Jim Cowan
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A system that diminishes the rights of people fleeing persecution isn't just impractical, it's a failure of our common humanity. Vital that once asylum seekers are granted refugee status, they are able to build their lives with certainty about their future & a sense of welcome.
‘Perpetual limbo and alienation’: UK Government’s proposals on asylum policy
Humanists UK has expressed concern at the UK Government’s proposals on asylum policy announced yesterday. Government plans will see the ability of refugees granted asylum to rebuild their lives be ham...
humanists.uk
November 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A system that diminishes the rights of people fleeing persecution isn't just impractical, it's a failure of our common humanity. Vital that once asylum seekers are granted refugee status, they are able to build their lives with certainty about their future & a sense of welcome.
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So much for Starmer's promised reset in relations. He's refused to meet our First Minister to discuss the upcoming budget, and Scotland's priorities.
Voters in Scotland decide our Government... but voters in England decide its budget.
Voters in Scotland decide our Government... but voters in England decide its budget.
November 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
So much for Starmer's promised reset in relations. He's refused to meet our First Minister to discuss the upcoming budget, and Scotland's priorities.
Voters in Scotland decide our Government... but voters in England decide its budget.
Voters in Scotland decide our Government... but voters in England decide its budget.
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Labour MPs have denounced their own party's sweeping asylum overhaul, branding the proposals 'desperate' and 'deeply offensive'
'Bottom of the barrel': Labour MPs blast own party's 'deeply offensive' asylum plans
www.thenational.scot
November 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Labour MPs have denounced their own party's sweeping asylum overhaul, branding the proposals 'desperate' and 'deeply offensive'
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The Home Secretary says "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
November 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The Home Secretary says "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
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One the one hand, this mad xenophobic spiral in UK politics is making me want to sort out my British citizenship out of fear and worry; on the other hand, every day I ask myself if I really want to become citizen of a place so insistent on letting me know that I'm a shitty little no-good foreigner.
November 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM
One the one hand, this mad xenophobic spiral in UK politics is making me want to sort out my British citizenship out of fear and worry; on the other hand, every day I ask myself if I really want to become citizen of a place so insistent on letting me know that I'm a shitty little no-good foreigner.
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Asked about Tommy Robinson supporting her asylum plans Shabana Mahmood replies that "Tommy Robinson doesn't even think I'm actually English, so he will certainly not be supporting anything I've got to say."
But he is supporting what she's got to say. That was the point of the question
But he is supporting what she's got to say. That was the point of the question
November 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Asked about Tommy Robinson supporting her asylum plans Shabana Mahmood replies that "Tommy Robinson doesn't even think I'm actually English, so he will certainly not be supporting anything I've got to say."
But he is supporting what she's got to say. That was the point of the question
But he is supporting what she's got to say. That was the point of the question
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Source: The Guardian
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November 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Source: The Guardian
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One third of the country supported the January 6 2021 attempted take over the government & are the same ones who voted him back in. They are traitors in my book.
November 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM
One third of the country supported the January 6 2021 attempted take over the government & are the same ones who voted him back in. They are traitors in my book.
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And so the great deflection begins…
November 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
And so the great deflection begins…
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BREAKING: Twenty-four survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s crimes have issued an emotional and urgent appeal to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, demanding that Congress vote to release the long-awaited Epstein files. meidasnews.com/news/survivo...
meidasnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
BREAKING: Twenty-four survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s crimes have issued an emotional and urgent appeal to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, demanding that Congress vote to release the long-awaited Epstein files. meidasnews.com/news/survivo...
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HALF of all UK Renewable Energy is Produced in Scotland.
50%.
There are 55 million people in England.
There are only 5.5 million people in Scotland.
8% of the UK Population.
If you STILL don't want Scottish Independence, you're not too good at Critical Thinking.
50%.
There are 55 million people in England.
There are only 5.5 million people in Scotland.
8% of the UK Population.
If you STILL don't want Scottish Independence, you're not too good at Critical Thinking.
Fossil fuel emissions rise again - but renewables boom offers hope for climate
Carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels are forecast to reach a new high in 2025 but could soon peak.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 10:35 AM
HALF of all UK Renewable Energy is Produced in Scotland.
50%.
There are 55 million people in England.
There are only 5.5 million people in Scotland.
8% of the UK Population.
If you STILL don't want Scottish Independence, you're not too good at Critical Thinking.
50%.
There are 55 million people in England.
There are only 5.5 million people in Scotland.
8% of the UK Population.
If you STILL don't want Scottish Independence, you're not too good at Critical Thinking.
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Just a reminder, the coward who refused to accept an election loss in 2020 and then committed crimes trying to overthrow that election will certainly cheat, abuse his powers, and break the law to try to win the 2026 & 2028 elections.
He’s a real threat to democracy. Believe it.
