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Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.
This and IA seem more like a return to a conventional approach to family life, in that it will not normally exist between adult relatives who have established independent family units and not cohabited for decades...
Administrative Court Blog@admincourtblog.bsky.social · 2d agoA turning point in Article 8 reunification cases administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2026/08/11/a...
Student Visa Brake barring nationals of Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan was lawful. Claimants argued irrationality and discriminatory impact on women. Court held immigration rules are border control, not a vehicle for addressing overseas discrimination.
Shahira Sadat & Ors, R (on the application of) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2026] EWHC 2157 (Admin)
High Court (Administrative Court), decided 12 August 2026. Via Free Movement's Immigration Updates Dashboard.
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I have to say this shows a very clear grasp of some of the key problems with Earned Settlement proposals. It is very pleasing to see, on that aspect at least.
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · last mo.80 backbenchers have signed what was intended to be a private letter to Burnham [which has leaked] about the need for significant changes to the settlement & asylum reforms. There is a fair amount of frontbench sympathy for this inews.co.uk/news/politic...
We all know this is what Israel -not Ben-Gvir, not Neyanyahu, but Israel - has become. The only question for us here is what we say and do. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Photo of bound Palestinian detainee corroborates Israeli torture reports, say rights groups
Image of man in underwear, blindfold and bound to iron rod has been widely shared on social media
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Robert Jenrick has a meltdown on #C4News He refuses to accept that there are parliamentary rules that Nigel Farage may have broken And insists the only people who can judge Nigel Farage are the people of Clacton 😅 - Whatever you do, please don't share this humiliating clip
with the inevitable consequence that refugees who WORK but have a low income - nurses, shop workers, cleaners etc - will NEVER be eligible for ILR because they will never earn above this threshold and/or will never be able to afford it. astoundingly evil AND astoundingly STUPID...
Jon Featonby@jonfeatonby.bsky.social · 2mo agoIt almost goes without saying that a government that is serious about improving integration outcomes is not a government that puts refugees into 1000s of pounds of debt, gives them shorter periods of leave that has to be renewed and makes them wait 2 decades before they can settle.
It almost goes without saying that a government that is serious about improving integration outcomes is not a government that puts refugees into 1000s of pounds of debt, gives them shorter periods of leave that has to be renewed and makes them wait 2 decades before they can settle.
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ECHR rules Greece violated refugees' family reunion rights - tovima.com
In three landmark judgments, the European Court of Human Rights found Greek authorities denied recognized refugees a workable path to reunite with their families, demanding documents they could not pr...
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This is a cute little set for high days and holidays. The printed cotton ensemble was designed by Margit Fellegi for Cole of California in 1939 and is perfect for beach and boardwalk alike. Extra stretch comes with the excellent shirred panels #LACMA #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
They’re calling it the quote on British politics that ended the need for all other quotes
so its not like 100% chance of fascism in 2029 then, maybe like a slightly less than 100% chance...
This is a complicated fabric, a cream silk with supplementary weft floral pattern alongside which a printed purple and green flower trails. The 1840s was a decade of textile technology triumphs, pleated and folded into shape #LACMA #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
No mandatory orders for unlawful exercises of statutory powers administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2026/05/29/n...
No mandatory orders for unlawful exercises of statutory powers
There has, in recent years, been an increasing number of public law judgments engaging with fundamental principles on the use of judicial review remedies, primarily the use of mandatory orders. Som…
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Ismailov v Foreign Secretary: Constitutional revisionism and the principle of legality
In his judgment in Ismailov v Foreign Secretary, Saini J appears to endorse two incompatible views of the principle of legality. One of those views reconfigures a principle that has traditionally b…
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This #ootd is a little unusual, but for me is very spring-like. It's an 1836 dress from England. It is made of cotton with alternating blue and a geometrical floral strips. The flowers however are highly abstract and look to be influenced by folkart. #Fashionhistory
"The lack of procedural safeguards and the wide-ranging nature of these new powers raise significant concerns regarding the rights of all non-nationals in the UK." See today's blog post @bordercrim.bsky.social on new government powers against non-nationals: blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
Restricted leave and new government powers to curtail the
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🎉 Great victory in Rossendale tonight! Huge congratulations to Cllr Laura Diamond and team! 💚 All over the country, Greens keep beating Reform into 2nd place! Join.greenparty.org.uk
Election Maps UK@electionmaps.uk · 4mo agoHareholme & Waterfoot (Rossendale & Darwen) Council By-Election Result: 🌍 GRN: 37.7% (+9.2) ➡️ RFM: 34.5% (New) 🌹 LAB: 19.2% (-27.9) 🌳 CON: 6.8% (-17.6) 🔶 LDM: 1.8% (New) Green GAIN from Labour. Changes w/ 2024.
It's this and the refugee family reunion suspension. Two enormously hurtful, nasty, self-defeating policies. I never want to vote Labour again.
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 5mo agoAfghan women have now been banned from applying to study in British universities by the Labour government www.gov.uk/government/s...
Don't ask how you would open the Strait of Hormuz. Ask yourself how open to the Strait of Hormuz are you?
where is Gabriel Garcia Marquez to write this story? It's like a wholesome version of Love in the Time of Cholera.
The moment I knew: I was enchanted by her painting but we never spoke. I wouldn’t see her again for 55 years
In primary school, Larry Garner knew little about the classmate behind a mesmerising artwork of a ship. He often wondered about ‘galleon girl’
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Crackdowns on peaceful protest Support for Conservative benefit cuts Blaming migrants for failing public services As Labour keeps moving right. The question is: How low do they want to go?
This seems positive but I would really like something more definitive about the earned settlement changes coming later this year definitely not applying to this group
They killed 180 children and their teachers in a double-tap strike on a school. The girls were 7 to 12 years old.
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 5mo agoTo strike 1,000 targets in 24 hours in Iran, the U.S. military leveraged the most advanced AI it’s ever used in warfare. Anthropic’s Claude partnered with the military’s Maven Smart System, suggesting targets and issuing precise location coordinates. https://wapo.st/46BFe1T
Imagine literally closing the door to women from Afghanistan, young people from Sudan who somehow despite being in such horrific circumstances managed to jump through all the hurdles to qualify for student or skilled worker visas? The mind boggles at how cruel and utterly evil this is
Sonia L@sonial77.bsky.social · 5mo agoI have written up some context and analysis of the latest Home Office nonsense open.substack.com/pub/thoughts...
one would have thought this was distinctly against Labour values, if one believed they had any...
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 6mo agoTake two seven year olds in a primary school in the Prime Minister’s constituency. His Dad is a banker Her Mum is the cleaner at that bank Is the Government’s Ipoproposal that richer child gets permanent status at age 10 while in primary school & working class classmate not until they are 22?
🚨 DONATE TO HELP US STOP THE GOVERNMENT TEARING FAMILIES APART Last year, Refugee Family Reunion - the main safe route for children to reunite with family - was suspended. We’re taking legal action to challenge it. Chip in now: www.crowdjustice.com/case/stop-su...
There was once a rabbit who dreamt of wild adventure, of liners sailing to Brazil, carrot fields in Norfolk, creameries in Normandy. I have a small life, he said. But before he died, he looked up at his beloved human & he realised that a life of love is never slight, not at all.
Labour looked at the Conservatives' hostile environment towards migrants and really decided to just try and make it worse. Their current measures will lead to more people, include children, forced into deprivation, denied support, and left in precarious positions. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
UK migrant families face giving up vital in-work benefits to avoid being ‘punished’
Under Shabana Mahmood’s proposals, wait for settled status would double to 20 years if public funds used while in work
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