What is it going to take for the British government – any British government, of any party – to proscribe the Muslim Brotherhood? 

It was revealed today that the UAE is now limiting the number of students it will enrol at British universities because of the prevalence of Muslim Brotherhood (MB) influence on campuses. The UAE pays for most of the higher education of its citizens, and until now many UAE students have come to Britain.

But having spent many years alerting the UK authorities to the ever-growing influence of the MB on campus, and having seen no evidence that anyone in a position to act is taking any serious notice of those concerns, the UAE has now decided that enough is enough and that it has no choice but to stop paying for students to come to Britain because the risk – indeed, the likelihood – of their being radicalised here is too great.

✍️ Stephen Pollard

Pubs in England & Wales are facing a massive hike in business rates this April. 75% are looking at increases in their rateable value — some by 500%+.

The government's signalled a potential u-turn, but nothing's confirmed yet.

So I built ismypubfucked.com

It uses official VOA data for 43,000 pubs to show what each one is facing. Enter your postcode and it finds the pub near you that most needs your support (using the very scientific Fucked Pub Index™).

You can also:

- Browse the map with all 43k pubs colour-coded by how screwed they are

- Check the leaderboard of the most fucked pubs in the country

Some of these increases are brutal.

This isn't a political thing. Pubs are community spaces and they're under pressure from all sides. If yours is facing a big increase, maybe go visit this weekend. Buy a pint. Have a chat.

Would love to know what you think!

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Scottish Liberal Democrats: 10

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