Eddie Clarke
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Manufactured outrage at the prospect of granting asylum to those fleeing persecution
It is not illegal to enter a country to claim asylum
40% of all asylum claims are accepted
Which rises to 70% on appeal!
The chronic underfunding of asylum processing is the problem, not the asylum seekers
It is not illegal to enter a country to claim asylum
40% of all asylum claims are accepted
Which rises to 70% on appeal!
The chronic underfunding of asylum processing is the problem, not the asylum seekers
The govt's proposed new asylum laws are impractical, ineffectual, and outright cruel. Aping the rhetoric of Reform won't fix the real issues in this country; it will only stir up more false divisions and endanger already vulnerable communities.
November 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Manufactured outrage at the prospect of granting asylum to those fleeing persecution
It is not illegal to enter a country to claim asylum
40% of all asylum claims are accepted
Which rises to 70% on appeal!
The chronic underfunding of asylum processing is the problem, not the asylum seekers
It is not illegal to enter a country to claim asylum
40% of all asylum claims are accepted
Which rises to 70% on appeal!
The chronic underfunding of asylum processing is the problem, not the asylum seekers
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Just so: the plan is to lock the cabin doors to keep the passengers out, fly the plane into the ground and then walk out of the wreckage untouched to fancy jobs at Facebook and PWC. And if you don’t like it, fuck you.
November 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Just so: the plan is to lock the cabin doors to keep the passengers out, fly the plane into the ground and then walk out of the wreckage untouched to fancy jobs at Facebook and PWC. And if you don’t like it, fuck you.
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"Like so many government policies in recent years, Mahmood’s proposals should be seen less as practical policy, more as positioning: the accelerating descent of our politics into a media spectacle rather than as a means of building a better society"
Me for @theipaper.com
inews.co.uk/opinion/labo...
Me for @theipaper.com
inews.co.uk/opinion/labo...
Labour's asylum plan is straight from the Trump playbook – it'll backfire on them
It’s time to stand up for the values of compassion, humanity and basic fairness
inews.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
"Like so many government policies in recent years, Mahmood’s proposals should be seen less as practical policy, more as positioning: the accelerating descent of our politics into a media spectacle rather than as a means of building a better society"
Me for @theipaper.com
inews.co.uk/opinion/labo...
Me for @theipaper.com
inews.co.uk/opinion/labo...
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Plans to refurbish a tired railway bridge as a gateway into Clapham have released details of the shortlisted designs.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/des...
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/des...
Design competition showcases four proposals to reinvent Clapham’s railway bridge
Plans to refurbish a tired railway bridge as a gateway into Clapham have released details of the shortlisted designs.
www.ianvisits.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Plans to refurbish a tired railway bridge as a gateway into Clapham have released details of the shortlisted designs.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/des...
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/des...
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📊 NEW | As Labour announces fresh crackdown on refugees, their approval falls to an all-time low.
✅ Satisfied – 11% (-1)
❌ Dissatisfied – 82% (-)
Via @IpsosUK, 30 Oct - 5 Nov (+/- vs 11-17 Sep)
✅ Satisfied – 11% (-1)
❌ Dissatisfied – 82% (-)
Via @IpsosUK, 30 Oct - 5 Nov (+/- vs 11-17 Sep)
November 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
📊 NEW | As Labour announces fresh crackdown on refugees, their approval falls to an all-time low.
