Meher Oliaji -
@mehero.bsky.social
First generation immigrant.
Second generation immigrant.
40th generation refugee.
British by choice, not by chance.
Second generation immigrant.
40th generation refugee.
British by choice, not by chance.
Learn to show love by knitting.
Dog will forgive dropped stitches and uneven tension
Dog will forgive dropped stitches and uneven tension
November 30, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Learn to show love by knitting.
Dog will forgive dropped stitches and uneven tension
Dog will forgive dropped stitches and uneven tension
Poor Zarah is too young to know that Corbyn ALWAYS votes against his own party.
November 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Poor Zarah is too young to know that Corbyn ALWAYS votes against his own party.
Everyone in my family agrees with you.
Except me.
Ive been know to eat a whole 1lb pudding in November purchased the previous December.
Except me.
Ive been know to eat a whole 1lb pudding in November purchased the previous December.
November 29, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Everyone in my family agrees with you.
Except me.
Ive been know to eat a whole 1lb pudding in November purchased the previous December.
Except me.
Ive been know to eat a whole 1lb pudding in November purchased the previous December.
Because people have been brainwashed into thinking arithmetic is maths, and maths is too difficult for ordinary people, and ALSO, that ordinary people are entitled to have opinions about things that they don't understand.
November 29, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Because people have been brainwashed into thinking arithmetic is maths, and maths is too difficult for ordinary people, and ALSO, that ordinary people are entitled to have opinions about things that they don't understand.
We did give sick leave from day1. After taking 6 weeks sick in her 1st 4 months, girl got pregnant, doctor said her "stress" was maternity related, and we had to keep her job open 18 months. She'd already told us both parents were on long term sick, and i knew she knew how to game the system.
November 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
We did give sick leave from day1. After taking 6 weeks sick in her 1st 4 months, girl got pregnant, doctor said her "stress" was maternity related, and we had to keep her job open 18 months. She'd already told us both parents were on long term sick, and i knew she knew how to game the system.
why not? money grows on trees, does it not?
November 28, 2025 at 5:46 PM
why not? money grows on trees, does it not?
I can exactly hear his voice.
November 28, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I can exactly hear his voice.
We count Aban and Eva and Kemi
We guesstimate the rest.
We guesstimate the rest.
November 28, 2025 at 5:29 AM
We count Aban and Eva and Kemi
We guesstimate the rest.
We guesstimate the rest.
Georg graduates and gets a job here, but he's not a migrant
Helen come from Hong Kong as a legit refugee
Irina goes back to Ukraine
John buys a house in Cyprus and spends winter there
Kemi crosses the channel in a dinghy and claims asylum
Luke comes by dinghy and disappears 2/3
Helen come from Hong Kong as a legit refugee
Irina goes back to Ukraine
John buys a house in Cyprus and spends winter there
Kemi crosses the channel in a dinghy and claims asylum
Luke comes by dinghy and disappears 2/3
November 28, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Georg graduates and gets a job here, but he's not a migrant
Helen come from Hong Kong as a legit refugee
Irina goes back to Ukraine
John buys a house in Cyprus and spends winter there
Kemi crosses the channel in a dinghy and claims asylum
Luke comes by dinghy and disappears 2/3
Helen come from Hong Kong as a legit refugee
Irina goes back to Ukraine
John buys a house in Cyprus and spends winter there
Kemi crosses the channel in a dinghy and claims asylum
Luke comes by dinghy and disappears 2/3
A variant of my Facebook post from spring 2016;
Net migration
Aban moves to UK to work
Barry retires from UK to Spain
Charlie quits his job in Germany and comes home
Daniel loses his job and goes home to Israel
Eva from Mexico comes to do a 3year degree
Frank finishes his degree and leaves 1/3
Net migration
Aban moves to UK to work
Barry retires from UK to Spain
Charlie quits his job in Germany and comes home
Daniel loses his job and goes home to Israel
Eva from Mexico comes to do a 3year degree
Frank finishes his degree and leaves 1/3
November 28, 2025 at 5:29 AM
A variant of my Facebook post from spring 2016;
Net migration
Aban moves to UK to work
Barry retires from UK to Spain
Charlie quits his job in Germany and comes home
Daniel loses his job and goes home to Israel
Eva from Mexico comes to do a 3year degree
Frank finishes his degree and leaves 1/3
Net migration
Aban moves to UK to work
Barry retires from UK to Spain
Charlie quits his job in Germany and comes home
Daniel loses his job and goes home to Israel
Eva from Mexico comes to do a 3year degree
Frank finishes his degree and leaves 1/3
1975
My first year in England
Spaghetti with mince.
