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The two big changes to the UK's migration policy which could impact millions
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| Nov 21, 2025
| BBC News
Posted on 11/22/2025 5:34:08 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Grok Summary of Video Transcript
Main focus: Labour’s major immigration crackdown, presented as the toughest in years.Key policy changes (announced by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood):
- Time to qualify for indefinite leave to remain (settled status) doubled from 5 to 10 years for everyone who arrived after 2021 (~2.6 million people affected).
- Can extend to 15–20 years if someone claims benefits for >12 months.
- Can be shortened for high economic contributors (e.g. NHS workers, high-value entrepreneurs).
- Core message: “Settling in the UK is a privilege that must be earned.”
Builds on earlier asylum changes (temporary status, reviewed every 2.5 years) and explicitly modelled on Denmark’s tough centre-left system.Political framing:- Government blames the “Boris wave” (post-COVID surge under Johnson) and says tough action is needed to prevent far-right rise and racism.
- Surprisingly getting praise from right-wing figures (e.g. ex-Reform chair Zia Yusuf, even Tommy Robinson) for being tougher than any Tory Home Secretary.
- Using Nigel Farage/Reform as the bogeyman: “Back us or the far right wins.”
- Some unease among Labour left-wing MPs, but limited rebellion so far.
Other notes:- Keir Starmer tells ministers to stop “talking about ourselves” after recent rows.
- Defence Secretary claims this is the most unified cabinet ever (awkward timing).
- Next week’s Budget expected to feature many small, painful tax rises rather than one headline increase; markets nervous.
Overall tone: Labour is deliberately going harder on immigration than the Tories ever did — to neuter the issue politically, create room for progressive policies elsewhere, and block Reform’s momentum — even if it causes internal friction and a very complex system.In short: “Shabana Mahmood owns immigration week.”
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Oh, so now it’s “migration” policy. I guess “immigration” is no longer a thing, it’s just people moving around like geese in late autumn.
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11/22/2025 5:49:12 PM PST
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Sicon
("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
To: Sicon
Around here geese get shot in late autumn
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posted on
11/22/2025 5:56:17 PM PST
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goodnesswins
(Make educ institutions return to the Mission...reading, writing, math...not Opinions & propaganda)
To: goodnesswins
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posted on
11/22/2025 6:39:02 PM PST
by
metmom
(He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus….)
To: goodnesswins
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posted on
11/22/2025 7:22:14 PM PST
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Bigg Red
( Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Oh, I am sure that female mohammedan will be putting the brakes on the muzzie invasion....
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11/22/2025 7:23:33 PM PST
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Bigg Red
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