Christopher Kelly
@hfmatters.bsky.social
Family guy | wide interests | keeping active | politics | whisky | 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 🇺🇦
Human Factors nerd, Research Psychologist (CErgHF, CPsychol, AFBPsS) in another life... https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christopher-Kelly-11
Human Factors nerd, Research Psychologist (CErgHF, CPsychol, AFBPsS) in another life... https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christopher-Kelly-11
Summary of the UK immigration system, year ending September 2025. Will it get properly discussed? Nah
November 27, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Summary of the UK immigration system, year ending September 2025. Will it get properly discussed? Nah
Figure is several years out of date. Number of Syrian refugees now overtaken by Afghanistan, Iran, Eritrea (those from Ukraine not included)
November 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Figure is several years out of date. Number of Syrian refugees now overtaken by Afghanistan, Iran, Eritrea (those from Ukraine not included)
Indeed we do...
November 16, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Indeed we do...
And just over that nearest ridge, a certain beautiful tree, sadly lost as we all know...
November 15, 2025 at 10:47 AM
And just over that nearest ridge, a certain beautiful tree, sadly lost as we all know...
Labour's policy is so depressing and stupid because even the govt's own stats don't support it. All EU countries have to deal with immigration. If UK is too generous and a "magnet" for refugees, what does that make France, Italy, Spain and Germany?
www.gov.uk/government/s...
www.gov.uk/government/s...
November 15, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Labour's policy is so depressing and stupid because even the govt's own stats don't support it. All EU countries have to deal with immigration. If UK is too generous and a "magnet" for refugees, what does that make France, Italy, Spain and Germany?
www.gov.uk/government/s...
www.gov.uk/government/s...
Funnily enough, I just bought one for my wife, as one does. Possibly made more recently :-)
November 9, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Funnily enough, I just bought one for my wife, as one does. Possibly made more recently :-)
Indeed. Einstein was a passionate Jew, but he was also *against* the creation of a Jewish state. As he wrote In 1938…
November 9, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Indeed. Einstein was a passionate Jew, but he was also *against* the creation of a Jewish state. As he wrote In 1938…
I too like what @zackpolanski.bsky.social is doing and recently joined the Green Party - and I'm definitely not in the youngster category! This was the age group distribution back in 2017. Obviously out of date, but I suspect even more older Greens now. @timbale.bsky.social ?
November 3, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I too like what @zackpolanski.bsky.social is doing and recently joined the Green Party - and I'm definitely not in the youngster category! This was the age group distribution back in 2017. Obviously out of date, but I suspect even more older Greens now. @timbale.bsky.social ?
Interesting review and I agree with your critcism. FWIW I had a minor exchange with Roberts a month ago in response to her irritation at a review by Frank-Cottrell-Boyce...
October 30, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Interesting review and I agree with your critcism. FWIW I had a minor exchange with Roberts a month ago in response to her irritation at a review by Frank-Cottrell-Boyce...
Greens, as reported 2 days ago...
October 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Greens, as reported 2 days ago...
Historic win for Plaid Cymru in Caerphilly by-election, as reported by the Grauniad...😅
Labour humiliated
Labour humiliated
October 24, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Historic win for Plaid Cymru in Caerphilly by-election, as reported by the Grauniad...😅
Labour humiliated
Labour humiliated
Article is very misleading. Change in UK ranking is less dramatic if you look at Passport Index. Yes, there’s been a decline, but because other countries have improved their relative positions. Latest UK 'visa-free score' is 184 but in 2016 it was 175. So arguably, big fuss about nothing
October 23, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Article is very misleading. Change in UK ranking is less dramatic if you look at Passport Index. Yes, there’s been a decline, but because other countries have improved their relative positions. Latest UK 'visa-free score' is 184 but in 2016 it was 175. So arguably, big fuss about nothing
Good to read that Labour is more openly critical of Brexit, but curious omission in this change of tack is that no-one mentions the pre-Referendum Treasury Analysis (April 2016) that exactly predicted the long term economic damage! (sigh)
@politico.com
@politico.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Good to read that Labour is more openly critical of Brexit, but curious omission in this change of tack is that no-one mentions the pre-Referendum Treasury Analysis (April 2016) that exactly predicted the long term economic damage! (sigh)
@politico.com
@politico.com
Don't forget Labour promised a points-based system in its 2005 manifesto. Blair made a lengthy speech on asylum and immigration specifically mentioning *Australia*. The resulting PBS was introduced in 2008. It's lingered around ever since in various forms
www.theguardian.com/politics/200...
www.theguardian.com/politics/200...
