‘If You Go to Saudi, It’s Sunny’: Foreign Care Workers Could Quit UK after Clampdown

THE GUARDIAN: Ban on bringing dependants has raised fears that England’s care staff shortage will only worsen

It’s sunnier in Dubai, the visa lasts longer in the US and the wages are better in Canada. Many foreign care workers had already been thinking of quitting Britain for similar jobs elsewhere before the home secretary announced on Monday that dependants of new applicants would no longer be welcome. Experts say the move, effective from next spring, will only make England’s severe care staff shortage worse amid international competition for people willing to look after society’s most vulnerable on low pay.

And, sure enough, Annie, a care worker from Botswana who was one of the first to arrive last year under the scheme inviting foreign care staff and their families, is already filling in the forms to switch to Canada. » | Robert Booth, Social affairs correspondent | Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Good God! We’ve got ourselves into ONE BIG BLOODY MESS because of BREXIT, haven’t we? We can all thank Nigel bloody Farage for this! Farage & Co.

The Tories at the time were led by a plonker — Cameron — and ever since the party has been led by a string of clowns. And who has had to pay the price for all these political shenanigans? We have! We, the people.

Then we have James Cleverly… With this new policy of his, one is bound to ask oneself one simple question: How clever is James Cleverly really? He certainly doesn’t appear to be living up to his name, does he?

This is all extremely depressing, because no party is offering the electorate the sensible policy of re-entry into the EU. All politicians lack spine and spunk. – © Mark Alexander

Today’s Tories Are TRASH!

They are out for their own ends and their own aggrandizement. Get the bastards OUT!

If you are not convinced, read this

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UK Minister Criticised over Call for Gay World Cup Fans to Show Respect in Qatar

THE GUARDIAN: ames Cleverly says ‘flex and compromise’ needed on both sides in country that criminalises homosexuality

Cleverly said Qatar, which criminalises homosexuality, was willing to ‘make some compromises’.Photograph: Carl Recine/Pool/Getty Images
The UK foreign secretary, James Cleverly, has been criticised for telling gay football fans they should show respect to Qatar, which criminalises their sexuality, when attending the World Cup in the emirate.

Cleverly said Qatar was willing to make compromises to allow people it would normally persecute to attend the tournament, which kicks off on 20 November. On Tuesday the prominent British LGBTQ campaigner Peter Tatchell claimed he had been arrested in Qatar for highlighting the country’s stance.

Cleverly said: “I have spoken to the Qatari authorities in the past about gay football fans going to watch the World Cup and how they will treat our fans and international fans. They want to make sure that football fans are safe, secure and enjoy themselves. And they know that that means they are going to have to make some compromises in terms of what is an Islamic country with a very different set of cultural norms to our own.

“One of the things I would say for football fans is, you know, please do be respectful of the host nation. They are trying to ensure that people can be themselves and enjoy the football, and I think with a little bit of flex and compromise at both ends, it can be a safe, secure and exciting World Cup.” » | Kevin Rawlinson | Wednesday, October 26, 2022

LGBTQ+ activist Peter Tatchell says Qatar ‘deflecting from diabolical human rights abuses’: Activist Peter Tatchell said the Qatari government is attempting to “deflect from their diabolical human rights abuses” after officials denied he was arrested for protesting. »