Pilar redalphababe #fbpe 🇪🇸🇬🇧🇺🇦🇪🇺
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#fbpe. 30 years running a small UK biz. Escaped to Europe recently. Rejoin SM, CU and EU for a healthy future for our children and grandchildren. Truth matters. If you are unnecessarily rude about #FBPE I will just block.
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Who knows it might be YOUR children or grandchildren who one day find themselves at the mercy of the generosity or otherwise of another country to give them help. Our guiding principle should be to treat others as we would want our own to be treated.
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Some of the people in this article have shared their recollections with me before - but on condition of anonymity. Coming forward now is an act of patriotism. Farage’s claim that it never happened is the opposite.
(Note also the line about pronouncing his name.)
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
(Note also the line about pronouncing his name.)
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Some of the people in this article have shared their recollections with me before - but on condition of anonymity. Coming forward now is an act of patriotism. Farage’s claim that it never happened is the opposite.
(Note also the line about pronouncing his name.)
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
(Note also the line about pronouncing his name.)
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
This project is a disaster. If these politicians can’t work together within their own grouping then how can they do what will be required to see off the far right which is to work with other progressive parties. Now more than ever progressives need to cooperate!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
MP quits Corbyn's new left-wing party amid infighting
Independent MP Adnan Hussain claims there is a "toxic" culture in Your Party as he announces he is leaving it.
www.bbc.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This project is a disaster. If these politicians can’t work together within their own grouping then how can they do what will be required to see off the far right which is to work with other progressive parties. Now more than ever progressives need to cooperate!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Yes. As so often it's an exercise in choosing your flavour of ghastliness. Only one thing would make things better, imo. Someone kills FPTP and moves the country to PR. Then everyone can choose the politics that express them, rather than be shoehorned into broad - crumbling - churches.
November 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Yes. As so often it's an exercise in choosing your flavour of ghastliness. Only one thing would make things better, imo. Someone kills FPTP and moves the country to PR. Then everyone can choose the politics that express them, rather than be shoehorned into broad - crumbling - churches.
November 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Yes. As so often it's an exercise in choosing your flavour of ghastliness. Only one thing would make things better, imo. Someone kills FPTP and moves the country to PR. Then everyone can choose the politics that express them, rather than be shoehorned into broad - crumbling - churches.
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Sultana might be a better fit with Polanski's new-vibe Greens than this group, tbh. The YP project is so dead now it has little chance of meaningful impact other than splitting the left vote.
I also sense we might see the first Labour-to-Greens MP defection over these disgusting asylum proposals.
I also sense we might see the first Labour-to-Greens MP defection over these disgusting asylum proposals.
What on earth is going on here? It looks like he fell out with Sultana and then fell out with Corbyn a few hours later?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
MP quits Corbyn's new left-wing party amid infighting
Independent MP Adnan Hussain claims there is a
www.bbc.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Sultana might be a better fit with Polanski's new-vibe Greens than this group, tbh. The YP project is so dead now it has little chance of meaningful impact other than splitting the left vote.
I also sense we might see the first Labour-to-Greens MP defection over these disgusting asylum proposals.
I also sense we might see the first Labour-to-Greens MP defection over these disgusting asylum proposals.
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🚨'The worst environmental setback in Brazil's history.'
Just a week after COP30 ends, it looks almost certain that Brazil's agribusiness dominated Congress will strip almost all oversight of damaging projects.
My report from Brasília.
www.politico.eu/article/braz...
Just a week after COP30 ends, it looks almost certain that Brazil's agribusiness dominated Congress will strip almost all oversight of damaging projects.
My report from Brasília.
www.politico.eu/article/braz...
Brazilian lawmakers seek to decimate green laws one week after hosting climate summit
Changes would damage President Lula’s efforts to cast Brazil as an environmental leader.
www.politico.eu
November 17, 2025 at 10:14 AM
🚨'The worst environmental setback in Brazil's history.'
Just a week after COP30 ends, it looks almost certain that Brazil's agribusiness dominated Congress will strip almost all oversight of damaging projects.
My report from Brasília.
www.politico.eu/article/braz...
Just a week after COP30 ends, it looks almost certain that Brazil's agribusiness dominated Congress will strip almost all oversight of damaging projects.
My report from Brasília.
www.politico.eu/article/braz...
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Gosh, this is bad www.reuters.com/world/explos...
