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by Nando Sigona

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And #Labour is copying not only the slogans, but also the visuals of Nigel Farage (thanks @yakopov.me for sharing UKIP logo)
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by Nando Sigona

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Wow, copying slogans and visuals

by Nando Sigona

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A short piece developing the thread a bit further nandosigona.info/2025/10/16/w...
Who is the Home Office really talking to? Diary of EU citizen in the UK
‘Thanks’ to the algorithm, this is what I woke up to every morning when I first looked at my phone. As a foreign-born Briton, it really sets the mood (not) for the day. I deleted the first version …
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by Nando Sigona

nandosigona.bsky.social
While trying to play catch-up with Reform and its imaginary white working-class voters, #Labour is alienating millions of real British workers and voters.
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by Nando Sigona

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There are over 10 million foreign-born residents in the UK (2021 Census).
And many more Britons have a parent who was born abroad.
In 2024, 40.4% of live births in Britain were to families with at least one parent born outside the UK — up from 35.1% in 2021.
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by Nando Sigona

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Who is the #HomeOffice really targeting with this campaign?
While the stated goal in their latest #Immigration White Paper is to “cut net migration”, messages like this only make millions of UK residents (who are already here, sometimes for many years!) feel unwelcome.
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by Nando Sigona

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To millions of foreign residents, that kind of message reads like: 'Stay in your place, head down, you are on borrowed time'
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by Nando Sigona

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I deleted the first version because of a typo, given the emphasis on English proficiency, you never know the Home Office police what may be up to next.
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by Nando Sigona

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'thanks' to the algorithm, this is what I woke up to every morning... As a foreigner, this really gets me in a good mood (not) for the day.
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by Nando Sigona

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This morning instead they decided to name shame #Botswana and (re) introducing visa for everyone because a handful of people have dared to apply for asylum without risking their lives of a small boat crossing?
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by Nando Sigona

nandosigona.bsky.social
So to achieve a minor reduction in applications they are prepared to lose quite a bit of income from visa fees. So what exactly is the benefit? Ok a minor reduction, but why is this meant to be good/desirable?
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Most people are shocked to learn that ALL state-funded in schools are legally required to hold daily acts of worship.

We’re campaigning to change that – and replace worship with assemblies that all children can participate in.

Want to help us? Donate! humanists.uk/2025/10/14/h...
Help give every child a fair start in life. Support Humanists UK’s Every Child, Every Chance appeal today
Humanists UK has launched its 2025 Faith Schools Fundraiser, ‘Every Child, Every Chance’, aiming to raise £40,000 on JustGiving to support its ongoing campaign for a fair, inclusive, and non-discrimin...
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by Nando Sigona

nandosigona.bsky.social
UK universities opposed this fiercely - largely because they fear losing students and income. But the damage this measure does goes beyond it, it feeds the narrative that international students are just customers and migrants just workforce to exploit on demand, no string attached.
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by Nando Sigona

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This is not good for anyone. There is no good reason, besides fiddling with net migration statistics, to do it.
Has @10dowingstreet.bsky.social even bothered to explain why was this done?

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Shorter UK graduate visa to be introduced in January 2027
Six-month cut in amount of time people can stay post-study has been fiercely opposed by universities
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by Nando Sigona

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in theory, they are meant to be broadsheets targeted more or less to the same readership/demographics
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by Nando Sigona

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A bit niche, I know, but I'm always amazed by how different the online cover pages of @theguardian.com and La Repubblica can be. The Italians must be obsessed with crime news (considering the number of murder stories covered per day).
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New research by @profjennyp.bsky.social and colleagues for a global #refugeesponsorship initiative
www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/gl...
Global refugee sponsorship scheme could improve perceptions of refugees in the UK – research - University of Birmingham
The UK should develop a ‘global’ sponsorship programme to give all sponsored refugees the same rights and entitlements, according to new research.
www.birmingham.ac.uk
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Over the weekend, Trump's deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller repeatedly attacked judges, calling them part of an "organized terrorist attack" on the US government....

On Saturday, the home of a judge who ruled against Trump, went up in flames

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House of South Carolina Judge Criticized by Trump Administration Set Ablaze
Authorities are investigating a fire at the home of a South Carolina judge who had reportedly received death threats in what could be the latest incident of political violence across the country.
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Join us on 20 October, 4-5.30pm @unibirmingham.bsky.social for this IRIS public seminar by @nandosigona.bsky.social on #Migration & #asylum under #Labour. Discussant: David Stark.
Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/migration-...
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Italy's largest union, with over 5.5 million workers, has called a general strike for Friday in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla.

And smaller Italian unions have said they will join CGIL's general strike.
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by Nando Sigona

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Exhausted by the avalanche of soundbites from #Labour dehumanising refugees and conflating asylum with ‘illegal migration’—a sign of a leadership that has lost any moral compass (assuming, generously, it ever had one).

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Refugees to face longer route to settlement rights
Details of the new conditions refugees will have to meet are to be set out later in the autumn.
www.bbc.com
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IRIS Public Talks

20 Oct, 4pm Migration and #Asylum under Labour | @nandosigona.bsky.social

5 Nov, 4pm Making Sanctuary Cities | @rachelhumphris.bsky.social

5 Dec, 4pm The Shape of Belonging for Unaccompanied Young Migrants| Ozlem Ogtem Young

superdiversity.net/2025/10/01/m...
Migration, citizenship and belonging: IRIS seminar series
We are delighted to announce our seminar series for this academic term. All seminars are free and open to the public. They will be held in Room 1150, Muirhead Tower, University of Birmingham. Pleas…
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by Margot C. Finn — Reposted by Nando Sigona, Martin Paul Eve

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'Graeme Atherton, head of the Ruskin Institute for Social Equity (Rise) at the University of West London, said the policy “is giving with one hand and taking with another” and will “exacerbate” the problems being faced by humanities and arts departments and disadvantaged students.'
Maintenance grants only for priority courses ‘deeply concerning’
Using financial incentives to influence student choice risk undermining Labour’s widening access goals, critics fear
www.timeshighereducation.com
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by Nando Sigona

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Rather than building cohesion, such insecurity risks producing the opposite: disenfranchisement among those left in limbo, and heightened suspicion among the wider public, who are encouraged to believe that migrants must continually prove themselves.
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by Nando Sigona

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Some may even be “barred from indefinite leave to remain entirely”. This would create a class of residents allowed to remain (tolerated) but never able to settle or feel secure.
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by Nando Sigona

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Who loses out?
👉 Parents with caring duties
👉 People in insecure jobs
👉 Migrants already working long hours in essential roles
All face prolonged insecurity — bad for families, bad for cohesion.
#labourpartyconference
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