Foreigners Are Claiming Benefits! (And Other Things That Happen When They Live and Work Here)
The Times turns data into dog whistles - here's what those numbers actually mean.
This is Bearly Politics - an independent publication about power, policy, and the curious national habit of blaming the nearest immigrant when the Wi-Fi goes down. Today, we’re unpacking this week’s moral panic about benefits from The Times - a headline that’s been gleefully passed around by the usual suspects as proof that Britain is being bankrupted b…
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