J.T. Gardner

Posted and then almost instantaneously removed. What the literal hell is this?

🚨 Pope Leo XIV has sent a WARNING to migrants, telling them how to behave when they arrive into new countries: 'Learn its language, to respect its laws, to get to know its customs, to participate in communal life and to offer your gifts with gratitude'

Once again - here in his refusal to bankroll whatever gold plated death ship the military asks for - the PM rises in my estimation.

Iain Dale left stunned by calm caller on LBC A composed caller named Mike told Iain Dale on LBC that Britain “will remain almost ungovernable until we have mass deportations”. The exchange was striking because the caller spoke in measured tones, clearly articulating a view held by millions of people across the country. Yet Iain struggled to process it, repeatedly falling back on “you can’t do that”. Mike highlighted the obvious disconnect: the British public have consistently voted for lower immigration, only for politicians to deliver record levels instead. “There’s a massive disconnect between the political class and the people of this country,” he said. “We never gave any consent to this and there’s certainly no mandate for the scale of immigration we’ve seen.” When Iain pushed back, saying you can’t deport people here perfectly legally, the caller was unflinching: Caller: “You mean end indefinite leave to remain?” Iain: “You can do that for future people but you can’t do that for people who have already got it. That would be outrageous.” Caller: “Yeah you can. Of course you can.” Iain: “From a fairness point of view, you can’t suddenly tell people who’ve got a perfect legal right to be here that we’re changing the rules now…” Caller: “You can, Iain.” Iain: “Well you can do that but is that really the kind of country you want to live in?” Caller: “Yes!” Iain continued to argue that you can’t “take it out on perfectly legal, law-abiding people”, clearly unable to grasp how widespread this frustration has become. The public didn’t always feel this way. Years of politicians ignoring the public on immigration have shifted attitudes dramatically. As the caller made clear, people never voted for this transformation and the consequences of fixing it now rest with those who created the problem. Well worth a listen. The gap between Westminster and the rest of the country has rarely been clearer.

I will be very interested to see how David Edgerton expands the claim here that most food was not rationed in Britain in the Second World War and remained available in quantity (from the intro to Britain's War Machine). Presumably he means fruit & veg, fish, chicken etc

Ocean Vuong bragging about not being able to finish Pride and Prejudice…

Tolkiencilerin kendileri 100 sene önce yazılmış herhangi bir kitabı okumazken LOTR’un 500 sene sonraya kalabileceğini düşünmeleri baya hoş

Riddley Scott Davout is genuinely so stupidly cute hi love you little guy

Slightly disagree - at least from where party currently sit if you're the party strategists a seat that wasn't won in 2019 & Ref came second would always get squeezed Instead I think what should set off far bigger alarm bells is if party doesn't make progress in Aberdeen South

Tolkien was significantly better-read than the vast majority of people who dislike Tolkien’s books.