Marcus Sharp
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Hi @SuellaBraverman ,
48 hours ago I asked you to substantiate or withdraw your claim that “250,000 foreign students took £4bn in UK loans.” That time has now passed. You have provided no evidence, no clarification, and no correction.
I have taken the time to examine the data myself.
I have reviewed materials from the Student Loans Company, the Department for Education, the House of Commons Library, the UK Statistics Authority, and reporting from Times Higher Education. Across these sources, one thing is clear. Your statement is presented in a way that gives the public a deeply misleading impression.
Let’s deal with this carefully.
The £4bn figure you reference relates to the total value of student loans issued to non UK nationals. It is not a direct cost to the taxpayer. These are loans. They are repaid over time based on income. Presenting that figure as if it were money handed out or lost is not an accurate reflection of how the system works.
Then there is your use of the phrase “foreign students.”
This is where the distortion becomes more serious.
The fact (which you know quite well) is those eligible for UK student finance are not newly arrived international students. They are people with settled status, indefinite leave to remain, refugee status, or long term lawful residence in the UK. They live here. They work here. They pay into the system. And under the law, they are entitled to access student finance.
Standard international students on student visas are generally not eligible for these loans.
By leaving out that distinction, you create a very different picture in the minds of the public. One where large numbers of people are arriving from abroad and immediately accessing public funds. That is not what the data shows.
You also cited a figure of 250,000 without pointing to a clearly published dataset or transparent methodology. Numbers like this carry weight. They should be used with care, not as loose estimates in politically charged statements.
I am not interested in party politics. But I am concerned about what this kind of messaging is doing to the country.
When lending is presented as spending, and long term residents are presented as outsiders, it fuels resentment. It deepens division. It creates tension where clarity is needed. And ordinary people end up carrying the consequences of that confusion. Like I was being racially attacked and profiled in my initial response to you in X by supporters of your party who were obviously misled and triggered by your misinformation.
I did consider legal action. But the reality is that the law is not designed to deal easily with this kind of broad public misrepresentation. You know that, which is why ignoring a challenge like mine carries little immediate consequence.
That does not make it acceptable.
I will be submitting a formal complaint to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards regarding your use of misleading statistical claims in public communication.
The public deserves accuracy. Not selective framing. Not distortion. And certainly not narratives that risk turning people against each other on the basis of incomplete facts.
Stephen Dada.
Suella Braverman@SuellaBraverman
Too many universities are selling immigration, not education. Last year, about 250,000 foreign students took up taxpayer-funded student loans to pay for their courses in the UK, worth £4bn. This is not fair. A @reformparty_uk government will make sure that the British taxpayer is not paying for foreign students. Let’s put British students first.
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John Marck refused to answer Senator @ChrisCoons's question of whether President Trump is eligible to run for president in 2028.
This isn’t a trick question – it's in the Constitution. If you can’t say a president can’t serve a third term, you shouldn’t be a federal judge. 🚩
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@richardpbacon I cannot understand why more governments are not up in arms about this, maybe it’s just been lost in all the other illegal Israeli government behaviour 🤷♂️
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A mystery moneyman's donations could carry Nigel Farage to power. He lives in Thailand and is “intensely private”. I’ve spent months investigating who he is, what he wants and his crypto fortune. Here, for the first time, is the story of Chris Harborne theguardian.com/politics/2026/…
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When there’s more outrage over a statue than there is for more than 2,000 dead including 177 children in Lebanon alone the world has lost any sort of moral compass. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
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Name a movie you've seen more than 7 times with just a GIF
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This is a farce. Corporate tax avoidance/fiddle. How many staff are on tax credit due to low pay as well? #boycottstarbucks theguardian.com/business/2026/…
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The White House wonders why Europe won’t rally behind America in Iran. Maybe start by asking why your Vice President is flying to Budapest to have a warm chat with Viktor Orban, the man running a Russian influence operation from inside NATO’s borders.
While Europe has been bleeding money and weapons to stop Russian aggression, Hungary has been blocking NATO decisions, sheltering Russian intelligence, and doing Moscow’s diplomatic dirty work at every turn. Orban isn’t America’s friend. He’s Putin’s man in Brussels.
And JD Vance calls him a “good friend.”
Europe is supposed to line up behind a war that had no plan for day two, no strategy for the Strait of Hormuz, and no consultation with allies beyond Israel. A war that has already sent oil past $100 a barrel and left one of America’s most powerful warships reportedly retreating toward the Indian Ocean.
You don’t get to lecture Europe about loyalty while embracing the man working to destroy the alliance from within, and then demand backup for a war you started without asking anyone.
Gandalv / @Microinteracti1
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@gotrice2024 Only place that mess is famous is on the gastro ward🤢
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This woman is making her famous seafood Alfredo. She starts off by putting frozen cooked shrimp, crab and imitation crab onto the griddle. The she adds garlic and onions, cheese and jarred Alfredo and breaks up raw pasta.
She keeps cooking until she proclaims the noodles are al dente even though we see some raw ends sticking up. She has her husband be the taste tester for her creation. He takes one bite but I wonder why he doesn’t give his opinion on it. Would you or have you made this on the griddle, did she do it right?
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Good call yesterday with @Keir_Starmer.
We discussed the situation in the Middle East and the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran’s actions are putting global economic stability at risk.
We will work with our partners to ensure freedom of navigation can resume as soon as possible.
We also discussed the upcoming EU-UK Summit.
A key moment to deliver on last year’s commitments and further strengthen our partnership.
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Tense moment on Piers Morgan Uncensored:
"All you want is all the Palestinians gone... you don't care how many die in the process, do you?"
Piers Morgan relentlessly grills Daniella Weiss the ‘Godmother’ of the Israeli settler movement over the deaths of thousands of Palestinian children and the vision for the land.
Unfiltered. Uncomfortable. Must-watch.
What do you think, straight talk or too far?
#PiersMorgan #DaniellaWeiss #Israel #Gaza #Settlers
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Join the "One Million Voices for the Free of Hussam Abu Safieh" campaign.
Reply with 🇵🇸 or even a dot.
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Every war Israel has fought is a war of defense. In every war, they were attacked first.
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People need to understand that Israeli officials wearing noose pins & popping champagne to celebrate the systematic extermination of thousands of Palestinians held in Israeli torture camps is functionally no different from nazis gloating about their gas chambers.
Evil incarnate.
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