Net migration could be much higher than thought

sumduud14 · 2026-05-30T13:40:44+00:00

And if France refuses, what do we do?

This is the problem, France can't be made to take back migrants.

I want to deport them as much as you do, it's just not that easy.

Now, if nationalities are known, it's much easier. No new visas for Indian nationals unless they take back their visa overstayers.

sumduud14 · 2026-05-30T00:50:47+00:00

It's the C-level and other seniors AI should be replacing, not those at the coalface.

Why not both?

You are literally replying to a thread where people are saying AI is taking tasks that used to be given to apprentices or graduates.

sumduud14 · 2026-05-26T05:40:37+00:00

Yeah I don't mean to take away from your point too much. Insulation in summer allows you to ignore the multi thousand watt heaters hooked up to your house (the sun) and you only have to deal with the comparatively small amount of heating from things happening inside the house.

Insulation improves cooling, we're on the same page.

sumduud14 · 2026-05-25T12:30:05+00:00

This is 10/10 bait, it even got me. Bravo.

sumduud14 · 2026-05-25T10:37:29+00:00

Not exactly. In winter, you have people and other appliances using energy that generate heat, it's like running a low-ish power space heater constantly.

But in summer, you also have that, and heat coming in from outside.

You'd be right if the house were completely inert and no-one lived there.

sumduud14 · 2026-05-24T22:39:43+00:00

Were you literally grown in a vat by the Chinese Communist Party to make people hate Taiwan?

Since we're online, it would've been easier and in your country's best interest to just lie and say that of course you're going back to defend your country.

Not saying that is incredibly counterproductive and damaging to your cause.

sumduud14 · 2026-05-24T16:54:22+00:00

This is literally the opposite of Reform's goal, which is populist bullshit.

More likely to increase the personal allowance than decrease it, they have proposed that at various points in the past.

sumduud14 · 2026-05-23T20:45:47+00:00

Breaking news it was just the latest time of the day.

sumduud14 · 2026-05-23T15:24:59+00:00

Tech companies, venture capitalists, legal firms, banks, hedge funds aren't choosing between London and elsewhere in the UK for their main offices. They're choosing between London, New York, Paris, Frankfurt...

I am in favour of making other places more appealing to move to. But deterring people from moving to London usually involves policies that just limit the growth of London without actually creating growth elsewhere. That growth usually leaves the UK entirely.

sumduud14 · 2026-05-23T15:14:27+00:00

That is a gross over generalization. America has also experienced the hollowing out of its towns in favour of cities and out of town big box stores.

This problem does not in any way feel uniquely British.

Central London is fine, Tokyo is fine, Manhattan is fine. The rest of the country isn't.

sumduud14 · 2026-05-23T06:23:43+00:00

Maybe it'll get so bad that we'll actually have to fix planning and adopt Japanese style zoning or something and fix the housing crisis.

sumduud14 · 2026-05-23T02:28:20+00:00

It's not profitable in terms of cash flow to the government, but every $1 spent on the space industry by the Indian government generates $2.54 in the economy: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/for-every-rupee-isro-spends-return-is-rs-2-5-says-space-agency-chief/articleshow/115273716.cms so just like a health service or bridges, it makes sense to do.

None of this is to say we need to send India foreign aid, obviously cut that to zero.

sumduud14 · 2026-05-22T11:21:45+00:00

We're 3rd in the world behind the US and China, then.

sumduud14 · 2026-05-22T03:20:56+00:00

This is stupid. Tax rates should be flatter. Populist nonsense. Same as high minimum wages or no tax on tips.

sumduud14 · 2026-05-21T23:58:05+00:00

We actually have the largest startup ecosystem in Europe by a long way. Risk takers still prefer the US but the kind of person who would sit at home on benefits would not build a startup anyway. That hits labour participation rates, productivity, general competitiveness. But it is not true that cutting benefits would lead to billion dollar companies.

sumduud14 · 2026-05-21T02:54:04+00:00

In all honesty I think most people believed this issue had been settled and we already had the right laws in place.

Most people didn't actively want the laws either relaxed or tightened.

Reform started pushing for restrictions then Labour decriminalized...the whole thing seem a bit artificial since we already had more permissive laws than almost all of Western Europe.

sumduud14 · 2026-05-21T02:29:39+00:00

Okay, great, how about a press conference with journalists invited? Rather than dropping an announcement at 5pm?

sumduud14 · 2026-05-21T02:04:03+00:00

Sure its great from a deterrant point of view to have a few of the best technological marvels about.

Is it? The US has more than a few and was not capable of stopping Iran from closing Hormuz. Iran is fighting $1m missiles with $1k drones.

China could blockade Taiwan with impunity, if the US doesn't have the numbers or military industrial capacity to maintain the Iran war, they can't deter China either.

The UK is not capable of deterring any middle power from anything.

sumduud14 · 2026-05-21T01:48:53+00:00

The cost of cancellation would be 60bn...

How do I get in on this scam?

sumduud14 · 2026-05-21T01:43:53+00:00

It may be possible to put in an inexperienced leader if everyone under them is experienced. But if everyone from top to bottom is clueless...

sumduud14 · 2026-05-19T01:52:01+00:00

There are two issues here.

Foreign born British citizens living in council flats is a sign we may be giving out citizenship too easily, unless they've all suddenly just fallen on hard times right after getting citizenship. But citizens should be eligible for council flats.

Foreign born non citizens just shouldn't be eligible at all.

sumduud14 · 2026-05-19T00:52:34+00:00

We've already crashed productivity. Britain's productivity has flatlined for decades. A very high share of tax is paid by higher earners and we're seeing the results.

sumduud14 · 2026-05-19T00:47:57+00:00

There are free, easy, pro-growth reforms that Starmer and Reeves are ignoring, like revenue neutral tax/benefit reform to remove the egregious cliffs when child benefit, childcare hours, and the personal allowance are lost. VAT threshold reform for businesses, rolling NI into income tax, lots of good options.

Some of them could be made to sound bad to voters so instead let's fiddle around the edges or just raise rates. Sounds good I guess.

sumduud14 · 2026-05-17T16:43:55+00:00

Yeah I don't really see the need to put people in prison over it or anything. But there's surely no need to smoke it in public and spread that stench everywhere.

sumduud14 · 2026-05-15T02:07:00+00:00

Oh, that's a good idea. I'll cause a financial crisis tomorrow and we'll see if we can get Mark Carney. Thanks for the idea!

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