Why is the public directing their anger at the individual asylum seeker that arrives at the shore…

You're just having a laugh now.

I hate quite a lot of British people, I’m still British.

You can’t identify as British, you either are (legally) or you aren’t. He was born here, he is British.

He hated British people. He’s not British, he didn’t identify as British.

Why would they not feel safe in France? I've been to Paris and I liked it there. Lovely patisseries. If I simply didn't like France as a place to live and work I wouldn't risk potential death at sea.

But I'll read up thread as you suggested.

Already asked and answered multiple
times in the thread.
the vast majority DO stay in countries like Iran and Türkiye. Some want to get further away.
They are risking their lives presumably for a reason. Maybe they don’t feel safe in France. Perhaps if you talk to the odd immigrant and get their side of a story you’ll Learn something.

Because often they will be killed. That’s why they are seeking asylum, they are not safe to remain in their country.

Would they? Why?

He doesn’t need any. He was born here.

I wonder how you would classify my dc.

She was born in Britain to one British parent (mum) and one "foreign" parent (dad). Has lived here all her life, been educated here, only has a British passport etc.

But she maintain's strong links to her father's country of origin. Speaks the language, eats the food, visits every year. Has the right to live and work in that country, though no passport.

She is mixed race. Atheist. Celebrates festivals from both cultures. Both are important parts of her identity

She supports her dad's country in the cricket because her mum couldn't care less.

So is she British enough for you?

I agree with you, and I’m under no illusions that Reform will be any different. I’m genuinely at the point now where I think no political party is capable of navigating our way out of this situation. I see few signs of anyone in the political sphere even attempting to.

Yep, and we are where we are today because voting doesn't and will not work.

Reform are more of the same and I shudder to think what will happen given how angry some people are.

Voting doesn’t work. People have voted for lower immigration for more than twenty years, and no one listened. 72% of the voting public now think immigration is too high, but no meaningful action is taken to assuage people’s concerns. The first one in, one out flight was cancelled after protests. These protesters are really doing Reform’s work for them! People are left with no meaningful democratic way of making their wishes known.

If it were even remotely true, we wouldn’t be having this discussion.

He would have needed to have done his two years conscription in the Cypriot Army, so not possible.

Had it occurred to you that people protesting outside a hotel are using the hotel as the focus for their protest, and are hoping to send a message to government?

They're not protesting and expecting the migrants to say "hang on, I didn't realize that the British don't want mass illegal immigration, I will hop on the next dinghy back to France"

@MrsSkylerWhite

Why do you try to shame me for believing that British values are good values, and that they are in many cases superior to those of others, when you actually agree with me?

Do you mean such actions are not here because it’s all left behind?

Do you know he used to legally defend Jihadi groups?

And I’m sure you agree that it’s unfortunate some immigrants have brought these cultural practices with them, rather than leaving them behind?

No. DH was born there too, and his passport clearly states British Military Hospital, Nicosia (sovereign territory) as his place of birth. It is just possible that the Cypriot authorities would offer him a passport but he's never asked.

“So you are stating that you think people in Britain are superior to those of other nations?
Fair enough. At least you’re honest. It’s the dancing about and failing to own opinions by some that is so awful.”

So you agree with me then, and agree that such practices have no place in British society.

I wasn’t calling you a Neanderthal, to be clear.

I was calling people who can’t decide what a Briton and talk about British purity as Neanderthals. Without the context you provided later about that interpretation of Neanderthals actually being incorrect.

The first part of my comment wasn’t intended as a slight against your genealogy either. It was a sort of tongue in cheek comment that was intended to mean that some people would consider you British because of the link to Scotland, and ignore the African link altogether.

I have just realised that it wasn’t communicated particularly well. But there wasn’t any intention of offending you. It was actually a solidarity post, with what was supposed to be sarcasm/humour!

Indeed I do as do many of their countrymen and women, which is precisely why they risk their lives to get away from those oppressive regimes and practices. That they are then met with such hostility and suspicion when they make it is horrible.
To tar everyone from a society with the same brush is foolish. Just look at the different opinions in the UK.

I saw these people at the weekend in London. Signs saying "Sadiq Khan is a terrorist," etc.

They have zero evidence that's he's a terrorist ffs and the ONLY reason they are saying this is his ethnicity.

Absolutely vile. How dare they! So no, nobody owes these people any respect whatsoever.