Temporary accommodation (TA) linked to deaths of 104 children, 76 under the age of one, in England in 6 years.
135,000 households living in TA, including 176,000 children.
Low wages/benefits, no curbs on profiteering, poor housing, lack of social housing.
Cruelty inflicted by political choices.
Nobody seems to be mentioning that Boris Johnson failed his security vetting and Theresa May still made him Foreign Secretary. Then the Tory members made him Prime Minister still without clearance. Conveniently forgotten by the media and by the Tories who are calling for Starmer’s resignation.
Thank you. I live in near the recent antisemetic crimes and so it’s interesting to hear how widespread (and worrying) the issue is.
Which park is that James? (Asking cos i’m jewish)
Signed
All that training to be playground bullies!
It’s genuinely staggering how little substance there is to today’s instalment of the BBC’s attempt to create a national crisis out of a few unproven allegations of immigration fraud 1/
For the second day, the BBC are running a story that presents itself as providing evidence of endemic abuse of the asylum system based on seemingly a single encounter with someone who is neither a lawyer nor a registered immigration adviser. Words fail. This is reprehensibly irresponsible.
Wednesday’s @theguardian.com front page: Iran conflict could spark recession with Britain hit hardest in G7 - IMF
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There is nothing newsworthy about putting people seeking asylum at risk. There is nothing in the public interest about misleading the public as to the scale of people seeking asylum based on being LGBTQIA+. There is nothing in the public interest about ignoring the barriers they face to safety. 8/
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Jon Sopel & Emily Maitlis
“Putin is having the best day of his life with the stuff Trump is saying and doing – it’s every Russian dream come true.”
#TRAITOR #FELON #TRUMP #APRIL
This idiot is just like a bad joke 🤦🏻
Once again… when will the BBC learn?
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FT exclusive:
A broker for Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, attempted to make a big investment in major defence companies in the weeks leading up to the US-Israeli attack on Iran, according to three people familiar with the matter
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This is Apartheid.
It's morally disgusting - and comes at the same time as Israel is committing an ongoing genocide.
To see the Labour Government defend Israel repeatedly will horrify the British public - it cannot go on like this.
Section One Summary What factors affect migrant decision-making? Migration trends and secondary movement towards the UK Since 2017, the number of asylum applications in the UK has been increasing, by 2019 returning to levels seen during 2015-16 although the UK was relatively little affected by the European 'migration crisis'. This recent increase is likely due in part to movement to the UK by those already in Europe. In 2019, at least I in 6 asylum applicants to the UK had made a prior application in a European country. However, only a small portion of secondary movement across Europe is to the UK-in 2019, the UK produced just 6% of Eurodac hits relating to prior applications elsewhere in Europe. While many entering the UK may travel through France, most top nationalities applying for asylum in the UK do not apply in France in large numbers (with the exception of Sudanese, Afghan and Albanian applicants). Social networks, shared languages and diasporas motivate asylum seekers to reach certain destination countries Social networks aid migrant integration to society, acting as facilitators of information relating to life in the destination country. They are considered trusted sources and are likely to influence migration journeys more than information from formal institutions. The presence of diaspora communities can motivate migrants to reach certain destination countries. The proportion of diasporas in the EU+ residing in the UK is correlated with the proportion of asylum applications across the EU+ made in the UK (see slide 21). Armed conflict, human rights abuses, poverty, political & economic instability and violence are factors that forcibly displace migrants The majority (57%) of individuals escaping persecution are internally displaced within their own countries and most refugees displaced abroad stay within their region of displacement, living in countries neighbouring their countries of origin. Of the number of asylum seekers that reach Europe, o…
In fact, the Home Office's own analysis shows that harsher policies, such as those being presented by the Home Secretary, are more likely to force people into more exploitative situations, and being trafficked. 7/
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Opinion Restoring order at the border speaks to Labour values. Without that, we won't be able to do anything else at all Shabana Mahmood Our approach, unlike that of the Greens and Reform, is in step with the British people. They don't want extremes - they want a system that is managed and fair Shabana Mahmood is the UK home secretary
This is a hot mess of outright lies and misinformation from the Home Secretary, designed to try and persuade people that a government which is implementing some of the most hostile anti-immigration/asylum policies, in practice, for decades is progressive. 1/
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Our drug policy makes sense, @greendrugpolicy.bsky.social. The war on drugs has failed we need take a public health approach to help people, that means legalise and regulate and follow advice from proper health professionals.
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There are no guardrails on US or Israeli actions anymore. Haven't been with the latter since October 7 2023 and with the former since the first Southcom strike on boats in the Caribbean.
The people wanted the full release of the Epstein files
They wanted Trump to be called to testify about his involvement
They wanted transparency
They did not want a war with Iran.
80% are opposed to it.
This was illegal, immoral & won’t make us forget about the child rapists
He’s so dangerous!
NEW: The FDA has removed a webpage warning about dangerous therapies claiming to treat autism. It’s part of a series of actions the agency has taken under RFK Jr. to discredit long-established science.
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If only they could find a money pot like this to help the homeless or children living in poverty
Few scientists have so revolutionised our understanding of life as Charles Darwin. Born #OnThisDay in 1809, his work laid the foundations of evolutionary biology and transformed how we see the natural world, understand our origins, and think about humanity’s place within it. Happy #DarwinDay!
The government's earned settlement proposals manage to be politically and morally bankrupt at the same time as being economically and fiscally counterproductive.
Quite remarkable really.
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Many of us British Jews are also anti-zionist. Conflating Israeli and Jewish is itself antisemitic.
England's water companies promise £104bn investment by 2030.
Shareholders won't pay, customers will. Shareholders will own resulting assets, income streams.
Customers already paid, companies handed £85bn dividend to shareholders.
35% of customer bills pays for debt interest and dividends.
