Curious Robin
@curiousrobin.bsky.social
Pluralist. No borders.
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Immigration salience has less to do with aggregate Immigration numbers than
- visibility of boats & asylum > visas
- general vibes about integration
- elite cues from media & political discourse in shaping public perceptions
This is more true when immigration is falling then when it is rising
- visibility of boats & asylum > visas
- general vibes about integration
- elite cues from media & political discourse in shaping public perceptions
This is more true when immigration is falling then when it is rising
December 21, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Immigration salience has less to do with aggregate Immigration numbers than
- visibility of boats & asylum > visas
- general vibes about integration
- elite cues from media & political discourse in shaping public perceptions
This is more true when immigration is falling then when it is rising
- visibility of boats & asylum > visas
- general vibes about integration
- elite cues from media & political discourse in shaping public perceptions
This is more true when immigration is falling then when it is rising
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UK happiness suffered a lot in the pandemic and its aftermath, but it's still higher than during the early 2010s. Declinism is the same nonsense it was in the early 60s and mid 70s.
December 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
UK happiness suffered a lot in the pandemic and its aftermath, but it's still higher than during the early 2010s. Declinism is the same nonsense it was in the early 60s and mid 70s.
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Glasgow to host the Commonwealth Games in 2026. But despite putting public money into it, people in Scotland won't be able to watch it
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC replaced by TNT Sports as Commonwealth Games live broadcaster
The subscription channel takes over from the BBC which had been the principal partner since 1954 and provided free-to-air coverage.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 20, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Glasgow to host the Commonwealth Games in 2026. But despite putting public money into it, people in Scotland won't be able to watch it
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A nice little story about a council doing something more efficiently
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Good morning!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Good morning!
Drones finding fly-tipped waste 'in minutes' - BBC News
Maidstone Borough Council says drones can detect burning waste "almost instantly".
www.bbc.co.uk
December 20, 2025 at 9:46 AM
A nice little story about a council doing something more efficiently
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Good morning!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Good morning!
Wreaks of "I don't want to have to hit you"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Which, in turn, wreaks of "I'll capitulate while it's the best offer"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Which, in turn, wreaks of "I'll capitulate while it's the best offer"
Putin vows no more wars if West treats Russia with respect
Russia's leader said during a four-hour TV marathon that claims that an attack on Europe was planned were
www.bbc.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Wreaks of "I don't want to have to hit you"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Which, in turn, wreaks of "I'll capitulate while it's the best offer"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Which, in turn, wreaks of "I'll capitulate while it's the best offer"
This is why planning laws are being changed
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It's too easy for conservatives (lower case c (but usually also upper case C)) to declare "rare newts" or whatever to prevent anyone changing the status quo
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It's too easy for conservatives (lower case c (but usually also upper case C)) to declare "rare newts" or whatever to prevent anyone changing the status quo
Decision on data centre plans delayed due to flood concerns - BBC News
ARK Data Centres say the postponement of the council's decision is "shocking".
www.bbc.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This is why planning laws are being changed
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It's too easy for conservatives (lower case c (but usually also upper case C)) to declare "rare newts" or whatever to prevent anyone changing the status quo
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It's too easy for conservatives (lower case c (but usually also upper case C)) to declare "rare newts" or whatever to prevent anyone changing the status quo
It's almost as if he was the country's preëminent barrister
🔴How Keir Starmer Has Set a Trap for Nigel Farage With Foreign Interference Inquiry
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/17/k...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/17/k...
Keir Starmer Is Setting a Trap for Nigel Farage With Foreign Interference Inquiry
As Reform opens the door to crypto donations, the Government is finally starting to take action against the threat of foreign financial interference in our politics, reports Adam Bienkov
bylinetimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
It's almost as if he was the country's preëminent barrister
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Badenoch: migrants caused sexism
Appalling comments by the leader of the opposition.
The scapegoating of immigrants has to stop. Now.
The scapegoating of immigrants has to stop. Now.
