Ben Whitham
@drbenwhitham.bsky.social
Senior Policy and Research Officer at Refugee Action | Research Associate at SOAS | Assistant Instructor at Tiger Crane Kung Fu, London | Trade unionist, martial artist, antifascist. Views my own.
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Apparently this (armed agents of other states roaming the streets) is one of those Brexit benefits we're reaping through being subject to the new EES as a non-EU state.
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Armed French police to get new powers at Dover to enforce EU e-border scheme
They will be allowed to carry their weapons along a 1.5 mile-long stretch of the A20 to reach a new check zone in the western docks
www.standard.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Apparently this (armed agents of other states roaming the streets) is one of those Brexit benefits we're reaping through being subject to the new EES as a non-EU state.
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
This is at the new EES centre for processing foot passengers, which is not even in the actual port, but a mile or two back into town. It's a half finished compound.
November 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
This is at the new EES centre for processing foot passengers, which is not even in the actual port, but a mile or two back into town. It's a half finished compound.
and this despite having spent five years reporting on, dissecting, and pretty much relentlessly attacking a UK opposition leader from precisely that political tradition...
November 5, 2025 at 10:18 AM
and this despite having spent five years reporting on, dissecting, and pretty much relentlessly attacking a UK opposition leader from precisely that political tradition...
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Mamdani responded to the smears by putting out an ad in Arabic and speaking Arabic in his victory speech. The lesson is to never apologize for who you are and never cede to your opponents the idea that their voters are somehow more legitimate than your own voters.
November 5, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Mamdani responded to the smears by putting out an ad in Arabic and speaking Arabic in his victory speech. The lesson is to never apologize for who you are and never cede to your opponents the idea that their voters are somehow more legitimate than your own voters.