October 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Don't forget Labour promised a points-based system in its 2005 manifesto. Blair made a lengthy speech on asylum and immigration specifically mentioning *Australia*. The resulting PBS was introduced in 2008. It's lingered around ever since in various forms
www.theguardian.com/politics/200...
www.theguardian.com/politics/200...
As part of a brand identity refresh, the Govt logo has a new dot, though not any old dot, because "the dot is a guiding hand, for life". I've no idea what that means either
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
October 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
As part of a brand identity refresh, the Govt logo has a new dot, though not any old dot, because "the dot is a guiding hand, for life". I've no idea what that means either
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Yep, some of us have known it for years...
October 13, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Yep, some of us have known it for years...
Ah, that reminds me of a similar image of some grape-gathering hedgehogs! There's a wonderful animation that goes with them...
October 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Ah, that reminds me of a similar image of some grape-gathering hedgehogs! There's a wonderful animation that goes with them...
Always loathed the man and never forgotten or forgiven his role in the Brexit disaster...
October 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Always loathed the man and never forgotten or forgiven his role in the Brexit disaster...
Lot of depressing things these days, but the truly most depressing of all is that even Boris Johnson knew the UK had bigger problems, as he explained in *2013* (soon forgotten of course)
October 7, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Lot of depressing things these days, but the truly most depressing of all is that even Boris Johnson knew the UK had bigger problems, as he explained in *2013* (soon forgotten of course)
Agree. This figure illustrates the real world of people seeking asylum, which the stupid woman dismisses with a silly quip about ballerinas defecting from Soviet Union (sic). She should be ashamed but like so many Tories she lives in another world...
October 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Agree. This figure illustrates the real world of people seeking asylum, which the stupid woman dismisses with a silly quip about ballerinas defecting from Soviet Union (sic). She should be ashamed but like so many Tories she lives in another world...
Interesting. Back in 2016 Theresa May got a lot of criticism for saying UK must leave #ECHR. I particularly liked remarks from Labour's former Lord Chancellor and Shadow Justice Secretary...
October 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Interesting. Back in 2016 Theresa May got a lot of criticism for saying UK must leave #ECHR. I particularly liked remarks from Labour's former Lord Chancellor and Shadow Justice Secretary...
Interesting to revisit the Urgent Question debate in Parliament in April 2016 prompted by Theresa May's stated intention (day before) to leave the ECHR. Basically, the arguments for and against are all being replayed...
hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2016...
hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2016...
October 4, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Interesting to revisit the Urgent Question debate in Parliament in April 2016 prompted by Theresa May's stated intention (day before) to leave the ECHR. Basically, the arguments for and against are all being replayed...
hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2016...
hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2016...
Age has certainly been a good predictor of voting behaviour, but I think it might be breaking down, i.e. comparing 2019 and 2024 results. Ongoing collapse of Tory support, surges in Reform and Greens will blur the old voting pattern even more...
October 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Age has certainly been a good predictor of voting behaviour, but I think it might be breaking down, i.e. comparing 2019 and 2024 results. Ongoing collapse of Tory support, surges in Reform and Greens will blur the old voting pattern even more...
Yes. There are certainly some upward trends as shown in OBR report, but “out of control” is absurd interpretation.
obr.uk/wtr/welfare-...
obr.uk/wtr/welfare-...
September 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Yes. There are certainly some upward trends as shown in OBR report, but “out of control” is absurd interpretation.
obr.uk/wtr/welfare-...
obr.uk/wtr/welfare-...