| Asylum Backlog 11:55 - Feb 26 with 1058 views | johnlangy |
Some interesting numbers.
Some 64,426 people were waiting for an initial decision on an asylum application at the end of December 2025.
This is down 20% from 80,841 at the end of September 2025, and a drop of nearly half (48%) from 124,802 a year earlier at the end of December 2024.
The asylum backlog peaked at 175,457 at the end of June 2023.
The latest figure of 64,426 is the lowest since 60,548 at the end of September 2020.
The number of people waiting more than 12 months for an initial decision on their asylum claim stood at 22,275 at the end of last year, down from 45,094 at the end of 2024 and well below the recent peak of 91,741 in June 2023. |  | | |  |
| Asylum Backlog on 13:04 - Feb 27 with 421 views | Demitrius |
| Asylum Backlog on 12:14 - Feb 27 by Gwyn737 |
What makes her a 'cos-play' plumber?
She's qualified and worked (alongside her council work) right through the campaign. |
I know she's qualified Gwyn but she's a Green Energy Heat Pump Engineer and has been for a long time and I also don't believe she's been working tirelessly throughout this campaign ....You can't run for an MP and also work full time - there aren't enough hours in the day and I don't think the fellow yoghurt-knitters have the resources for a large campaign team and back up...
ARIA the company she works for must have cut her a load of slack for months to boost their Green credentials which you would expect. I'm sure she has been available on the phone to advise
But this idea that she's got her arm down a U-bend unblocking shit one minute and handing out leaflets the next (hope she's washed her hands) is spin, pure and simple...
Like Starmer's "Son of a toolmaker" "NHS Nurse.."
"That's always going to be a part of my identity…I always will be Hannah the Plumber."
"Apologies to my customers who have booked me ....I'm off to Westminster"
Give it a rest....
It's all propaganda designed to get the disgruntled and angry Labour voters to side with the Greens rather than Reform which I'm sure the likes of you are delighted about as it seems to have worked... |  |
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| Asylum Backlog on 13:23 - Feb 27 with 381 views | Gwyn737 |
| Asylum Backlog on 13:04 - Feb 27 by Demitrius |
I know she's qualified Gwyn but she's a Green Energy Heat Pump Engineer and has been for a long time and I also don't believe she's been working tirelessly throughout this campaign ....You can't run for an MP and also work full time - there aren't enough hours in the day and I don't think the fellow yoghurt-knitters have the resources for a large campaign team and back up...
ARIA the company she works for must have cut her a load of slack for months to boost their Green credentials which you would expect. I'm sure she has been available on the phone to advise
But this idea that she's got her arm down a U-bend unblocking shit one minute and handing out leaflets the next (hope she's washed her hands) is spin, pure and simple...
Like Starmer's "Son of a toolmaker" "NHS Nurse.."
"That's always going to be a part of my identity…I always will be Hannah the Plumber."
"Apologies to my customers who have booked me ....I'm off to Westminster"
Give it a rest....
It's all propaganda designed to get the disgruntled and angry Labour voters to side with the Greens rather than Reform which I'm sure the likes of you are delighted about as it seems to have worked... |
She's definately a plumber, though  | | | |
| Asylum Backlog on 13:40 - Feb 27 with 358 views | Whiterockin |
| Asylum Backlog on 13:24 - Feb 27 by Gwyn737 |
It all does feel very odd at the moment with the strength of voter opinion on the left and right both edging towards the extremes. |
Do you still think that the Greens will not have much of an impact at the next GE. |  | | |
| Asylum Backlog on 14:41 - Feb 27 with 317 views | Gwyn737 |
| Asylum Backlog on 13:40 - Feb 27 by Whiterockin |
Do you still think that the Greens will not have much of an impact at the next GE. |
I'm not sure.
It's only one by election but I wouldn't be surprised if the results are around the peak for both Reform and the Greens. Still a long time to go til the GE. | | | |
| Asylum Backlog on 14:50 - Feb 27 with 295 views | Whiterockin |
| Asylum Backlog on 14:41 - Feb 27 by Gwyn737 |
I'm not sure.
