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New net migration figures at 930am.
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
November 27, 2025 at 7:54 AM
New net migration figures at 930am.
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
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My Brain:
"Psst, here's a great idea for your book."
Me:
"I'm busy. I'll write it down later. I'll remember it."
Morgan Freeman:
"But he did not remember it, for his brain soon moved on to wonder how cottage cheese gets made."
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #WriteSky
"Psst, here's a great idea for your book."
Me:
"I'm busy. I'll write it down later. I'll remember it."
Morgan Freeman:
"But he did not remember it, for his brain soon moved on to wonder how cottage cheese gets made."
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #WriteSky
November 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
My Brain:
"Psst, here's a great idea for your book."
Me:
"I'm busy. I'll write it down later. I'll remember it."
Morgan Freeman:
"But he did not remember it, for his brain soon moved on to wonder how cottage cheese gets made."
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #WriteSky
"Psst, here's a great idea for your book."
Me:
"I'm busy. I'll write it down later. I'll remember it."
Morgan Freeman:
"But he did not remember it, for his brain soon moved on to wonder how cottage cheese gets made."
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #WriteSky
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The story of GARBO, the Spanish double agent who invented 27 fictional spies, all being paid by the Nazis. He was a vital part of Operation Fortitude, convincing Hitler that D-Day was happening elsewhere. He was also a vital part of cracking Enigma and won top honors from both sides!
Juan Pujol García - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The story of GARBO, the Spanish double agent who invented 27 fictional spies, all being paid by the Nazis. He was a vital part of Operation Fortitude, convincing Hitler that D-Day was happening elsewhere. He was also a vital part of cracking Enigma and won top honors from both sides!
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On this day 49 years ago, #SexPistols released their debut single, "Anarchy in the U.K."
Released as 7″ only, and originally in a plain black sleeve, before being reissued in a standard #EMI sleeve after initial copies mis-credited production of the b-side to Chris Thomas instead of Dave Goodman.
Released as 7″ only, and originally in a plain black sleeve, before being reissued in a standard #EMI sleeve after initial copies mis-credited production of the b-side to Chris Thomas instead of Dave Goodman.
November 26, 2025 at 8:24 AM
On this day 49 years ago, #SexPistols released their debut single, "Anarchy in the U.K."
Released as 7″ only, and originally in a plain black sleeve, before being reissued in a standard #EMI sleeve after initial copies mis-credited production of the b-side to Chris Thomas instead of Dave Goodman.
Released as 7″ only, and originally in a plain black sleeve, before being reissued in a standard #EMI sleeve after initial copies mis-credited production of the b-side to Chris Thomas instead of Dave Goodman.
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Thanksgiving week continues with the beauteous Pecan-Plus Pie as #RecipeOfTheDay. The pastry is an easy, mix-up-in-a-bowl, press-in affair: no rolling or stress involved! www.nigella.com/recipes/peca...
Pecan-Plus Pie
This is somewhat of an Anglo-American enterprise. I have taken a pecan pie, and added other nuts, simply because for me, the English festive season means bowls of mixed nuts and the memory of my grand...
www.nigella.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Thanksgiving week continues with the beauteous Pecan-Plus Pie as #RecipeOfTheDay. The pastry is an easy, mix-up-in-a-bowl, press-in affair: no rolling or stress involved! www.nigella.com/recipes/peca...
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The biggest problem in the world isn’t climate change, future pandemics, or democratic collapse.
It’s that far too many of our most brilliant minds are working on *everything but* those problems. 🧵
It’s that far too many of our most brilliant minds are working on *everything but* those problems. 🧵
July 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The biggest problem in the world isn’t climate change, future pandemics, or democratic collapse.
It’s that far too many of our most brilliant minds are working on *everything but* those problems. 🧵
It’s that far too many of our most brilliant minds are working on *everything but* those problems. 🧵
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Happy with this blurb: "A rabid anti-Trump individual" 😎
November 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Happy with this blurb: "A rabid anti-Trump individual" 😎
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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The BBC's has responded in The Guardian that this was a routine editorial decision, but also that it was made on legal advice. Those two explanations don’t fit together. /1
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The BBC's has responded in The Guardian that this was a routine editorial decision, but also that it was made on legal advice. Those two explanations don’t fit together. /1
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‘The chill wind from the White House is already rippling through New Broadcasting House.’
@lewisgoodall.com reacts after the BBC edited out an anti-Trump line from a historian’s lecture.
@lewisgoodall.com reacts after the BBC edited out an anti-Trump line from a historian’s lecture.
November 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
‘The chill wind from the White House is already rippling through New Broadcasting House.’
@lewisgoodall.com reacts after the BBC edited out an anti-Trump line from a historian’s lecture.
@lewisgoodall.com reacts after the BBC edited out an anti-Trump line from a historian’s lecture.
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#Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 17. Tonight, I'll be enjoying 'Sweet Smell Of Success', 1957
Dir. Alexander Mackendrick
Day 17. Tonight, I'll be enjoying 'Sweet Smell Of Success', 1957
Dir. Alexander Mackendrick
November 17, 2025 at 12:31 PM
#Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 17. Tonight, I'll be enjoying 'Sweet Smell Of Success', 1957
Dir. Alexander Mackendrick
Day 17. Tonight, I'll be enjoying 'Sweet Smell Of Success', 1957
Dir. Alexander Mackendrick
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NEW: The BBC’s enemies now know “leak & launch” tactics work, warns BBC board member who quit over the Prescott/bias row.
