Timo Betcke
@timobetcke.me
Professor of Computational Mathematics, University College London. My views reflected here are my own.
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Sweet Jesus Starmer’s here to make the headlines about immigration again. The actual worst politician I’ve ever seen 🤦♀️🤦♀️
Today - are foreigners really human? Should they REALLY enjoy human rights protections like the rest of us? #r4today
Today - are foreigners really human? Should they REALLY enjoy human rights protections like the rest of us? #r4today
December 10, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Sweet Jesus Starmer’s here to make the headlines about immigration again. The actual worst politician I’ve ever seen 🤦♀️🤦♀️
Today - are foreigners really human? Should they REALLY enjoy human rights protections like the rest of us? #r4today
Today - are foreigners really human? Should they REALLY enjoy human rights protections like the rest of us? #r4today
I would consider murdering people in fishing boats the bigger crime. But then again those two regimes do not think about human lives in a way normal people do.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump news at a glance: Seizure of oil tanker marks new level of tensions between US and Venezuela
Trump also said Colombia’s president ‘will be next’ as he announced major escalation in US pressure on Nicolás Maduro
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
I would consider murdering people in fishing boats the bigger crime. But then again those two regimes do not think about human lives in a way normal people do.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
There is a beautiful symmetry. For years I said fuck the Tories and now I say fuck Labour.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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UK joins call for Europe’s human rights laws to be ‘constrained’
Britain aligns with some of Europe’s hardline governments in calling for change to allow Rwanda-style migration deals
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
There is a beautiful symmetry. For years I said fuck the Tories and now I say fuck Labour.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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🇵🇸 The last Columbia University protester still in ICE detention, Leqaa Kordia, describes conditions inside the Texas facility where she has been held for the past 9 months.
KORDIA: “Right now, we’re 87 people and the capacity is 37. A lot of people are sleeping on the floor.”
“Another word for...
KORDIA: “Right now, we’re 87 people and the capacity is 37. A lot of people are sleeping on the floor.”
“Another word for...
December 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
🇵🇸 The last Columbia University protester still in ICE detention, Leqaa Kordia, describes conditions inside the Texas facility where she has been held for the past 9 months.
KORDIA: “Right now, we’re 87 people and the capacity is 37. A lot of people are sleeping on the floor.”
“Another word for...
KORDIA: “Right now, we’re 87 people and the capacity is 37. A lot of people are sleeping on the floor.”
“Another word for...
At the same time her husband has migrants tortured in concentration camps.
It is the banality of evil all over again.
It is the banality of evil all over again.
For only $159, Malaria Trump will send your children the English version of ’Twas the Night Before Kreesmas.’ #BeBest
December 10, 2025 at 7:56 AM
At the same time her husband has migrants tortured in concentration camps.
It is the banality of evil all over again.
It is the banality of evil all over again.
It is good that a Youth Mobility scheme is slowly under way. But it is also a reminder how much damage to the country the traitors did that pushed through Brexit and that none of them will ever be punished for it.
And it made front page
December 10, 2025 at 7:45 AM
It is good that a Youth Mobility scheme is slowly under way. But it is also a reminder how much damage to the country the traitors did that pushed through Brexit and that none of them will ever be punished for it.
The 10 minute rule bill on the Customs Union has part the first stage and can go to second reading. But the government will refuse to make time for it, so it cannot be voted on.
Only in Britain this is called Democracy.
Only in Britain this is called Democracy.
December 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The 10 minute rule bill on the Customs Union has part the first stage and can go to second reading. But the government will refuse to make time for it, so it cannot be voted on.
Only in Britain this is called Democracy.
Only in Britain this is called Democracy.
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But the good news is, by doing this, we defeated racism in the UK.
Government has now - belatedly -published the impact assessment for the changes to skilled worker and care worker visas announced in May.
Impact is estimated between -£2 billion and £-10 billion (central - £10 billion).
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Impact is estimated between -£2 billion and £-10 billion (central - £10 billion).
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6937e6...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
December 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
But the good news is, by doing this, we defeated racism in the UK.
Just think about what a coward Starmer is in comparison to the Polish government.
What must it be like to have leaders who champion the kind of greatness that stands up to bullies, protects the vulnerable, stands with allies, and achieves peace through superior firepower?
Ask your parents, because we haven't had one of those in a bit.
Ask your parents, because we haven't had one of those in a bit.
December 9, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Just think about what a coward Starmer is in comparison to the Polish government.
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A reminder that when Kemi Badenoch hacked Harriet Harman's website it was an offence carrying a sentence of up to five years in prison
The Conservative party’s policy also includes stripping people of their British citizenship when they are found guilty of a crime ⬇️
All criminals with dual nationality must be deported, say Tories
The Conservative party’s policy also includes stripping people of their British citizenship when they are found guilty of a crime
www.thetimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:08 PM
A reminder that when Kemi Badenoch hacked Harriet Harman's website it was an offence carrying a sentence of up to five years in prison
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Musk and Trump want a smaller state, for the same reason the Sopranos wanted a smaller police force.
Musk and Trump hate the EU for the same reasons Farage and Putin hate it. It stands for civil rights, the rule of law, and regulation of oligarchs
December 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Musk and Trump want a smaller state, for the same reason the Sopranos wanted a smaller police force.
I cannot visit a country knowing that it has people suffering in concentration camps. This included China, and now the USA.
I would hope that those responsible get their just punishment. But reality is they never do.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I would hope that those responsible get their just punishment. But reality is they never do.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Detainees at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ facing ‘harrowing human right violations’, new report alleges
Amnesty International finds immigrants at Florida facility were shackled and left outside in metal cage for up to a day
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I cannot visit a country knowing that it has people suffering in concentration camps. This included China, and now the USA.
