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So the Welsh electorate then. That's who voted Leave in 2016.
December 3, 2025 at 11:07 PM
So the Welsh electorate then. That's who voted Leave in 2016.
Their economy is stagnant yet they remain the largest contributors to the EU budget. Perhaps they want us to help pay for it all again?
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Risk of recession returns as German industrial production plunges in August
German industrial production drops sharply in August, bringing back the risk of recession
think.ing.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Their economy is stagnant yet they remain the largest contributors to the EU budget. Perhaps they want us to help pay for it all again?
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Problem is if you treat visa overstays in the same manner as parking tickets, there would be no incentive for anyone to obey immigration law. Penalties have to be tougher. Most countries look to deport those who violate immigration law.
December 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Problem is if you treat visa overstays in the same manner as parking tickets, there would be no incentive for anyone to obey immigration law. Penalties have to be tougher. Most countries look to deport those who violate immigration law.
Ed is a complete hypocrite on this.
Whenever Ed Davey & the Lib Dems advocate a customs union with the rest of Europe he should be reminded that if he hadn’t whipped his MPs to vote against Ken Clarke’s #Brexit amendment in 2019, we might have got one.
Mr Clarke's motion C (Customs Union) - Commons' votes in Parliament - UK Parliament
Mr Clarke's motion C (Customs Union)
votes.parliament.uk
December 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Ed is a complete hypocrite on this.
That officer isn't with ICE. He's with Border Patrol. Look at his uniform badges.
Maybe check before you post this stuff?
Maybe check before you post this stuff?
December 3, 2025 at 11:47 AM
That officer isn't with ICE. He's with Border Patrol. Look at his uniform badges.
Maybe check before you post this stuff?
Maybe check before you post this stuff?
She admitted to overstaying her visa. Is your point that she should be treated differently because she's British?
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
British mum detained by ICE agents in California as six-month old baby and stunned husband watch on | LBC
Katie Paul, 33, was in the process of applying for a green card when she was ambushed by immigration agents
www.lbc.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 11:43 AM
She admitted to overstaying her visa. Is your point that she should be treated differently because she's British?
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
She admits to being an overstayer. Those are grounds for removal under the law.
Not sure what the story is here, the US should treat her differently because she's British?
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
Not sure what the story is here, the US should treat her differently because she's British?
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
British mum detained by ICE agents in California as six-month old baby and stunned husband watch on | LBC
Katie Paul, 33, was in the process of applying for a green card when she was ambushed by immigration agents
www.lbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
She admits to being an overstayer. Those are grounds for removal under the law.
Not sure what the story is here, the US should treat her differently because she's British?
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
Not sure what the story is here, the US should treat her differently because she's British?
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
It was also popular following Lib Dem promises around holding a referendum. This was repeated in their 2010 manifesto, which you were a fan of at the time.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
For sound economics, vote Lib Dem | Giles Wilkes
Giles Wilkes: The Liberal Democrat manifesto shows it to be the party with the best economic judgment, delivering sensible, costed plans
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
It was also popular following Lib Dem promises around holding a referendum. This was repeated in their 2010 manifesto, which you were a fan of at the time.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
You made the bold claim re a "shining hill". I and others challenged it.
It's factually not as simple as "every EU citizen can now marry and live an unhindered family life anywhere in the EU." Perhaps one day, but not now.
Meanwhile, even the US has managed to be more progressive in this respect.
It's factually not as simple as "every EU citizen can now marry and live an unhindered family life anywhere in the EU." Perhaps one day, but not now.
Meanwhile, even the US has managed to be more progressive in this respect.
November 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
You made the bold claim re a "shining hill". I and others challenged it.
It's factually not as simple as "every EU citizen can now marry and live an unhindered family life anywhere in the EU." Perhaps one day, but not now.
Meanwhile, even the US has managed to be more progressive in this respect.
It's factually not as simple as "every EU citizen can now marry and live an unhindered family life anywhere in the EU." Perhaps one day, but not now.
Meanwhile, even the US has managed to be more progressive in this respect.
She admits to being an overstayer. Those are grounds for removal.
Not sure what the story is here, the US should treat her differently because she's British?
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
Not sure what the story is here, the US should treat her differently because she's British?
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
British mum detained by ICE agents in California as six-month old baby and stunned husband watch on | LBC
Katie Paul, 33, was in the process of applying for a green card when she was ambushed by immigration agents
www.lbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 10:13 AM
She admits to being an overstayer. Those are grounds for removal.
Not sure what the story is here, the US should treat her differently because she's British?
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
Not sure what the story is here, the US should treat her differently because she's British?
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
She admits to being an overstayer. Those are grounds for removal.
Not sure what the story is here, the US should treat her differently because she's British?
Not sure what the story is here, the US should treat her differently because she's British?
November 26, 2025 at 10:13 AM
She admits to being an overstayer. Those are grounds for removal.
Not sure what the story is here, the US should treat her differently because she's British?
Not sure what the story is here, the US should treat her differently because she's British?
She didn't have a green card in the first place. She entered under ESTA and tried to stay in the US while her IR1 was processing. She should have used the K1 route.
