Leigh Sparks

The Home Office also recognise that this may have an impact on user of care services who are likely to be older people and those with disabilities. The Home Office believes that despite these points the changes are justified for a number of policy reasons including reducing net migration and ending reliance on overseas recruitment.

Home Office Ministers state publicly, on the record, that they are deliberately making life worse for older people and people with disabilities who depend on care services, but it's worth it because it reduces net migration.

Covid scheme fraud hit almost £11bn but much 'beyond recovery', report says The response to the pandemic led to

£11 BILLION lost to fraud. That's Tory party corruption and incompetence for you.

Don't ever let them get back in.

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

THEY JUST FUCKING LIE

New Home Office impact assessment finds that cutting skilled and social care visas will cost the UK up to £10 billion with a central estimate of -£5.4 billion.

It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops

#RoadToWRUin Day 21:

Remember when the WRU said they definitely weren’t going to hire a “rugby person” to assist Dave Reddin?

Turns out they were lying.

Who’d have guessed it?

Well done to Ben James for sticking to your guns.

The Trump administration's foreign policy strategy attacks allies including the UK & has been enthusiastically greeted by the Kremlin. Last month, the USA announced a 'peace deal' the Kremlin had written.

And in the UK, the media is full of people still wibbling about 'Trump Derangement Syndrome'.

The same people who say "all men have penises" are claiming those dickless things are men!

Given a) Farage's past; b) the expanding story about Russia and former MEPs; and c) media enthusiasm for "what influence is being bought?" questions, if anyone to left of Mussolini is gifted so much as a cup of sugar, why is Reform facing no such questions about Friday's £9m crypto-bro donation?~AA

Sky News: You just said you don't want to leave any 'stone unturned'. Those words were used by Sajid Javid in 2018 when he ordered what you are calling for. Are you saying you failed and did leave 'stones unturned' when you were in government?

Badenoch: I'm not here to build a time machine. ~AA

It really is sad to say, but it cannot be denied: we in Europe now have to consider America and Americans as our enemy. The publication of Trump's new doctrine in the National Security Strategy makes clear that the US government wants to hurt us in Europe. We need to turn our back on America

And this from a man born with silver cutlery rammed up.every orifice, who still shamelessly cadged as much as he could from richer mates during his ignominious reign.

Nigel Farage reported to the police over 'election fraud' allegations | LBC Reform UK has strongly denied breaking the law on election spending

The Reform UK leader has been accused of falsifying his election expenses. The allegations have been made by a former member of Mr Farage’s campaign team, who is said to have submitted documents to the force. 😬~AA

www.lbc.co.uk/article/nige...

Literally a week ago Musk said that falsely labeling people as Nazis "should be treated as incitement to murder." And here he is (falsely) labeling the EU as Nazis.

Three more Farage bloc MEPs alleged to have followed Russian asset’s script At least eight MEPs elected for Ukip or Brexit party now known to have been focus of efforts by jailed Nathan Gill

Three more British MEPs in Nigel Farage’s bloc now alleged to have “followed the script” given to Nathan Gill by an alleged Russian asset, according to prosecutors.

At least eight UKIP and Brexit Party MPs were focus of efforts by Nathan Gill

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Three more Farage bloc MEPs alleged to have followed Russian asset’s script At least eight MEPs elected for Ukip or Brexit party now known to have been focus of efforts by jailed Nathan Gill

Three more Farage bloc MEPs alleged to have followed Russian asset’s script

At least eight MEPs elected for Ukip or Brexit party now known to have been focus of efforts by jailed Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Good point from @labourlewis.bsky.social

One minute, the Farage media is outraged about antisemitism. Then, all of a sudden, it isn't. #stopfarage

I don’t care if Reform calls me a bad word on WhatsApp. But the story behind its gaffe is far more worrying | Will Hayward The leaked exchange shows how much the party dislikes scrutiny – which reveals a lot about its approach to governing, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward

@willhaycardiff.bsky.social: ‘one of Farage’s righthand men came up to me and said: “I have never worked with you before, and it will depend on how this goes whether I ever work with you again.” The message seemed clear to me: if you ask hard questions, you won’t get access..’1/

Indeed. All Musk’s businesses should be banned from operating in the EU.

He attacks our democracies so we should attack him and his businesses.

As I was saying...

Elon Musk is a global enemy to democracy.

Yep, he wants nothing but deregulating crypto to help his crypto business and scrapping net zero to help his aviation fuel business. Which by pure coincidence are two of our policies.

It’s Elon’s EU tweet

This is pretty much exactly like a European saying the United States should be abolished, so that the governments of individual states can better represent their people.

It’s a take, you’re entitled to it, but what’s it got to do with you, buddy?

"Farage in Falkirk? It should make our stomachs heave to have him in Scotland" Nigel Farage’s Falkirk visit sparks outrage, with many Scots saying his presence north of the border should make “our stomachs heave”.

Farage arrives in Scotland today, and it should make our collective stomach heave that this repulsive, dangerous extremist has crossed the border. Amid scapegoating schoolkids and allegations of antisemitism anyone who supports this man is morally in the gutter

My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column

A "FIFA Peace Prize" is tantamount to getting an "AutoZone Best Actor in a Dramatic Play" award.

And "I want to really save lives" is rich coming from the homicidal slob who is murdering people on fishing boats in the Caribbean.

Awful from FIFA!

Imagine how the millions of football fans in Palestine, Ukraine, Venezuela feel right now seeing this ridiculous stunt.

Infantino now makes Blatter look like a role model 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

Sums up the toddler he is absolutely perfectly.

#RoadToWRUin Day 18:

The Worst Run Union might be strapped for cash but it seems they can still afford to create swanky new desk jobs while players face redundancy.

So for the princely sum of £150k, you can be Dave Reddin’s Bitch

The Wheels Are Falling off the Nigel Farage Project The Reform leader's increasingly rattled public appearances betray a growing sense that the opportunity of a lifetime could be about to slip from his fingers

Farage hopes he can breeze into power without scrutiny. But his racism, corrupt donations, shady links to Russia and MAGA… make it harder for him to hide. And his tantrum reactions to being challenged reveal him for the nasty inadequate he really is.
#NeverPM

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