Asylum Affairs with Lou Calvey — Asylum Seekers Deserve Our Attention. And FLAGS Again.Our guest this week is the incredible, Lou Calvey. Lou appeared in a personal capacity. The level of knowledge and detail Lou brings to our conversation around asylum seekers, is astounding, and we truly thank her for the work she does.As usual, we talked about Reform — less so though, and more about FLAGS, because, well they're everywhere and getting annoying.We recorded this last week but have had a series of headache inducing tech issues, that has led to Don almost headbutting his laptop — so some of the stuff we mention has already been rendered out of date. 🙄Links for the show:Don's Substack is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Write to your MP ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.All our contact details are ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Thanks, as always, to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@TheZombyPop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on 𝕏 for our theme tune.

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