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  • Green MSP on student visa could serve Edinburgh from abroad

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  • A spokesman for the University of Oxford’s Migration Observatory said: “It’s unlikely he is eligible for global talent [visa]. In the research routes, you have to have a PhD or equivalent and an active research career, and in arts/culture you have to be producing cultural content — which he isn’t.”

    This is unfortunate news to have clarified by a professional.

  • Jury Fails to Convict Pro-Palestine Activist Over Social Media Posts

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  • What a waste of time and money.

  • Greens’ Zack Polanski admits failing to pay correct council tax on houseboat

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  • Don't forget everyone shat the bed over Rayner's recent tax fuckup, so it's only fair.

  • Greens’ Zack Polanski admits failing to pay correct council tax on houseboat

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  • On par with every other lying politician is a more apt description. There's been so many lies.

  • Greens’ Zack Polanski admits failing to pay correct council tax on houseboat

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  • What a hypocritical statement. Pay their fair share and this bumbling fool isn't paying his. Hilarious.

  • Greens’ Zack Polanski admits failing to pay correct council tax on houseboat

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  • Classic whataboutism.

    If you're all about taxing fairly, maybe the leader of the party shouldn't be trying to save a few pennies by avoiding tax.

  • Greens’ Zack Polanski admits failing to pay correct council tax on houseboat

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  • Maybe Zack could say he thought he was working for the RNLI as a spokesperson on his house boat?

  • How Keir Starmer's plans are going down in the EU

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  • It's a shame the EU didn't throw David Cameron a bone on FoM prior to the referendum happening. At the same time, the UK should have used all tools available to limit what it could.

    Funny how the EU has internal borders all over the place now due to Merkel's 2014 refugee fuck up.

    FoM may not be required for EEA-lite. We have some more to give than Norway, Iceland, and CH.

  • Zack Polanski’s boat, council tax, and electoral law

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  • Lol

    Humiliated Zack Polanski issues grovelling apology for 'unintentional mistake' Zack Polanski has apologised for an "unintentional mistake" over council tax as evidence mounts that his houseboat was his primary residence in a London borough

    Source: far right news sources

    He's admitted another fuck up. Can't wait for the next one!

  • How Keir Starmer's plans are going down in the EU

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  • I don't think anyone here doesn't want that. We'll need top tier negotiating skills to get the right agreements in place. All that I hope is that it's mutually beneficial.

    Brexit should never have happened, but here we are. I'd be content with accepting most EU rules and paying into the budget. I draw the line at losing the pound and freedom of movement.

  • Zack Polanski’s boat, council tax, and electoral law

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  • Half a year?! Only the privileged who don't hold down jobs. I was certainly around for >90% of the year.

    Crucially: students register for council tax exemption.

  • Two men convicted over filming of antisemitic TikTok videos in London

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  • Here's some more info. Totally worth it for the ShitTok views.

    If they're dumb enough to film themselves committing an offence, then there's no point trying to victim blame.

  • Two men convicted over filming of antisemitic TikTok videos in London

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  • Can't you trust The Guardian?

  • Zack Polanski’s boat, council tax, and electoral law

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  • At best, this was wilful ignorance. At worst, it's electoral fraud. Being the leader of a party that makes a fair point that everyone should be fairly paying their tax, this is an embarrassment.

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    Zack Polanski’s boat, council tax, and electoral law

    taxpolicy.org.uk /2026/05/11/zack-polanski-boat-council-tax-electoral-law/

  • Starmer brings in Gordon Brown and Harriet Harman to ease pressure on him to resign

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  • Don't forget the mental open border policy of The Greens:

    The Green Party wants to see a world without borders, until this happens the Green Party will implement a fair and humane system of managed immigration where people can move if they wish to do so.

    Absolute batshit.

  • A Reform government is not inevitable

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  • I didn't mention any policy.

    Western economies didn't always rely on foreigner workers from "poor counties", you've made a huge assumption. Always? Laughable.

    However, that's not true. We brain drain poorer countries for their doctors and nurses, whilst our graduates struggle to find work. We import foreigners to work in care homes, which is a private industry but the scale is mad different to how it used to be. Do you have any examples?

  • A Reform government is not inevitable

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  • People have voted on immigration as a priority for decades and have been ignored. It's no surprise that this is happening with Reform rush.

  • Reform candidate who said Holocaust was a hoax wins seat in local elections

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  • No we want completely open borders, dismantling of NATO and our nuclear deterrent, as well as complete legalisation of all drugs.

  • How the smear campaign targeting the Green Party and Muslim voters failed

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  • Aged like spilt milk

    Statement on Saiqa Ali Lambeth Green Party opposes all forms of racism as one of our core principles, including antisemitism and any threat to the Jewish community. Green Party candidate Saiqa Ali has been the subject of an article in the media, which cited historic social media posts.The quoted social media posts do not reflect the Green Party’s values and we condemn them fully. Saiqa Ali has been suspended pending investigation. Electoral law requirements mean she will still appear as a candidate on the ballot paper.

    https://lambeth.greenparty.org.uk/statement-on-saiqa-ali/

  • Local elections analysis: Labour struggled more versus the Greens than Reform

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  • Great and very interesting analysis.

    Labour will carry on with their current trajectory and alienate more of their base.

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    Negativity towards Zack Polanski spikes following critical retweet of Golders Green police

    yougov.com /en-gb/articles/54698-negativity-towards-zack-polanski-spikes-following-critical-retweet-of-golders-green-police
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    Starmer pulls Chagos bill after Trump backlash

    www.telegraph.co.uk /politics/2026/01/23/starmer-pulls-chagos-deal-following-trump-backlash/