Guy Stallard
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Keen supporter of Living Wage Foundation The Foundation has had such success in reducing working poverty I am also a great supporter of hybrid working. All comments personal and nothing to do with my employer or the charities I support
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Indeed. Her naivety and stupidity is cringeworthy. She says “look at Afghanistan” as evidence of the NATO “imperialist war machine” but ignores the fact that Russia invaded the country
November 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Everything I see and hear from Zarah Sultana makes me think she's a right royal pain in the arse. And not the effective type...
November 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Everything I see and hear from Zarah Sultana makes me think she's a right royal pain in the arse. And not the effective type...
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NEWS: Miss S Coyle Cellan-Jones, Calendar Girl, said when interviewed “mon père will publish un calendrier of belles photos de moi, très classy classy, not raunchy raunchy. Moi is not comme Pamela Anderson in le 80s mais moi maintenant thinks she is super cool. Moi will not wear un swimmy rouge.”
November 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
NEWS: Miss S Coyle Cellan-Jones, Calendar Girl, said when interviewed “mon père will publish un calendrier of belles photos de moi, très classy classy, not raunchy raunchy. Moi is not comme Pamela Anderson in le 80s mais moi maintenant thinks she is super cool. Moi will not wear un swimmy rouge.”
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The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.
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Fewer workers. Fewer international students. More people leaving.
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK net migration falls sharply with drop in arrivals for work and study
Provisional figures for net migration to the UK show levels dropped to 204,000 in the year to June 2025.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Fewer workers. Fewer international students. More people leaving.
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Great picture.
When I say 'great'....
When I say 'great'....
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 12:57 PM
Great picture.
When I say 'great'....
When I say 'great'....
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That is a huge drop. Huge.
Starmer will now play the 'look-what-we-achieved' politics of this brilliantly, everyone will calm down, sensible immigration policies will emerge, and Farage will disappear.
Narrator: 'Meanwhile on Planet Earth....'
Starmer will now play the 'look-what-we-achieved' politics of this brilliantly, everyone will calm down, sensible immigration policies will emerge, and Farage will disappear.
Narrator: 'Meanwhile on Planet Earth....'
NEW: Net migration falls sharply to 204,000 in the year to June.
That’s a fall from 649,000 in the year to June 2024. It is a drop of nearly 80% from its 2023 peak.
That’s a fall from 649,000 in the year to June 2024. It is a drop of nearly 80% from its 2023 peak.
November 27, 2025 at 11:45 AM
That is a huge drop. Huge.
Starmer will now play the 'look-what-we-achieved' politics of this brilliantly, everyone will calm down, sensible immigration policies will emerge, and Farage will disappear.
Narrator: 'Meanwhile on Planet Earth....'
Starmer will now play the 'look-what-we-achieved' politics of this brilliantly, everyone will calm down, sensible immigration policies will emerge, and Farage will disappear.
Narrator: 'Meanwhile on Planet Earth....'
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I agree its an awful measure, immigration is what people care about, but that is also down very sharply and likely to continue falling (while the rise in emigration is down mainly to increase emigration of non British/non-EU citizens, no evidence of higher emigration of young Brits).
November 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I agree its an awful measure, immigration is what people care about, but that is also down very sharply and likely to continue falling (while the rise in emigration is down mainly to increase emigration of non British/non-EU citizens, no evidence of higher emigration of young Brits).
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The number of British citizens emigrating hasn’t increased, btw. Outward migration is up, but the increase is mostly non-EU migrants leaving the UK.
The methodology counting emigration of British citizens changed in 2021, which increased the number, and it’s been pretty much flat ever since…
The methodology counting emigration of British citizens changed in 2021, which increased the number, and it’s been pretty much flat ever since…
November 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The number of British citizens emigrating hasn’t increased, btw. Outward migration is up, but the increase is mostly non-EU migrants leaving the UK.
