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There’s a VERY good reason asylum seekers get circus tickets and Amazon parcels. But the Mail on Sunday was never going to tell you that. Here’s the crucial detail they left out: 🧵

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Latest column for The New Statesman - Keir Starmer Is Wary of Big Ideas. He’ll Lose The Next Election Without Them:

🇵🇸🕊️🇮🇱 It's possible. Don't give up on peace.

98% That's how much the annual number of single-use plastic bags has decreased in the UK since a 5p charge started 10 years ago (it's now 10p) Not all environmental problems are that easy to tackle, but change is possible gov.uk/government/pub…

The Daily Mail fails to mention that Brits cannot retire full-time to an EU destination anymore. They can only spend 90 days at their places in the sun during any 180-day period. Is that Lisbon I spy among the photos?

Brexit: making your life more expensive, more bureaucratic, more complicated, more difficult. mirror.co.uk/travel/travel-…

Brexit the 'stupidest thing any country has ever done' - Michael Bloomberg. rte.ie/news/business/…

Energy in Britain has gotten scarce—and thus expensive. Prices are high in absolute terms, and further above the European average than any point in at least 40 years (barring the 22/23 shock). What's behind this, and is it crimping growth? I took a look for The Economist. (🧵)

Brexit the 'stupidest thing any country has ever done' Michael Bloomberg. Time to Rejoin 🇬🇧❤️🇪🇺 rte.ie/news/business/…

If you want to know more about the implications of Donald Trump’s tariff deals…you can listen to these episodes of The Briefing Room with David Aaronovitch and expert guests - bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00… + bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

1 in 3 doctors were born overseas. 1 in 2 builders were born overseas. 1 in 6 nurses were born overseas. 1 in 4 transport workers were born overseas. 1 in 7 UK business founders were born overseas. 1 in 5 university academics were born overseas.

A few days ago, a bunch of Islamic terrorists walked into a church in DR Congo and slaughtered over 40 Christians who were praying during a night vigil in a church. Nine were children. These horrors are passing with near silence. No protests, no headlines, no condemnations.

The most dangerous stat you’ll read today: “1 in 8 prisoners were born overseas” It’s being weaponised by far-right figures to stoke fear. But here’s the crucial detail they’re not telling you:

Release the hostages. End the war in Gaza with a negotiated agreement. Get massive amounts of humanitarian aid into Gaza. This is about saving lives and saving humanity. x.com/VividProwess/s…

Not all 2 state solutions are equal. The solution I want is one where there is permanent peace and everyone can get along, and war seems almost impossible or unthinkable. There is also a version with one state or both is trying to conquer the other. That would be a disaster.

It is hard to overrate the importance of this. Grossman is, without a doubt, the most important writer in Israel today and the heir to Amos Oz. His son Uri was killed in southern Lebanon in combat in 2011. A great Zionist, a great man and a true Israeli icon. If he says it, he

Please don’t ask me to post links in my thread when literally the whole point of the thread is that I wrote an entire article about this topic and included links throughout the entire piece. But since I’m nice, here’s your summer reading list. whitehouse.gov/presidential-a…

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