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Small boat arrivals at Gosport tonight - huge police motorcade

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PassMeTheInternet · Yesterday 22:49

This is the police escort for the latest small boat arrivals at Gosport tonight.

What on earth is going on with this country?

I don’t know how to link a video from Twitter. The videos show the full extent of the operation.

Small boat arrivals at Gosport tonight - huge police motorcade
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BIossomtoes · Today 09:57

SevenYellowHammers · Today 09:56

Isn’t kindness how people are supposed to react to one and other?

Not in swathes of 2026 UK it seems.

SevenYellowHammers · Today 09:58

PurpleLovecats · Today 09:56

But these are being met by the police so surely we DO know where they are?

Quite. The shouting racists just add to confusion and stymie the officials’ ability to process arrivals.

GiaGia16 · Today 09:59

CoventryCity · Today 09:45

That pp obviously hasn’t travelled much. You could fit another 20 people into her 2 up 2 down, at least. Cody living. Shes not trying hard enough to help.

oh I’m sure the asylum seeker wouldn’t mind a small house. Go for it @SevenYellowHammers

WouldYouLikeAnyToast · Today 10:00

EmeraldRoulette · Today 09:55

@CoventryCity I saw later on that you knew it was a joke, but you also know that people will take it seriously?

I’m on your side. I’ve backed you up on many of your threads.(clearly I’m not very memorable). and I didn’t use the word untruths I said misinformation.

I was just picking up what I thought was a serious comment and I don’t see why anyone would post misinformation in this situation. Things are bad enough already and you know that.

I saw later on that you knew it was a joke, but you also know that people will take it seriously?

Exactly, and that's the problem with social media - somebody can post something like that without saying the context, somebody will take it seriously as they don't know it's a joke - and then the next thing you know it's out there as "truth."
Even though you've cleared that up (thanks) you'll bet there's some out there that have only read the original bit and working themselves up over it as they think it's real.
Way too much misinformation out there radicalising people.

Dollymylove · Today 10:01

Some people are very naive. We literally have no idea who is coming into our country.
I have close family members who are Afghan veterans. They will tell the truth about how these MEN behave. I won't go into what happens to women and children (female AND male children) because everyon knows.
The ones who would welcome them are those who are well away In their ivory towers.
Although Andy Pandy has issued an edict that middle class areas will "take their share"
Look what happened in Piddington. "Refugees welcome " ....ooo, errr, did we really say that 😆

Nutmuncher · Today 10:01

If these men have wives and children in their original country what happens to them?

TemperanceWest · Today 10:03

WouldYouLikeAnyToast · Today 10:00

I saw later on that you knew it was a joke, but you also know that people will take it seriously?

Exactly, and that's the problem with social media - somebody can post something like that without saying the context, somebody will take it seriously as they don't know it's a joke - and then the next thing you know it's out there as "truth."
Even though you've cleared that up (thanks) you'll bet there's some out there that have only read the original bit and working themselves up over it as they think it's real.
Way too much misinformation out there radicalising people.

You asked about the live feed from last night that I mentioned. I think you misunderstood. It wasn't from Twitter:

www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/26570976.six-arrests-gosport-migrant-protest-police-probe-small-boat-slashing---live/

NancyThompson · Today 10:03

BIossomtoes · Today 09:51

They’re pretty dim economic migrants then. It costs them thousands to get here then they’re given less than £50 a week.

And then when their claim is approved, which it inevitably is, they get a lot more than that, and get to bring their families over. Not dim at all.

It's a dead cert, really
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/law/article/one-in-100-asylum-claims-are-real-whistleblower-claims-d8768mjnx

Verifying Device

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/law/article/one-in-100-asylum-claims-are-real-whistleblower-claims-d8768mjnx

EasternStandard · Today 10:03

Nutmuncher · Today 10:01

If these men have wives and children in their original country what happens to them?

If they do I think what happens to them will often be pretty awful.

