on a visa route that is a *family* visa, where work is explicitly not a requirement of entry, except now you have to retrospectively summon up 2+ years of tax payments. the only word i can use that isn't massively obscene is "evil"

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The one thing I've taken from the reaction of deaths of Dolly Parton and Patrick Stewart is how much love there is towards people who represent goodness, and how much meaning they bring to people's lives, shaping the idea of the world they want to live in, giving them ideals to strive for.

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I went to Twitter HQ in San Francisco years ago & they had this in a framed triptych on the wall. ❤️

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Yup. My "luxury flat" paid council tax and a service charge. the service charge paid for a gardener to maintain the trees on the street outside. The council tax paid for a gardener to maintain the trees on the street round the corner, filled with bigger houses owned by older people

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Among other things Mahmood's anti-immigration/asylum policies will, without question: 🚨 Increase homelessness 🚨 Increase exploitation 🚨 Undermine community cohesion efforts and embolden the far right 🚨 Undermine human rights 🚨 Cost more They have no positives. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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