December 19, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Badenoch: migrants caused sexism
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At the very least @tracybrabinmayorwy.bsky.social needs to air how furious she is in public to stand as a Burnham figure operating separately from national government or risk being seen as too connected to it and therefore week on local issues.
December 18, 2025 at 8:22 AM
At the very least @tracybrabinmayorwy.bsky.social needs to air how furious she is in public to stand as a Burnham figure operating separately from national government or risk being seen as too connected to it and therefore week on local issues.
The issue of West Yorkshire's ever failing tram projects needs higher profile
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...
Sign this petition to bring it to parliament. We cannot let it be quietly shelved.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...
Sign this petition to bring it to parliament. We cannot let it be quietly shelved.
Petition: Guaranteed West Yorkshire's Tram Network "spades in the ground in 2028"
West Yorkshire has already lost two tram projects. Leeds in particular is too populated to not have a mass transit system.
Guarantee the start of the project in good time, so the people of West York...
petition.parliament.uk
December 18, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The issue of West Yorkshire's ever failing tram projects needs higher profile
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...
Sign this petition to bring it to parliament. We cannot let it be quietly shelved.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...
Sign this petition to bring it to parliament. We cannot let it be quietly shelved.
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Who asked for an independent review?
www.westyorks-ca.gov.uk/news/new-par...
www.westyorks-ca.gov.uk/news/new-par...
New partnership to deliver Mass Transit once and for all
The government has reaffirmed its commitment to Mass Transit in West Yorkshire, following a review of plans to deliver the largest local transport scheme in the country.
www.westyorks-ca.gov.uk
December 18, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Who asked for an independent review?
www.westyorks-ca.gov.uk/news/new-par...
www.westyorks-ca.gov.uk/news/new-par...
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The government could change millions of lives for the better, and lift hundreds of thousands out of poverty, by either funding northern transit projects or giving combined authorities the power to do it themselves. That they do neither, despite piles of evidence that it would work, is tragic.
December 18, 2025 at 9:07 AM
The government could change millions of lives for the better, and lift hundreds of thousands out of poverty, by either funding northern transit projects or giving combined authorities the power to do it themselves. That they do neither, despite piles of evidence that it would work, is tragic.
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Remember when HS2 to Leeds was cancelled by the NIC's shitty maths and fundamental lack of expertise, and Leeds was thrown the bone of "you'll get trams" and I said those would never be delivered?
Yeah, as I was saying...
Yeah, as I was saying...
December 18, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Remember when HS2 to Leeds was cancelled by the NIC's shitty maths and fundamental lack of expertise, and Leeds was thrown the bone of "you'll get trams" and I said those would never be delivered?
Yeah, as I was saying...
Yeah, as I was saying...
@tracybrabinmayorwy.bsky.social what's caused this?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How has amendments to paperwork added five years onto the project? What's missing from this article?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How has amendments to paperwork added five years onto the project? What's missing from this article?
Leeds-Bradford £2.5bn tram plan delayed after government review
West Yorkshire's mayor says she is confident the trams will be running
www.bbc.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 8:36 AM
@tracybrabinmayorwy.bsky.social what's caused this?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How has amendments to paperwork added five years onto the project? What's missing from this article?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How has amendments to paperwork added five years onto the project? What's missing from this article?
This isn't good enough
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
West Yorkshire desperately needs better public transport
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
West Yorkshire desperately needs better public transport
Leeds-Bradford £2.5bn tram plan delayed after government review - BBC News
West Yorkshire's mayor says she is confident the trams will be running "by the end of the 2030s".
www.bbc.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 8:15 AM
This isn't good enough
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
West Yorkshire desperately needs better public transport
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
West Yorkshire desperately needs better public transport
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🚨 Nigel Farage’s Reform UK just opened the floodgates to dark money in our politics by becoming the first UK party to accept untraceable crypto donations. Join me and sign the petition to stop shady crypto donations flooding our politics: 38d.gs/xvqe
Shady billionaires can quietly pour money into our elections, completely hidden from view.
Join me and add your name to the petition to stop this.
