Mairéad "Maisie" Ó Dorchaidhe

@modorchaidhe.bsky.social

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Game developer. Previous credits incl SSE @ Diablo 4, Destiny 2, EA Sports, Frostbite. Now micro-indie (@odorchaidhe.games) Tá mé i mo chónaí i mBéal Feirste. 🟢 Gaeilge, English, 日本語 🟡 Magyarul, Español, Français 🔴 everything else

A politics quiz result page from https://britmonkey.com/2020s-political-compass/

Your Results:
72% Woke 28% Chud
27% Techbro 73% Neo-Luddite
47% Hopepilled 53% Doomer
77% Davos 23% Dubai

Your closest match: Ed Zitron - Podcaster and Pundit

A picture of a harbour seal's head and some of its back, with a rock visible behind it.

A ladybird or ladybug - a small, spotted, red and black beetle - on a green leaf.

The Hux meme from Star wars, reading "I don't care if Keir Starmer wins, I just want Shabana Mahmood to lose"

The film poster for the 2004 film Primer, showing a mechanical device with cables running from it, forming the word Primer. The quote "The headiest, most singular science fiction movie since Kubrick made 2001" from esquire is at the top of the poster. The tagline "what happens if it actually works?" is at the bottom. The laurel insignias for 2 sundance film festival 2004 awards are also included, but the resolution is too low for them to be legible.

Screenshot of highlighted text from the guardian article. "“That’s why I said this individual can just fuck right off, because I know I belong in my own country. You’re not going to be able to do that to me,” she said."

Q12 Margaret Mullane: Do you think any groups will be particularly disadvantaged?

Nicolas Rollason: Yes. Clearly, anybody who is on a sub-RQF 6—that is, anybody in a medium or low-skilled occupation who is going up to 15 years. We also have lots of dependants of people who are on skilled worker visas, who may not be working and may be looking after children. We have people on spouse visas, people married to British citizens or people settled here.

We are told the consultation will not apply to spouses, but I don’t think that is quite correct because, the way the consultation is drafted, there are mandatory requirements, and spouses of British citizens may have to meet the minimum income threshold to qualify within the five years, as well as meeting multiple other requirements on finances, cohabitation, English language and so on. The particular cohort affected will be those on medium and low-skilled visas, spouses, dependants and, obviously, children.

There will probably be some questions later about children. We think that children will be really badly affected. Having one member of the family not eligible for settlement will cause untold damage to the children, because their status is dependent on both parents getting settlements. They cannot get settlement without that, which then blocks their avenue to education and access to university with home student fees. So, children as well are going to be affected.

Chair: You are right: we will have some questions specifically on children later.

What is the name of the area in London where famous theatres are located?

Soho, Theatreland, Westminster, Hyde Park

A screenshot of a life in the UK test practise question.

Which of the following is a fundamental principle of British life?

The options are Communism, Intolerance, Individual liberty, and inequity.

A screenshot of the life in the UK test reference book listing notable athletes. Roger Bannister, Jackie Stewart, Bobby Moore, Ian Botham, Jayne Torvill, Christopher Dean, Steve Redgrave, Tanni-Grey Thompson, Kelly Holmes, Ellen MacArthur, Chris Hoy, David Weir, Bradley Wiggins, Mo Farah, Jessica Ennis, Andy Murray, Ellie Simmonds.

A chart labelled chance of winning, with Labour on 11%, MIN on 9%, Green on 74%, Conservatives on 0%, Lib Dems on 0%, Reform on 6%