Ming Ho
@minghowriter.bsky.social
Writer, walker, Europhile.
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A Many-Splendoured Thing, BBC Sounds: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001str6 & https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001t3b2
Former dementia carer: http://dementiajustaintsexy.blogspot.com
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A Many-Splendoured Thing, BBC Sounds: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001str6 & https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001t3b2
Former dementia carer: http://dementiajustaintsexy.blogspot.com
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One of my biggest fears is how the toughening up of restrictions directed at the many tens of thousands of people on Health and Care visas (both for extensions and settlement) will see increases in undocumented people. Instead of helping them, they are being demonised.
Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
November 27, 2025 at 11:17 AM
One of my biggest fears is how the toughening up of restrictions directed at the many tens of thousands of people on Health and Care visas (both for extensions and settlement) will see increases in undocumented people. Instead of helping them, they are being demonised.
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'This isn't an opinion. This is counting.'
- A 100,000 drop in net migration costs us £7bn
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
November 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM
'This isn't an opinion. This is counting.'
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Good morning, while everyone is waiting for the budget to be announced it’s a good time to say that immigration is a source of prosperity for the UK and painting Britain as a hostile state is sabotaging the country. Thanks!
November 26, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Good morning, while everyone is waiting for the budget to be announced it’s a good time to say that immigration is a source of prosperity for the UK and painting Britain as a hostile state is sabotaging the country. Thanks!
Why does this Budget “leak” matter, given she was going to reveal it 10 mins later anyway, & media have spent weeks speculating all possible angles? So much energy wasted on confected outrage.
November 26, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Why does this Budget “leak” matter, given she was going to reveal it 10 mins later anyway, & media have spent weeks speculating all possible angles? So much energy wasted on confected outrage.
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DWP to reassess hundreds of thousands of cases in carer’s allowance scandal
Damning official review finds many unpaid carers left with huge debt because of government failure
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Damning official review finds many unpaid carers left with huge debt because of government failure
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
DWP to reassess hundreds of thousands of cases in carer’s allowance scandal
Damning official review finds many unpaid carers left with huge debt because of government failure
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:31 AM
DWP to reassess hundreds of thousands of cases in carer’s allowance scandal
Damning official review finds many unpaid carers left with huge debt because of government failure
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Damning official review finds many unpaid carers left with huge debt because of government failure
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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The carer’s allowance scandal – a timeline
Ten years of bureaucratic failure, whistleblowing, political neglect and groundhog day-style policy inertia
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Ten years of bureaucratic failure, whistleblowing, political neglect and groundhog day-style policy inertia
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
The carer’s allowance scandal – a timeline
Ten years of bureaucratic failure, whistleblowing, political neglect and groundhog day-style policy inertia
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:32 AM
The carer’s allowance scandal – a timeline
Ten years of bureaucratic failure, whistleblowing, political neglect and groundhog day-style policy inertia
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Ten years of bureaucratic failure, whistleblowing, political neglect and groundhog day-style policy inertia
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Looking forward to joining this panel at #BFISouthbank on Sun 23 Nov, to discuss Gainsborough Melodramas: whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau... With double bill of The Wicked Lady & Madonna of the Seven Moons. #MargaretLockwood #JamesMason #PatriciaRoc #StewartGranger #PhyllisCalvert #BFITooMuch
November 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Looking forward to joining this panel at #BFISouthbank on Sun 23 Nov, to discuss Gainsborough Melodramas: whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau... With double bill of The Wicked Lady & Madonna of the Seven Moons. #MargaretLockwood #JamesMason #PatriciaRoc #StewartGranger #PhyllisCalvert #BFITooMuch
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NEW There's no overstating how significant the Nathan Gill case is. On Friday, the close associate of Nigel Farage was jailed for over 10 years for taking bribes ultimately from a friend of Putin. It's a complex, detail-heavy story that raises questions about Farage’s claim Gill was ‘one bad apple’🧵
November 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
NEW There's no overstating how significant the Nathan Gill case is. On Friday, the close associate of Nigel Farage was jailed for over 10 years for taking bribes ultimately from a friend of Putin. It's a complex, detail-heavy story that raises questions about Farage’s claim Gill was ‘one bad apple’🧵
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5-7 million killed by deliberate starvation and Ukrainians were particularly targeted by Stalin.
It is estimated that nearly 4 mill Ukrainians were deliberately starved to death by Stalin.
It’s important to understand the history to understand the present
It is estimated that nearly 4 mill Ukrainians were deliberately starved to death by Stalin.
It’s important to understand the history to understand the present
One of the worst atrocities and one of the least discussed.
Today is Holodomor remembrance day, one of the worst human rights atrocities of the 20th century.
If you are wanting to know more, this episode of @originstorypodcast.bsky.social is excellent, featuring justifiable moral outrage from @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social
If you are wanting to know more, this episode of @originstorypodcast.bsky.social is excellent, featuring justifiable moral outrage from @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
5-7 million killed by deliberate starvation and Ukrainians were particularly targeted by Stalin.
It is estimated that nearly 4 mill Ukrainians were deliberately starved to death by Stalin.