It's only one by election but I wouldn't be surprised if the results are around the peak for both Reform and the Greens. Still a long time to go til the GE. |
Only reason I'm asking is we had the discussion a couple of months ago and I said that the Greens are the party with the most momentum at the time. I still think that Reform will win certain seats and the Greens others with the Liberals probably third. Labour will be nowhere and struggle to come fourth, possibly fifth depending if the public keep warming to Badenoch, Starmer won't come into the equation because he will be long gone, if not soon straight after the Senedd elections. All purely my opinion obviously. | | | |
| Asylum Backlog on 15:16 - Feb 27 with 281 views | onehunglow |
| Asylum Backlog on 13:23 - Feb 27 by Gwyn737 |
She's definately a plumber, though |
I wouldn’t allow her to look at my pipes | |
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| Asylum Backlog on 15:41 - Feb 27 with 268 views | Gwyn737 |
| Asylum Backlog on 14:50 - Feb 27 by Whiterockin |
Only reason I'm asking is we had the discussion a couple of months ago and I said that the Greens are the party with the most momentum at the time. I still think that Reform will win certain seats and the Greens others with the Liberals probably third. Labour will be nowhere and struggle to come fourth, possibly fifth depending if the public keep warming to Badenoch, Starmer won't come into the equation because he will be long gone, if not soon straight after the Senedd elections. All purely my opinion obviously. |
Their momentum has come from the Labour drop and I think that's now bottomed out. Starmer will probably last until the May elections then he'll go if there's an obvious replacement (there isn't at the mo in my opinion)
As the Tories recover they'll probably start to take some Reform votes back - I agree with you that Badenoch is growing into her role.
As things get more polerised Reform risk losing votes to the Rupert Lowe part from those who want to go even further right.
The senedd elections of course have Plaid which complicates things further! | | | |
| Asylum Backlog on 17:45 - Feb 27 with 221 views | Gwyn737 |
| Asylum Backlog on 12:16 - Feb 27 by union_jack |
If you want to hear what most people think (and I stand by that claim) search for the Andrew Lawrence video on YouTube entitled ‘Congratulations, Gordon and Denton’. He’s a comedian by trade but not even he can’t find this funny. It’s brutal but truthful.
I’ve not posted it on here sadly because of the content that may be too much for some and be harmful to the site. |
For balance
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| Asylum Backlog on 18:05 - Feb 27 with 209 views | union_jack |
| Asylum Backlog on 17:45 - Feb 27 by Gwyn737 |
For balance
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Seems those that replied don’t believe him. Just saying. |  |
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| Asylum Backlog on 18:13 - Feb 27 with 196 views | Gwyn737 |
| Asylum Backlog on 18:05 - Feb 27 by union_jack |
Seems those that replied don’t believe him. Just saying. |
Not surprising at all.
There are some real funny ones in there too. | | | |
| Asylum Backlog on 18:15 - Feb 27 with 195 views | onehunglow |
| Asylum Backlog on 15:41 - Feb 27 by Gwyn737 |
Their momentum has come from the Labour drop and I think that's now bottomed out. Starmer will probably last until the May elections then he'll go if there's an obvious replacement (there isn't at the mo in my opinion)
As the Tories recover they'll probably start to take some Reform votes back - I agree with you that Badenoch is growing into her role.
As things get more polerised Reform risk losing votes to the Rupert Lowe part from those who want to go even further right.
The senedd elections of course have Plaid which complicates things further! |
We’ve never been more divided
Here we are
Labour .Utterly unrecognisable from their traditional values
Tories. Blitzed by arrogance , insouciance and the disastrous te@wat that is Boris plus the surly stupidity of Truss
Reform . A party led by even posher chap but one who is a Trump fanboy , Trump the filthiest of all leaders apart from Putin
Greens , the party who wants to give homes to illegals whilst our vets sleep on the streets and on doorways and one who will legalise heroin believing that will help
Led by a homosexual Jew who reaches out for Muslims vote as they are a majority in Gordon
As cynical as it gets
Truly we are buggered | |
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| Asylum Backlog on 18:31 - Feb 27 with 184 views | Gwyn737 |
| Asylum Backlog on 18:13 - Feb 27 by Gwyn737 |
Not surprising at all.
There are some real funny ones in there too. |
And on things that are funny, this tweet from Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain yesterday is up with one of the funniest things I’ve ever read 🤣🤣🤣
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| Asylum Backlog on 18:37 - Feb 27 with 178 views | JACKMANANDBOY |
| Asylum Backlog on 17:45 - Feb 27 by Gwyn737 |
For balance
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Pattern matching isn't what it used to be. |  |
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| Asylum Backlog on 20:29 - Feb 27 with 150 views | Gwyn737 |
What I don’t get is what actual difference would family voting have made.
Are we saying that thousands of Muslim women we coerced in the booth to vote Green when they were really desperate to vote for Reform? That they didn’t fancy a local female candidate and they really wanted to vote for an academic from Hertfordshire? | | | |
| Asylum Backlog on 20:34 - Feb 27 with 144 views | Whiterockin |
| Asylum Backlog on 20:29 - Feb 27 by Gwyn737 |
What I don’t get is what actual difference would family voting have made.