SevenYellowHammers · Today 10:04

Lolamorte · Today 09:55

It’s not hard to understand why. If my country were subjected to US-orchestrated political turmoil, invasion by European ground troops, resultant chaos of dozens of warring rebel groups fighting to take control once the invaders/ dictator/ democratic government faded away - I think I would consider emigrating!! Well, I’d probably send my young son on ahead, to be honest, and stay to make sure my mum is okay until he could get settled and help provide a base.
Humans are characterised by their willingness to migrate, as much as by their opposable thumbs. We move! My friend is moving abroad simply because of the bad weather - just imagine if climate change started to curtail your ability to farm, or to feed yourself- or to go about your daily life without being interrupted by a charging glacier, as happened in Nepal recently.
There is no conspiracy, just increasing uncertainty twinned with a greater facility to move large distances. This is why us Anglo-Saxons are here, after all, and the world continues to turn.

Climate migration is going to be horrific. They aren’t just going to be desperate, they’re going to be angry with us. A multi pronged approach of tackling CC, global mitigation of CC, and getting procedures in place to receive and relocate large numbers of people in place.

GiaGia16 · Today 10:04

NancyThompson · Today 10:03

And then when their claim is approved, which it inevitably is, they get a lot more than that, and get to bring their families over. Not dim at all.

It's a dead cert, really
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/law/article/one-in-100-asylum-claims-are-real-whistleblower-claims-d8768mjnx

Yes it’s the long term goal. UC and housing for the whole family.

WouldYouLikeAnyToast · Today 10:05

Dollymylove · Today 10:01

Some people are very naive. We literally have no idea who is coming into our country.
I have close family members who are Afghan veterans. They will tell the truth about how these MEN behave. I won't go into what happens to women and children (female AND male children) because everyon knows.
The ones who would welcome them are those who are well away In their ivory towers.
Although Andy Pandy has issued an edict that middle class areas will "take their share"
Look what happened in Piddington. "Refugees welcome " ....ooo, errr, did we really say that 😆

You lost me at "Andy Pandy."
Are you 5? Then you expect your posts to be taken seriously.

PassMeTheInternet · Today 10:05

notwhingingjuststatingfacts · Today 02:45

40% of those men dressed in black wearing masks already have convictions for domestic violence, abuse or other violent crime.
anyone dressed all in black, face covered, disobeying the instructions of police and acting in an aggressive manner deserves to be thought of as a thug.
Verses a tiny proportion of immigrants who go on to commit crimes.
Most women who are raped, abused or killed are done so by men they know. It is men already here - including British men - who remain the largest threat to women and girls in this country.

40% of those men dressed in black wearing masks already have convictions for domestic violence, abuse or other violent crime.
anyone dressed all in black, face covered, disobeying the instructions of police and acting in an aggressive manner deserves to be thought of as a thug.

Source please? It’s a lie btw. There were very few arrests at the original masked protest so this is a lie. You using data from people arrested for violent offences at riots after the Southport murders. How you extrapolate from “people arrested for violence” to “everyone at a protest” is beyond me.

And for the umpteenth time, the demonstrators at Gosport are men and women who are mainly not wearing masks.

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EasternStandard · Today 10:06

SevenYellowHammers · Today 10:04

Climate migration is going to be horrific. They aren’t just going to be desperate, they’re going to be angry with us. A multi pronged approach of tackling CC, global mitigation of CC, and getting procedures in place to receive and relocate large numbers of people in place.

I don’t think large numbers will be taken without issues, even on this thread there are posters repeating the falling numbers with this gov.

LastOnePlease · Today 10:06

I’m more concerned about the social media pipeline from ‘concerned about immigration citizen’ to extremism far right propagandist and conspiracy theorist. It’s a real and serious problem. People have, often understandable, concerns about immigration and their own local areas which are often underfunded and where they feel forgotten or are struggling due to government cuts and inflation. And then they go online to seek community and to learn more and the social media platform algorithms instead funnel them down an ever more extreme tunnel. It’s a huge issue. Social media platforms won’t stop because we know now, through legitimate research, that anger is what keeps people engaging with social media. And that the above content keeps people on the platforms sharing content and funnelling into groups and so on. It’s really worrying.

Valeryvictorious · Today 10:06

I’m sick of people shouting racism. It’s got nothing to do with racism. It’s about trying to protect our resources for people who already live here.

Sammyspurs · Today 10:07

Greenandyellowday · Yesterday 23:36

How often do nuclear weapons get transported then, according to your buddy on twitter? Up and down the M4, 5 and 6 all the time, with a couple of police cars?

The nuclear weapons get transported in convoys- there’s mutlipe routes taken and multiple convoys as decoys- it does happen. As someone who used to work there

DogAnxiety · Today 10:08

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I’ve certainly joined the dots, but not in the way you’re implying.

