Peter Archibald

Photo of some daffodils in a terracotta pot against grass.

Bore da. Happy St. Dafydd's Day. Sunny so I'm off out in a bit. Forecast had said rain...

Nigel Farage is clearly deliberately misleading people in claiming that immigration has not fallen at all - and it is only an emigration exodus that sees the number fall (He could make other points about emigration and immigration still being 850k, but this claim to the BBC was simply wrong)

There are lots of marginal differences people might not use their visa, or have visas that don't involve a 12 month stay

Longterm immigration was 898k when visas + detected arrivals added up to 902k (year to December) and there has been a 46k fall, so it is going to be about 852k

Immigration for 2025 is going to be in the ballpark of 850k, having been 900k (898k) in the year to June.

852,000 visas issued for non-visits (year to June) fell to 809,000 visas. 46,000 arrivals by small boat or other unauthorised routes (year to Dec) which had been 49,000 (year to June)

Net migration in 2025 was about 160,000.

That headline 2025 net migration figure will come out in May: it will clearly be significantly below the 205k for the year to June 2025 (est range: 130-180k) as 2025 visa data is now published.

But the 2026 figure is likely to show negative net migration.

Just naked racism from Farage and the Mail.

Only British and commonwealth citizens are allowed to vote. It's not 'stealing' to legally take part in your own country's elections

Probably widely misunderstood in the UK as well as - inevitably - by exceptionalist numbskulls.

This aged well. Note the author.

Still up on the official White House website:

www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

@vizcomic.bsky.social absolutely smashing the history of science in the new issue. #histsci

Origin of Species was a prank that got out of hand, and Mendel was breeding his pea plants cos he was a raving plant pervert.

"I won't lie, it's a kick in the nuts," said RIchard Dawkins 😂

The real threat to democracy doesn't come from 'family voting'. It comes from the losing side refusing go accept they've lost

Cover of The Lancet:

@thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

In the past, sometimes presidents have said it’s just a military operation or limited airstrikes to skirt Congress. Trump has unilaterally launched major combat operations, declaring war with the goal of regime change. A major violation of the U.S. Constitution, also illegal under international law

Thanks for saying what is the most important message to us from the by-election. Labour has it's issues, but still some time to the next election to fix them. Reform has lost to the Greens. I hope now the Greens will take all the seats where voters whish for more radical change than Labour can give.

Once again. I feel deep comfort knowing our Sec Def has his priorities straight right now

Epstein files contain explicit but unsubstantiated claim that Trump abused minor Department of Justice did not release FBI memos when it uploaded millions of pages of files beginning in December

The Guardian obtained the missing 302s. This story destroys the DOJ's excuse that they withheld the last three interviews because they were duplicative. The accuser covered different ground in different interviews.

I'm wondering what's going to happen with the Conservatives and Kemi Badenoch. They didn't just lose, they lost their deposit. Not great news for a party that's meant to be the main opposition.

Extraordinary that anyone would think this could possibly be acceptable!

Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers More citizens are replanting overseas, drawn by a quality of life made easily affordable by the U.S.’s enviable salaries.

It's the first confirmed net negative migration in the US since 1935 & it’s not just deportations! Americans are leaving in record numbers.

www.wsj.com/us-news/amer...

#ForestFriday

📍PA, USA

Look at that!

Fico fucked around and found out.

Slovak PM Fico after speaking with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy:

“From the conversation with Ukrainian President V. Zelensky, I gained a clear impression that the Ukrainian side has no interest in resuming the transit of oil through Ukrainian territory.”

Trump is not a stranger to murder.

I’m sorry, I wasn’t referring to you!
I was commenting on progressive MPs who absolutely know what Musk really stands for.

Because I collect news and Labour are on Twitter along with many other sources. I couldn’t do it without and there are lots of decent people still on there. Whatever you might think