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The basic problem with the temporary refugee status policy - especially one lasting up to 20 years - is it leads to very few removals (based on Denmark's experience) but does significantly worsen integration.
November 18, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The basic problem with the temporary refugee status policy - especially one lasting up to 20 years - is it leads to very few removals (based on Denmark's experience) but does significantly worsen integration.
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When Keir Starmer ran to be Labour leader in 2020, he pledged to “defend migrants’ rights” and to have “an immigration system based on compassion and dignity”.
How far he has fallen: not just in the polls but morally too.
My new column for @theipaper.com
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How far he has fallen: not just in the polls but morally too.
My new column for @theipaper.com
inews.co.uk/opinion/labo...
Labour's asylum plan is straight from the Trump playbook – it'll backfire on them
It’s time to stand up for the values of compassion, humanity and basic fairness
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November 18, 2025 at 7:01 AM
When Keir Starmer ran to be Labour leader in 2020, he pledged to “defend migrants’ rights” and to have “an immigration system based on compassion and dignity”.
How far he has fallen: not just in the polls but morally too.
My new column for @theipaper.com
inews.co.uk/opinion/labo...
How far he has fallen: not just in the polls but morally too.
My new column for @theipaper.com
inews.co.uk/opinion/labo...
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🚨 SHOCKING 🚨
A HUGE illegal waste dump has appeared between the A34 and River Cherwell, linked to organised crime.
Every rainfall risks toxins washing into the river.
We’re calling on the Environment Agency & Cherwell Council to act NOW.
Our rivers cannot wait. 👇👇
A HUGE illegal waste dump has appeared between the A34 and River Cherwell, linked to organised crime.
Every rainfall risks toxins washing into the river.
We’re calling on the Environment Agency & Cherwell Council to act NOW.
Our rivers cannot wait. 👇👇
November 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
🚨 SHOCKING 🚨
A HUGE illegal waste dump has appeared between the A34 and River Cherwell, linked to organised crime.
Every rainfall risks toxins washing into the river.
We’re calling on the Environment Agency & Cherwell Council to act NOW.
Our rivers cannot wait. 👇👇
A HUGE illegal waste dump has appeared between the A34 and River Cherwell, linked to organised crime.
Every rainfall risks toxins washing into the river.
We’re calling on the Environment Agency & Cherwell Council to act NOW.
Our rivers cannot wait. 👇👇
Paul, please help us mystified observers out. Your work has made it pretty clear that SMR's don't really have anything going for them.
They seem to be:
unproven, long-winded,
non-standardised,
have no credible decommissioning plan and v. poor cost/benefit.
What is their actual point?
They seem to be:
unproven, long-winded,
non-standardised,
have no credible decommissioning plan and v. poor cost/benefit.
What is their actual point?
'Billions of pounds to be spent on developing #nuclear #SMR small modular reactors at Wylfa on Anglesey would be better spent on insulating Welsh homes and on #RenewableEnergy technologies that can generate electricity cheaper and far quicker'
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Nuclear power announcement 'is not good news for Wales'
Martin Shipton The billions of pounds to be spent on developing “small modular reactors” at Wylfa on Anglesey would be better spent on insulating Welsh homes and on renewable technologies that can gen...
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November 17, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Paul, please help us mystified observers out. Your work has made it pretty clear that SMR's don't really have anything going for them.
They seem to be:
unproven, long-winded,
non-standardised,
have no credible decommissioning plan and v. poor cost/benefit.
What is their actual point?
They seem to be:
unproven, long-winded,
non-standardised,
have no credible decommissioning plan and v. poor cost/benefit.
What is their actual point?
For most (small) people, the easiest route to Land of Nod is up the wooden hill to Bed-fordshire.
November 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
For most (small) people, the easiest route to Land of Nod is up the wooden hill to Bed-fordshire.
Crumbs. Saw Glasman on a recent Newsnight. Living proof of the old adage that it's never too late to be a complete fruit loop.
