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From the BBC:
Ms Truss has admitted a new trade deal with the United States is unlikely in the "short-to-medium term" and that no discussions are currently underway.
The UK government had previously promised a post-Brexit trade deal with the US by 2022.
Trussism and the Future of UK-EU Relations
Professor Albert Weale considers the nature and implications of Trussism for the future of UK-EU relations, and the clash of ideas between libertarian Conservatism and the European project.
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Good read. What a "small state" and free market means is more wealth for the rich - which does not "trickle down" - and less protection for working people, less welfare support for schools, health, the old and the vulnerable, libraries, youth clubs, sports centres, theatre. Please, please, every chance we get, vote them out!Trussism and the Future of UK-EU Relations
Professor Albert Weale considers the nature and implications of Trussism for the future of UK-EU relations, and the clash of ideas between libertarian Conservatism and the European project.
I have no data or research to back it up, but I do wonder if anyone has analysed this in respect to the changing nature of the economy. While in the past large companies pretty much employed everyone themselves, now many of the big tech firms either employ relatively few people directly and/or support the creation of jobs via their platforms. Some of these may be okay jobs, if you're an app developer say, but many are precarious, such as Uber drivers.
Can we compare a typical Amazon worker today with a typical Ford worker from a generation ago?
USA I appreciate, but Nomadland told something of the lives of Amazon workers. Recommended viewing anyway
Nomadland (2020) - IMDb
Nomadland: Directed by Chloé Zhao. With Frances McDormand, Gay DeForest, Patricia Grier, Linda May. A woman in her sixties, after losing everything in the Great Recession, embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.
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This might also be of interest13,490 People from Albania fled and applied for asylum in other countries in 2021, according to UNHCR data. This corresponds to approximately 0.480% of all residents. The most destination countries hereof have been the United Kingdom, France and Germany. Overall, 91 percent of the asylum applications have been rejected. The most successful have been the refugees in Canada and in the United Kingdom.
A total of 240 people fled to the United States from Albania. With 31 positive decisions, 15.58 percent of all new applications have been accepted. Another 168 applications were rejected, and no decisions were made on the remaining ones in 2021.
Refugees from Albania
8,541 asylum applications from refugees from Albania were received in 2024. A list of which countries take in the most refugees.www.worlddata.info
Nb Albania is a source country for one of the largest groups of trafficked women and children to reach the UK’s shores.
Why are so many Albanian asylum claims succeeding if the country is so "safe and prosperous"? - Free Movement
In its ongoing drive to reduce Channel crossings, the government has set its sights on arrivals from a “safe and prosperous” Albania. A marked increase in
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What a mess we are in!
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Liz Truss ‘plans to loosen immigration rules to boost UK economy’
PM expected to expand shortage occupation list to help businesses fill jobs amid recession warnings
So we still have high immigration but rather than a small government approach that is sorted out between individuals and their employer, the party of small government goes for a big government, centrally planned and bureaucratic approach. Bloody idiots.What a mess we are in!
Liz Truss ‘plans to loosen immigration rules to boost UK economy’
PM expected to expand shortage occupation list to help businesses fill jobs amid recession warnings
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Reported last week on French media, probably not in UK.This might also be of interest
Why are so many Albanian asylum claims succeeding if the country is so "safe and prosperous"? - Free Movement
In its ongoing drive to reduce Channel crossings, the government has set its sights on arrivals from a “safe and prosperous” Albania. A marked increase in
French police operations resulted in the arrest of 3 iraqi kurds and 3 French, Head of a trafficking gang.
Investigation involved Belgium, Germany Netherlands and UK, 12 boats, 13 motors, 700 life jackets confiscated.
And many in England complain that the French aren't doing anything.
80 crossings are related to the gang, 50 of which successful, at a charge of
80000€ a go.
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