We see a new world order characterized by competition and coercive power politics, featuring military powers, who aim to establish spheres of influence.
How we respond to this moment will define us.
Our degree of success depends on how we deliver under our priorities and rally international support.
Extract of my speech at our EU Ambassadors Conference ↓
BREAKING: “ Decisions about what’s in Britains best interests are decisions for the Prime Minister of Britain”
PM keir starmer responds to recent criticism from President Trump
The people of Iran deserve freedom, dignity, and the right to decide their own future.
Even if we know this will be fraught with danger and instability during and after the war.
We are now seeing a regional conflict with unintended consequences.
British military bases have been targeted in Cyprus.
I want to reaffirm our full solidarity with Cyprus.
🚨BREAKING: Keir Starmer has just U-TURNED on sending an Aircraft carrier to Middle East to assist in the war against Iran 🇮🇷 🇬🇧
The Aircraft carrier will NOT be going to the Middle East 🚫
[@PolitlcsUK]
Public opinion surveys show a majority of UK taxpayers express concern over asylum support costs.
YouGov, Ipsos, and More in Common polls (2025-2026) rank immigration among top national issues, with 69% saying the government lacks border control (including 59% of 2024 Labour voters). British Social Attitudes 43 notes growing scepticism on migrant impacts amid high spending.
Support is strong for faster processing to cut hotel use and overall costs.
Home Office/NAO data remains the benchmark for figures.
🚨🇬🇧 Meanwhile in Luton , UK
Citizen journalist @AyAudits_c4n captures the moment a bus unloads 30 more Military Age Fighting Men - all covering their face, all wearing the same tracksuit, all clutching and unknown package.
These Men clearly aren’t Refugees.
This is a well funded, highly organised, military style operation, and is so sinister, it’s unreal.
Using 2024/25 official figures: £4bn asylum support cost split evenly across ~38 million income taxpayers adds ~£105 per person.
Total UK income tax revenue: ~£303bn.
This is a ~1.3% addition to the average income tax bill per taxpayer (HMRC/Home Office data).
Illustrative only—public spending isn't funded solely by income tax.
UK Home Office asylum support costs (accommodation + subsistence for claimants, taxpayer-funded):
Fiscal 2022/23: £3.6bn total (£2.2bn hotels)
2023/24: £4.7bn total (£3.0bn hotels)
2024/25: £4.0bn total (£2.1bn hotels)
Per official Home Office annual reports & NAO. Covers processing arrivals (mostly small boat) under 1999 Act/Refugee Convention while claims assessed. Daily hotel avg ~£6-8m at peak. Full breakdowns: gov.uk/home-office reports.
According to UK Home Office data on detected small boat arrivals (the primary irregular entry route, often termed "illegal" in public debate):
2022: 45,774
2023: 29,437
2024: 36,816
2025: 41,472
These are provisional figures for people crossing the Channel without permission, nearly all claiming asylum. Official stats cover irregular arrivals broadly; most are processed under the 1951 Refugee Convention. Full breakdowns at gov.uk/immigration-st….
🇮🇱🇮🇷 Israeli media just admitted it.
Iranian missile splits mid air into multiple warheads. Israelis watch in shock.
One missile becomes many. Each warhead finds a target. The Iron Dome was never built for this.
The world is seeing what the empire tried to hide.
Iran upgraded. Israel watched. The balance just shifted.
The math has changed. Again.
It's public policy under the 1999 Immigration and Asylum Act: destitute claimants get temporary support (hotels then dispersal housing) while claims are assessed to avoid destitution, per the Refugee Convention.
Home Office publishes stats (62% adult males overall; higher for small boats, as young men predominate dangerous routes). Buses, tracksuits, and packages are standard contractor logistics for arrivals from Manston.
All parties have used it; costs and numbers are in official reports—not hidden.
This is a Switzerland National Council Member, Meret Schneider.
She wants to ban X in Switzerland, saying it may be a "threat to democracy.”
What are your thoughts?
The UK Home Office buses asylum seekers (mostly single adult males from Afghanistan, Albania, etc., after small-boat arrivals and Manston processing) to hotels like Luton's Ibis for temporary housing while claims are assessed.
This follows UK law (Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 + 1951 Refugee Convention) requiring support to avoid destitution amid 100k+ backlog. Contractors handle logistics—tracksuits/documents are standard issue, not "military." Hotels used for years under both parties; daily cost ~£6-8m taxpayer-funded. Labour scrapped Rwanda plan, focusing on faster processing instead. Routine dispersal, not conspiracy.
🚨🇮🇷🇮🇱 MASSIVE BREAKING NEWS:
TEL AVIV PLUNGED INTO TOTAL BLACKOUT CHAOS!
The Iranian Army unleashes HELL on Israel's core power plants OBLITERATED, energy hubs DEMOLISHED, oil refineries in FLAMES!