The judgment was Limbuela v Home Secretary, 20 years ago this week as it happens We should have had a birthday party

"When I picked up my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash. She was exhausted and cried… My heart aches knowing this could happen to others, to my kids, or even me, despite being U.S. citizens.”

The signs from Australia (their worst flu season on record), Japan (where they’ve had to close schools) and India indicate that this could be a long, drawn out flu season here with hospitals at capacity If you haven’t had your flu vax get it Covid as well if possible inews.co.uk/news/doctors...

We obtained audio recordings and logs from each hearing of a sexual assault case that has spanned 10 years. Nearly every time the defense attorney asked to delay the trial, a judge agreed. (Published January with @adn.com)

A new paper analyzes the “production-consumption gap” on social media, where a small subset of users produce most of the content, and considers its implications for the study of phenomena such as political polarization, and for the design of policy interventions. @Prithvi Iyer considers the results:

How ever since Labour came to power, the British media has started to notice a whole series of problems they spent the previous 14 years completely ignoring www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...

Belgian court convicts two for EU funds misuse linked to Nigel Farage's Brexit group. Farage is surrounded by the stench of financial malpractice. One of his closest advisors is 'posh' George Cottrell, a convicted fraudster and expert in criminal money-laundering. www.euractiv.com/news/belgian...

Alexander Smirnov, the ex–FBI informant who admitted to lying about the Biden-Burisma connection, has been released from prison just months into his six-year prison sentence. trib.al/W2wJSVD

Belgium is growing frustrated with the European Commission for the lack of alternative options to the reparations loan, @shonamurray.bsky.social reports after today’s technical talks. “All options must be on the table.”

www.dw.com/en/james-wat... laureate James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA's double helix, dies aged 97.

"For the first time in a while, Democrats now think they can see a pathway out of the gloom. Big victory margins are by far the best guardrail against midterm skullduggery." My column. on.ft.com/3LphRkt

The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."

Every MP should try this!

It's hard to convey my disgust & moral outrage at Trump & Rubio for killing hundreds of thousands My team at Duke has spent almost a decade studying the pros & cons of health aid, which has undoubtedly saved millions of live but has down sides. We have a policy paper out soon on the topic. 1/n

Exclusive: US intel found Israeli military lawyers warned there was evidence of Gaza war crimes, former US officials say - www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

There is something deeply broken about an economy that creates trillionaires while people get buried under the cost of living and 42 million go hungry. The ultra-rich should realize that my Billionaires Income Tax, aimed at ensuring they pay their fair share, represents the moderate path forward.

In my deep-dive article on this.weekinsecurity.com, I explain how the North Korean remote IT workers' scheme works, why it's incredibly effective as a "triple threat," and what companies large and small can do to identify suspicious applicants before they're hired. Please share!

"Home Office data suggests that recent immigrants are more likely to be working than British nationals and make higher wages than them." ✍️ Lauren Gilbert argues that migrants to the UK are net fiscal contributors, adding much more to the economy than they take out, ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...

Larry hits it on the head. So so much better than me.

The early flu season in England continues to build, while the latest Covid wave continues to recede. Latest UKHSA hospital admission data up to 27 Oct.

Another 365 bites the dust 🥳 "The International Criminal Court (ICC) exchanges Microsoft 365 for Open Desk, a European open source alternative. This is what the German newspaper Handelsblatt writes. The newspaper expects the ICC to launch a trend within the European public sector with the switch."

Not all immigrants are asylum seekers of course, but the question remains: why is empathy so lacking for the small minority who are asylum seekers? That’s what scares me the most.

Perhaps Donald has an offer switch ?

BBC News - Pauline Collins, star of Shirley Valentine, dies aged 85 www.bbc.com/news/article...

Lost amid headlines is the gang rape of the Palestinian prisoner. The attack was so brutal that the man was admitted to hospital with what the Israeli daily Haaretz revealed was a ruptured bowel, severe anal and lung injuries, and broken ribs – injuries that later required surgery. aje.io/qqry7v

The FBI has subpoenaed the domain registrar of archive.today, demanding information about the owner.

Britain’s biggest drugmaker says it will only greenlight plans for a £200 million Cambridge research site if ministers go further on NHS spending reforms in trade talks with the US.

Just another COPOUT then...

Everyone should be asking themselves if the US is a country that you support and want to travel too ?

Join us on November 25th for this very special Hacked Off event with the makers of ITV's "The Hack", including Bafta-winning writer Jack Thorne, and campaigners on press abuse Kerry Katona, Jacqui Hames and Lisa Moorish. Tickets available now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-hack-w...

What can I say ? After 29 COP conferences, will number 30 be just another COPout ? I suspect so. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Facebook and Instagram owner Meta projected last year that 10% of its overall income would come from advertising for scams or banned goods, Reuters reports. The #ScamEmpire project revealed how social media ads were central to scammers' strategies: www.occrp.org/en/project/s...

Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show - www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Glad to see this is finally being covered by the msm. Something which has been happening since the Elon's tenure began.

"The Democratic sweep of gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey and public service commissioner races in Georgia offers an early glimpse of what could be a sleeper issue in the 2026 midterm elections: the politics of AI infrastructure."

🔴 NEW 🔴 Lomborg for years has argued in op-eds, lectures, and the media that there are more important global issues to prioritize than climate change, writing in April that “it is not the existential threat that some would have us believe.”

Two men convicted for misuse of funds regarding Farage-linked thinktank - case against Farage's partner is dismissed - www.euractiv.com/news/belgian...

Anti-Trump politics *is* affordability politics, and Tuesday’s results overwhelmingly demonstrated this. On one front after another, the Democrats’ attacks on Trump were directly linked to voters’ material concerns. trib.al/eQxMwPZ

This is what Elon Musk looked like before he took hormones, had a hair transplant and plastic surgery. All stuff that he wants banned for Trans people.

Guess he will be sacked now.

🚨🚨 #Starmer government has just made one more step in throwing away any climate credentials it had - it has just awarded #Drax a further four years subsidies as the UK's biggest carbon emitter @dalevince.com @zackpolanski.bsky.social @rupertread.bsky.social

London mayor Sadiq Khan stayed up on Tuesday night to watch the election results from New York I interviewed him about what lessons the international left should take from Zohran Mamdani's victory, and why he says the right's attempts "to scare people" failed www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/n...

If Trump fanboy Nigel Farage ever got his kleptofascist claws on power, we'd see the same horrific scenes in the UK.

The government shutdown is the first sign that Democratic leaders finally understand voters want their party to do something—anything—as a show of resistance. But that realization has come too late. Voters are furious with the establishment, and they’re starting to show it. trib.al/HpSBLMQ