Few left-wingers find employment that lines up with their principles. Whether that’s being a barista, or helping baristas sell coffee. +
We don’t live in a society where we can all make a decent living, in a job we enjoy in all respects. We make choices, compromises.
But ... +
... if you do want to see corporate power challenged and reduced, we need people who understand corporate power and thinking.
Like people who work/ed for corporate power. +
“Hypocrisy” accusations by people who don’t share the principles of the targets or have to make their life choices aren’t genuine contributions to debate.
They’re trolling, ad feminam attacks which distract us from discussions about principle, facts and strategy.
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THREAD Why *now* for an article about crooked immigration lawyers?
Rwanda policy is in crisis and Govt need to throw mud at immigration lawyers.
This is distraction and dangerous. 1/
I’ve represented numerous victims of crooked immigration lawyers. My clients were genuine (they won in the end) but the lawyers they went to didn’t know how to prepare a real claim, they only knew how to invent a fake one. 2/
Crooked immigration lawyers are bad people. They don’t just break important laws - they rip off genuine refugees and give an excuse to turn on honest lawyers, too! 3/
I’m a human rights lawyer, and I represented 42 Bangladeshi strawberry pickers challenging the Greek Gov in the European Court for refusing to punish the farmers who exploited them.
And I am not alone 🧵 +
UK human rights lawyers took the Home Office to court in hundreds of successful cases when Ministers blocked legal & safe routes from Europe for refugees with family in the UK driving them into the hands of smugglers +
Greek human rights lawyers have fought for decades to create a proper asylum system in Greece, so that refugees in Greece wouldn’t have to use smugglers to get them to a country with a proper system.
UK Home Office trails “Ukrainian Extension Scheme” to start 3 May 2022 for those with permission to stay granted before 18 Mar 2022, which is current or expired after 1 Jan 2022. No details yet. gov.uk/guidance/ukrai…
Let’s hope Gov grants Ukrainians already in UK at least the same leave as those coming under Homes for Ukraine. Would be bizarre if those already here temporarily were treated worse. They can’t go home! +
Home Office shouldn’t limit the scheme to arrivals before 18 March. Some people with visitor visas arrived after.
And they shouldn’t limit it to people who had leave. Why should asylum-seekers be treated differently?
160,000 people are calling on British Gov to lift visas for Ukrainian refugees. Please sign and encourage others to. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6095…
Will UK *now* announce real change on Ukraine refugees? I don’t believe so - more popular pressure will be needed. Short 🧵 theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/f…
Current position is - tiny concessions for Ukrainians with close family in UK - none for others. +