The methodology counting emigration of British citizens changed in 2021, which increased the number, and it’s been pretty much flat ever since…
The methodology counting emigration of British citizens changed in 2021, which increased the number, and it’s been pretty much flat ever since…
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NEW: Net migration to the UK fell significantly to 204,000 in the year to June.
That’s down from 649,000 in the year to June 2024 - a fall of around two-thirds.
That’s down from 649,000 in the year to June 2024 - a fall of around two-thirds.
November 27, 2025 at 9:43 AM
NEW: Net migration to the UK fell significantly to 204,000 in the year to June.
That’s down from 649,000 in the year to June 2024 - a fall of around two-thirds.
That’s down from 649,000 in the year to June 2024 - a fall of around two-thirds.
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It is good to see cross-party challenge to overt racism in British political and media discourse: Labour MP Sarah Owen, who chairs the women & equalities select committee, challenges the racist claim from GB News contributor Lucy White that Deputy Speaker Nus Ghani should be barred from parliament
I know who Nus Ghani MP is - not because we always agree - but because she’s been serving her constituency (as well as lewks) since 2015.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
November 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
It is good to see cross-party challenge to overt racism in British political and media discourse: Labour MP Sarah Owen, who chairs the women & equalities select committee, challenges the racist claim from GB News contributor Lucy White that Deputy Speaker Nus Ghani should be barred from parliament
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Steve Bannon: No games. Recall Mark Kelly today. Convene the court-martial on Friday, verdict by Sunday, let’s go to Leavenworth and throw him in prison by Monday.
The other five will wet themselves, then let’s roll them up. Let’s go.
The other five will wet themselves, then let’s roll them up. Let’s go.
November 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Steve Bannon: No games. Recall Mark Kelly today. Convene the court-martial on Friday, verdict by Sunday, let’s go to Leavenworth and throw him in prison by Monday.
The other five will wet themselves, then let’s roll them up. Let’s go.
The other five will wet themselves, then let’s roll them up. Let’s go.
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An ostensibly mainstream outlet regularly platforming someone who is so overtly racist that she would ban British-born minorities like Rishi Sunak as well as naturalised citizens like Nus Ghani from parliament + tell Muslims to stop practicing their faith or to "remigrate"
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This is one of the changes in the UK media landscape that should be more remarked on: the fact that being a very open, proud, outright racist is no longer a bar to being a pundit on some TV stations (in this case GBN and Talk TV).
Lucy White advocates a ban on "non-natives" from office, citing Rishi Sunak and Priti Patel.
So she is referring to UK-born ethnic minority citizens. (Her argument would apply equally to Shabana Mahmood, Kemi Badenoch, Suella Braverman and others)
Lucy White continues to be a GB News regular
So she is referring to UK-born ethnic minority citizens. (Her argument would apply equally to Shabana Mahmood, Kemi Badenoch, Suella Braverman and others)
Lucy White continues to be a GB News regular
November 26, 2025 at 10:04 PM
An ostensibly mainstream outlet regularly platforming someone who is so overtly racist that she would ban British-born minorities like Rishi Sunak as well as naturalised citizens like Nus Ghani from parliament + tell Muslims to stop practicing their faith or to "remigrate"
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Nus Ghani MP - the Deputy Speaker - moved to the UK as a small child. She has been elected by the voters in Wealden in 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2024
More outright racism from the regular GB News & Talk TV contributor Lucy White - who previously called (on GB News) for all Muslims to leave Britain
More outright racism from the regular GB News & Talk TV contributor Lucy White - who previously called (on GB News) for all Muslims to leave Britain
November 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Nus Ghani MP - the Deputy Speaker - moved to the UK as a small child. She has been elected by the voters in Wealden in 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2024
More outright racism from the regular GB News & Talk TV contributor Lucy White - who previously called (on GB News) for all Muslims to leave Britain
More outright racism from the regular GB News & Talk TV contributor Lucy White - who previously called (on GB News) for all Muslims to leave Britain
Blatant racism from GB News presenter - how is this allowed
Nus Ghani MP - the Deputy Speaker - moved to the UK as a small child. She has been elected by the voters in Wealden in 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2024
More outright racism from the regular GB News & Talk TV contributor Lucy White - who previously called (on GB News) for all Muslims to leave Britain
More outright racism from the regular GB News & Talk TV contributor Lucy White - who previously called (on GB News) for all Muslims to leave Britain
November 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Blatant racism from GB News presenter - how is this allowed
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I'm hearing criticisms of the end to the two child limit, because it was done just to mollify Labour backbenchers, at a cost of £billions.