38d.gs
December 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
🚨 Nigel Farage’s Reform UK just opened the floodgates to dark money in our politics by becoming the first UK party to accept untraceable crypto donations. Join me and sign the petition to stop shady crypto donations flooding our politics: 38d.gs/xvqe
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Welcome to the UK where a right wing academic seeks to defend a man who wrote:
'Head for the hotels housing them and burn them to the ground.'
By describing that incitement as "anti immigration"
'Head for the hotels housing them and burn them to the ground.'
By describing that incitement as "anti immigration"
December 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Welcome to the UK where a right wing academic seeks to defend a man who wrote:
'Head for the hotels housing them and burn them to the ground.'
By describing that incitement as "anti immigration"
'Head for the hotels housing them and burn them to the ground.'
By describing that incitement as "anti immigration"
It's a BIG deal
Members can't own their party, so leaders can't be removed. Disputes tie the party to the judiciary, but that's even if they can be seen because limited companies don't need to be terribly transparent
A limited company can be sold, including to other countries
Members can't own their party, so leaders can't be removed. Disputes tie the party to the judiciary, but that's even if they can be seen because limited companies don't need to be terribly transparent
A limited company can be sold, including to other countries
Yes, both Reform UK and Your Party have been set up as limited companies.
No, it isn't a big deal. Stop mentioning it like it's some sort of gotcha.
No, it isn't a big deal. Stop mentioning it like it's some sort of gotcha.
December 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
It's a BIG deal
Members can't own their party, so leaders can't be removed. Disputes tie the party to the judiciary, but that's even if they can be seen because limited companies don't need to be terribly transparent
A limited company can be sold, including to other countries
Members can't own their party, so leaders can't be removed. Disputes tie the party to the judiciary, but that's even if they can be seen because limited companies don't need to be terribly transparent
A limited company can be sold, including to other countries
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To those thinking Russia is winning in Ukraine:
Imagine if when we invaded Iraq, we were almost four years into it, only occupied 20 percent, and lost a million men.
Not a soul would call that “winning.”
Imagine if when we invaded Iraq, we were almost four years into it, only occupied 20 percent, and lost a million men.
Not a soul would call that “winning.”
December 16, 2025 at 1:16 AM
To those thinking Russia is winning in Ukraine:
Imagine if when we invaded Iraq, we were almost four years into it, only occupied 20 percent, and lost a million men.
Not a soul would call that “winning.”
Imagine if when we invaded Iraq, we were almost four years into it, only occupied 20 percent, and lost a million men.
Not a soul would call that “winning.”
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Delighted not to be one of the idiots who believe fake news. Question what you read people. Every week I publish lists of all the good stuff Labour are announcing/doing. Have a read. Get some balance. Social Media Is Lying to you
December 14, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Delighted not to be one of the idiots who believe fake news. Question what you read people. Every week I publish lists of all the good stuff Labour are announcing/doing. Have a read. Get some balance. Social Media Is Lying to you
It's not ideal that people get themselves into this position, but retrospective planning permission should have the same chance of going through as if it were requested before alteration
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
To deny it because it's disrespectful is abuse of power
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
To deny it because it's disrespectful is abuse of power
Bradford Council refuses to approve Asia Superstore extension - BBC News
The extension had been put up on parking spaces without consent, planning officers say.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 14, 2025 at 9:28 AM
It's not ideal that people get themselves into this position, but retrospective planning permission should have the same chance of going through as if it were requested before alteration
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
To deny it because it's disrespectful is abuse of power
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
To deny it because it's disrespectful is abuse of power
Imagine not liking breakfast for school children, energy prices finally coming down while production also gets greener, raising minimum wage, nationalising rail, the Youth Guarantee, more SEND school placements, and NHS waiting times being reduced...
But thinking Thatcher was okay
But thinking Thatcher was okay
December 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Imagine not liking breakfast for school children, energy prices finally coming down while production also gets greener, raising minimum wage, nationalising rail, the Youth Guarantee, more SEND school placements, and NHS waiting times being reduced...
But thinking Thatcher was okay
But thinking Thatcher was okay