@SkyNews Interesting ROI says over 87% of asylum seekers arrived via Northern Ireland, many entering the UK legally first. Yet only around 60 arrests have been made for illegal immigrants heading into NI since July 2024 from the ROI. Maybe an all Ireland solution is the answer?
@KateNicholl Interesting. The ROI says over 87% of asylum seekers arrived via Northern Ireland, many entering the UK legally first. Yet only around 60 arrests have been made heading into NI since July 2024 coming from the ROI. Maybe an all Ireland solution is the answer?
@BBCNewsnight Interesting. The Republic says over 87% of asylum seekers arrived via Northern Ireland, many entering the UK legally first. Yet only around 60 arrests have been made heading into NI since July 2024 coming from the ROI. Maybe a United Ireland is the answer? 🤔
@richardpbacon Some US right-leaning Catholics clash with Pope Leo not over doctrine but because his focus on mercy, migrants & peace, which challenges harder political agendas. His message undercuts narratives that justify division, conflict or harsh treatment of others.
@MarkSeddon1962 Let’s remove all US forces from the UK and invite North Korea to set up bases instead. If we’re going rogue, we may as well do it properly….. let’s not allow the USA to use UK as a war crime co conspirator in this illegal war…
@johnmcdonnellMP@MarkSeddon1962 Allowing US aircraft from the UK to strike civilian infrastructure in Iran breaches the Geneva Conventions. Attacks must distinguish military from civilian targets transport, power, water & hospitals etc are protected. Deliberate or disproportionate damage is a war crime.
@carlbildt Allowing US aircraft from the UK to strike civilian infrastructure in Iran breaches the Geneva Conventions. Attacks must distinguish military from civilian targets—transport, power, water & hospitals are protected. Deliberate or disproportionate damage is a war crime.
@williamcrawley Escalation without ceasefire = global disaster. Oil spikes crush UK pensioners with £500 extra bills, doubled heating in NI, inflation eroding savings. We’re all paying for DC’s folly—Trump’s “talks” a sham.
@lewis_goodall Trump claims “productive talks” with Iran. Tehran says none happened. At nearly 80, he’s either mixing up reality with his own spin or being fed lines for a quick off-ramp. Not exactly reassuring—maybe next he’ll pivot back to talking about the Epstein files 🤔
@Peston Trump says “great talks” with Iran. Iran says no talks happened. Donald Trump is pushing 80 and still can’t tell the difference between reality and what he wants to hear. Either he’s making it up—or being managed. Neither is reassuring …
@bbctheview@little_pengelly@endamcclafferty Until the Assembly delivers for people in NI, better services, lower costs, real opportunity, no one cares if MLAs boycott Washington or dine with Congress or photo ops with Trumpy. Fix home first. If the Union can’t make this place work, maybe a U I or merge is the only option
@little_pengelly@williamcrawley While celebrating NI’s US ties is welcome, NI leaders heading to DC must face ugly truths not photo ops. Trump’s Epstein files (NI/Ire links), his reckless illegal Israel-Iran war, & oil chaos doubling NI heating prices. Blindly toasting this disastrous President shames us all.
@RachelReevesMP@CMAgovUK NI households: 2/3 rely on heating oil. Bills up 80% if not a 100% in a week vs 20% global rise—unjustifiable. CMA: investigate margins, enforce transparency, penalise profiteers now. #HeatingOilRipOff
@RobbieButlerMLA Partitioning NI from UK”? Wrong way round. Unity builds on booming north-south trade and the all-island economy already taking shape, keeps the Common Travel Area with Britain for travel and ties that matter — it’s about our shared island’s future, not dividing people…
@MartinSLewis@DeborahMeaden@Ed_Miliband This “current cost to replace it”model is unfair because it lets suppliers charge today’s high market price for oil they may already hold at a much cheaper cost, shifting all risk & volatility onto households while protecting or even boosting supplier margins, Time for CMA reform
@gtconway3d@grok If the war is going so well, why the censorship? Why silence journalists, block footage, and pressure platforms in both Israel and the USA? When the narrative is strong, it doesn’t need protecting. When it’s fragile, it gets censored.
@JohnCleese Not entirely true according to Pew Research : estimates that Muslims are about 29% of all international migrants worldwide (not specifically refugees), which is far below 85% and shows that 85% is in the wrong ballpark for migration more broadly.
@DeborahMeaden@Bricktop_NAFO@SophiaCannon@grok The current official UK position is that the Shahed‑type drone which struck RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus was not launched from Iran. According to the MOD and reliable UK / Cypriot press -either fired from Lebanon by Hezbollah or was it a red flag operation designed to drag the UK in 🤔
@MichaelRosenYes@TimesRadio@afneil Dubious international law — yes that fascinating legal doctrine where rules & laws are sacred… right up until they’re inconvenient. Then suddenly it’s less law and more a suggestion box…
@FmrRepMTG@TadhgHickey Post-9/11 wars (2001–2025)
U.S. wars in the Middle East have cost roughly $6–8 trillion when you include direct military costs, can you imagine how much USA would be great again, if that was spent in the USA on infrastructure and its citizens…. 🤔