Mark Easton
markeaston1.bsky.social
Mark Easton
@markeaston1.bsky.social
Broadcaster, writer and gooner.
Data from @ukhomeoffice suggests improved asylum processing is cutting the backlog, even with new claims at close to record levels. Fewer people in the system should, in time, reduce the need for hotels and the multi-billion pound bill.
November 27, 2025 at 10:51 AM
You won't find this important story on your news feed BUT.... figures just out show homicides in England & Wales at their LOWEST level since comparable records began back in 2003. @ONS
October 23, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Statistics from ONS today show 29.7% of conceptions in England & Wales led to abortion in 2022, UP from 26.5% in 2021 and the HIGHEST on record.
July 9, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Political parties should learn from the Papal conclave on how to choose a leader, Robert Harris tells me.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Conclave author Robert Harris says papal selection is like Traitors TV show
Robert Harris says the dynamic of the secretive ritual "is why often it produces a surprise".
www.bbc.com
May 4, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Still ridiculously unaffordable and prompting a crisis in homelessness in Eng/Wales, BUT...
median house sale prices UP 1% (2021-2024)
average earnings UP 20% (2021-2024).

www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
Housing affordability in England and Wales - Office for National Statistics
Data on house prices and annual earnings to calculate affordability ratios for national and subnational geographies in England and Wales on an annual basis.
www.ons.gov.uk
March 24, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I have Argentina to thank for my marriage — it was only right to finally visit

www.thetimes.com/article/8451...
I have Argentina to thank for my marriage — it was only right to finally visit
More than 40 years after Mark Easton and his wife met thanks to her reporting from the country, they discover a vastly different place — from Buenos Aires to the Iguazu Falls
www.thetimes.com
February 16, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The odd aspect of this is the Home Office slipping this change out on Monday when they were very publicly trying to convince voters they were getting tough with ‘illegal’ migration.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
UK to reject 'dangerous journey' refugees citizenship
The Home Office change has been condemned by the Refugee Council and some Labour backbench MPs.
www.bbc.com
February 12, 2025 at 7:02 AM
My Boxing Day Family Puzzler has a new home - on Substack. If you are after an old-style paper and pen quiz to boggle your household, it's just the thing.
substack.com/@markeaston3...
Mark Easton on Substack
I have decided that Substack is the perfect new home for my Boxing Day Family Puzzler, the festive quiz in which no-one is expected to know the answers. You simply have to get closer to the answer tha...
substack.com
December 26, 2024 at 12:11 PM
Muhammad has replaced Noah as the top name for baby boys in England and Wales. It was second in 2022 and has been in the top 10 since 2016. Noah was second and Oliver third. Olivia was the most popular girls name for the eighth year in a row. Amelia and Isla were second and third. #ONS
December 5, 2024 at 9:48 AM