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No.
This simply isn't true.
Immigration and asylum have not broken or divided this country.
That's Farage and his filthy scumbag mates you're thinking of.
And we're really fucking sick of seeing Labour play follow my leader and let him get away with it.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
This simply isn't true.
Immigration and asylum have not broken or divided this country.
That's Farage and his filthy scumbag mates you're thinking of.
And we're really fucking sick of seeing Labour play follow my leader and let him get away with it.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum system in UK ‘out of control’ and dividing country, home secretary says
Shabana Mahmood to unveil new proposals modelled on Denmark’s controversial system
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:07 PM
No.
This simply isn't true.
Immigration and asylum have not broken or divided this country.
That's Farage and his filthy scumbag mates you're thinking of.
And we're really fucking sick of seeing Labour play follow my leader and let him get away with it.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
This simply isn't true.
Immigration and asylum have not broken or divided this country.
That's Farage and his filthy scumbag mates you're thinking of.
And we're really fucking sick of seeing Labour play follow my leader and let him get away with it.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Stasis, sanctimony and the liberal paradox. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog with such Brexit news as there is, but mainly analysis of what 'responsible Farage' tells us about the tensions in Reform and what the BBC row tells us about Brexitism: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/stas...
November 14, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Stasis, sanctimony and the liberal paradox. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog with such Brexit news as there is, but mainly analysis of what 'responsible Farage' tells us about the tensions in Reform and what the BBC row tells us about Brexitism: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/stas...
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BBC has a case against Trump. WhiteHouse Chief Press Officer called the BBC ‘100% fake news.’ Which is defamatory and untrue.
Trump says he will sue BBC for between $1 billion and $5 billion despite apology www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trump says he will sue BBC for at least $1bn over Panorama edit
The US president told reporters on Air Force One that he will take legal action against the broadcaster and will call Sir Keir Starmer over the weekend.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 8:45 AM
BBC has a case against Trump. WhiteHouse Chief Press Officer called the BBC ‘100% fake news.’ Which is defamatory and untrue.
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The best way to understand what is actually “driving the small boats” is “if something carried a one in a 100 risk of death, would you do it it it gave you ten more years of healthy life?”
Shabana Mahmood tells Sunday Times it should take 20 years for somebody granted refugee status in UK to secure permanent status (ie, reapply 6 times) if came without permission.
Paper says Denmark has toughest settlement timeline (8 years) but UK govt wants longer
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Paper says Denmark has toughest settlement timeline (8 years) but UK govt wants longer
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Shabana Mahmood: ‘Illegal migration is tearing Britain apart’
The home secretary is planning to introduce a 20-year wait for permanent stay to end a ‘golden ticket’ for asylum seekers
www.thetimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The best way to understand what is actually “driving the small boats” is “if something carried a one in a 100 risk of death, would you do it it it gave you ten more years of healthy life?”
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This is the logical consequence of Labour’s appeasement of the far right - this is an arms race Labour should never seek to win
Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
November 16, 2025 at 10:27 AM
This is the logical consequence of Labour’s appeasement of the far right - this is an arms race Labour should never seek to win
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The UK receives far fewer asylum applications than France or Germany.
We're not special I'm afraid. It's a European challenge that we are treating as if it's unique to us. There aren't domestic law solutions to international challenges.
We're not special I'm afraid. It's a European challenge that we are treating as if it's unique to us. There aren't domestic law solutions to international challenges.
November 16, 2025 at 8:30 AM
The UK receives far fewer asylum applications than France or Germany.
We're not special I'm afraid. It's a European challenge that we are treating as if it's unique to us. There aren't domestic law solutions to international challenges.
We're not special I'm afraid. It's a European challenge that we are treating as if it's unique to us. There aren't domestic law solutions to international challenges.
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If people no longer want to come here, it’ll be because the country is fucked. Not because we’re a success story but have closed our borders to immigrants.
Ps. We will not be a success story without immigration.
Ps. We will not be a success story without immigration.
November 15, 2025 at 7:34 PM
If people no longer want to come here, it’ll be because the country is fucked. Not because we’re a success story but have closed our borders to immigrants.
Ps. We will not be a success story without immigration.
Ps. We will not be a success story without immigration.