Gtfto2024 · Today 10:09

Spaniels4Eva · Today 09:47

I live/work in a quiet Gloucestershire town and immigration has had a massive impact locally on healthcare/education/housing. We don't want these people here. They don't benefit society in any way, they don't integrate and they refuse to follow local customs. Why come here and try to make it the same as "back home"? I don't understand it. I don't want to walk down the high street and feel that I'm on another continent, I want it to feel familiar.

When I go abroad, I want to taste local food, learn the language, immerse myself in the culture. That's the entire point surely of leaving home?!

Interesting that's my neck of the woods. I hear a lot of noise about how "illegals" are coming, I am bombarded on facebook with videos of homeless people taken by fuckwits who like to follow female police officers and try to humiliate them. There is no evidence presented that they are "illegals" in fact, some have turned out to be ex servicemen getting hassled.

I've yet to see any of these "illegals' in person though, despite being told I am surrounded by them.

WouldYouLikeAnyToast · Today 10:09

LastOnePlease · Today 10:06

I’m more concerned about the social media pipeline from ‘concerned about immigration citizen’ to extremism far right propagandist and conspiracy theorist. It’s a real and serious problem. People have, often understandable, concerns about immigration and their own local areas which are often underfunded and where they feel forgotten or are struggling due to government cuts and inflation. And then they go online to seek community and to learn more and the social media platform algorithms instead funnel them down an ever more extreme tunnel. It’s a huge issue. Social media platforms won’t stop because we know now, through legitimate research, that anger is what keeps people engaging with social media. And that the above content keeps people on the platforms sharing content and funnelling into groups and so on. It’s really worrying.

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Exactly this. As you can see from my previous posts, I completely agree. Something needs to be done but I'm not sure what.

bozzabollix · Today 10:09

CoventryCity · Today 09:40

The problem with the left, and the reason Labour won’t be re elected in our life times, is that they don’t listen.

Is that they equate (or at least pretend to equate) rabid people like the rnli boat slasher, to normal people with genuine concerns.

It is a shame and none of it will come to any good. Thoroughly depressing. Self righteous fools that they are.

Labour have brought the numbers of people coming in by boat down by 40%. How are they not listening to your concerns?

Are you inland? Because that’d explain why you think it’s so easy to police small boats coming to a vast coastline. They’ve succeeded largely in the Dover-Calais channel hence boats are going further along the coast and enduring thirty hours at sea, it’s not an easy task but they are doing it.

Personally I think rejoining the EU means we’d have more cooperation with France and we could set up more legal pathways to apply for asylum without the boats, but you types wouldn’t have that.

LastOnePlease · Today 10:09

DogAnxiety · Today 10:08

I’ve certainly joined the dots, but not in the way you’re implying.

Quite.

The post you’ve quoted is an example of what I mean. This person has been exposed to ever more extreme conspiracy theories. And it’s akin to radicalisation or being in a cult. All because of social media platforms pushing these algorithms.

PassMeTheInternet · Today 10:10

notwhingingjuststatingfacts · Today 02:53

exactly what threat do they pose from an immigration centre?
The boat was apprehended, those on board have been taken by coach to be processed. Most will likely be deported once their case has been heard. So what precisely are you worried about?

Do you only think on a 48 hour timeframe?

Look up Piddington if it’s passed you by. Nice non-racist middle class Lib Dem supporters. Still don’t want hundreds of undocumented foreign young men in their lovely village.

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Fantomfartflinger · Today 10:10

hedgeknight · Yesterday 23:17

How about the RNLI and Border Police get on with doing their job and escort these refugees to safety and a procesasing centre

The point is it shouldn’t be their job. Not only can it be stopped, it should never have started. You either come in with permission or not at all. It’s the posters that say they should just get processed who are missing the point. Plus apparently you cannot deport back to certain countries, so you cannot be let in from those countries purely in that basis imo.

CoventryCity · Today 10:11

Ok ok. People can’t handle the truth or humour. I suppose it’s why the comedians are having problems these days. Gervais like Rowling is wealthy enough not to care though, thankfully.

What I mean is I understand what you’re saying @WouldYouLikeAnyToast @EmeraldRoulette . You’re right. It’s a state of affairs that is contrary to everything in which I believe. The truth and humour. Bloody depressing that so many people are quashing both of these things these days.