Jeff Humm
@jeffhumm.bsky.social
Retired TEFL teacher, translator, teaching assistant.
The Conservative Party tried to turn the reformed Neo-Nazi saga around onto Jewish communal organisations by suggesting that they could facilitate a meeting between him and them. The Board of Deputies and the JLC have rightly told the Tories where to go. www.jewishnews.co.uk/board-and-jl...
This thread from the Spanish Foreign Office is really useful for anyone faced with mis/disinformation about the situation in Ceuta. There is one hell of a lot of that about at the moment!! Please use it to counteract ignorant claims, wherever they're from. It's available in French and Spanish too.
Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores, UE y Cooperación de España@exterioresgob.bsky.social · 2d ago1/5 🧵 Entering Spain irregularly through Ceuta or Melilla does not grant any right to remain in the country, travel to mainland Spain, or move freely within Europe. It also poses a grave risk to life. No court ruling has changed this. 🔗 www.exteriores.gob.es/en/Comunicac...
A party that was actually anti-racist would be kicking this person out, not allowing them to run for the Governing Committee. There are many decent Greens who will be disgusted by this and I wish them all power fighting back against it. We know from experiance how hard that is.
Good piece. A thread on some comments I made yesterday on Times Radio. Two things can be true at the same time: 1. It’s very bad to have 60,000 people storm a border, and 70+ deaths. 2. European leaders' responses were opportunistic and disproportionate, and made incidents like this more likely.
Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 3d agoVance, Farage and Weidel posted fear-mongering messages about a Spanish migrant crisis that weren't true. They haven't retracted them. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
This piece was published Sat afternoon. It could win awards for incoherence. Its big point is the EU Commission had no interest in stopping these people going into Europe By the time it was published it was clear none had done so www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Ceuta is what happens when you’re not serious about migration
Ursula von der Leyen doesn’t seem to care about the tide of people rushing the Spanish border. Voters in Britain will
thetimes.com
RefUK, RW media, & Eurofash are plainly trying to whip up a panic about this. Any serious report must begin by explaining that Ceuta is in Africa - not mainland Spain - and 48k+ of the 50k crossers were already returned. It is frightening how many still don't know this. Please share on all socials.
"Beneath the crystal-clear water, the silhouettes of submerged bodies are visible very close to the El Tarajal border in Ceuta. Two of them are holding hands. They represent the submerged tragedy left in the wake of the mass crossing of people from Morocco."
EL PAÍS@elpais.com · 3d agoDebajo de un agua cristalina, se ven las siluetas de cuerpos sumergidos muy cerca de la frontera de El Tarajal en Ceuta. Dos de ellos están cogidos de la mano. Son la desgracia sumergida que ha dejado el cruce multitudinario de personas desde Marruecos
Make no mistake, this woman is a shit-stirring idiot.
I think Labour was right to reinstate Abbott, but her speech last month shows why she should’ve retired long ago. She thinks that the toppling of Assad a coup and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is actually a NATO campaign against Russia and the the US is responsible for both. Such an insane worldview.
Dr Anna Hájková@ankahajkova.bsky.social · 4d agoDiane Abbott’s naming of the Russian full scale war in Ukraine as “NATO campaign against Russia” is a disgrace. m.youtube.com/watch?v=SMBj...
The Ceuta 'crisis' is just political fuckery from Morocco in retaliation for Sánchez' visit to Algeria in July. It's all related to the conflict in Western Sahara. It has nothing to do with Spain's enforcement of the EU's external border. Amazing how thin EU solidarity is on this issue.
There's always been some dishonesty in politics across the political spectrum, but the current level of dishonesty from RW people talking about migration is unprecedented
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 5d agoRobert Jenrick (7pm) tweeting about "30,000 military age men rampaging through Spanish territory" long after the return rate was over 90%
Well, they're on their way back to Morocco actually, as they never had any way to reach mainland Spain, let alone the UK, but who needs facts when you're Bobby J the King of Bullshit.
Why the border control broke down: there are a few different/overlapping theories (including that the Moroccan govt let it happen as a political gesture or inferred threat, or that smugglers promoted the [false] idea a court decision means no more returns) www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Why is Ceuta a migration flashpoint and how were so many people able to cross from Morocco?
