Sean Smith
@paysan-sas.bsky.social
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Net migration fell sharply agaim to 204,000 in the year to June 2025, having been 344k in 2024 and 848k in 2023. But falling immigration has been the biggest secret - and it is time for the media and political debate to catch up with this change
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UK net migration fell to 204,000 in year to June - live updates
Net migration, the difference between those entering and leaving the country, was 345,000 in 2024 according to revised figures.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Net migration fell sharply agaim to 204,000 in the year to June 2025, having been 344k in 2024 and 848k in 2023. But falling immigration has been the biggest secret - and it is time for the media and political debate to catch up with this change
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
This is going to be really good, give your ears a treat!
New from the "longest-running" & "best-mediocre" #Canucks #podcast, @aforsyth03.bsky.social & @lyteforce.ca just published their latest episode, "Not The Only Show In Town." Have a listen:
Not The Only Show In Town
Anna & Chris share some big podcast news, announcing that the Vancouver...
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November 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
This is going to be really good, give your ears a treat!
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Start asking all of them..
Matt Cooper appeared to be taken aback on his Today FM show yesterday evening when Fianna Fáil TD Niall Collins revealed that he too received media training from Ivan Yates.
Cooper asked the question after Collins made a rather punchy remark on The Last Word.
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Cooper asked the question after Collins made a rather punchy remark on The Last Word.
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Matt Cooper learns on-air that TD Niall Collins also received media training from Ivan Yates
Cooper asked if Collins was coached by Yates after a rather punchy line he delivered live on-air.
jrnl.ie
November 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Start asking all of them..
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‘There is not a shred of rationality in destroying our planet, in continuing with an economic system that exhausts us, in going along with a political system that fails us every day. We have the minds to be rational. We can decide to end the war against ourselves.’
#photography #nature #resist
#photography #nature #resist
November 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
‘There is not a shred of rationality in destroying our planet, in continuing with an economic system that exhausts us, in going along with a political system that fails us every day. We have the minds to be rational. We can decide to end the war against ourselves.’
#photography #nature #resist
#photography #nature #resist
🚨 The EU is trying to quietly weaken nature laws during summer break. We have 10 days to stop this.
Don't let them destroy our forests, rivers & wildlife in silence. #HandsOffNature birdwatchireland.ie/our-work/adv...
Don't let them destroy our forests, rivers & wildlife in silence. #HandsOffNature birdwatchireland.ie/our-work/adv...
Hands Off Nature - BirdWatch Ireland
Tell politicians how important nature is to you and stop the EU from tearing up the laws that protect birds and nature.
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September 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
🚨 The EU is trying to quietly weaken nature laws during summer break. We have 10 days to stop this.
Don't let them destroy our forests, rivers & wildlife in silence. #HandsOffNature birdwatchireland.ie/our-work/adv...
Don't let them destroy our forests, rivers & wildlife in silence. #HandsOffNature birdwatchireland.ie/our-work/adv...
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Sports media companies do need to understand that if they are launching a new cricket product (in this case, a podcast), it doesn't have to involve Michael Vaughan every single time.
June 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Sports media companies do need to understand that if they are launching a new cricket product (in this case, a podcast), it doesn't have to involve Michael Vaughan every single time.
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A not-insignificant portion of the younger Trump movement just sounds like this now because this are precisely the kinds of ideas, views, talking points, etc., that the online right has been incubating for the past 9+ years. It's just been normalized.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This Pentagon press secretary has a long history of bigoted and xenophobic posts
“Be unapologetically right-wing. It will pay off.”
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March 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM
A not-insignificant portion of the younger Trump movement just sounds like this now because this are precisely the kinds of ideas, views, talking points, etc., that the online right has been incubating for the past 9+ years. It's just been normalized.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
January 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
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Can someone tell Galway, Cork, Limerick, Dublin etc etc
Unsurprisingly to folk who follow pedestrianisation:
A review of the data has shown that pedestrianisation of Shrewsbury Town Centre has increased footfall, increased the value of purchases made, and increased the profitability of businesses in pedestrian areas.
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A review of the data has shown that pedestrianisation of Shrewsbury Town Centre has increased footfall, increased the value of purchases made, and increased the profitability of businesses in pedestrian areas.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Pedestrian purchases in Shrewsbury drive up sales'
Keeping cars out of Shrewsbury town centre pushes up sales, research shows.
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November 27, 2024 at 10:42 AM
Can someone tell Galway, Cork, Limerick, Dublin etc etc
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Great to see 'The Magic of an Irish Rainforest' in a bookshop window in the lovely Clifden, Galway.
If you care about our unique, precious 🌍, consider giving one or more copies as Christmas presents!
If you care about our unique, precious 🌍, consider giving one or more copies as Christmas presents!
November 18, 2024 at 12:44 PM
Great to see 'The Magic of an Irish Rainforest' in a bookshop window in the lovely Clifden, Galway.
If you care about our unique, precious 🌍, consider giving one or more copies as Christmas presents!
If you care about our unique, precious 🌍, consider giving one or more copies as Christmas presents!
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The magic of an Irish rainforest.
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November 14, 2024 at 6:02 AM
The magic of an Irish rainforest.
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On point, as usual, Marina Hyde:
"it will never not blow my mind .... the fact that at least 26 women – TWENTY SIX – have accused one candidate of sexual assault just has not even remotely dominated the news cycle. ... It is just – what? – accepted? Expected? Priced in? Boring?"
"it will never not blow my mind .... the fact that at least 26 women – TWENTY SIX – have accused one candidate of sexual assault just has not even remotely dominated the news cycle. ... It is just – what? – accepted? Expected? Priced in? Boring?"
October 30, 2024 at 7:00 AM
On point, as usual, Marina Hyde:
"it will never not blow my mind .... the fact that at least 26 women – TWENTY SIX – have accused one candidate of sexual assault just has not even remotely dominated the news cycle. ... It is just – what? – accepted? Expected? Priced in? Boring?"
"it will never not blow my mind .... the fact that at least 26 women – TWENTY SIX – have accused one candidate of sexual assault just has not even remotely dominated the news cycle. ... It is just – what? – accepted? Expected? Priced in? Boring?"
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A frequent sight right now: ivy-covered branches on the woodland floor, blown down by winter storms.
This is a natural process, which greatly enriches the rainforest habitat and soils.
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This is a natural process, which greatly enriches the rainforest habitat and soils.
🌎
January 2, 2024 at 6:22 AM
A frequent sight right now: ivy-covered branches on the woodland floor, blown down by winter storms.
This is a natural process, which greatly enriches the rainforest habitat and soils.
🌎
This is a natural process, which greatly enriches the rainforest habitat and soils.
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