Mass migration is the number one issue facing the country.
It is the number two issue facing the country, as well as the number three issue.

There are only a small number of issues that are NOT directly and horrendously impacted by mass migration - Energy, Foreign Policy and Environmental Regulation.

Mass migration affects everything else - Education, crime, housing, wages, training & productivity, management culture, the NHS, women's safety & autonomy, religious freedom, freedom of speech, fairness and the rule of law. Our very ability to have a common culture. The issue is near total.

Until it is ended, it will dominate all political discussion, it will suck up all energy that could otherwise be used to make Britain a better place. Unfortunately the solution isn't just to "stop the boats", leave a few international agreements and issue a handful of deportation flights.

For so long has mass migration been a reality that it has become an expectation by people with power in society, and a lever that is tempting to pull in order to maintain their status quo.

- Our overly financialised housing market relies on Mass Migration
- Our university system relies on Mass Migration.
- The remnants of our disseminated manufacturing sector relies on Mass Migration.
- Our convenience "gig" economy relies on Mass Migration.
- Our senior managers expect to be able hire cheap foreign labour.

To end Mass Migration, you need a comprehensive plan to deal with all of these expectations and special interests.

JD Vance: "The threat that I worry about the most about vis a vis Europe is not China, Russia or any other external actor, it is the threat from within". JD Vance attacks Brussels threatening shut down social media, and Sweden prosecuting the burners of the Quran.

"It's not clear what has happened to some of the Cold War's winners"

There's actually a long documented history to this question, here's a quick thread on how the British stopped eating fish.
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https://twitter.com/Tom_Rowsell/status/1889250466816524477

Fresh water fish was a tradition in Britain until the dissolution of the monasteries in the 1500's, most towns had fisheries maintained by the church for Christian Friday fish dinners, but the maintenance did not survive the change in ownership.

Egypt is kind of screwed.

50 years ago, it had a population of 38 million people, today this has ballooned by 300% to 114 million with an average age of just 24y.

The country is at risk of plunging into chaos, causing millions to flee across the Mediterranean.

A short thread. Water and agricultural land famously is scarce, meaning they're forced to import over half their food, a major source of their $33B balance of trade problem.

Much of this food is grain, coming from Ukraine and Russia, which has had severe supply disruptions for years now.

Traditionally, European people, but especially the British, socialise through voluntary associative organisations - The pub, church, the working mens club, sports etc.
The relationships developed from these organisations then spawn families.

Outside of Europe, this is inverted. From Lagos to Karachi to Beijing, families were primary, and the familial ties from cousin to cousin, uncle to nephew, spawns organisations, businesses etc.

Even religious leadership positions are often passed down through family lines.

You become more racist in the evening - but how does this effect the NHS?

A short thread. 🧵
(1/12) First, some science:
Everyone has racial, or rather, in-group, bias going on in their brain at all times.
This happens in what psychologist Dan Kahneman calls your "elephant" part of your brain, whilst neuroscientists point to your Anterior Cingulate Cortex & Amygdala.
(2/12)

Recently a close friend became a father for the first time to a baby boy. The labour was long and complicated, made worse by the inept efforts of some of the NHS staff.

To preserve anonymity, I will be referring to the midwife only as "OogaBooga Woman".

A Thread 🧵
(1/10) Communication problems between my friend & his pregnant partner and OogaBooga Woman started immediately, but was manageable in the early stages of the birth.

However, as time went on and tiredness set in, the poor English skills started to cause problems. (2/10)

The number of babies born in the UK hits a 20 low.

This is a "good thing" according to Britain's "top demographic expert" - Oxford professor Sarah Harper.

But who is this expert and what does she want? Sarah thinks that there are too many babies in Africa, which is causing African countries trouble, and that there are too many babies in the developed world leading to "overconsumption".

Why isn't technology making us more productive?

1. Lots of new technology isn't actually being used.

2. Lots of new technology doesn't actually increase productivity.

3. Productivity gains we have made have been eaten through the creation of non-jobs.

🧵 1. Not using tech.

Nuclear power was once a new technology, and was resisted heavily by political interest groups. As a result only really France bothered investing heavily in it. France reaped rewards for this, the rest of the West did not, and is still dragging their heels..

An economic review of the UK's proposal illegal migration bill has resulted in a headline saying that it costs £63,000 more to remove a boat arrival to a "safe country" than it does to process them in the UK.

But there are a number of caveats unreported by the BBC... The first thing to note is that the cost per person per night of housing illegal migrants in the UK has risen substantially over the years.

There doesn't seem to be any plan to reduce this cost, illegal migrants are continuing to be placed in hotels.

