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Fewer workers. Fewer international students. More people leaving.
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK net migration falls sharply with drop in arrivals for work and study
Provisional figures for net migration to the UK show levels dropped to 204,000 in the year to June 2025.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Fewer workers. Fewer international students. More people leaving.
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Imagine saying this in the same 24 hours as selling out the West, and the brave Ukrainians to Russia.
The president is clearly unwell. As an American, I find it hard to believe that our president speaks in this way.
November 21, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Imagine saying this in the same 24 hours as selling out the West, and the brave Ukrainians to Russia.
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Ploughing through this and is Mahmood really that shocked that her policies are being endorsed by the far right? The language alone, such as describing the last government's hideous policies as "open borders" contains enough dog whistles to set every one of them in the country barking.
Government has today published its consultation into "earned settlement", the forward alone contains a hot mess of misrepresentation of the current system by the Home Secretary. I would strongly urge anyone affected by the current system to respond.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691edd...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691edd...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
November 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Ploughing through this and is Mahmood really that shocked that her policies are being endorsed by the far right? The language alone, such as describing the last government's hideous policies as "open borders" contains enough dog whistles to set every one of them in the country barking.
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I too would be saying stuff like this, if my status and career depended on people not ever saying openly that I had been deeply complicit in an avoidable calamity with a five figure bodycount
November 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I too would be saying stuff like this, if my status and career depended on people not ever saying openly that I had been deeply complicit in an avoidable calamity with a five figure bodycount
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This is very concerning. In future the BBC should submit any proposals for the Reith Lectures to Karoline Leavitt at the White House so that President Trump can sign off on them. Maye Pete Hegseth next year?
November 16, 2025 at 7:31 PM
This is very concerning. In future the BBC should submit any proposals for the Reith Lectures to Karoline Leavitt at the White House so that President Trump can sign off on them. Maye Pete Hegseth next year?
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This man was trafficked into Britain, in ways which the government would now use to make him subject to deportation. According to a leading political pundit, he brought with him ancestral violence, which means that he *and his British-born children* should be expelled.
This man.
This man.
November 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
This man was trafficked into Britain, in ways which the government would now use to make him subject to deportation. According to a leading political pundit, he brought with him ancestral violence, which means that he *and his British-born children* should be expelled.
This man.
This man.
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A cracked photo of Virgin Mary (as) found at the scene of a Christian massacre committed by lsraeI
21 Lebanese Christians were slaughtered. More buried under the rubble where they suffocated slowly
If it wasn’t Israel this would be front page news & Trump would tweet about it
21 Lebanese Christians were slaughtered. More buried under the rubble where they suffocated slowly
If it wasn’t Israel this would be front page news & Trump would tweet about it
November 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
A cracked photo of Virgin Mary (as) found at the scene of a Christian massacre committed by lsraeI
21 Lebanese Christians were slaughtered. More buried under the rubble where they suffocated slowly
If it wasn’t Israel this would be front page news & Trump would tweet about it
21 Lebanese Christians were slaughtered. More buried under the rubble where they suffocated slowly
If it wasn’t Israel this would be front page news & Trump would tweet about it
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Educational charities like Policy Exchange are required to act in a balanced and non-politicised way. But Policy Exchange has flatly ignored those rules.
We’ve made a complaint to the Charity Commission:
https://goodlaw.social/xixz
We’ve made a complaint to the Charity Commission:
https://goodlaw.social/xixz
November 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Educational charities like Policy Exchange are required to act in a balanced and non-politicised way. But Policy Exchange has flatly ignored those rules.
We’ve made a complaint to the Charity Commission:
https://goodlaw.social/xixz
We’ve made a complaint to the Charity Commission:
https://goodlaw.social/xixz
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Musk’s war on Wikipedia is a fight for a future without fact-checking
✍️ John Naughton
https://bit.ly/4nyDR9W
✍️ John Naughton
https://bit.ly/4nyDR9W
Musk’s war on Wikipedia is a fight for a future without f...
The tech mogul’s Grokipedia relies on right-leaning AI instead of consensus between human moderators
bit.ly
November 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Musk’s war on Wikipedia is a fight for a future without fact-checking
✍️ John Naughton
https://bit.ly/4nyDR9W
✍️ John Naughton
https://bit.ly/4nyDR9W
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'Bremoaners' will probably do the job
November 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
'Bremoaners' will probably do the job
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X is a cesspit led by an unhinged billionaire who is desperately trying to stir up civil war in Britain.
Nobody with any sense or decency should be there.
No organisations, government departments, or politicians should be there.
Everyone who is, is enabling this monster.
Nobody with any sense or decency should be there.
No organisations, government departments, or politicians should be there.
Everyone who is, is enabling this monster.
October 29, 2025 at 8:22 AM
X is a cesspit led by an unhinged billionaire who is desperately trying to stir up civil war in Britain.
Nobody with any sense or decency should be there.
No organisations, government departments, or politicians should be there.
Everyone who is, is enabling this monster.
Nobody with any sense or decency should be there.
No organisations, government departments, or politicians should be there.
Everyone who is, is enabling this monster.
