Whoa, sounds like there might be a number of stray Russian drones in Polish airspace. Warsaw airport closed and military jets and AWACS everywhere.
A test of European resolve. I seriously doubt this was accidental.
Suggestions that six Shaheds have been shot down in Polish airspace.
Unlikely to have been accidental, this is Russia looking to gauge the response from Poland and NATO more widely. Dare I suggest that it has to be a significant one.
A handful of those massive bombs that the US dropped on Iran, but aimed instead at the Kerch Bridge, would do the job nicely.
The key line being "duty of care". A legal obligation on the council to house the homeless and vulnerable, especially with kids involved. When these people aren't complaining about the asylum seeker "jumping the queue" it was poor people with kids, usually single mums.
The council did what it was legally required to do.
So the question is should the dependents have been allowed into the UK given they were living somewhere safe (for themselves) at the time.
Going back to 1937 which is when our laws seem to be based on - I don’t think that would have been the case, the family would not have been allowed to come here
Whoa, sounds like there might be a number of stray Russian drones in Polish airspace. Warsaw airport closed and military jets and AWACS everywhere.
A test of European resolve. I seriously doubt this was accidental.
Suggestions that six Shaheds have been shot down in Polish airspace.
Unlikely to have been accidental, this is Russia looking to gauge the response from Poland and NATO more widely. Dare I suggest that it has to be a significant one.
A handful of those massive bombs that the US dropped on Iran, but aimed instead at the Kerch Bridge, would do the job nicely.
So, the village of Czosnowka has been mentioned, 40km from the Belarus border near Brest, and perhaps 80km from the nearest farmer's field, let alone Russian target, in Ukraine.
Sad news. I always remember staying up to watch the early UK coverage of the 2004 Presidential election count as it unfolded and then really tired heading to bed when he called it for Kerry only to wake up in the morning surprised to discover that Bush had won a second term.
Some of the cycle counters in London are registering 70%+ week-on-week increases as a result of the tube strike. Massive congestion on the cycle network. I think this is the week when it cements itself as one of the great cycling cities of the world (as long as they keep expanding the network).
Now it's time to the make the UK as a whole the next Denmark/Netherlands. 🚴🚴🚴🚴🚴
With home working (and we know how much some on PB love that) the strikes so far haven't had the impact RMT might have hoped. Today was more difficult with the DLR taken out as well though there were some trains on the Northern Line and at the north western end of the Piccadilly.
Relations between the RMT and TfL are as bad as they have ever been but in truth the union leadership are barely keeping up with the militancy of their members, some of whom were angry with previous "deals" which led to the suspension of planned strike action.
The Clipper boats have seen a big boost in passengers but there's some evidence many people weren't aware of the strikes until yesterday morning and have now planned accordingly for today, tomorrow and Thursday. Interestingly, Oyster touch in numbers are down only 23% compared to the equivalent day last year which I find surpssing but both London Overground and the Elizabeth Line have seen rises in passenger numbers.
I have 20 French partners in tomorrow for a meeting. They are having fun
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Unlikely to have been accidental, this is Russia looking to gauge the response from Poland and NATO more widely. Dare I suggest that it has to be a significant one.
A handful of those massive bombs that the US dropped on Iran, but aimed instead at the Kerch Bridge, would do the job nicely.
Many are far dumber.
https://www.lefigaro.fr/social/direct-bloquons-tout-10-septembre-mouvement-greves-manifestations-perturbations-transports-ecole-20250910
https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/bridget-phillipson-speech-to-tuc-conference-2025
So the question is should the dependents have been allowed into the UK given they were living somewhere safe (for themselves) at the time.
Going back to 1937 which is when our laws seem to be based on - I don’t think that would have been the case, the family would not have been allowed to come here
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