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"Dingy boats for sure, but nobody talks about the posh boats. What about the ones cruising over here on super yachts, sipping Bolly and Cristal while plotting the overthrow of flag-shagging England? They're the real menace." You’re away with the fairies. And not the good ones. | |||
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"110,000 is more than the population of Doncaster. Whats going.on here guys?" Your country and heritage is being pillaged by dark skinned foreigners and all you can do about it is post impotently on a site where most men come in hopes of anal sex, some of them with similarly pale complexioned fellow travellers. Sucks being you. Try putting another flag on a lamppost, you'll feel better. | |||
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"Dingy boats for sure, but nobody talks about the posh boats. What about the ones cruising over here on super yachts, sipping Bolly and Cristal while plotting the overthrow of flag-shagging England? They're the real menace. You’re away with the fairies. And not the good ones. " Who asked you for your 2p worth? | |||
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"Dingy boats for sure, but nobody talks about the posh boats. What about the ones cruising over here on super yachts, sipping Bolly and Cristal while plotting the overthrow of flag-shagging England? They're the real menace. You’re away with the fairies. And not the good ones. Who asked you for your 2p worth? " Why do you feel you should be allowed to comment on this thread but others are not allowed? | |||
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"110,000 is more than the population of Doncaster. Whats going.on here guys? Your country and heritage is being pillaged by dark skinned foreigners and all you can do about it is post impotently on a site where most men come in hopes of anal sex, some of them with similarly pale complexioned fellow travellers. Sucks being you. Try putting another flag on a lamppost, you'll feel better." Why mention skin colour?. It matters not who they are or where they are from. Are you ashamed of your national flag? | |||
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"Dingy boats for sure, but nobody talks about the posh boats. What about the ones cruising over here on super yachts, sipping Bolly and Cristal while plotting the overthrow of flag-shagging England? They're the real menace. You’re away with the fairies. And not the good ones. Who asked you for your 2p worth? Why do you feel you should be allowed to comment on this thread but others are not allowed? " Touchy much? I was taking the piss out of Tom's usual atrocious spelling, that's all. Anyone can say what the fuck they like on threads here, as is patently obvious. Far be it from me to deny them that pleasure. | |||
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"Dingy boats for sure, but nobody talks about the posh boats. What about the ones cruising over here on super yachts, sipping Bolly and Cristal while plotting the overthrow of flag-shagging England? They're the real menace. You’re away with the fairies. And not the good ones. Who asked you for your 2p worth? Why do you feel you should be allowed to comment on this thread but others are not allowed? " Some favour cancel culture over debate. The woke up to their old tricks. | |||
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"40,000 economic migrants have arrived this year on dingy boats alone so far and still rising. Towns with a population of around 40,000 include the whole of Merthyr Tydfil in Wales, Wokingham in Surrey, Jarrow in the North, and Grantham in the Midlands. Now these are big numbers. This does not include those arriving on student visas, tourist visas or family reunion visas. Stop the boats... " No no no, everything is ok now. The Government has told us that we went 28 days with no boats so their “smash the gangs” plan is starting to work. Oh wait… it was down to the really bad weather in the channel and they have started coming again. As you were. | |||
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"110,000 is more than the population of Doncaster. Whats going.on here guys? Your country and heritage is being pillaged by dark skinned foreigners and all you can do about it is post impotently on a site where most men come in hopes of anal sex, some of them with similarly pale complexioned fellow travellers. Sucks being you. Try putting another flag on a lamppost, you'll feel better. Why mention skin colour?. It matters not who they are or where they are from. Are you ashamed of your national flag? " My wife's a white American southerner who's here on an indefinite leave to remain visa because she teaches secondary maths in inner city Birmingham, a job most new UK recruits can't hack for more than a couple of years and she's been doing it for 10. Is she the sort of economic migrant you'd approve of? Because I can tell you the political climate around people who come here from elsewhere stresses her the fuck out. | |||
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"110,000 is more than the population of Doncaster. Whats going.on here guys? Your country and heritage is being pillaged by dark skinned foreigners and all you can do about it is post impotently on a site where most men come in hopes of anal sex, some of them with similarly pale complexioned fellow travellers. Sucks being you. Try putting another flag on a lamppost, you'll feel better. Why mention skin colour?. It matters not who they are or where they are from. Are you ashamed of your national flag? My wife's a white American southerner who's here on an indefinite leave to remain visa because she teaches secondary maths in inner city Birmingham, a job most new UK recruits can't hack for more than a couple of years and she's been doing it for 10. Is she the sort of economic migrant you'd approve of? Because I can tell you the political climate around people who come here from elsewhere stresses her the fuck out. " As I asked. Are you ashamed of your national flag? | |||
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"Are you ashamed of your national flag? " Nice try but I am very happy to identify as British English. I embrace all the British values my wife is required by law to put into kids at her school. I don't need to hang a fucking Temu flag on a lamppost to prove anything to anyone, and specifically not to intimidate people who don't share my privilege of birth here. The real patriots don't need to shout about it like sheep led by wankers like Stephen Yaxley-Lennon. We are secure in our identity. | |||
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"Are you ashamed of your national flag? Nice try but I am very happy to identify as British English. I embrace all the British values my wife is required by law to put into kids at her school. I don't need to hang a fucking Temu flag on a lamppost to prove anything to anyone, and specifically not to intimidate people who don't share my privilege of birth here. The real patriots don't need to shout about it like sheep led by wankers like Stephen Yaxley-Lennon. We are secure in our identity. " As I asked. Are you ashamed of your national flag? | |||
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"110,000 is more than the population of Doncaster. Whats going.on here guys? Your country and heritage is being pillaged by dark skinned foreigners and all you can do about it is post impotently on a site where most men come in hopes of anal sex, some of them with similarly pale complexioned fellow travellers. Sucks being you. Try putting another flag on a lamppost, you'll feel better. Why mention skin colour?. It matters not who they are or where they are from. Are you ashamed of your national flag? My wife's a white American southerner who's here on an indefinite leave to remain visa because she teaches secondary maths in inner city Birmingham, a job most new UK recruits can't hack for more than a couple of years and she's been doing it for 10. Is she the sort of economic migrant you'd approve of? Because I can tell you the political climate around people who come here from elsewhere stresses her the fuck out. " Much like it is in America I guess? | |||
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"Are you ashamed of your national flag? Nice try but I am very happy to identify as British English. I embrace all the British values my wife is required by law to put into kids at her school. I don't need to hang a fucking Temu flag on a lamppost to prove anything to anyone, and specifically not to intimidate people who don't share my privilege of birth here. The real patriots don't need to shout about it like sheep led by wankers like Stephen Yaxley-Lennon. We are secure in our identity. As I asked. Are you ashamed of your national flag?" Tell you what. You wank into yours and I'll fly mine (and if I do I'll look for a genuine made in England one, don't worry) when I fucking well feel like it. Flags are just symbols for stupid people to signal with when they feel insecure about everything else. Real patriots don't feel insecure or need to do anybody else down. | |||
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"Perhaps they are afraid of the ‘boat people’ taking their jobs. That’s a real and genuine concern. " Boat people mostly get the shit jobs Brits don't want. A few educated ones get better paid and more responsible ones but you can't argue the don't deserve them if the have the skills. | |||
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"Are you ashamed of your national flag? Nice try but I am very happy to identify as British English. I embrace all the British values my wife is required by law to put into kids at her school. I don't need to hang a fucking Temu flag on a lamppost to prove anything to anyone, and specifically not to intimidate people who don't share my privilege of birth here. The real patriots don't need to shout about it like sheep led by wankers like Stephen Yaxley-Lennon. We are secure in our identity. As I asked. Are you ashamed of your national flag? Tell you what. You wank into yours and I'll fly mine (and if I do I'll look for a genuine made in England one, don't worry) when I fucking well feel like it. Flags are just symbols for stupid people to signal with when they feel insecure about everything else. Real patriots don't feel insecure or need to do anybody else down. " So it seems you are ashamed of our national flag. Very telling. | |||
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"Are you ashamed of your national flag? Nice try but I am very happy to identify as British English. I embrace all the British values my wife is required by law to put into kids at her school. I don't need to hang a fucking Temu flag on a lamppost to prove anything to anyone, and specifically not to intimidate people who don't share my privilege of birth here. The real patriots don't need to shout about it like sheep led by wankers like Stephen Yaxley-Lennon. We are secure in our identity. As I asked. Are you ashamed of your national flag? Tell you what. You wank into yours and I'll fly mine (and if I do I'll look for a genuine made in England one, don't worry) when I fucking well feel like it. Flags are just symbols for stupid people to signal with when they feel insecure about everything else. Real patriots don't feel insecure or need to do anybody else down. So it seems you are ashamed of our national flag. Very telling. " And of course all the flags flittering around at half mast on bridges and lamp posts after the sheep had their fun, were all sourced from English flag manufacturers and not from Temu or Amazon weren’t they? Keeping English manufacturers in business. | |||
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"Are you ashamed of your national flag? Nice try but I am very happy to identify as British English. I embrace all the British values my wife is required by law to put into kids at her school. I don't need to hang a fucking Temu flag on a lamppost to prove anything to anyone, and specifically not to intimidate people who don't share my privilege of birth here. The real patriots don't need to shout about it like sheep led by wankers like Stephen Yaxley-Lennon. We are secure in our identity. As I asked. Are you ashamed of your national flag? Tell you what. You wank into yours and I'll fly mine (and if I do I'll look for a genuine made in England one, don't worry) when I fucking well feel like it. Flags are just symbols for stupid people to signal with when they feel insecure about everything else. Real patriots don't feel insecure or need to do anybody else down. So it seems you are ashamed of our national flag. Very telling. " I honestly don't give a shit about it. That's not the same as being ashamed of it. People like you make me ashamed to share the same gene pool, I'd not argue with that. It has very little to do with flags and everything to do with not wanting to be associated with small minded wankers by virtue of my country of birth. | |||