Pressure on Samir Shah, as Shumeet Banjeri accuses Shah of failing to manage the crisis.
Banjeri gave BBC News his resignation note.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Pressure on Samir Shah, as Shumeet Banjeri accuses Shah of failing to manage the crisis.
Banjeri gave BBC News his resignation note.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC destabilised by ‘leak and launch’ tactics, ex-board member says
Shumeet Banerji, who quit the board on Friday, accused the chair, Samir Shah, of not allowing reasoned discussion before dismissing Tim Davie and Deborah Turness
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:50 PM
NEW: The BBC’s enemies now know “leak & launch” tactics work, warns BBC board member who quit over the Prescott/bias row.
Pressure on Samir Shah, as Shumeet Banjeri accuses Shah of failing to manage the crisis.
Banjeri gave BBC News his resignation note.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Pressure on Samir Shah, as Shumeet Banjeri accuses Shah of failing to manage the crisis.
Banjeri gave BBC News his resignation note.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
Jimmy Cliff, the singer and actor whose mellifluous voice helped to turn reggae into a global phenomenon, has died aged 81.
A message from his wife Latifa Chambers on Instagram reads: “It’s with profound sadness that I share that my husband, Jimmy Cliff, has crossed over due to a seizure followed by pneumonia. I am thankful for his family, friends, fellow artists and coworkers who have shared his journey with him. To all his fans around the world, please know that your support was his strength throughout his whole career … Jimmy, my darling, may you rest in peace. I will follow your wishes.” Her message was also signed by their children, Lilty and Aken. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
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"One of the terrible ironies is that Reform’s leader, Nigel Farage, is now capitalising on the unpopularity of a government whose laudable aims have been frustrated by the economic damage caused by a Brexit behind which he was the prime mover." ~AA
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
‘Reset’ with the EU looks more like ‘upset’ as Brexit damage mounts | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 9:26 AM
"One of the terrible ironies is that Reform’s leader, Nigel Farage, is now capitalising on the unpopularity of a government whose laudable aims have been frustrated by the economic damage caused by a Brexit behind which he was the prime mover." ~AA
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
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'“These three o'clock awakenings when one starts up, imagining that one has a mortal sickness; and indeed this is true. Life is that sickness, and at that cold hour one can realize it'
November 24, 2025 at 8:59 AM
'“These three o'clock awakenings when one starts up, imagining that one has a mortal sickness; and indeed this is true. Life is that sickness, and at that cold hour one can realize it'
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Eyman's bio finds gold everywhere, but one standout for the Hollywood studio system fanatics will be the on-set details. Having written about Warners at length, spent a good amount of time on the lot, I now feel like I’ve sat as a fly on the wall during the filming of Mildred Pierce.
November 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Eyman's bio finds gold everywhere, but one standout for the Hollywood studio system fanatics will be the on-set details. Having written about Warners at length, spent a good amount of time on the lot, I now feel like I’ve sat as a fly on the wall during the filming of Mildred Pierce.
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I wrote a little story about the dangers of letting wasps live rent-free inside your head. Buy me a cup of tea if the spirit moves you, or just read it here for free... ko-fi.com/post/The-Was...
The Wasp King
Joanne Harris and the Storytime Band published a post on Ko-fi
ko-fi.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I wrote a little story about the dangers of letting wasps live rent-free inside your head. Buy me a cup of tea if the spirit moves you, or just read it here for free... ko-fi.com/post/The-Was...
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Alycone,Greek Goddess,threw herself into waves when her lover washed up on shore to join him in death.Reborn as a Kingfisher(some say so was her lover).During 2 weeks in winter,she nests,hatches her young.The 2 weeks where seas remain calm during colder months #FolkloreSunday
November 23, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Alycone,Greek Goddess,threw herself into waves when her lover washed up on shore to join him in death.Reborn as a Kingfisher(some say so was her lover).During 2 weeks in winter,she nests,hatches her young.The 2 weeks where seas remain calm during colder months #FolkloreSunday
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Whenever Johnson(never Boris) is mentioned, commentators should include, “…whose negligent inaction as Prime Minister led to tens of thousands of unnecessary deaths”. The perpetrators of these crimes, yes crimes, knew the news cycle would allow them get away with it. So angry 😡
November 23, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Whenever Johnson(never Boris) is mentioned, commentators should include, “…whose negligent inaction as Prime Minister led to tens of thousands of unnecessary deaths”. The perpetrators of these crimes, yes crimes, knew the news cycle would allow them get away with it. So angry 😡
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"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Talking of Christmas pudding haters, this is what I make for them! www.nigella.com/recipes/choc...
Chocolate Pudding for Christmas Pudding Haters With Hot Chocolate Sauce
Christmas pudding isn’t for everyone and, even though I have faith in my pudding’s ability to convert, there’s no point nagging or, indeed, fighting against real, die-hard antipathies. Besides, I have...
www.nigella.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Talking of Christmas pudding haters, this is what I make for them! www.nigella.com/recipes/choc...
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The Polish prime minister reacts
November 23, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The Polish prime minister reacts
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It's that time of year
November 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
It's that time of year