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Can you please take the extra 's' off? Thanks!
Does it get as scalding hot on the outside as much as on the inside? Mine does...
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Jesus! It sounds like Anna Turley is egging Farage on 😖 Reeves is even worse "simple gimmicks like those put forward by Reform that have no basis in reality and where the numbers just fall apart". What do people with ILR think about their future being toyed about in this way?
Looks gorgeous! A bit beside the point but... What inputs does the TV has? Is the C64 connected through S-Video? RGB?
Immigrants from Canada, Australia, Nigeria, India, and Pakistan legally residents in the UK have a right to vote in general elections. Would it be possible that they activate politically if engaged?
I find abhorrent the intent to make access to ILR even harder and to constrain legal residents in the 2nd class citizens group for longer than it already is.
British naturalisation for Indian nationals living in the UK is not an easy decision because they would have to renounce their Indian nationality. The most frequent choice is, by far, to keep their Indian nationality and have ILR while residents in the UK.
The Tories are no longer in power but the residents who are in the UK because of the covert experiment are still, mostly, here. How is that not xenophobic?
This was a political choice that was never put before the British people. In fact, quite the opposite – the previous government repeatedly promised inward migration would be brought under control. Instead, Britain became a one-nation experiment in open borders."
immigration. Brexit was used for that purpose to turn Britain into a one-nation experiment in open borders." In the foreword of the white paper he states "In 2023, under the previous government, inward migration exploded to over a million people a year – four times the level compared with 2019.
Starmer's position, since Nov24, has been that the foreigners who legally entered the UK under the previous government's immigration system took advantage of an undisclosed "experiment" by the Tory's governments: "Policies were reformed, deliberately, to liberalise
The only places in Italy where I saw terraced houses surviving as a style of dwelling were hamlets of 500-1000 peoples. I don't think they have a place in larger in the 20th century. I won't bore you any longer with my grumblings.
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3: How do you feel about the terraced house as a type of dwelling? Specifically when entire streets are made of the very same type of house (2 down + 2 up, no basement, no garage, no balconies) each stuck to the next. Full disclosure: I loath it!
2: have you bought shoes specifically for walking? If so, was it hard to find a well suited model? I go for walks every day, obviously much shorter than your journeys, and I've never really been perfectly happy with the pairs I've gone through. Maybe that's just me.
Apologies, I'd like to ask questions because I'm made this way. 1: do you save the location in the pictures you take? So that you could place them on a map, either public or personal? I love how you capture the spots which show how an area is 'permeable' to pedestrian/cycling movement.
What if the new H-1B "rule" comes with a large degree of discretion? What if pleading with the secretary of state could lead a business to be granted a discount equivalent to the entire fee? The only rule will be publicly prostrating in front of the one whose whims matter as much as the rule of law.
Never come across these, neither here or in Italy. France only? Ever tried the Pixel? Also sour
Oh, great! Looking forward to see who will be the guests.
Could it be that a plain text with no context makes the weird reactions more likely? I'm not talking about the pauses but having to make the speech sound in one's mind, while lacking the pace, intonation, the image of the face of the author, it's simply too tricky?
Starmer invited to public to think of these perfectly legal immigrants as having exploiting some sort of deep-state scheme. The calls for "re-migration" of the far-right are what ties up best with such repeated claims.
This was a political choice that was never put before the British people. In fact, quite the opposite – the previous government repeatedly promised inward migration would be brought under control. Instead, Britain became a one-nation experiment in open borders."
immigration. Brexit was used for that purpose to turn Britain into a one-nation experiment in open borders." In the foreword of the white paper he states "In 2023, under the previous government, inward migration exploded to over a million people a year – four times the level compared with 2019.
Not sure how well that would work. Starmer's position, since Nov24, has been that the foreigners who legally entered the UK under the previous government immigration system took advantage of an undisclosed "experiment" by the Tory's governments: "Policies were reformed, deliberately, to liberalise
Oh, good! Would "Rome, Open City" (1945), "Paisan" (1946), "The Great War" (1959) ever be thought as candidates? What are you actually aiming to get out of the war films you have selected until now?
businesses or other individuals. In the British context it has been often used as "a requirement imposed on specific groups of residents so that they can be forced to make themselves always identifiable while going about their life".
