Interview clip: she seems to arrived in Britain around 1990 or 1991 as a child refugee, going to primary and secondary school in Camden. x.com/treesey/stat...
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Well she seems lovely - warm personality and obviously a high achiever 👇
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Yusuf should be pushed on cases, such as Nus Ghani MP, to see if he is extending this prejudice, to people born in Pakistan who came here as children, and entered public life, or if he was expressing a more specific racial prejudice against British people with Somali heritage, parents or birthplace
Nadhim Zahawi should intervene publicly. As he did intervene, on things like this, when he was a Conservative - when prejudices were expressed by Conservatives (eg supported Nus Ghani) or by Reform: he was indeed vocal about whether Reform would accept people like him in public life pre-defection
The Councillor is in her early 40s: she arrived between 35 and 40 years ago. [I do not have the exact dates, but she would have been under 7, perhaps under 5 years old] ca.news.yahoo.com/zia-yusuf-ac...
Zia Yusuf Accused Of Racism Over Attack On Labour Council Leader
Reform UK’s home affairs spokesman pointed out Sagal Abdi-Wali was born in Somalia.
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Zia Yusuf now seems to be arguing that foreign-born citizens must not enter public life. That is an argument made by Restore supporters - such as Lucy White - about politicians like the Commons deputy speaker Nus Ghani (though she extends it to Yusuf, Badenoch + those with foreign-born parents)
Zia Yusuf has tweeted this about the leader of Camden Council, Sagal Abdi-Wali, who has lived in Camden for over 35 years, after arriving as a child refugee in the early 1990s. (Nadhim Zahawi, born in Baghdad to an Iraqi Kurdish family, came to the UK as an 11 year old:should be asked about this)
Grand Ole Opry Live honouring Dolly Parton With Carly Pearce
This is the best summary of where Labour is at with Europe that you're going to read. It's from @chrisgrey.bsky.social . It's also, for those who want a pro-European UK, utterly emptying. Let's look at the four paragraphs A 🧵 chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/brex...
European Athletics Championships 2026 And what a Women’s 200m Britain's Amy Hunt wins second gold of championships! In a European Leading time this year. While Ireland's Rhasidat Adeleke takes silver & a national record! After being twice sidelined with injury
European Athletics Championships That was a cracking Men’s 800 m The first male Irish athlete to win gold 🥇 as an individual at a European outdoor championships Take a bow #TeamIreland Mark English | #IrishAthletics | #Birmingham2026 | #EuropeanAthleticsChampionships
Someone at the Times could have read the GFA or even used Google to know that the Policy Exchange report is utter rubbish. And in what kind of messed up polity are people engaging in wishful thinking to deprive themselves of rights?
George Mann@sgfmann.bsky.social · last yr.The Times: Leaving the ECHR ‘not a threat to Ulster peace’ #TomorrowsPapersToday
Significant intervention from some of NI's leading civil society groups working on rights and peacebuilding in response to today's Policy Exchange report claiming that the GFA does not restrict the UK's from withdrawing from the ECHR and on the importance of the ECHR for NI:
CAJ@cajni.bsky.social · last yr.The ECHR is deeply embedded within the 1998 Belfast/Good Friday Agreement. This commitment does not allow the UK Government to formulate some version of what it regards as ECHR-equivalent protections. Read our joint statement 👇 @ppr-org.bsky.social & Human Rights Consortium NI
There is a lot of sophistry in the Policy Exchange GFA report, especially parsing sources to give an inaccurate impression. Here I'm cited discussing the impact of the the GFA on the NI legal order as a whole and it is presented as authority for the commitments only binding NI's devolved bodies:
Glen O'Hara@gsoh31.bsky.social · last yr.This is just sophistry. I cannot understand how any academic has got drawn into this quagmire. All it means is 'the UK can break or try to renegotiate the two treaties and the principles that underpin them'. Of course that's true! One might as well say 'moon made of rock'. So what? 🤷♂️
Well, its not like any of Policy Exchange reports are subject to peer review - their arguements are very much absent from legal academic journals. But yes - the presentation of these as the best of academic standards is a really problematic turn over recent years.
