@thestubbseffect.bsky.social
Tricky Tree up north. Music, footy, books, film, theatre, faith and all things Italian.
Refugees shouldn't have to wait 20 years to know if they are safe. New rules are leaving families separated and lives in limbo.
Join the campaign calling on Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to scrap the 20-year wait. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...
Join the campaign calling on Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to scrap the 20-year wait. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...
Don’t leave refugees in limbo: Scrap the 20-year wait
Imagine living in limbo for 20 years, not knowing if you’ll be allowed to stay in the only home your children have ever known.
That is the reality facing refugees under new government proposals. A gr...
you.38degrees.org.uk
December 16, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Refugees shouldn't have to wait 20 years to know if they are safe. New rules are leaving families separated and lives in limbo.
Join the campaign calling on Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to scrap the 20-year wait. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...
Join the campaign calling on Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to scrap the 20-year wait. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...
@simoncalder.bsky.social
I want to fly to Sardinia in August. Is it generally true that the cheap airlines sell seats more cheaply the further ahead you book? I think I recall reading that this isn't strictly true and that prices may go up and down over the months before the preferred dates.
I want to fly to Sardinia in August. Is it generally true that the cheap airlines sell seats more cheaply the further ahead you book? I think I recall reading that this isn't strictly true and that prices may go up and down over the months before the preferred dates.
December 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM
@simoncalder.bsky.social
I want to fly to Sardinia in August. Is it generally true that the cheap airlines sell seats more cheaply the further ahead you book? I think I recall reading that this isn't strictly true and that prices may go up and down over the months before the preferred dates.
I want to fly to Sardinia in August. Is it generally true that the cheap airlines sell seats more cheaply the further ahead you book? I think I recall reading that this isn't strictly true and that prices may go up and down over the months before the preferred dates.
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"Labour must fix the asylum system - but I have two very real concerns with Mahmood's plans"
My op-ed in LBC on the Government's asylum plan
t.co/06PtJfT4NJ
My op-ed in LBC on the Government's asylum plan
t.co/06PtJfT4NJ
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/labour-fix-asylum-system-real-concerns-opinion-5HjdN4X_2
t.co
November 19, 2025 at 11:54 AM
"Labour must fix the asylum system - but I have two very real concerns with Mahmood's plans"
My op-ed in LBC on the Government's asylum plan
t.co/06PtJfT4NJ
My op-ed in LBC on the Government's asylum plan
t.co/06PtJfT4NJ
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Almost nobody in the Cons Party or beyond it had noticed that the Shadow Home Secretary with two other frontbenchers and 5 backbenchers tabled a bill in May to deport 3 million people - stripping almost every pensioner, parent or nurse who did not take out citizenship of their right to live here
October 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Almost nobody in the Cons Party or beyond it had noticed that the Shadow Home Secretary with two other frontbenchers and 5 backbenchers tabled a bill in May to deport 3 million people - stripping almost every pensioner, parent or nurse who did not take out citizenship of their right to live here
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From yesterday: Home Office amends modern slavery guidance to facilitate returns to France following High Court decision | Sonia Lenegan
Home Office amends modern slavery guidance to facilitate returns to France following High Court decision - Free Movement
The modern slavery statutory guidance has been amended yesterday, following a grant of interim relief temporarily halting one man's removal to France this week.
freemovement.org.uk
September 19, 2025 at 9:34 AM
From yesterday: Home Office amends modern slavery guidance to facilitate returns to France following High Court decision | Sonia Lenegan
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£9.95 a week, that’s how much people in hotels are paid in lieu of working rights.
Pathetic posturing.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Pathetic posturing.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
August 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
£9.95 a week, that’s how much people in hotels are paid in lieu of working rights.
Pathetic posturing.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Pathetic posturing.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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LIFF returns from 30 Oct to 16 Nov 2025! 🎬
Join the 39th edition of Leeds International Film Festival for an epic film selection over 18 days, at venues including Hyde Park Picture House, Vue in The Light, Everyman Cinema, Howard Assembly Room and Cottage Road Cinema. 🎉
leedsfilm.com
Join the 39th edition of Leeds International Film Festival for an epic film selection over 18 days, at venues including Hyde Park Picture House, Vue in The Light, Everyman Cinema, Howard Assembly Room and Cottage Road Cinema. 🎉
leedsfilm.com
Leeds Film
Welcome to Leeds Film
leedsfilm.com
August 14, 2025 at 9:44 AM
LIFF returns from 30 Oct to 16 Nov 2025! 🎬
Join the 39th edition of Leeds International Film Festival for an epic film selection over 18 days, at venues including Hyde Park Picture House, Vue in The Light, Everyman Cinema, Howard Assembly Room and Cottage Road Cinema. 🎉
leedsfilm.com
Join the 39th edition of Leeds International Film Festival for an epic film selection over 18 days, at venues including Hyde Park Picture House, Vue in The Light, Everyman Cinema, Howard Assembly Room and Cottage Road Cinema. 🎉
leedsfilm.com
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Whenever you hear ‘Undocumented illegal men’ always know there’s an extremist agenda at play:
- 40% of asylum applicants are women & children
-100% of asylum applicants undergo biometric screening & checked on international databases
-100% of asylum applicants are lawful
- 40% of asylum applicants are women & children
-100% of asylum applicants undergo biometric screening & checked on international databases
-100% of asylum applicants are lawful
August 2, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Whenever you hear ‘Undocumented illegal men’ always know there’s an extremist agenda at play:
- 40% of asylum applicants are women & children
-100% of asylum applicants undergo biometric screening & checked on international databases
-100% of asylum applicants are lawful
- 40% of asylum applicants are women & children
-100% of asylum applicants undergo biometric screening & checked on international databases
-100% of asylum applicants are lawful
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How Britain privatised itself into failure
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/the...