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"Are you ashamed of your national flag? Nice try but I am very happy to identify as British English. I embrace all the British values my wife is required by law to put into kids at her school. I don't need to hang a fucking Temu flag on a lamppost to prove anything to anyone, and specifically not to intimidate people who don't share my privilege of birth here. The real patriots don't need to shout about it like sheep led by wankers like Stephen Yaxley-Lennon. We are secure in our identity. As I asked. Are you ashamed of your national flag? Tell you what. You wank into yours and I'll fly mine (and if I do I'll look for a genuine made in England one, don't worry) when I fucking well feel like it. Flags are just symbols for stupid people to signal with when they feel insecure about everything else. Real patriots don't feel insecure or need to do anybody else down. So it seems you are ashamed of our national flag. Very telling. I honestly don't give a shit about it. That's not the same as being ashamed of it. People like you make me ashamed to share the same gene pool, I'd not argue with that. It has very little to do with flags and everything to do with not wanting to be associated with small minded wankers by virtue of my country of birth." How enlightening. The post says little anout me and so much about you. | |||
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"Rule Britannia! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧" And its wonderful ethnic history. | |||
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"Are you ashamed of your national flag? Nice try but I am very happy to identify as British English. I embrace all the British values my wife is required by law to put into kids at her school. I don't need to hang a fucking Temu flag on a lamppost to prove anything to anyone, and specifically not to intimidate people who don't share my privilege of birth here. The real patriots don't need to shout about it like sheep led by wankers like Stephen Yaxley-Lennon. We are secure in our identity. As I asked. Are you ashamed of your national flag? Tell you what. You wank into yours and I'll fly mine (and if I do I'll look for a genuine made in England one, don't worry) when I fucking well feel like it. Flags are just symbols for stupid people to signal with when they feel insecure about everything else. Real patriots don't feel insecure or need to do anybody else down. So it seems you are ashamed of our national flag. Very telling. " Wow I bet you wank over our flag | |||
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"Rule Britannia! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 And its wonderful ethnic history. " Indeed, Britain has contributed hugely to the world:- Steam power, Railways, Shipbuilding, Engineering, Telegraph, Telephone, Light Bulb, Penicillin, Jet Engine, Hovercraft, World Wide Web, Stethoscope, ATM, Vaccination, Anaesthesia, DNA Structure, Heart Transplant, IVF, Stem Cell Research, Cancer Treatments, Antibiotics, Botox, Malaria Vaccine, Ebola Vaccine, Football, Rugby, Cricket, Tennis, Golf, Shakespeare, Chaucer, Dickens, Brontë sisters, Hardy, Wilde, Orwell, Christie, Tolkien, to name but a few, the list goes on.... We can truly be a proud nation! Long may it be so! 🇬🇧 | |||
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"Rule Britannia! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 And its wonderful ethnic history. Indeed, Britain has contributed hugely to the world:- Steam power, Railways, Shipbuilding, Engineering, Telegraph, Telephone, Light Bulb, Penicillin, Jet Engine, Hovercraft, World Wide Web, Stethoscope, ATM, Vaccination, Anaesthesia, DNA Structure, Heart Transplant, IVF, Stem Cell Research, Cancer Treatments, Antibiotics, Botox, Malaria Vaccine, Ebola Vaccine, Football, Rugby, Cricket, Tennis, Golf, Shakespeare, Chaucer, Dickens, Brontë sisters, Hardy, Wilde, Orwell, Christie, Tolkien, to name but a few, the list goes on.... We can truly be a proud nation! Long may it be so! 🇬🇧 " I hope that was Agatha and not John. The UK for its size has contributed a huge amount to the world. I’m proud of my country but I don’t feel the need to buy a flag from China and hang it on a street lamp. I’m also proud of our democracy and laws - laws which deal with ‘boat people’. What I don’t like are men who are not kind or compassionate and don’t give a toss about others, even though, the personal impact on them is nil and the wider impact is actually negligible. Keyboard warriors who come across as very ill educated and chippy. Bleating out pointless phrases and insulting others and not having the wit to respond without using AI. Poor show. | |||
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"Rule Britannia! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 And its wonderful ethnic history. Indeed, Britain has contributed hugely to the world:- Steam power, Railways, Shipbuilding, Engineering, Telegraph, Telephone, Light Bulb, Penicillin, Jet Engine, Hovercraft, World Wide Web, Stethoscope, ATM, Vaccination, Anaesthesia, DNA Structure, Heart Transplant, IVF, Stem Cell Research, Cancer Treatments, Antibiotics, Botox, Malaria Vaccine, Ebola Vaccine, Football, Rugby, Cricket, Tennis, Golf, Shakespeare, Chaucer, Dickens, Brontë sisters, Hardy, Wilde, Orwell, Christie, Tolkien, to name but a few, the list goes on.... We can truly be a proud nation! Long may it be so! 🇬🇧 " …. Shakespeare, Chaucer, Dickens, Brontë sisters, Hardy, Wilde, Orwell, Christie, Tolkien“ … Are you referring to Oscar Wilde ? An Irishman, born in Dublin ? Get your facts right 🇮🇪 🇮🇪 | |||
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"Rule Britannia! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 And its wonderful ethnic history. Indeed, Britain has contributed hugely to the world:- Steam power, Railways, Shipbuilding, Engineering, Telegraph, Telephone, Light Bulb, Penicillin, Jet Engine, Hovercraft, World Wide Web, Stethoscope, ATM, Vaccination, Anaesthesia, DNA Structure, Heart Transplant, IVF, Stem Cell Research, Cancer Treatments, Antibiotics, Botox, Malaria Vaccine, Ebola Vaccine, Football, Rugby, Cricket, Tennis, Golf, Shakespeare, Chaucer, Dickens, Brontë sisters, Hardy, Wilde, Orwell, Christie, Tolkien, to name but a few, the list goes on.... We can truly be a proud nation! Long may it be so! 🇬🇧 …. Shakespeare, Chaucer, Dickens, Brontë sisters, Hardy, Wilde, Orwell, Christie, Tolkien“ … Are you referring to Oscar Wilde ? An Irishman, born in Dublin ? Get your facts right 🇮🇪 🇮🇪 " At the time of dear old Oscar Wilde, Ireland was under direct British Rule old boy, indeed one should always attempt to get ones facts correct! 🇬🇧🇬🇧 | |||
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"40,000 economic migrants have arrived this year on dingy boats alone so far and still rising. Towns with a population of around 40,000 include the whole of Merthyr Tydfil in Wales, Wokingham in Surrey, Jarrow in the North, and Grantham in the Midlands. Now these are big numbers. This does not include those arriving on student visas, tourist visas or family reunion visas. Stop the boats... " You ok Hun? Youve got Fabguys mixed up with Facebook again. | |||
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"Dingy boats for sure, but nobody talks about the posh boats. What about the ones cruising over here on super yachts, sipping Bolly and Cristal while plotting the overthrow of flag-shagging England? They're the real menace. You’re away with the fairies. And not the good ones. Who asked you for your 2p worth? Why do you feel you should be allowed to comment on this thread but others are not allowed? Some favour cancel culture over debate. The woke up to their old tricks. " I never tire of the inane term "woke". According to right wing sociopaths, being gay is a "woke" thing. Maybe give your head a wobble ? | |||
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"Are you ashamed of your national flag? Nice try but I am very happy to identify as British English. I embrace all the British values my wife is required by law to put into kids at her school. I don't need to hang a fucking Temu flag on a lamppost to prove anything to anyone, and specifically not to intimidate people who don't share my privilege of birth here. The real patriots don't need to shout about it like sheep led by wankers like Stephen Yaxley-Lennon. We are secure in our identity. As I asked. Are you ashamed of your national flag?" I'm ashamed of how some people are using it these days. | |||
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"40,000 economic migrants have arrived this year on dingy boats alone so far and still rising. Towns with a population of around 40,000 include the whole of Merthyr Tydfil in Wales, Wokingham in Surrey, Jarrow in the North, and Grantham in the Midlands. Now these are big numbers. This does not include those arriving on student visas, tourist visas or family reunion visas. Stop the boats... " The modern day King Cnut | |||
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"Try being human (humane). Welcome all immigrants. Deport the bigots." A high proportion of these people are Albanians looking to earn quick easy money. Many end up working in drug gangs and other organised crime networks, to pay off the cost of them being transported over here, and become involved in the violence that goes with it. Mass immigration has changed the whole demographics of many towns up and down the country. | |||
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"It is a concern. A lot of people turning up without accommodation and jobs ready for them to go to. Unlike legal immigrants. We the taxpayers are expected to fund them whilst they are being 'processed' which takes months if not years. Are they all going to be skilled engineers, doctors, nurses, etc? Will they eventually be valuable contributors to society and the well being of our country? Will they even make any effort to fit-in with our way of life/ I have serious doubts and so do a good many people." Glasgow has become refugee capital of the UK, neighbourhoods are being transformed with the Scottish legal aspect of having to house homeless people which once asylum seekers have been granted refugee status they often do. The great thing is I've never had a cold McDonald's delivered | |||
