WEAYL
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- What do we do now?
- Wait
- Yes, but while waiting.
- What about hanging ourselves?
- Hmm. It'd give us an erection.
BREXIDIOT
- Wait
- Yes, but while waiting.
- What about hanging ourselves?
- Hmm. It'd give us an erection.
BREXIDIOT
Pinned
France: Dysfunctional and discriminatory residence permit system violates racialized migrant workers’ rights
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
France: Dysfunctional and discriminatory residence permit system violates racialized migrant workers’ rights
New research from Amnesty International exposes how France’s residence permit system for migrant workers is trapping racialized people in administrative limbo and leaving them vulnerable to labour exp...
www.amnesty.org
November 17, 2025 at 2:01 AM
France: Dysfunctional and discriminatory residence permit system violates racialized migrant workers’ rights
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
I am not sure that "ten more years of healthy life" is representative of a significant proportion. Not to say that motivation is not valid, but does not lend to an understanding of what's happening.
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/...
November 16, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I am not sure that "ten more years of healthy life" is representative of a significant proportion. Not to say that motivation is not valid, but does not lend to an understanding of what's happening.
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France: des condamnations pour trafic de déchets dangereux vers l'Afrique
France: des condamnations pour trafic de déchets dangereux vers l'Afrique
Des trafiquants de déchets vers l'Afrique ont été condamnés jeudi 13 novembre par un tribunal de Rouen, en Normandie. Les prévenus, originaires du Mali et du Nigeria, écopent de peines allant de 6 à 12 mois de prison avec sursis et à des amendes allant de 9 730 euros à un peu plus de 261 000 euros, pour un total de près de 1 million d'euros.
www.rfi.fr
November 14, 2025 at 10:46 PM
France: des condamnations pour trafic de déchets dangereux vers l'Afrique
I don't post personal stuff. But 3 years ago today was the darkest day of my life. I did not think that I could be ok again, as I very much am now. Never give up on love and happiness. Life is full of unexpected treasures.
November 13, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I don't post personal stuff. But 3 years ago today was the darkest day of my life. I did not think that I could be ok again, as I very much am now. Never give up on love and happiness. Life is full of unexpected treasures.
Odd when there is such overwhelming popular support.
Lol
Lol
Key point on the EU-UK Reset talks: The UK has deliberately chosen not to build popular support for the "Reset". This means that its heart is not in it. The slightest wind blows this off-track.
In that case, we as EU should accept that UK is not ready yet, end the Reset, and try again later.
In that case, we as EU should accept that UK is not ready yet, end the Reset, and try again later.
That brings up a real risk: what if UKG isn't in a position politically to make the push necessary to keep things on track? What if it doesn't care? Some of this reset looks like a façade to be seen to be doing something, to keep pro-Europeans happy, while not upsetting the Brexit status quo.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Odd when there is such overwhelming popular support.
Lol
Lol
Again
November 11, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Again
Shame Juncker not there to oversee
EU to set up a new spy unit under Ursula von der Leyen
"The move is opposed by senior officials at the EU’s diplomatic service, who fear it will duplicate the unit’s role and threaten its future"
"The move is opposed by senior officials at the EU’s diplomatic service, who fear it will duplicate the unit’s role and threaten its future"
EU to set up new intelligence unit under Ursula von der Leyen
Body to collate material from national agencies and improve its operational use
on.ft.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Shame Juncker not there to oversee
My parents: all their children and grandchildren settled abroad. Same true for the majority of their friends.
A sense of loss, discontinuity and that something has gone wrong with their country.
A sense of loss, discontinuity and that something has gone wrong with their country.
November 8, 2025 at 7:03 AM
My parents: all their children and grandchildren settled abroad. Same true for the majority of their friends.
A sense of loss, discontinuity and that something has gone wrong with their country.
A sense of loss, discontinuity and that something has gone wrong with their country.
Lol Spain - e-gates at passport control not working, so #IamEuropeans have to queue with the foreigners
November 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Lol Spain - e-gates at passport control not working, so #IamEuropeans have to queue with the foreigners
Customers communicating by WhatsApp and email like they are taking to AI. No thank you, please. Incomplete questions.
October 24, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Customers communicating by WhatsApp and email like they are taking to AI. No thank you, please. Incomplete questions.
Except that people returned to countries like Spain were dumped destitute on the streets, and returns therefore blocked by UK courts.
The things that the pro-EU anti-immigrant fan club support...
The things that the pro-EU anti-immigrant fan club support...
