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Re: Brexit
By: 2ThaSun Date: May 27, 2023, 1:53 pm
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Why has UK Immigration Gone Up Since Brexit?
[quote]Despite the leave campaign promising that Brexit would
bring down immigration, the latest figures could be at record
levels. So in this video, we're going to break down the numbers
and try to explain why immigration numbers are so high in the
UK.
0:00 Intro
1:30 How migration patterns have changed over time
2:29 How immigration numbers have changed since Brexit
3:30 Why is immigration so high?
3:39 Why are there more students?
4:57 Why are there more workers?
7:06 Sponsor[/quote]
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v8k9OoTwag
Starmer tells Sunak he needs a ‘reality check’ as the PM blasts
Labour for having ‘no ideas’
[quote]“The home secretary may need a speed awareness course, he
needs a reality check.”
Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer clash at PMQs over immigration
control, as the PM says Labour have “no ideas”, while Starmer
accuses Sunak of having “no ambition for Britain”.[/quote]
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr4Q0Yvybq8
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Re: Brexit
By: Labour Date: September 21, 2023, 11:42 am
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Labour’s Plan for Brexit Explained
[quote]Brexit has been a difficult issue for the Labour Party,
as Labour leader Keir Starmer has to regularly bat away
accusations that he wants to take the UK back into the EU. But
Brexit isn't going away anytime soon - so what are Labour's
Brexit plans?[/quote]
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwWkDKMjmRA
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Re: Brexit
By: b Date: October 1, 2023, 7:15 pm
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HTML https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2023/oct/01/britain-blighted-by-class-system-letters
Britain is still blighted by the class system
[quote]
After a thousand years, will Britain ever recover from William
the Conqueror and the feudal system he introduced?
We have a monarchy and an aristocracy still owning much of the
land the Conqueror gave them, with privileges reinforced by
public schools, and we have a working class, inheritors of
serfdom, for whom trade union leaders such as Mick Lynch, and
just like Watt Tyler, see it as their role to fight. With people
still defining themselves in terms of class, and with such
social divisions persisting, can Britain ever be a [s]mature[/s]
empathetic society, fit for the 21st century?
Seven years ago, I moved to Ireland, and my experience here has
increasingly saddened me for the country of my birth. Here, I
have found a kinder and friendlier place
Britain has so much to give to the world, but until the concept
of class, the privileges of the “upper class” and the entrenched
thinking of too many of the “working class” are all consigned to
history, inequality, anger and violence will persist.
Climate U-turn nonsensical
Rishi Sunak has decided to abandon the cross-party consensus on
climate policy
Proud to cook Mexican curry
Appropriation is certainly theft. Cultural cross-pollination,
however, is what has made humanity move forward.
[/quote]
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Re: EU
By: England Date: October 21, 2023, 8:36 pm
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HTML https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/19/british-pm-sunak-in-israel-whats-on-his-agenda
UK’s PM Rishi Sunak in Israel. What’s on his agenda?
[quote]
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday landed in Tel
Aviv to “express solidarity with the Israeli people” as non-stop
Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip destroyed residential
buildings and killed more than 3,400 Palestinians.
“I am proud to stand here with you in Israel’s darkest hour,”
Sunak said in a news conference with Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu. “We will stand with you in solidarity. We
will stand with you and your people. And we also want you to
win.”
Britain has stood shoulder to shoulder with Israel
Reporting from Tel Aviv, Al Jazeera correspondent Alan Fisher
said that Sunak’s declaration on wanting Israel to win was
“pretty declarative”.
There was, Fisher noted, “no mention of the fact Israelis have
cut off food water and energy from the Gaza Strip, which many
would consider a breach of international law”.
Framing the current conflict as a battle between the “forces of
progress and humanity” and “an axis of evil”, Netanyahu called
Hamas “the modern barbarians, the worst monsters on the planet”.
Britain’s decision to abstain from Wednesday’s UN Security
Council vote on a resolution calling for Israel to allow
humanitarian aid into Gaza largely passed below the radar. The
resolution was blocked by the United States on the basis that it
did not explicitly mention Israel’s right to self-defence.
Gerry Hassan, a Scottish writer and commentator, said the
meeting highlighted the “mismatches” in British and Western
politics. “In the post-Cold War world, the West claims it stands
for international law and then stands for oppression elsewhere,
showing its defence of democratic and human rights is
threadbare,” he said.