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"Rule Britannia! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 And its wonderful ethnic history. Indeed, Britain has contributed hugely to the world:- Steam power, Railways, Shipbuilding, Engineering, Telegraph, Telephone, Light Bulb, Penicillin, Jet Engine, Hovercraft, World Wide Web, Stethoscope, ATM, Vaccination, Anaesthesia, DNA Structure, Heart Transplant, IVF, Stem Cell Research, Cancer Treatments, Antibiotics, Botox, Malaria Vaccine, Ebola Vaccine, Football, Rugby, Cricket, Tennis, Golf, Shakespeare, Chaucer, Dickens, Brontë sisters, Hardy, Wilde, Orwell, Christie, Tolkien, to name but a few, the list goes on.... We can truly be a proud nation! Long may it be so! 🇬🇧 …. Shakespeare, Chaucer, Dickens, Brontë sisters, Hardy, Wilde, Orwell, Christie, Tolkien“ … Are you referring to Oscar Wilde ? An Irishman, born in Dublin ? Get your facts right 🇮🇪 🇮🇪 At the time of dear old Oscar Wilde, Ireland was under direct British Rule old boy, indeed one should always attempt to get ones facts correct! 🇬🇧🇬🇧 You complete pompous fool. Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin, Ireland. He was Irish. His nationality didn’t change because England invaded Ireland 🇮🇪 Yes, without doubt Oscar Wilde was indeed Irish by birth and heritage. However, during his lifetime, Ireland was part of the United Kingdom, and as such, he was a British subject. This was the case for all residents of Ireland from 1801, when the Acts of Union took effect, until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922, although Ireland had been under British Rule since the time of Henry VIII in 1542! It's a matter of historical fact, rather than a reflection on his personal identity or nationality. The complexities of history can sometimes be multifaceted, and it's possible to acknowledge Wilde's Irish roots while also recognising the political reality of the time. I understand your strong feelings on the matter, but there's certainly no need for crass personal attacks – a discussion of historical facts is perfectly possible without hostility and an unwarranted outburst of ill-manners! 🇮🇪🇬🇧 If you’re going to go around declaring Irish people are British based on the fact of aggressive illegal occupation, then yes you can expect a backlash. So by your logical, anyone born during WW2 in a country occupied by Germany, then they were all Germans until they were liberated … I am most certainly not seeking to provoke or inflame, far from it, in fact, I am merely attempting to provide factual context of which you clearly appear to be unaware. Ireland's history is a highly complex one, and the Acts of Union united Ireland and Britain under a single government. This is a plain historical fact, not a statement of opinion or allegiance! Understanding the past, whether it was good or otherwise even when it's highly uncomfortable and emotive, can help us better grasp the present. Ill mannered outbursts are always futile and serve only to highlight an ugly facet of character. 🇮🇪🇬🇧 " Please do not presume to know more about Irish history than I do. Anything you’ve said does absolutely nothing to disprove that Oscar Wilde was Irish. And I’ve no interest in further clogging up the OPs post …. I’ve corrected you by saying Wilde was Irish & he was Irish despite whatever country was invading or occupying or power grabbing at the time. | |||
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"Rule Britannia! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 And its wonderful ethnic history. Indeed, Britain has contributed hugely to the world:- Steam power, Railways, Shipbuilding, Engineering, Telegraph, Telephone, Light Bulb, Penicillin, Jet Engine, Hovercraft, World Wide Web, Stethoscope, ATM, Vaccination, Anaesthesia, DNA Structure, Heart Transplant, IVF, Stem Cell Research, Cancer Treatments, Antibiotics, Botox, Malaria Vaccine, Ebola Vaccine, Football, Rugby, Cricket, Tennis, Golf, Shakespeare, Chaucer, Dickens, Brontë sisters, Hardy, Wilde, Orwell, Christie, Tolkien, to name but a few, the list goes on.... We can truly be a proud nation! Long may it be so! 🇬🇧 …. Shakespeare, Chaucer, Dickens, Brontë sisters, Hardy, Wilde, Orwell, Christie, Tolkien“ … Are you referring to Oscar Wilde ? An Irishman, born in Dublin ? Get your facts right 🇮🇪 🇮🇪 At the time of dear old Oscar Wilde, Ireland was under direct British Rule old boy, indeed one should always attempt to get ones facts correct! 🇬🇧🇬🇧 You complete pompous fool. Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin, Ireland. He was Irish. His nationality didn’t change because England invaded Ireland 🇮🇪 Yes, without doubt Oscar Wilde was indeed Irish by birth and heritage. However, during his lifetime, Ireland was part of the United Kingdom, and as such, he was a British subject. This was the case for all residents of Ireland from 1801, when the Acts of Union took effect, until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922, although Ireland had been under British Rule since the time of Henry VIII in 1542! It's a matter of historical fact, rather than a reflection on his personal identity or nationality. The complexities of history can sometimes be multifaceted, and it's possible to acknowledge Wilde's Irish roots while also recognising the political reality of the time. I understand your strong feelings on the matter, but there's certainly no need for crass personal attacks – a discussion of historical facts is perfectly possible without hostility and an unwarranted outburst of ill-manners! 🇮🇪🇬🇧 Would you also declare that Mahatma Gandhi was British? Yes, Gandhi was indeed a British subject until India's independence in 1947, a fact acknowledged by Gandhi himself! Historical context matters – people's national identities and allegiances evolve over time. Let's focus on understanding the complexities of history rather than getting bogged down in semantics. " Semantics are important - I didn't ask if you thought Gandhi was a British subject | |||
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"but there's certainly no need for crass personal attacks – a discussion of historical facts is perfectly possible without hostility and an unwarranted outburst of ill-manners! 🇮🇪🇬🇧" ---------------------------- So that wasn't you attacking someone for being cd earlier? Hypocrite. | |||
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"Rule Britannia! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 And its wonderful ethnic history. Indeed, Britain has contributed hugely to the world:- Steam power, Railways, Shipbuilding, Engineering, Telegraph, Telephone, Light Bulb, Penicillin, Jet Engine, Hovercraft, World Wide Web, Stethoscope, ATM, Vaccination, Anaesthesia, DNA Structure, Heart Transplant, IVF, Stem Cell Research, Cancer Treatments, Antibiotics, Botox, Malaria Vaccine, Ebola Vaccine, Football, Rugby, Cricket, Tennis, Golf, Shakespeare, Chaucer, Dickens, Brontë sisters, Hardy, Wilde, Orwell, Christie, Tolkien, to name but a few, the list goes on.... We can truly be a proud nation! Long may it be so! 🇬🇧 …. Shakespeare, Chaucer, Dickens, Brontë sisters, Hardy, Wilde, Orwell, Christie, Tolkien“ … Are you referring to Oscar Wilde ? An Irishman, born in Dublin ? Get your facts right 🇮🇪 🇮🇪 At the time of dear old Oscar Wilde, Ireland was under direct British Rule old boy, indeed one should always attempt to get ones facts correct! 🇬🇧🇬🇧 You complete pompous fool. Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin, Ireland. He was Irish. His nationality didn’t change because England invaded Ireland 🇮🇪 Yes, without doubt Oscar Wilde was indeed Irish by birth and heritage. However, during his lifetime, Ireland was part of the United Kingdom, and as such, he was a British subject. This was the case for all residents of Ireland from 1801, when the Acts of Union took effect, until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922, although Ireland had been under British Rule since the time of Henry VIII in 1542! It's a matter of historical fact, rather than a reflection on his personal identity or nationality. The complexities of history can sometimes be multifaceted, and it's possible to acknowledge Wilde's Irish roots while also recognising the political reality of the time. I understand your strong feelings on the matter, but there's certainly no need for crass personal attacks – a discussion of historical facts is perfectly possible without hostility and an unwarranted outburst of ill-manners! 🇮🇪🇬🇧 Would you also declare that Mahatma Gandhi was British? Yes, Gandhi was indeed a British subject until India's independence in 1947, a fact acknowledged by Gandhi himself! Historical context matters – people's national identities and allegiances evolve over time. Let's focus on understanding the complexities of history rather than getting bogged down in semantics. Semantics are important - I didn't ask if you thought Gandhi was a British subject" You're now shifting goalposts! I've made my point about historical context. Gandhi's status as a British subject is a matter of history! | |||
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"Well It’s a fact that when I’m on high st at school turn out there’s a really very high proportion of migrant kids in the mix where’s a few years ago only one or two It’s so noticeable as mining areas always had very few black people in their communities So maybe when you’re counting those actually recorded as coming in you aren’t counting the families that then come and join them " Interesting point. I returned to this town in mid Wales, last year, after a 7 year absence. Currently living close to the high school. This used to be an almost exclusively white town. Now I see loads of kids from ethnic minorities walking past. I'm not criticising. Just stating a fact on how things have changed. | |||
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"Rule Britannia! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 And its wonderful ethnic history. Indeed, Britain has contributed hugely to the world:- Steam power, Railways, Shipbuilding, Engineering, Telegraph, Telephone, Light Bulb, Penicillin, Jet Engine, Hovercraft, World Wide Web, Stethoscope, ATM, Vaccination, Anaesthesia, DNA Structure, Heart Transplant, IVF, Stem Cell Research, Cancer Treatments, Antibiotics, Botox, Malaria Vaccine, Ebola Vaccine, Football, Rugby, Cricket, Tennis, Golf, Shakespeare, Chaucer, Dickens, Brontë sisters, Hardy, Wilde, Orwell, Christie, Tolkien, to name but a few, the list goes on.... We can truly be a proud nation! Long may it be so! 🇬🇧 …. Shakespeare, Chaucer, Dickens, Brontë sisters, Hardy, Wilde, Orwell, Christie, Tolkien“ … Are you referring to Oscar Wilde ? An Irishman, born in Dublin ? Get your facts right 🇮🇪 🇮🇪 At the time of dear old Oscar Wilde, Ireland was under direct British Rule old boy, indeed one should always attempt to get ones facts correct! 🇬🇧🇬🇧 You complete pompous fool. Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin, Ireland. He was Irish. His nationality didn’t change because England invaded Ireland 🇮🇪 Yes, without doubt Oscar Wilde was indeed Irish by birth and heritage. However, during his lifetime, Ireland was part of the United Kingdom, and as such, he was a British subject. This was the case for all residents of Ireland from 1801, when the Acts of Union took effect, until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922, although Ireland had been under British Rule since the time of Henry VIII in 1542! It's a matter of historical fact, rather than a reflection on his personal identity or nationality. The complexities of history can sometimes be multifaceted, and it's possible to acknowledge Wilde's Irish roots while also recognising the political reality of the time. I understand your strong feelings on the matter, but there's certainly no need for crass personal attacks – a discussion of historical facts is perfectly possible without hostility and an unwarranted outburst of ill-manners! 🇮🇪🇬🇧 If you’re going to go around declaring Irish people are British based on the fact of aggressive illegal occupation, then yes you can expect a backlash. So by your logical, anyone born during WW2 in a country occupied by Germany, then they were all Germans until they were liberated … I am most certainly not seeking to provoke or inflame, far from it, in fact, I am merely attempting to provide factual context of which you clearly appear to be unaware. Ireland's history is a highly complex one, and the Acts of Union united Ireland and Britain under a single government. This is a plain historical fact, not a statement of opinion or allegiance! Understanding the past, whether it was good or otherwise even when it's highly uncomfortable and emotive, can help us better grasp the present. Ill mannered outbursts are always futile and serve only to highlight an ugly facet of character. 🇮🇪🇬🇧 Please do not presume to know more about Irish history than I do. Anything you’ve said does absolutely nothing to disprove that Oscar Wilde was Irish. And I’ve no interest in further clogging up the OPs post …. I’ve corrected you by saying Wilde was Irish & he was Irish despite whatever country was invading or occupying or power grabbing at the time. " Despite the axe you are attempting to grind, I have already acknowledged that Oscar Wilde was Irish, and also a British subject - a historical fact that's not up for debate. Period! | |||