Stephen Kinnock explains the Dublin agreement where the UK could send asylum seekers back to the first country they stepped into the EU, when we were members of the EU
With Brexit, when we left the EU, we were no longer able to do that
With Brexit, when we left the EU, we were no longer able to do that
October 24, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Except that people returned to countries like Spain were dumped destitute on the streets, and returns therefore blocked by UK courts.
The things that the pro-EU anti-immigrant fan club support...
The things that the pro-EU anti-immigrant fan club support...
Find myself totally switched off from UK politics
October 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Find myself totally switched off from UK politics
Adobe and Norton have become the top sources of spammy popups on my PC.
October 20, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Adobe and Norton have become the top sources of spammy popups on my PC.
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«Dieselgate»: après Volkswagen, cinq autres constructeurs automobiles face à la justice britannique
«Dieselgate»: après Volkswagen, cinq autres constructeurs automobiles face à la justice britannique
Un nouveau chapitre du feuilleton « Dieselgate » s'ouvre ce lundi 13 octobre à Londres. En 2015, le constructeur allemand Volkswagen était accusé d'avoir trafiqué les contrôles des émissions de ses véhicules. Il a déjà versé des dizaines de millions de livres à des conducteurs britanniques, en 2022. Désormais, cinq autres constructeurs comparaissent devant la Haute cour de justice de Londres.
rfi.my
October 13, 2025 at 3:18 AM
«Dieselgate»: après Volkswagen, cinq autres constructeurs automobiles face à la justice britannique
Pak-Afghan Clashes
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www.ndtv.com
October 12, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Pak-Afghan Clashes
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www.ndtv.com/india-news/s...
Which British universities are opening in India?
m.economictimes.com/nri/study/wh...
m.economictimes.com/nri/study/wh...
Which British universities are planning to open campuses in India? - The Economic Times
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced that nine British universities will establish campuses in India, strengthening bilateral educational ties and offering Indian ...
m.economictimes.com
October 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Which British universities are opening in India?
m.economictimes.com/nri/study/wh...
m.economictimes.com/nri/study/wh...
Why does EU think itself so special? If its border control is so incompetent and disorganised that it keeps visitors waiting for 4 hours (and seems almost proud to do), just one more reason to stay out.
Mongolia - biometrics done in an instant. Cambodia - biometrics done in an instant.
Only border control I have encountered recently with EU-level fuss is China's.
Only border control I have encountered recently with EU-level fuss is China's.
Simon Calder's reporting on the travel impact of Brexit has been good, but the strangely-worded final line of this ("under the Brexit deal, Boris Johnson’s government negotiated for UK passport holders to become third-country nationals") suggests that, even now, Brexit isn't really understood.
October 11, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Why does EU think itself so special? If its border control is so incompetent and disorganised that it keeps visitors waiting for 4 hours (and seems almost proud to do), just one more reason to stay out.
Mongolia - biometrics done in an instant. Cambodia - biometrics done in an instant.
Only border control I have encountered recently with EU-level fuss is China's.
Only border control I have encountered recently with EU-level fuss is China's.
Simon Calder's reporting on the travel impact of Brexit has been good, but the strangely-worded final line of this ("under the Brexit deal, Boris Johnson’s government negotiated for UK passport holders to become third-country nationals") suggests that, even now, Brexit isn't really understood.
~ New EU entry-exit warning: ‘Leave extra four hours’ for passing through new system | The Independent ~
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/eu-entry-exit-system-delay-arrival-flight-b2843028.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/eu-entry-exit-system-delay-arrival-flight-b2843028.html
October 11, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Mongolia - biometrics done in an instant. Cambodia - biometrics done in an instant.
Only border control I have encountered recently with EU-level fuss is China's.
Only border control I have encountered recently with EU-level fuss is China's.
Could it be that almost half of irregular entries then exit to UK?
EU external borders: irregular crossings fall 22% in the first 9 months of 2025
www.frontex.europa.eu/media-centre...
www.frontex.europa.eu/media-centre...
October 11, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Could it be that almost half of irregular entries then exit to UK?
Mongolia - where nobody seems to smile. It's freaking me out.
October 10, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Mongolia - where nobody seems to smile. It's freaking me out.
Still fantasising about the EEA. There is no way.
But unlike us in the UK, there's nothing EU citizens can do to achieve FOM with the UK. Nada, niente.
For us UKians, it's a choice we made, not to have FOM with the EU. One we could, if we wanted to, attempt to change by voting for a party that promises to apply to join the EU, or possibly the EEA.
For us UKians, it's a choice we made, not to have FOM with the EU. One we could, if we wanted to, attempt to change by voting for a party that promises to apply to join the EU, or possibly the EEA.
October 10, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Still fantasising about the EEA. There is no way.