Alan Calder
@alancalder.bsky.social
Jaded, early fifties gen-x ex x-er. Background in risk, natural hazards and disasters in the insurance industry. Climate change is unfortunately real - past time to take it seriously. Also: Cycling, Aberdeen FC, The Scottish Highlands. Londoner.
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November 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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'We have historically high welfare spending.' No we don't.
'We have a historically high proportion of working-age people not actually working.' No we don't.
'The number of Britons emigrating is skyrocketing.' No it isn't.
'We have a historically high proportion of working-age people not actually working.' No we don't.
'The number of Britons emigrating is skyrocketing.' No it isn't.
November 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
'We have historically high welfare spending.' No we don't.
'We have a historically high proportion of working-age people not actually working.' No we don't.
'The number of Britons emigrating is skyrocketing.' No it isn't.
'We have a historically high proportion of working-age people not actually working.' No we don't.
'The number of Britons emigrating is skyrocketing.' No it isn't.
There wasn’t that much of sewage system either - is that her policy to turn Britain back to being literally full of shit?
November 28, 2025 at 11:56 AM
There wasn’t that much of sewage system either - is that her policy to turn Britain back to being literally full of shit?
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Shabana Mahmood said this month that her migration policies are a "moral mission".
Where is the morality in blocking an eight-year-old girl made destitute by a Hurricane from coming to the UK to join her parents?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Where is the morality in blocking an eight-year-old girl made destitute by a Hurricane from coming to the UK to join her parents?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK rejects visa for girl left destitute in Jamaica by Hurricane Melissa
Lati-Yana Brown’s parents had asked for application to be expedited so she could join them in UK after house ruined
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Shabana Mahmood said this month that her migration policies are a "moral mission".
Where is the morality in blocking an eight-year-old girl made destitute by a Hurricane from coming to the UK to join her parents?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Where is the morality in blocking an eight-year-old girl made destitute by a Hurricane from coming to the UK to join her parents?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Great work guys….talk about shooting ourselves in the foot yet again
Foreign doctors trained by the NHS face deportation under visa rules
Foreign doctors trained by the NHS face deportation under visa rules
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Great work guys….talk about shooting ourselves in the foot yet again
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Iran is undoubtedly one of the mid/low-latitudes regions that is warming the most! 🔥📈
Unbelievable anomalies... +2°C since the 1960s! 😱
As a result Damavand (5609 m asl) was snow free for 1st time this summer and chronic drought is threatening millions of people! 💧
Graph: @rarohde.bsky.social
Unbelievable anomalies... +2°C since the 1960s! 😱
As a result Damavand (5609 m asl) was snow free for 1st time this summer and chronic drought is threatening millions of people! 💧
Graph: @rarohde.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Iran is undoubtedly one of the mid/low-latitudes regions that is warming the most! 🔥📈
Unbelievable anomalies... +2°C since the 1960s! 😱
As a result Damavand (5609 m asl) was snow free for 1st time this summer and chronic drought is threatening millions of people! 💧
Graph: @rarohde.bsky.social
Unbelievable anomalies... +2°C since the 1960s! 😱
As a result Damavand (5609 m asl) was snow free for 1st time this summer and chronic drought is threatening millions of people! 💧
Graph: @rarohde.bsky.social
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November 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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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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It’s especially ironic because the lecture is exactly about the ‘paralyzing cowardice’ of today’s elites.
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
It’s especially ironic because the lecture is exactly about the ‘paralyzing cowardice’ of today’s elites.
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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NEW: It’s takes a moment for this to really sink in.
Guardian reporting that key parts of Trump’s peace plan was drafted IN RUSSIAN first.
Guardian reporting that key parts of Trump’s peace plan was drafted IN RUSSIAN first.
November 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
NEW: It’s takes a moment for this to really sink in.
Guardian reporting that key parts of Trump’s peace plan was drafted IN RUSSIAN first.
Guardian reporting that key parts of Trump’s peace plan was drafted IN RUSSIAN first.
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Hi Nigel Farage, why did you try to block EU scrutiny of Russian funding for nationalist and Eurosceptic MEPs?
You were one.
#ReformRussianBribes
Time to answer questions.
You were one.
