Adding to the chorus of people (in my case white British) who have/had multiple "aunts" and "uncles" who aren't blood relatives.

How is this a scandal when *Trump* exists, FF?

Not quite sure why the media is presenting the Caerphilly result as a disaster for Labour, rather than as a perfect execution of its electoral strategy.

That strategy for *months* now has been to tell everybody who might otherwise be inclined to vote for them to fuck off.

And off they have fucked.

I hate literally everyone involved in this horrific, inhuman, ill-considered policy. This thread somehow managed to make me even angrier at the Tories - no means feat after the last decade and a half of their vandalism.

A policy *supported by a smaller % of the population* than it would seek to deport!

Because seriously, fuck this and fuck the Tories. My wife's been paying into the UK state pension the entire time she's been allowed to work in this country. Then they want to kick her out when she finally tries to claim it, leaving her with no ability to claim a pension in *any* country?

A map of Paris as it was in 1380

To take my mind off the resurgence of mainstream political parties scapegoating foreigners rather than admit that *they* fucked us all over, I'm practicing my French via the excellent Atlas de Paris, by Danielle Chadych and Dominique Leborgne, found in a charity shop for £4 and worth ten times that.

Ditto.

It's our 20th wedding anniversary this weekend. This is a lovely present.

I mean, to be fair on the Tories I doubt they approved of us getting married even then. As soon as they got into power they brought in rules that would have blocked us from doing so, as I wasn't earning enough at the time.

Not to mention that the Tories brought in policies making it harder than ever for non-UK/Commonwealth citizens to get jobs, making finding a new one incredibly hard.

Nor the fact that she's been living here paying taxes for 28 years.

I mean, this basically means that if my wife loses her job - which isn't wildly unlikely given the ongoing fallout of the Tories' destruction of the British economy via Brexit and Truss - then she gets deported.

If that happens, send me with her. Fuck this place.

I mean, is it any wonder I spend almost every day angry despairing for the future?

I cannot express enough how much I hate literally everyone who holds opinions like or even slightly adjacent to these.

Just a ridiculous joke of a country proclaiming it's "going for growth" and spending every waking moment instead focussed on vindictive cruelty to migrants.

What a waste of everyone's time.

Part of my thinking here is very much inspired by Labour's frankly disgusting failure to champion the benefits of immigration. The dog whistle of the child benefits cap has evolved into outright bullshit that would have been too much even for Theresa fucking May in full Hostile Environment mode.

oh that Labour quote can fuck right off

“What if we grudgingly did this but in a way that pissed everyone off?”

Medium's telling me literally no one has read this. Hurrah! A triumphant return to blogging on a day the internet went down.

As someone who ate there once during the pandemic and never went back - I feel seen.

Ah, he *loves* trains...

You're a star! I wasn't trying to be all passive-aggressive, honest! I blame @kcorrick.bsky.social (who keeps on ending up as my free tech support, somehow, so I really shouldn't complain...)

Cheers, both!

The host is that Jon Worth. I blame him for everything.

I've contacted myself, but it turns out I'm useless.

I've got the login page, and the login details - but...

I've limited my own access? That was inconvenient of me...

It's a good question... The trouble is, it's been so long since I blogged at the actual blog, I couldn't remember how to log in...

Picked a great day for it. Medium's down, like much of the rest of the internet.

A PostEuropean revival: Is anyone still out there? Reviving an old blog for a new age of disillusion: tracing Europe’s fractured identities, fading ideals, and neglected ideas.

Well this feels a bit old-school... I've done a blog post: medium.com/posteuropean...

(We don't want it back, thanks)

And the United States to England...

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha

That she is Venezuelan is absolute *chef’s kiss* stuff