Polish PM says railway track blast was 'unprecedented act of sabotage'
An explosion that damaged a Polish railway track on a route to Ukraine was an "unprecedented act of sabotage", Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Monday, and he vowed to catch those responsible for an incident he said could have ended in tragedy.
www.reuters.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Gosh, this is bad www.reuters.com/world/explos...
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Shabana Mahmood on the BBC this morning talking about desperate people fleeing war and persecution as being given a "golden ticket" and "handouts" and saying she's got a "moral mission" to take them away from them
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Shabana Mahmood and the Politics of Extortion
Labour's strategy of telling its supporters to back Reform-style policies, or get a Reform Government, is the politics of the protection racket and it is not going to work
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Shabana Mahmood on the BBC this morning talking about desperate people fleeing war and persecution as being given a "golden ticket" and "handouts" and saying she's got a "moral mission" to take them away from them
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
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November 16, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Per the article, he has been in the US since 1952, when he arrived legally with his family. He was five. He seems to have never gotten his citizenship papers in order, but attended his immigration meetings regularly.
He was taken into custody last month and taken to Alligator Alcatraz.
Fuck ICE.
He was taken into custody last month and taken to Alligator Alcatraz.
Fuck ICE.
November 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Per the article, he has been in the US since 1952, when he arrived legally with his family. He was five. He seems to have never gotten his citizenship papers in order, but attended his immigration meetings regularly.
He was taken into custody last month and taken to Alligator Alcatraz.
Fuck ICE.
He was taken into custody last month and taken to Alligator Alcatraz.
Fuck ICE.
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Sanford, Florida grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in the United States. Now being held in Alligator Alcatraz.
Source: Orlando Sentinel
archive.ph/2025.11.16-1...
Source: Orlando Sentinel
archive.ph/2025.11.16-1...
November 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Sanford, Florida grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in the United States. Now being held in Alligator Alcatraz.
Source: Orlando Sentinel
archive.ph/2025.11.16-1...
Source: Orlando Sentinel
archive.ph/2025.11.16-1...
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Ukrainian opera singers perform heartwarming national anthem in Lviv
YouTube video by The Independent
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November 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Chris says it all perfectly 👏🏻
Everything about the current 'debate' around this is dismal, not just morally but because it is so stupid. For example:
It conflates asylum-seeking and illegal immigration (and sometimes with migration generally)
It shows no understanding of why there is AS
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... 1/3
It conflates asylum-seeking and illegal immigration (and sometimes with migration generally)
It shows no understanding of why there is AS
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... 1/3
Asylum system in UK ‘out of control’ and dividing country, home secretary says
Shabana Mahmood to unveil new proposals modelled on Denmark’s controversial system
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Chris says it all perfectly 👏🏻
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And ofc, like almost everything Labour do at the moment, it's politically stupid: immediately & predictably denounced as 'not going far enough' by Tories and Reform, highly unlikely to gain Labour votes from those parties, and highly likely to lose them votes to other parties. 3/3
November 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
And ofc, like almost everything Labour do at the moment, it's politically stupid: immediately & predictably denounced as 'not going far enough' by Tories and Reform, highly unlikely to gain Labour votes from those parties, and highly likely to lose them votes to other parties. 3/3
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It bemoans lack of integration whilst making integration far less likely.
It wants ASs to contribute, whilst forbidding most of them from doing so
It asserts that 'the rules' are too lenient whilst claiming that the problem is that people aren't 'playing by the rules'. 2/3
It wants ASs to contribute, whilst forbidding most of them from doing so
It asserts that 'the rules' are too lenient whilst claiming that the problem is that people aren't 'playing by the rules'. 2/3
November 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
It bemoans lack of integration whilst making integration far less likely.
It wants ASs to contribute, whilst forbidding most of them from doing so
It asserts that 'the rules' are too lenient whilst claiming that the problem is that people aren't 'playing by the rules'. 2/3
It wants ASs to contribute, whilst forbidding most of them from doing so
It asserts that 'the rules' are too lenient whilst claiming that the problem is that people aren't 'playing by the rules'. 2/3
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Everything about the current 'debate' around this is dismal, not just morally but because it is so stupid. For example:
It conflates asylum-seeking and illegal immigration (and sometimes with migration generally)
It shows no understanding of why there is AS
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... 1/3
It conflates asylum-seeking and illegal immigration (and sometimes with migration generally)
It shows no understanding of why there is AS
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... 1/3
Asylum system in UK ‘out of control’ and dividing country, home secretary says
Shabana Mahmood to unveil new proposals modelled on Denmark’s controversial system
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Everything about the current 'debate' around this is dismal, not just morally but because it is so stupid. For example:
It conflates asylum-seeking and illegal immigration (and sometimes with migration generally)
It shows no understanding of why there is AS
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... 1/3
It conflates asylum-seeking and illegal immigration (and sometimes with migration generally)
It shows no understanding of why there is AS
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... 1/3
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THIS is what true leaders sound like.
