Graham Johnson
@grahamjohnson.bsky.social
West Bridgford Labour chair | Rushcliffe CLP vice-chair | European Movement UK national council member | SENDCo | school governor
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Basically we need the 1990s again.
December 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Basically we need the 1990s again.
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“We have to keep moving towards a closer relationship with the EU.”
Keir Starmer on the economic impacts of Brexit.
Read more in Politico below:
www.politico.eu/article/uk-p...
Keir Starmer on the economic impacts of Brexit.
Read more in Politico below:
www.politico.eu/article/uk-p...
Starmer: Brexit ‘significantly’ hurt British economy
U.K. needs to “keep moving” towards a closer relationship, says British PM.
www.politico.eu
December 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
“We have to keep moving towards a closer relationship with the EU.”
Keir Starmer on the economic impacts of Brexit.
Read more in Politico below:
www.politico.eu/article/uk-p...
Keir Starmer on the economic impacts of Brexit.
Read more in Politico below:
www.politico.eu/article/uk-p...
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Pretty striking to see these two pieces, side-by-side, in the Telegraph and Times last week. ~AA #BrexitDisaster
December 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Pretty striking to see these two pieces, side-by-side, in the Telegraph and Times last week. ~AA #BrexitDisaster
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More evidence that chasing votes by being anti-immigration is an idiotic and ultimately doomed strategy
Today's 70% fall in net migration to 205,000 was not one of the six stories in BBC ten o'clock news.
Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters
Down by 140k isn't thought to be.
Up by 140k undoubtedly would be.
Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters
Down by 140k isn't thought to be.
Up by 140k undoubtedly would be.
November 27, 2025 at 10:11 PM
More evidence that chasing votes by being anti-immigration is an idiotic and ultimately doomed strategy
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The latest evidence that America is becoming a land of idiots:
November 27, 2025 at 7:18 AM
The latest evidence that America is becoming a land of idiots:
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The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
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70% of the additional spending from removing the two-child limit will go to families who are in work. This is targeting support for low-income working households who are being priced out of a decent standard of living despite doing everything asked of them.
November 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
70% of the additional spending from removing the two-child limit will go to families who are in work. This is targeting support for low-income working households who are being priced out of a decent standard of living despite doing everything asked of them.
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Today's 70% fall in net migration to 205,000 was not one of the six stories in BBC ten o'clock news.
Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters
Down by 140k isn't thought to be.
Up by 140k undoubtedly would be.
Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters
Down by 140k isn't thought to be.
Up by 140k undoubtedly would be.
November 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Today's 70% fall in net migration to 205,000 was not one of the six stories in BBC ten o'clock news.
Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters
Down by 140k isn't thought to be.
Up by 140k undoubtedly would be.
Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters
Down by 140k isn't thought to be.
Up by 140k undoubtedly would be.
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'This isn't an opinion. This is counting.'
- A 100,000 drop in net migration costs us £7bn
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
November 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM
'This isn't an opinion. This is counting.'
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Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
November 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
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this is one of the reasons not to do policy by poll or focus group
New net migration figures at 930am.
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
November 27, 2025 at 10:56 AM
this is one of the reasons not to do policy by poll or focus group
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The latest bot-talking-point on X and FB, spread via Reform groups, seems to be "Doctors, Nurses, and engineers don't arrive by small boat".
Only problem with that is... some do exactly that. ~AA
Only problem with that is... some do exactly that. ~AA
November 24, 2025 at 9:57 AM
The latest bot-talking-point on X and FB, spread via Reform groups, seems to be "Doctors, Nurses, and engineers don't arrive by small boat".
Only problem with that is... some do exactly that. ~AA
Only problem with that is... some do exactly that. ~AA
Counterpoint: Britons should be begging for an opportunity to rejoin the EU to regain what was lost.
So, I saw EES in operation last week - or rather not in operation, as the booths were closed in the aiport I was in.
Massive queue for non-European citizens.
Instead of attacking Schengen and EES, Britons should be *begging* for it to come in, as it will radically reduce their waiting times.
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Massive queue for non-European citizens.
Instead of attacking Schengen and EES, Britons should be *begging* for it to come in, as it will radically reduce their waiting times.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Counterpoint: Britons should be begging for an opportunity to rejoin the EU to regain what was lost.
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There is no evidence that stripping refugees' rights one by one will have any impact on people crossing the channel.
Taking jewellery from refugees is akin to painting over murals for refugee children.
These repugnant ‘deterrents’ did not work for the Tories, and they won't work for us.
Taking jewellery from refugees is akin to painting over murals for refugee children.
These repugnant ‘deterrents’ did not work for the Tories, and they won't work for us.
November 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
There is no evidence that stripping refugees' rights one by one will have any impact on people crossing the channel.
Taking jewellery from refugees is akin to painting over murals for refugee children.
These repugnant ‘deterrents’ did not work for the Tories, and they won't work for us.
Taking jewellery from refugees is akin to painting over murals for refugee children.
These repugnant ‘deterrents’ did not work for the Tories, and they won't work for us.
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Unutterably depressing that the UK remains saddled with the albatross of Brexit. More evidence that Brexit was not an event, which one side or the other *won* , but a continuing, slow rolling, never ending disaster, and a gift to our geographical enemies.
November 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Unutterably depressing that the UK remains saddled with the albatross of Brexit. More evidence that Brexit was not an event, which one side or the other *won* , but a continuing, slow rolling, never ending disaster, and a gift to our geographical enemies.
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So let me get this right. We had to leave the EU to control immigration, and we are going to control immigration by emulating the stringent immigration system of Denmark, which is a proud and happy member of the EU.
