“"We've taken more people fleeing theatres of conflict since 2015 than any other country in Europe"
HELLO ? GERMANY TOOK OVER A MILLION
FRANCE TAKES 3X AS MANY REFUGEES AS THE UK
ETC
It's just relentless unchallenged "we're better than Europe" lies in every answer now #PMQs https://t.co/LB7eepn76Q”
“The Lords have voted to #LiftTheBan so that people like Nadia can take up jobs in our NHS👏
Now, as the #AntiRefugeeBill returns to the Commons, it's time to convince MPs that giving the right to work is just common sense. https://t.co/j0XW7lW2et”
Today the independent regulator said MPs will get a £2200 pay rise.I believe this is wrong: Ordinary people are facing a Tory cost-of-living crisis. They should get a proper pay rise, not well-paid MPs.That's why I will donate mine to Coventry Foodbank and other local causes.— Zarah Sultana MP (@zarahsultana) March 1, 2022
Tory MP Sir Edward Leigh says Lincolnshire is too full for UkrainiansHe says in Lincolnshire "we've done our bit with migration from Eastern Europe" pic.twitter.com/mMwF1a3jkA— PoliticsJOE (@PoliticsJOE_UK) March 1, 2022
“Cynics always asked if there was a real use case for crypto beyond money laundering and the Ponzi scheme.
It turns out there was: financing a war of aggression.”
“Thermobaric bombs used today in Ukraine. (Aka vacuum bomb)If you see this coming, open your mouth so your lungs don’t explode, and put your fingers deep in your ears to protect you ears, before the blast arrives.
#Ukraine
Il est vexé Poutine, il va rendre ca encore plus moche… https://t.co/13sOQgj0Ob”
Taliban say no more evacuations until life improves for Afghans abroad
The Taliban will not allow any more Afghans to be evacuated until the situation improves abroad for those who have already left, their spokesman said Sunday.
“NGL watching all these white pundits talk about how this is the first "real war" we've seen in the age of social media is something.
These are the people in charge of feeding you your news.”
Ukraine conflict: Putin ‘increasingly isolated’ and hard to predict
We took a look at the latest on the situation in Ukraine and asked whether there were any indications of how Western officials think the conflict will play out.
“🚨BREAKING: The House of Lords has voted to remove clause 9 of the Nationality and Borders Bill, which seeks to create new powers to strip British nationals of their citizenship without even telling them.
This is a huge win. 1/3”
UN climate report: 'Atlas of human suffering' worse, bigger | AP News
Deadly with extreme weather now, climate change is about to get so much worse. It is likely going to make the world sicker, hungrier, poorer, gloomier and way more dangerous in the next 18 years with an “unavoidable” increase in risks, a new United Nations science report says.
We are about to start debating the final set of amendments to the government's Policing Bill, relating to the right to protest. I wrote in @PoliticsHome today on why recent events demonstrate the importance of our democratic right to protest. Thread: 1/https://t.co/QBMhB7ZG3W— Alistair Carmichael MP (@amcarmichaelMP) February 28, 2022
3rd Govt defeat today on #NationalityAndBordersBill as Peers vote218-140 FOR cross-party amendt (24), led by Shami Chakrabarti, calling on Govt to restate intentions to comply with #RefugeeConvention & ensure bill's asylum provisions are subject to that legal obligation https://t.co/x8Yy5m0icS— LabourLordsUK (@LabourLordsUK) February 28, 2022