politics</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/UKpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKpol</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/benefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>benefits</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/welfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>welfare</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/DWP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DWP</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poverty</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starmer</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a></p>
HarriettMB<p>NI can buy and sell through the Republic and the EU. These ‘gaps on the shelves’ are companies who have no intention selling into the Occupied Six. They have other markets. This is just pandering to Unionists. Ugh. May’s originalbackstop proposal avoided all of this, but the Unionists refused to accept it, and backed Boris Johnson’s oven-ready <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Brexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brexit</span></a> instead. <a href="https://beige.party/tags/NIPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPol</span></a> Brexit rules risk leaving 'gaps on shelves' in NI by July <a href="https://www.rte.ie/news/ulster/2025/0312/1501672-brexit-northern-ireland/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rte.ie/news/ulster/2025/0312/1</span><span class="invisible">501672-brexit-northern-ireland/</span></a></p>
Police State UK<p>"Kamio’s trial is set for November 2025 – 15 months after her initial arrest along with nine fellow activists affiliated to protest group Palestine Action. Until then she will languish in prison, serving the equivalent of a two and a half year sentence without being found guilty of any crime."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/PalestineAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PalestineAction</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://novaramedia.com/2025/03/12/the-pro-palestine-activists-imprisoned-for-months-without-being-found-guilty-of-any-crime/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">novaramedia.com/2025/03/12/the</span><span class="invisible">-pro-palestine-activists-imprisoned-for-months-without-being-found-guilty-of-any-crime/</span></a></p>
Isabel Ruffell<p>So not only is it more likely that you will be sexually assaulted by a cop or MP than by a trans woman, it is more likely that you will be assaulted by an employee of Wes Streeting.</p><p>Of course.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Streeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Streeting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transphobia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labour</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UKpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKpol</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@NorthantsGreens" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>NorthantsGreens</span></a></span> I'm glad somebody is standing up for Humanity instead of demonising The Other for the crimes of the Rich.<br>I am not afraid of Refugees, its the ones who come over in their own jets I am concerned about </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RefugeeWelcome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RefugeeWelcome</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>"oh, I hope Mr Trump won't be mean to us, if we just ignore the Canadians and what they're doing, perhaps Mr Trump will be nice to us?" - UK </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CDNPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDNPoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CanPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CanPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradeWar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPOL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Commonwealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Commonwealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Appeasement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Appeasement</span></a></p>