It's really hard to talk about ID cards in the UK as it means a different thing to different people. To me is basically "the government provides ANY resident an official (& cheap & readily available) way to identify themselves" when dealing with either European public institutions or private
strawpeopleing (ugh! 🤢)
How do you factor in food/alcohol sourcing inflation and the awful costs of mortgages/rents? The sector may have grown too large but it also looks in a precarious state: restaurants, cafes, bakeries, even the ones which appears to have a decent intake of customers, seem to struggle making ends meet
Why did you choose to avoid any film not in English?
Israel, as the nation whose government has been attacking the population and infrastructure of Gaza is not necessarily perceived as occupying the same place as the homeland for the Jewish people. People with expressed racist attitudes could be racist towards the Palestinians and antisemitic.
After avoiding paying copyrights holders for the books it ingested now OpenAI is trying to pocket book advances
for long enough, we will achieve..." What? Does anybody knows what precisely is the expressed goal of this apparently absurd strategy? What do they expect the result is? It's truly bewildering.
I imagine Starmer and the cabinet, and the staff advising them, have knowledge of the racism and xenophobia promoted on X and expressed by the "legitimate concerns" people. But someone, at some point said "Hear me out! If we ignore these morally repugnant actions and legally indefensible practices
Is it possible to estimate the costs other people and the state incurred because of this guy? Did it made you waste time and money? How much tax was not collected? How much does it cost to sort the mess out?
Meloni, undoubtedly a cunning political operator, has planned for 500k visas for employees/self-employed/temporary for the next 3 years. It's not a given those will be taken but there's realism & xenophobia elsewhere
So she exceeded expectations in her half-year performance review
Well, you may be wrongly assuming that HMG is aware of the economic role of the entertainment sector and that it wants it to play a significant role in its "growth strategy"
"Can you use it in a sentence?" "You know the chippy across the street from these new 8-storeys high student accommodation? Freshers started last week and on Friday it was the chipocalypse!"
If you keep talking about Reform like this you'll make BBC's Chris Mason cry!
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This topic was exactly what I was wondering recently! "The proof is in the pudding" of the claims by the 'preppers'. Do you also explore the link to the 2nd amendment?
Is this actual cancel culture?
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"Prompted" or "unprompted" is decided on recorded dates, I presume? The start of a discovery/check by HMRC is recorded with a date. The contact by Ms Rayner is also recorded with a date.
In the same way Keir Starmer can only be removed from the position of prime minister by the National Executive Committee
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Maybe not prescient of the present shared reality but of the distorted paranoia in the author mind
It's absurd to say that, because "voters have made clear that they want the crossings stopped" then the government should stop the reunion of family which DOES NOT rely on channel crossings.
recognised as deserving asylum. The family members for which the visas are asked are spouses and children not already in the UK. The visa allows them to enter regularly in the UK without the need to be smuggled across the channel.
Thank you for your weekly conversation on UK politics. Your podcast it always very good but it would be even better if you'd found someone else than Kiran Stacey. He has the regular Tuesday slot anyway. Refugees in the UK apply for family reunion visas. They are people whom the British state
Starmer himself has been referring to legal migration in disparaging terms since the beginning of his government. The claim that we have an "open border" system and that foreigners are taking advantage had already been made in Nov 24
e.g. if 4 flats are stacked on the same land of 3 terraced houses, each of them has larger usable surface and would also be rewarded with proportionally lower infrastructure/waste tax.
Could a serious reform of council tax help? I would split the component for infrastructure & rubbish from social services, SEND & homelessness. The former would be charged on residents, the latter on owner. The former should be discounted if the property shares land with other properties:
"Prioritising" would indeed be awkward but it could be possible to disincentivise the subtle mechanisms which make the number of flats in a development the only publicly debated parameter which then leads to miniscule dwellings. It's insane that 73m2 flats are listed "for 4 people"
Anything to be said about a few more flags?
I can't quite believe it. I'm dying of cringe! 😫 Please somebody, anybody, go and tell them that they look like the worst parody of politically inept and socially incompetent politicians
"the developer said it had contacted 50 housing associations to try to improve affordable housing provision, but "none were interested"."
Building houses in the UK is becoming even more expensive. "construction costs have surged, making Bristol the eighth most expensive city in the world to build in" Reservations on the poor quality remain.
I appreciated this exchange. Thank you.
