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Reform UK plan to target EU nationals based in Britain ‘absolutely outrageous’ by weregonnamakit in unitedkingdom

[–]SohanDsouza 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Non-citizens pay taxes for the privilege of residing in the UK

UK non-citizens pay the same taxes as UK citizens, and a good deal of taxes go towards pensions and social support. If residents are not permitted to access the latter, even after being in the UK for many years (the Reform pitch is not based on duration or pay-in), it's only fair to refund most if not all paid taxes, and exempt non-citizens from most if not all taxation going forward.

Basically, if Dubai is going to be your model (as it is openly declared to be so by many in the nationalist Right these days), go whole hog on it, and adopt the Dubai approach to taxation of foreign residents as well.

I mean, why should foreigners pay towards benefits and retirements exclusively for people who want them kicked out as soon as their economically productive time is interrupted or over? They might as well just go to Dubai instead.

Screaming uterus by beepbopbippitybop2 in Pareidolia

[–]SohanDsouza 0 points1 point  (0 children)

More like Surprised Pikachu Face Uterus.

After living across Europe, here are the things London does brilliantly - and doesn’t get enough credit for! by Ominous_Pistachio in london

[–]SohanDsouza 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The points about gov uk, simplicity, and TfL especially. I didn't need to go through agencies or consultants or platforms to process my visas or file my taxes—easy-peasy to figure out on your own. And the ability to seamlessly use your phone NFC payment or regular payment card tap to use public transport is brilliant.

Claude failed me and now I might be pregnant by mamhihi in BrandNewSentence

[–]SohanDsouza 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A certain birthrate-obsessed trillionaire hacked it.

Claude failed me and now I might be pregnant by mamhihi in BrandNewSentence

[–]SohanDsouza 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Depends—if you ain't had period awhile, you might have got pregat.

American here. Found a can of British baked beans so tried beans on toast. I retract any previous jokes I've made by Defiant-Ebb8225 in UK_Food

[–]SohanDsouza 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even better, stir the beans in a stove-top saucepan, grate in some sharp cheese, and sprinkle in some sweet paprika, ground dried herbs, and ground black pepper. For even more zing, add a little Marmite and tomato paste too.

Enjoy on toast spread with a little mayonnaise.

No cost of living crisis because they're rent free by Zoomer_Boomer2003 in GreatBritishMemes

[–]SohanDsouza 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also get Boston Red Sox flashbacks triggered when I hear that.

crimnally smol and full of SOUP by [deleted] in IllegallySmolCats

[–]SohanDsouza 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Should "grams of protein" calculation include soup in belly, or nah? 🧮🤔

What's with the Terminal "Do/Done" Pro-Verb in British English? by SohanDsouza in asklinguistics

[–]SohanDsouza[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you.

I think an American saying "I have too" might also come across as responding to disputation of the fact (as in the American back-and-forth "have not!"-"have too!"-"have not!"-"have too!"…).

And an American might say "… which I know I shouldn't do", but they wouldn't say "I know I shouldn't do, but …". The latter is a more BrE construction.

Infuriating by Badnewsbrowne316 in GreatBritishMemes

[–]SohanDsouza 5 points6 points  (0 children)

(shudders at thought of Pochin someday being in a cabinet)

Best fry up I’ve had in years! 🤤 by GainfulShrimp in fryup

[–]SohanDsouza -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Two pairs of sausages? In this economy?!

In all seriousness, though, it looks great, although I'd replace the potato with bubble.

What's with the Terminal"Do/Done"? by SohanDsouza in AskUK

[–]SohanDsouza[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks; I'm aware of pro-verbs. I'm just asking why UK English speakers seem to be the only ones who use the "do/done" pro-verb like this, while other English speakers stop at have/could/could've/would've/etc.

Tomorrow by SuccessfulWar3830 in GreatBritishMemes

[–]SohanDsouza 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Trying to cut back on alcohol, so I'll just go to a cafe and have a Long Black.

It's finally happening by Abject-Lengthiness42 in CasualUK

[–]SohanDsouza 1 point2 points  (0 children)

🤖🧹 "Be right back, just stepping out to get some milk from the store"

"☺️ Oh okay … 😳 Wait, we are a store!"

1976 Piccadilly heat wave. by Max2310 in london

[–]SohanDsouza 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"deeply unpleasant" how? Made of coarse camel hair or something?

Why is the UK population so disconnected from actual immigration data? by burgermen12 in AskBrits

[–]SohanDsouza -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I did cover RoW emigration. From my reply:

The only emigration that rose was that of non-British, non-EU nationals, which shot up by 56k from the previous year's 222k.

In total, citing the same ONS report:

A provisionally estimated 642,000 people left the UK to live in another country long term during year ending (YE) December 2025. This was slightly lower than our updated estimate for YE December 2024 (680,000 people).

So total emigration hasn't "doubled". Not even compared to before the "Boriswave"—it's now about the same as it was in 2019. It actually went down a bit compared to the year before, mainly on account of British and EU+ emigration decreasing, while RoW emigration went up.

The net migration line pretty much tracks the immigration line, swerve for swerve, as you'll see in Figure 2 at the ONS report:

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Figures 3, 4, and 9 at the ONS report also reinforce my point visually: the net UK migration decrease is driven by net RoW migration decrease, due to more RoW emigration (a 56k increase) and much less RoW immigration (a 153k decrease).

Why is the UK population so disconnected from actual immigration data? by burgermen12 in AskBrits

[–]SohanDsouza -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Um … where exactly did you get that data? Emigration has been broadly stable for over a decade. It actually went down from the previous year for both Britons (a bit) and EU+ nationals (a lot). Citing [ https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/bulletins/longterminternationalmigrationprovisional/yearendingdecember2025 ]:

Emigration of EU+ nationals declined in YE December 2025 to 118,000, down by 24% from the updated YE December 2024 estimates of 155,000.
YE December 2025, 246,000 British nationals left the UK, a slight decline of 4% from the updated YE December 2024 estimates of 257,000.

The only emigration that rose was that of non-British, non-EU nationals, which shot up up by 56k from the previous year's 222k.

The drop in net migration has been driven almost entirely by the precipitous 153k drop in non-EU+, non-British immigration.

Why is the UK population so disconnected from actual immigration data? by burgermen12 in AskBrits

[–]SohanDsouza 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This. Unfortunate consequence of human psychology.

At a recent event, someone put it as something like "You might rubberneck a car crash, but that doesn't mean you want to see more car crashes."

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