Interesting Links for 30-09-2025

[andrewducker]

1. Labour to make life harder for immigrants

(tags:labour migration OhForFucksSake )

2. List of wars involving the United Kingdom (Guess how many!)

(tags:war uk history )

3. Draft of Tony Blair's Gaza plan outlines a regime run by affluent foreigners with Palestinian executives at the bottom

(tags:Gaza tonyblair OhForFucksSake )

Comments

[juan_gandhi]

#3: all we can do is restore the colonies? (See also #2)

[andrewducker]

Apparently!

[bens_dad]

I hadn't realised that the War of Jenkins' Ear was real.

[andrewducker]

I hadn't heard of it!

[calimac]

The Napoleonic wars were seven separate wars? And the Cod wars were actual wars?

[andrewducker]

History is weird sometimes.

[bens_dad]

Actual Navy ships with big guns were steaming around the area.
From memory I cannot say whether shots were fired, but they might have been.

[mtbc]

I am rather angry about Labour further embracing the hostility to immigrants and will probably rant here and there somewhat.

[andrewducker]

I'm also angry about it. And have no intention of voting for them.

[botrytis]

Somehow, Blair returned...