It’s important to understand the history to understand the present
It is estimated that nearly 4 mill Ukrainians were deliberately starved to death by Stalin.
It’s important to understand the history to understand the present
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Jonathan Freedland finally says it:
Britain is drowning bc there’s a Brexit-shaped hole in the roof and Labour refuses to fix it.
Reeves can juggle taxes but nothing improves until we face the truth.
We’re poorer bc of Brexit. We stay poor if Labour protects it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Britain is drowning bc there’s a Brexit-shaped hole in the roof and Labour refuses to fix it.
Reeves can juggle taxes but nothing improves until we face the truth.
We’re poorer bc of Brexit. We stay poor if Labour protects it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rachel Reeves is studiously ignoring the cause of Britain’s woes: the Brexit-shaped hole in its roof | Jonathan Freedland
The autumn budget will mop up some damage, but the true source of the economic crisis is clear. The government should now fix it – tragically, it won’t, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Jonathan Freedland finally says it:
Britain is drowning bc there’s a Brexit-shaped hole in the roof and Labour refuses to fix it.
Reeves can juggle taxes but nothing improves until we face the truth.
We’re poorer bc of Brexit. We stay poor if Labour protects it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Britain is drowning bc there’s a Brexit-shaped hole in the roof and Labour refuses to fix it.
Reeves can juggle taxes but nothing improves until we face the truth.
We’re poorer bc of Brexit. We stay poor if Labour protects it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Two takeaways for today:
🔥 The sentencing of Gill is a perfect excuse to announce a public enquiry into Russia's involvement in UK politics – including Brexit.
🔥 Trump's demands on Ukraine prove that he's Putin's bitch – and no amount of sucking up to him by UK or EU leaders will change that.
🔥 The sentencing of Gill is a perfect excuse to announce a public enquiry into Russia's involvement in UK politics – including Brexit.
🔥 Trump's demands on Ukraine prove that he's Putin's bitch – and no amount of sucking up to him by UK or EU leaders will change that.
a woman in a red sweater says " it 's obvious "
ALT: a woman in a red sweater says " it 's obvious "
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Two takeaways for today:
🔥 The sentencing of Gill is a perfect excuse to announce a public enquiry into Russia's involvement in UK politics – including Brexit.
🔥 Trump's demands on Ukraine prove that he's Putin's bitch – and no amount of sucking up to him by UK or EU leaders will change that.
🔥 The sentencing of Gill is a perfect excuse to announce a public enquiry into Russia's involvement in UK politics – including Brexit.
🔥 Trump's demands on Ukraine prove that he's Putin's bitch – and no amount of sucking up to him by UK or EU leaders will change that.
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It is indisputable that Brexit has been an economic disaster, and notable that none of its political architects have paid any price.
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
It is indisputable that Brexit has been an economic disaster, and notable that none of its political architects have paid any price.
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So, #r4today reports on the Covid inquiry and the “too little, too late” Tory govt, then says they’ll be talking to *Lord* Gove about it. Ugh.
That just sums up so much that’s so very wrong with our politics and media.
Rewarding, rather than punishing, those responsible for failing us all.
That just sums up so much that’s so very wrong with our politics and media.
Rewarding, rather than punishing, those responsible for failing us all.
November 21, 2025 at 7:10 AM
So, #r4today reports on the Covid inquiry and the “too little, too late” Tory govt, then says they’ll be talking to *Lord* Gove about it. Ugh.
That just sums up so much that’s so very wrong with our politics and media.
Rewarding, rather than punishing, those responsible for failing us all.
That just sums up so much that’s so very wrong with our politics and media.
Rewarding, rather than punishing, those responsible for failing us all.
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Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
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I’m particularly angry today with all those people who attacked us for daring to challenge Laura Kuenssberg, implying we were misogynistic and unfair.
No.
She, together with Peston et al, played a key role in Boris Johnson’s ‘success’.
No.
She, together with Peston et al, played a key role in Boris Johnson’s ‘success’.
November 21, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I’m particularly angry today with all those people who attacked us for daring to challenge Laura Kuenssberg, implying we were misogynistic and unfair.
No.
She, together with Peston et al, played a key role in Boris Johnson’s ‘success’.
No.
She, together with Peston et al, played a key role in Boris Johnson’s ‘success’.
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'UK shouldn't pilot cruelty - my fears over asylum shake-up' writes Lord Alf Dubs
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
'UK shouldn't pilot cruelty - my fears over asylum shake-up'
Labour peer Lord Alf Dubs, who fled Nazis as child as part of the Kindertransport, writes for The Mirror on the government's proposed shake-up of the asylum system
www.mirror.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
'UK shouldn't pilot cruelty - my fears over asylum shake-up' writes Lord Alf Dubs
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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FFS 😡😡😡
"UK pub and hotel group JD Wetherspoon is using Ireland as a springboard for its expansion into mainland Europe to avoid Brexit-induced red tape. The group's founder and chairman Tim Martin was a strong advocate for Brexit."