UK to announce plans to emulate stringent Danish immigration system
Shabana Mahmood’s proposals draw scorn from some Labour MPs, while others want government to go further
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
So let me get this right. We had to leave the EU to control immigration, and we are going to control immigration by emulating the stringent immigration system of Denmark, which is a proud and happy member of the EU.
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This wife talking about her husband becoming radicalised by Farage and those like him really is quite extraordinary in its heartbreaking understatement.
"He absolutely wanted it to be [a terrorist attack]. The grin on his face. He wanted an I-told-you-so."
"He absolutely wanted it to be [a terrorist attack]. The grin on his face. He wanted an I-told-you-so."
One of those calls you don’t forget in a hurry…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9Kz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9Kz...
LBC caller describes her husband’s ‘grin’ after train stabbing
YouTube video by LBC
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
This wife talking about her husband becoming radicalised by Farage and those like him really is quite extraordinary in its heartbreaking understatement.
"He absolutely wanted it to be [a terrorist attack]. The grin on his face. He wanted an I-told-you-so."
"He absolutely wanted it to be [a terrorist attack]. The grin on his face. He wanted an I-told-you-so."
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My thoughts and prayers to all the racists trying to hold on to their bigotry in the face of inconvenient facts.
November 4, 2025 at 11:31 AM
My thoughts and prayers to all the racists trying to hold on to their bigotry in the face of inconvenient facts.
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Today, the Chancellor named Brexit as one of the main reasons for expected tax rises and lower productivity.
Wasn't Brexit supposed to put £350 million a week into the economy? 🤔 One of just many lies it seems...
Wasn't Brexit supposed to put £350 million a week into the economy? 🤔 One of just many lies it seems...
November 4, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Today, the Chancellor named Brexit as one of the main reasons for expected tax rises and lower productivity.
Wasn't Brexit supposed to put £350 million a week into the economy? 🤔 One of just many lies it seems...
Wasn't Brexit supposed to put £350 million a week into the economy? 🤔 One of just many lies it seems...
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Osborne deserves a lot more condemnation, for not just doing austerity but doing it so cackhandedly:
1. Not borrowing to invest when borrowing costs were at essentially zero
2. Cutting spending by salami slicing every part of the public sector with no real analysis of where could take it
1. Not borrowing to invest when borrowing costs were at essentially zero
2. Cutting spending by salami slicing every part of the public sector with no real analysis of where could take it
Late period Osborne: interest rates at zero and 50-80bn of headroom: and his priority was “don’t invest”.
November 4, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Osborne deserves a lot more condemnation, for not just doing austerity but doing it so cackhandedly:
1. Not borrowing to invest when borrowing costs were at essentially zero
2. Cutting spending by salami slicing every part of the public sector with no real analysis of where could take it
1. Not borrowing to invest when borrowing costs were at essentially zero
2. Cutting spending by salami slicing every part of the public sector with no real analysis of where could take it
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Also, consider the fact - obvious to anyone who's thought about it for more than 30 seconds - that most Brits of Caribbean descent's "ancestral homeland" is *not* the Caribbean, is it? There's another reason why they were there...
Lucy White advocates deporting 4th generation British citizens to 'ancestral homelands' if guilty of serious crimes
"Whether he’s a 2nd gen, 3rd gen or 4th generation migrant, he’s proven that he cannot integrate into a civilised society"
White is a GB News contributor + Restore Britain supporter
"Whether he’s a 2nd gen, 3rd gen or 4th generation migrant, he’s proven that he cannot integrate into a civilised society"
White is a GB News contributor + Restore Britain supporter
November 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Also, consider the fact - obvious to anyone who's thought about it for more than 30 seconds - that most Brits of Caribbean descent's "ancestral homeland" is *not* the Caribbean, is it? There's another reason why they were there...
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Well-meaning Americans in my mentions: kindly do not recommend extremely illegal actions that could land people in the UK with a ten year prison sentence
November 2, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Well-meaning Americans in my mentions: kindly do not recommend extremely illegal actions that could land people in the UK with a ten year prison sentence
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Almost nobody in the Cons Party or beyond it had noticed that the Shadow Home Secretary with two other frontbenchers and 5 backbenchers tabled a bill in May to deport 3 million people - stripping almost every pensioner, parent or nurse who did not take out citizenship of their right to live here
October 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Almost nobody in the Cons Party or beyond it had noticed that the Shadow Home Secretary with two other frontbenchers and 5 backbenchers tabled a bill in May to deport 3 million people - stripping almost every pensioner, parent or nurse who did not take out citizenship of their right to live here
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Reminder that by embracing Brexit the Conservative and Unionist party destroyed Conservatism as a domestic force and set In trail the breakup of the Union.
A political fable.
A political fable.
Result a fun reminder that UK likely to have separatist first ministers in Scotland, Wales and NI come 2026
October 24, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Reminder that by embracing Brexit the Conservative and Unionist party destroyed Conservatism as a domestic force and set In trail the breakup of the Union.
A political fable.
A political fable.
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The Times finds it "unacceptable" that people who came here legally in 2021 and have been living and working here since should allowed to stay.
The sad decline of a once great newspaper into ignorant xenophobia and casual racism
archive.ph/TFZY9
The sad decline of a once great newspaper into ignorant xenophobia and casual racism
archive.ph/TFZY9
October 2, 2025 at 8:51 AM
The Times finds it "unacceptable" that people who came here legally in 2021 and have been living and working here since should allowed to stay.
The sad decline of a once great newspaper into ignorant xenophobia and casual racism
archive.ph/TFZY9
The sad decline of a once great newspaper into ignorant xenophobia and casual racism
archive.ph/TFZY9