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Instead of challenging the term illegal, working in the root causes of immigration, integrating immigrants and showing people how immigration can be good for us, they sheepishly follow the far right tarnishing of everything foreign and even lead it
November 16, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Instead of challenging the term illegal, working in the root causes of immigration, integrating immigrants and showing people how immigration can be good for us, they sheepishly follow the far right tarnishing of everything foreign and even lead it
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Without asylum:
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
November 15, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Without asylum:
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
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The other reason is that the Home Office simply doesn’t have the resources to process each person‘s asylum claim several times over. It struggles to process the cases it‘s got. Delays are colossal. These proposals will hugely increase bureaucracy and cost, as well as the effects on people’s lives 4/
November 15, 2025 at 9:36 AM
The other reason is that the Home Office simply doesn’t have the resources to process each person‘s asylum claim several times over. It struggles to process the cases it‘s got. Delays are colossal. These proposals will hugely increase bureaucracy and cost, as well as the effects on people’s lives 4/
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To explain briefly: at the moment people successful in their asylum claims get permission to stay in the UK for 5 years, then have to apply for permanent residency. At that point a review of their status is done, but it’s rare not to succeed at that point unless they‘ve committed an offence 1/
To reiterate, this is about making life immeasurably more miserable and stressful for some of the most vulnerable people, in the almost certainly vain hope of winning over the votes of racists.
Anything more shabby and shameful is difficult to envisage.
Anything more shabby and shameful is difficult to envisage.
Asylum in UK to be made temporary under Home Secretary’s plans
Shabana Mahmood will lay out reforms modelled on the Danish system on Monday.
www.independent.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 9:36 AM
To explain briefly: at the moment people successful in their asylum claims get permission to stay in the UK for 5 years, then have to apply for permanent residency. At that point a review of their status is done, but it’s rare not to succeed at that point unless they‘ve committed an offence 1/
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Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions.
November 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions.
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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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Why we need to protect and preserve public service broadcasting in the UK. Trump and Truss would like us to get all our news from Fox News; GB News; The Mail; The Express etc. Support the @libdems.org.uk campaign ‘Trump-proof the BBC’
Liz Truss on Fox News supporting Trump suing the BBC
"There are lots of people in Britain who are cheering President Trump on and want him to sue the BBC"
"And I believe the organisation needs to be defunded"
"There are lots of people in Britain who are cheering President Trump on and want him to sue the BBC"
"And I believe the organisation needs to be defunded"
November 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Why we need to protect and preserve public service broadcasting in the UK. Trump and Truss would like us to get all our news from Fox News; GB News; The Mail; The Express etc. Support the @libdems.org.uk campaign ‘Trump-proof the BBC’
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Donald Trump is astonished that Norway is vastly wealthy, the richest Government in the world, because of the North Sea oil and gas, but the UK with the same North Sea is poor
I'll cure his astonishment it is because it has been completely privatised in the UK, and not in Norway
I'll cure his astonishment it is because it has been completely privatised in the UK, and not in Norway
November 15, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Donald Trump is astonished that Norway is vastly wealthy, the richest Government in the world, because of the North Sea oil and gas, but the UK with the same North Sea is poor
I'll cure his astonishment it is because it has been completely privatised in the UK, and not in Norway
I'll cure his astonishment it is because it has been completely privatised in the UK, and not in Norway
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63% of Kent voters didn’t want Reform to run Kent County Council but our ridiculous voting system gave them a huge majority anyway. Time to make our votes count!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reform UK expels Kent councillor after alleged video leak
Isabella Kemp said she "strongly" denied accusations that she had been involved with the leak.
www.bbc.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:40 AM
63% of Kent voters didn’t want Reform to run Kent County Council but our ridiculous voting system gave them a huge majority anyway. Time to make our votes count!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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When asked, most people (72.4%) living near lynx in Norway say they LIKE living with lynx. Just 8.3% say they dislike lynx. In Scotland, where we're currently denied the opportunity to live near lynx, the majority of people WANT to see lynx reintroduced.
November 15, 2025 at 8:13 AM
When asked, most people (72.4%) living near lynx in Norway say they LIKE living with lynx. Just 8.3% say they dislike lynx. In Scotland, where we're currently denied the opportunity to live near lynx, the majority of people WANT to see lynx reintroduced.
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🗣️ “The numbers tell a story straight away: while around 75% of murders are solved in Israel’s Jewish communities, it is around 15% in Arab areas.”
