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Tom Rank
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Reflections on literature, education - and other ramblings. Was @literaryconnect in the other place 😀
http://www.literaryconnections.co.uk/
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Shabana Mahmood here, handing out some golden tickets
November 16, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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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
November 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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If you want more significant numbers of asylum seekers to work and find their own housing, rather than rely on statutory asylum provision, then you presumably need to…allow them to work? What am I missing
November 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Today’s shift is in honour of this shameful git who is mad at me for doing laundry
November 16, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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And it still won’t stop people trying to come here. Because they have literally nothing to lose.
Their lives are already in limbo.
I don’t remember seeing it in their manifesto - how many would have voted for this?
November 16, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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Above all it’s offensive that we should deliberately try to reduce the number of *successful* asylum claims. We are still a wealthy country. We welcome a (shamefully) tiny share of the world‘s refugees. It should be an honour & pleasure to welcome people who need sanctuary. Shame on Labour. /end
November 15, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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Just from a basic political economy perspective, there is no route to a different state that doesn't involve macro-economic policies that means that middle-class white collar households earn more, social policies that mean they get more, and tax policies that mean they pay more.
November 15, 2025 at 11:47 AM