#ReformRussianBribes
Time to answer questions.
November 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Hi Nigel Farage, why did you try to block EU scrutiny of Russian funding for nationalist and Eurosceptic MEPs?
You were one.
#ReformRussianBribes
Time to answer questions.
You were one.
#ReformRussianBribes
Time to answer questions.
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Eat out to Help Out was killing people, but they “kept it out of the news”.
November 20, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Eat out to Help Out was killing people, but they “kept it out of the news”.
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On Monday, Reform held a press conference to say the councils it runs had identified £330m in savings, and that it had a list setting out the details. Since then I have asked Reform several times to see the list, and have been told repeatedly it will be sent. It has still not been sent.
November 19, 2025 at 2:20 PM
On Monday, Reform held a press conference to say the councils it runs had identified £330m in savings, and that it had a list setting out the details. Since then I have asked Reform several times to see the list, and have been told repeatedly it will be sent. It has still not been sent.
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Seriously, look at the upwards trend. Time to get the heck out of here.
November 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Seriously, look at the upwards trend. Time to get the heck out of here.
Yes what a result Scotland 🏴
sounds like a very unscottish way to win too!
sounds like a very unscottish way to win too!
November 18, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Yes what a result Scotland 🏴
sounds like a very unscottish way to win too!
sounds like a very unscottish way to win too!
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The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
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"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 2:54 AM
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
Pretty helpful for Reform that Labour are all set on campaigning for them for the next four years it seems
November 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Pretty helpful for Reform that Labour are all set on campaigning for them for the next four years it seems
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Imagine having a thumping majority in parliament and deciding to use it for something as squalid as this.
November 17, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Imagine having a thumping majority in parliament and deciding to use it for something as squalid as this.
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For the record, on Radio 4 yesterday Lars Løkke Rasmussen said he had some regrets about having introduced this law whilst Danish PM in 2016. Sounded like he was trying to distance himself from what Labour is doing now
The Sun has been told Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will on Monday propose confiscating jewellery, watches, necklaces from asylum seekers to meet asylum costs
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
November 17, 2025 at 7:06 AM
For the record, on Radio 4 yesterday Lars Løkke Rasmussen said he had some regrets about having introduced this law whilst Danish PM in 2016. Sounded like he was trying to distance himself from what Labour is doing now
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We absolutely need immigration controls. And where those controls decide to grant asylum, we should welcome and integrate, not create perpetual limbo and alienation.
The rhetoric around these reforms encourages the same culture of divisiveness that sees racism and abuse growing in our communities.
The rhetoric around these reforms encourages the same culture of divisiveness that sees racism and abuse growing in our communities.
November 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
We absolutely need immigration controls. And where those controls decide to grant asylum, we should welcome and integrate, not create perpetual limbo and alienation.
The rhetoric around these reforms encourages the same culture of divisiveness that sees racism and abuse growing in our communities.
The rhetoric around these reforms encourages the same culture of divisiveness that sees racism and abuse growing in our communities.
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I am contractually obligated to add that Jay Powell chairs the Fed because Trump felt Janet Yellen was too short for the job. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/tru...
November 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I am contractually obligated to add that Jay Powell chairs the Fed because Trump felt Janet Yellen was too short for the job. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/tru...
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📢Global Carbon Budget 2025📢
Fossil CO2 emissions continue to rise in 2025 while the terrestrial carbon sink recovers to pre-El Niño strength.
The key findings are covered in two reports this year:
* ESSDD (preprint): essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es...
* Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Fossil CO2 emissions continue to rise in 2025 while the terrestrial carbon sink recovers to pre-El Niño strength.
The key findings are covered in two reports this year:
* ESSDD (preprint): essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es...
* Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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November 13, 2025 at 7:07 AM
📢Global Carbon Budget 2025📢
Fossil CO2 emissions continue to rise in 2025 while the terrestrial carbon sink recovers to pre-El Niño strength.
The key findings are covered in two reports this year:
* ESSDD (preprint): essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es...
* Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Fossil CO2 emissions continue to rise in 2025 while the terrestrial carbon sink recovers to pre-El Niño strength.
The key findings are covered in two reports this year:
* ESSDD (preprint): essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es...
* Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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