Are we saying that thousands of Muslim women we coerced in the booth to vote Green when they were really desperate to vote for Reform? That they didn’t fancy a local female candidate and they really wanted to vote for an academic from Hertfordshire? |
Perhaps they wanted to vote Labour as they did in the GE, presumably because so many changed their vote. | | | |
| Asylum Backlog on 20:40 - Feb 27 with 138 views | Gwyn737 |
| Asylum Backlog on 20:34 - Feb 27 by Whiterockin |
Perhaps they wanted to vote Labour as they did in the GE, presumably because so many changed their vote. |
Probably some, but changing to Green seems to be the common change.
The numbers overall who voted Green or Labour in the last election there and this one are very similar though obviously in a very different proportion. The area clearly wants a left leaning MP atm. | | | |
| Asylum Backlog on 20:51 - Feb 27 with 133 views | Whiterockin |
| Asylum Backlog on 20:40 - Feb 27 by Gwyn737 |
Probably some, but changing to Green seems to be the common change.
The numbers overall who voted Green or Labour in the last election there and this one are very similar though obviously in a very different proportion. The area clearly wants a left leaning MP atm. |
Labour to Green.
Conservative to Reform.
Green won and Labour had the biggest decline in voting share. Clearly shows that Labour are finished throughout the UK. In Wales it is Labour to Plaid. | | | |
| Asylum Backlog on 21:02 - Feb 27 with 120 views | Gwyn737 |
| Asylum Backlog on 20:51 - Feb 27 by Whiterockin |
Labour to Green.
Conservative to Reform.
Green won and Labour had the biggest decline in voting share. Clearly shows that Labour are finished throughout the UK. In Wales it is Labour to Plaid. |
It’s certainly starting to look that way.
Long way to go the the GE though. | | | |
| Asylum Backlog on 22:00 - Feb 27 with 75 views | majorraglan |
| Asylum Backlog on 21:02 - Feb 27 by Gwyn737 |
It’s certainly starting to look that way.
Long way to go the the GE though. |
And I dare say that the when the GE comes along, assuming Trump remains is as unpopular then as he is now, we’ll see the main stream media backing Badenoch and trying to do a job on Farage by publishing lots of pictures of him with the Trumpster etc. there’s a long long way to go, just look at Thatcher back in the 80’s. | | | |
| Asylum Backlog on 01:40 - Feb 28 with 22 views | Robbie |
Much as I despair at Labour these days and their current leader , maybe a thought to keep the party in situ in Gorton instead of this nonsense made up rabble of more uselessness called The Green Party .
Starmer made a mayor mess up of not allowing Andy Burnham to stand as the MP and put his own career and name before a decent Politician wanted to have a real say .
Will questions be asked on the voting procedures and monitoring of the ballot boxes as has been highlighted in some reporting , focusing in on the demographic area ,
Ask them questions and you are immediatley called a racist now .
The Green Party have played a blinder to get the minority voters on their side however . | | | |
| Asylum Backlog on 02:05 - Feb 28 with 12 views | AnotherJohn |
| Asylum Backlog on 12:10 - Feb 27 by Gwyn737 |
If muslims want Sharia Law, it seems odd they'd vote for a party led by a gay, Jewish man.
In regard to family voting, fair play to Zack Polanski who came straight out and said that any issues should be investigated - quite refeshing really.
This result is probably the worst outcome for Labour. |
Yes, there is a contradiction, as there was when the majority of Muslims supported Labour. However, over time we are seeing some degree of transfer of votes to a few MPs and many councillors who have a more conservative Islamic agenda. I would say that Muslim support for the Greens is largely pragmatic at this stage, and does not extend to their socially liberal policies.
Can't really take David Paulden seriously I'm afraid. His adoption of an Eastern European-sounding surname (admittedly in line with the immigrant background of his parents), his Jewish identity and his sexuality all seem to me to be at last partly about box ticking, with a certain section of progressive voters in mind. And it is worth mentioning that several practicing Jews have said that coming from Jewish family roots does not mean one cannot be antisemitic. Paulden has reinvented himself to transition from a largely unsuccessful actor and hypnotherapist to a full-time politician. His rise has been something to behold, but I find it remarkable that so many go for his style over substance.
I don't think family voting in the voting booths made a huge difference in the by-election, but patriarchal control and direction of Muslim families is likely to be a more widespread issue and one that will get more important as sectarian politics starts to influence results in our larger cities, | | | |
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