Even shots on British nationals won’t stop UK’s border expansion: It seems that shootings at sea are just par for the course in Starmer’s longstanding strategy to outsource borders https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/even-shots-on-british-nationals-wont-stop-uks-border-expansion/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

LGBTQ+ migrants at risk in UK detention centres due to poor staff training: Charity calls for an end to LGBTQ+ immigration detention, as poor quality staff training is revealed https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/migrant-rights-lgbt-edi-dei-immigration-detention-centres-training-serco-mitie/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

How Labour is reducing consumer protections | With Ethan Shone: What can we learn about the future of consumer rights from the merger between Microsoft and Call of Duty publisher Activision Blizzard? https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/podcasts/in-solidarity-podcast/podcast-in-solidarity-ethan-shone-labour-cma-activsion-blizzard/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

Keir Starmer’s Labour is a lost cause. But there’s still hope for the left: In choosing big business over ordinary people, the PM has sacrificed the heart of the Labour Party. So what next? https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/keir-starmer-labour-jeremy-corbyn-zarah-sultana-zack-polanski-your-party-greens-big-business/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

The hidden agenda behind Labour’s desperate efforts to woo big business: The party is steamrolling ahead with deregulation that will benefit big businesses at the expense of consumers. Why? https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/labour-deregulation-pro-business-why-reform-uk-nigel-farage-competition-and-markets-defanging/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

Inside Labour’s pro-business push to ‘defang’ competitions watchdog: How Keir Starmer’s government prioritised tech firms and the finance industry over British consumers https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/labour-competitions-and-markets-authority-pro-business-deregulate-corporate-capture-keir-starmer/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

Daring to dream after two years under fire: Life in Gaza: For two years, our lives have been on hold amid constant air strikes and fighting. Now, we finally have reason to hope https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/gaza-ceasefire-israel-hamas-daring-to-dream-life-in-camp-palestine/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

Online Safety Act: 'Protect the kids’ is pretext for rights erosions: We all want accountability for Big Tech, but the OSA’s moralising aims are hurting LGBTQ+ people and sex workers https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-trafficking-and-slavery/online-safety-act-protect-the-children-is-pretext-for-rights-erosions/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

Israel’s biggest security threat has never been Hamas. It’s Netanyahu: The catastrophic war inflicted on Gaza over the past two years has left Israel less secure than ever https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/gaza-war-israel-biggest-security-threat-netanyahu-trump-peace-plan-unlikely-ceasefire-tony-blair/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

Digital ID cards will put the UK on a dangerous path – just ask India: I spent years reporting on digital IDs like the Brit Card. This is what I found https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/digital-id-brit-card-uk-dangerous-india-aadhar-surveillance-corruption-data-breach-keir-starmer/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS