Gregory Billam

Stack of the book ‘In Solidarity, Under Suspicion: The British Far Left from 1956’, edited by Daniel Frost and Evan Smith

To celebrate the publication of @d-j-frost.bsky.social and mine’s book ‘In Solidarity, Under Suspicion: The British Far Left from 1956’, I am giving away a copy to one randomly chosen person who reposts this post by 11.59pm ACST Sunday 1 Feb.

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Mahmood demands migrants earn right to settlement in UK New tests will include learning English to a high standard, paying National Insurance and not claiming benefits.

Migrants already "earn the right to settlement" through extortionate visa costs, which can run into tens of thousands of pounds. They prop up key services, including through the Immigration Health Surcharge.

Pushing the hostile environment on steroids helps no-one.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Migrants already carry out work for their communities, it’s called ‘having a fucking job’ and it’s mandatory because we aren’t eligible for benefits

High standard of English to be required for leave to remain, Mahmood to pledge Home secretary to set out proposed tougher conditions including not taking benefits and ‘spotless’ criminal record

Labour's own Suella Braverman? It would be nice if a single media outlet mentioned that migrants have no recourse to public funds and pay an annual surcharge to even have the option to access the NHS.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I was one of the examiners of Gregory’s thesis on the Communist Parties of Great Britain and Australia in the early Cold War period, and thoroughly enjoyed reading it.

Congratulations to Gregory on his thesis completion on British and Australian communism. He recently published an article in Twentieth Century Communism on the CPGB's empire conferences in 1947 and 1954, which was published in issue 26.

journals.lwbooks.co.uk/tcc/vol-2024...

I've finally moved over from the other unnamed hellscape to shamelessly plug my newly finished PhD thesis on British and Australian communism. A special mention to my fantastic supervisor, Dan Gordon, and my examiners, Evan Smith and James Renton. research.edgehill.ac.uk/en/studentTh...