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yep, and in both family and work cases it seems OTT to make the full B2 the default for ILR. many jobs simply won't/don't need it, and with them making noises to make the B2 the default for family routes too it all seems very silly
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by James Cameron

jjjcameron.bsky.social
Gratulerer, Magnus!
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by James Cameron

jjjcameron.bsky.social
Probably because the level of English in Sweden is much higher than the equivalent education stage in the UK for any foreign language. So, UK A-level French is B2, whereas final-year English in Sweden is C1.
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by James Cameron

jjjcameron.bsky.social
It does not mean an A-level in English. It's the equivalent to an A-level proficiency in a foreign language (which is not fluency!).
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by James Cameron

jjjcameron.bsky.social
This means B2 within the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

I would say that it would be pretty much impossible to work in the UK without B2 English anyway for jobs that require daily professional interactions.
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 1d
Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK
Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK
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Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK
Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK
www.independent.co.uk
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by James Cameron

jjjcameron.bsky.social
Dynamite Nobel or Peace Nobel, on which side of the Alfred Nobel Bed will Trump wake up this morning?
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Waterstones are offering 25% off pre-orders of selected upcoming Yale books until Friday. Use the code OCTOBER25 at checkout:
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Norway will participate in NATOs nuclear exercise Steadfast Noon with "a smaller number of F-35s in a supporting role and with staff officers".

"The participation with Norwegian aircraft must be seen in light of the more tense security situation."

www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/n...
Norge deltar i NATOs kjernevåpenøvelse Steadfast Noon
Norge planlegger igjen å delta i NATOs årlige kjernevåpenøvelse Steadfast Noon, som gjennomføres i tidsrommet 13.-24. oktober. Dette er en luftøvelse der de alliertes kjernevåpenstyrker øver. En rekke...
www.regjeringen.no
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by James Cameron

jjjcameron.bsky.social
Trump should have just kept going until Rubio said, "10,000 years. The most important day for 10,000 years."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
MARCO RUBIO: This is probably one of the most important days for world peace in 50 years. That's not an exaggeration

TRUMP: Only 50?

RUBIO: Maybe 100
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MARCO RUBIO: This is probably one of the most important days for world peace in 50 years. That's not an exaggeration

TRUMP: Only 50?

RUBIO: Maybe 100
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by James Cameron

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I mean yes, sometimes it is.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3d
Vance is having an incredible morning on the Sunday shows doing "oh so now it's illegal to [mundane thing]?"

A real quote when Vance is asked about whether Tom Homan kept the $50,000 he got in a fast food bag: "Is it illegal to take a payment for doing services?"
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Vance is having an incredible morning on the Sunday shows doing "oh so now it's illegal to [mundane thing]?"

A real quote when Vance is asked about whether Tom Homan kept the $50,000 he got in a fast food bag: "Is it illegal to take a payment for doing services?"
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by James Cameron — Reposted by James Cameron

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Maduro & Machado seem to be engaged in a bidding war for the Trump admin's support with US companies' access to Venezuela's mineral wealth as the bargaining chip.

Will this lead to a "just and peaceful transition... to democracy" for the people of Venezuela?

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/w...
Venezuelan officials, hoping to end their country’s clash with the United States, offered the Trump administration a dominant stake in Venezuela’s oil and other mineral wealth in discussions that lasted for months, according to multiple people close to the talks. Under a deal discussed between a senior U.S. official and Mr. Maduro’s top aides, the Venezuelan strongman offered to open up all existing and future oil and gold projects to American companies, give preferential contracts to American businesses, reverse the flow of Venezuelan oil exports from China to the United States, and slash his country’s energy and mining contracts with Chinese, Iranian and Russian firms. As Mr. Grenell and Mr. Maduro’s envoys negotiated a deal, the leader of Venezuela’s main opposition movement, María Corina Machado, pitched her own economic proposal in New York. She argued that even greater economic wealth — $1.7 trillion in 15 years — awaited U.S. companies in Venezuela if her movement launched a political transition. (Ms. Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for what the Norwegian Nobel Committee described as “her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela.”)
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“I don’t think the reality of what drones mean on the battlefield has really sunk in for the U.S. Army,” said Lt. Gen. Barno, a former commander in Afghanistan. “We certainly haven’t encountered the psychological impact of having a machine looking at you all the time that’s devoted to killing you”
The Army’s Race to Catch Up in a World of Deadly Drones
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Did you go to college once and become a rich but disaffected investment banker? The NYT considers you an expert on the entire academic system & will gladly publish your loose collection of gripes about progressive society in an ROI trench coat. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...
Opinion | Academia Is Broken. Trump’s University ‘Compact’ Can Help Fix It.
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by James Cameron

