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Will have to rethink my whole “joules per capital” as a key measure of wellbeing

You missed 4) wave hand and say fusion power will fix all the problems long-term.

Family Reunion | MIPEX 2025 The Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX) is a unique tool which measures policies to integrate migrants in countries across five continents, including all EU Member States (including the UK), othe...

Here is the ranking if you want to check it out www.mipex.eu/family-reunion

Just for context - UK is ranked 50th out of 51 for how badly we treat families for reunification. The only developed country ranking worse than us is Denmark.

This is a much lower ranking than countries such as Russia or Saudi Arabia, and certainly much worse than USA or Australia.

But these policies are in place because politicians think ordinary people rejoice in being barbaric and inhumane to foreigners. Tells us what politicians think of us.

It is. And it’s so insulting to the electorate. Often when you break down and explain our own immigration policies, even people to the right are horrified.

Looks like Europe is doomed then, even under a low emission scenario? I don’t see how civilization survives this in Europe

It’s totally disgusting and rage bait. I guess that’s the level of quality of discourse we should expect from them now.

Don’t forget the gays! LGBT community broke 84% for Mamdani. 🏳️‍🌈

Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system

1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK

2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc

3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today

Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham In a statement the institution also says it is

These courses have not been ‘suspended’ at all; such language only minimises what is actually happening at Nottingham: a systemic gutting out of the arts and humanities with no clear business case. These cuts affect us all; please, join UCU in fighting for our future

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

Apparently best way politically is to “grandfather” introduction - only new EV car drivers from year x will pay, so it starts with a small number of payers and then rises steadily over time.

The trick will all be in the timing - go too early and you disrupt the EV transition - too late when everyone has an EV and there’ll be high political cost.

Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how

A fantastic piece of reporting, brilliantly illustrated data, thorough, neutral analysis, transparent data collection… and frightening conclusions. Well done @skynewsrss.bsky.social for putting in long miles on this one

Would love to see the greens new leader go after Labour on this. Labour’s authoritarian streak is pushing progressive voters to a new home 🍃

‘A devastating global audit’ shows how climate change is undermining the health of millions Extreme heat now kills one person every minute, according to a sweeping new report by the British medical journal The Lancet.

‘A devastating global audit’ shows how climate change is undermining the health of millions.

Extreme heat now kills one person every minute, according to a sweeping new report by the British medical journal The Lancet.

grist.org/health/lance...

#Climate #Heat #Health

GOP know they don’t need to worry because dems don’t know what “offense” means.

And it doesn’t occur to the dems that they could do the same with say, the most extreme right members of Republican Party? What would the equivalent be? A representative in Mississippi who believes child labour and child marriage is fine?

Appreciate the sentiment but “just ignore him” is a bad idea. He is a genuine threat.

New Jersey of the UK is how I explain it to American friends as well. (I’m from Essex so I have to explain why other Brits laugh when I say where I’m from.)

Looks like Matlock Bath?

At risk of repetition...

AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!

Private Eye article headlined "Minority representation on TV causes outrage" with body text commenting that Reform MPs are only 0.7% of the house of commons and yet are over-represented on the BBC all the time.

Genuinely brilliant from Private Eye.

Well done everyone who has pressed the Tories constantly on this - proof that if people just point out that an unpopular and insane policy is unpopular and insane repeatedly and consistently then you can get it changed. A relief to many in sure - now same pressure needed with Reform

It is way past time for the UK government & the BBC to get off X & for Musk to be treated as a threat to national security.

The world's richest man is using his site to promote civil war, ethnic violence & the overthrow of an elected government.

You won't win him over with another conference on AI

I've built a socioeconomic system that depends on everyone to do useful work and act ethically except the people at the top, who get unimaginable rewards for being antisocial frauds and criminals. And I think it will stand the test of time

there has never been a presidency that has spent more time on LGBTQ issues as this Trump administration. they are wholly obsessed with queer people. the time/effort on LGBTQ issues is coming 97% from the right.

i'm so fucking tired of the gaslighting on this. why does everyone have this backwards?

So they don’t deny it is shambolic then

It’s a confusing one because apparently we have the highest tax to GDP ratio in recent history, and I think once you include the non-employment related taxes that does add up to a lot. (VAT, council tax etc.)