📩 Read our latest Unreported World newsletter, from Channel 4 News' @krishgm.bsky.social:
📩 Read our latest Unreported World newsletter, from Channel 4 News' @krishgm.bsky.social:
Inside Arab communities in Israel with soaring unsolved murder rates
Israel is facing a murder epidemic that is devastating Arab communities, writes Krishnan Guru-Murthy for Unreported World.
channel4news.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:12 AM
🗣️ “The numbers tell a story straight away: while around 75% of murders are solved in Israel’s Jewish communities, it is around 15% in Arab areas.”
📩 Read our latest Unreported World newsletter, from Channel 4 News' @krishgm.bsky.social:
📩 Read our latest Unreported World newsletter, from Channel 4 News' @krishgm.bsky.social:
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“Like all Western political parties on the extreme right, Reform UK positions itself as ‘anti-elite’. This is despite Farage being a privately educated former commodities trader and Tice and Habib being privately educated multimillionaire property tycoons.”
The shameless normalisation of far-right discourse | Sociologist Dr Russell Jackson asks ‘how should we respond to the recent riots and the return of the far-right as a political force?’
@docrussjackson.bsky.social
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
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@bylinetimes.bsky.social
How should we respond to the recent riots and the return of the far-right as a political force?
Sociologist Dr Russ Jackson on how Reform UK and the UK’s news media engage in the shameless normalisation of far-right discourse
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
“Like all Western political parties on the extreme right, Reform UK positions itself as ‘anti-elite’. This is despite Farage being a privately educated former commodities trader and Tice and Habib being privately educated multimillionaire property tycoons.”
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Government’s last chance to keep control of digital
Digital sovereignty isn’t optional anymore. We sold our water to foreign billionaires. Now we’re handing them our health data
By Philip O'Brien
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Digital sovereignty isn’t optional anymore. We sold our water to foreign billionaires. Now we’re handing them our health data
By Philip O'Brien
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Government’s last chance to keep control of digital
Digital sovereignty isn’t optional anymore. We sold our water to foreign billionaires. Now we’re handing them our health data
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Government’s last chance to keep control of digital
Digital sovereignty isn’t optional anymore. We sold our water to foreign billionaires. Now we’re handing them our health data
By Philip O'Brien
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Digital sovereignty isn’t optional anymore. We sold our water to foreign billionaires. Now we’re handing them our health data
By Philip O'Brien
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
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See my NS piece for why the apology was a tactically sensible move whether he sues or not.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
The BBC is right not to pay damages to Trump
By apologising, the broadcaster has taken the sting out of Trump's excessive attack
www.newstatesman.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:16 AM
See my NS piece for why the apology was a tactically sensible move whether he sues or not.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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Hen Harrier 'Susie', whose chicks were stamped to death in 2022, has been found dead on a North Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
Hen Harrier ‘Susie’, whose chicks were stamped to death in 2022, has been found dead on a North Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries
If ever there was an example demonstrating the high level of persecution faced by Hen Harriers on UK grouse moors, the lack of consequences for the offenders, and the lack of justice for the victim…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
November 14, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Hen Harrier 'Susie', whose chicks were stamped to death in 2022, has been found dead on a North Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
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Excellent piece by a survivor of the Sarajevo snipers who Britain took in as a child refugee.
November 14, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Excellent piece by a survivor of the Sarajevo snipers who Britain took in as a child refugee.
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They didn't want my blood, but they probably want yours! I went to give blood today, but due to a v minor medical issue they couldn't take it. Yet they told me they do need donors. As I couldn't help by giving, instead, I thought i'd publicise this... www.blood.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
They didn't want my blood, but they probably want yours! I went to give blood today, but due to a v minor medical issue they couldn't take it. Yet they told me they do need donors. As I couldn't help by giving, instead, I thought i'd publicise this... www.blood.co.uk
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"All those Reform voters - let them ask Nigel Farage why he wants them to pay a licence fee to Donald Trump.”
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey pushes back on Trump’s $1 billion threat to the BBC, accusing Farage of “egging him on.”
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey pushes back on Trump’s $1 billion threat to the BBC, accusing Farage of “egging him on.”
November 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"All those Reform voters - let them ask Nigel Farage why he wants them to pay a licence fee to Donald Trump.”
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey pushes back on Trump’s $1 billion threat to the BBC, accusing Farage of “egging him on.”
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey pushes back on Trump’s $1 billion threat to the BBC, accusing Farage of “egging him on.”