Jack Harrison
@jlharrison.bsky.social
Former maths extraordinaire (he/him)
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It can't be emphasised enough that the Government's current approach:
- Increase ILR to 10 years,
- Increase Asylum ILR to 20 years,
- Removal "immediately" if your home country becomes "safe,"
- Loss of permanent refugee status,
Is exactly the sort of thing they dismissed as radical extremism.
- Increase ILR to 10 years,
- Increase Asylum ILR to 20 years,
- Removal "immediately" if your home country becomes "safe,"
- Loss of permanent refugee status,
Is exactly the sort of thing they dismissed as radical extremism.
Yvette Cooper was defined by inertia and just blew in the wind. Shabana Mahmood gets things done. And what she wants to get done is absolutely crackers.
November 15, 2025 at 10:36 PM
It can't be emphasised enough that the Government's current approach:
- Increase ILR to 10 years,
- Increase Asylum ILR to 20 years,
- Removal "immediately" if your home country becomes "safe,"
- Loss of permanent refugee status,
Is exactly the sort of thing they dismissed as radical extremism.
- Increase ILR to 10 years,
- Increase Asylum ILR to 20 years,
- Removal "immediately" if your home country becomes "safe,"
- Loss of permanent refugee status,
Is exactly the sort of thing they dismissed as radical extremism.
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Shabana Mahmood on the BBC this morning talking about desperate people fleeing war and persecution as being given a "golden ticket" and "handouts" and saying she's got a "moral mission" to take them away from them
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Shabana Mahmood and the Politics of Extortion
Labour's strategy of telling its supporters to back Reform-style policies, or get a Reform Government, is the politics of the protection racket and it is not going to work
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Shabana Mahmood on the BBC this morning talking about desperate people fleeing war and persecution as being given a "golden ticket" and "handouts" and saying she's got a "moral mission" to take them away from them
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
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It's real, and it's mind-blowing.
A complete lack of awareness and a national embarrassment.
A complete lack of awareness and a national embarrassment.
Just some British patriots in Benidorm, taking over a street in Spain to shout in their own language about unwanted foreigners. It’s a blessing that they are too thick to understand irony.
November 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
It's real, and it's mind-blowing.
A complete lack of awareness and a national embarrassment.
A complete lack of awareness and a national embarrassment.
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The answer is no, but somebody should tell the Home Office press office or political teams to try to use language that describes what they will actually propose
November 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The answer is no, but somebody should tell the Home Office press office or political teams to try to use language that describes what they will actually propose
Scaling back the cycle to work scheme, as is set to be in the budget, is real Treasury brain. It will result in more cars on the road compared to if they kept the scheme as is, so more road maintenance costs and an economic hit due to increased traffic too.
November 15, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Scaling back the cycle to work scheme, as is set to be in the budget, is real Treasury brain. It will result in more cars on the road compared to if they kept the scheme as is, so more road maintenance costs and an economic hit due to increased traffic too.
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Without asylum:
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
November 15, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Without asylum:
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
Obviously extreme and bizarre when Reform and Tories announced schemes by which they could deport people who settled here legally, but now Labour essentially jumps on that bandwagon with this scheme by which they can send refugees back. Disgusting.
November 15, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Obviously extreme and bizarre when Reform and Tories announced schemes by which they could deport people who settled here legally, but now Labour essentially jumps on that bandwagon with this scheme by which they can send refugees back. Disgusting.
So if in fifty years Afghanistan is a developed democracy are we going to start sending pensionable aged women who have a partner, children, grandchildren in Britain back there because they came here fleeing the Taliban’s persecution of women in 2025?
Home Office claims changes proposed on Monday are "the most significant shift in the treatment of refugees since the second world war"
These changes are unlikely to significantly shift flows or deliver control.
The language used is questionable in principle - and v likely to be untrue in practice
These changes are unlikely to significantly shift flows or deliver control.
The language used is questionable in principle - and v likely to be untrue in practice
November 15, 2025 at 9:40 AM
So if in fifty years Afghanistan is a developed democracy are we going to start sending pensionable aged women who have a partner, children, grandchildren in Britain back there because they came here fleeing the Taliban’s persecution of women in 2025?