Boil in the bag cod in white sauce
Smash
Tights with crotch droop
Blankets. Scratchy blankets
Suitcases without wheels
Standing up to change TV channels
Slide rules (I exaggerate - i got my first calculator in 1974)
My first year in England
Spaghetti with mince.
Boil in the bag cod in white sauce
Smash
Tights with crotch droop
Blankets. Scratchy blankets
Suitcases without wheels
Standing up to change TV channels
Slide rules (I exaggerate - i got my first calculator in 1974)
November 27, 2025 at 11:27 PM
1975
My first year in England
Spaghetti with mince.
Boil in the bag cod in white sauce
Smash
Tights with crotch droop
Blankets. Scratchy blankets
Suitcases without wheels
Standing up to change TV channels
Slide rules (I exaggerate - i got my first calculator in 1974)
My first year in England
Spaghetti with mince.
Boil in the bag cod in white sauce
Smash
Tights with crotch droop
Blankets. Scratchy blankets
Suitcases without wheels
Standing up to change TV channels
Slide rules (I exaggerate - i got my first calculator in 1974)
I mis-spoke.
I was deeply impressed to be told 3 days ago that i need a scan, and to be offered one in 7 days time.
That my GP did not offer an emergency appointment is my fault for not asking.
I was deeply impressed to be told 3 days ago that i need a scan, and to be offered one in 7 days time.
That my GP did not offer an emergency appointment is my fault for not asking.
November 27, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I mis-spoke.
I was deeply impressed to be told 3 days ago that i need a scan, and to be offered one in 7 days time.
That my GP did not offer an emergency appointment is my fault for not asking.
I was deeply impressed to be told 3 days ago that i need a scan, and to be offered one in 7 days time.
That my GP did not offer an emergency appointment is my fault for not asking.
That would be perfect. Invite the editor of the Times round for tea and show them off.
November 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
That would be perfect. Invite the editor of the Times round for tea and show them off.
After a fair, the egg-company sold off sweet pink-dyed fluffy chicks. Ours grew into an enormous white rooster which strutted round the garden scaring the dogs, and seduced our neighbour's free-range chickens over the fence.
November 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM
After a fair, the egg-company sold off sweet pink-dyed fluffy chicks. Ours grew into an enormous white rooster which strutted round the garden scaring the dogs, and seduced our neighbour's free-range chickens over the fence.
But what difference does that make? Not paying tax is the point.
November 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
But what difference does that make? Not paying tax is the point.
Chickens is middle-class
November 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Chickens is middle-class
I waited 17 days for an appointment with my GP (ring back Monday, the appointment book is full) and then 3 days for hospital ultrasound dept to phone and make an appointment for 7 days later. I had the diary open for January.
November 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I waited 17 days for an appointment with my GP (ring back Monday, the appointment book is full) and then 3 days for hospital ultrasound dept to phone and make an appointment for 7 days later. I had the diary open for January.
He fancies being big fish in little pond. And this pond is so full of kooks and crazies that someone apparently sane can rise a long way.
November 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
He fancies being big fish in little pond. And this pond is so full of kooks and crazies that someone apparently sane can rise a long way.
??? That Trump is the most corrupt president in US history?
It's a bit difficult to prove, I expect.
Most corrupt in last 100 years might be more verifiable.
Are BBC journalists allowed to repost that?
It's a bit difficult to prove, I expect.
Most corrupt in last 100 years might be more verifiable.
Are BBC journalists allowed to repost that?
November 27, 2025 at 1:37 PM
??? That Trump is the most corrupt president in US history?
It's a bit difficult to prove, I expect.
Most corrupt in last 100 years might be more verifiable.
Are BBC journalists allowed to repost that?
It's a bit difficult to prove, I expect.
Most corrupt in last 100 years might be more verifiable.
Are BBC journalists allowed to repost that?
People think that if something affects them they have a RIGHT to an opinion, and to have their opinion respected, even if they don't understand it.
It sounds sort-of OK to me. I'll find out in 6 years time.
It sounds sort-of OK to me. I'll find out in 6 years time.
November 27, 2025 at 10:12 AM
People think that if something affects them they have a RIGHT to an opinion, and to have their opinion respected, even if they don't understand it.
It sounds sort-of OK to me. I'll find out in 6 years time.
It sounds sort-of OK to me. I'll find out in 6 years time.