Reposted by Rob Walker
Totally lost the plot!
Apologies to all foreigners legally settled in the UK.
This is not who we are or who we want to become.
#NotInMyName
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Apologies to all foreigners legally settled in the UK.
This is not who we are or who we want to become.
#NotInMyName
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage vows to scrap settled status, placing thousands at risk of deportation
Reform UK plans to force non-citizens to apply for visas with high salary thresholds and no access to NHS services
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Totally lost the plot!
Apologies to all foreigners legally settled in the UK.
This is not who we are or who we want to become.
#NotInMyName
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Apologies to all foreigners legally settled in the UK.
This is not who we are or who we want to become.
#NotInMyName
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Trump’s science-denying fanatics are bad enough. Yet even our climate ‘solutions’ are now the stuff of total delusion | George Monbiot
November 21, 2024 at 8:18 AM
Trump’s science-denying fanatics are bad enough. Yet even our climate ‘solutions’ are now the stuff of total delusion | George Monbiot
Reposted by Rob Walker
What gets to me most is that the UK government enabled foreign states to loot our essential infrastructure, milking it for profit and leaving it in ruins. Those states must think we're insane.
The Chinese government would never let us walk in and seize its assets. But we've let it do just that.
The Chinese government would never let us walk in and seize its assets. But we've let it do just that.
How privatisation works (and Thames Water is just the latest example).
1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company.
2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly.
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1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company.
2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly.
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November 19, 2024 at 10:22 AM
What gets to me most is that the UK government enabled foreign states to loot our essential infrastructure, milking it for profit and leaving it in ruins. Those states must think we're insane.
The Chinese government would never let us walk in and seize its assets. But we've let it do just that.
The Chinese government would never let us walk in and seize its assets. But we've let it do just that.