Former Director of the UK Border Force.
Tony Smith on Ch4News saying international students should be limited because they’re “economically inactive”.
International students pay around £27k p.a. in fees to their universities, at least half again to landlords and they spend their parents’ hard-earned money in local shops.
International students pay around £27k p.a. in fees to their universities, at least half again to landlords and they spend their parents’ hard-earned money in local shops.
November 27, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Former Director of the UK Border Force.
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In other news, Taki is back in the Spectator, with apologia for his conviction.
November 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
In other news, Taki is back in the Spectator, with apologia for his conviction.
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I'm not sure how much it is appreciated that there will be significant emigration coming. Those here on graduate visas coming to an end, the toughening up of skilled worker rules re. salaries/sponsorable roles and the 'earned settlement' changes to come. Lots of people are going to leave.
November 27, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I'm not sure how much it is appreciated that there will be significant emigration coming. Those here on graduate visas coming to an end, the toughening up of skilled worker rules re. salaries/sponsorable roles and the 'earned settlement' changes to come. Lots of people are going to leave.
In other news, Taki is back in the Spectator, with apologia for his conviction.
November 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
In other news, Taki is back in the Spectator, with apologia for his conviction.
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I think at this point if you're including Diane Abbott - a woman who has never held government office, has been a backbencher since 2020, and is scarcely a government ally - on your list of political wrongdoers, we all know exactly what your real concerns are
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I think at this point if you're including Diane Abbott - a woman who has never held government office, has been a backbencher since 2020, and is scarcely a government ally - on your list of political wrongdoers, we all know exactly what your real concerns are
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Today I learned that stalking a 17 year old girl, writing up a 400 page 'dossier' about her, falsely reporting her to the police and smashing her phone does not constitute 'harassment'.
One wonders what *would*.
One wonders what *would*.
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has been found guilty of criminal damage to the phone of a trans activist but not guilty of harassment.
news.sky.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Today I learned that stalking a 17 year old girl, writing up a 400 page 'dossier' about her, falsely reporting her to the police and smashing her phone does not constitute 'harassment'.
One wonders what *would*.
One wonders what *would*.
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Sometimes wonder if what the UK needs is a thinktank that doesn't do any new research, it just repeats obviously true statements that people try to ignore because they're inconvenient.
International students cross-subsidise home students. Your pension is paid for out of general taxation.
International students cross-subsidise home students. Your pension is paid for out of general taxation.
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Sometimes wonder if what the UK needs is a thinktank that doesn't do any new research, it just repeats obviously true statements that people try to ignore because they're inconvenient.
International students cross-subsidise home students. Your pension is paid for out of general taxation.
International students cross-subsidise home students. Your pension is paid for out of general taxation.
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"A system built on specialisation, efficiency", that right there is the death knell for the current university system in the UK, if (big if) government pushes it through. They actively don't want HE to grow, they will intervene, apparently, to help it shrink.
per this morning's education committee.
per this morning's education committee.
November 25, 2025 at 10:06 AM
"A system built on specialisation, efficiency", that right there is the death knell for the current university system in the UK, if (big if) government pushes it through. They actively don't want HE to grow, they will intervene, apparently, to help it shrink.
per this morning's education committee.
per this morning's education committee.
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I don't think anyone is saying his racism doesn't matter and of course it should be called out
The issue is that it is done so as an individual flaw rather than as part of a wider political project which has been cleared for decades and enabled by mainstream actors. The latter matters far more
The issue is that it is done so as an individual flaw rather than as part of a wider political project which has been cleared for decades and enabled by mainstream actors. The latter matters far more
All the supposedly progressive people saying 'Nigel Farage's racism doesn't matter. His fans love it'.
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
November 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
I don't think anyone is saying his racism doesn't matter and of course it should be called out
The issue is that it is done so as an individual flaw rather than as part of a wider political project which has been cleared for decades and enabled by mainstream actors. The latter matters far more
The issue is that it is done so as an individual flaw rather than as part of a wider political project which has been cleared for decades and enabled by mainstream actors. The latter matters far more
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God it's so cool that so much of British and European nationalist politics has broadly been shaped by warehouse clickfarms rented by guys in South Asia running "how to make money from racist old people" workshops, and that this has had more influence on media and politics than any grassroots group
November 24, 2025 at 11:55 AM
God it's so cool that so much of British and European nationalist politics has broadly been shaped by warehouse clickfarms rented by guys in South Asia running "how to make money from racist old people" workshops, and that this has had more influence on media and politics than any grassroots group
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Beginning to think that Reeves is really susceptible to the fact that the human mind isn't really capable of understanding big numbers and is assuming £600m which in the terms of our budget is peanuts, is worth collapsing universities over.
i: Reeves to unveil £600m raid on foreign student
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 24, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Beginning to think that Reeves is really susceptible to the fact that the human mind isn't really capable of understanding big numbers and is assuming £600m which in the terms of our budget is peanuts, is worth collapsing universities over.
