Labour policy is being celebrated by Tommy Robinson.
That's it.
That's all you ever need to say to explain who Labour are.
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What 2024 teaches us the importance of the real world. Go speak to real people in real life. Go read a book. You can’t trust everything on the internet. Life is not black and white. It’s very much shades of grey.
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Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
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When it comes to illegal migration, everyone should read this poem that features in 'Good Economics for Hard Times' in which Duflo & Banerjee debunk some of the myths about migration. It's an incredibly powerful poem: www.amnesty.ie/wp-content/u... #EconSky podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
https://www.amnesty.ie/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/home-by-warsan-shire.pdf
Shabana Mahmood tells Sunday Times it should take 20 years for somebody granted refugee status in UK to secure permanent status (ie, reapply 6 times) if came without permission.
Paper says Denmark has toughest settlement timeline (8 years) but UK govt wants longer
Shabana Mahmood: ‘Illegal migration is tearing Britain apart’
The home secretary is planning to introduce a 20-year wait for permanent stay to end a ‘golden ticket’ for asylum seekers
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‘Patriots’ and Reform consistently profess to detest everything about this country: BBC NHS Education Public transport Immigration Integration Benefits Police The Judiciary
The question should be, ‘tell me one thing you do like?’.
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How has it run riot?
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It gives them an excuse to break yet another British made institution for ideological reasons. Thatcher snowballed it. Next it’s the NHS.
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Negative externalities of production. An easy tax win, surely? If there are different tax rates on alcohol levels (& it seems to be working - see Carling this week and the 3.4% shift) then size of vehicles can also be taxed differently for the harm they do. #EconSky
Trigger warning.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
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www.theguardian.com/money/2024/m...
UK a ‘tax haven’ for polluting SUVs, says green thinktank
First-year vehicle excise duty is a fraction of that in countries such as France and the Netherlands
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Our government should tax SUVs at a higher rate. Have they done something like this in France? I think that heavier cars must be contributing to the increase in potholes so they should be taxed more for that reason alone.
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Is this a joke?