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This is the Home Secretary's video about "why"
A government which had the principle of *defusing* the salience by getting a grip with control, while maintaining compassion, would not use the rhetorical devices here to stoke up the salience of the issue they hope to defuse
x.com/ShabanaMahmo...
A government which had the principle of *defusing* the salience by getting a grip with control, while maintaining compassion, would not use the rhetorical devices here to stoke up the salience of the issue they hope to defuse
x.com/ShabanaMahmo...
Shabana Mahmood MP on X: "On Monday, I will announce the most significant changes to our asylum system in modern times 👇 https://t.co/eXAVYdD4kD" / X
On Monday, I will announce the most significant changes to our asylum system in modern times 👇 https://t.co/eXAVYdD4kD
x.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:02 AM
This is the Home Secretary's video about "why"
A government which had the principle of *defusing* the salience by getting a grip with control, while maintaining compassion, would not use the rhetorical devices here to stoke up the salience of the issue they hope to defuse
x.com/ShabanaMahmo...
A government which had the principle of *defusing* the salience by getting a grip with control, while maintaining compassion, would not use the rhetorical devices here to stoke up the salience of the issue they hope to defuse
x.com/ShabanaMahmo...
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"The era of permanent protection is over"
Is this Labour government really saying it was wrong in principle to let these refugees of the last 75 years to stay, settle and become British - and they believe that should NEVER happen again in principle or practice?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiuR...
Is this Labour government really saying it was wrong in principle to let these refugees of the last 75 years to stay, settle and become British - and they believe that should NEVER happen again in principle or practice?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiuR...
Refugees from 7 decades gather to commemorate 70 years of refugee in protection in the UK
YouTube video by Refugee Council
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:28 AM
"The era of permanent protection is over"
Is this Labour government really saying it was wrong in principle to let these refugees of the last 75 years to stay, settle and become British - and they believe that should NEVER happen again in principle or practice?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiuR...
Is this Labour government really saying it was wrong in principle to let these refugees of the last 75 years to stay, settle and become British - and they believe that should NEVER happen again in principle or practice?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiuR...
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it's actually an instagram reel of connecticut governor ned lamont being filmed making a 6 7 joke to a bunch of schoolkids visiting his office
November 14, 2025 at 10:27 PM
it's actually an instagram reel of connecticut governor ned lamont being filmed making a 6 7 joke to a bunch of schoolkids visiting his office
People need to stop using the term “midcentury” to mean the middle half of the 20th Century because we will be in the next midcentury in literally seven weeks.
November 14, 2025 at 10:19 PM
People need to stop using the term “midcentury” to mean the middle half of the 20th Century because we will be in the next midcentury in literally seven weeks.
They won’t raise taxes so now they have to bend over backwards to find absolutely stupid cuts that save no money and piss everyone off, while also having to decimate capital spending, ensuring they will never get better economic growth, and guaranteeing they are back in this position twice a year.
November 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
They won’t raise taxes so now they have to bend over backwards to find absolutely stupid cuts that save no money and piss everyone off, while also having to decimate capital spending, ensuring they will never get better economic growth, and guaranteeing they are back in this position twice a year.
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> steam machine
> look inside
> electricity
> look inside
> electricity
November 14, 2025 at 9:53 AM
> steam machine
> look inside
> electricity
> look inside
> electricity
Government hurtling towards a major economic crisis and the only thing that can stop it is raising taxes so of course they rule it out.
November 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Government hurtling towards a major economic crisis and the only thing that can stop it is raising taxes so of course they rule it out.
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If the FT story is correct and they're walking back from Income Tax rises then I genuinely give up.
Every government of my adult life has been a cowardly shuffle of dishonesty on taxes, spending, and immigration, hurtling towards ever worse outcomes and praying something turns up.
Every government of my adult life has been a cowardly shuffle of dishonesty on taxes, spending, and immigration, hurtling towards ever worse outcomes and praying something turns up.
November 14, 2025 at 8:59 AM
If the FT story is correct and they're walking back from Income Tax rises then I genuinely give up.
