This is Faiz Seddeqi, a young father who risked his life to defend the British embassy in Kabul against the Taliban

The way he and his family have since been treated by the @ukhomeoffice and government reveals so much about what Britain stands for, and who it values ⬇️🧵 As the Taliban closed in on Kabul and other western nations began evacuating staff, the UK told Faiz and the rest of its Afghan security team that - as they were employed through an outsourcing firm - they were ineligible for protection, and out of a job theguardian.com/world/2021/aug…

A humanitarian crisis is rapidly unfolding at Napier barracks - Britain's first modern-day refugee camp, run controversially by the @ukhomeoffice - where a Covid outbreak is spiralling out of control. I've been contacted by dozens of residents who don't know where to turn 👇 Asylum-seekers - many of whom have been housed at the crowded camp for months waiting for their claims to be processed - are now locked inside, with police patrolling the fences. Up to 28 people are sharing two bedrooms and a bathroom, making social distancing is impossible

Last year, Britain's media published endless images of people landing on the Kent coast in small dinghies.

The Daily Mail referred to 'Migrant Madness' in its headlines; the Daily Express to 'Lawless Chaos'. The BBC called it a 'Migrant Crisis'.

But what are the facts? 👇 Yes, it's true that small boat migrant arrivals rose considerably last year. In 2018, fewer than 300 people seeking asylum in Britain travelled by small boat to the Kent coast; in 2019, that figure rose to just under 2,000. In 2020, more than 8,000 crossings were recorded.

People are travelling to the UK's shores in small dinghies - and landing in the middle of a complex conversation over who 'we' are, and who we are not.

For @tortoise, my longread on those who make the journey, and those waiting for them on the other side
torto.se/2Xez8At This was a major piece of reporting involving weeks of interviews at Britain's first modern-day refugee camp at Napier Barracks in Kent - obtaining testimony from inside the hugely controversial facility, and uncovering its role in the government's post-Brexit immigration vision

Hi @Nigel_Farage - I shot the video you've posted here, and explained in my Twitter thread that the protest was about about cold, cramped conditions and access to medical attention for vulnerable people. You've copied the footage, and told a blatant lie.

https://twitter.com/Nigel_Farage/status/1328746839177392130

The original video was lifted from my Twitter feed without permission or attribution by @Kent_Online, then picked up by you. I know exploitative falsehoods come easily to you, but this one is so clear and obvious that even you must feel somewhat embarrassed by it.

Some disturbing updates from Napier Barracks - the Kent army camp where people seeking UK asylum are currently being held. In the past 48hrs there have been further police visits, growing frustration and an apparent suicide attempt

https://twitter.com/hackneylad/status/1328395141229531137

At least one resident in Napier has harmed themselves and an ambulance was called to the barracks yesterday - we're awaiting news on their condition. Videos sent from inside show a sleeping area with bloodstains in and around it.

During Britain's #coronavirus lockdown, one group of people was forced to continue coming into work with little protection - and met with a total lack of support as sickness began to spread among them.

Their story matters, because they worked for the British government. [Thread] This is the tale of how workers employed by outsourcing giant OCS to clean one of the UK's largest government ministries (@MoJGovUK) were treated at the height of the #Covid19 pandemic, with deadly consequences - and how the cleaners themselves fought back.

The biggest story of this election isn't Andrew Neil, TV debates, or any of the media stuff

It's the unprecedented number of people, unpaid and often unacknowledged, hitting the streets every evening & weekend in every corner of the country to campaign for a @UKLabour government @UKLabour Regardless of where your party sympathies lie, and whatever the outcome on polling day, this is - by a huge margin - the most important electoral development in years

An age of mass spectatorship regarding formal politics has been replaced by a new era of mass participation

Had lots of people asking what I'm basing the opinion below on, which is fair enough. I've been saying since the start of the election that I think Johnson is going to lose and be out of Downing St after Dec 12th, and I stand by that. Here's why (thread) 👇

https://twitter.com/hackneylad/status/1197980075880255488

Firstly, parliamentary arithmetic. Johnson has one plausible route to government, which is an outright majority - his only potential partners are the Brexit Party, who will win a tiny number of seats, if any. Labour has many more pathways to power.

I was on @BBCNewsnight last night to talk about voter apathy this election - and why, after decades of being told by politicians that bold, radical ideas have no place in grown-up political discourse, it's no wonder that many feel alienated from electoral politics. Here's pt1... ...and this is pt2. Point is that for too long we've lived under a system that tries to hive great areas of public life to the market - things that are contested and subject to political antagonism. Voters have been made to feel like passive consumers rather than political agents