MaidenOver 🧙
@judeet44.bsky.social
Retired Nurse. Collector of rocks after studying with OU. Like to walk alone in remote places. Do knitting, sewing, embroidery, tapestry, watercolours. Read voraciously. Bit of a petrol head. My garden is my bit of paradise. Lived in France 15yrs, glorious
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People come to the UK on a student visa and then claim asylum once here to avoid going back.
I guess the changes being planned to the asylum system would make claiming asylum less attractive compared to other approaches of getting finding work after studying.
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I guess the changes being planned to the asylum system would make claiming asylum less attractive compared to other approaches of getting finding work after studying.
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November 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
People come to the UK on a student visa and then claim asylum once here to avoid going back.
I guess the changes being planned to the asylum system would make claiming asylum less attractive compared to other approaches of getting finding work after studying.
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I guess the changes being planned to the asylum system would make claiming asylum less attractive compared to other approaches of getting finding work after studying.
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Another interesting graph is this one, showing the top nationalities of people claimaing asylum.
The spike from Albania - the UK system was widely abused by criminal gangs to smuggle people here.
There is also some evidence of abuse of student visas causing the spike from Pakistan.
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The spike from Albania - the UK system was widely abused by criminal gangs to smuggle people here.
There is also some evidence of abuse of student visas causing the spike from Pakistan.
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November 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Another interesting graph is this one, showing the top nationalities of people claimaing asylum.
The spike from Albania - the UK system was widely abused by criminal gangs to smuggle people here.
There is also some evidence of abuse of student visas causing the spike from Pakistan.
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The spike from Albania - the UK system was widely abused by criminal gangs to smuggle people here.
There is also some evidence of abuse of student visas causing the spike from Pakistan.
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I don't have the answer to that, but I believe it is what the Home Sec is trying to tackle.
So that we in the UK take our fair share, but not an excessive share, & that others take their share too.
And if you don't like her plans, what alternatives do you have to change the trend in the data?
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So that we in the UK take our fair share, but not an excessive share, & that others take their share too.
And if you don't like her plans, what alternatives do you have to change the trend in the data?
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November 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I don't have the answer to that, but I believe it is what the Home Sec is trying to tackle.
So that we in the UK take our fair share, but not an excessive share, & that others take their share too.
And if you don't like her plans, what alternatives do you have to change the trend in the data?
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So that we in the UK take our fair share, but not an excessive share, & that others take their share too.
And if you don't like her plans, what alternatives do you have to change the trend in the data?
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I have seen the Home Secretary put out a statement claiming that asylum claims in the UK are rising while they are falling across Europe.
So I've looked for some data and this is what I found for the EU and the UK.
The UK has about 2.5% of asylum claims across the EU back in 2015.
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So I've looked for some data and this is what I found for the EU and the UK.
The UK has about 2.5% of asylum claims across the EU back in 2015.
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November 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I have seen the Home Secretary put out a statement claiming that asylum claims in the UK are rising while they are falling across Europe.
So I've looked for some data and this is what I found for the EU and the UK.
The UK has about 2.5% of asylum claims across the EU back in 2015.
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So I've looked for some data and this is what I found for the EU and the UK.
The UK has about 2.5% of asylum claims across the EU back in 2015.
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The decision not to go ahead with a planned hike to income-tax rates was made after the chancellor received a fiscal forecast that was far better than she’d been expecting
Even Starmer Loyalists Doubt His Future After Budget Rewrite
When news broke late on Thursday night that the UK government would U-turn on its plan to raise income tax at the budget, one of Keir Starmer’s oldest allies thought the game was up.
bloom.bg
November 15, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The decision not to go ahead with a planned hike to income-tax rates was made after the chancellor received a fiscal forecast that was far better than she’d been expecting
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🏠11 million renters just months away from historic new rights
🔑 What’s changing?
