Showing posts with label Refugees. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Refugees. Show all posts
Friday, January 23, 2026

The Joy of Six 1465

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"The evidence shows that when local people are involved in welcoming newcomers – helping to secure housing, navigate services, and buil...
Monday, January 05, 2026

The Joy of Six 1457

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"What the US needs to understand is that hybrid warfare isn’t simply a weapon used between and against states. It’s a strategy being de...
Saturday, December 13, 2025

The Joy of Six 1448

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David Howarth says Liberal Democrats should attack Brexit, not just "the Tories' botched Brexit deal". "Many have had to...
Saturday, November 22, 2025

The Joy of Six 1439

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"The sections of Restoring Order and Control that mention children are chilling, suggesting that many asylum seekers bring their childr...
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Thursday, September 11, 2025

The Joy of Six 1408

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Helen Charman  dissects the claims of the flag-bearing demonstrators. "One slogan used to promote the hotel protests on social media, o...
Wednesday, September 03, 2025

The Joy of Six 1404

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Arthur Snell says the post-American world order is being created in front of our eyes. "A Liberal choice exists, one that involves coo...
Friday, March 14, 2025

The Joy of Six 1336

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"The government is trying to solve the wrong problem. They are focusing on those who are out of work, when it is increasingly clear tha...
Thursday, February 13, 2025

The Joy of Six 1324

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"For so long the US has been the core UK and European ally, the backbone of NATO, the largest contributor to the WHO, and the loudest v...
Friday, June 28, 2024

The Joy of Six 1242

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"Between 2012 and 2019, austerity was responsible for an estimated 335,000 excess deaths. The rate of prescription of antidepressants i...
Sunday, March 24, 2024

The Joy of Six 1215

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Charlotte Thompson , who lives there, challenges the government's contention that Rwanda is a safe country: "Many Rwandan citizens ...
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Tuesday, July 11, 2023

The Joy of Six 1144

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At the end of a tribute to Peter Hellyer, William Wallace puts his finger on the Liberal Democrats' dilemma: "Britain still needs ...
Friday, June 30, 2023

News from Labour: Neal Lawson has been expelled and Thangam Debbonaire won't commit to stopping Rwanda flights

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Neal Lawson, the head of the cross-party campaign group Compass, writes in the Guardian : Last Friday an email from the Labour party – of wh...
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Monday, June 05, 2023

The Joy of Six 1137

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Caroline Lucas, Wera Hobhouse MP and Olivia Blake argue that the Climate and Ecology Bill is our best chance to tackle the climate crisis. ...
Tuesday, April 11, 2023

The Joy of Six 1124

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"It was an absolute stain on our country that we once kept children locked up in immigration removal centres, such as Dungavel in Scotl...
Friday, March 31, 2023

A reminder that the UK already uses restraint on children in the care system

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There has, rightly, been an outcry against the Home Office announcement that child asylum seekers will be forcibly restrained if they '...
Sunday, March 26, 2023

The Joy of Six 1120

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"We live in a global, interconnected community and it is ridiculous to think that if we only act in our own self interest, there will n...
Sunday, November 27, 2022

The Joy of Six 1093

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"The Homes for Ukraine scheme, which has housed more than 100,000 people in Britain since the start of the war, is now at risk of colla...
Wednesday, November 02, 2022

The Joy of Six 1086

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"The idea of the 'illegal' asylum seeker is a falsehood that has been actively peddled by the Home Office and the Home Secretar...
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No, Tony Benn didn't say that about governments and refugees

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There's a very good quotation that pops up on Twitter from time to time. It runs: The way a government treats refugees is very instructi...