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2 Jun, 4 tweets, 1 min read
1 million people just left the UK. And it wasn’t because they care about vERy HiGh iMMigrATion.
There’s no data linking relative high levels of immigration to worsening housing. House building in recent decades in UK (and many other places) depended on immigrant labour.
Housing, green space, public services are determined primarily by Gov regulation and spending. Levels of immigration are irrelevant. Compare high immigration Luxembourg, Switzerland & Netherlands with low immigration Greece, Portugal and Croatia…
Migration Watch play a crucial function. They demonstrate how after 100+ years of anti-immigration advocacy, it’s loudest UK voice is still unserious, thoughtless and devoid of evidence.

Just Powellite demagogues.

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Who emboldened this abuser? Years of the Times & Qulliam (siding with “Tommy Robinson”) to make “Muslims are rapists” propaganda. +
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I guess we had a clue cuz he didn’t clean carpets between tenants but just laid another second-hand one on top of the old ones.

Walking in the living room was like crossing a bouncy castle.
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The slogan “Kill The Bill” isn’t new. (The trolling / moral panic is.)

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2015 Trade Union Bill. By two senior lawyers.
1994 Criminal Justice Bill
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The Administrative Court User Guide Is Not Law

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A few years back, the judges who sit in England & Wales Administrative Court decided it would be helpful if there were an Administrative Court User Guide. Here's the current version: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…

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The Administrative Court User Guide is *A Good Thing* It explains in narrative form much about how the Admin Court works, bringing together references to the Rules, Practice Directions and caselaw. The President of the QBD is right to 'encourage the study of it' (Foreword) +
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@BethanAngharadL talking now about silent changes to Home Office's accommodation arrangements for asylum-seekers +
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Not Covid that's causing the crisis. Home Office lucky its happening in Covid because hotels are empty, and Covid travel restrictions mean asylum claims are at an all time low
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