Regardless of the merits of the actual decision, that one private individual has the power to determine the outcome of a war is something we need to think pretty seriously about.
Don’t want to give this piece any traction but, my lord, what a cruel take. Having worked in a cinema, I’ve seen firsthand how vital an escape going to the movies is to those socially isolated. I had people tell me at the ticket booth I was the 1st person they spoke to in weeks +
the availability of cheap clothes made with questionable labor standards has made ppl lose touch with what clothes should cost given the work required, the cost of materials, and fair wages
Shoutout to Elizabeth Holmes whose upcoming incarceration has apparently suddenly alerted a whole army of columnists and DC pundits in the year 2022 to the fact women having babies does not cancel their jail terms
If you’ve never seen a UK visa rejection letter -the cruelty, the contempt, the humiliation-here’s the one denying entrance to my mum BECAUSE I’d said in my invitation letter that I was pregnant & needed help.
I’m a privileged academic. Imagine what it’s like for other Albanians
The idea that unauthorised “Albanian males” (is that a new human species?) coming to the UK can “easily” get a visa is a joke. I’ve been in the UK 14 years & my brother has never visited, not once. He doesn’t know where I live, he has never seen my kids school. Why? 1/5