Late to this, but if the Sunday Times is correct that Morgan McSweeney spent one and a half hours last week with Lord Glasman then he isn't fit to fill any senior position in government.
November 17, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Crumbs. Saw Glasman on a recent Newsnight. Living proof of the old adage that it's never too late to be a complete fruit loop.
Well said.
There is no evidence that stripping refugees' rights one by one will have any impact on people crossing the channel.
Taking jewellery from refugees is akin to painting over murals for refugee children.
These repugnant ‘deterrents’ did not work for the Tories, and they won't work for us.
Taking jewellery from refugees is akin to painting over murals for refugee children.
These repugnant ‘deterrents’ did not work for the Tories, and they won't work for us.
November 17, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Well said.
The ones a Crystal Palace were much better behaved....
Eleven dinosaurs in Herefordshire win battle to screech and horn up to 4pm
Future of roaring dinosaurs decided after planning battle
A DINOSAUR attraction at Herefordshire's Ralph Court Gardens has been decided on after a planning battle.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The ones a Crystal Palace were much better behaved....
UK in denial over hostage-taking by foreign states, says Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe | Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe | The Guardian share.google/2AOsn8zhIjen...
UK in denial over hostage-taking by foreign states, says Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who spent six years in Iranian jail, says ministers have failed to fulfil vow to appoint special envoy to combat problem
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November 13, 2025 at 11:11 AM
UK in denial over hostage-taking by foreign states, says Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe | Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe | The Guardian share.google/2AOsn8zhIjen...
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“History Reclaimed,” cited as objective, is stacked with Conservative-aligned figures (e.g., Tombs, Abulafia; advisers Biggar, Gebreyohanes) and culture-war voices used to indict BBC “bias.”
8/12 bylinetimes.com/2024/07/17/t...
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The Daily Telegraph’s Disinformation Campaign About the British Empire Laid Bare
The newspaper has waged a culture war on anyone spreading awareness of verifiable truths about the British Empire and its legacies
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November 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
“History Reclaimed,” cited as objective, is stacked with Conservative-aligned figures (e.g., Tombs, Abulafia; advisers Biggar, Gebreyohanes) and culture-war voices used to indict BBC “bias.”
8/12 bylinetimes.com/2024/07/17/t...
8/12 bylinetimes.com/2024/07/17/t...
Third of public believes BBC has Left-wing bias share.google/TkVOsB6xRm0A...
So two thirds of the public believes the BBC does not have a left wing bias.
A majority by which any proposition would be considered as democratically approved and which any political party would kill for....
So two thirds of the public believes the BBC does not have a left wing bias.
A majority by which any proposition would be considered as democratically approved and which any political party would kill for....
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November 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Third of public believes BBC has Left-wing bias share.google/TkVOsB6xRm0A...
So two thirds of the public believes the BBC does not have a left wing bias.
A majority by which any proposition would be considered as democratically approved and which any political party would kill for....
So two thirds of the public believes the BBC does not have a left wing bias.
A majority by which any proposition would be considered as democratically approved and which any political party would kill for....
The current crisis at the Beeb was all prefigured 4 months ago...
More than 400 media figures urge BBC board to remove Robbie Gibb over Gaza | BBC | The Guardian share.google/hDDoqaT3Jo6A...
One hundred and eleven BBC staff had to sign this petition anonymously. Tells you all you need to know about the Beeb.
One hundred and eleven BBC staff had to sign this petition anonymously. Tells you all you need to know about the Beeb.
More than 400 media figures urge BBC board to remove Robbie Gibb over Gaza
Miriam Margolyes, Alexei Sayle and Mike Leigh among signatories to letter criticising Jewish Chronicle ties
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November 11, 2025 at 10:13 AM
The current crisis at the Beeb was all prefigured 4 months ago...
Respect to Ed.
