It's about the colours

As wealth tax discussion grows in public discourse, so does anti-immigration rhetoric.

79,000 people with British passports left the UK to live abroad in 2024. Numbers for 2025 are obviously unavailable yet, but from personal experience of it, I think it's a safe bet that number is much higher for 2025. It's going to be made up, primarily, of well educated professionals or...

... those with a trade under 45. The way the Fascists in Westminster (Reform, Tories & Labour) are treating anyone who isn't white, the fact the media is now pushing far right talking points, the push to remove us from the ECHR, rampant transphobia and the possibility of Farage being PM...

... Add to that the cost of living, stagnant wages, etc. Why would anyone stay. As a Scot, we see devolution eroded annually & Westminster unwilling to grant a 2nd indy ref. Add to that the fact that Westminster is a far right enclave, happily taking £ from US evangelical hate groups...

... why on earth would an educated or skilled person stay in the UK. While Farage riles up the knuckle draggers. The answer is that we have no reason to. So whether the racist & xenophobic individuals in Reform, Tories & Labour like it or not, you'll need immigration cos you've chased any...

... educated or skilled people away.

'Why the Reform Party’s Success at the Next Election Is Not Assured' by Simon Walmsley "Polls suggest that Reform could make a breakthrough at the general election. But a report by Persuasion UK suggests that such projections may be premature." jeffrey-side.blogspot.com/2025/09/why-...

Reality is whether Farage gets to be PM or not. Westminsters' main parties have embraced the far right. Certainly for my wife & I (& the majority of our friends) unless Scotlands on the path to independence we refuse to live under a Westminster parliament that is increasingly influenced by the...

... evangelical Christian hate groups from the US & other far-right extremists. We currently have Westminster MPs staying silent when hundreds are arrested for holding up a sign saying they support a direct action protest group. Yet they are falling over themselves to defend an individual...

... arrested for incitement against a protected group of people. F*ck that. Staying to build a better independent Scotland, absolutely worth it. Staying to build a country dictated to by a far right Westminster (a parliament in another country), fuck that. Building a life in another country...

... is a far more appealing proposition. The politics of Westminster have made the UK hateful, divided, and miserable.

Elites and their lackey politicos can no longer blame the EU for their own incompetence so it must be Johnny Foreigner’s fault

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This gives me hope. Well said. It will be interesting to know which media outlet the interviewer was from.

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The othering going on to blame, to harrass the minorities isn’t new, while behind the scenes the rich are getting richer and the poor, who should be looking at their leaders are being distracted into thinking all their problems are being caused by a small amount of people!

Excellent article on who is responsible below. The journo who wrote the truth is now banned from Reforms annual conference So much for free speech www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-n...

It's not about numbers. It's not about safety of women & girls. It's not about crime... or jobs, or housing, or benefits. It's about racism and far-right agitators.

Labour determined to out racist the racists Totally whacky Way to lose the next election

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Can't be long before Starmer and his ilk argue conscription to a sort of Nat. Guard would be a useful tool to make our streets safer from rampaging Immigrant gangs. Englands racist thugs will then queue up for an ICE-type uniform and a chance to beat up and deport folks with a different skin colour.

I think we should fly flags to celebrate this. 😂

I notice after moaning about the lack of safe legal routes Labour recently closed a safe legal route. Starmer will be showing off his Union Jack tattoo soon and calling everyone 'geezer'

It’s not counting, it’s feelings, man.

The rise of fascism - as a macro observation.

Even more insane is the restrictions on grad students that pay for every single UK university's budget. Now all but like 2 unis are struggling for what? It's the most Trump-esque 'Cut off your nose to spite your face' nonsense.

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The lies and misinformation is spread, it’s too late for facts to catch up.

Perhaps Sky News and equally The Guardian should therefore stop using the term immigration crisis! Two news outlets from opposite ends helping to feed this ridiculous frenzy.

It’s a shame that we almost need Farage to become PM to finish him off politically. The loudest parts of the public won’t allow any facts like this to change their opinion. Like Johnson, it’s when he gets the top job and nothing changes that the mask slips.

I think we can also summarize that it’s not really about facts either.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social I wonder, could you pose the question one morning. What do the anti everything (immigration, science, climate, Vaxx, trans, gay, universities, NHS, unions, teachers) crowd actually want? In which areas do they want the country to actually achieve, improve, grow?

No but we know that. It’s about farage, money and power

Like America, it's not just about stopping immigration, it's also about driving out any non-whites, I suspect.

Yup indeed. I'm finding vibes based politics intolerable. what I'd give for some truth tellers in parliament.

No it’s all about stoking fear, hatred, and providing a platform for Farage , and a reason for the media to continue their propaganda war against the government so they can destroy the changes in the taxes , protect the wealthy at any cost, See the maga agenda, the big tax bill , for billionaires