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"It is a concern. A lot of people turning up without accommodation and jobs ready for them to go to. Unlike legal immigrants. We the taxpayers are expected to fund them whilst they are being 'processed' which takes months if not years. Are they all going to be skilled engineers, doctors, nurses, etc? Will they eventually be valuable contributors to society and the well being of our country? Will they even make any effort to fit-in with our way of life/ I have serious doubts and so do a good many people." I believe it is the cost that annoys most people, so call me naive, but surely the answer is instead of putting that money into ‘storing’ people for long periods of time, recruit , train and pay people to process within a realistic time frame. Solves most issues, the applicants are not stuck in limbo, less money spent on accommodation, jobs created to process, makes UK less attractive if the likelihood of being denied is high and accomplished in a timely manner allied to quick return of applicants, set up in Europe and reduce boat crossings that way….doesn’t sound as ‘sexy’ as smash the gangs…stop the boats etc does it …..’ fill some forms’ …’ process the people’ | |||
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"It is a concern. A lot of people turning up without accommodation and jobs ready for them to go to. Unlike legal immigrants. We the taxpayers are expected to fund them whilst they are being 'processed' which takes months if not years. Are they all going to be skilled engineers, doctors, nurses, etc? Will they eventually be valuable contributors to society and the well being of our country? Will they even make any effort to fit-in with our way of life/ I have serious doubts and so do a good many people. I believe it is the cost that annoys most people, so call me naive, but surely the answer is instead of putting that money into ‘storing’ people for long periods of time, recruit , train and pay people to process within a realistic time frame. Solves most issues, the applicants are not stuck in limbo, less money spent on accommodation, jobs created to process, makes UK less attractive if the likelihood of being denied is high and accomplished in a timely manner allied to quick return of applicants, set up in Europe and reduce boat crossings that way….doesn’t sound as ‘sexy’ as smash the gangs…stop the boats etc does it …..’ fill some forms’ …’ process the people’" The way to stop the boats is simple but not politically favourable. Simply have processing centres in france, staffed with british border agents (like at calais) and process claims within a set time frame. Boats will stop, people can go cry about pride parades again and all will be back to normal. Unfortunately, there is no political will to do so. This topic is an election winner or loser depending on how the moral compass of the country is pointing at the time. | |||
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"Rule Britannia! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 And its wonderful ethnic history. Indeed, Britain has contributed hugely to the world:- Steam power, Railways, Shipbuilding, Engineering, Telegraph, Telephone, Light Bulb, Penicillin, Jet Engine, Hovercraft, World Wide Web, Stethoscope, ATM, Vaccination, Anaesthesia, DNA Structure, Heart Transplant, IVF, Stem Cell Research, Cancer Treatments, Antibiotics, Botox, Malaria Vaccine, Ebola Vaccine, Football, Rugby, Cricket, Tennis, Golf, Shakespeare, Chaucer, Dickens, Brontë sisters, Hardy, Wilde, Orwell, Christie, Tolkien, to name but a few, the list goes on.... We can truly be a proud nation! Long may it be so! 🇬🇧 …. Shakespeare, Chaucer, Dickens, Brontë sisters, Hardy, Wilde, Orwell, Christie, Tolkien“ … Are you referring to Oscar Wilde ? An Irishman, born in Dublin ? Get your facts right 🇮🇪 🇮🇪 At the time of dear old Oscar Wilde, Ireland was under direct British Rule old boy, indeed one should always attempt to get ones facts correct! 🇬🇧🇬🇧 You complete pompous fool. Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin, Ireland. He was Irish. His nationality didn’t change because England invaded Ireland 🇮🇪 Yes, without doubt Oscar Wilde was indeed Irish by birth and heritage. However, during his lifetime, Ireland was part of the United Kingdom, and as such, he was a British subject. This was the case for all residents of Ireland from 1801, when the Acts of Union took effect, until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922, although Ireland had been under British Rule since the time of Henry VIII in 1542! It's a matter of historical fact, rather than a reflection on his personal identity or nationality. The complexities of history can sometimes be multifaceted, and it's possible to acknowledge Wilde's Irish roots while also recognising the political reality of the time. I understand your strong feelings on the matter, but there's certainly no need for crass personal attacks – a discussion of historical facts is perfectly possible without hostility and an unwarranted outburst of ill-manners! 🇮🇪🇬🇧 If you’re going to go around declaring Irish people are British based on the fact of aggressive illegal occupation, then yes you can expect a backlash. So by your logical, anyone born during WW2 in a country occupied by Germany, then they were all Germans until they were liberated … I am most certainly not seeking to provoke or inflame, far from it, in fact, I am merely attempting to provide factual context of which you clearly appear to be unaware. Ireland's history is a highly complex one, and the Acts of Union united Ireland and Britain under a single government. This is a plain historical fact, not a statement of opinion or allegiance! Understanding the past, whether it was good or otherwise even when it's highly uncomfortable and emotive, can help us better grasp the present. Ill mannered outbursts are always futile and serve only to highlight an ugly facet of character. 🇮🇪🇬🇧 Please do not presume to know more about Irish history than I do. Anything you’ve said does absolutely nothing to disprove that Oscar Wilde was Irish. And I’ve no interest in further clogging up the OPs post …. I’ve corrected you by saying Wilde was Irish & he was Irish despite whatever country was invading or occupying or power grabbing at the time. Despite the axe you are attempting to grind, I have already acknowledged that Oscar Wilde was Irish, and also a British subject - a historical fact that's not up for debate. Period!" Whatever way you cut it you cannot state that Oscar Wilde was a part of Britain's contribution to the world,any more than you can say that W,B, Yeats, George Bernard Shaw, J.M Synge, James Joyce, Oliver Goldsmith, Sean O'Casey and Richard Brinsley Sheridan were. All Irish, not British. Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington and our only Irish born Prime Minister famously denied his Irish heritage by stating 'a man maybe born in a stable, but that doesn't make him a horse' He was still Irish!! | |||
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"110,000 is more than the population of Doncaster. Whats going.on here guys? Your country and heritage is being pillaged by dark skinned foreigners and all you can do about it is post impotently on a site where most men come in hopes of anal sex, some of them with similarly pale complexioned fellow travellers. Sucks being you. Try putting another flag on a lamppost, you'll feel better. Why mention skin colour?. It matters not who they are or where they are from. Are you ashamed of your national flag? " Sadly , at the moment , I am quite ashamed of our flag ,, I fly a St George's flag or the Union flag at times of sporting events , i would normally be flying my flag now with The Ashes taking place in Australia but I am not , I also didn't put the flag up for England's last football international,, not because I wasn't supporting my nation but because of the type of people currently also flying flags ( I was flying our flag when they weren't ) ,, I can only really talk for the people around me but those now flying the flag tend to be the racist homophobic type and I have no wish or desire to be associated with these people ,, very sad really because it is my flag not theirs ,, somehow we need to claim it back | |||
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"It is a concern. A lot of people turning up without accommodation and jobs ready for them to go to. Unlike legal immigrants. We the taxpayers are expected to fund them whilst they are being 'processed' which takes months if not years. Are they all going to be skilled engineers, doctors, nurses, etc? Will they eventually be valuable contributors to society and the well being of our country? Will they even make any effort to fit-in with our way of life/ I have serious doubts and so do a good many people. I believe it is the cost that annoys most people, so call me naive, but surely the answer is instead of putting that money into ‘storing’ people for long periods of time, recruit , train and pay people to process within a realistic time frame. Solves most issues, the applicants are not stuck in limbo, less money spent on accommodation, jobs created to process, makes UK less attractive if the likelihood of being denied is high and accomplished in a timely manner allied to quick return of applicants, set up in Europe and reduce boat crossings that way….doesn’t sound as ‘sexy’ as smash the gangs…stop the boats etc does it …..’ fill some forms’ …’ process the people’ The way to stop the boats is simple but not politically favourable. Simply have processing centres in france, staffed with british border agents (like at calais) and process claims within a set time frame. Boats will stop, people can go cry about pride parades again and all will be back to normal. Unfortunately, there is no political will to do so. This topic is an election winner or loser depending on how the moral compass of the country is pointing at the time. " Agreed, but why isn’t it politically favorable? Surely most people want something done, want to see results, want a humane solution? Sure for some nothing short of bombing the boats( now a precedent has been set albeit not bombing immigrants) will do, but that minority will surely be quieted by the number reduction. | |||
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"Oh good, yet another hysterical post about asylum seekers branded as economic migrants. Tom knows more than any border agency, any government official past or present, any charity worker, social worker or home office employee. He knows more than any statistician, any journalist or anyone remotely connected to the asylum process. Ladies and gents, it's time to vote Tom_Essex into the premiership, he is all knowing and will stop the boats single handedly. Fuck farage and his weak minions, Tom is the man! " My real fear is that Tom already works for the Home Office and that’s why we’re in the mess we are. | |||
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"Are you ashamed of your national flag? Nice try but I am very happy to identify as British English. I embrace all the British values my wife is required by law to put into kids at her school. I don't need to hang a fucking Temu flag on a lamppost to prove anything to anyone, and specifically not to intimidate people who don't share my privilege of birth here. The real patriots don't need to shout about it like sheep led by wankers like Stephen Yaxley-Lennon. We are secure in our identity. As I asked. Are you ashamed of your national flag?" I am now, since it was hijacked by angry far right knuckledragger losers. I want my flag back. | |||
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"It is a concern. A lot of people turning up without accommodation and jobs ready for them to go to. Unlike legal immigrants. We the taxpayers are expected to fund them whilst they are being 'processed' which takes months if not years. Are they all going to be skilled engineers, doctors, nurses, etc? Will they eventually be valuable contributors to society and the well being of our country? Will they even make any effort to fit-in with our way of life/ I have serious doubts and so do a good many people. I believe it is the cost that annoys most people, so call me naive, but surely the answer is instead of putting that money into ‘storing’ people for long periods of time, recruit , train and pay people to process within a realistic time frame. Solves most issues, the applicants are not stuck in limbo, less money spent on accommodation, jobs created to process, makes UK less attractive if the likelihood of being denied is high and accomplished in a timely manner allied to quick return of applicants, set up in Europe and reduce boat crossings that way….doesn’t sound as ‘sexy’ as smash the gangs…stop the boats etc does it …..’ fill some forms’ …’ process the people’ The way to stop the boats is simple but not politically favourable. Simply have processing centres in france, staffed with british border agents (like at calais) and process claims within a set time frame. Boats will stop, people can go cry about pride parades again and all will be back to normal. Unfortunately, there is no political will to do so. This topic is an election winner or loser depending on how the moral compass of the country is pointing at the time. Agreed, but why isn’t it politically favorable? Surely most people want something done, want to see results, want a humane solution? Sure for some nothing short of bombing the boats( now a precedent has been set albeit not bombing immigrants) will do, but that minority will surely be quieted by the number reduction." It's not politically favourable because it's a distraction from the real issues. While us mere minions are arguing about dinghies, we are distracted from other policies that consecutive governments have allowed and passed which negatively affect the country and do nothing to help the average person on a day to day basis. | |||