He’s a real threat to democracy. Believe it.
November 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Just a reminder, the coward who refused to accept an election loss in 2020 and then committed crimes trying to overthrow that election will certainly cheat, abuse his powers, and break the law to try to win the 2026 & 2028 elections.
He’s a real threat to democracy. Believe it.
He’s a real threat to democracy. Believe it.
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Reeves and Starmer are now likely to rely on several smaller tax-raising measures after 𝘂-𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 on an outright rise to income tax.
Remind me of Labour's majority?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Remind me of Labour's majority?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Rachel Reeves to abandon plans to raise income tax rates in budget
Labour had laid the ground to break a manifesto pledge on taxes for working people but has now made a U-turn
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Reeves and Starmer are now likely to rely on several smaller tax-raising measures after 𝘂-𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 on an outright rise to income tax.
Remind me of Labour's majority?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Remind me of Labour's majority?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Another political masterstroke by Labour - ditch grants to help people move off gas heating.
“It would leave Britain vulnerable to the whims of fossil fuel despots, put thousands of jobs at risk and blow a hole clean through the UK’s plans for climate action.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
“It would leave Britain vulnerable to the whims of fossil fuel despots, put thousands of jobs at risk and blow a hole clean through the UK’s plans for climate action.”
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 6:24 PM
Another political masterstroke by Labour - ditch grants to help people move off gas heating.
“It would leave Britain vulnerable to the whims of fossil fuel despots, put thousands of jobs at risk and blow a hole clean through the UK’s plans for climate action.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
“It would leave Britain vulnerable to the whims of fossil fuel despots, put thousands of jobs at risk and blow a hole clean through the UK’s plans for climate action.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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America's most notorious child rapist, Jeffrey Epstein, said this man was the worst person he'd ever met. Let that sink in.
November 14, 2025 at 12:36 AM
America's most notorious child rapist, Jeffrey Epstein, said this man was the worst person he'd ever met. Let that sink in.
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His time will come. Sooner than we think.
November 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM
His time will come. Sooner than we think.
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For all the media scaremongering on tax rises, a small reminder of how it was with tax cutting Tories, from just last year ......
November 13, 2025 at 1:36 PM
For all the media scaremongering on tax rises, a small reminder of how it was with tax cutting Tories, from just last year ......
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Historic vote in Isle of Man to end rights of Bishop to vote in Tynwald leaving UK in a strange club of three with Vatican and Iran where senior clerics have votes in Parliament.
November 14, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Historic vote in Isle of Man to end rights of Bishop to vote in Tynwald leaving UK in a strange club of three with Vatican and Iran where senior clerics have votes in Parliament.
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Minus 5c in central Scotland tonight/plus 12c in SE England.
Scots and Scotland's NHS face longer, colder winters and more cold weather based illnesses. This is never referred to as context in BBC & STV news reporting.
Scots and Scotland's NHS face longer, colder winters and more cold weather based illnesses. This is never referred to as context in BBC & STV news reporting.
November 14, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Minus 5c in central Scotland tonight/plus 12c in SE England.
Scots and Scotland's NHS face longer, colder winters and more cold weather based illnesses. This is never referred to as context in BBC & STV news reporting.
Scots and Scotland's NHS face longer, colder winters and more cold weather based illnesses. This is never referred to as context in BBC & STV news reporting.
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Weak, weak, weak. Looking back on electoral failure with the knowledge that you did what was fiscally right & necessary is very different from looking back with the knowledge that you bottled it.
Thanks to months of pitch rolling, the Labour government has now effectively told anyone paying attention that income tax rises are necessary, but they’re not going to do them because they’re politically weak. Let’s see how that plays!
November 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Weak, weak, weak. Looking back on electoral failure with the knowledge that you did what was fiscally right & necessary is very different from looking back with the knowledge that you bottled it.
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In the UK, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's friendship with Epstein has led to total disgrace.
He's been stripped of his titles, reduced to the status of a pariah.
Nobody is defending him.
He's a TOTAL disgrace.
In America, Jeffrey Epstein's close mate, Donald Trump, remains the president.
Insane.
He's been stripped of his titles, reduced to the status of a pariah.
Nobody is defending him.
He's a TOTAL disgrace.
In America, Jeffrey Epstein's close mate, Donald Trump, remains the president.
Insane.
November 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
In the UK, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's friendship with Epstein has led to total disgrace.
He's been stripped of his titles, reduced to the status of a pariah.
Nobody is defending him.
He's a TOTAL disgrace.
In America, Jeffrey Epstein's close mate, Donald Trump, remains the president.
Insane.
He's been stripped of his titles, reduced to the status of a pariah.
Nobody is defending him.
He's a TOTAL disgrace.
In America, Jeffrey Epstein's close mate, Donald Trump, remains the president.
Insane.