✅ Satisfied – 11% (-1)
❌ Dissatisfied – 82% (-)
Via @IpsosUK, 30 Oct - 5 Nov (+/- vs 11-17 Sep)
✅ Satisfied – 11% (-1)
❌ Dissatisfied – 82% (-)
Via @IpsosUK, 30 Oct - 5 Nov (+/- vs 11-17 Sep)
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📊 NEW | Greens hit 17% with YouGov
➡️ REF: 27% (+1)
🔴 LAB: 19% (-)
🟢 GRN: 17% (+2)
🔵 CON: 17% (-1)
🟠 LD: 13% (-1)
Via @YouGov, 16-17 Nov (+/- vs 9-10 Nov)
➡️ REF: 27% (+1)
🔴 LAB: 19% (-)
🟢 GRN: 17% (+2)
🔵 CON: 17% (-1)
🟠 LD: 13% (-1)
Via @YouGov, 16-17 Nov (+/- vs 9-10 Nov)
November 18, 2025 at 10:11 AM
📊 NEW | Greens hit 17% with YouGov
➡️ REF: 27% (+1)
🔴 LAB: 19% (-)
🟢 GRN: 17% (+2)
🔵 CON: 17% (-1)
🟠 LD: 13% (-1)
Via @YouGov, 16-17 Nov (+/- vs 9-10 Nov)
➡️ REF: 27% (+1)
🔴 LAB: 19% (-)
🟢 GRN: 17% (+2)
🔵 CON: 17% (-1)
🟠 LD: 13% (-1)
Via @YouGov, 16-17 Nov (+/- vs 9-10 Nov)
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"Starmer, Mahmood, and McSweeney are testing to destruction the idea that stealing the far right's clothes will win them far right votes. They are about to be disappointed."
From Reform-Lite to Reform-Plus
Do you remember the lies Keir Starmer told to secure Labour's leadership? Under pledge six, 'Defend immigrants' rights', among other things ...
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November 18, 2025 at 11:59 AM
"Starmer, Mahmood, and McSweeney are testing to destruction the idea that stealing the far right's clothes will win them far right votes. They are about to be disappointed."
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Today has been a massive victory for anti-migrant voices.
Not only is Labour doing 90% of what they want, but they're also making it much easier for them to get the remaining 10% later
Not only is Labour doing 90% of what they want, but they're also making it much easier for them to get the remaining 10% later
November 17, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Today has been a massive victory for anti-migrant voices.
Not only is Labour doing 90% of what they want, but they're also making it much easier for them to get the remaining 10% later
Not only is Labour doing 90% of what they want, but they're also making it much easier for them to get the remaining 10% later
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In 2020 Keir Starmer and Alf Dubs urged the then Conservative Government to restore their commitment to family reunion for child refugees, saying there was a “moral argument” to protect desperately vulnerable young people.
Five years later Dubs condemns Starmer for doing the complete opposite
Five years later Dubs condemns Starmer for doing the complete opposite
November 18, 2025 at 10:49 AM
In 2020 Keir Starmer and Alf Dubs urged the then Conservative Government to restore their commitment to family reunion for child refugees, saying there was a “moral argument” to protect desperately vulnerable young people.
Five years later Dubs condemns Starmer for doing the complete opposite
Five years later Dubs condemns Starmer for doing the complete opposite
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We are currently polling almost three times what we got last year and way more than we were when we did have pacts with the Lib dems so I feel like we're on the right track
November 18, 2025 at 12:16 PM
We are currently polling almost three times what we got last year and way more than we were when we did have pacts with the Lib dems so I feel like we're on the right track
Elon seems to be down again for those interested
November 18, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Elon seems to be down again for those interested
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If you can zoom in far enough, check out the heady days of 2018 before the Conservative government closed access to legal applications thereby *causing* a small boats problem. And today they’re (mainly Chris Philp) doing the media rounds telling Labour where they’re going wrong. #refugees #r4today
November 18, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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You can’t out-right the right. But you can wrong everyone else….
Note to social Democratic parties - capitulation to the hard right doesn’t work.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Centre-left tipped to lose Copenhagen for first time in electoral history
Political rivals say PM’s divisive politics have encouraged voters to ditch the Social Democrats for the far right
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
You can’t out-right the right. But you can wrong everyone else….
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People who dismiss e-books or audiobooks as being somehow less worthy or less meaningful than physical books are missing the point of books. Books are not ink and paper, just as human beings are not defined by their physicality. Books are connections; emotions; ideas; just like their creators.
November 18, 2025 at 11:12 AM
People who dismiss e-books or audiobooks as being somehow less worthy or less meaningful than physical books are missing the point of books. Books are not ink and paper, just as human beings are not defined by their physicality. Books are connections; emotions; ideas; just like their creators.
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They're also haemorrhaging activists.
My hard-working and excellent local councillor was deselected because he objected to Starmer's "rivers of strangers" speech.
He was instrumental in their canvassing and nobody else seems motivated to take over and get out the vote.