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"Our birth rate is dropping our population is aging. There are already skills shortages in multiple sectors, including health, engineering, building trades, social care etc. Let them come, they get jobs and contribute. The ills of this country are not caused by people in boats. It’s caused by millionaires and billionaires trying to stay rich. People in small boats have not been in control of power for decades. The small boats are a distraction. Replace small boats or immigrant with jew and you will see how close the rhetoric is to a party in Germany in the 1930s. That party came first the gays too. The right will do the same here. Just remember that as you cheer them on. " Some of the things you say may well be true. Maybe we are heading for a skills shortage with out dwindling birthrate and ageing population. But are illegal boat people, arriving on our shores, going to solve the problem? Legal immigrants arrive via scheduled flights and ferries. They have pre-arranged jobs and accommodation to go to. Often a great asset to some institutions like the NHS. Can the 'boat people' be trained to be doctors, nurses, engineers, police etc? Do they have the skills, ability and willingness? Some seem to be coming for an easy life. No doubt brainwashed by the people traffickers that the UK is a soft touch, that they will be welcomed, housed, fed and well looked after. Same as I here some armchair experts suggest our indigenous unemployed should be trained up in necessary skills. I worked all my life including serving in the army. Yet I got rejected when I applied to join the police and I would be totally unsuited to do anything in the medical profession. Although moderately right-wing I intensely dislike Farage and his shoddy, 'simple solutions' party although I can understand frustrated people flocking to their ranks. You cannot really compare it to Nazi Germany's anti-Jewish policies. The Jews had been legally in Germany for centuries and were major contributors, rather than scroungers, of the state. Also would be interesting to know the attitude of said 'boat people' towards gays. Remember a lot of them come from vehemently anti-gay cultures. | |||
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"The dinghies are not bringing in economic migrants. Because they are not legally allowed to work. Neither are the asylum seekers, because you're suppsed to seek asylum at the first safe border. The legal migrants are economic migrants. Moving people is big business The trafickers have a sales pitch. The NGO's make money from bringing them in, processing the claims, housing them, the lawyers make money fighting their cases, not to mention the govt jobs involved. Meanwhile, they make genuine asylem seekers situation worse. This( like many things) should not be a polirical issue. " One more point here: if immigrants wanting to live here could demonstrate useful skills, training or qualifications, they would face little difficulty in obtaining residence legally. The illegals on boats (or smuggled in by other means) bring nothing useful to our country...by definition. | |||
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"Our birth rate is dropping our population is aging. There are already skills shortages in multiple sectors, including health, engineering, building trades, social care etc. Let them come, they get jobs and contribute. The ills of this country are not caused by people in boats. It’s caused by millionaires and billionaires trying to stay rich. People in small boats have not been in control of power for decades. The small boats are a distraction. Replace small boats or immigrant with jew and you will see how close the rhetoric is to a party in Germany in the 1930s. That party came first the gays too. The right will do the same here. Just remember that as you cheer them on. Some of the things you say may well be true. Maybe we are heading for a skills shortage with out dwindling birthrate and ageing population. But are illegal boat people, arriving on our shores, going to solve the problem? Legal immigrants arrive via scheduled flights and ferries. They have pre-arranged jobs and accommodation to go to. Often a great asset to some institutions like the NHS. Can the 'boat people' be trained to be doctors, nurses, engineers, police etc? Do they have the skills, ability and willingness? Some seem to be coming for an easy life. No doubt brainwashed by the people traffickers that the UK is a soft touch, that they will be welcomed, housed, fed and well looked after. Same as I here some armchair experts suggest our indigenous unemployed should be trained up in necessary skills. I worked all my life including serving in the army. Yet I got rejected when I applied to join the police and I would be totally unsuited to do anything in the medical profession. Although moderately right-wing I intensely dislike Farage and his shoddy, 'simple solutions' party although I can understand frustrated people flocking to their ranks. You cannot really compare it to Nazi Germany's anti-Jewish policies. The Jews had been legally in Germany for centuries and were major contributors, rather than scroungers, of the state. Also would be interesting to know the attitude of said 'boat people' towards gays. Remember a lot of them come from vehemently anti-gay cultures." To answer the question, yes. They could be trained to be drs, nurses, police, military, carers, fast food workers or any other role they may or may not be qualified to do. Again referring to them as illegals is part of the problem, they are not illegal, as determined in British and international law. They are in the majority asylum seekers and those that are not, are deported. It's long past the time where we talk about migrants in such distasteful and deliberately inflammatory ways and long past due to announce deportations, rather than arrivals. | |||
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"....Again referring to them as illegals is part of the problem, they are not illegal, as determined in British and international law. They are in the majority asylum seekers and those that are not, are deported. It's long past the time where we talk about migrants in such distasteful and deliberately inflammatory ways and long past due to announce deportations, rather than arrivals." They enter the country illegally, They may claim asylum, but until their case is heard, they have no valid claim. If they have skills we need they shouldn't be providing a market for criminal gangs but applying through our existing procedures. And we don't have room for them. | |||
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"Are you ashamed of your national flag? Nice try but I am very happy to identify as British English. I embrace all the British values my wife is required by law to put into kids at her school. I don't need to hang a fucking Temu flag on a lamppost to prove anything to anyone, and specifically not to intimidate people who don't share my privilege of birth here. The real patriots don't need to shout about it like sheep led by wankers like Stephen Yaxley-Lennon. We are secure in our identity. As I asked. Are you ashamed of your national flag? I'm ashamed of how some people are using it these days." I’m more ashamed of the cunts taking them down | |||
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" Can the 'boat people' be trained to be doctors, nurses, engineers, police etc? Do they have the skills, ability and willingness? Some seem to be coming for an easy life. No doubt brainwashed by the people traffickers that the UK is a soft touch, that they will be welcomed, housed, fed and well looked after. Same as I here some armchair experts suggest our indigenous unemployed should be trained up in necessary skills. I worked all my life including serving in the army. Yet I got rejected when I applied to join the police and I would be totally unsuited to do anything in the medical profession. Although moderately right-wing I intensely dislike Farage and his shoddy, 'simple solutions' party although I can understand frustrated people flocking to their ranks. You cannot really compare it to Nazi Germany's anti-Jewish policies. The Jews had been legally in Germany for centuries and were major contributors, rather than scroungers, of the state. Also would be interesting to know the attitude of said 'boat people' towards gays. Remember a lot of them come from vehemently anti-gay cultures. To answer the question, yes. They could be trained to be drs, nurses, police, military, carers, fast food workers or any other role they may or may not be qualified to do. Again referring to them as illegals is part of the problem, they are not illegal, as determined in British and international law. They are in the majority asylum seekers and those that are not, are deported. It's long past the time where we talk about migrants in such distasteful and deliberately inflammatory ways and long past due to announce deportations, rather than arrivals." In a fantasy world as espoused by some politicians who are out of touch with reality. Of the jobs you list probably fast-food outlet workers and carers would be the only viable careers. Even then they would need training, dedication, social skills and language skills. It takes specialist skills to be doctors, nurses, police, military etc. Also how can they be legal when they just turn up on our shores unannounced. You go abroad and try re-entering this country without a passport. You'd soon be arrested. Yes people can seek asylum but are these people genuine asylum seekers? A large contingent are from Albania which is not being torn apart by civil war, is not being invaded by a foreign power and does not have an oppressive government. No doubt some are coming from similar countries. Face reality. A lot of them are economic migrants who will probably contribute very little to the well being of this country | |||
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"Are you ashamed of your national flag? Nice try but I am very happy to identify as British English. I embrace all the British values my wife is required by law to put into kids at her school. I don't need to hang a fucking Temu flag on a lamppost to prove anything to anyone, and specifically not to intimidate people who don't share my privilege of birth here. The real patriots don't need to shout about it like sheep led by wankers like Stephen Yaxley-Lennon. We are secure in our identity. As I asked. Are you ashamed of your national flag? I'm ashamed of how some people are using it these days. I’m more ashamed of the cunts taking them down" That would include those Reform counsellors that ordered them to be removed | |||
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"Are you ashamed of your national flag? Nice try but I am very happy to identify as British English. I embrace all the British values my wife is required by law to put into kids at her school. I don't need to hang a fucking Temu flag on a lamppost to prove anything to anyone, and specifically not to intimidate people who don't share my privilege of birth here. The real patriots don't need to shout about it like sheep led by wankers like Stephen Yaxley-Lennon. We are secure in our identity. As I asked. Are you ashamed of your national flag? Tell you what. You wank into yours and I'll fly mine (and if I do I'll look for a genuine made in England one, don't worry) when I fucking well feel like it. Flags are just symbols for stupid people to signal with when they feel insecure about everything else. Real patriots don't feel insecure or need to do anybody else down. So it seems you are ashamed of our national flag. Very telling. " No, it says a lot about you. | |||