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/the...
How Britain privatised itself into failure
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble. In Failed State, Sam Freedman explains what went wrong
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
July 27, 2025 at 6:50 AM
How Britain privatised itself into failure
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/the...
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/the...
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These two charts expose Nigel Farage’s immigration myths 👇🏻
These two charts expose Nigel Farage’s immigration myths
The migration debate is based on blatant, provable falsehoods.
writesbright.substack.com
June 26, 2025 at 7:43 AM
These two charts expose Nigel Farage’s immigration myths 👇🏻
Utterly typical of the Israeli government to launch a large scale attack on Iran and then warn that Iran should not respond or else Israel will attack more heavily. No country in the world would take that and not defend itself.
June 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Utterly typical of the Israeli government to launch a large scale attack on Iran and then warn that Iran should not respond or else Israel will attack more heavily. No country in the world would take that and not defend itself.
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I undersign this letter too. It feels like throwing salt in a gale, but salt has power. Even ex-PM Olmert has now declared that war-crimes are being committed. Basta. Basta.
medium.com/@horatioclar...
medium.com/@horatioclar...
May 28, 2025 at 7:54 AM
I undersign this letter too. It feels like throwing salt in a gale, but salt has power. Even ex-PM Olmert has now declared that war-crimes are being committed. Basta. Basta.
medium.com/@horatioclar...
medium.com/@horatioclar...
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Only when politicians find the courage to admit that you can't stop this phenomenon will it be possible to start dealing with it in a responsible, serious and humane manner.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer is preparing tougher measures on immigration to stem a record flow of arrivals across the English Channel and stave off the threat posed by Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party after it made sweeping gains in this week’s local elections.
Starmer Plots Harder Line on Migration to Counter Farage Threat
Prime Minister Keir Starmer is preparing tougher measures on immigration to stem a record flow of arrivals across the English Channel and stave off the threat posed by Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party after it made sweeping gains in this week’s local elections.
bloom.bg
May 3, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Only when politicians find the courage to admit that you can't stop this phenomenon will it be possible to start dealing with it in a responsible, serious and humane manner.
And mine!
May 3, 2025 at 11:04 AM
And mine!
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A destra l'umiltà e il rispetto di uomo di Stato, Sergio Mattarella 🇮🇹
A sinistra un influencer?
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A sinistra un influencer?
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April 27, 2025 at 7:01 AM
A destra l'umiltà e il rispetto di uomo di Stato, Sergio Mattarella 🇮🇹
A sinistra un influencer?
[zoom]
A sinistra un influencer?
[zoom]
#nffc got exactly what they deserved this afternoon - nothing. Poor performance, too many mistakes, particularly at the back, misplaced passes in the final third, and virtually nothing to trouble Pickford. Not what you want to see in a home game at this point in the season.
April 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
#nffc got exactly what they deserved this afternoon - nothing. Poor performance, too many mistakes, particularly at the back, misplaced passes in the final third, and virtually nothing to trouble Pickford. Not what you want to see in a home game at this point in the season.
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Talented, driven, skilled: imagine what we could do if we weren't banned from working.
The Lift The Ban coalition visited Parliament to make it clear: people seeking asylum are ready to work.
Share our message now to tell the Government it's time to #LiftTheBan
The Lift The Ban coalition visited Parliament to make it clear: people seeking asylum are ready to work.
Share our message now to tell the Government it's time to #LiftTheBan
March 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Talented, driven, skilled: imagine what we could do if we weren't banned from working.
The Lift The Ban coalition visited Parliament to make it clear: people seeking asylum are ready to work.
Share our message now to tell the Government it's time to #LiftTheBan
The Lift The Ban coalition visited Parliament to make it clear: people seeking asylum are ready to work.
Share our message now to tell the Government it's time to #LiftTheBan
Can't recommend Carmen Consoli highly enough. Intelligent and well-crafted songs. Picked this up for €3 last weekend in a flea market in Bologna. 22 years old and still marvellous.
January 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Can't recommend Carmen Consoli highly enough. Intelligent and well-crafted songs. Picked this up for €3 last weekend in a flea market in Bologna. 22 years old and still marvellous.
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This is grim - but sadly not a one-off. After whipping up a fury re: Oldham grooming inquiry, I'm aware that staff at Oldham Council are also being harrassed - not just online & by email, but in person too.
Musk & his ilk are a dangerous cancer on humanity.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Musk & his ilk are a dangerous cancer on humanity.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Elon Musk: Welsh Refugee Council staff 'harassed' after X post
Staff at the charity say some colleagues have had death threats after Musk shared the post on X.
www.bbc.com
January 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
This is grim - but sadly not a one-off. After whipping up a fury re: Oldham grooming inquiry, I'm aware that staff at Oldham Council are also being harrassed - not just online & by email, but in person too.
Musk & his ilk are a dangerous cancer on humanity.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Musk & his ilk are a dangerous cancer on humanity.
www.bbc.com/news/article...