They don't brag about how great they are or speak nonsense about sharks, batteries, & magnets. They work for ALL the people & the ENTIRE country, focusing on prosperity.
Mostly, they don't attack, maim & kill their own citizens.
youtu.be/yAFV5Jip5Ss?...
They don't brag about how great they are or speak nonsense about sharks, batteries, & magnets. They work for ALL the people & the ENTIRE country, focusing on prosperity.
Mostly, they don't attack, maim & kill their own citizens.
youtu.be/yAFV5Jip5Ss?...
Canada Capitalises BIG On America's Loss: Carney Unveils New Talent Strategy To Draw H1B Researchers
YouTube video by Mint
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
THIS is what true leaders sound like.
They don't brag about how great they are or speak nonsense about sharks, batteries, & magnets. They work for ALL the people & the ENTIRE country, focusing on prosperity.
Mostly, they don't attack, maim & kill their own citizens.
youtu.be/yAFV5Jip5Ss?...
They don't brag about how great they are or speak nonsense about sharks, batteries, & magnets. They work for ALL the people & the ENTIRE country, focusing on prosperity.
Mostly, they don't attack, maim & kill their own citizens.
youtu.be/yAFV5Jip5Ss?...
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This is flat out bollocks by the Home Secretary. Nobody is seeking asylum in UK for the joy of being crammed into an overcrowded and squalid hotel and forced to eat inedible food, which is the case for many hotels. The UK is not "generous" and it's not a prime destination for people seeking asylum.
November 16, 2025 at 9:50 AM
This is flat out bollocks by the Home Secretary. Nobody is seeking asylum in UK for the joy of being crammed into an overcrowded and squalid hotel and forced to eat inedible food, which is the case for many hotels. The UK is not "generous" and it's not a prime destination for people seeking asylum.
Imagine you find a place to make a new life for yourself after a traumatic event. You form a family, find work, make friends, learn a new way to live. Then 20 years later a government minister decides you haven’t ‘tried hard enough’ so sends you back to the place of your trauma. 1/3
November 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Imagine you find a place to make a new life for yourself after a traumatic event. You form a family, find work, make friends, learn a new way to live. Then 20 years later a government minister decides you haven’t ‘tried hard enough’ so sends you back to the place of your trauma. 1/3
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Deep breath, once more for those at the back, seeking asylum is not illegal. No matter route used, which considering Labour has closed pretty much all the last remaining alternatives means irregular ones.
Anti-immigration sentiments are stoked by politicians like Mahmood, not people seeking safety.
Anti-immigration sentiments are stoked by politicians like Mahmood, not people seeking safety.
November 16, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Deep breath, once more for those at the back, seeking asylum is not illegal. No matter route used, which considering Labour has closed pretty much all the last remaining alternatives means irregular ones.
Anti-immigration sentiments are stoked by politicians like Mahmood, not people seeking safety.
Anti-immigration sentiments are stoked by politicians like Mahmood, not people seeking safety.
So actually project fear did become a reality
The report actually says that the damage has been far worse than the forecasts predicted. They said the forecasts were accurate for the first 5 years. But after that, things have just got worse.
November 16, 2025 at 9:03 AM
So actually project fear did become a reality
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The report actually says that the damage has been far worse than the forecasts predicted. They said the forecasts were accurate for the first 5 years. But after that, things have just got worse.
November 15, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The report actually says that the damage has been far worse than the forecasts predicted. They said the forecasts were accurate for the first 5 years. But after that, things have just got worse.
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Here's the latest data on what Brexit has done to the UK economy ...
GDP down 6% – 8%
INVESTMENT down 12% – 18%
PRODUCTIVITY down 3% – 4%
GDP down 6% – 8%
INVESTMENT down 12% – 18%
PRODUCTIVITY down 3% – 4%
November 15, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Here's the latest data on what Brexit has done to the UK economy ...
GDP down 6% – 8%
INVESTMENT down 12% – 18%
PRODUCTIVITY down 3% – 4%
GDP down 6% – 8%
INVESTMENT down 12% – 18%
PRODUCTIVITY down 3% – 4%