An estimated 50,000 people attempted the journey to the Spanish territory in chaotic and dangerous scenes that resulted in dozens of deaths
theguardian.com
Commentaire de Mélenchon en 2005 sur les pays baltes : “qu’ils aillent se faire foutre. Les Lituaniens, t’en connais un, toi, de Lituanien ? J’en ai jamais vu un, moi.” Le leader spirituel des Insoumis aura l’occasion, cette fois, de voir un Lituanien et de le remercier, et ainsi que l’Europe.
French Aid to Europe 🇫🇷🇪🇺@aidefranceukr.bsky.social · 5d ago🇫🇷🇱🇹 Lithuania is deploying 40 Fire and Rescue Department officers, including 32 firefighters, and 9 specialized vehicles, including 5 fire trucks, to help battle the devastating wildfires.
Google Earth, a tool often used as a source of satellite imagery to verify photos and videos, has added a feature that allows you to alter satellite imagery with AI, for reasons. blog.google/products-and...
Transform any place with Nano Banana in Google Earth
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Amazing how many of the people currently creating havoc around the world were radicalised during covid.
Peter Walker@peterwalker99.bsky.social · 6d agoI realise this is Restore Britain etc etc, but it's nonetheless pretty shocking.
This isn’t going to be popular amongst followers, but my conclusion from this is that UK Special Forces command should be abolished, and everyone inside the forces anywhere near this scandal should be investigated for perverting the course of justice and manslaughter. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Special Forces rejected 2,000 credible asylum claims from Afghan commandos, MoD confirms
Officers appear to have rejected every application from former Afghan commandos who fought alongside them.
bbc.com
You knew they'd get back to bike delivery eventually! Royal Mail steps back into cargo bikes with Minimal quadricycles www.cyclingelectric.com/news/royal-m...
Royal Mail steps back into cargo bikes with Minimal
Having famously been an early adopter of cargo bikes and post bikes for deliveries, Royal Mail has revived its cycling
cyclingelectric.com
Still 34⁰ in Paris at 21:30. I'm finding it harder and harder to see some friends' and acquaintances' posts of frequent flights. When will this addiction be cured and why does the link to a planet that is literally on fire continue to be ignored? #ClimateCrisis
In case you missed it, the Green Party in Hackney spearheaded a cancellation of the borough's twinning agreement with Haifa, which is one thing, but the Mayor of Hackney has now written to the Mayor of Haifa requesting a reply by *October 7*, which is either stupid or pretty evil, take your pick.
43 year old Zack Polanski, who has been competing in electoral politics for 11 years:
Shift in nature of Burnham announcements between week 1/2. Week 1 felt like it was trying to demonstrate (what I think of as) “politics of trying”, small things to make a difference showing govt is trying to help. Week 2 feels like trying to do a more ambitious “politics of can”
Another panel done! I've coloured up to the very edge of London, as it was in 1746. This latest panel shows Mile End and Stepney Church surrounded by fields. (High-res and article in comments.)
Regret to report that the Sri Lanka-based Facebook nostalgia industry has started RESPECT season early this year. “Life in Britain” was previously building #numbers as “Xiaoyang Grebentsov” until last November, if you want some idea of how this bollocks works.
I’m running 200km over 7 days to demand safer roads. On average, 30 people are killed every week on UK roads — deaths that are preventable. I’m raising funds for the charity Brake, who support bereaved families & crash victims. Please donate if you can. Thank you! www.justgiving.com/page/andy-co...
Andy's fundraiser for Brake, the road safety charity
Help Andy Cox raise money to support Brake, the road safety charity
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Yeah, Chris, the French knew it was you, an entirely obscure shadow minister, and could hear what you were saying. This was so alarming to them, they felt compelled to risk a major international incident by essentially threatening to kill you. God, these pathetic people are so totally unserious.
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · last wk.Chris Philp believes that France may be at war with Chris Philp. "It is extraordinary that the French Navy will fire live rounds to defend their waters against a visiting British politician" He will take this up with the French Ambassador. (BBC) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