My hard-working and excellent local councillor was deselected because he objected to Starmer's "rivers of strangers" speech.
He was instrumental in their canvassing and nobody else seems motivated to take over and get out the vote.
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
They're also haemorrhaging activists.
My hard-working and excellent local councillor was deselected because he objected to Starmer's "rivers of strangers" speech.
He was instrumental in their canvassing and nobody else seems motivated to take over and get out the vote.
My hard-working and excellent local councillor was deselected because he objected to Starmer's "rivers of strangers" speech.
He was instrumental in their canvassing and nobody else seems motivated to take over and get out the vote.
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These are the voters that Labour strategists have made very clear over a long period of time that they don't want any more, and it's a message that has now been heard
I've been out canvassing quite a lot in London lately. Labour's vote has absolutely evaporated.... it is quite extraordinary to go to places where Labour were on 50-60% of the vote at the last locals and find nobody, or virtually nobody, supporting them.
The phrase 'I voted Labour last time, but...
The phrase 'I voted Labour last time, but...
November 18, 2025 at 12:03 PM
These are the voters that Labour strategists have made very clear over a long period of time that they don't want any more, and it's a message that has now been heard
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BBC News: "the government believe refugees are deliberately bringing their children to avoid deportation"
As opposed to doing what with their children??
As opposed to doing what with their children??
November 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
BBC News: "the government believe refugees are deliberately bringing their children to avoid deportation"
As opposed to doing what with their children??
As opposed to doing what with their children??
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“They went for pensioners, they went for the disabled, and now they’re going for people fleeing war and conflict. I am furious — this government should hang their heads in shame.”
Zack Polanski on Labour’s new immigration reforms on Newsnight.
Zack Polanski on Labour’s new immigration reforms on Newsnight.
November 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
“They went for pensioners, they went for the disabled, and now they’re going for people fleeing war and conflict. I am furious — this government should hang their heads in shame.”
Zack Polanski on Labour’s new immigration reforms on Newsnight.
Zack Polanski on Labour’s new immigration reforms on Newsnight.
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Labour tried to prosecute a former Labour member and journalists for exposing a former pedophile Labour MP
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Judge acquits man who flagged ex-MP Ivor Caplin's explicit X post - BBC News
Greg Hadfield is acquitted of sending an offensive, indecent, obscene or menacing message.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Labour tried to prosecute a former Labour member and journalists for exposing a former pedophile Labour MP
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Get ready to see London at its festive best.
With Christmas lights switching on across the city, Visit London has you covered with a full guide to the best displays:
With Christmas lights switching on across the city, Visit London has you covered with a full guide to the best displays:
29 best outdoor Christmas lights in London 2025
Discover the best London Christmas lights and decorations of winter 2024, including the magical displays on Oxford Street, Regent Street and Covent Garden.
www.visitlondon.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Get ready to see London at its festive best.
With Christmas lights switching on across the city, Visit London has you covered with a full guide to the best displays:
With Christmas lights switching on across the city, Visit London has you covered with a full guide to the best displays:
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What have I been warning about for the last several years?
Tories and Labour's collusion on freeports and SEZs would form stepping stones for charter cities.
The latest proposal for a new city named "Forest City" exemplifies the stealth trajectory of the zonification of Britain. www.forestcity.uk
Tories and Labour's collusion on freeports and SEZs would form stepping stones for charter cities.
The latest proposal for a new city named "Forest City" exemplifies the stealth trajectory of the zonification of Britain. www.forestcity.uk
Forest City 1
Britain needs millions of homes. We have a plan and a team to build them, east of Cambridge, as a beautiful, permanently affordable city.
www.forestcity.uk
November 17, 2025 at 8:22 AM
What have I been warning about for the last several years?
Tories and Labour's collusion on freeports and SEZs would form stepping stones for charter cities.
The latest proposal for a new city named "Forest City" exemplifies the stealth trajectory of the zonification of Britain. www.forestcity.uk
Tories and Labour's collusion on freeports and SEZs would form stepping stones for charter cities.
The latest proposal for a new city named "Forest City" exemplifies the stealth trajectory of the zonification of Britain. www.forestcity.uk