Portsmouth this evening

[Shmoigel]

Has anyone else seen the news about what’s happening in Portsmouth this evening
A boat has arrived in Hampshire and the protesters from Dover are currently in the sea blocking passage with hundreds more on the quay blocking coaches waiting.

Does it really matter whether the number has gone slightly up or slightly down? The number should be zero. The government could have stopped these boats a long time ago if they’d wanted to.

Importing labour voters? Really?

Of course numbers matter. The fewer that arrive, the less people here will be affected.

Numbers this year are 40% down. I'd have thought you'd be happy that the numbers are coming down and fewer people here are getting affected by their presence.

And the people in black? What sex are they?

No

Honestly, get yourself an account. It’s the best way to get actual information about what’s going in the world without the distorting filter of the media.

There are too many people here to stop the effect or to reverse it. The damage is done.

Men

So why are we bothering to cut the numbers then? Might as well just let the boats come, according to your logic.

Now that's just being perverse.

My heart goes out to these people. We are fortunate to be born in this part of thr world. Thats all it is, good fortune.

So people would believe them if the numbers went up but won't believe them if the numbers go down?

Ha. Tin foil hat people.

I work in Portsmouth. Feelings about illegal immigration are already very strong in the city & this won't end quickly. The people there will keep going, the protests will get bigger as more & more join. If the powers that be thought they would manage the landings like how they happen in Dover then they clearly dont know anyone from Pompey!

Twitter is a right wing echochamber. It's full of lies, completely full of them.

It’s not “slightly” down if the 12 months to June there were 33k people crossing and in the first 8 months of this year there were 16k. That’s a difference of thousands, assuming the number of crossings drops off into the autumn/winter as the weather worsens.

You can't argue with wilful stupidity.

You are allowed to discuss this. And here we are discussing it.

But the elements of mystery, conspiratorialism and heroic persecution are important ingredients in the drama.

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Twitter is a skip fire of Russian bots. If you want unfiltered news maybe just talk to actual humans

Have you seen the new world map projection the UN wants to adopt? It shows countries at their true relative size. It’s quite striking when you compare the UK and Africa.

Because everything on twitter is accurate and the truth!

Was replying to @HotGrapefruit .

Where do you think those on Twitter (sic) get their info? Do they just pull information out of their arses?

Oh, hang on......

Exactly. They don't know Portsmouth. There will be a warm welcome when hell freezes over. Even I'm scared in daylight some days. I'm WB!