•No more ‘no-fault’ evictions
•Goodbye to fixed contracts
•Fairer rent rises
•No more bidding wars
•One month’s rent upfront, max
•No discrimination
•Pets welcome
🔑 What’s changing?
•No more ‘no-fault’ evictions
•Goodbye to fixed contracts
•Fairer rent rises
•No more bidding wars
•One month’s rent upfront, max
•No discrimination
•Pets welcome
November 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
🏠11 million renters just months away from historic new rights
🔑 What’s changing?
•No more ‘no-fault’ evictions
•Goodbye to fixed contracts
•Fairer rent rises
•No more bidding wars
•One month’s rent upfront, max
•No discrimination
•Pets welcome
🔑 What’s changing?
•No more ‘no-fault’ evictions
•Goodbye to fixed contracts
•Fairer rent rises
•No more bidding wars
•One month’s rent upfront, max
•No discrimination
•Pets welcome
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Grants available from South West Water for habitat and pond restoration, tree planting, rainwater harvesting and storage systems, and other environmental projects www.southwestwater.co.uk/environment/... #Devon #Cornwall
Nature Recovery Fund | Environmental projects | South West Water
We're launching a £2 million Nature Recovery Fund to support local community groups with a focus on the environment.
www.southwestwater.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Grants available from South West Water for habitat and pond restoration, tree planting, rainwater harvesting and storage systems, and other environmental projects www.southwestwater.co.uk/environment/... #Devon #Cornwall
Climate change is here and worsening exponentially. People who live south of the Meditterranean, or even Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece (and others) will find crops failing due to high temps, water becoming scarcer, wildfires destroying vast areas. Those people will have to move, or die. They will
November 15, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Climate change is here and worsening exponentially. People who live south of the Meditterranean, or even Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece (and others) will find crops failing due to high temps, water becoming scarcer, wildfires destroying vast areas. Those people will have to move, or die. They will
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The sacrifices I make...
I watched episode one of the new Robin Hood series.
You can read my review here;
fakehistoryhunter.net/2025/11/15/t...
or here;
fakehistoryhunter.substack.com/p/tv-review-...
A few highlights in this short thread.
I watched episode one of the new Robin Hood series.
You can read my review here;
fakehistoryhunter.net/2025/11/15/t...
or here;
fakehistoryhunter.substack.com/p/tv-review-...
A few highlights in this short thread.
TV review: ‘Robin Hood’, episode 1 (2025)
Before you start, yes, I know, the story of Robin Hood is mostly a myth, a legend, so those who tell that story get a bit more freedom, yes.But the writers, set designer & director all have cho…
fakehistoryhunter.net
November 15, 2025 at 4:36 AM
The sacrifices I make...
I watched episode one of the new Robin Hood series.
You can read my review here;
fakehistoryhunter.net/2025/11/15/t...
or here;
fakehistoryhunter.substack.com/p/tv-review-...
A few highlights in this short thread.
I watched episode one of the new Robin Hood series.
You can read my review here;
fakehistoryhunter.net/2025/11/15/t...
or here;
fakehistoryhunter.substack.com/p/tv-review-...
A few highlights in this short thread.
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People would go wild if MS or lupus were airborne, but Covid is airborne, and it can reactivate EBV, which is linked to both. It’s biologically plausible that we’re seeing more MS- and lupus-related illness after widespread airborne viruses. So mask up 😷
November 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM
People would go wild if MS or lupus were airborne, but Covid is airborne, and it can reactivate EBV, which is linked to both. It’s biologically plausible that we’re seeing more MS- and lupus-related illness after widespread airborne viruses. So mask up 😷
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"The science is evolving quite rapidly and time is running out to do anything about it because the tipping point may well be quite close," says PIK's @rahmstorf.bsky.social in this piece on Iceland declaring the potential collapse of #AMOC a national security risk. 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1op...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1op...