I remember another govt delivering a referendum on EU membership, just to mollify restive backbenchers. That's costing way, way more... A little perspective?
I remember another govt delivering a referendum on EU membership, just to mollify restive backbenchers. That's costing way, way more... A little perspective?
November 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I'm hearing criticisms of the end to the two child limit, because it was done just to mollify Labour backbenchers, at a cost of £billions.
I remember another govt delivering a referendum on EU membership, just to mollify restive backbenchers. That's costing way, way more... A little perspective?
I remember another govt delivering a referendum on EU membership, just to mollify restive backbenchers. That's costing way, way more... A little perspective?
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(Also as it happens there's very clear evidence that the two child limit did not reduce fertility rates in the affected families.)
November 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
(Also as it happens there's very clear evidence that the two child limit did not reduce fertility rates in the affected families.)
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I smile every time I see her lying on the bed after thinking about all the time she hid behind the sofa
November 26, 2025 at 7:41 AM
I smile every time I see her lying on the bed after thinking about all the time she hid behind the sofa
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Can’t think why 0530 is too early to wake you up says #sophiefromromania
November 26, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Can’t think why 0530 is too early to wake you up says #sophiefromromania
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On Today before 7 a former Trump official claimed without challenge that US spending on Ukraine far outweighs that of Europe (at least contestable) and that Europe was now irrelevant to the peace talks. 30 mins later Steve Rosenberg made clear that Europe’s irrelevance was a Kremlin talking point
November 26, 2025 at 7:53 AM
On Today before 7 a former Trump official claimed without challenge that US spending on Ukraine far outweighs that of Europe (at least contestable) and that Europe was now irrelevant to the peace talks. 30 mins later Steve Rosenberg made clear that Europe’s irrelevance was a Kremlin talking point
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How he thought those conversations wouldn't be recorded and possibly passed on shows complete ineptitude. Never mind what the content was.
November 26, 2025 at 10:02 AM
How he thought those conversations wouldn't be recorded and possibly passed on shows complete ineptitude. Never mind what the content was.
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Trump envoy Steve Witkoff has been outed as a Russian asset. This is traitorous stuff.
Steve Witkoff helped Russia derail Ukraine’s access to Tomahawk missiles. He tipped off the Kremlin about Zelensky’s U.S. visit, giving Moscow time to arrange a call that convinced Trump to block the deal. Witkoff actively works against Ukraine’s defense, in coordination with Putin’s regime.
November 26, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Trump envoy Steve Witkoff has been outed as a Russian asset. This is traitorous stuff.
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Jakarta is now the world’s most populous city with 42 million, according to a new UN report. Dhaka is second with 37 million and Tokyo has slipped to third with 33 million.
November 26, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Jakarta is now the world’s most populous city with 42 million, according to a new UN report. Dhaka is second with 37 million and Tokyo has slipped to third with 33 million.
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I was recently in Jakarta, am in Dhaka, and went to Tokyo some years ago. These are best seen as urban regions, though - extremely dense in aggregate, but still on a substantial area. So you do feel that it is very dense and busy but at no point is it particularly "visually" obvious
November 26, 2025 at 10:39 AM
I was recently in Jakarta, am in Dhaka, and went to Tokyo some years ago. These are best seen as urban regions, though - extremely dense in aggregate, but still on a substantial area. So you do feel that it is very dense and busy but at no point is it particularly "visually" obvious
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GOP Rep Don Bacon calls for Witkoff to be fired.
November 25, 2025 at 10:58 PM
GOP Rep Don Bacon calls for Witkoff to be fired.