November 26, 2025 at 10:09 AM
She didn't have a green card in the first place. She entered under ESTA and tried to stay in the US while her IR1 was processing. She should have used the K1 route.
Another issue is that ESTA isn't a visa, so she wasn't adjusting from one visa to another. She should have left and awaited IR1.
November 26, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Another issue is that ESTA isn't a visa, so she wasn't adjusting from one visa to another. She should have left and awaited IR1.
The article appears wrong on this point:
"She was allowed to remain legally in the US while applying for the green card because she married Stephen, who is an American."
You can adjust status from one visa to another but ESTA isnt a visa, so she had to leave after 90 days and await IR1 processing
"She was allowed to remain legally in the US while applying for the green card because she married Stephen, who is an American."
You can adjust status from one visa to another but ESTA isnt a visa, so she had to leave after 90 days and await IR1 processing
Immigrant Visas FAQs - U.S. Embassy and Consulates in the United Kingdom
uk.usembassy.gov
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The article appears wrong on this point:
"She was allowed to remain legally in the US while applying for the green card because she married Stephen, who is an American."
You can adjust status from one visa to another but ESTA isnt a visa, so she had to leave after 90 days and await IR1 processing
"She was allowed to remain legally in the US while applying for the green card because she married Stephen, who is an American."
You can adjust status from one visa to another but ESTA isnt a visa, so she had to leave after 90 days and await IR1 processing
You were the one who said the EU is the world's best example for promoting equal rights in this respect.
I (and others) point out that what it's actually doing here is limited. The EU has failed to force through equal marriage across the EU. The US has done that. The UK has done that.
Not the EU.
I (and others) point out that what it's actually doing here is limited. The EU has failed to force through equal marriage across the EU. The US has done that. The UK has done that.
Not the EU.
November 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM
You were the one who said the EU is the world's best example for promoting equal rights in this respect.
I (and others) point out that what it's actually doing here is limited. The EU has failed to force through equal marriage across the EU. The US has done that. The UK has done that.
Not the EU.
I (and others) point out that what it's actually doing here is limited. The EU has failed to force through equal marriage across the EU. The US has done that. The UK has done that.
Not the EU.
Yes its toothless. The CJEU can rebuke a Member State for non compliance, and if that doesn't work, the Commission can refer it back to the CJEU re financial sanctions. However, the Commission itself has to do that, with the Commission being made up of Member States who prohibit equal marriage.
November 26, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Yes its toothless. The CJEU can rebuke a Member State for non compliance, and if that doesn't work, the Commission can refer it back to the CJEU re financial sanctions. However, the Commission itself has to do that, with the Commission being made up of Member States who prohibit equal marriage.
Probably the most accurate response on this thread.
November 26, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Probably the most accurate response on this thread.
If the EU is effectively toothless, making this a slightly meaningless gesture towards equal rights as a result, how is the EU the world's "shining city on the hill" as claimed by the OP?
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
If the EU is effectively toothless, making this a slightly meaningless gesture towards equal rights as a result, how is the EU the world's "shining city on the hill" as claimed by the OP?
They've all forgotten about that. Also the 2019 Parliamentary vote where they could have had a Customs Union, but voted against.
November 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
They've all forgotten about that. Also the 2019 Parliamentary vote where they could have had a Customs Union, but voted against.
Not in the context of what people voted on in 2016, no. There were 17.4m individual reasons for the Leave vote.
By your apparent logic, 9 million Swiss are deranged nationalists for not wanting to be in the EU. You may think that, I don't know, but it isn't true.
By your apparent logic, 9 million Swiss are deranged nationalists for not wanting to be in the EU. You may think that, I don't know, but it isn't true.
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Not in the context of what people voted on in 2016, no. There were 17.4m individual reasons for the Leave vote.
By your apparent logic, 9 million Swiss are deranged nationalists for not wanting to be in the EU. You may think that, I don't know, but it isn't true.
By your apparent logic, 9 million Swiss are deranged nationalists for not wanting to be in the EU. You may think that, I don't know, but it isn't true.
Interesting points. I don't know what power the UK has to legislate over those territories, given their degrees of independence. Bermuda, which I'm familiar with, did allow equal marriage for a while but then appealed it.
November 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Interesting points. I don't know what power the UK has to legislate over those territories, given their degrees of independence. Bermuda, which I'm familiar with, did allow equal marriage for a while but then appealed it.
Does not, surely?
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Does not, surely?
This is you, saying the EU is the world's best example of freedom and tolerance for ruling on this issue. I pointed out the US and UK already allow equal marriage across their territories (since 2015 and 2014 respectively).
It is almost 2026, and the EU still does not. So no, it isnt what you say.
It is almost 2026, and the EU still does not. So no, it isnt what you say.
November 25, 2025 at 1:39 PM
This is you, saying the EU is the world's best example of freedom and tolerance for ruling on this issue. I pointed out the US and UK already allow equal marriage across their territories (since 2015 and 2014 respectively).
It is almost 2026, and the EU still does not. So no, it isnt what you say.
It is almost 2026, and the EU still does not. So no, it isnt what you say.