Ask most Palestinians what lies at the root of their plight and
they’ll likely blame Arthur Balfour.
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England will face a very severe judgment, the sins of your past
will now come back to bite you. Can these people even be
cleansed from the heavy layer of blasphemy which they carry?
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Re: Brexit
By: England Date: November 26, 2023, 2:46 am
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HTML https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2023/11/25/gavin-esler-on-british-politics-weve-got-a-lot-of-fairly-rotten-people-in-parliament/
Gavin Esler on British politics: ‘We’ve got a lot of fairly
rotten people in parliament’
[quote]
The former BBC journalist wonders why the British public
tolerate lies, and reflects on his surprisingly good
relationship with the late Ian Paisley
Today, Esler, who has written Britain Is Better than This, which
reflects despairingly on the state of today’s United Kingdom
Where once we had delusions of grandeur, we now often have
delusions of competence,” he writes in his book.
Esler’s main argument in his book – that the UK needs a written
constitution – is esoteric, he admits, and will be difficult for
many to grasp.
For centuries the lack of a written constitution was argued as
one of the UK’s key points of advantage, offering remarkable
flexibility.
If that was true, says Esler, it was true only in the era of
so-called “good chaps”, when conventions, however imperfect in
their design or execution, were generally accepted.
“You didn’t lie in parliament. If you did, you resigned. If
something went wrong in your department, you resigned, even if
you weren’t responsible for it,” he says.
In the past decade, however, there has been “a behavioural
change” that has allowed people, especially Boris Johnson, to
demolish long-established conventions.
“We don’t have very many good chaps. We’ve got a lot of fairly
rotten people in parliament,” he says. “The problem is
structural. It’s partly due to British complacency and it’s due
to a sense of British exceptionalism, and it’s also due to a
kind of ignorance about our history and the place in the world.”
“This week we had a prime minister who said that we can just
declare by law that Rwanda is safe. This is like the papacy in
the 17th century telling Galileo that the Earth can’t move
around the sun because they’ve decided it’s not.”
He wonders why the British public, and their counterparts in the
United States, tolerate lies from some political leaders when
they would not accept similar conduct in their day-to-day lives,
and the evidence shows that they would not.
“I don’t think that there is a kind of a moral crisis about
people lying any more than they used. There is certainly no
evidence for it. In fact, it is actually quite the opposite. I
find people very often incredibly helpful, ridiculously polite
and constantly say ‘Sorry’ when they bump into you. Maybe that’s
another book: “Why Do Decent People Let Shits Run the Country?”
[/quote]
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Re: Climate refugees
By: uk Date: December 9, 2023, 4:07 am
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HTML https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/07/uk/uk-immigration-minister-resigns-rwanda-asylum-intl-hnk/index.html
UK immigration minister resigns over controversial Rwanda asylum
legislation, claiming it ‘does not go far enough’
[quote]
UK immigration minister Robert Jenrick resigned over new
government legislation on the Rwanda asylum transfer scheme
published Wednesday, claiming that the proposed law “does not go
far enough.”
In the latest blow to the scheme, Jenrick who works within the
Home Office, said he would not be able to accompany this latest
draft bill through the legislative process as he does not
believe it goes “far enough” to ensure the policy’s success.
“The stakes for the country are too high for us not to pursue
the stronger protections required to end the merry-go-round of
legal challenges which risk paralysing the scheme and negating
its intended deterrent,” Jenrick said in his resignation letter.
Jenrick had previously promised publicly to do “whatever is
required” to clamp down on illegal migration to the UK, even if
that meant withdrawing from the European Convention of Human
Rights (ECHR).
A group of hardline lawmakers within Rishi Sunak’s Conservative
Party, including previous Home Secretary Suella Braverman, have
all been lobbying for the UK to leave the human rights treaty,
citing it as a barrier blocking the Rwanda policy.
In a blog post, Elliot described the bill as “hypocritical,”
saying it “presupposes” Rwanda heeding its obligations under
international law to treat asylum seekers humanely whilst
allowing the UK to “breach its own obligations” under
international law.
The government was also handed down a warning on Wednesday from
the Rwandan government, who threatened to pull out of the
arrangement if the UK does not adhere to international law,
according to the British national news agency, PA Media.