Are refugees lesser residents? The share of money that needs to be spent on accommodation in proportion to the median salary is absurd. This cannot but lead to people who are unable to afford any accommodation. I can start picking among such group the ones I like less... it's not a hard game to play
About the refugees with spouses and children taking a massive share of the emergency accommodation for the homeless
Are you going to write more extensively about these topics in an article? I have to say that what you just posted wasn't extremely clear...
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Sam, do you reckon anything can, realistically, save Starmer and Cooper from their extreme ineptitude? They keep validating any daft or nasty prejudice regarding immigrants. They reinforce xenophobic and racist attitude. They seem incapable of generating an original and morally sound strategy.
😲 Your job is so fucking hard! I just subscribed on Patreon: I can't tolerate the thought that you have to deal with this crap without more support.
I just hope @ukhomeoffice won't retweet it 😔
Who, at the BBC, has the "ethical dexterity" to put into practice the principles of the code in an environment which prioritise pre-empting the virulent reactions of hostile political operators and promoting commercial viability?
It reminds me of 'garlic bread' or 'pepperoni'. They are Italian-American foods, originating in the large community of Italian immigrants in the USA www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc0q...
Going on Philips' show is kind of a waste of time but there must be a better argument than "we always had a proud tradition, in this country, of supporting those facing persecution". Like wearing christmassy jumpers in December? Or are fundamental ethical values and international law involved?
The policy "was hoped [it] would free up homes for priced-out locals". Since about 20% of those house have been placed back on the market... this goal of the policy has been, to some extent, achieved. It's not that difficult to understand. Why cannot Imogen Tew and George Nixon do it?
Thank you. Is "long term" 10+ years? I understand US treasury bonds are in plenty of pension funds and other "defensive" funds (if that's the right word). How do these works? Would their rules on composition need an independent trigger (price outside of certain bands?) to kick in?
White posh "concerned locals" have two wives and only male children 🤔 Is that really a Welsh thing?
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Can a self-employed taxi driver buy his car through finance and the deduct the interests on the loan from the revenues?
Max size overhead cabin bag: EasyJet 56 x 45 x 25 cm Jet2 56 x 45 x 25 cm Ryanair 55 x 40 x 20cm Any bag which size is optimised for most airlines will not comply with Ryanair limits. Like shooting fish in a barrel.
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Until the MAGA goons kill Giacomo Matteotti (again) you can't say Trump is fascist!
Am I mistaken or Truss hasn't personally met Trump yet? Can anybody arrange the operation?
Most people are not median taxpayers!* *"Don't think of themselves as"
On a related topic, is there any merit in using a criteria for "affordability" based on median earnings and £/m2? Why are house prices and rent increases referenced to market? isn't this hiding the real degrade in housing stock, both as quality and size?
Do you believe dreams mean anything?
Thanks for the detailed description. The reporting journalist in you never lets his standard down!
I'm afraid that, since he was at an asylum protest, his racial harassment is now a "legitimate concern". That's the law!
Starmer does not seem to hold labour MPs, even people he selected as members of the cabinet, in high esteem. He has dedicated his privileged access to the media to claim "immigrants exploited an open-borders system" rather than proudly present tenancy regulations or the employment rights bill
Does the OECD data include the Italian TARI among the taxes on property? If not (because residents, not owners, are charged) then the article is using data which is not consistent across countries.
Thanks. 1) Is wealth a flow or stock variable? Is GDP a flow or stock variable? 2) Do the increases/decreases of council tax and rents correlate? If they do not correlate, can council tax actually be considered a "tax on property"?
1) Why "as a share of GDP"? What is it meant to convey? 2) Why is council tax a tax on property? How do council tax rates correlate with house rents?
Is he fully exploiting the government indulgence towards "legitimate concerns"?
Now you'll get invoiced!
What really worries me is that ordinary prejudice, plain incompetence and unwarranted self-confidence in the leadership of Labour could be enough to lead to violent attacks towards people who "look foreign" and downtrodden.
sentence were clearly under the responsibility of the Home office itself so... how were they left 'roaming'? This is so sick, so dangerous.
But... what sort of strategy would that be? If the main "legitimate concern" is that asylum seekers are hosted in hotels... why is the Home office adding that foreigners with no title to be in the UK are "roaming OUR streets"? Those failed asylum seeker and foreign people who have served their
What if Starmer's government messaging is designed by people with an average level of incompetence who are intellectually attached to simple concepts like "I have to look though" and are unable/uninteresting in modelling saliency and confirmation bias?
Any link to Instagram & Facebook account being suspended/deleted with no reason? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
