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What's the 15-year route meant to correspond to? The government table suggests that would be for immigrants who were in receipt of benefits for less than 12 months - why would that specifically apply to people who entered under H&SC visas?
November 21, 2025 at 1:04 AM
What's the 15-year route meant to correspond to? The government table suggests that would be for immigrants who were in receipt of benefits for less than 12 months - why would that specifically apply to people who entered under H&SC visas?
The implication being that if the UK were seen as equally desirable to France (or Germany etc), rather than more desirable, then there would be a vanishingly low number of people making the dangerous channel crossing.
November 18, 2025 at 8:43 AM
The implication being that if the UK were seen as equally desirable to France (or Germany etc), rather than more desirable, then there would be a vanishingly low number of people making the dangerous channel crossing.
For what it's worth, I think the meaning of the "destination of choice" assertion is not that the UK is the top destination in terms of overall numbers, but that it's seen as sufficiently desirable for lots of people to make a dangerous small boat trip from other equally safe countries.
November 18, 2025 at 8:41 AM
For what it's worth, I think the meaning of the "destination of choice" assertion is not that the UK is the top destination in terms of overall numbers, but that it's seen as sufficiently desirable for lots of people to make a dangerous small boat trip from other equally safe countries.
Er why? Isn't it a good thing?
September 20, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Er why? Isn't it a good thing?
What does having a GRC even mean now, if they've literally made it illegal to take someone's gender, even when attested by a GRC, into account?
April 26, 2025 at 7:43 AM
What does having a GRC even mean now, if they've literally made it illegal to take someone's gender, even when attested by a GRC, into account?
George RR Martin will be like: "Oh you believe in creating an intricate mythological world? That pales in comparison to my world-building approach, detailing fictional kingdoms' tax policies" and then not detail fictional kingdoms' tax policies
February 21, 2025 at 10:43 AM
George RR Martin will be like: "Oh you believe in creating an intricate mythological world? That pales in comparison to my world-building approach, detailing fictional kingdoms' tax policies" and then not detail fictional kingdoms' tax policies
Maybe they just mean "human"?
February 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Maybe they just mean "human"?
In particular, of course, training for any kind of soft skills/management/etc, as opposed to training for using specific tools, software, job processes etc
January 29, 2025 at 7:53 AM
In particular, of course, training for any kind of soft skills/management/etc, as opposed to training for using specific tools, software, job processes etc
Even when businesses are genuinely interested, training is just _hard_.
January 29, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Even when businesses are genuinely interested, training is just _hard_.
Not really; he's just the non-Nazi who is nevertheless willing to go on the Nazi network.
January 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Not really; he's just the non-Nazi who is nevertheless willing to go on the Nazi network.
I mean, are they any further removed from, say, mainstream UK Christianity, than the various fascist Churches were?
January 21, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I mean, are they any further removed from, say, mainstream UK Christianity, than the various fascist Churches were?
Ultimately it becomes victim blaming: obviously you were abused if you were in such and such political circles, you'd probably be doing the abusing had you been a man
January 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Ultimately it becomes victim blaming: obviously you were abused if you were in such and such political circles, you'd probably be doing the abusing had you been a man
Lots of that when things came out about Sam Kriss and
January 19, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Lots of that when things came out about Sam Kriss and
Not just a good judge of character; but with a sense so refined that you are automatically repulsed by the work, however great its technical merit, of a person of low moral character.
January 19, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Not just a good judge of character; but with a sense so refined that you are automatically repulsed by the work, however great its technical merit, of a person of low moral character.
Average Briton causes 23 times more CO2 on Christmas Day actualy just statistical error. Average Briton causes little CO2 on Christmas day. Father Christmas, who lives in North Pole and travels 200,000 km in one night, is an outlier and should not be counted
December 24, 2024 at 4:37 PM
Average Briton causes 23 times more CO2 on Christmas Day actualy just statistical error. Average Briton causes little CO2 on Christmas day. Father Christmas, who lives in North Pole and travels 200,000 km in one night, is an outlier and should not be counted
In any case, we should ban it just to be sure
November 25, 2024 at 12:26 PM
In any case, we should ban it just to be sure
Genuinely have no idea what happened (no one really does) and whether it _was_ TikTok, but that seems to be the standard explanation at the moment.
November 25, 2024 at 12:25 PM
Genuinely have no idea what happened (no one really does) and whether it _was_ TikTok, but that seems to be the standard explanation at the moment.
I think the proper term is "nepo-junker"
November 19, 2024 at 1:59 PM
I think the proper term is "nepo-junker"
How can we have a healthy politics in Britain if we don't engage with the people who want to ban abortion in Arizona?
November 10, 2024 at 2:29 PM
How can we have a healthy politics in Britain if we don't engage with the people who want to ban abortion in Arizona?
That would be true although, in their defence, they said the same deranged nonsense when he won and the Tories were in power
November 9, 2024 at 9:34 PM
That would be true although, in their defence, they said the same deranged nonsense when he won and the Tories were in power
Yeah, I'd expect the average amoral serial killer to simply not vote; but Lecter definitely voted Harris
November 5, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Yeah, I'd expect the average amoral serial killer to simply not vote; but Lecter definitely voted Harris
There's a great deal of difference between America no longer being in a position to set the international rules, and the fate of Carthage.
November 4, 2024 at 10:48 PM
There's a great deal of difference between America no longer being in a position to set the international rules, and the fate of Carthage.
Can't see the original tweet - deleted? - but it's always weird when people conflate a superpower declining to become merely a prosperous ordinary country (e.g. Britain, France), and complete societal collapse.
November 4, 2024 at 10:47 PM
Can't see the original tweet - deleted? - but it's always weird when people conflate a superpower declining to become merely a prosperous ordinary country (e.g. Britain, France), and complete societal collapse.