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One of the things I'm always struck by whenever I investigate the topic of wellness or alternative medicine is how much the promise of empowerment and autonomy is used as a cover for absolving the practitioner of responsibility when it all goes wrong. And this is highlighted so explicitly here.
This is an astonishing and maddening and sad story, just incredible work from Sirin Kale.
It’s also downstream of many of the things @aliceemmalouise.bsky.social has talked about on @skepticswithak.org for a decade - medical mistrust as a result of medial bias, exploitation of women as empowerment.
It’s also downstream of many of the things @aliceemmalouise.bsky.social has talked about on @skepticswithak.org for a decade - medical mistrust as a result of medial bias, exploitation of women as empowerment.
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
November 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
One of the things I'm always struck by whenever I investigate the topic of wellness or alternative medicine is how much the promise of empowerment and autonomy is used as a cover for absolving the practitioner of responsibility when it all goes wrong. And this is highlighted so explicitly here.
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Empirical verification of the effectiveness of a political speech, confirmation of what we know happens when you amplify your opponent’s issues and a demonstration of the - still inexplicable? - wrong-headedness of Labour’s self-destructive political strategy.
Latest piece for the @thehousemag.bsky.social, on the island of strangers speech and similar. Also ft Bob Hawke.
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
The Professor Will See You Now: Island of strangers
Lessons in political science. This week: island of strangers
www.politicshome.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Empirical verification of the effectiveness of a political speech, confirmation of what we know happens when you amplify your opponent’s issues and a demonstration of the - still inexplicable? - wrong-headedness of Labour’s self-destructive political strategy.
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Perhaps Rainbow B-52 is worse because it misleads dullards into thinking progress has occurred, when in reality the meat of the issue is unchanged under the thinnest veneer.
Those dullards, now pacified by this tissue paper ruse, refuse to agitate for actual change - indeed they discourage others.
Those dullards, now pacified by this tissue paper ruse, refuse to agitate for actual change - indeed they discourage others.
I hate this sort of meme.
“The only difference between the parties is whether the power to destroy human civilization rests in the hands of leaders who think gays, women, and black people should have their rights acknowledged.”
Even if true, how is Rainbow B-52 not infinitely preferable?
“The only difference between the parties is whether the power to destroy human civilization rests in the hands of leaders who think gays, women, and black people should have their rights acknowledged.”
Even if true, how is Rainbow B-52 not infinitely preferable?
November 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Perhaps Rainbow B-52 is worse because it misleads dullards into thinking progress has occurred, when in reality the meat of the issue is unchanged under the thinnest veneer.
Those dullards, now pacified by this tissue paper ruse, refuse to agitate for actual change - indeed they discourage others.
Those dullards, now pacified by this tissue paper ruse, refuse to agitate for actual change - indeed they discourage others.
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I have a new blog out @identitiesjournal.bsky.social #IdentitiesBlog
Dictator DNA: individualising Nazism in the context of rising fascism and genocide
www.identitiesjournal.com/blog-collect...
Dictator DNA: individualising Nazism in the context of rising fascism and genocide
www.identitiesjournal.com/blog-collect...
Dictator DNA: individualising Nazism in the context of rising fascism and genocide
Bluesky: @identitiesjournal.bsky.social
www.identitiesjournal.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:59 AM
I have a new blog out @identitiesjournal.bsky.social #IdentitiesBlog
Dictator DNA: individualising Nazism in the context of rising fascism and genocide
www.identitiesjournal.com/blog-collect...
Dictator DNA: individualising Nazism in the context of rising fascism and genocide
www.identitiesjournal.com/blog-collect...
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When even the guy who did the brutal murder is weirded out by your defense of him and awkwardly tries to intervene with his preferred talking points, which are very much not "so what that scumbag deserved it."
Reporter to MBS: "U.S. intelligence concluded that you orchestrated the brutal murder of a journalist..."
Trump: "Fake news...He's done a phenomenal job. You're mentioning someone who was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about…things happen."
Trump: "Fake news...He's done a phenomenal job. You're mentioning someone who was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about…things happen."
