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Zoe GardnerIncredibly weak interview with deranged Trump congressman. We are giving permission to these MAGA freaks to smear the populations of entire nations as a violent criminals & a threat to western societies. There is no question of whether it is racist, for goodness sake <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23r4today" target="_blank">#r4today</a>

Ed BridgesA classic bit of England-centric reporting on <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/r4today" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#r4today</a>. The lead story was the extension of free school meals in England, and to discuss they had a talking head from the IFS and a plummy-voiced self-styled “food campaigner”.Why not ask someone from <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scotland</a>, <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wales</a> or <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/NorthernIreland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NorthernIreland</a> about whether their governments’ policies (which already go further than the proposed English one will) have worked, and their impact‽<a href="https://toot.wales/tags/NotInventedHereSyndrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NotInventedHereSyndrome</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Devolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Devolution</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/UKpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKpolitics</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/UKpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKpol</a>

Zoe GardnerIm old enough to remember Trump’s last “Muslim ban” It disgusted the world & was met by protests on British streets against his racism. Today I bet we’ll be forced to discuss whether blanket bans on entire nations is good actually🙄 We’ve come a long way. All backwards. <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23r4today" target="_blank">#r4today</a>

Zoe GardnerBBC <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23r4today" target="_blank">#r4today</a> (tentatively): We now have daily reports of Israeli forces shooting & killing civilians as they try to collect aid in Gaza. Maybe the system is not working? Israeli govt spokesperson: Why are you spreading Hamas propaganda? BBC: This is an IDF report Israeli: *total meltdown*

Ed BridgesWhilst <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/KeirStarmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KeirStarmer</a> makes his speech about the the UK Government's <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/DefenceReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DefenceReview</a>, this is a helpful reminder of why an increase in <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/MilitarySpending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MilitarySpending</a> is the wrong priority:<a href="https://www.ppu.org.uk/news/ten-reasons-why-uk-should-not-increase-military-spending" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.ppu.org.uk/news/ten-reasons-why-uk-should-not-increase-military-spending</a><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/UKpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKpolitics</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/peace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#peace</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/pacifism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pacifism</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/r4today" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#r4today</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/EverydayMilitarism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EverydayMilitarism</a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/WelfareNotWarfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WelfareNotWarfare</a> ☮ 🕊

Zoe GardnerI’ve been told by so many people that “centrist” (🙄) Tusk has successfully seen off the far right threat in Poland with his extreme hardline approach to migrants. But, as we really should know already, this gutter has no bottom. <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23r4today" target="_blank">#r4today</a> RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5jbj2wzit57tfjmmwocupfs7/post/3lqm4vju3mk2f" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5jbj2wzit57tfjmmwocupfs7/post/3lqm4vju3mk2f</a>

Jonathan Schofield<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/r4today" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#r4today</a> currently running a segment on how salt marshes store carbon and studiously avoiding *any* mention of emitting less carbon in the first place

Zoe GardnerThe irony is, the UK rivals the US for the best international reputation for higher ed. & foreign students contribute >£40bn per year to our economy too. We could be set to benefit from this, but instead we are cutting migrant graduates’ rights. Because Farage😔 <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23r4today" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#r4today</a>

Zoe GardnerTrump’s latest demented decree🤦‍♀️ Foreign student applications frozen until they can issue some dictatorial “guidance” to trawl through past social media posts. International enrolment was already (unsurprisingly) down. Yet more self harm, who needs the >$40bn boost they bring the economy🤷‍♀️ <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23r4today" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#r4today</a>

Zoe GardnerLike others, I understand why they released the fact that the perpetrator of the horrendous Liverpool attack was a white British man. But it is a bad sign of where our country of at. Nationality or ethnicity are not the causes of crime & should not be our first concern <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23r4today" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#r4today</a>

Zoe GardnerThe Greek Coast Guard has long been known to systematically enact reckless & deadly push-backs of migrant boats in the Mediterranean. For once there may be some small measure of accountability after they apparently caused the death of 650 men, women & children in the Pylos tragedy <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23r4today" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#r4today</a>

Zoe GardnerIn summary: 😒Numbers go down as predicted showing hysteria of last few years unwarranted & irresponsible. 😖We have fewer essential workers providing health care & supporting our public services. 😔Doom-loop of demonising asylum seekers is going nowhere Slow clap. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23r4today" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#r4today</a>

Zoe Gardner🤷‍♀️ the pitiful anti-refugee tribute act to Farage is still useless: Small boats crossings continue - 800 people arrived yesterday. Govt will panic again. Until people have safe alternative ways to travel, or real safe other solutions, this doom-loop will go on. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23r4today" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#r4today</a>

Zoe Gardner🧑‍🔧👷🧑‍🎓 Small increase in people who entered originally on student or working visas from countries where they may face danger being pushed out of regular immigration system by rising fees & stricter conditions, pushed into the asylum system. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23r4today" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#r4today</a>

Zoe Gardner🧑‍🎓 Some reduction in foreign student numbers - reflecting various factors: -Recalibration after post-Covid deferred courses boom in arrivals -Specific country of origin situ, e.g. Nigeria currency crisis -Reduced rights for graduate students to bring their spouse & kids <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23r4today" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#r4today</a>

Zoe GardnerNet immigration stats will be released today, here’s what I expect: ⬇️ Overall net number significantly down - reflecting roughly a third drop in visa applications ⏬ Biggest drop in health & social care visas 🤦‍♀️ Small boats & asylum seeker numbers up somewhat <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23r4today" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#r4today</a>

Rob Pumphrey"very real concerns" 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮 <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/r4today" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#r4today</a>

Jonathan Schofield…let’s pretend we’re interested in the concerns about the power consumption demands of AI. We’ll deliver a couple of pertinent and genuinely interesting stats as a setup for the interview. And who are we going to speak to to drill down into those concerns? The fucking AWS CEO, that’s who. We’ll ask him a question about it and then let his motivated answer go *completely unchallenged* <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/r4today" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#r4today</a>

Jonathan Schofield<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/r4today" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#r4today</a> just giving Amazon’s AWS a free AI-boosterism PR opp. Token facile questioning. Fucking useless programme

Steve WoodsHad the misfortune to hear Yvette Cooper, the woman who does bad home secretary impressions, on <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/r4today" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#r4today</a> this morning.What a disgusting specimen of humanity. Rude too, talking over and ignoring her interviewer.<a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/politicsuk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politicsuk</a>

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