I would hope that those responsible get their just punishment. But reality is they never do.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I would hope that those responsible get their just punishment. But reality is they never do.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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The European Union, our home 🇪🇺
A space of freedom and democracy.
A unique achievement for peace and prosperity 🕊️
A stronger Europe is now more important than ever 💪🏻
Let us fight for it. Together. ❤️🇪🇺💚
A space of freedom and democracy.
A unique achievement for peace and prosperity 🕊️
A stronger Europe is now more important than ever 💪🏻
Let us fight for it. Together. ❤️🇪🇺💚
December 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The European Union, our home 🇪🇺
A space of freedom and democracy.
A unique achievement for peace and prosperity 🕊️
A stronger Europe is now more important than ever 💪🏻
Let us fight for it. Together. ❤️🇪🇺💚
A space of freedom and democracy.
A unique achievement for peace and prosperity 🕊️
A stronger Europe is now more important than ever 💪🏻
Let us fight for it. Together. ❤️🇪🇺💚
Today decided with my group to trial a European code hosting service instead of Microsoft’s GitHub that we used for over a decade. Where feasible it is our responsibility to help disentangle Europe from the American Tech sector that is in direct collusion with Trump.
european-alternatives.eu
european-alternatives.eu
European Alternatives
We help you find European alternatives for digital service and products, like cloud services and SaaS products.
european-alternatives.eu
December 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Today decided with my group to trial a European code hosting service instead of Microsoft’s GitHub that we used for over a decade. Where feasible it is our responsibility to help disentangle Europe from the American Tech sector that is in direct collusion with Trump.
european-alternatives.eu
european-alternatives.eu
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Unsurprising mask-off racism from Nick Timothy here.
Upset at the abolition of the two-child limit - because some of (British) kids who will benefit have (British) parents who are the wrong colour (were born in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Somalia, etc).
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Upset at the abolition of the two-child limit - because some of (British) kids who will benefit have (British) parents who are the wrong colour (were born in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Somalia, etc).
archive.ph/rycVD
Strip residency of migrants who are a net financial drain, urges Tory MP
Ministers should withdraw permanent residency from those who draw more in welfare than they contribute, a former No 10 adviser has said
www.thetimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Unsurprising mask-off racism from Nick Timothy here.
Upset at the abolition of the two-child limit - because some of (British) kids who will benefit have (British) parents who are the wrong colour (were born in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Somalia, etc).
archive.ph/rycVD
Upset at the abolition of the two-child limit - because some of (British) kids who will benefit have (British) parents who are the wrong colour (were born in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Somalia, etc).
archive.ph/rycVD
And another band I won‘t listen to anymore.
There is nothing less rock and roll than kissing a despot's ass.
December 8, 2025 at 6:54 AM
And another band I won‘t listen to anymore.
Ending homelessness is not difficult. Finland has shown it. The only reason not to end homelessness is cruelty against the poorest and most vulnerable in society.
Finland ended homelessness with a housing first strategy that gave people apartments before they secured employment
Now they’re proposing a 4 day work week and 6 hour work days
True work life balance
Meanwhile in the US, people work two jobs and can’t afford food or healthcare.
Now they’re proposing a 4 day work week and 6 hour work days
True work life balance
Meanwhile in the US, people work two jobs and can’t afford food or healthcare.
December 8, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Ending homelessness is not difficult. Finland has shown it. The only reason not to end homelessness is cruelty against the poorest and most vulnerable in society.
@royalsociety.org it is absolutely disgusting that you refuse to act against this fellow. Remaining silent in this case is no better than supporting the extremist views by one of your own and you have become an embarrassment for British science for doing so.
The EU was created in by people who lived through WWII and saw political and economic integration as a means to bringing peace and stability to the continent.
It is being opposed by Putin, Musk and the others who support Neo Nazis in Europe.
It is being opposed by Putin, Musk and the others who support Neo Nazis in Europe.
December 8, 2025 at 5:48 AM
@royalsociety.org it is absolutely disgusting that you refuse to act against this fellow. Remaining silent in this case is no better than supporting the extremist views by one of your own and you have become an embarrassment for British science for doing so.
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Poland has a good suggestion
December 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Poland has a good suggestion
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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
Labour does not even want to fight the fascists. They are kissing Farage‘s ass and are surprised that the brown stuff gets all over their faces.
BREAKING: Work & Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden rules out a customs union with the EU to promote economic growth
December 7, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Labour does not even want to fight the fascists. They are kissing Farage‘s ass and are surprised that the brown stuff gets all over their faces.
This is a shocking analysis. Even if Reform underperforms the current polls in the next elections, we are likely to end up with pro Russian fascists forming the next government.
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Labour are polling worse than ever | UK Politics | The New Statesman
YouTube video by The New Statesman
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December 7, 2025 at 9:49 AM
This is a shocking analysis. Even if Reform underperforms the current polls in the next elections, we are likely to end up with pro Russian fascists forming the next government.
youtu.be/AuSYlBkT3e8?...
youtu.be/AuSYlBkT3e8?...
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"We tend to imagine corruption as a transaction: money buying votes, quid pro quos in backrooms. But money’s real power is quieter and deeper. It decides which candidates get to run, which policies are thinkable, and whose voices get amplified or ignored."
Study after study shows campaign ads barely move the needle. So where does money’s real power come from? I ranked the five ways money corrupts politics—from least to most corrosive. What I’ve learned from 15 years of tracking political money:
Money Doesn't Buy Elections. It Does Something Worse.
Campaign ads barely move the needle. The real influence is hiding in plain sight.
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December 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
"We tend to imagine corruption as a transaction: money buying votes, quid pro quos in backrooms. But money’s real power is quieter and deeper. It decides which candidates get to run, which policies are thinkable, and whose voices get amplified or ignored."