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LittleGravitas, →EU immigrant, UK→ emigrant, anti-Brexit @catanonim.me · 4h

There were no standardised spelling rules even in Shakespeare's time.

LittleGravitas, →EU immigrant, UK→ emigrant, anti-Brexit @catanonim.me · 11h

[Typo: "rank"]

LittleGravitas, →EU immigrant, UK→ emigrant, anti-Brexit @catanonim.me · 11h

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Do you realise that your vindictive immigration policies:

- put off rang-and-file progressives from voting Labour…

- without attracting xeno-voters, who will continue to vote for the Real Thing (Tories or Reform)?

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LittleGravitas, →EU immigrant, UK→ emigrant, anti-Brexit @catanonim.me · 11h

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Ms Mahmood; How do you, Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves plan to generate growth, get £s into people's pockets, and win the next GE, without:

1) immigrants servicing the care and other sectors;

2) working towards membership of (at least) the Single Market and a Customs Union?

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Colin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social · 13h

New statement of changes to the immigration rules. Commencement dates set for changes to graduate visas, new English language requirement for skilled visas, capped expansion (?!?) of High Potential Individual route and more www.gov.uk/government/p...

Statement of changes to the Immigration Rules: HC 1333, 14 October 2025

Statement of changes to the Immigration Rules published on 14 October 2025.

www.gov.uk

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 13h

“Keep vast numbers of DVDs, CDs and vinyl in case of cyberattack, middle-aged dads told”

Steve Beresford @lostinmilbury.bsky.social · 15h

Then: the office of the future will be paperless

Now: keep paper records

Have plans on paper in case of cyber-attack, firms told

Prepare to switch to offline systems in the event of a cyber-attack, firms are being advised.

www.bbc.co.uk

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LittleGravitas, →EU immigrant, UK→ emigrant, anti-Brexit @catanonim.me · 12h

Nor Shakespeare. There was no standardisation of spelling in their eras.

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Chris Hounsell @chrisvjhounsell.bsky.social · 13h

This is just daft. Of all the people in UK who take A level, relatively few take English.

LittleGravitas, →EU immigrant, UK→ emigrant, anti-Brexit @catanonim.me · 13h

This is abysmal. It is xenophobic. It panders to racists. And to xeno-voters.

I thought Labour wanted to generate growth?

» How many UK workers have A-level standard English, actually?

@imogenwalker.bsky.social @darrenpjones.bsky.social @shabanamahmood.bsky.social

The Independent @the-independent.com · 14h

Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK

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Kathy Hodgson 💚🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🚲🥄 @kathyhodgson.bsky.social · 12h

No, it's not. A friend of mine teaches it. I would struggle with it as a native speaker with an engineering degree.
www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/eng...

A-level English 7702 | Specification | AQA

www.aqa.org.uk

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LittleGravitas, →EU immigrant, UK→ emigrant, anti-Brexit @catanonim.me · 13h

I am so glad I live in a country (🇪🇸) which ·actively welcomes· migrants.

The Independent @the-independent.com · 14h

Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK

www.independent.co.uk

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Barry Parmegiana @jimmylasagne.bsky.social · 14h

* Based on a total and absolute failure to understand basic distinctions between secondary education and language competence.

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LittleGravitas, →EU immigrant, UK→ emigrant, anti-Brexit @catanonim.me · 13h

This is abysmal. It is xenophobic. It panders to racists. And to xeno-voters.

I thought Labour wanted to generate growth?

» How many UK workers have A-level standard English, actually?

@imogenwalker.bsky.social @darrenpjones.bsky.social @shabanamahmood.bsky.social

The Independent @the-independent.com · 14h

Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK

www.independent.co.uk

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 14h

The UAE bought $2B of Trump’s crypto — and gets computer chips

Saudi Arabia gave Kushner $2B for a new Trump Tower — and gets weapons

Qatar gives Trump a private jet and a $5.5B real estate deal — and gets US military protection

This is how bribes work.
popular.info/p/quid-pro-p...

Quid Pro Presidency

Nations that have bestowed lavish gifts to President Trump — or enriched Trump and his family by striking business deals with Trump-connected companies — have later received extraordinary benefits fro...

popular.info

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

ITALIAN PM GIORGIA MELONI COULDN'T GET AWAY FAST ENOUGH.

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LittleGravitas, →EU immigrant, UK→ emigrant, anti-Brexit @catanonim.me · 15h

An expert on digital ID cards:

~ ANONYMITY IS HARD: if you are reading this post, it is an invitation for you to consider how anonymity can fail (leading to re-identification) in a heavily networked system – Dropsafe ~

https://alecmuffett.com/article/117409

ANONYMITY IS HARD: if you are reading this post, it is an invitation for you to consider how anonymity can fail (leading to re-identification) in a heavily networked system – Dropsafe

I post lots about digital identity cards and how they can fail, and I get lots of responses from people who believe the marketing material – variously from governments, or for zero knowledge …

alecmuffett.com

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 15h

As it happens I suspect a lot of Labour MPs already do take the electoral challenge presented by the Greens seriously. The question as so often is whether their concerns are heard and understood by the Labour leadership

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 15h

If Labour fails to take the Greens as an electoral threat seriously it deserves the same fate Farage is currently meting out to the Conservatives

YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 16h

Our latest Westminster voting intention (12-13 Oct) has the Greens on their highest figure ever recorded by YouGov

Reform UK: 27% (no change from 5-6 Oct)
Labour: 20% (=)
Conservatives: 17% (=)
Lib Dems: 16% (-1)
Greens: 13% (+1)
SNP: 3% (-1)

yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...

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Integral Answers @integralanswers.bsky.social · 16h

1/ Propaganda isn’t just lies shouted loudly.

It’s the systematization of belief.

Joseph Goebbels built that system for Hitler—turning mass communication into a weapon of control.

What he did. How he did it. What it achieved.

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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 1d

www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/t...

Tommy Robinson told police ‘not a chance bruv’ when asked for mobile pin. He had more than £13,000 and 1,900 euros in cash with him, told officers he was driving his silver Bentley to Benidorm for a couple of days when he was stopped. As you do!

Tommy Robinson told police ‘not a chance bruv’ when asked for mobile pin, court told

Tommy Robinson, 42, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is standing trial after being charged under the terrorism act

www.standard.co.uk

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 16h

‘Why did the belief in British exceptionalism persist? Some of it could be put down to delusions of grandeur. There was a feeling that Europe needed us more than we needed them.’

David Runciman on the road to Brexit: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

David Runciman · Down the Rabbit Hole: Britain’s Europe Problem

From Macmillan to Wilson to Heath to Thatcher to Major to Blair to Cameron, a succession of prime ministers persuaded...

www.lrb.co.uk

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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 16h

I just don’t want palantir anywhere near it. Ever.

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CJ McKinney @cjmckinney.bsky.social · 16h

Government statement to MPs on digital ID yesterday evening. "Tackling illegal immigration" carefully positioned as the third of three reasons to do it, and even then "not a silver bullet" hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025...

Digital ID - Hansard - UK Parliament

Hansard record of the item : 'Digital ID' on Monday 13 October 2025.

hansard.parliament.uk

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 16h

This whole thing has been a case study in how not to do it. But still, I'm sure this incredibly complex project will definitely work.

CJ McKinney @cjmckinney.bsky.social · 16h

Government statement to MPs on digital ID yesterday evening. "Tackling illegal immigration" carefully positioned as the third of three reasons to do it, and even then "not a silver bullet" hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025...

Digital ID - Hansard - UK Parliament

Hansard record of the item : 'Digital ID' on Monday 13 October 2025.

hansard.parliament.uk

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LittleGravitas, →EU immigrant, UK→ emigrant, anti-Brexit @catanonim.me · 16h

~ Why Signal’s post-quantum makeover is an amazing engineering achievement | Ars Technica – Dropsafe ~

https://alecmuffett.com/article/117370

Why Signal’s post-quantum makeover is an amazing engineering achievement | Ars Technica – Dropsafe

Happy to read this, not least because I’ve often seen the push for rapid adoption of PQ as coming from intelligence agencies seeking to sow confusion & discord; having a well researched h…

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