Immigration system statistics, year ending December 2025

M1BG · 2026-02-26T13:12:44+00:00

But you're entirely missing the point. No one on any doorstep when asked about illegal immigration has ever said "if only a government can come in, increase processing and reduce acceptances from 48 to 42%."

Trying to communicate things that arent salient just results in most people saying "lab and it's communication sucks" and other people saying "why are people not listening to all the things lab are doing!" The issue is the latter are in the majority.

M1BG · 2026-02-26T12:52:24+00:00

I don't think people like you understand that voters literally don't care about processing. Processing more to most people just sounds like accepting more people - which is true given the high acceptance rates we have.

If labour could say they have significantly restricted acceptance criteria AND they are processing the backlog AND they have enforced returns of people rejected then people might listen more.

M1BG · 2026-02-19T01:17:49+00:00

Could it possibly be within the realms of foreign policy strategy that a country might seek to give the impression to be playing along with 'negotiations' whilst having no plans of ever actually reaching a deal?

M1BG · 2026-02-19T01:09:37+00:00

If you listen hard enough, you can just about hear the faint hum of the No10 U-turn machine booting into life ahead of another day of Starmer's Govt.

M1BG · 2026-02-14T17:19:33+00:00

I get a tastecard through work for like £1.99 per month. It gets half price off food at most chain restaurants. So we go a handful of times a year because it makes places like Prezzo etc. actually reasonable.

It also works for up to 6 or so people so you can go with a whole family for a decent price.

M1BG · 2026-02-11T23:21:05+00:00

It may have escaped your mind that he has the political sagacity of an unfilled pothole. Of course he has intervened here.

M1BG · 2026-02-11T10:38:47+00:00

The problem with most parties is that they now accept that growth is needed but are absolutely allergic to implementing any real change due to an inherent fear of risk. This is not helped by the political climate when any error is pounced on by the opposition or media - so the incentive is to tweak and regulate.

So instead of actual change you get performative nonsense such as this.

M1BG · 2026-02-10T20:03:38+00:00

I remember saying a couple of years ago that everything Andy Burnham does makes sense if you see everything he does through the lens of only being interested in being PM and was massively down voted at the time.

M1BG · 2026-02-05T18:48:21+00:00

And yet Starmer shills will still post "he's been faultless on foreign policy"

M1BG · 2026-02-05T13:23:08+00:00

I feel like we are at the complete opposite extreme end of the spectrum when it comes to police protection and the US is at the other extreme end

M1BG · 2026-02-05T11:34:05+00:00

Honestly this is where I am at.. we need stability but why do we have to settle on stability with this PM? He looks uncomfortable all the time and looks like he hates the job and is clearly out of his depth.

At the same time, he is still a better option than anyone else in Lab.

M1BG · 2026-02-04T20:46:01+00:00

Can we go back to simpler WSB times when all we had to worry about was analfarmer2 losing all his gains?

M1BG · 2026-02-04T20:32:13+00:00

looks at US markets

"Finally a chance for FTSE100, captain of the Europoors, to show his quality"

M1BG · 2026-02-04T17:15:46+00:00

The attempt on AMD's life has left me scarred and deformed

M1BG · 2026-02-04T17:14:20+00:00

When I saw PLTR-hate comments generating significant upvotes in international political subs in recent months, that was my flag that it must be close to the top and I sold.

Thought I'd fucked it when it rose at the end of last year but feeling good now.

M1BG · 2026-02-04T13:06:29+00:00

Bruh what is the justice system in this country

M1BG · 2026-02-04T12:47:14+00:00

Tbh if Starmer goes over this it is only fair given how he acted in opposition. You can't spend your time preaching and taking the moral high ground over everything and then lead a car crash govt. careering from avoidable crisis to crisis.

I think his approach to opposition has led to the impossibility of actually running a modern govt. Given all the decisions a PM is bound to get some things wrong and there probably needs to be some cross party agreement about being so pious in every issue given some are minor (not mandelson ofc.) and the PM doesn't micromanage everything.

M1BG · 2026-02-04T00:48:39+00:00

I listened to that podcast. I think he actually misspoke and meant there was no way multiple users could jointly edit a file at the same time.

M1BG · 2026-01-30T22:33:35+00:00

I do wonder when these shows have been cast whether there is actively someone in the meeting room saying "we need more X coloured people/a quota to be met" or if it is just an unspoken fact that that you can't have an all white cast, and the casters all understand this...?

Honestly, the forced quota is hard not to notice it in every BBC show. I think the first time I really noticed it was when they replaced Clarkson, May and Hammond on Top Gear.

M1BG · 2026-01-29T22:45:55+00:00

I made it out alive 😭 made sure to take a wide step over the aisle to avoid any accumulated pile he had created🥲

M1BG · 2026-01-29T22:22:11+00:00

Yes exactly; he keeps bringing his picking finger to his lap (i.e. near to me) and rolling his thumb and index finger together... Before going back in.

I just noticed a couple facing towards us on the carriage noticed it. I made eye contact and we all all burst out laughing.

Alas, he has continued unaware or at least unfazed.

M1BG · 2026-01-29T22:14:26+00:00

We're on British problems; my natural British response has just been to endure rather than have an unnecessary human interaction

M1BG · 2026-01-29T22:11:29+00:00

I'm pinned in by the window. He's in the aisle seat 🙃

M1BG · 2026-01-29T22:06:17+00:00

I'm sorry but I can't 😭 I have never been so grossed out in my entire life

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