with the inevitable consequence that refugees who WORK but have a low income - nurses, shop workers, cleaners etc - will NEVER be eligible for ILR because they will never earn above this threshold and/or will never be able to afford it. astoundingly evil AND astoundingly STUPID...

It almost goes without saying that a government that is serious about improving integration outcomes is not a government that puts refugees into 1000s of pounds of debt, gives them shorter periods of leave that has to be renewed and makes them wait 2 decades before they can settle.

This is a cute little set for high days and holidays. The printed cotton ensemble was designed by Margit Fellegi for Cole of California in 1939 and is perfect for beach and boardwalk alike. Extra stretch comes with the excellent shirred panels #LACMA #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

They’re calling it the quote on British politics that ended the need for all other quotes

Oh. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

so its not like 100% chance of fascism in 2029 then, maybe like a slightly less than 100% chance...

This is a complicated fabric, a cream silk with supplementary weft floral pattern alongside which a printed purple and green flower trails. The 1840s was a decade of textile technology triumphs, pleated and folded into shape #LACMA #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

No mandatory orders for unlawful exercises of statutory powers administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2026/05/29/n...

This #ootd is a little unusual, but for me is very spring-like. It's an 1836 dress from England. It is made of cotton with alternating blue and a geometrical floral strips. The flowers however are highly abstract and look to be influenced by folkart. #Fashionhistory

"The lack of procedural safeguards and the wide-ranging nature of these new powers raise significant concerns regarding the rights of all non-nationals in the UK." See today's blog post @bordercrim.bsky.social on new government powers against non-nationals: blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...

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It's this and the refugee family reunion suspension. Two enormously hurtful, nasty, self-defeating policies. I never want to vote Labour again.

Don't ask how you would open the Strait of Hormuz. Ask yourself how open to the Strait of Hormuz are you?

where is Gabriel Garcia Marquez to write this story? It's like a wholesome version of Love in the Time of Cholera.

Crackdowns on peaceful protest Support for Conservative benefit cuts Blaming migrants for failing public services As Labour keeps moving right. The question is: How low do they want to go?

This seems positive but I would really like something more definitive about the earned settlement changes coming later this year definitely not applying to this group

They killed 180 children and their teachers in a double-tap strike on a school. The girls were 7 to 12 years old.

Imagine literally closing the door to women from Afghanistan, young people from Sudan who somehow despite being in such horrific circumstances managed to jump through all the hurdles to qualify for student or skilled worker visas? The mind boggles at how cruel and utterly evil this is

one would have thought this was distinctly against Labour values, if one believed they had any...

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There was once a rabbit who dreamt of wild adventure, of liners sailing to Brazil, carrot fields in Norfolk, creameries in Normandy. I have a small life, he said. But before he died, he looked up at his beloved human & he realised that a life of love is never slight, not at all.

Labour looked at the Conservatives' hostile environment towards migrants and really decided to just try and make it worse. Their current measures will lead to more people, include children, forced into deprivation, denied support, and left in precarious positions. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

#HappyValentinesDay everyone! For the occasion, #ootd is this 1964 Norman Norell taffeta evening dress. With a boat neckline, fitted bodice, and a full skirt with a bow on the waist, this would be the ultimate gown for a candlelit dinner. #fashionhistory

Now Published The Palestine Action judgment www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/u...

The Illegal Migration Act 2023 and the Hardial Singh principles administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2026/02/10/t...

Ozzy so wide now (Comparison pictures by Sophie Fischer)

Longterm intergenerational shift is a civic widening of inclusion. The short-term shift is hardening views within the minority position bsky.app/profile/prof...

“Refugeehood is not supposed to be like this. The ideal envisaged by the Refugee Convention is that refugee status should be a kind of substitute citizenship for people whose bond of citizenship with their country of origin has been broken by the threat of persecution.“

New post Prompted by an excellent conference at @biicl.bsky.social marking the ECHR's 75th anniversary, I reflect in this piece on key themes about the likely trajectory of the UK's human rights debate, given the current (and developing) political climate. publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/11/07/t...

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Some good news/ Home Office evaluation of the Refugee Transitions Outcomes Fund - pilot schemes to help employment, housing and integration for newly recognised refugees. Substantially improved employment outcomes & had positive fiscal impacts. www.gov.uk/government/p...

I guess it will have to be GEN 3.2…

You have to wonder where UK and American politicians thought they were leading things when they purposefully consecrated 'We support every self-defensive action they take, and any action taken is only ever self-defence' as the only acceptable response to any and all military actions taken by Israel.

FT op-ed by Alf Dubs and Jacob Rees-Mogg: Citizenship stripping is fundamentally unBritish (a rare double byline oped in the FT) www.ft.com/content/dcc4...

Ozzy's first College committee meeting

“This my pious Mother bore and brought up eighteen children; she often had the plague and many other severe and strange illnesses, and she suffered great poverty, scorn, contempt, mocking words, terrors, and great adversities. Yet she bore no malice.” -Albrecht Dürer

one person who has changed his mind on this is literally Netanyahu's former minister of defense, who is explicitly calling what is going on ethnic cleansing

What happened to small, independent news outlets? He ate them.

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