Iceland on alert amid Atlantic Ocean current's possible collapse | REUTERS
YouTube video by Reuters
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November 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
"The science is evolving quite rapidly and time is running out to do anything about it because the tipping point may well be quite close," says PIK's @rahmstorf.bsky.social in this piece on Iceland declaring the potential collapse of #AMOC a national security risk. 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1op...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1op...
Guicciardini, late 1400s, said:
Do not believe those who say they have voluntarily relinquished power and position for love of peace and quiet.
Ambition is not a reprehensible quality...those who lack this passion are cold spirits, inclined more toward laziness than activity.
Do not believe those who say they have voluntarily relinquished power and position for love of peace and quiet.
Ambition is not a reprehensible quality...those who lack this passion are cold spirits, inclined more toward laziness than activity.
November 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Guicciardini, late 1400s, said:
Do not believe those who say they have voluntarily relinquished power and position for love of peace and quiet.
Ambition is not a reprehensible quality...those who lack this passion are cold spirits, inclined more toward laziness than activity.
Do not believe those who say they have voluntarily relinquished power and position for love of peace and quiet.
Ambition is not a reprehensible quality...those who lack this passion are cold spirits, inclined more toward laziness than activity.
We've become so fixated on bluster, bombast, performative politics, fine empty words, daily social media posts, big dramatic announcements with knobs and whistles and glittery bits that we forget those who work hard in the background who're solid, dependable, trustworthy, clever and diligent. Shame.
November 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM
We've become so fixated on bluster, bombast, performative politics, fine empty words, daily social media posts, big dramatic announcements with knobs and whistles and glittery bits that we forget those who work hard in the background who're solid, dependable, trustworthy, clever and diligent. Shame.
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This is a legitimately good idea. Studies show that heavy metal fans tend to be the least angry people. Presumably because their brains experience anger a lot, but in safe, controlled, voluntary ways, so they have a lot more practice dealing with it, but fewer upsetting incidents that triggered it.
In response to youth suicides, teachers show students the power of headbanging at Fire in the Mountains festival.
Heavy metal is healing teens on the Blackfeet Nation - High Country News
In response to youth suicides, teachers show students the power of headbanging at Fire in the Mountains festival.
buff.ly
November 15, 2025 at 6:07 PM
This is a legitimately good idea. Studies show that heavy metal fans tend to be the least angry people. Presumably because their brains experience anger a lot, but in safe, controlled, voluntary ways, so they have a lot more practice dealing with it, but fewer upsetting incidents that triggered it.
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Brexit was an op. It's all coming out now.
Temerko, a Soviet-born oligarch and a major Conservative donor, told Belton that he and Johnson spent time… plotting the overthrow May. According to Temerko, Johnson had finally been persuaded to back Brexit in 2016 by a group of “eastern European businessmen”.
bylinetimes.com/2023/01/19/l...
bylinetimes.com/2023/01/19/l...
Landmark Ruling in Strasbourg as MPs Challenge UK Government over Failure to Investigate Russian Interference in Brexit
'Nothing less than the future of democracy is at stake' says Caroline Lucas as a cross-party coalition and The Citizens win an unprecedented hearing over electoral safety and national security
bylinetimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Brexit was an op. It's all coming out now.
Not only do I have to endure Barky Dog barking hysterically at me when I'm outside and if I'm trying to talk to my lovely neighbour, I'm now enduring the sound of their vacuum cleaner which has a particularly irritating constant note that goes right through me. Might play loud music tomorrow.
November 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Not only do I have to endure Barky Dog barking hysterically at me when I'm outside and if I'm trying to talk to my lovely neighbour, I'm now enduring the sound of their vacuum cleaner which has a particularly irritating constant note that goes right through me. Might play loud music tomorrow.
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That is indeed the principle behind the Ukraine visa schemes.
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November 15, 2025 at 8:43 AM
That is indeed the principle behind the Ukraine visa schemes.
