@labcoatjoe.bsky.social
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This sentence was taken out of a lecture they commissioned, reviewed through the full editorial process, and recorded four weeks ago in front of 500 people in the BBC Radio Theatre.
I was told the decision came from the highest levels within the BBC. /2
I was told the decision came from the highest levels within the BBC. /2
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
This sentence was taken out of a lecture they commissioned, reviewed through the full editorial process, and recorded four weeks ago in front of 500 people in the BBC Radio Theatre.
I was told the decision came from the highest levels within the BBC. /2
I was told the decision came from the highest levels within the BBC. /2
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I'd like to see the response to this if the question added "if that that means universities have less money to spend on UK students".
With Rachel Reeves reportedly set to apply a new tax on tuition fees paid by overseas students, most Britons support such a move at the previously mooted level of 6%
Support: 57%
Oppose: 18%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
Support: 57%
Oppose: 18%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
November 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I'd like to see the response to this if the question added "if that that means universities have less money to spend on UK students".
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The honest budget speech...
"This year we're putting pensioners ahead of growth. We're prioritising reform voters over growth. Incumbent businesses. Tax advisors...
And the party opposite can complain, but they did exactly the same thing.
In UK politics, this is called change"
"This year we're putting pensioners ahead of growth. We're prioritising reform voters over growth. Incumbent businesses. Tax advisors...
And the party opposite can complain, but they did exactly the same thing.
In UK politics, this is called change"
i: Reeves to unveil £600m raid on foreign student
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 24, 2025 at 7:21 AM
The honest budget speech...
"This year we're putting pensioners ahead of growth. We're prioritising reform voters over growth. Incumbent businesses. Tax advisors...
And the party opposite can complain, but they did exactly the same thing.
In UK politics, this is called change"
"This year we're putting pensioners ahead of growth. We're prioritising reform voters over growth. Incumbent businesses. Tax advisors...
And the party opposite can complain, but they did exactly the same thing.
In UK politics, this is called change"
It is grotesque
If the system worked properly and fairly, this man would have been recognised years ago, been able to bring his family here and be a British citizen. Instead, he now faces being caught up in the Home Secretary's plans to switch refugees into what seems to be a minimum 20 year route to settlement.
A grim story
November 23, 2025 at 9:15 AM
It is grotesque
@fleuranderson.bsky.social please read this excellent piece and reflect on the abhorrent immigration policy announcements of week. I will write to you personally this week to explain why I have resigned from Putney CLP but this is a good start observer.co.uk/news/columni...
Britian’s problem isn’t immigration. It’s a profound breakdown in trust | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 8:17 AM
@fleuranderson.bsky.social please read this excellent piece and reflect on the abhorrent immigration policy announcements of week. I will write to you personally this week to explain why I have resigned from Putney CLP but this is a good start observer.co.uk/news/columni...
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This is so so so much worse than you think it is going to be - absolutely phenomenal reporting by Sirin Kale & Lucy Osborne
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
This is so so so much worse than you think it is going to be - absolutely phenomenal reporting by Sirin Kale & Lucy Osborne
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
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After more than 10 years of “the Danish Model”, nativism is hegemonic in the country, the far right polls near level highs again, and the Social Democrats lost Copenhagen and poll at historic low.
European Social Democrats should look at the facts, not the myths!
Me in @theguardian.com
European Social Democrats should look at the facts, not the myths!
Me in @theguardian.com
The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark | Cas Mudde
This week’s local elections are the latest reminder that when social democrats move rightwards, they’re making a mistake, says academic and author Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
After more than 10 years of “the Danish Model”, nativism is hegemonic in the country, the far right polls near level highs again, and the Social Democrats lost Copenhagen and poll at historic low.
European Social Democrats should look at the facts, not the myths!
Me in @theguardian.com
European Social Democrats should look at the facts, not the myths!
Me in @theguardian.com
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Mahmood used the term "Boriswave", which was created and popularised by the online hard right, to describe that group
The policy is designed to target people who arrived on the relaxed health and care worker visa and created what Home Office insiders call a "bulge" moving towards settlement
The policy is designed to target people who arrived on the relaxed health and care worker visa and created what Home Office insiders call a "bulge" moving towards settlement
November 21, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Mahmood used the term "Boriswave", which was created and popularised by the online hard right, to describe that group
The policy is designed to target people who arrived on the relaxed health and care worker visa and created what Home Office insiders call a "bulge" moving towards settlement
The policy is designed to target people who arrived on the relaxed health and care worker visa and created what Home Office insiders call a "bulge" moving towards settlement
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Quite the correction by the Telegraph. The publication in question is @freemovement.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Quite the correction by the Telegraph. The publication in question is @freemovement.bsky.social
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"Sir Keir told the BBC: 'Every minute that is spent talking about anything other than cost-of-living is a wasted minute in my book.'"
OK, so why does his government keep banging on about immigration?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
OK, so why does his government keep banging on about immigration?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Judge me at next election, Keir Starmer tells doubters
The PM tells the BBC he has made
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"Sir Keir told the BBC: 'Every minute that is spent talking about anything other than cost-of-living is a wasted minute in my book.'"
OK, so why does his government keep banging on about immigration?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
OK, so why does his government keep banging on about immigration?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I'm afraid that's true. Ukraine is about to be abandoned, and we (Europe) will rue the day.
November 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I'm afraid that's true. Ukraine is about to be abandoned, and we (Europe) will rue the day.
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Migration in the 1980s: low (even negative in some years), and therefore a time of low (even negative in some years?) levels of racism?
November 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Migration in the 1980s: low (even negative in some years), and therefore a time of low (even negative in some years?) levels of racism?
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The i Paper is reporting that once the changes are brought in, the 20 year route will be applied to refugees who are already here.