"To ensure the BBC’s independence, impartiality and trust, Robbie Gibb should have no role in appointing the new director general"
Good call by @eddavey.libdems.org.uk:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Good call by @eddavey.libdems.org.uk:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The first step towards saving our precious BBC: remove Robbie Gibb from the board | Ed Davey
The BBC belongs to all of us, and it is under attack as never before. The government must defend it from its enemies, within and without, says Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Respect to Ed.
Liverpool complain to BBC over using former Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie as guest - The Athletic share.google/QR5LFAORpI7A...
The ghoul of Dulwich gets wheeled out to comment on BBC editorial standards and lots of people who were on the receiving end of his amoral editorship are nauseated.
The ghoul of Dulwich gets wheeled out to comment on BBC editorial standards and lots of people who were on the receiving end of his amoral editorship are nauseated.
Liverpool complain to BBC over using former Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie as guest
MacKenzie was editor of The Sun when it published false and inflammatory reports about the Hillsborough disaster in 1989.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Liverpool complain to BBC over using former Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie as guest - The Athletic share.google/QR5LFAORpI7A...
The ghoul of Dulwich gets wheeled out to comment on BBC editorial standards and lots of people who were on the receiving end of his amoral editorship are nauseated.
The ghoul of Dulwich gets wheeled out to comment on BBC editorial standards and lots of people who were on the receiving end of his amoral editorship are nauseated.
Explore Bristol's 19 most safest areas where the least crimes were reported in the past year share.google/SwLMh2YWdNaq...
Explore Bristol's most ungrammaticalest headlines...
Explore Bristol's most ungrammaticalest headlines...
Bristol's 19 most safest areas where the least crimes were reported in the past year
Explore the latest data revealing Bristol's 19 safest neighbourhoods with the lowest crime rates over the past year.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Explore Bristol's 19 most safest areas where the least crimes were reported in the past year share.google/SwLMh2YWdNaq...
Explore Bristol's most ungrammaticalest headlines...
Explore Bristol's most ungrammaticalest headlines...
Well, you took the words right out of my mouth...
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Well, you took the words right out of my mouth...
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In a much overlooked (for very obvious reasons) moment of gravity-altering cringe-worthiness Lembit Opek once quipped on a serious TV program (so not Laura K or QT) that his name was an anagram of “I like to be MP”. Sales of punchbags rocketed.
November 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
In a much overlooked (for very obvious reasons) moment of gravity-altering cringe-worthiness Lembit Opek once quipped on a serious TV program (so not Laura K or QT) that his name was an anagram of “I like to be MP”. Sales of punchbags rocketed.
Farmers (and their political cheerleaders) haven't understood that nature, biodiversity and low-carbon agriculture are worth far more than the hapless sheep that ravage upland Britain. Thet haven't moved on much since the great monastic estates cleared the upland forests for sheep ranges.
Regressive, anti-environment talk from… the Lib Dems’ Tim Farron.
I dare @timfarron.bsky.social to publish the ‘evidence’ he claims to have here that Sea Eagles “would not enhance biodiversity” & would be a “huge threat” to lambs
Ignorant & scaremongering
www.wfelibdems.uk/news/article...
I dare @timfarron.bsky.social to publish the ‘evidence’ he claims to have here that Sea Eagles “would not enhance biodiversity” & would be a “huge threat” to lambs
Ignorant & scaremongering
www.wfelibdems.uk/news/article...
Tim Farron calls for rethink over plans to reintroduce sea eagles to Cumbria
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron has written to the Lake District National Park Authority, raising concerns about the impact the potential reintroduction of sea eagles will have on sheep farms i...
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November 7, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Farmers (and their political cheerleaders) haven't understood that nature, biodiversity and low-carbon agriculture are worth far more than the hapless sheep that ravage upland Britain. Thet haven't moved on much since the great monastic estates cleared the upland forests for sheep ranges.