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" Can the 'boat people' be trained to be doctors, nurses, engineers, police etc? Do they have the skills, ability and willingness? Some seem to be coming for an easy life. No doubt brainwashed by the people traffickers that the UK is a soft touch, that they will be welcomed, housed, fed and well looked after. Same as I here some armchair experts suggest our indigenous unemployed should be trained up in necessary skills. I worked all my life including serving in the army. Yet I got rejected when I applied to join the police and I would be totally unsuited to do anything in the medical profession. Although moderately right-wing I intensely dislike Farage and his shoddy, 'simple solutions' party although I can understand frustrated people flocking to their ranks. You cannot really compare it to Nazi Germany's anti-Jewish policies. The Jews had been legally in Germany for centuries and were major contributors, rather than scroungers, of the state. Also would be interesting to know the attitude of said 'boat people' towards gays. Remember a lot of them come from vehemently anti-gay cultures. To answer the question, yes. They could be trained to be drs, nurses, police, military, carers, fast food workers or any other role they may or may not be qualified to do. Again referring to them as illegals is part of the problem, they are not illegal, as determined in British and international law. They are in the majority asylum seekers and those that are not, are deported. It's long past the time where we talk about migrants in such distasteful and deliberately inflammatory ways and long past due to announce deportations, rather than arrivals. In a fantasy world as espoused by some politicians who are out of touch with reality. Of the jobs you list probably fast-food outlet workers and carers would be the only viable careers. Even then they would need training, dedication, social skills and language skills. It takes specialist skills to be doctors, nurses, police, military etc. Also how can they be legal when they just turn up on our shores unannounced. You go abroad and try re-entering this country without a passport. You'd soon be arrested. Yes people can seek asylum but are these people genuine asylum seekers? A large contingent are from Albania which is not being torn apart by civil war, is not being invaded by a foreign power and does not have an oppressive government. No doubt some are coming from similar countries. Face reality. A lot of them are economic migrants who will probably contribute very little to the well being of this country" Bet you and loads of others take your car to them to be cleaned. Queue a mile long at the one near me | |||
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" Again referring to them as illegals is part of the problem, they are not illegal, as determined in British and international law. They are in the majority asylum seekers and those that are not, are deported. It's long past the time where we talk about migrants in such distasteful and deliberately inflammatory ways and long past due to announce deportations, rather than arrivals. In a fantasy world as espoused by some politicians who are out of touch with reality. Of the jobs you list probably fast-food outlet workers and carers would be the only viable careers. Even then they would need training, dedication, social skills and language skills. It takes specialist skills to be doctors, nurses, police, military etc. Also how can they be legal when they just turn up on our shores unannounced. You go abroad and try re-entering this country without a passport. You'd soon be arrested. Yes people can seek asylum but are these people genuine asylum seekers? A large contingent are from Albania which is not being torn apart by civil war, is not being invaded by a foreign power and does not have an oppressive government. No doubt some are coming from similar countries. Face reality. A lot of them are economic migrants who will probably contribute very little to the well being of this country Bet you and loads of others take your car to them to be cleaned. Queue a mile long at the one near me" That has got to be No 1 in the worse argument list. The only time I used to take my car to be cleaned was to four Polish immigrant, who had arrived here legally, and who had taken the lease on a disused filling station to carry out their legitimate business of car cleaning and valeting. Until they have been processed, which can take months if not years, said 'boat people' do not work. Most seem to hang around shopping centres or outside girls schools, making a nuisance of themselves. | |||
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" Again referring to them as illegals is part of the problem, they are not illegal, as determined in British and international law. They are in the majority asylum seekers and those that are not, are deported. It's long past the time where we talk about migrants in such distasteful and deliberately inflammatory ways and long past due to announce deportations, rather than arrivals. In a fantasy world as espoused by some politicians who are out of touch with reality. Of the jobs you list probably fast-food outlet workers and carers would be the only viable careers. Even then they would need training, dedication, social skills and language skills. It takes specialist skills to be doctors, nurses, police, military etc. Also how can they be legal when they just turn up on our shores unannounced. You go abroad and try re-entering this country without a passport. You'd soon be arrested. Yes people can seek asylum but are these people genuine asylum seekers? A large contingent are from Albania which is not being torn apart by civil war, is not being invaded by a foreign power and does not have an oppressive government. No doubt some are coming from similar countries. Face reality. A lot of them are economic migrants who will probably contribute very little to the well being of this country Bet you and loads of others take your car to them to be cleaned. Queue a mile long at the one near me That has got to be No 1 in the worse argument list. The only time I used to take my car to be cleaned was to four Polish immigrant, who had arrived here legally, and who had taken the lease on a disused filling station to carry out their legitimate business of car cleaning and valeting. Until they have been processed, which can take months if not years, said 'boat people' do not work. Most seem to hang around shopping centres or outside girls schools, making a nuisance of themselves." Asylum seekers are NOT ALLOWED to work | |||
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"40,000 economic migrants have arrived this year on dingy boats alone so far and still rising. Towns with a population of around 40,000 include the whole of Merthyr Tydfil in Wales, Wokingham in Surrey, Jarrow in the North, and Grantham in the Midlands. Now these are big numbers. This does not include those arriving on student visas, tourist visas or family reunion visas. Stop the boats... " You're probably one who voted for brexit, which has caused the boat problem. Before credit we could deport anyone arriving illegally straight back, now we cant. By law we have to give them shelter. My question to you is, how do we stop them, and if we do ,do you really think that will cure the problems we face because of 14 years of Tory neglect? And if right wing politics failed us so badly do you honestly think the far right is the answer? | |||
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"Speaking to a colleague who is a bit of a conspiracy theorist, he suggested that the boat "MEN" are a ready made army for the invasion of the U.K. Make of that what you will. " Does he live in Essex..? Does he know Tom..? | |||
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"110,000 is more than the population of Doncaster. Whats going.on here guys? Your country and heritage is being pillaged by dark skinned foreigners and all you can do about it is post impotently on a site where most men come in hopes of anal sex, some of them with similarly pale complexioned fellow travellers. Sucks being you. Try putting another flag on a lamppost, you'll feel better. Why mention skin colour?. It matters not who they are or where they are from. Are you ashamed of your national flag? My wife's a white American southerner who's here on an indefinite leave to remain visa because she teaches secondary maths in inner city Birmingham, a job most new UK recruits can't hack for more than a couple of years and she's been doing it for 10. Is she the sort of economic migrant you'd approve of? Because I can tell you the political climate around people who come here from elsewhere stresses her the fuck out. As I asked. Are you ashamed of your national flag?" They are on lampposts all over this sceptered Isle. Well England. I didn't see any in Scotland when I was there this week. They are only half way up. Are they all at half mast for some reason. I think it's extremely patriotic of us to buy hundreds of thousands of union jacks or st George's flags. It must be helping the Chinese economy enormously. 5k about, they reckon it costs a migrant to be transported here. They don't walk from countries like Syria with an dinghy on their heads. 5k x 40,000. Do the maths organised crime is making a fortune out of selling a dream to desperate people. Send the SAS in to finish off the criminals responsible for this | |||
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"Came to this post hoping it was about warhammer... Same! The disappointment is real. Yeah! Let's love each other and start talking about 40k instead. You know those Primaris are packing! I wouldn't mind being on the receiving end of a Orc horde." Orcs are hot!! I recently played a video game called "Robin Morningwood" and it's given me a bit of a thing for orcs! | |||
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"Our birth rate is dropping our population is aging. There are already skills shortages in multiple sectors, including health, engineering, building trades, social care etc. Let them come, they get jobs and contribute. The ills of this country are not caused by people in boats. It’s caused by millionaires and billionaires trying to stay rich. People in small boats have not been in control of power for decades. The small boats are a distraction. Replace small boats or immigrant with jew and you will see how close the rhetoric is to a party in Germany in the 1930s. That party came first the gays too. The right will do the same here. Just remember that as you cheer them on. Some of the things you say may well be true. Maybe we are heading for a skills shortage with out dwindling birthrate and ageing population. But are illegal boat people, arriving on our shores, going to solve the problem? Legal immigrants arrive via scheduled flights and ferries. They have pre-arranged jobs and accommodation to go to. Often a great asset to some institutions like the NHS. Can the 'boat people' be trained to be doctors, nurses, engineers, police etc? Do they have the skills, ability and willingness? Some seem to be coming for an easy life. No doubt brainwashed by the people traffickers that the UK is a soft touch, that they will be welcomed, housed, fed and well looked after. Same as I here some armchair experts suggest our indigenous unemployed should be trained up in necessary skills. I worked all my life including serving in the army. Yet I got rejected when I applied to join the police and I would be totally unsuited to do anything in the medical profession. Although moderately right-wing I intensely dislike Farage and his shoddy, 'simple solutions' party although I can understand frustrated people flocking to their ranks. You cannot really compare it to Nazi Germany's anti-Jewish policies. The Jews had been legally in Germany for centuries and were major contributors, rather than scroungers, of the state. Also would be interesting to know the attitude of said 'boat people' towards gays. Remember a lot of them come from vehemently anti-gay cultures. To answer the question, yes. They could be trained to be drs, nurses, police, military, carers, fast food workers or any other role they may or may not be qualified to do. Again referring to them as illegals is part of the problem, they are not illegal, as determined in British and international law. They are in the majority asylum seekers and those that are not, are deported. It's long past the time where we talk about migrants in such distasteful and deliberately inflammatory ways and long past due to announce deportations, rather than arrivals." They are illegal migrants!! They should seek asylum in the first country they land in | |||
