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£15bn on hotels?

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wineandagoodbook · 27/10/2025 08:16

While Rachel Reeves is trying to find £10-£30 billion by more taxes, we are spending £15bn on hotels for asylum seekers, it beggars beyond belief

news.sky.com/story/home-office-needs-to-get-a-grip-on-asylum-seeker-accommodation-after-chaotic-response-mps-say-13458475

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ChessBess · 27/10/2025 15:37

randomchap · 27/10/2025 15:30

I said nothing about Starmer. Just about the dangers of voting for that gobshite and his band of merry wreckers.

But the Tories and Labour have been in power for years and years and no other party has had a look in. They all blame each other for the state we’re in so another Tory government isn’t going to help is it? Labours pissed their voters off so what’s the opinion? They’ve all been useless. It’s the same old shit regardless of who gets in.

TopPocketFind · 27/10/2025 15:35

caringcarer · 27/10/2025 15:33

Be careful OP you are not supposed to criticize money spent on illegal immigrants on MN. The problem is the judges seem to follow KS book about how to interpret ECHR he wrote when CP. It makes me sick when RR picks in the disabled and elderly just so KS can throw money at illegals, especially the ones who have committed crimes which are often sexual in nature and hate the UK and British girls.

What do you think the government should do then? Leave asylum seekers on the beach?

caringcarer · 27/10/2025 15:33

Be careful OP you are not supposed to criticize money spent on illegal immigrants on MN. The problem is the judges seem to follow KS book about how to interpret ECHR he wrote when CP. It makes me sick when RR picks in the disabled and elderly just so KS can throw money at illegals, especially the ones who have committed crimes which are often sexual in nature and hate the UK and British girls.

TopPocketFind · 27/10/2025 15:31

EasternStandard · 27/10/2025 15:23

I have told you, on other threads. Suffocation in lorries led to public outcry and clamp down on that method of entry. You can remember for the next thread I’m sure.

On what to do try looking at successful countries who’ve resolved it.

Look at other countries, you mean Australia?

Don't you ever wonder why such a plan has not been implemented in the UK?

I remember that you have so far failed to counteract that Brexit played a huge factor in the rise of boat crossings.

I am glad people no longer suffocate in lorries, now we have to stop people drowning in the Channel.

In the mean time, do you agree that we need a functioning asylum process?

Puzzledandpissedoff · 27/10/2025 15:30

WildLimePoet · 27/10/2025 12:19

This government has made everything worse since coming in. Defending it is madness.

Small boats are higher. National debt is up, debt repayments are up. Gilt yields are worse. Unemployment is up. Taxes are higher. Businesses are exiting the UK. As are top rate taxpayers.

What a start.

Well that's what we get for a Labour government Hmm
The last lot were of course appalling and had to go, but what a shame there wasn't something better to replace them with

randomchap · 27/10/2025 15:30

ChessBess · 27/10/2025 15:28

And you think Starmer is a strong leader do you? Don’t make me laugh. He’s got about as much clout as a chicks feather!

I actually wouldn’t chose to vote for Reform because I’m not keen on all of their ideas, but I’m so disillusioned with the last few years that I’m willing to vote for him. I think I’m the majority. From what I’ve seen and heard from people around meant are also planning to vote for him such is the shit show we that this country is in right now

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I said nothing about Starmer. Just about the dangers of voting for that gobshite and his band of merry wreckers.

EasternStandard · 27/10/2025 15:29

Summerhillsquare · 27/10/2025 15:26

This all day long.

Immigration generally has reduced under Labour, if that's what floats your boat so to speak. The backlog of asylum decisions has been reduced - that was a deliberate decision of the Tories to cut Home Office staff.

Channel crossings are up. Which obviously is the opposite to Starmer’s smash the gangs.

ChessBess · 27/10/2025 15:28

randomchap · 27/10/2025 15:21

A strong leader? Farage? You're having a laugh

You say that people want the taxpayer putting first. NF will put his backers first at the expense of British taxpayers.

He'll be selling off the nhs that was built and paid for by taxpayers.

He's nothing but a silk shirt stuffed with shit

And you think Starmer is a strong leader do you? Don’t make me laugh. He’s got about as much clout as a chicks feather!

I actually wouldn’t chose to vote for Reform because I’m not keen on all of their ideas, but I’m so disillusioned with the last few years that I’m willing to vote for him. I think I’m the majority. From what I’ve seen and heard from people around meant are also planning to vote for him such is the shit show we that this country is in right now

TopPocketFind · 27/10/2025 15:26

The Falkland Islands aren't happy with Reform's proposal for sending asylum seekers there

Gibraltar has already said it will play no part in such plan.

Does Farage have any other ideas on how to reduce accommodation cost?

Summerhillsquare · 27/10/2025 15:26

Whatafustercluck · 27/10/2025 08:20

Yes, just when will the Tories take ownership of their mistake in implementing this policy, as well as taking us out of the EU and therefore the Dublin Agreement?

This all day long.

Immigration generally has reduced under Labour, if that's what floats your boat so to speak. The backlog of asylum decisions has been reduced - that was a deliberate decision of the Tories to cut Home Office staff.

EasternStandard · 27/10/2025 15:23

TopPocketFind · 27/10/2025 14:53

So tell me, what do you think caused the boat crossings?

And what do you suggest the government should do about it?

I have told you, on other threads. Suffocation in lorries led to public outcry and clamp down on that method of entry. You can remember for the next thread I’m sure.

On what to do try looking at successful countries who’ve resolved it.

suburburban · 27/10/2025 15:22

HansHolbein · 27/10/2025 12:21

Yep, courtesy of the taxpayer. Next month, Rachel will extort more money from us to continue to pay for it.