jjjcameron.bsky.social
Trump's view on NATO seems a bit like pre-1914 Britain's attitude to France: "Yes we can cooperate in peacetime, but in a crisis maybe we will help you, maybe we won't."

Which didn't work out too well from a deterrence standpoint in the end.
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Jana Puglierin @jpuglierin.bsky.social · 5d
What I find most telling is that Trump said to Stubb: „Maybe you should throw 'em out of NATO frankly.“ He says YOU, not WE. And that is not a coincidence. Trumps talks about NATO as a third party all the time. www.reuters.com/business/aer...
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What I find most telling is that Trump said to Stubb: „Maybe you should throw 'em out of NATO frankly.“ He says YOU, not WE. And that is not a coincidence. Trumps talks about NATO as a third party all the time. www.reuters.com/business/aer...
www.reuters.com
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2.5 FTE positions in War Studies related disciplines - external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/53...

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If I were on the Norwegian Nobel Committee, I would lean heavily on the fact that this year's prize is for achievements up to 2024, and so Trump isn't eligible. Obviously, that just postpones the problem for a year, but that's a long time for DJT's attention span.
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by James Cameron

jjjcameron.bsky.social
NATO discusses easing rules of engagement vs airborne threats.

"Some [NATO] countries require fighter pilots to make visual confirmation of threats before engaging, while others allow them to open fire based on radar data or the perceived danger from the direction or speed of the hostile object."
Nato weighs armed response to Vladimir Putin’s hybrid war
Defence alliance mulls easing restrictions on pilots to open fire on Russian aircraft
www.ft.com
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by James Cameron

jjjcameron.bsky.social
For a moment, I thought she had made an unexpected comeback.
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 8d
Conservative friends of Pakistan are among the party groups celebrating the 100th birthday of Margaret Thatcher
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sundersays.bsky.social
Conservative friends of Pakistan are among the party groups celebrating the 100th birthday of Margaret Thatcher
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by James Cameron — Reposted by Michael Jones‐Correa

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All three of NATO's nuclear powers are currently experiencing periods of domestic political turmoil, which is not great to put it mildly.
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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 9d
If you are overly focused on the admittedly increasingly batsh*t character of British politics, don‘t neglect the batsh*t character of French politics.
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Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 9d
Ah, the famous French work-life balance

on.ft.com/4mTFYVb French prime minister resigns less than a month after appointment
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If you are overly focused on the admittedly increasingly batsh*t character of British politics, don‘t neglect the batsh*t character of French politics.
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Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 9d
Ah, the famous French work-life balance

on.ft.com/4mTFYVb French prime minister resigns less than a month after appointment
French prime minister resigns less than a month after appointment
[FREE TO READ] Sébastien Lecornu quits after rightwing allies indicated they would withdraw from his government
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I mean honestly if I were interviewing her this morning I’d put together a montage of ICE smashing car windows over children, smashing people against walls etc. and say ‘just so I’m clear Kemi, this is what you want?’
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by James Cameron

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Even in the narrow instrumental sense of dealing with the Faragist threat to the Conservative Party, Brexit has been a catastrophic failure.
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We should/do teach students how to engage critically with the historiography and place their argument within it. This is an important skill that requires close reading of the text. They cannot do that reliably with an AI summary.
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