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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 2d

Voters’ anger is largely focused on asylum, and perhaps on low-skilled immigration.

The government response seems to be focused on making sure no high-skilled immigrant will ever pick the UK in future, and the ones currently here will rapidly rethink their decision.

This will not end well.

Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 2d

Haven’t read the report yet but this looks to me like another example of adding yet more makework to the immigration process for unclear reasons other than possibly getting mentioned in Politico Playbook.

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Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 2d

This article is well worth a read.

www.theguardian.com/world/commen...

Opinion:
A-level English, voluntary work, delayed citizenship: it’s Labour’s Orwellian Two Minutes Hate for immigrants
Nesrine Malik

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 2d

Amazing story in The Times. Reform UK failed to pay VAT to HMRC on its sales (tickets, merchandise). About £400k in all.

Not tax avoidance. Not tax evasion. They just didn't realise when you sell stuff you have to charge VAT.

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Tomas Hirst @tomashirstecon.bsky.social · 2d

And, per @jdportes.bsky.social, the more friction/uncertainty you put into the immigration system the higher the likelihood that you dissuade higher skilled migrants from coming/staying because they have options. It’s self-defeating and doesn’t work as signal cause the rhetoric ratchet goes one way.

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 2d

One way that Keir Starmer's lack of a project distorts everything else is that all the Labour-aligned think tanks are now doing some kind of big polling-based project, because the Downing Street project is 'how can we win?'. Leads to yet more economically and socially harmful nonsense.

Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 2d

Haven’t read the report yet but this looks to me like another example of adding yet more makework to the immigration process for unclear reasons other than possibly getting mentioned in Politico Playbook.

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Liz Webster 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺 @lizwebster.bsky.social · 2d

🆘 🛟 Brexit is a disaster even for big business!

M&S boss Stuart Machin says 6 out of 19 lorries from GB👉NI are stopped daily for Brexit checks: each one carrying up to 650 pages of paperwork.

Taking back control translates as wasting time, money, energy on pointless bureaucracy that helps no one.

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paulst001.bsky.social @paulst001.bsky.social · 2d

Golden autumn leaves

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Kevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social · 3d

Brexit Will Damage The UK Economy 'For The Foreseeable Future', Says Bank Of England Chief

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/brexit...

Brexit Will Damage The UK Economy 'For The Foreseeable Future', Says Bank Of England Chief

Andrew Bailey confirms what we've all known for years.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

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paulst001.bsky.social @paulst001.bsky.social · 3d

An autumn morning in our local park

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Jean Kelsey @immachocoholic.bsky.social · 3d

My friend Jerry came by for a visit 🥰 #CTShoreline #swans #FallFoliage

A male swan is floating on calm waters in the cove. Behind him are trees that are changing color.

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Tsarskoe Selo @tsarskoeselo.bsky.social · 3d

🇬🇧 The charm of October in the Babolovo Park of Tsarskoe Selo
📷 Tsarskoe Selo, Katerina Novak
🇷🇺 Очарование октября в Баболовском парке Царского Села
#photohour #stormhour #worldheritagesite

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terry leigh @terryleigh.bsky.social · 7d

“The real things haven’t changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong.” ~Laura Ingalls Wilder~
Today, find some time to do something you really enjoy. Happy Wednesday everyone.🦋

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 9d

I bang on about this a lot: I think the combination of a global pandemic, underregulated internet/SM, collapse/corruption of trustworthy media, plus now unregulated genAI, is a wildly toxic environment for radicalisation & mental health. We see the results of that in our politics & lives every day

James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 9d

Everyone knows at least one person (normally, but not exclusively, a guy) whose gone properly mental due to net rabbit holes.

We see public figures regularly go mad and destroy themselves.

And we have, at a policy level, just decided to put our fingers in our ears and go nahnahnah

Alastair Meeks @alastairmeeks.bsky.social · 9d

Last night I heard of another friend of a friend who has been lost to a rabbit hole of online propaganda. We need to start treating this as a serious public health concern.

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Sharon @sharonwelby.bsky.social · 11d

Cloud at sunset on lough Neagh.

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Den 🇮🇪 @denterrick.bsky.social · 12d

The awkward teenage years.

A Cygnet growing up fast at our local park.

#nature #photography #EastCoastKin #BirdOfTheDay #ColorADay #BWFri #Ireland

A close cropped b/w photo of a cygnet mute swan swimming towards the camera in a park lake.

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Jules Charrington @juleschao.bsky.social · 12d

Local by election in my town council ward yesterday… we have had Reform chucking money at it, and the “Sussex Patriots” group putting flags everywhere…and…too many for Reform, but no Tory candidate, so it’s been tense! 🎉🎉

Results showing a LibDem win with 787 votes. Reform were second with 391, and 65 for Greens and 39 for Labour.

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Aintright @aintright.bsky.social · 11d

Happy Saturday! #BirdOfTheDay #ukbirds #ukwildlife #EastCoastKin

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Jenn 🎶 🌿 🪻 🧶 🧵 ☮️ @swanljenn.bsky.social · 11d

Lovely story about Quaker the horse on #r4today

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Injured runaway horse retires from military service

Quaker, 15, was one of five Household Cavalry horses spooked while on an exercise in Belgravia.

www.bbc.com

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Arieh Kovler @ariehkovler.com · 13d

Multiple reports from Israeli, Arab and US sources that a ceasefire deal in Gaza could be imminent, with the hope that Phase 1 is signed today or tomorrow and hostage releases would begin almost immediately.

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Wildlife @worldwildlife.bsky.social · 13d

Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus): This is a 20cm (7.9in) species of sparrow that has a chestnut brown head and nape, white cheeks and collar with a contrasting black cheek spot. Nice photo taken by Paul Morton in the UK. #sparrow #treesparrow #bird #birds #wildlife #nature #tweet #uk #bsky

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Lorraine Meehan @gadhrach.bsky.social · 15d

Action Janie! #dog #dogs #labrador #lab #labradorsofbluesky #yellowlabrador #yellowlabsofbluesky #labradorretriever
#dogsofbluesky

Yellow Labrador wearing a red harness jumping up a bank of grass and ferns

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 17d

We flounced out of the EU on the say-so of politicians who lied to us. And what a total shitshow that’s turned out to be. The polar opposite of what they promised. Now the call to flounce out of the ECHR. By the same people. Telling the same lies. Has the country been kicked in the head by a horse?

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 17d

🔴NEW🔴

Thread 🧵

@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12

‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem

Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’...

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 18d

🔥 Britain is about to launch a new GCSE in natural history – a vital step toward restoring our knowledge of and respect for the natural world.

Fellow creatures: the new GCSE in natural history

The new GCSE in natural history is a vital step toward restoring our knowledge of and respect for the natural world

westenglandbylines.co.uk

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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 18d

The end of due process for immigrants is the end of due process for citizens.

Few understand this.

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Lorraine Meehan @gadhrach.bsky.social · 17d

Sadly, I must agree. “What is done is done and will not be undone anytime soon. The UK is outside the European Union and will stay outside, probably until the end of time.”

Tom Hayes @tomhayes.bsky.social · 17d

This week in Sunday Scribblings, I return to Brexit, or rather, I offer some thoughts on the issue of the UK and Europe, because Brexit is done and will not soon be undone.

hayest.substack.com/p/sunday-scr...

Sunday Scribblings

Revisiting Brexit

hayest.substack.com

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