You can’t complain about it though, because it’s makes you a racist.

Well, I fucking hate it. I am sick of this country being a big old charity case. Charity needs to start at home and people need to start taking responsibility for themselves and their lives. If that makes me a racist or any other ist, I’m happy to be called a racist/ist.

I’ll await the @‘s.

So do I

you are not alone

RR makes we seethe along with KS

randomchap · 27/10/2025 15:21

ChessBess · 27/10/2025 14:50

I disagree. We need a strong leader, someone that does what they say they will do. Someone that speaks for the majority and that isn’t scared to put the British tax payer first. It doesn’t fee like any of the previous governments (and certainly not the current one) have done that and now the British people are speaking and are holding them all to account. They’ll all be mincemeat at the next election as they’ve pushed people too far to return now and so Frage will almost certainly be the next PM.

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A strong leader? Farage? You're having a laugh

You say that people want the taxpayer putting first. NF will put his backers first at the expense of British taxpayers.

He'll be selling off the nhs that was built and paid for by taxpayers.

He's nothing but a silk shirt stuffed with shit

EvangelicalAboutButteredToast · 27/10/2025 14:59

We are hemorrhaging money out and trying to rake it back in by punishing businesses and people that have the temerity to earn over 35k. It’s completely bizarre and the sooner we come under the control of the IMF the better.

ohfourfoxache · 27/10/2025 14:55

TopPocketFind · 27/10/2025 14:17

Serco pops up a lot.....

It does, doesn’t it…..🤔

TopPocketFind · 27/10/2025 14:53

EasternStandard · 27/10/2025 14:51

You can’t forget this on each thread. You know about lorries and pre Brexit asylum peak already.

So tell me, what do you think caused the boat crossings?

And what do you suggest the government should do about it?

EasternStandard · 27/10/2025 14:51

TopPocketFind · 27/10/2025 14:49

Are you denying the boat crossings started because of Brexit?

You can’t forget this on each thread. You know about lorries and pre Brexit asylum peak already.

Whammyammy · 27/10/2025 14:50

Ritasueandbobtoo9 · 27/10/2025 08:54

Poor people getting fleeced to enable people to come here and commit crime. At least this is how it feels at the minute. I know not all asylum seekers commit crime but why are certain groups pushing people here?

Its exactly how it is. We are one of the highest taxed in Europe. Our services are poor and under funded, dreading RR next budget too, all so we can fund this hotel lifestyle of asylum seekers.
However someone will be along to call you a bigoted right wing racist in a minute....

ChessBess · 27/10/2025 14:50

randomchap · 27/10/2025 14:36

Reform will make us an absolute laughing stock.

Farage et al are just the faces of the disaster capitalists who want to strip this country bare. You'll lose the NHS, workers protections, holiday and maternity pay. Environmental protections will disappear.

They are not in any way patriotic, and will rip out everything good about this country and give it to their backers.

You think it's bad now, wait until those charlatans get in

I disagree. We need a strong leader, someone that does what they say they will do. Someone that speaks for the majority and that isn’t scared to put the British tax payer first. It doesn’t fee like any of the previous governments (and certainly not the current one) have done that and now the British people are speaking and are holding them all to account. They’ll all be mincemeat at the next election as they’ve pushed people too far to return now and so Frage will almost certainly be the next PM.

TopPocketFind · 27/10/2025 14:49

EasternStandard · 27/10/2025 14:47

You know about asylum in early 2000s already, it was peak asylum via lorries. @WilfredsPiesis correct.

Are you denying the boat crossings started because of Brexit?

EasternStandard · 27/10/2025 14:48

TheGrimSmile · 27/10/2025 14:44

This whole shitshow has been caused by Farage. Thanks to him we left the EU and we are no longer able to just send them back. He did it deliberately to make it a bigger problem so he has something to whip people up about. I'm sick of hearing about the bloody boats. In the scheme of things we have much bigger problems. Farage knows what he is doing. He doesn't care about the boats, he just wants to get in power to make him and his cronies even richer than they already are (at our expense) Just like Trump. And all the fucking idiots are falling for it.

Who ‘sends them back’ within the EU? To any extent that helps.

Does ROI? Or have you noticed the news from Dublin.

TopPocketFind · 27/10/2025 14:48

EasternStandard · 27/10/2025 14:44

They’ve been swapped you mean. It’s one in one out.

How does that help if channel crossings keep going up? Which they are.

As I said we need a working asylum process.

We can't just return people without an agreement. We signed up to to 1952 Refugee Convention, we have responsibilities.

What do you suggest?

EasternStandard · 27/10/2025 14:47

TopPocketFind · 27/10/2025 14:45

You are aware that we left the EU without any agreements in place? No access to the security database for instance.

So yes, any agreement is better than what Brexit gave us which was nothing.

There were no boat crossing recorded before 2018.

You know about asylum in early 2000s already, it was peak asylum via lorries. @WilfredsPiesis correct.

Harriet9955 · 27/10/2025 14:47

ScrewyouJonathon · 27/10/2025 09:52

What a fucking mess this country is in.

Isn't it just. People have had enough. I'm honestly surprised more people aren't protesting but then on every episode of question time etc the whole audiences just seem to be pro immigration. I just don't understand it.

EasternStandard · 27/10/2025 14:45

WilfredsPies · 27/10/2025 14:35

It’s the assumption that the migrants themselves will go along with this deal that makes me laugh! They’ve already been in France, there’s a reason they jumped on a small boat to come to the UK. Who in their right mind thinks that any of them will say ‘ok, fair enough, I’ll stay in Paris’ when they’re told that we have this agreement?

It’s a bizarrely chaotic and ineffective policy.