#screwthetories

[artpirate666]

Seriously, he needs to go! #borisresign #borisneedstogo #sinkingship #dontvotetory #screwthetories #borisisaliar https://www.instagram.com/p/Cfru26-qU2k/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[mancunienne]

John McArthur is sanctioned by jobcentre after refusing ‘forced labour’ at firm where he was previously paid minimum wage

"At the tribunal, the DWP argued that if the public knew exactly where people were being sent on placements political protests would increase, which was likely to lead to the collapse of several employment schemes and undermine the government’s economic interests."

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Isabella Acevedo, has been deported after being taken from her room in Yarl's Wood shortly after midnight

Isabella Acevedo, the Colombian cleaner who worked for the Tory minister Mark Harper, has been deported after being taken from her room in Yarl's Wood shortly after midnight, according to her supporters.

The 47-year-old, who was arrested at her daughter's wedding a fortnight ago, had been told she could be removed any time between 11.59pm on Wednesday and 15 August. Two immigration officers took her away at 12.06am, still in her pyjamas and with no specific warning, the campaigner Trenton Oldfield said.

She later called her family in Colombia and told them she would be arriving there on Thursday, after flying via Madrid.

Deepa Naik, Oldfield's wife, said: "What type of country pulls people from their sleep after midnight in their pyjamas? It is a country that is simultaneously ignorant and deeply vindictive."

Acevedo had worked as Harper's cleaner for seven years until February, when the then minister for immigration discovered she did not, as he had believed, have leave to remain in the UK.

He resigned, but two weeks ago was reappointed to the government as minister for disabled people.

Three days after he got his new job, Acevedo was summoned from a ceremony room in Haringey town hall minutes before her 19-year-old daughter was due to be married and arrested by about seven immigration enforcement officers.

Acevedo's lawyer, Gerard Hall, said the Home Office had confirmed her "removal without incident" when he called them on Thursday morning.

She had previously been due to be deported last Thursday, but the removal was cancelled at the last minute due to what immigration officials called "potential for disruption by third parties".

Campaigners had planned to protest at Heathrow that night. Acevedo was then given the 15-day window for deportation.

Hall, who visited Acevedo on Wednesday night, said he had never seen this tactic used in 20 years of handling immigration cases. "On all other occasions we've been provided with notification of a date, time and flight details – all that would be required to for us to obtain an injunction if necessary," he said. "My personal view is that that was done to frustrate efforts to assist her."

Acevedo's daughter, Paulina, said she had spoken to her distressed mother on the phone on Wednesday.

"She was scared she was going to be removed," she said. "Then I woke up at 5am and found all these messages on my phone saying 'they've taken your mum'. I can't understand why they couldn't even have given her a date [for her removal]. They took her when she was probably sleeping, still in her pyjamas. I don't understand how they can do something like this.

"I'm so angry. I didn't even see her on the day of my wedding. Just as I was walking round the corner to the venue I saw her from afar. She was giving me signs to come in, and that's when they [immigration officials] took me into this separate room.

"I didn't know they were taking my mum. I couldn't even say anything to her, or give her a hug."

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So the tories are gonna start chargin' non EU citizens 150% to use the NHS...

Which is absolute bullshit.

And to all those idiots whinin' 'ooh! But the health tourism must be stopped! ooh they're exploiting the system! It's the NATIONAL health service, not the INTERNATIONAL health service! Feeling sorry for people won't pay the doctor's wages! I have to pay travel insurance so why can't they!' You all sound like fuckin' children. Selfish, xenophobic children at that.

But being as how empathy isn't the thing for you people, and it all has to be about you, ask yourself this: if they start gettin' migrants and tourists to pay for NHS, how long will it before they keep chippin' away at that pillar, and before you know it, we're ALL payin' for the NHS?!

So c'mon down from bullshit mountain why don't ya...

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So last night I was stuck in Piccadilly for ages cos the train was cancelled due to 'shortage - of - avail-able - train - crew', which again proves my point that 1. immigrants are NOT taking anyone's jobs 2. there ARE jobs that need doing, but 3. No tory fucker wants to pay anyone to do 'em.

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ATTENTION ALL DECENT HUMAN BEINGS! A new bullshit immigration law has just been given the royal assent here in the UK!

The tories are attacking migrants and asylum seekers again. Here's some of the shit they've just made into law:

The Immigration Act 2014 contains 77 clauses and makes fundamental changes to how our immigration system functions.

It will limit the factors which draw illegal migrants to the UK, make it easier to remove those with no right to be here and ensure the Courts have regard to Parliament’s view of what the public interest requires when considering Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights in immigration cases.

Cutting the number of immigration decisions that can be appealed from 17 to 4, while allowing us to return certain harmful individuals before their appeals are heard if there is no risk of serious irreversible harm

Ensuring that the courts have regard to Parliament’s view of what the public interest requires when considering European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) Article 8 claims in immigration cases – making clear the right to a family life is not to be regarded as absolute and unqualified

Clamping down on people who try to gain an immigration advantage by entering into a sham marriage or civil partnership

Requiring private landlords to check the immigration status of tenants, preventing those with no right to live in the UK from accessing private rented housing

Introducing a new requirement from temporary migrants with time-limited immigration status by requiring them to make a financial contribution to the National Health Service

The Immigration Act will also include powers to prevent repeat bail applications when a removal is imminent, revoke driving licences held by immigration offenders and allow the Home Secretary to deprive a naturalised individual of their British citizenship if their actions have been seriously prejudicial to the interests of the United Kingdom and the Home Secretary has reasonable grounds for believing the person is able to become a national of another country.

This is shite from start to finish. This will hurt so many asylum seekers. It's already SO fuckin' hard to get asylum here. Many of my friends are gonna be so hard hit by this bollocks- the courts already decide for themselves if a relationship is 'sham' or not, families are already being ripped apart in total contravention of article 8. I don't give a shit what 'Parliament's view of the public interest' is, the courts are already the tories' bitch as it is, and parliament can go fuck themselves if they think that blatantly infringing anyone's human rights is in 'public interest', fuck you and your double speak! Fuck this legislation!

[mancunienne]

The lack of expected mass immigration, which has caused both the Daily Mail and Daily Express to have blank covers this morning, is thought likely to result in legal action. A spokesman for both papers explained  ”We rely on immigration so we can make a living demonising it. So we want compensation for them not coming over here and they’re going to have to pay up. And if they need to come over here to work or claim benefits in order to raise the money to do that then so be it. And then we won’t rest until they’ve left.”