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"Stop the Boats " When Sunak first appeared at the lectern which read "stop the boats" I thought it was someone who had photoshopped what the message actually said | |||
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"Rule Britannia! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 And its wonderful ethnic history. Indeed, Britain has contributed hugely to the world:- Steam power, Railways, Shipbuilding, Engineering, Telegraph, Telephone, Light Bulb, Penicillin, Jet Engine, Hovercraft, World Wide Web, Stethoscope, ATM, Vaccination, Anaesthesia, DNA Structure, Heart Transplant, IVF, Stem Cell Research, Cancer Treatments, Antibiotics, Botox, Malaria Vaccine, Ebola Vaccine, Football, Rugby, Cricket, Tennis, Golf, Shakespeare, Chaucer, Dickens, Brontë sisters, Hardy, Wilde, Orwell, Christie, Tolkien, to name but a few, the list goes on.... We can truly be a proud nation! Long may it be so! 🇬🇧 " Well said. | |||
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"Rule Britannia! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 And its wonderful ethnic history. Indeed, Britain has contributed hugely to the world:- Steam power, Railways, Shipbuilding, Engineering, Telegraph, Telephone, Light Bulb, Penicillin, Jet Engine, Hovercraft, World Wide Web, Stethoscope, ATM, Vaccination, Anaesthesia, DNA Structure, Heart Transplant, IVF, Stem Cell Research, Cancer Treatments, Antibiotics, Botox, Malaria Vaccine, Ebola Vaccine, Football, Rugby, Cricket, Tennis, Golf, Shakespeare, Chaucer, Dickens, Brontë sisters, Hardy, Wilde, Orwell, Christie, Tolkien, to name but a few, the list goes on.... We can truly be a proud nation! Long may it be so! 🇬🇧 Well said." Oh come on…Donald said that America invented all that stuff, and he wouldn’t mislead would he? | |||
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"Rule Britannia! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 And its wonderful ethnic history. Indeed, Britain has contributed hugely to the world:- Steam power, Railways, Shipbuilding, Engineering, Telegraph, Telephone, Light Bulb, Penicillin, Jet Engine, Hovercraft, World Wide Web, Stethoscope, ATM, Vaccination, Anaesthesia, DNA Structure, Heart Transplant, IVF, Stem Cell Research, Cancer Treatments, Antibiotics, Botox, Malaria Vaccine, Ebola Vaccine, Football, Rugby, Cricket, Tennis, Golf, Shakespeare, Chaucer, Dickens, Brontë sisters, Hardy, Wilde, Orwell, Christie, Tolkien, to name but a few, the list goes on.... We can truly be a proud nation! Long may it be so! 🇬🇧 Well said." Thanks! The mighty Lion of this great Kingdom shall roar loud and proud forevermore, as it hath ever done. Rule Britannia! 🇬🇧 | |||
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"Rule Britannia! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 And its wonderful ethnic history. Indeed, Britain has contributed hugely to the world:- Steam power, Railways, Shipbuilding, Engineering, Telegraph, Telephone, Light Bulb, Penicillin, Jet Engine, Hovercraft, World Wide Web, Stethoscope, ATM, Vaccination, Anaesthesia, DNA Structure, Heart Transplant, IVF, Stem Cell Research, Cancer Treatments, Antibiotics, Botox, Malaria Vaccine, Ebola Vaccine, Football, Rugby, Cricket, Tennis, Golf, Shakespeare, Chaucer, Dickens, Brontë sisters, Hardy, Wilde, Orwell, Christie, Tolkien, to name but a few, the list goes on.... We can truly be a proud nation! Long may it be so! 🇬🇧 Well said. Thanks! The mighty Lion of this great Kingdom shall roar loud and proud forevermore, as it hath ever done. Rule Britannia! 🇬🇧" There aren't any lions in our kingdom, apart from them I zoos , some may class them of immigrant stock ,, | |||
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"Our town has certainly benefitted from migration We now have 9 vape shops 4 of which also do mobile phones and repairs and are open until 8pm We have 4 nail bars and 11 barbers most of whom are open till late We can get uber eats deliveries night n dayAre you having a laugh ...I presume you are ! ...Any government who can't control our borders obviously doesn't deserve to be in power ...Any illegal immigrants should even be allowed to cross into the British side of the English Channel...I certainly wouldn't give a penny more to the RNLI who is acting as a taxi service !!! And we have 3 car washes All of which do an excellent job and provide a service to our community And they all pay taxes so money goes back into the economy We should welcome people to come here as it boosts our economy " | |||
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"Our town has certainly benefitted from migration We now have 9 vape shops 4 of which also do mobile phones and repairs and are open until 8pm We have 4 nail bars and 11 barbers most of whom are open till late We can get uber eats deliveries night n day And we have 3 car washes All of which do an excellent job and provide a service to our community And they all pay taxes so money goes back into the economy We should welcome people to come here as it boosts our economy "How are you fixed for coffee shops though? | |||
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"Our town has certainly benefitted from migration We now have 9 vape shops 4 of which also do mobile phones and repairs and are open until 8pm We have 4 nail bars and 11 barbers most of whom are open till late We can get uber eats deliveries night n day ... You're obviously not the brightest thing on two legs !!! And we have 3 car washes All of which do an excellent job and provide a service to our community And they all pay taxes so money goes back into the economy We should welcome people to come here as it boosts our economy
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"Are you having a laugh ...Any government who can't control our borders obviously should not be in power ...The Royal Navy should be preventing these criminals from crossing into the British side of the Channel...Plus I wouldn't give a penny more to the RNLI who's acting as a taxi service ! " The royal navy can't as thats not there job. The rnli are there to stop people drowning, I hope you never need them. | |||
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"Are you having a laugh ...Any government who can't control our borders obviously should not be in power ...The Royal Navy should be preventing these criminals from crossing into the British side of the Channel...Plus I wouldn't give a penny more to the RNLI who's acting as a taxi service ! The royal navy can't as thats not there job. The rnli are there to stop people drowning, I hope you never need them. " Royal navy will do what the government tell them The rnli is a disgrace You are drowning in your own self importance , yet again | |||
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"Are you having a laugh ...Any government who can't control our borders obviously should not be in power ...The Royal Navy should be preventing these criminals from crossing into the British side of the Channel...Plus I wouldn't give a penny more to the RNLI who's acting as a taxi service ! The royal navy can't as thats not there job. The rnli are there to stop people drowning, I hope you never need them. Royal navy will do what the government tell them The rnli is a disgrace You are drowning in your own self importance , yet again" I'm not more important than anyone else. From what I've read the navy were asked about doing it and they said no as thats not their job. If you believe farage will get them to do it, then thats your fault. Imagine being turn against your own countries volunteer life savers. Thats really sad. | |||
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"40,000 economic migrants have arrived this year on dingy boats alone so far and still rising. Towns with a population of around 40,000 include the whole of Merthyr Tydfil in Wales, Wokingham in Surrey, Jarrow in the North, and Grantham in the Midlands. Now these are big numbers. This does not include those arriving on student visas, tourist visas or family reunion visas. Stop the boats... " Aye, I bet you voted for brexshit too. Blame negel farright and that berk, johnson for the boats. | |||
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"Difficult to know how to stop them legally and humanely. Farage comes up with simplistic ill-thought-out gestures on the subject but nothing cohesive or practical. His gullible followers just think he'll stand on the White Cliffs of Dover and wave his magic wand. Rather like they did over Brexit when he implied we would leave the EU by midday the day after the referendum and all be so much better off. We could make life more difficult for the 'boat people' by making coming here far less attractive, processing them quicker and returning economic migrants to their native lands immediately if they don't meet strict criteria. The current Home Secretary has made overtones about this but not sure whether she can get her mealy mouthed party to back her." Yes, i think they are trying to do that. Also trying to change parts of the echr to make it possible. All positive steps but it does take time. | |||
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"40,000 economic migrants have arrived this year on dingy boats alone so far and still rising. Towns with a population of around 40,000 include the whole of Merthyr Tydfil in Wales, Wokingham in Surrey, Jarrow in the North, and Grantham in the Midlands. Now these are big numbers. This does not include those arriving on student visas, tourist visas or family reunion visas. Stop the boats... Aye, I bet you voted for brexshit too. Blame negel farright and that berk, johnson for the boats. " Don’t forget Dave…. | |||
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"Divide and rule. " More like.. divided then they could not rule | |||
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"Divide and rule. More like.. divided then they could not rule 😴 " | |||
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"Pull out of ECHR and jail them for 25 years as a deterrent." In your time did they offer gce or cse? | |||
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"There was no boats before Brexit " That allegation is simply not true!! Illegal immigrants were crossing the Channel in boats to reach the UK long before Brexit. Numbers were lower, but the crossings themselves weren't new! | |||
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"There was no boats before Brexit That allegation is simply not true!! Illegal immigrants were crossing the Channel in boats to reach the UK long before Brexit. Numbers were lower, but the crossings themselves weren't new!" Most care in trucks before then until the border force set up thermal imagining cameras. Brexit however stopped us being able to make use of the returns agreement with France. | |||
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"I used to occasionally donate to the RNLI but no longer. Not since they started a water taxi service!" They save humans from drowning, no matter who they are. Please reconsider as they do an amazing job for British people who get into trouble swimming or surfing including kids that have been taken out by the tide. Without our donations we could lose this. | |||
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"Stop the boats...." Certainly stop the boats and.. ... stop wasting our taxes on freebie benefits for those who enter the country illegally. It's time to get tough – we've been too soft for too long! Enough is enough! | |||
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"I used to occasionally donate to the RNLI but no longer. Not since they started a water taxi service! They save humans from drowning, no matter who they are. Please reconsider as they do an amazing job for British people who get into trouble swimming or surfing including kids that have been taken out by the tide. Without our donations we could lose this. " Yes obviously desperate for funds which is why they had a new fitted carpet and a 50" telly installed at Fife Ness in September! But hey, you carry on donating to them, your choice | |||