November 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
When even the guy who did the brutal murder is weirded out by your defense of him and awkwardly tries to intervene with his preferred talking points, which are very much not "so what that scumbag deserved it."
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You know who else could find correlations between facial characteristics and various qualities
Researchers are now saying that AI can find correlations between facial characteristics and success on the job.
The Economist says that corporations would have a “strong incentive” to deploy this technology when looking at applicants.
The Economist says that corporations would have a “strong incentive” to deploy this technology when looking at applicants.
November 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
You know who else could find correlations between facial characteristics and various qualities
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Well we said Black and Asian home secretaries are used as a shield to implement racist policies a white man couldn’t get away with and there’s no starker example than this. The worst kind of identity politics.
Shabana Mahmood asks MPs to stop mentioning Tommy Robinson's name (in relation to his support for her policies) as "he doesn't even think I am English. I find that offensive."
November 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Well we said Black and Asian home secretaries are used as a shield to implement racist policies a white man couldn’t get away with and there’s no starker example than this. The worst kind of identity politics.
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I noticed this is getting engagement so folks must be talking about Olivia Nuzzi again
November 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I noticed this is getting engagement so folks must be talking about Olivia Nuzzi again
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i should have been a model in my story biographical
and chart the course of bullets theoretical and actual
toward the brain of my beloved mistaken for a victual
a camelot of dining for a creature that's vermiculal
and chart the course of bullets theoretical and actual
toward the brain of my beloved mistaken for a victual
a camelot of dining for a creature that's vermiculal
November 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
i should have been a model in my story biographical
and chart the course of bullets theoretical and actual
toward the brain of my beloved mistaken for a victual
a camelot of dining for a creature that's vermiculal
and chart the course of bullets theoretical and actual
toward the brain of my beloved mistaken for a victual
a camelot of dining for a creature that's vermiculal
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A Labour politician has located the nexus of the hidden conspiracy to critique Labour: the Jewish leader of the UK's left-wing party, who is definitely unethical and not nice, for sneakily conspiring with online leftists to critique Labour's policies as racist and fascist bsky.app/profile/floy...
November 17, 2025 at 9:59 AM
A Labour politician has located the nexus of the hidden conspiracy to critique Labour: the Jewish leader of the UK's left-wing party, who is definitely unethical and not nice, for sneakily conspiring with online leftists to critique Labour's policies as racist and fascist bsky.app/profile/floy...
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I will write more about this later, for now just to say our paper has been published today. 10 years after Paris Agreement we can conclusively say we have failed to limit warming to well below 2°C. What next?
www.cell.com/one-earth/ab...
www.cell.com/one-earth/ab...
Living beyond limits: Consequences of missing the decisive decade for preserving our planet’s life-supporting systems
Humanity has pushed Earth’s life-supporting systems to the brink, accelerated by our
failures over the past decade. Our only way to limit the duration and magnitude of
temperature overshoot is rapid, ...
www.cell.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I will write more about this later, for now just to say our paper has been published today. 10 years after Paris Agreement we can conclusively say we have failed to limit warming to well below 2°C. What next?
www.cell.com/one-earth/ab...
www.cell.com/one-earth/ab...
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All true, but I can't recall much discussion about this until sometime last year.
November 15, 2025 at 2:18 PM
All true, but I can't recall much discussion about this until sometime last year.
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I know these seem like basic questions I'm sure they've already asked but...why? To ensure what? In case *what* happens, exactly? To protect people from...what? Based on *what* research?* To what end?
*I know the answer is 'because cruelty', thanks.
*I know the answer is 'because cruelty', thanks.
Shabana Mahmood tells Sunday Times it should take 20 years for somebody granted refugee status in UK to secure permanent status (ie, reapply 6 times) if came without permission.
Paper says Denmark has toughest settlement timeline (8 years) but UK govt wants longer
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Paper says Denmark has toughest settlement timeline (8 years) but UK govt wants longer
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Shabana Mahmood: ‘Illegal migration is tearing Britain apart’
The home secretary is planning to introduce a 20-year wait for permanent stay to end a ‘golden ticket’ for asylum seekers
www.thetimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I know these seem like basic questions I'm sure they've already asked but...why? To ensure what? In case *what* happens, exactly? To protect people from...what? Based on *what* research?* To what end?
*I know the answer is 'because cruelty', thanks.
*I know the answer is 'because cruelty', thanks.
All true, but I can't recall much discussion about this until sometime last year.
November 15, 2025 at 2:18 PM
All true, but I can't recall much discussion about this until sometime last year.