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Train worker Samir Zitouni has been discharged from hospital after suffering critical injuries in the Huntingdon attack
In a statement via the police,his family said: “We are so grateful for the outpouring of support from the public, and very touched by all the kind words about Sam’s brave actions"
In a statement via the police,his family said: “We are so grateful for the outpouring of support from the public, and very touched by all the kind words about Sam’s brave actions"
November 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Train worker Samir Zitouni has been discharged from hospital after suffering critical injuries in the Huntingdon attack
In a statement via the police,his family said: “We are so grateful for the outpouring of support from the public, and very touched by all the kind words about Sam’s brave actions"
In a statement via the police,his family said: “We are so grateful for the outpouring of support from the public, and very touched by all the kind words about Sam’s brave actions"
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Farage, Nathan Gill, and Arron Banks have parroted the propaganda lies of the regime that has done this to Ukraine.
November 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Farage, Nathan Gill, and Arron Banks have parroted the propaganda lies of the regime that has done this to Ukraine.
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It's an interesting point.
Why is it nearly nobody has a clue about what Labour are actually getting done right now?
There's about 4 accounts in all of BSky inc myself who ever mention it that I've seen.
You would've thought people would welcome good news for balance.
That more would talk about it.
Why is it nearly nobody has a clue about what Labour are actually getting done right now?
There's about 4 accounts in all of BSky inc myself who ever mention it that I've seen.
You would've thought people would welcome good news for balance.
That more would talk about it.
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November 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
It's an interesting point.
Why is it nearly nobody has a clue about what Labour are actually getting done right now?
There's about 4 accounts in all of BSky inc myself who ever mention it that I've seen.
You would've thought people would welcome good news for balance.
That more would talk about it.
Why is it nearly nobody has a clue about what Labour are actually getting done right now?
There's about 4 accounts in all of BSky inc myself who ever mention it that I've seen.
You would've thought people would welcome good news for balance.
That more would talk about it.
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“What happened here is crazy,” said Cristina Santin, a biologist from northwestern Spain who studies fire impacts. “Suddenly you get up one day and your home region is burning on a scale that is completely unprecedented.”
#Spain 🇪🇸
#ClimateEmergency
www.reuters.com/investigates...
#Spain 🇪🇸
#ClimateEmergency
www.reuters.com/investigates...
November 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
“What happened here is crazy,” said Cristina Santin, a biologist from northwestern Spain who studies fire impacts. “Suddenly you get up one day and your home region is burning on a scale that is completely unprecedented.”
#Spain 🇪🇸
#ClimateEmergency
www.reuters.com/investigates...
#Spain 🇪🇸
#ClimateEmergency
www.reuters.com/investigates...
Should be mandatory reading for all those in power or who aspire to a position in power. Oh, and a warning to all those who have to submit to those powers....
Medieval Wisdom for Modern Politics www.medievalists.net/2025/08/medi... #history
Medieval Wisdom for Modern Politics - Medievalists.net
Explore 20 pieces of political wisdom from Francesco Guicciardini, a medieval statesman whose sharp maxims on power, ambition, and human nature remain strikingly relevant today.
www.medievalists.net
November 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Should be mandatory reading for all those in power or who aspire to a position in power. Oh, and a warning to all those who have to submit to those powers....
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Medieval Wisdom for Modern Politics www.medievalists.net/2025/08/medi... #history
Medieval Wisdom for Modern Politics - Medievalists.net
Explore 20 pieces of political wisdom from Francesco Guicciardini, a medieval statesman whose sharp maxims on power, ambition, and human nature remain strikingly relevant today.
www.medievalists.net
November 15, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Medieval Wisdom for Modern Politics www.medievalists.net/2025/08/medi... #history
Coprolite, or dinosaur poo, lithified of course. Found on a beach Isle of Wight by me. One of my pet rocks.
November 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Coprolite, or dinosaur poo, lithified of course. Found on a beach Isle of Wight by me. One of my pet rocks.