This is very good.

Have always wanted to spend a day at an FTIAC (I write about its decisions enough). They are totally broken, and there are about six case studies a week that prove it.

None of these cases Sam went to would have been made public knowledge unless he was there…

Access to court judgements is the bare minimum we should expect... as is the state actually bothering to send a lawyer

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“It’s not a glitch that you get sex offenders let in the third time around. It’s how the system is meant to work” - an important and damning read from Sam Ashworth-Hayes on the state of our immigration system telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/1…

If you read just one thing today, make sure it’s this.

'One day in Britain’s asylum courts is all it takes to see why our immigration system is broken

'We no longer know who lives in the country, are unable to remove those with no right to be here and lack a plan to resolve the situation'

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'The state is no longer sure who lives in Britain, is unable to remove those with no right to be here, and seems to lack any realistic plan for bringing the situation under control.'

Eye-opening account by Sam Ashworth-Hayes of a day in the asylum courts.

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'The state is no longer sure who lives in Britain, is unable to remove those with no right to be here, and seems to lack any realistic plan for bringing the situation under control'.

A depressing summary of our asylum and migration system.
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Fantastic piece.

This is a superb long read on the UK's collapsing borders. Best thing in the papers today. ⬇️

NEW: Ever wondered why dangerous men like Emad al Swealmeen or Abdul Ezedi were still in Britain and free to offend? I talked to the people who run our borders and spent a day in court to see first hand just how broken the system is.

Meet the student who stayed 17 years on a 14…

Superb piece from Sam Ashworth-Hayes.

'The framework of the new political consensus is straightforward: taxes will be high, spending higher and wealthy foreigners in particular will be taxed until the pips squeak. Low-income foreigners, on the other hand, will be waved through…

My latest, on how Britain's love of fairness is turning into a drag on growth: telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/…

First thought: new Cambrian explosion of musical subcultures, people listening to AI tunes perfectly catered to their taste to the point that there may be relatively little overlap.

Second thought: a good chunk of music seems to be about parasocial relationships with artists…

🔴 An asylum seeker randomly murdered a pensioner and tried to kill a Christian housemate “for the sake of Palestine” eight days after the Oct 7 massacre, a court has heard

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One of my favourite subplots in British Politics is Keir Starmer genuinely being a massive football fan, but sounding like freak every time he talks about it.

There's a fun piece for someone to write arguing ticket touts improve allocation by making sure seats go to those who value them most and that if venues don't like it, they should raise their prices.

It would have the benefit of being both correct and extremely obnoxious

If the population had the same age structure as in 1953, govt could have spent about 9% less than it did in 2021 & still delivered the same services

Me in the Telegraph on demographics and public spending & why we'll need massive public service reform.

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It's called diversity and it's your strength, actually

Selling the Foreign Office building to a hotel developer and giving it a nondescript name will definitely make UK foreign policy better off.

Perhaps worth noting that Miliband’s main legacy as Foreign Secretary was the dismantling of the much-valued Foreign Office library