Rob Simkins

A good example of someone using "economically inactive" to mean "available for work but choosing not to" and forgetting it covers students, early retirees, carers, severely disabled people, parents with very young children etc...

"The actual numbers that matter are the number of people who are economically inactive who are British citizens,” he said. “Where we want that number to be is zero. I want zero economically inactive British workers. If you can get that as close to zero as possible, then we can talk about how we feel about gaps in our labour market.

What on earth is this nonsense from a Blue Labour MP?

What, you want a policy targeting zero illness, no full time caring responsibilities, no skills mismatches or career breaks and you think we should heavily crack down on migration until we get there?

Just not serious policy/politics.

I would prefer it if governments could spend more time fixing the issues they and their predecessors have created as opposed to relentlessly briefing against and knifing one another.

Makes NUS seem fucking chill tbh.

Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?

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Someone else who has spent far too much time on X.

New Yorkers faced the choice between hope and fear, and just like we've seen in London, hope won.

Huge congratulations to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social on his historic campaign.

Tonight you get your roti and your roses - enjoy!

God knows how many times this has happened: Zero.

Much like Vance lying about Haitian immigrants eating people's pets, this is 100% racist bullshit being spewed by an unabashed white nationalist.

Congrats to everyone who patronizes the Nazi bar he runs.

The sheer greasy desperation from these bastards that any violent crime is committed by an immigrant so they can continue their grift. Even when they know it isn't true. Foul.

My expectations for you lot were always low, but holy fuck

Long may it remain so.

The famous Goodwin effect in action.

Caerphilly, Senedd constituency by-election result:

PC: 47.4% (+19.0)
REF: 36.0% (+34.2)
LAB: 11.0% (-34.9)
CON: 2.0% (-15.3)
GRN: 1.5% (+1.5)
LDEM: 1.5% (-1.2)
GWL: 0.3% (+0.3)
UKIP: 0.2% (+0.2)

Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour.

👏 "We've lived here all our lives. And I have never felt so unwelcome in my own hometown as I do since your party came into Caerphilly."

"With all the rhetoric that you bring in, I have to say to my sons, please don't go there. Please don't do this."

"I blame you for that."

'I met a taxi driver once...'

Nigel Farage’s claim about taxi drivers predicting sharia law amuses @shelaghfogarty.bsky.social.

There is a serious failure in UK govt, politics & media to take sufficiently seriously what Musk said & meant with "fight back or die"

= Violence (interethnic civil war) is inevitable so pre-emptive violence - vs migrants, minorities & political opponents - is necessary to avoid existential erasure

If you are still on X you are supporting this.

When Ted Heath sacked Enoch Powell he was acting in the face of a majority in favour. Harold Wilson backed him up and called the speech “evil”. Long past time for Keir and Kemi to do the same.

Chart showing annual difference in equivalised household income compared to families with neither a disabled person nor a carer, after controlling for selected demographic and family characteristics. The chart shows that having a disabled person and a carer in the family is associated with a £3,300 hit to household income. This rises to £7,600 if disability benefits are excluded.

Having a disabled person and a carer in the family is associated with a £3,300 hit to household income.

This rises to £7,600 if disability benefits are excluded.

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Charlie Kirk was killed for saying things "that used to be simple common sense," says Boris Johnson.

Here's a few of those things

Unpaid carers 📣

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NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before.

Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.

- This has zero credibility as any kind of arguable legal claim (so it cheapens the court + the concept of war crimes). What is the charge?

- politically, she stood for election to make Starmer PM in July 2024

Robert Jenrick pictured with former Nazi terror chief at Epping anti-refugee protest Robert Jenrick pictured with Eddy Butler, former member of Nazi terror group Combat 18 EXCLUSIVE Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick has attended a

Genuinely baffled as to what Bertie Jenrick would have to do for any of the one in ten Tory MPs from an ethnic minority to go “steady on”. Turn up at their house in a Klan robe?

The original tweet

The McSweeney mega brain goes *brr*

Labour’s candidate is a good guy and I hope he runs again in future but if you’re losing wards in Grangetown then that really ought to prompt some reflection.

One month to go... ⏳

On the 6th September we'll be launching our secret art auction exhibition!

📍 - Queen Street Gallery, Neath

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The Daily Mail lead with a photo of triumphant Irish and Ghanaian heritage Lioness players + another anti-immigration story. What hypocritical graceless fuckwits.

Coincidence that this has appeared on the same day as the Corbyn/Sultana launch? 👀

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