No solar eclipse glasses? Don’t panic. On 12 August 2026, England is getting a pretty dramatic partial solar eclipse, with roughly 90–96% of the Sun covered depending on where you are. But having seen a total solar eclipse in Montreal in 2024, one of the strangest things I learned is that 95% and 100% are completely different experiences. At totality, the final sliver of sunlight disappears and suddenly you can see the Sun’s corona, this enormous ghostly white halo surrounding a completely black

Don't let anyone speak for you 👋 @abiralsahlani has gravitas, intelligence, defiance, resolve, all in abundance. I love the use of 'anaphora' - repeating 'wrong wrong wrong' a few times. It creates clarity and sets up the argument. And then of course, the statistics nestle into the emotion when referring to the 66% drop in asylum applications, and EU-wide data on who commits sexual violence. #immigration #europeanunion #eu #communication #storytelling