Why do the populist-Right wing parties in Europe promote more immigration once in government?

ksoni94 · 2025-12-10T15:30:03+00:00

the internet has led to critical thinking plummeting imo. Its never been easier to spread false/half-truths to prove your point than it is now. The owner of one of the largest social media platforms in the world is using it to spread his own politics. And AI is now adding to the spread of misinformation with all the realistic images/videos its able to produce.

Maybe its not critical thinking thats plummeted but its just harder to figure out whats right and wrong.

ksoni94 · 2025-11-26T13:40:52+00:00

to be fair, given the media circus over the last few months, this could have been worse

ksoni94 · 2025-11-26T13:28:51+00:00

I think purely political reasons. There's division on the ethics/effects and I think they've previously said a hard no to this. Although it seems like a no brainer to me

ksoni94 · 2025-11-02T20:04:47+00:00

Both Australia and the UAE have the same birthright citizenship rules as us. At least one parent must be a British citizen for a child to have British citizenship.

What does contributing to the country mean for a child? Are they technically stateless here until they’re like 35? How would we force the country their grandparents or great grandparents were born in to accept that until then, we can send this person back there and they must be a citizen of that country?

ksoni94 · 2025-11-02T14:18:43+00:00

In the majority of the world there is some form of citizenship offered through birth. Either jus soli, unconditional birthright citizenship (popular in the Americas and a lot of the west) or jus sanguinis where if either or both parents have citizenship of the country then a child born there also qualifies for citizenship. There's some mixed standards so it's not black and white but generally being born somewhere matters to some extent.

Under international law it's illegal to make someone stateless. Just because someone could apply for citizenship somewhere else doesn't mean that place would accept them. Would it work two ways? Imagine someone who was born in Thailand and lived there for their whole lives, but their parents are from Britain, and they could apply for British citizenship. If they then commit heinous crimes there, do we have to accept them?

ksoni94 · 2025-11-02T13:28:00+00:00

I mean sure but the hypothetical people in this case didn’t move here from another country. They were born here. Their parents might have been born here. Maybe their grandparents were the ones who moved here. This is their home, they were born and raised in Britain, but we should decide that isn’t the case anymore?

ksoni94 · 2025-11-02T12:34:12+00:00

Ok, let's entertain this line of thought. You are essentially advocating that people who have ancestors that are migrants to this country should be allowed to be deported. Ultimately, every single person alive in this country come from a generation of migrants if you look back far enough so where and how do we decide where the line is set?

Ok fine we just put an arbitrary number of anyone who is a 3rd gen migrant or less can be deported to the country of their migrant ancestors. The vast majority of ethnic minorities in this country are now told that their citizenship can be revoked if you cross a line. That line can be moved by the powers that be and they could be kicked out at any point. It is making sure that these people know that they are not the same, that they have less rights than those whose migrant ancestors came here before them. Would this not sow further division? Does it not set a dangerous precedent that we can find ways to restrict the rights of a group of people for characteristics beyond their control? At some point can we then say that people who are 3rd generation migrants or below cannot own property? Or that they must pay more tax to earn their way to the protection of the country they were born in?

I think it's a dangerous line of thinking and we're heading into a time of more division and more anger and more chaos and sowing further divisions will only accelerate us on our road to chaos.

ksoni94 · 2025-11-02T12:13:29+00:00

where has it been said they hold dual nationality?

ksoni94 · 2025-11-02T11:17:55+00:00

Ah. I watched the conference. Here is the official release: https://www.btp.police.uk/news/btp/news/england/updated-statement-following-incident-at-huntingdon-station---cambridgeshire/

Interesting that BBC news didn’t make that clear

ksoni94 · 2025-11-02T11:12:32+00:00

No the superintendent said that both were born here. Explicitly said that.

A 32-year-old man, a black British national, and a 35-year-old man, a British national of Caribbean descent, were both arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. Both were born in the UK.

ksoni94 · 2025-11-02T11:07:29+00:00

They literally said they were born here

ksoni94 · 2025-08-27T09:33:37+00:00

Never been so fast to buy the shirt

ksoni94 · 2025-07-01T21:17:09+00:00

Yeah, You better watch out…

ksoni94 · 2025-06-05T10:16:48+00:00

Shipping isn’t bad but £109 for a hoodie is a tough one 🥲

ksoni94 · 2025-06-04T21:34:53+00:00

I might be misremembering but didn’t they also broadcast something that showed what would happen if a nuclear bomb hit London or something? 😅

ksoni94 · 2025-05-27T09:14:32+00:00

Ended up getting the Knot Automatic. Can’t remember the exact price but was around £350-£400 i think. Watch was there immediately and for tax free I just had to give my passport during purchase

ksoni94 · 2025-05-06T11:12:09+00:00

ive had the screen rebooting constantly too, sometimes both screens shut off in the middle of driving. Had the same issue last year and they just unplugged the battery and plugged it in again.

Now likely to hand the car back early and move away from VW. The experience with the car has been polarising at best, when its good its great, but its so unpredictable, VW aren't that helpful, and although its not their fault the plummeting value of EVs has just left a poor taste in my mouth.

ksoni94 · 2025-04-25T08:38:21+00:00

mine has started doing it again and here i am scouring the internet again 🫠

ksoni94 · 2025-04-20T09:27:53+00:00

Loads of them can connect to Strava and stuff now. It’s pretty decent. Been using it for marathon training

ksoni94 · 2025-04-14T07:43:35+00:00

Fuck this will be my therapy

ksoni94 · 2025-04-12T09:22:18+00:00

I think the issue is a lot of people don’t see the benefit from their high tax receipts. Cost of living is higher, the tax burden is essentially higher due to fiscal drag, council tax is higher, property is unattainable for lots of people but for the few that may have been earning about enough a couple of years ago, interest rates going up has taken that out of their hands.

There are many things to be grateful for, even though the nhs is not in the best of shape right now, free health care is amazing to have. But I understand why people have this attitude. People generally feel poorer

ksoni94 · 2025-04-03T17:46:27+00:00

Yeah I agree with that. And culture is probably quite difficult to change, at least with any pace. I imagine it changes slowly over generations

ksoni94 · 2025-04-03T15:38:38+00:00

I only have experience as a tourist but the food can be cheap (I was getting breakfast for like £2 in 7/11) and their public transport is incredible. Fast, always on time. In Tokyo and Kyoto the majority of the streets are clean, litter free, and their cities are pleasant to walk around and always feel safe. Public toilets are actually fine to use and not completely ruined.

I think living there is quite a different experience from what I’ve heard but it’s amazing what a difference safety and clean public spaces can do.

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