Apparently on GB news one of the authors of the Report stated that nobody has really made the claim that the ECHR is part of the 1998 Agreement - given the Report cites an article I co-authored with @colinmurray.bsky.social & Ben Warwick...which argues exactly that ... not sure what that reveals...
The Hundred MI London v Sunrises Leeds The 26 edition of The Hundred gets under way & will have some changes from previous years. In 25, the ECB finalised the sale of stakes in all 8 teams with over £500m of the funds generated to be reinvested back into English & Welsh cricket
GAA All Ireland Senior Hurling Semi Finals Clare v Limerick Catching up with yesterday’s 1st semi final. Cork v Galway. Before today’s second semi final Clare v Limerick #GAA #GAAHurling #CORvGAL #AllIrelandHurling on #BBC2NI #RTE #BBCiPlayer
The Rugby Nations Championship gets underway this weekend with extensive TV coverage on @ITV in the UK & @VMSportIE in Ireland. Plus radio coverage on @bbc5live Here is the @BBCSport explainer www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-...
Nations Championship: North v South battle is tighter than ever
The new Nations Championship pits the northern hemisphere against the south. Traditionally there would only be one winner in such a contest. Perhaps things are different now...
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Women’s T20 World Cup West Indies v Ireland 🇮🇪 England 🏴 v 🇳🇿 New Zealand Ireland were still looking for their first win in the T20 World Cup. Whereas England have four wins from four at this T20 World Cup and expectation is starting to build.
Women’s T20 World Cup England 🏴 v 🏴 Scotland England are top of the points table with two successive wins After beating Sri Lanka and Ireland Scotland started their campaign with a win over Ireland Then lost to former champions West Indies #ICCWomenT20WorldCuP2026 #ENGvSCO
World Cup 2026 England 🏴 v 🇭🇷 Croatia The 2 sides have met 11 times since Croatia joined FIFA in 1994. Including England’s defeat in Euro 2008 qualifying and, the dramatic 2018 World Cup semi-final, a night defined by Luka Modric pulling the strings #WorldCup2026 #ENGvCRO
Really don’t understand football ⚽️ France 🇫🇷 v 🇸🇳 Senegal. Defender is holding on to player in the box waiting for the corner. Literally giving him a bear hug. Nothing happens, then the defender steps on his own goal keeper’s foot. Who proceeds to fall over! He wins a free kick 😳🤔🙄🫣 ⚽️
Kevin Keegan, 75, reveals his stage four cancer diagnosis www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Kevin Keegan, former England and Newcastle manager, reveals stage four cancer diagnosis
The former England and Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan has revealed he has stage four cancer and is working with a ‘top doctor’ on treatment
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Emma Barnett: Fighting Endometriosis Heartbreaking 💔 and superb documentary. Who tell her own painful story and that of other brave women with Endometriosis
Four top UK chefs and restaurant owners have urged the government to cut VAT for restaurants and pubs as they warned working in the hospitality industry was the "hardest it has ever been".| BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Top UK chefs call for cutting VAT for pubs and restaurants to 10%
Tom Kerridge, Yotam Ottolenghi, Ravneet Gill and Simon Rogan told BBC Newsnight VAT should be halved to ease mounting pressure on the hospitality industry.
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Jack Ryan: Ghost War 🎥 is a 2026 American political action thriller film directed by Andrew Bernstein and written by Aaron Rabin & John Krasinski. Produced by Paramount Pictures. The film stars Krasinski as Ryan, with Wendell Pierce, Michael Kelly, Max Beesley & Sienna Miller
Dear England: James Graham’s rousing, joyful football drama will make you cry and shout at the TV
Dear England: James Graham’s rousing, joyful football drama will make you cry and shout at the TV
This stellar adaptation of James Graham’s award-winning play is a stirring take on national identity – even if not all the actors look like the real footballers. Put it this way, Wayne Rooney will be very pleased indeed
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Investec Champions Cup Final Leinster v Bordeaux 4-time winners Leinster face defending champions Bordeaux in Bilbao. Leinster have lost 4 finals since last European triumph in 2018. Bordeaux bidding to become 6th team to defend the trophy #LeinsterRugby #leivbor #ChampionsCup
UEFA Europa League - Final Freiburg v Aston Villa Aston Villa aiming to win their first major trophy in 30 years.