"UK pub and hotel group JD Wetherspoon is using Ireland as a springboard for its expansion into mainland Europe to avoid Brexit-induced red tape. The group's founder and chairman Tim Martin was a strong advocate for Brexit."
Wetherspoon uses Ireland to skirt Brexit red tape for EU expansion
UK pub and hotel group JD Wetherspoon – whose founder campaigned for the UK to leave the EU – is using Ireland as a springboard for its expansion into mainland Europe to avoid Brexit-induced red tape...
m.independent.ie
November 21, 2025 at 12:02 PM
FFS 😡😡😡
"UK pub and hotel group JD Wetherspoon is using Ireland as a springboard for its expansion into mainland Europe to avoid Brexit-induced red tape. The group's founder and chairman Tim Martin was a strong advocate for Brexit."
"UK pub and hotel group JD Wetherspoon is using Ireland as a springboard for its expansion into mainland Europe to avoid Brexit-induced red tape. The group's founder and chairman Tim Martin was a strong advocate for Brexit."
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“We may now be reaching a tipping point where our failure is so severe that Brits and immigrants alike have decided this is not a country they want to live in”
The slowest of handclaps to all who made hostility towards immigrants damage this country for everyone.
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/405...
The slowest of handclaps to all who made hostility towards immigrants damage this country for everyone.
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/405...
November 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
“We may now be reaching a tipping point where our failure is so severe that Brits and immigrants alike have decided this is not a country they want to live in”
The slowest of handclaps to all who made hostility towards immigrants damage this country for everyone.
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/405...
The slowest of handclaps to all who made hostility towards immigrants damage this country for everyone.
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/405...
Doesn’t your heart just sink when something you ordered is due to be delivered by Royal Mail? Waited in all day, it was supposed to be here by 7.30pm - nada. And “live tracking” just shows me my own house. Yes, I know where I live! But where’s my parcel? 🙄
November 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Doesn’t your heart just sink when something you ordered is due to be delivered by Royal Mail? Waited in all day, it was supposed to be here by 7.30pm - nada. And “live tracking” just shows me my own house. Yes, I know where I live! But where’s my parcel? 🙄
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Bravo España 👏
The Spanish economy is the fastest growing among the large economies of the EU. This year's growth will double the European average, which stands at 1.4%
Commission sources recognise "the clear contribution" of migration to the Spanish labour market and growth
The Spanish economy is the fastest growing among the large economies of the EU. This year's growth will double the European average, which stands at 1.4%
Commission sources recognise "the clear contribution" of migration to the Spanish labour market and growth
Brussels confirms that Spain is the economic engine of the EU, with a growth of 2.9% this year | Sur in English
The country will be the fastest growing of the major European economies, with GDP growth expected to gradually moderate to 2.3% and 2% in 2026 and 2027
www.surinenglish.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Bravo España 👏
The Spanish economy is the fastest growing among the large economies of the EU. This year's growth will double the European average, which stands at 1.4%
Commission sources recognise "the clear contribution" of migration to the Spanish labour market and growth
The Spanish economy is the fastest growing among the large economies of the EU. This year's growth will double the European average, which stands at 1.4%
Commission sources recognise "the clear contribution" of migration to the Spanish labour market and growth
Looking forward to joining this panel at #BFISouthbank on Sun 23 Nov, to discuss Gainsborough Melodramas: whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau... With double bill of The Wicked Lady & Madonna of the Seven Moons. #MargaretLockwood #JamesMason #PatriciaRoc #StewartGranger #PhyllisCalvert #BFITooMuch
November 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Looking forward to joining this panel at #BFISouthbank on Sun 23 Nov, to discuss Gainsborough Melodramas: whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau... With double bill of The Wicked Lady & Madonna of the Seven Moons. #MargaretLockwood #JamesMason #PatriciaRoc #StewartGranger #PhyllisCalvert #BFITooMuch
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I don’t know what to say anymore other than to remind those in power that refugees are human beings with equal rights who, along with their children, deserve a safe, stable & integrated life in their communities and that what they’re breaking now with this performative cruelty can’t be fixed later.
The Labour government does not want to rule out deporting somebody once here as a refugee 16-19 years with a British-born 15 year old child
November 19, 2025 at 6:55 AM
I don’t know what to say anymore other than to remind those in power that refugees are human beings with equal rights who, along with their children, deserve a safe, stable & integrated life in their communities and that what they’re breaking now with this performative cruelty can’t be fixed later.
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Lovely people! THE Sheldon Hall is introducing a screening of the glorious Tyrone Power and Maureen O'Hara film The Black Swan on 9 December, 6:15pm, at the BFI Southbank.
Projecting the Archive is a rare chance to see films on films 🎞️
🎟️ whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...
Projecting the Archive is a rare chance to see films on films 🎞️
🎟️ whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...
November 19, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Lovely people! THE Sheldon Hall is introducing a screening of the glorious Tyrone Power and Maureen O'Hara film The Black Swan on 9 December, 6:15pm, at the BFI Southbank.
Projecting the Archive is a rare chance to see films on films 🎞️
🎟️ whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...
Projecting the Archive is a rare chance to see films on films 🎞️
🎟️ whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...