Nerd's Eye View: 11 things you need to know about immigration
Digging into the detail and data to separate the noise from the news
NERDS EYE VIEW ๐ก Student migration has also soared, as struggling universities have used pricey degrees for foreign students to subsidise flat-lining domestic fees
Read @jonnelledge.bsky.social's 11 things you need to know about immigration ๐
06.12.2025 11:00 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Just arrived.
06.12.2025 11:02 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Good. Now leave that platform.
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RIP
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Pro move: put yourself at an advantage in conversation by saying: "Oh yes, we've met before!" every time you're introduced to a stranger, without explanation.
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This is the correct headline and coverage.
Fined for misleading business practices, lack of transparency and obfuscating data access.
Thatโs it. #NotCensorship
06.12.2025 08:11 โ ๐ 40 ๐ 11 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Reform UK strips council leader of membership over undisclosed X account
Party expels Ian Cooper in Staffordshire after historic racist social media posts emerge
The Reform U.K. leader of Staffordshire county council has been expelled from the party because he failed to disclose one of his social media accounts during vetting: www.ft.com/content/3849... Can you guess what the problem with that account turned out to be?
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But still doesnโt beat the fact that Cleopatra is closer to us in time than she was to the building of the Great Pyramid.
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This seems incredible to read, as it could come straight out of an Orbรกn 2015-16 speech, but this has actually been a dominant position within the broader U.S. Right for decades. ๐งต
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The new National Security Strategy is a propaganda document, designed to be widely read. It is also a performative suicide. Hard to think of another great power ever abdicating its influence so quickly and so publicly. It will be worth following the reactions around the world, not just in Europe.
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Commiserations, Jack - from me to you ๐
05.12.2025 12:14 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
It gets increasingly bizarre to deduct your age from your DOB - three more years, and I'll be back into the 19th century. It gives you a rather different perspective on what you thought was 'ancient' history when you were at school.
05.12.2025 11:15 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 0
Triumph and Trauma: The British General Election of 2024
Join the Mile End Institute to look back on the 2024 general election, the historic Conservative collapse and Labour's โloveless landslide"!
On 10 December, join @timbale.bsky.social, @stephenkb.bsky.social, @rmcunliffe.bsky.social & @psurridge.bsky.social to discuss "The British General Election of 2024". Join us to explore how the election was won, where it was lost & what's changed since July 2024.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/triumph-an...
05.12.2025 11:33 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
I spent upwards of half an hour trying to make sure I got the maths right, and it turns out Love Me Do only got to number one in the US.
05.12.2025 11:45 โ ๐ 11 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Time catches up with us all
When your memories become someone elseโs history
๐ฑ "For example, the release of The Beatlesโ first UK number one, Love Me Do, is closer to the reign of Queen Victoria than it is to the present day." @jackkessler.bsky.social
05.12.2025 11:13 โ ๐ 38 ๐ 11 ๐ฌ 6 ๐ 3
75% of Reform UKโs donations have come from just three rich men
Calls grow for donation caps as Democracy for Sale research reveals that three-quarters of Reformโs funding comes from a trio of wealthy donors
๐ด Nigel Farageโs Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
05.12.2025 10:55 โ ๐ 2023 ๐ 1148 ๐ฌ 131 ๐ 74
In case youโre wondering about the state of the coalition talks in the Netherlandsโฆ
(pictured the five parties talking and the look on the face of the โinformateurโ says it all)
05.12.2025 10:28 โ ๐ 39 ๐ 18 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 3
The 'Pink Ladies' Laundering Anti-Migrant Views Into the Mainstream
An anti-migrant movement backed by Reform and Conservative politicians and regularly invited onto news channels is funded by a far-right group and has platformed a Neo-Nazi activist
A supposedly grassroots anti-migrant movement led by 'ordinary' women, which is backed by Reform and Conservative politicians and is regularly invited onto news channels to promote their views, is funded by a far-right group and has platformed a Neo-Nazi activist
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/05/t...
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The Covid Inquiry shows the importance of ministerial leadership during crises | Institute for Government
Clarity of priorities, clear messaging and visible leadership are paramount in any crisis.
The Covid Inquiry shows the importance of ministerial leadership during crises
Clarity of priorities, clear messaging and visible leadership are paramount in any crisis. @sophiedaud.bsky.social @timdurrant.bsky.social
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/article/comm...
05.12.2025 10:33 โ ๐ 16 ๐ 9 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Women/History/Teaching UK
[One of the most shocking findings was that over one third of the papers โ 34.7% โ contained no mention of any women at all. They were not mentioned in questions, in the historical sources provided for students to examine, or in mark schemes.]
05.12.2025 09:51 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
This is just excellent, every single point is essential to understanding UK politics - and I canโt wait to read the book by @timbale.bsky.social @psurridge.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @robfordmancs.bsky.social
04.12.2025 12:56 โ ๐ 21 ๐ 8 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
Even tactical voting will not help Labour survive a Tory-Reform pact
Nigel Farage has been quick to deny reports that, before the next general election, he intends to do a deal with the Conservatives โ but if the right-wing parties ever formalised such an arrangement, ...
โA pact or merger also helps Reform overcome one of the biggest doubts that people have about voting for it โnamely its sheer inexperience. Nigel Farage as prime minister and Robert Jenrick as chancellor? Be afraid โ be very afraid.โ
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Even tactical voting will not help Labour survive a Tory-Reform pact
Nigel Farage has been quick to deny reports that, before the next general election, he intends to do a deal with the Conservatives โ but if the right-wing parties ever formalised such an arrangement, ...
โA pact or merger also helps Reform overcome one of the biggest doubts that people have about voting for it โnamely its sheer inexperience. Nigel Farage as prime minister and Robert Jenrick as chancellor? Be afraid โ be very afraid.โ
03.12.2025 19:29 โ ๐ 48 ๐ 27 ๐ฌ 7 ๐ 1
Disappointed: thought it was going to be yet another Telegraph story about how Kemi Badenoch's improving
03.12.2025 15:17 โ ๐ 85 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
This post by @samfr.bsky.social on the new book by @robfordmancs.bsky.social, @timbale.bsky.social, @drjennings.bsky.social and @psurridge.bsky.social is as good as everyone says.
Especially this point busting the myth of the Red Wall and the "hero voter".
samf.substack.com/p/six-lesson...
03.12.2025 17:45 โ ๐ 20 ๐ 10 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Six lessons from the 2024 election
And what they mean for the next one
New post just out:
Six lessons from the 2024 election.
And what they mean for the next one.
Covering: Labour's fatal misunderstanding about why they won; effects of a more fragmented system; changes in media/polling.
(ยฃ/free trial)
samf.substack.com/p/six-lesson...
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