Simone Liuzzi
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Hmmm - so tacking hard right on immigration led the Danish equivalent of Labour to lose the capital city for the first time in a century to a “Green-Left” party?
And all the seats on London’s borough councils are up next May? Including the progressive packed ones held by Labour for generations?
And all the seats on London’s borough councils are up next May? Including the progressive packed ones held by Labour for generations?
November 22, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Hmmm - so tacking hard right on immigration led the Danish equivalent of Labour to lose the capital city for the first time in a century to a “Green-Left” party?
And all the seats on London’s borough councils are up next May? Including the progressive packed ones held by Labour for generations?
And all the seats on London’s borough councils are up next May? Including the progressive packed ones held by Labour for generations?
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I think that seems likely yeah. One of the almost infinite number of ways in which the culture war-ification of everything is ruining the world is it becomes impossible to have these conversations because saying e.g. "lockdown had some downsides" suggests you're One Of Them
November 21, 2025 at 8:58 AM
I think that seems likely yeah. One of the almost infinite number of ways in which the culture war-ification of everything is ruining the world is it becomes impossible to have these conversations because saying e.g. "lockdown had some downsides" suggests you're One Of Them
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One in six people living in the UK were born abroad. Quite a few more are their family members. A lot more are their friends and colleagues. Some people don't like this. Instead of telling them to get stuffed, as we should, we've built the whole political consensus around pleasing them.
November 21, 2025 at 9:12 AM
One in six people living in the UK were born abroad. Quite a few more are their family members. A lot more are their friends and colleagues. Some people don't like this. Instead of telling them to get stuffed, as we should, we've built the whole political consensus around pleasing them.
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When I turned that off, the tabs "Updates, Promotions, Social, InBox" were deleted by default. The tabs that existed BEFORE Gemini. #rage
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ALT: a cartoon drawing of a cat 's eyes with fire in them
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November 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
When I turned that off, the tabs "Updates, Promotions, Social, InBox" were deleted by default. The tabs that existed BEFORE Gemini. #rage
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It stops sorting your inbox into folders, btw, when you turn this off. As the inbox folders predate Gemini, this is a passive-aggressive attempt to make gmail a miserable experience unless you turn AI on, not a necessity.
Really, *really* inconvenient but makes me more determined to keep it off.
Really, *really* inconvenient but makes me more determined to keep it off.
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 21, 2025 at 7:02 AM
It stops sorting your inbox into folders, btw, when you turn this off. As the inbox folders predate Gemini, this is a passive-aggressive attempt to make gmail a miserable experience unless you turn AI on, not a necessity.
Really, *really* inconvenient but makes me more determined to keep it off.
Really, *really* inconvenient but makes me more determined to keep it off.
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Fundamentally, the UK is a massive success story on integration and most of the anxiety around it from the right should be treated as in insincere concern trolling it actually is.
Remember integration? That thing voters "really, really" care about? Where's that in the latest plans?
My column:
My column:
Labour has given up on integration
Shabana Mahmood's latest asylum plans prioritise return at the expense of integrating newcomers
www.newstatesman.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Fundamentally, the UK is a massive success story on integration and most of the anxiety around it from the right should be treated as in insincere concern trolling it actually is.
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Shammai appears to be correct
Is it technically correct? From what I've read, Jews were actually the majority of victims by number (excluding military deaths from WWII).
November 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Shammai appears to be correct
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90 percent of Polish Jews are murdered in the Holocaust. Numbers of Roma are less well documented but over half are murdered.
None of this is proportionate to the population.
None of this is proportionate to the population.
November 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
90 percent of Polish Jews are murdered in the Holocaust. Numbers of Roma are less well documented but over half are murdered.
None of this is proportionate to the population.
None of this is proportionate to the population.
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For some numbers: 20 percent of the population of Poland is killed during the war. Half of that population are Jews.
Jews do not make up half the population of Poland before the war.
Jews do not make up half the population of Poland before the war.
November 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
For some numbers: 20 percent of the population of Poland is killed during the war. Half of that population are Jews.
Jews do not make up half the population of Poland before the war.
Jews do not make up half the population of Poland before the war.
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This is a case of being technically correct but in a way that is intended to obfuscate.
Jews were not the majority of victims by number, but in the particular animosity, organization and proportion of the population killed they and Roma dominate.
Jews were not the majority of victims by number, but in the particular animosity, organization and proportion of the population killed they and Roma dominate.
November 19, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This is a case of being technically correct but in a way that is intended to obfuscate.
Jews were not the majority of victims by number, but in the particular animosity, organization and proportion of the population killed they and Roma dominate.
Jews were not the majority of victims by number, but in the particular animosity, organization and proportion of the population killed they and Roma dominate.
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Holocaust education that treats the Nazis as undirected in their murder doesn’t teach people the reality.
The Nazis considered the eradication of the Jews to be as central to their war effort as taking and holding ground. The Nazis thought Roma were barely human and not worth any consideration.
The Nazis considered the eradication of the Jews to be as central to their war effort as taking and holding ground. The Nazis thought Roma were barely human and not worth any consideration.
November 19, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Holocaust education that treats the Nazis as undirected in their murder doesn’t teach people the reality.
The Nazis considered the eradication of the Jews to be as central to their war effort as taking and holding ground. The Nazis thought Roma were barely human and not worth any consideration.
The Nazis considered the eradication of the Jews to be as central to their war effort as taking and holding ground. The Nazis thought Roma were barely human and not worth any consideration.