The lads (and they are all lads it seems) at History Reclaimed are not going to like this. To ' woke' apparently
(whatever the **** that means...)
(whatever the **** that means...)
Don’t forget to watch this much needed and long overdue series on the British Empire. Remarkably, it’s not based on the opinions of a travelling ‘personality’, but on what historians who’ve actually researched it say!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Two - Empire with David Olusoga, Series 1, Episode 1
David Olusoga tells the story of the beginnings of the British Empire under Elizabeth I.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The lads (and they are all lads it seems) at History Reclaimed are not going to like this. To ' woke' apparently
(whatever the **** that means...)
(whatever the **** that means...)
Paul Biya sworn in for eighth term as Cameroon's president - BBC News share.google/2YBydpccuAKj...
Paul is just getting into his stride...
Paul is just getting into his stride...
Paul Biya sworn in for eighth term as Cameroon's president - BBC News
Paul Biya has been in power since 1982 - the opposition says the election was rigged.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Paul Biya sworn in for eighth term as Cameroon's president - BBC News share.google/2YBydpccuAKj...
Paul is just getting into his stride...
Paul is just getting into his stride...
Biggar initiated a five-year project at Oxford University, entitled "Ethics and Empire". Its stated aim was to scrutinise critiques against the historical facts of Empire.
Indeed. That's what I thought. That Nigel Biggar. He's a real geezer.
See Alan Lester of Sussex Uni putting the boot in..
blogs.sussex.ac.uk/snapshotsofe...
See Alan Lester of Sussex Uni putting the boot in..
blogs.sussex.ac.uk/snapshotsofe...
November 6, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Biggar initiated a five-year project at Oxford University, entitled "Ethics and Empire". Its stated aim was to scrutinise critiques against the historical facts of Empire.
Indeed. That's what I thought. That Nigel Biggar. He's a real geezer.
See Alan Lester of Sussex Uni putting the boot in..
blogs.sussex.ac.uk/snapshotsofe...
See Alan Lester of Sussex Uni putting the boot in..
blogs.sussex.ac.uk/snapshotsofe...
November 6, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Indeed. That's what I thought. That Nigel Biggar. He's a real geezer.
See Alan Lester of Sussex Uni putting the boot in..
blogs.sussex.ac.uk/snapshotsofe...
See Alan Lester of Sussex Uni putting the boot in..
blogs.sussex.ac.uk/snapshotsofe...
BBC Arabic ‘pushed Hamas lies around the world’ share.google/wSpeg8ebJhz5...
Deary me. And there was I thinking that the BBC was just a government propaganda channel. All those Tory placemen on the board must be operating under deep cover.
Deary me. And there was I thinking that the BBC was just a government propaganda channel. All those Tory placemen on the board must be operating under deep cover.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
BBC Arabic ‘pushed Hamas lies around the world’ share.google/wSpeg8ebJhz5...
Deary me. And there was I thinking that the BBC was just a government propaganda channel. All those Tory placemen on the board must be operating under deep cover.
Deary me. And there was I thinking that the BBC was just a government propaganda channel. All those Tory placemen on the board must be operating under deep cover.
Constructed by the Bullough family in 1900 after the indigenous Rum population of about 400 was forced out by the Highland clearances in the 1820's.
Detatched House for sale, 20 bedrooms, offers over £750,000 needs work www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
November 5, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Constructed by the Bullough family in 1900 after the indigenous Rum population of about 400 was forced out by the Highland clearances in the 1820's.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Starmer: This is the wrong decision
Police: This is the wrong response.
Starmer: This is the wrong decision
Police: This is the wrong response.
Intelligence on ‘extreme’ Maccabi fans with history of violence led to Villa Park ban
Exclusive: West Midlands police were told supporters randomly attacked Muslims in Amsterdam last year
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Starmer: This is the wrong decision
Police: This is the wrong response.
Starmer: This is the wrong decision
Police: This is the wrong response.