Dr Richard Gomer
@richardgomer.bsky.social
Lecturer in CS at UoSouthampton. HCI, interaction design, values, Civic AI. Lib Dem. 🏳️🌈
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This idea that the UK is "excessively generous" is a flat out lie. Countries such as France have far higher support for this seeking asylum for example. It's a myth used to try and defend the indefensible. Britain has never been welcoming, it has only got more hostile
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Britain Has Never Been Welcoming to Refugees | Novara Media
From Russia's war with Ukraine to the second world war, the nostalgic myth of Britain being welcoming to refugees is exactly that; a myth. Daniel Sohege explains.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:33 AM
This idea that the UK is "excessively generous" is a flat out lie. Countries such as France have far higher support for this seeking asylum for example. It's a myth used to try and defend the indefensible. Britain has never been welcoming, it has only got more hostile
novaramedia.com/2022/03/18/b...
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Reposted by Dr Richard Gomer
And as Rich says very eloquently, HMT may see this as a way to reduce bills in the short term, but it is a false economy.
Fewer heat pumps = importing more gas for longer = bad on many levels
Fewer upgrades for fuel poor homes = more fuel poverty
Fewer heat pumps = importing more gas for longer = bad on many levels
Fewer upgrades for fuel poor homes = more fuel poverty
The cost of living crisis was caused in large part by gas prices.
Heat pump policy supports a solution which which gets the country off gas AND reduces emissions.
I seriously hope this is some crossed wires, if not we really are in trouble.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Heat pump policy supports a solution which which gets the country off gas AND reduces emissions.
I seriously hope this is some crossed wires, if not we really are in trouble.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Hundreds of thousands to lose heat pump subsidies in Reeves’s budget plan
Exclusive: Supporters say grants largely going to middle-class households, but experts warn move will slow transition from gas boilers
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:19 PM
And as Rich says very eloquently, HMT may see this as a way to reduce bills in the short term, but it is a false economy.
Fewer heat pumps = importing more gas for longer = bad on many levels
Fewer upgrades for fuel poor homes = more fuel poverty
Fewer heat pumps = importing more gas for longer = bad on many levels
Fewer upgrades for fuel poor homes = more fuel poverty
Then they ought to have picked a different name for lions 😤
November 10, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Then they ought to have picked a different name for lions 😤