In todays news...

[DefTrap]

What a horrible mixed-up place to be - both TG and Catholic. I dunno why you would put yourself through it.

[Felix]

Psst. Cheap diesel anyone

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-61020685

[Yambo]

I'm finding it difficult to believe . . .

I'm not.

[JackyJoll]

Who remembers George Galloway? He was a regular on the RT channel, so now Twitter has put “Russia state-affiliated media” on his heading. And he’s going to sue (fat chance)!

[irie]

Who remembers George Galloway? He was a regular on the RT channel, so now Twitter has put “Russia state-affiliated media” on his heading. And he’s going to sue (fat chance)!

Watching the court case might prove vaguely entertaining. Maybe.

[Saga Lout]

The UK leading the world on Ukrainian refugees - Ukrainian family abandon UK move after visa delays

A Ukrainian family has given up on moving to the UK after claiming their application took too long to process.

When the war in Ukraine started, Anton Mandziuk drove from his home in Rutland to the Polish border to collect his cousin and her family.

He then applied for them to live with him, but after weeks of waiting they have decided to go to Ireland instead.

A government spokesperson said they were moving as quickly as possible and had already issued almost 30,000 visas.

Lesha, her three daughters and six grandchildren fled their home in Ivano-Frankivsk on 5 March.

So far Ireland has taken in more than 20,000 refugees. How many has the UK grudgingly allowed in?

Is the answer "almost 30,000"?

[slowsider]

The UK leading the world on Ukrainian refugees - Ukrainian family abandon UK move after visa delays

A Ukrainian family has given up on moving to the UK after claiming their application took too long to process.

When the war in Ukraine started, Anton Mandziuk drove from his home in Rutland to the Polish border to collect his cousin and her family.

He then applied for them to live with him, but after weeks of waiting they have decided to go to Ireland instead.

A government spokesperson said they were moving as quickly as possible and had already issued almost 30,000 visas.

Lesha, her three daughters and six grandchildren fled their home in Ivano-Frankivsk on 5 March.

So far Ireland has taken in more than 20,000 refugees. How many has the UK grudgingly allowed in?

Is the answer "almost 30,000"?

According to the FT:
"as of Friday, entry has been approved for only 4,700 of 32,200 Ukrainian applicants."

[Saga Lout]

The UK leading the world on Ukrainian refugees - Ukrainian family abandon UK move after visa delays




So far Ireland has taken in more than 20,000 refugees. How many has the UK grudgingly allowed in?

Is the answer "almost 30,000"?

According to the FT:
"as of Friday, entry has been approved for only 4,700 of 32,200 Ukrainian applicants."

Lutin's BBC link says "almost 30,000 visas" have been approved.. I was replying to his question.

[irie]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/20 ... l-resting/

She’s richer than the Queen, but Rishi Sunak’s wife avoids UK tax as India is her ‘final resting place’

Akshata Murty, who has a personal fortune of around £725m, pays no tax on her foreign earnings because of her non-domicile status

I have Canadian citizenship and want Winnipeg as my 'final resting place', does that mean I can claim non-dom status?

Taxes might be higher than in the UK though, oops.

[slowsider]

Is the answer "almost 30,000"?

According to the FT:
"as of Friday, entry has been approved for only 4,700 of 32,200 Ukrainian applicants."

Lutin's BBC link says "almost 30,000 visas" have been approved.. I was replying to his question.

That suggests you believe what the govt says...

[Mussels]

According to the FT:
"as of Friday, entry has been approved for only 4,700 of 32,200 Ukrainian applicants."

Lutin's BBC link says "almost 30,000 visas" have been approved.. I was replying to his question.

That suggests you believe what the govt says...

Who else is going to tell you how many visas have been approved? Does the FT have another source or is it just out of date?

[slowsider]

Lutin's BBC link says "almost 30,000 visas" have been approved.. I was replying to his question.

That suggests you believe what the govt says...

Who else is going to tell you how many visas have been approved? Does the FT have another source or is it just out of date?

Lutin asked how many had been allowed in, not how many visas had been issued.

Are you standing in for irie today?

[Mussels]

That suggests you believe what the govt says...

Who else is going to tell you how many visas have been approved? Does the FT have another source or is it just out of date?

Lutin asked how many had been allowed in, not how many visas had been issued.

Are you standing in for irie today?

Is it not the same thing, does a visa not allow entry?

[JamJar]

Is it not the same thing, does a visa not allow entry?

The point is that out of the now 41 000 visas issued only 12 500 are for the "homes for Ukrainians" scheme amd the others are familial visas which Ireland and most if not all of Europe don't require. In fact only 1200 of the 12500 visas issued have made it here and there are 31000 still waiting for a visa.

[Horse]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61028712

Home Secretary Priti Patel has apologised for the "frustrating" visa delays which have prevented thousands of Ukrainian refugees entering the UK.

Just over a quarter of those Ukrainians granted visas - 12,000 - have reached the UK so far, Ms Patel told BBC News.

Would-be sponsors of refugees have criticised the bureaucracy and ensuing delays in the Homes For Ukraine scheme.

Home Office figures published on Friday show the government has granted 41,000 visas to Ukrainians fleeing the war.

Of the visas granted:

28,500 were issued under the Ukraine Family Scheme
and 12,500 under the Homes for Ukraine Scheme which allow people to sponsor Ukrainian refugees
In terms of arrivals into the UK:

10,800 have arrived under the family scheme
and 1,200 under the sponsorship scheme

[Trinity765]

https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/202 ... tjTxUWzxek

Three off-duty police officers banned from the road after motorbike crash.

Two crashed with a car and both suffered several injuries.

All three were given suspended prison sentences and now face misconduct proceedings, Sussex Police said.

PC James Latter, 32, of The Dewpond, Peacehaven, rode a blue Suzuki GSXR750 motorcycle dangerously on the B2146 and the B2141 near Chichester on Saturday 11 July 2020.

Fellow Lewes-based officer PC Alan Harris, 32, of Mountfield Road, Lewes, rode a grey Triumph Street Triple 675cc motorcycle dangerously on the same road.

He was also speeding, riding faster than 60mph, towards Chichester on the B2141, a single carriageway road in Chilgrove.

PC Ahmet Yapicioz, 55, of Ardsheal Close, Broadwater, Worthing, rode a blue BMW R1200 motorcycle dangerously on the B2146 and the B2141.

The B2141 is perhaps the nicest, fast road in Sussex. Awwwww sounds like they were having a lot of fun.

[irie]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/20 ... id-policy/

500 container ships stuck outside Shanghai as Xi's zero Covid policy wreaks havoc

If right then that's about 9% of the global fleet of 5,400 container ships! Given that Omicron looks likely to run rife throughout China it looks almost certain that we've seen only the tip of the iceberg of future supply chain issues.

[Mussels]

Unless China gives up on its zero Covid policy but that would require admitting failure, not looking good.
There are also reports of residents running out of food with the government deliveries failing, they need to do something different.
Global food prices rising and China's economy stalling is almost like China has placed sanctions on itself.

[Horse]

No idea how busy it would usually be, but now:

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[Mussels]

Is the Ever Given in there somewhere?