Rwandan Foreign Minister Vincent Biruta emphasized in a
statement that “without lawful behavior by the UK, Rwanda would
not be able to continue with the Migration and Economic
Development Partnership.”
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Re: Brexit
By: uk Date: January 4, 2024, 2:56 am
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HTML https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3246929/britain-bans-foreign-students-bringing-families-uk
Britain bans foreign students from bringing families into UK
[quote]
British Home Secretary James Cleverly has said the “unreasonable
practice” of overseas students bringing their family to the UK
will end as restrictions on visa routes come into force on
Monday.
He said the ban, which affects all but those enrolling on
postgraduate research courses and ones with government-funded
scholarships, will cut migration by tens of thousands.
The move could hit universities which rely on foreign student
fees and could also harm the UK’s reputation as an international
destination, experts have warned.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak tweeted: “From today, the majority of
foreign university students cannot bring family members to the
UK.”
The Conservative Party leader said the announcement showed that
the Government was “already delivering for the British people”
in 2024.
Earlier in December, Cleverly set out a raft of new restrictions
that he said would cut numbers by 300,000 a year
[/quote]
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Re: Brexit
By: UK Date: January 11, 2024, 9:29 pm
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HTML https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/storm-henk-causes-around-150-mln-pounds-uk-insured-losses-pwc-2024-01-10/
Storm Henk causes around 150 mln pounds in UK insured losses
[quote]
Storm Henk, which battered Britain last week, caused around 150
million pounds ($190 million) in insured losses and damaged
around 2,000 properties, consultants PwC said on Wednesday.
Heavy rain caused major rivers to burst their banks and the
government issued more than 300 flood warnings, only weeks after
Storm Babet also caused flooding in October.
[/quote]
HTML https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/united-kingdom-maternal-deaths-in-uk-surge-to-highest-level-in-almost-20-years-study-4843102
Maternal Deaths In UK Surge to Highest Level In Almost 20 Years:
Study
[quote]
The number of women in Britain dying during pregnancy or soon
afterwards has reached its highest level in almost two decades,
a new study reported Thursday.
It also comes after a series of scandals at maternity units
within the state-funded National Health Service (NHS).
A damning 2022 report into one found failures at the Shrewsbury
and Telford Hospital Trust in western England had contributed to
the deaths of 201 babies and nine mothers over a 20-year period.
MBRRACE-UK found there were 13.41 deaths per 100,000 pregnancies
reported from 2020 to 2022.
Excluding deaths from Covid-19 -- the second most common cause
-- the maternal death rate for the period was 11.54 per 100,000.
[/quote]
HTML https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/jan/11/uk-life-expectancy-falls-to-lowest-level-in-a-decade
UK life expectancy falls to lowest level in a decade
[quote]
Life expectancy across the UK has fallen to its lowest level in
a decade, mainly owing to the impact of the coronavirus
pandemic, data shows.
The Office for National Statistics said the decrease was
primarily owing to the impact of the pandemic, where excess
deaths increased sharply.
“Although most countries globally experienced devastating death
tolls from Covid-19, several studies have shown that excess
mortality in the UK during the pandemic exceeded that of most
comparable western European and other high-income countries.
“As the UK’s relatively high mortality during the pandemic came
on the heels of stalling life expectancy in the pre-pandemic
decade, the result is a further slide in the UK’s already poor
ranking relative to comparable countries by 2022.”
[/quote]
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Re: Brexit
By: England Date: January 20, 2024, 7:35 pm
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HTML https://news.sky.com/story/storm-isha-to-batter-uk-with-80mph-winds-as-amber-warnings-issued-13052149
Storm Isha to batter UK with 80mph winds as amber warnings
issued
[quote]
A storm is forecast to hit parts of the UK with strong winds and
heavy rain as multiple amber warnings come into force.
Storm Isha - the ninth storm since September - will bring winds
of up to 80mph, according to the Met Office.
[/quote]
HTML https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-health-agency-warns-very-real-risk-measles-outbreak-spreads-2024-01-19/
UK health agency warns 'very real risk' measles outbreak spreads
[quote]
Britain's public health agency warned on Friday that an outbreak
of measles in central England could spread to other towns and
cities unless urgent action is taken to boost vaccination
uptake.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has declared a national
incident, signalling a growing public health risk.
[/quote]
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Re: Brexit
By: England Date: January 20, 2024, 7:40 pm
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^ This what happens when you keep trying to imprison me
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