There were 28.8m people employed in the UK in 2005

There are 30m employed in the UK today (4% increase)

The population has gone up by 7.2m (11% increase).

GDP has increased by 28%

Yet no one is earning any more money.

Completely broken economics.

https://twitter.com/PJTheEconomist/status/1668634104517242883

Public spending as a percentage of GDP has increased from 39.7% to 43%. An 8% relative rise

Yet the public sector employee percentage has fallen from 21% to 17.7%. A 16% relative fall.

Completely broken economics.

Every time I see a morbidly obese person doing something I'm overcome with the urge to do the opposite thing.

See one sitting on a chair? Immediately stand up. Walking down the street?
Jog in the opposite direction.

An increasing number of business leaders are calling for people to come back to the office for a variety of reasons.

Most of these reasons are completely bullshit. They want you back because

1) They weren't taught how to manage remotely

2) Worried about office investments

3) Remote work habits expose how much time can be spent doing nothing

4) You don't feel as powerful sitting in a garden compared to being on the top floor of an office

Raab has quit the government after a an inquiry into his bullying didn't return a 100% clean sheet of behaviour.

Raab was accused of good and useful things, like telling lazy people to work harder, and telling ministers to not undermine the government.

This was unacceptable. Here he is accused of calling Gina Miller a silly bint. How can anyone defend this?

Gina Miller is a silly bint.

https://twitter.com/PolitlcsUK/status/1649142954961825795?t=A5cccsz_aXYm4LWTUjV55g&s=19

With Florida's Ron DeSantis about to dramatically loosen the requirements for Judges to impose the death penalty on criminals, lets have a look at some of the most unusual and tortuous forms of the death penalty throughout history.

A thread🧵. The BLOOD EAGLE

This Viking execution method involved cutting someone's ribs open down their back, pulling them apart, and draping their lungs over their back to resemble a pair of wings.

It is said that the best executioners could keep the condemned alive until the very end.

I recently finished watching The Last of Us TV series, which besides being a pretty mediocre show, reminded me of how unimaginative and stupid apocalypse and zombie shows are.

So here is a thread of what should really happen in the undead end of the world.
1/ BLING.

In the Walking Dead, the population of the USA is reduced to less than 100,000 people.

There are currently 45,792 jewellery stores in the USA.

Since before modern man evolved he has tried to adorn himself, this is unlikely to change, so where is all the bling?
2/

This is not quite the most successful reduction of the murder rate, that honour goes to one Vlad II Dracul, who reduced the crime rate to almost ZERO by publicly displaying criminals on spikes.

https://twitter.com/alexstanczyk/status/1629285514657542146

He first started his rule in 1456 by securing his own leadership, which he did by executing the entire families of the usurper to his throne and his supporters.

This led to him becoming famous across Wallachia for being tough on crime, and tough on the causes of crime.

In this thread, we will look at the UK's minimum wage, employment, and inequality.

We will see that the UK has become one of the economically left-wing nations in the world, all happening under a "right wing" Tory government.

(1/) The Minimum wage:
At $27k per year, the UK has the 5th highest annual minimum wage in the world.

Hourly at $13.3/h, it is the sixth highest in the world.

Increasing the minimum wage has been a core Tory policy, almost doubling since 2010.
(2/)

Step 1: Deny it's happening
Step 2: It's happening, but it's only temporary and we'll stop it
Step 3: Ok we can't stop it all but the numbers are manageable
Step 4: Let's focus on illegal immigration instead, who cares about legal?
Step 5: It's a good thing that it's happening.

https://twitter.com/SMFthinktank/status/1604770987534258176

This report claims that migration is only a problem if the populace becomes aware of it.

We need to prevent the issue becoming "salient".

This cognitive bias explains much in the world

People will default to adding something new (additive change) to solve problems, and will neglect solutions to problems which involve removing something (subtractive change)

Elegant subtractive solutions require discipline

1/ 🧵

https://twitter.com/nntaleb/status/1591840111708491776

They will rather increase their borrowing than reduce their spending.

Increase their medication rather than reduce harmful activities.

More "checks and balances" instead of more accountability.

You can think of many more examples...

2/

More low skilled migration is a terrible idea.

Only Labour shortages and wage pressure can force UK companies to move away from their addiction to cheap labour and increase per-worker productivity.

Just look how stagnant we've been on this.

https://twitter.com/KateAndrs/status/1590999766871121921

Out of the occupations most reliant on foreign workers, most have the ability to be heavily automated.

Health professionals can instantly use AI tools to improve productivity and see more patients.

Food preparation can be automated through old fashioned machines