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Nige thinks Pochin’s comments were ugly and unpleasant. But he agrees with them | John Crace
Nige thinks Pochin’s comments were ugly and unpleasant. But he agrees with them | John Crace
Reform is no place for racists, and every party has its bad apples. But the benchmark seems to be higher at Farage’s party
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Nige thinks Pochin’s comments were ugly and unpleasant. But he agrees with them | John Crace
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The world's worst humanitarian disaster has just taken a massive turn for the worse, and it's getting little media attention.
Arab fighters from the RSF are now systematically slaughtering black Africans around El Fasher in Sudan. Will this be seen as genocide? The intent is certainly there.
Arab fighters from the RSF are now systematically slaughtering black Africans around El Fasher in Sudan. Will this be seen as genocide? The intent is certainly there.
I wonder if Stop The War are interested in Sudan
October 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The world's worst humanitarian disaster has just taken a massive turn for the worse, and it's getting little media attention.
Arab fighters from the RSF are now systematically slaughtering black Africans around El Fasher in Sudan. Will this be seen as genocide? The intent is certainly there.
Arab fighters from the RSF are now systematically slaughtering black Africans around El Fasher in Sudan. Will this be seen as genocide? The intent is certainly there.
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"There is no great outcry in the right-wing press or from conservative politicians against mass deportation.
The days when they stood up to the injustice of retrospective legislation are long gone."
Another good and valuable read on how fast things seem to shift in Britain atm. Deeply worrying.
The days when they stood up to the injustice of retrospective legislation are long gone."
Another good and valuable read on how fast things seem to shift in Britain atm. Deeply worrying.
The Conservatives plans to deport hundreds of thousands of legal residents of the UK are far more extreme than anything Donald Trump is proposing
Piece from me on the horror show of the right morphing into the far right
open.substack.com/pub/nickcohe...
Piece from me on the horror show of the right morphing into the far right
open.substack.com/pub/nickcohe...
"Respectable" racism and the mass deportation of our neighbours
How the British right out-Trumps Trump
open.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
"There is no great outcry in the right-wing press or from conservative politicians against mass deportation.
The days when they stood up to the injustice of retrospective legislation are long gone."
Another good and valuable read on how fast things seem to shift in Britain atm. Deeply worrying.
The days when they stood up to the injustice of retrospective legislation are long gone."
Another good and valuable read on how fast things seem to shift in Britain atm. Deeply worrying.
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If BBC News doesn't take some steps to balance this carpet reporting Israel and Gaza with other topics, this country is not going to get the news it needs to be a functioning democracy. We've had >20 minutes of jubilation and trepidation on PM before there's even been an agreement
October 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
If BBC News doesn't take some steps to balance this carpet reporting Israel and Gaza with other topics, this country is not going to get the news it needs to be a functioning democracy. We've had >20 minutes of jubilation and trepidation on PM before there's even been an agreement
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I hope you'll take a moment for these beautiful parting words from the incomparable Jane Goodall.
(And she threw in a little salt for the evil ones, too)
(And she threw in a little salt for the evil ones, too)
October 5, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I hope you'll take a moment for these beautiful parting words from the incomparable Jane Goodall.
(And she threw in a little salt for the evil ones, too)
(And she threw in a little salt for the evil ones, too)
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A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o
October 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o
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I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
September 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
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Fascinating how Elon seems to be playing out his relationship with Trump in such a similar manner to his relationship with his father: he knows he's on the Epstein list, and even said so publicly when they were fighting, but can't help being codependent anyway.
September 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Fascinating how Elon seems to be playing out his relationship with Trump in such a similar manner to his relationship with his father: he knows he's on the Epstein list, and even said so publicly when they were fighting, but can't help being codependent anyway.
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The suppression of dissent is yet another form of collusion with the genocide, alongside arms supplies, military cooperation, and the refusal to impose meaningful sanctions. All this likely puts the UK in breach of its obligations under the Genocide Convention.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Labour rules against dozens of motions about Palestine being debated at party conference
Calls for sanctions on Israel and ban on trade that aids international law violations among snubbed motions
www.theguardian.com
September 20, 2025 at 8:57 AM
The suppression of dissent is yet another form of collusion with the genocide, alongside arms supplies, military cooperation, and the refusal to impose meaningful sanctions. All this likely puts the UK in breach of its obligations under the Genocide Convention.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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It's easier to attract job-creating inward investment if you are in the EU single market.
September 18, 2025 at 7:52 AM
It's easier to attract job-creating inward investment if you are in the EU single market.
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I recommend everyone watches this
September 14, 2025 at 4:20 AM
I recommend everyone watches this
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We are horrified and saddened by the death of our colleague Hussein Alnajjar who died yesterday in #Gaza.
His death was due to shrapnel injuries caused by an Israeli airstrike near his tent five days earlier.
His death was due to shrapnel injuries caused by an Israeli airstrike near his tent five days earlier.
September 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
We are horrified and saddened by the death of our colleague Hussein Alnajjar who died yesterday in #Gaza.
His death was due to shrapnel injuries caused by an Israeli airstrike near his tent five days earlier.
His death was due to shrapnel injuries caused by an Israeli airstrike near his tent five days earlier.