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"Stop the boats.... Certainly stop the boats and.. ... stop wasting our taxes on freebie benefits for those who enter the country illegally. It's time to get tough – we've been too soft for too long! Enough is enough! " Unfortunately, as you know as an intelligent man that we have a legal responsibility here. The government and other eu countries are trying to change the echr rules so that we can send more back who have no real claim for asylum. | |||
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"I used to occasionally donate to the RNLI but no longer. Not since they started a water taxi service!" Similarly here too, I was a longtime supporter of RNLI funding, but discovering their involvement in migrant rescues has changed my mind. I no longer donate. | |||
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"I used to occasionally donate to the RNLI but no longer. Not since they started a water taxi service! They save humans from drowning, no matter who they are. Please reconsider as they do an amazing job for British people who get into trouble swimming or surfing including kids that have been taken out by the tide. Without our donations we could lose this. Yes obviously desperate for funds which is why they had a new fitted carpet and a 50" telly installed at Fife Ness in September! But hey, you carry on donating to them, your choice "How much would that cost? Probably less than a grand. Did they use donations or buy them car bootsales? | |||
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"I used to occasionally donate to the RNLI but no longer. Not since they started a water taxi service! Similarly here too, I was a longtime supporter of RNLI funding, but discovering their involvement in migrant rescues has changed my mind. I no longer donate. " What would you like them to do just watch people die when they could be rescued. | |||
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"Stop the boats.... Certainly stop the boats and.. ... stop wasting our taxes on freebie benefits for those who enter the country illegally. It's time to get tough – we've been too soft for too long! Enough is enough! Unfortunately, as you know as an intelligent man that we have a legal responsibility here. The government and other eu countries are trying to change the echr rules so that we can send more back who have no real claim for asylum. " Indeed, but given the increasing crisis situation, British sovereignty and national security must take supreme precedence over ECHR rulings and the lengthy drawn-out legal processes tied to European law. | |||
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"I used to occasionally donate to the RNLI but no longer. Not since they started a water taxi service! They save humans from drowning, no matter who they are. Please reconsider as they do an amazing job for British people who get into trouble swimming or surfing including kids that have been taken out by the tide. Without our donations we could lose this. Yes obviously desperate for funds which is why they had a new fitted carpet and a 50" telly installed at Fife Ness in September! But hey, you carry on donating to them, your choice
How much would that cost?
Probably less than a grand.
Did they use donations or buy them car boot sales? "Brand new carpet and telly but even if it was a car boot sale it would still be using donations. I'm not, by the way, singling out RNLI when it comes to this. Donating to many charitable organisations isn't guaranteed to reach the actual cause. Give to small local charities in your area, thenyou can see the result. | |||
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"I used to occasionally donate to the RNLI but no longer. Not since they started a water taxi service! They save humans from drowning, no matter who they are. Please reconsider as they do an amazing job for British people who get into trouble swimming or surfing including kids that have been taken out by the tide. Without our donations we could lose this. Yes obviously desperate for funds which is why they had a new fitted carpet and a 50" telly installed at Fife Ness in September! But hey, you carry on donating to them, your choice
How much would that cost?
Probably less than a grand.
Did they use donations or buy them car boot sales?
Brand new carpet and telly but even if it was a car boot sale it would still be using donations.
I'm not, by the way, singling out RNLI when it comes to this. Donating to many charitable organisations isn't guaranteed to reach the actual cause. Give to small local charities in your area, thenyou can see the result. "Fair point Tammy, the very same thing has happened to so many national and international charities, far better to donate to local community based charities. | |||
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"Do you get many boats turning up in Glenroath. " Oh very witty! Not the actual boats no but two hotels full of the contents of said boats!! | |||
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"We need these skilled men and women to boost our pensions" These chancers sneaking across the channel in dinghies are not skilled in anything, they have the average IQ of a house brick, perfectly safe in France, but willing to risk their lives because they THINK they will get more benefits in the UK | |||
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"Stop the boats.... Certainly stop the boats and.. ... stop wasting our taxes on freebie benefits for those who enter the country illegally. It's time to get tough – we've been too soft for too long! Enough is enough! Unfortunately, as you know as an intelligent man that we have a legal responsibility here. The government and other eu countries are trying to change the echr rules so that we can send more back who have no real claim for asylum. Indeed, but given the increasing crisis situation, British sovereignty and national security must take supreme precedence over ECHR rulings and the lengthy drawn-out legal processes tied to European law." Then the last government should have started the process as it was them that slowed down the processing of migrants and started putting them in hotels. | |||
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"We need these skilled men and women to boost our pensions" What are they skilled in, they've turned our high streets into money laundering franchises and a terrorist threat. If the country was recruiting skilled labour we would be making the choice about who enters the country. We queue up like idiots to go through passport control when we leave and enter the country, these invaders just get fast tracked in. At what point are we going say NO! | |||
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"Stop the boats.... Certainly stop the boats and.. ... stop wasting our taxes on freebie benefits for those who enter the country illegally. It's time to get tough – we've been too soft for too long! Enough is enough! Unfortunately, as you know as an intelligent man that we have a legal responsibility here. The government and other eu countries are trying to change the echr rules so that we can send more back who have no real claim for asylum. Indeed, but given the increasing crisis situation, British sovereignty and national security must take supreme precedence over ECHR rulings and the lengthy drawn-out legal processes tied to European law. Then the last government should have started the process as it was them that slowed down the processing of migrants and started putting them in hotels. " The PM's supposedly in charge, and it's been 18 months of disaster. Migrants are still flooding in, hotels are costing us over £10m a day, and the system's stuck. It's a total mess, and Labour's flailing. People who voted for 'change' are now wishing they hadn't bothered! | |||
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"We need these skilled men and women to boost our pensions What are they skilled in, they've turned our high streets into money laundering franchises and a terrorist threat. If the country was recruiting skilled labour we would be making the choice about who enters the country. We queue up like idiots to go through passport control when we leave and enter the country, these invaders just get fast tracked in. At what point are we going say NO! " Hear! Hear!! Borders mean nothing if they're not enforced. We're letting people in with no checks, and it's costing us taxpayers. Time to take back control, vet people properly, and sort the system out, we need to get tough, instead of pussyfooting around! | |||
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"I used to occasionally donate to the RNLI but no longer. Not since they started a water taxi service! They save humans from drowning, no matter who they are. Please reconsider as they do an amazing job for British people who get into trouble swimming or surfing including kids that have been taken out by the tide. Without our donations we could lose this. Yes obviously desperate for funds which is why they had a new fitted carpet and a 50" telly installed at Fife Ness in September! But hey, you carry on donating to them, your choice
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Did they use donations or buy them car bootsales? "When was the last time you fitted a carpet? | |||
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"Stop the boats.... Certainly stop the boats and.. ... stop wasting our taxes on freebie benefits for those who enter the country illegally. It's time to get tough – we've been too soft for too long! Enough is enough! Unfortunately, as you know as an intelligent man that we have a legal responsibility here. The government and other eu countries are trying to change the echr rules so that we can send more back who have no real claim for asylum. Indeed, but given the increasing crisis situation, British sovereignty and national security must take supreme precedence over ECHR rulings and the lengthy drawn-out legal processes tied to European law. Then the last government should have started the process as it was them that slowed down the processing of migrants and started putting them in hotels. The PM's supposedly in charge, and it's been 18 months of disaster. Migrants are still flooding in, hotels are costing us over £10m a day, and the system's stuck. It's a total mess, and Labour's flailing. People who voted for 'change' are now wishing they hadn't bothered! " And people who voted Brexit are still not realising the implications of their vote , | |||
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"Stop the boats.... Certainly stop the boats and.. ... stop wasting our taxes on freebie benefits for those who enter the country illegally. It's time to get tough – we've been too soft for too long! Enough is enough! Unfortunately, as you know as an intelligent man that we have a legal responsibility here. The government and other eu countries are trying to change the echr rules so that we can send more back who have no real claim for asylum. Indeed, but given the increasing crisis situation, British sovereignty and national security must take supreme precedence over ECHR rulings and the lengthy drawn-out legal processes tied to European law. Then the last government should have started the process as it was them that slowed down the processing of migrants and started putting them in hotels. The PM's supposedly in charge, and it's been 18 months of disaster. Migrants are still flooding in, hotels are costing us over £10m a day, and the system's stuck. It's a total mess, and Labour's flailing. People who voted for 'change' are now wishing they hadn't bothered! And people who voted Brexit are still not realising the implications of their vote , " Really? Its called democracy. Get over it. We are no longer in Europe. | |||
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"40,000 economic migrants have arrived this year on dingy boats alone so far and still rising. Towns with a population of around 40,000 include the whole of Merthyr Tydfil in Wales, Wokingham in Surrey, Jarrow in the North, and Grantham in the Midlands. Now these are big numbers. This does not include those arriving on student visas, tourist visas or family reunion visas. Stop the boats... " | |||
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