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Jews and Roma have been marginalized in Europe for centuries and across cultures. These are not accidental choices the Nazis made, they are in line with historical prejudices towards the two groups.
November 19, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Jews and Roma have been marginalized in Europe for centuries and across cultures. These are not accidental choices the Nazis made, they are in line with historical prejudices towards the two groups.
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Free speech is more than me being allowed to say what I want. Everyone also has to like it and tell me I'm a smart and handsome boy
November 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Free speech is more than me being allowed to say what I want. Everyone also has to like it and tell me I'm a smart and handsome boy
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This would provide asylum seekers with an incentive to deal with human traffickers, who will offer to liquidate valuables and lodge the proceeds with unlicensed hawala exchanges for collection after entry
The Sun has been told Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will on Monday propose confiscating jewellery, watches, necklaces from asylum seekers to meet asylum costs
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
November 17, 2025 at 7:35 AM
This would provide asylum seekers with an incentive to deal with human traffickers, who will offer to liquidate valuables and lodge the proceeds with unlicensed hawala exchanges for collection after entry
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2015 Shabana Mahmood really needs to have a word with 2025 Shabana Mahmood
November 16, 2025 at 8:14 PM
2015 Shabana Mahmood really needs to have a word with 2025 Shabana Mahmood
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What actually happened is the opposite of "woke". There is a turkey shortage because of bird flu.
You know the sort of thing animal welfare regulations and consumer protections might have prevented if not for decades of deregulation.
You know the sort of thing animal welfare regulations and consumer protections might have prevented if not for decades of deregulation.
November 16, 2025 at 11:24 AM
What actually happened is the opposite of "woke". There is a turkey shortage because of bird flu.
You know the sort of thing animal welfare regulations and consumer protections might have prevented if not for decades of deregulation.
You know the sort of thing animal welfare regulations and consumer protections might have prevented if not for decades of deregulation.
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We're stuck with it, but determining someone's legal rights based on a nebulous combination of birthplace and parentage is actually pretty fucking weird, and it'd be better if we talked about it as an unfortunate practical necessity not a natural phenomenon
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
We're stuck with it, but determining someone's legal rights based on a nebulous combination of birthplace and parentage is actually pretty fucking weird, and it'd be better if we talked about it as an unfortunate practical necessity not a natural phenomenon
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A regime of avaricious, cruel goons isn't the same thing as a "fascist state," and the fact that they have to go to court, fight it out in state elections and legislatures, cower from being filmed (instead of filming *you*) means everything.
Recognize this. Don't surrender to your fears.
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Recognize this. Don't surrender to your fears.
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November 16, 2025 at 3:12 AM
A regime of avaricious, cruel goons isn't the same thing as a "fascist state," and the fact that they have to go to court, fight it out in state elections and legislatures, cower from being filmed (instead of filming *you*) means everything.
Recognize this. Don't surrender to your fears.
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Recognize this. Don't surrender to your fears.
/19
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You would not be a member of an opposition party or even a remotely suspicious dinner club, FFS. This is what "mass mobilization" means. It doesn't mean "mobs yelling YAY RACISM," it means all citizen action is re-channeled into the State and its Leader - especially in schools.
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November 16, 2025 at 3:12 AM
You would not be a member of an opposition party or even a remotely suspicious dinner club, FFS. This is what "mass mobilization" means. It doesn't mean "mobs yelling YAY RACISM," it means all citizen action is re-channeled into the State and its Leader - especially in schools.
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My dad, who I didn't think was stupid, appears to have become radicalised. He was parroting populist views when I met him today and I couldn't believe it. It's not just idiots who can fall prey to years upon years of repeated messages in the media. Scary and dangerous times.
November 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
My dad, who I didn't think was stupid, appears to have become radicalised. He was parroting populist views when I met him today and I couldn't believe it. It's not just idiots who can fall prey to years upon years of repeated messages in the media. Scary and dangerous times.
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If we accept someone is a genuine refugee and they build a life here, perhaps have children born here, what is the advantage to us of expelling them once we’ve persuaded ourselves that their country of origin is safe?
November 15, 2025 at 9:46 AM
If we accept someone is a genuine refugee and they build a life here, perhaps have children born here, what is the advantage to us of expelling them once we’ve persuaded ourselves that their country of origin is safe?
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the video goes on and on about illegal immigration and yet the new proposal will target legal migration by confirmed refugees
November 15, 2025 at 9:36 AM
the video goes on and on about illegal immigration and yet the new proposal will target legal migration by confirmed refugees
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A good point. And this has caused a huge amount of problems for Ukrainians, including in finding jobs and homes.
Had a further thought. The UK and EU already have temporary status for Ukrainians with no specific routes to settlement. The UK has excluded Ukrainians from long residence rules. So there is precedent.
November 15, 2025 at 8:36 AM
A good point. And this has caused a huge amount of problems for Ukrainians, including in finding jobs and homes.
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Also curious to know if anyone has a source for this. I'm seeing it in virtually every news item on Denmark and asylum.
Lots of claims in the press over the last few days that Denmark returns 95% of people refused asylum- anyone found a source for that which isn’t a UK media story? The Danish Returns Agency stats don’t seem to have been updated since March 2023 eng.hjemst.dk/figures-and-...
Latest figures for returns of foreign nationals
eng.hjemst.dk
November 14, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Also curious to know if anyone has a source for this. I'm seeing it in virtually every news item on Denmark and asylum.