You see how nobody is talking about the “small boats” again abi?
When we said it was never about illegal immigrants, some of you thought you knew better.
This should be front page news but it doesn’t sow enough hatred, division or fear amongst the general population
We are an island addicted to fucking misery
I cannot stand Starmer but this should ring alarms with everyone. We cannot have some weirdo billionaire in another country determine who should be the UK's PM. The UK is a democracy; not some vessel state of the USA.
A massive percentage of the immigrants arriving in the UK in recent years are foreign students.
Foreign students contribute tens of billions into the economy and like all immigrants l have zero recourse to any public funds then they leave.
They are a net benefit.
These conversations get really annoying because the home office is the only government agency that makes a profit - basically recorded ~£0.5 billion in 2024 in surplus.
Between 09/24 - 09/25 the UK issued 839k long-term visas (52% study, 21% work, 12% asylum, 8% family).
Students pay >£30k a year in tuition and housing costs on top of the £4,000 visa fees (also paid by workers) BEFORE entry. Workers pay tax, NI, and live by strict visa rules.
As the daughter of an immigrant who actually followed the law, is highly educated, integrated into British society, and contributes to our economy:
Jim Ratcliffe is right.
And my immigrant mother agrees, too.
Any conversations around immigration in the UK needs to be fact based and policy focused - not anecdotal. If your town seems like it’s aging poorly, you should probably ask your government what they are doing with our taxes.
North Africa showing its ass for the entire world to see. I’m honestly glad they didn’t put on a fake attitude and persona for the stream, let everyone know how they really are.
Schrödinger Africans.
Africans when they want to apply for Western scholarships, IMF loans, or when they want to play AFCON, then Arabs/Middle Eastern every other time.
Even Morocco once applied to be part of the EU and got rejected.
I just used a trained custom bot to finish in 30 minutes, a piece of work that would have required a team of 3-5 consultants to complete in two weeks. AI is a joke.