Every government of my adult life has been a cowardly shuffle of dishonesty on taxes, spending, and immigration, hurtling towards ever worse outcomes and praying something turns up.
Every government of my adult life has been a cowardly shuffle of dishonesty on taxes, spending, and immigration, hurtling towards ever worse outcomes and praying something turns up.
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Reading about the rapid collapse of Eastern European governments in 1989 as completely rotten and corrupt leaderships disintegrated when people realised fear was all that was holding them up. Apropos of nothing.
November 12, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Reading about the rapid collapse of Eastern European governments in 1989 as completely rotten and corrupt leaderships disintegrated when people realised fear was all that was holding them up. Apropos of nothing.
Starmer should have resigned when the government destroyed its fiscal agenda by refusing to put NI back up to 12.5%
Starmer should have resigned when he chose to square that circle by cutting disability benefits
Starmer should have resigned when he chose to square that circle by cutting disability benefits
November 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Starmer should have resigned when the government destroyed its fiscal agenda by refusing to put NI back up to 12.5%
Starmer should have resigned when he chose to square that circle by cutting disability benefits
Starmer should have resigned when he chose to square that circle by cutting disability benefits
This is one of those things that’s technically true if you accept that it was Starmer briefing against Streeting to try and shore up his own leadership.
No 10 says Starmer has been told by Downing Street staff that none of them briefed against Streeting - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
November 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
This is one of those things that’s technically true if you accept that it was Starmer briefing against Streeting to try and shore up his own leadership.
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The BBC edit was a stupid thing to do precisely because it gave the right an opportunity to muddy the waters, but I really struggle to see how it actually mischaracterised his position
Left: Donald Trump’s Jan 6th quote, as presented in the dossier that brought down two BBC bosses
Right: What Donald Trump actually said.
Full story in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social: www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
Right: What Donald Trump actually said.
Full story in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social: www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
November 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The BBC edit was a stupid thing to do precisely because it gave the right an opportunity to muddy the waters, but I really struggle to see how it actually mischaracterised his position
Starmer briefing against his own cabinet is a nostalgic throwback to the
Boris Johnson bunker days in Summer 2022 but surely the PLP know better than to attempt to make Wes Streeting PM.
Boris Johnson bunker days in Summer 2022 but surely the PLP know better than to attempt to make Wes Streeting PM.
November 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Starmer briefing against his own cabinet is a nostalgic throwback to the
Boris Johnson bunker days in Summer 2022 but surely the PLP know better than to attempt to make Wes Streeting PM.
Boris Johnson bunker days in Summer 2022 but surely the PLP know better than to attempt to make Wes Streeting PM.
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Two of the top bosses of the BBC resigned this week, after allegations in a dossier claimed Panorama had altered a Trump quote.
One problem: that dossier altered the Trump quote, too
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
One problem: that dossier altered the Trump quote, too
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
Exclusive: the error at the heart of Trump’s BBC attack
A report alleging Panorama broadcast misleading Trump quotes contains misleading quotes itself
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Two of the top bosses of the BBC resigned this week, after allegations in a dossier claimed Panorama had altered a Trump quote.
One problem: that dossier altered the Trump quote, too
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
One problem: that dossier altered the Trump quote, too
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
So the far right hacks who put together the stupid dossier did exactly the thing that they are accusing the BBC of.
Left: Donald Trump’s Jan 6th quote, as presented in the dossier that brought down two BBC bosses
Right: What Donald Trump actually said.
Full story in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social: www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
Right: What Donald Trump actually said.
Full story in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social: www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
November 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
So the far right hacks who put together the stupid dossier did exactly the thing that they are accusing the BBC of.
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Left: Donald Trump’s Jan 6th quote, as presented in the dossier that brought down two BBC bosses
Right: What Donald Trump actually said.
Full story in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social: www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
Right: What Donald Trump actually said.
Full story in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social: www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
November 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Left: Donald Trump’s Jan 6th quote, as presented in the dossier that brought down two BBC bosses
Right: What Donald Trump actually said.
Full story in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social: www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
Right: What Donald Trump actually said.
Full story in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social: www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
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yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing