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Interesting times 😊
Under the new uk immigration rules,
Victims of domestic abuse can apply immediately for ILR inside the UK, without needing to wait to meet any other criteria like salary or time spent living in the uk.
Evidence showing the marriage or relationship broke down permanently due to domestic abuse or domestic violence is required in the application.
They can get ILR within 6months. It may even granted earlier. Each situation is handled uniquely.
I forgot to mention this category yesterday in the post about the new uk immigration policy decisions.
Interesting times 😊
New UK Immigration rules summary:
50K annual salary and above:
5 years to ILR.
Under 50k annual salary:
10 years to ILR.
125k annual salary/global talent visa:
3 years to ILR.
Care workers who came before 2025 and earn annual salary of 25k:
5 years to ILR.
Care workers who came after 2025:
10 years to ILR.
For those of us in science who don't really know history very well, this post and the ensuing conversations in the comments section are for us.
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Slavery was an evil in which people from every continent and region participated. We should be honest about the whole history, not select the parts that are politically convenient today, especially given Britain's leading role in ending the transatlantic slave trade.
If Caribbean countries are asking Britain for a formal apology for Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade, will they also be asking the same of the descendants of African kingdoms, rulers and merchants who captured, sold and profited from the trade?
On demands for reparations, whether through cash or debt relief, we have been down this track before. Twenty-five years ago, Jubilee 2000, Drop the Debt and Make Poverty History argued that cancelling the debts of poorer countries would give them a fresh start. More than $100 billion of debt was eventually written off, but many of those countries have since built up even bigger debts. Labour are already spending too much on Britain's welfare state, now is not the time for Andy Burnham to be providing global welfare.
There is no reason British taxpayers today should be held financially responsible for things that happened generations before any of us were born. And I have even less patience for political elites in commonwealth countries who don’t know how to make their own citizens prosperous now looking for another opportunity to blame Britain.
As Prime Minister, Andy Burnham should be Britain’s greatest defender. Instead, he is writing articles saying we need to confront our history (as if we haven't done enough of that) and considering another formal historical apology. Tony Blair already expressed Britain’s deep sorrow and regret for our role in the slave trade nearly twenty years ago. There is no need to do so again.
This is all another navel-gazing distraction. The Commonwealth should be looking forward, not endlessly backwards. That means economic partnerships to make us all richer and deeper military and security cooperation against common threats. If every Commonwealth summit becomes an exercise in presenting Britain with demands for cash then we need to start asking if it is worth the effort.
If only this guy can stop being a Palmer fan boy and start seeing himself as 'that' guy.
#CFC
