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"Sinking in Polls, Farage Plans Week of Attacks on Immigration" Reform plan to make next week Immigration Week It could finally be the moment for broadcast media to notice the > 75% drop in net migration since 2024. There is also a 42% drop in boat crossings

Bloomberg: Sinking in Polls, Farage Plans Week of Attacks on Immigration

Reform UK party is planning to hold multiple press conferences on immigration to turn public attention to the issue, despite the number of migrants arriving in the country nearly halving from the same time last year.
A total of 14,200 immigrants have arrived in the UK via small boats so far this year, down 44% compared to the same period last year, with the Home Office and National Crime Agency increasing seizures of small-boat engines and improving enforcement cooperation with the French.
The issue of immigration threatens to be riskier territory for new Prime Minister Andy Burnham, who is already facing disquiet from backbench colleagues over reforms proposed during his predecessor's tenure.

Dr. Fauci is one of greatest medical minds of our time. His work has certainly saved millions of lives around the world. During the COVID pandemic, he along with the world’s best doctors and scientists raced to create a vaccine and stop an epidemic.

NOBODY WANTS A PASSPORT WITH A PICTURE OF A CHILD RAPIST WHO SEX TRAFFICKED CHILDREN WITH EPSTEIN AND WHO IS PARADING AROUND AS A U.S. PRESIDENT. NOBODY WANTS TO BE LAUGHED AT AND TURNED AWAY - NOBODY WANTS A RACIST & A TRAITOR ON THEIR PASSPORT! FUCK NO TO ANYTHING WITH THAT FUCKERS NAME ON IT.

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Closing Jodrell Bank is one of those indicators we should be watching out for. It shows changing priorities. Anti-intellectualism. Pullback from global communities. Curiosity and advancement unimportant. To save £2.8m?? What are we even doing here? www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

Jodrell Bank Observatory facing closure after major funder cuts support

Scientists say decision is blow to UK astronomy as deep space observatory is home to world-leading facilities

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If Andy Beshear does not push this to a conclusion that either has him appointing McConnell's replacement, or McConnell reappearing, Beshear will be out of Democratic politics. We need rabble-rousers, not the same quiet, proper Dems who keep losing.

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Marc Cucurella, defender for the Spanish World Cup champions, talks with his partner about having to adapt to his Austic son, Mateo's, needs. When he receives an offer to transfer to a new club, the first thing he does is find out if the city has the right schools to help his son. 🤍 🇪🇸

NEVER STOP TALKING ABOUT THE EPSTEIN FILES. NEVER STOP TALKING ABOUT THE EPSTEIN FILES. NEVER STOP TALKING ABOUT THE EPSTEIN FILES. No matter what because everything the MAGA regime does is with this in mind on how best to distract from it to protect the criminals named in them.