I can't over emphasise the level of terror this will cause to our refugee population, and the lack of detail and timescale will make it very difficult to calm nerves.
I can't over emphasise the level of terror this will cause to our refugee population, and the lack of detail and timescale will make it very difficult to calm nerves.
November 19, 2025 at 8:06 AM
The i Paper is reporting that once the changes are brought in, the 20 year route will be applied to refugees who are already here.
I can't over emphasise the level of terror this will cause to our refugee population, and the lack of detail and timescale will make it very difficult to calm nerves.
I can't over emphasise the level of terror this will cause to our refugee population, and the lack of detail and timescale will make it very difficult to calm nerves.
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It’s not a “US plan”, it’s Moscow’s plan, dictated to guilty men in the White House. Setting aside the injustices being pushed on Ukraine, this would be a disaster for European security & guarantee a war with 🇷🇺 in a few years, in which, presumably, 🇺🇸 and 🇷🇺 are on the same side.
on.ft.com/3LYajoR
on.ft.com/3LYajoR
US plan for Ukraine-Russia peace calls on Kyiv to cede land under its control
Ukrainian officials say President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is being pressed to agree to terms negotiated by the US and Russia
on.ft.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:52 AM
It’s not a “US plan”, it’s Moscow’s plan, dictated to guilty men in the White House. Setting aside the injustices being pushed on Ukraine, this would be a disaster for European security & guarantee a war with 🇷🇺 in a few years, in which, presumably, 🇺🇸 and 🇷🇺 are on the same side.
on.ft.com/3LYajoR
on.ft.com/3LYajoR
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Shabana Mahmood's proposal to stop being told to "go back home" is to send people "home". Her proposal to stop black and brown people from feeling like they don't belong, is to bake in to the immigration system that they will never belong.
November 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Shabana Mahmood's proposal to stop being told to "go back home" is to send people "home". Her proposal to stop black and brown people from feeling like they don't belong, is to bake in to the immigration system that they will never belong.
@labouruk.bsky.social @putneylabour.bsky.social
Been reviewing the manifesto. Can't find the bit about changing the face of the country by imposing barriers to integration and having an immigration policy worse than the Tories. Can you help? labour.org.uk/wp-content/u...
Been reviewing the manifesto. Can't find the bit about changing the face of the country by imposing barriers to integration and having an immigration policy worse than the Tories. Can you help? labour.org.uk/wp-content/u...
labour.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
@labouruk.bsky.social @putneylabour.bsky.social
Been reviewing the manifesto. Can't find the bit about changing the face of the country by imposing barriers to integration and having an immigration policy worse than the Tories. Can you help? labour.org.uk/wp-content/u...
Been reviewing the manifesto. Can't find the bit about changing the face of the country by imposing barriers to integration and having an immigration policy worse than the Tories. Can you help? labour.org.uk/wp-content/u...
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please don't do this. MAGA hats are made from an acrylic blend, which will release toxic chemicals when set on fire, potentially harming you and downwind woodland creatures
November 16, 2025 at 1:37 AM
please don't do this. MAGA hats are made from an acrylic blend, which will release toxic chemicals when set on fire, potentially harming you and downwind woodland creatures
"Immigrants, de Benoist insisted, must always remain outsiders because they are carriers of distinct, incompatible cultures and histories. They must be debarred from citizenship, as to be a citizen is to “belong… to a homeland and a past”." Inspiration for Home Sec. observer.co.uk/news/columni...
The real threat isn’t a ‘woke right’ – it’s conservatism’s old demons | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
"Immigrants, de Benoist insisted, must always remain outsiders because they are carriers of distinct, incompatible cultures and histories. They must be debarred from citizenship, as to be a citizen is to “belong… to a homeland and a past”." Inspiration for Home Sec. observer.co.uk/news/columni...
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Earned Settlement plan when implemented will be done via secondary legislation (the rules). There will be no parliamentary scrutiny prior. Once done, it'll be v.hard to politically reverse. It's a watershed moment and will define immigration policy for at least a decade.
November 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Earned Settlement plan when implemented will be done via secondary legislation (the rules). There will be no parliamentary scrutiny prior. Once done, it'll be v.hard to politically reverse. It's a watershed moment and will define immigration policy for at least a decade.
Looks like they're planning to ensure this is not the exception
One guy I know was in immigration limbo for 39 years
November 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Looks like they're planning to ensure this is not the exception
You know you're getting old when Radio 4 plays out the news with the music of your teens. RIP Mani
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, the Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist, dies aged 63
Ian Brown and Tim Burgess were among those to pay tribute to Mani, whose death was announced by his brother and nephew
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
You know you're getting old when Radio 4 plays out the news with the music of your teens. RIP Mani
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
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CONTRIBUTE! CONTRIBUTE!
November 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
CONTRIBUTE! CONTRIBUTE!
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It seems very likely that Shabana Mahmood's parents each qualified for permanent stay upon arrival.
November 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
It seems very likely that Shabana Mahmood's parents each qualified for permanent stay upon arrival.
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VERY funny that Labour are being pointlessly cruel and haemorrhaging support from their base and yet none of what they're offering is ever going to be enough for the people whose approval they're seeking, WHO could have predicted it
November 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
VERY funny that Labour are being pointlessly cruel and haemorrhaging support from their base and yet none of what they're offering is ever going to be enough for the people whose approval they're seeking, WHO could have predicted it
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tomorrow's newsletter is literally called "aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?" and boy isn't this a darling example, a phrase popularised by full-on racists on Elon Musk's Twitter now being bandied around in the mainstream press and sold as a Labour term
November 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
tomorrow's newsletter is literally called "aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?" and boy isn't this a darling example, a phrase popularised by full-on racists on Elon Musk's Twitter now being bandied around in the mainstream press and sold as a Labour term