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@spikedonline @Glinner She is a hero of our times. Enough said.

Normally wouldn't post an interview transcript of this length, but if you're interested in keeping tabs on Cabinet support for Shabana Mahmood's immigration reforms, this is worth a read from Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh Sophy Ridge: Just to be crystal clear: Do you support plans for people to have lived in the UK for 15 years before they can get permanent residency? Miatta Fahnbulleh: The first thing I'd say, because there's been a lot of speculation, Shabana has got a really tough job and I think a home secretary getting a grip on small boats crossings is something that all of us want to see. SR: Can I just come in? I really just want a straight answer. Do you support plans for people to live in the UK for 15 years before they get permanent residency? MF: Look, we have got to reform our immigration system and my view is that we need a system that is based on the principle of compassion, contribution. And so there is a package of reforms the Home Secretary has been consulting on, she's looking at the range of responses and she will come out with the measures that we take forward. But the key thing I would say is no one can look at our immigration system, and I say this as someone that came into this country as a refugee, and not believe that it's broken and not believe that we need to fundamentally reform it. But our principle has to be a system where we've got control, but ultimately a system that when people do come to this country, they are able to integrate, they are able to contribute, and that we both respect but also value that contribution. SR: Okay. You haven't, in any part of that answer, said that you agree with these reforms. I'm just going to read you the definition of collective responsibility: "Decisions made by the cabinet are binding on all members of the government. This means if a minister disagrees with the government policy, he or she must still publicly support it". So I'm going to ask you a third time, do you support plans for people to have to live in the UK for 15 years before they can get permanent residency? MF: I support reforms that say that people have to contribute and make a contribution to this country, in order to get citizenship. We are consulting on the package of reforms that we'll put forward and the Home Secretary, as you can imagine, having looked at all the responses, will set out what the final position is. SR: Do you support the plans or not? It's my fourth time asking. MF: So I absolutely support the plans to reform our immigration system. It is broken SR: I'm asking you something super specific here. Do you support plans for people to live in the UK for 15 years before you get permanent residency? MF: The Home Secretary is consulting on those plans, and she will set up the government's final position. SR: You can't say whether you support that or not? MF: The Home Secretary is consulting. Look, we absolutely need to reform our immigration system. I support the reforms. And by the way, it is not easy to reform our immigration system. So I 100% back Shabana Mahmood and everything she is trying to do, but there is a package of reforms. We are consulting in the way that government always does. And the Home Secretary, rightly having looked at all the responses to the consultation, will set out the final package that ultimately will do the job of reforming our immigration system based on the principle of control, which we absolutely must do. But critically, a system that ensures that people make a contribution and when they make a contribution, they are integrated into our communities so that we can have diverse communities, like my one in Peckham, in which people can live together and can ensure that they are making the contribution to get to the country and the society that we want. SR: I know you've got to go, but I think from what you've said, it's pretty clear that you don't support waiting 15 years for permanent residency. So I'm just going to give you one chance to correct that if that's not your view MF: Don't put words in my mouth. The key point is we are consulting... SR: I'm not. I'm saying, this is your chance to correct that if that is not your view, because this is the impression you've given. So if you don't think that, tell us now. MF: We are consulting on the package of proposals that were put forward. The Home Secretary is looking at the consultation and she will set out our final position. But what I absolutely back Shabana on is the need to reform our immigration system, because it is fundamentally broken. And I also fundamentally support the principles that we have got to control our borders, because everyone expects us to do that, and critically, that we have to have a system in which people contribute and when they contribute, they are able to become citizens and they are able to be integrated into our community. That is an immigration system that makes sense. That is an immigration system that will build public concern. And she's absolutely right to try and deliver that immigration system.

@journoangst @blairanderson35 Watching this government take a sensible decision to open the Jackdaw gas field is like watching an elephant giving birth. Long protracted and dramatic. Any idiot who believes the UK is isolated from global energy, weather etc is a total cretin.

@blairanderson35 No it won’t. Idiotic nonsense.

@JohnSimpsonNews What a vile and sickening man Steve Witkoff has proved to be.

@JohnCleese Ask us Iranians how the BBC betrayed us. They were broadcasting Ayatollah Khomeini’s messages from Paris and coordinating all the protests for the Islamic Revolution. And the BBC Persian is still protecting the terrorist Islamist regime of Iran against the Iranian people.

J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series has sold over 600 million copies worldwide (the best-selling book series ever), with her overall sales estimated at 600–650 million. In the UK alone she has sold about 48 million books. Sally Rooney has sold more than 6 million books worldwide, including about 2.3 million in the UK. That’s roughly 100 times more books for Rowling. On net wealth, the 2026 Sunday Times Rich List puts Rowling at £975 million (Forbes has estimated her around $1.2 billion). She has also donated over £200 million to charity. Rooney’s net worth is estimated at around £10 million (€12 million). Again, roughly 100 times the difference. Commercially and in terms of reach, it’s not close. Rowling built a global franchise spanning books, films, licensing, and theme parks. Rooney is a successful literary novelist with strong sales for her genre and TV adaptations, but the numbers show a massive gap.

@PitMoggie @JakeWSimons @Mr_Andrew_Fox Actually 10 years of Tory rule and the Labour lies were a common theme during all that time. Undermining, sabotaging the interests of the UK.

This is just not true. As soon as I became foreign secretary I asked the security services the same question and they replied that there was no evidence of any successful interference in the 2016 referendum, by Russia or any other power. Either the security services have changed their view - which would be very odd - or Burnham is lying about what he has been told. After all Starmer was in power for two years and had access to exactly the same information. theguardian.com/technology/202…

The Welfare State Is Crushing Britain - good article from WSJ that the UK media seem incapable of discussing @FT.com @BBCNews wsj.com/world/uk/unite…

@paulmasonnews Smokescreen of Kremlin proportions. It is a false flag operation to nullify the will of the British people. Prepare for a serious backlash.

If the BBC are making cuts, surely radio 4’s News Quiz is an obvious choice. Not funny, not clever, like listening to paint dry. At least You & Yours has a genuine use.

@MichaelLCrick As if. Wrong side of the political divide. You need to be considered far right before the media will do any investigation. It just won't happen.

After years of messy Toryism, Kemi Badenoch is a true Conservative. Excellent analysis by @FraserNelson thetimes.com/article/26c01b…

@stuey_beef Not sure on this one. Anybody arresting Jew haters is good in my book. Not that I love Israel because I don’t.

"He wants to reopen the Brexit debate. Can you imagine having to go through that again?" Tory leader Kemi Badenoch condemns Prime Minister Andy Burnham's stance on rejoining the EU and declares, "he's not going to be prime minister after the next election." 📺 Sky 501

@stuey_beef Economic growth and lower taxes will help. Just remember how Labour undermined all decent initiatives for many years. That was their opposition through media.

@angelazhay @BBCNews @MichaelLCrick Same on Sky news. you would think the editors were tied at the hip. Crick is a very bitter man.

This vision @KemiBadenoch is highly impressive. It is realistic & radical but also optimistic, decent, refreshing & dramatic. It is the first time in 25years or more that a major party leader has spoken honestly & sensibly about what has gone wrong, challenged all sorts of mistakes & orthodoxies perpetrated by both parties for decades, and suggested how to govern & reform this country in this turbulent new era. Its no surprise that this was in part inspired by chats w the late brilliant Sir Alex Younger. No wonder Kemi is so popular as a leader and this confirms why…

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@angelazhay @DPJHodges Dan’s been struggling of late. More reform conspiracy crap.