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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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CoventryCity · Today 18:12

DebbieSavage · Today 17:19

This small boats crisis needs to end, winter is coming and the weather will get extremely hazardous for crossings. We need to start processing the refugees at Calais and bringing them over safely on Royal Navy ships. On the journey we can ascertain who they are and assign them to different wards up and down the country to spread them out efficiently and evenly, so that no one place is burdened too heavily.

We also need to start investing in creating new towns and cities in the Northwest in Cumbria and Northumberland in the Northeast to deal with the flow. The climate crisis is only going to fuel a bigger need for sanctuary and we need to be amongst the primary nations to do our part.

Oh Debs you are so right!

‘bringing them over safely on Royal Navy ship’

You read my mind! And I Also think we should increase the taxes on wealthy people to help pay for this cunning plan. And the training of extra Naval staff for these missions. Beautiful!

Actually we could even set up submarine transport. Totally avoid the bad weather. Direct service from country of origin. Amazing.

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CoventryCity · Today 18:14

DebbieSavage · Today 17:47

Absolutely Russia is involved. They are insanely jealous of our strong and stable multicultural society and are trying to find a way to break us apart from the inside. They know that diversity is our strength and without it, they will conquer us easily. We must not let them win. We need more Eritrean and Somalian fighting age men now to defeat the Russian Empire.

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WeAreNumpties · Today 18:15

LuckyHazelFox · Today 16:20

Anybody who wants to respect their host country and its citizens, be prepared to learn to speak fluent English and make a financial contribution. Quite simple.

Be more specific. What does respecting their host country mean? Pretty sure I have different values to you, whose values should they be respecting? Are they supposed to go to church (and if so, which one), join the Women's Institute, bow down to the Royal family, support a football team, drink tea, watch Coronation Street and Eastenders, learn Shakespeare plays, love David Attenborough? What are our British values because, to me, it's not about treating people so hostilely and being happy for them to drown in the Channel.

I'm pretty fucked off with the way women are still treated by some British men TBH. How about some outrage about that?

WeAreNumpties · Today 18:19

Cadeaukatze · Today 17:37

I'm happy with people who come lawfully and with documentation so we know who they are and where they have come from. That said, even Afghan refugees who came over (legally) in the aftermath of the Taliban taking back control there were treating their womenfolk badly in London and were surprised when told to toe the line by the British police. I do not want men coming here who have no idea how to behave. We have enough of our own like the murderer of Sarah Everard.

But we also have a lot of unemployment so do we actually need immigration at all? There will be a few specific jobs and careers such as caring but for the rest people can be trained. But employers are too lazy and all they see is profit. They don't want to waste money training people when they can import them from overseas.

This makes no sense. Employers are lazy so they want to train people from overseas (who presumably also need to be trained and probably don't speak English) rather than British people? Why would that be?

I agree that British women still have a long way to go to achieve equality. Have you spent some time campaigning about that as it seems so important to you?

WeAreNumpties · Today 18:26

inamarina · Today 17:04

If your family members came over legally, it must have been on some sort of work visa?
It’s not the same as rocking up somewhere, claiming that your country of origin is too dangerous for you, yet somehow not for the women and children left behind.

My family were Anglo Indian, they had British passports once India became independent. It didn't stop them being treated like pariahs and being spat at in the street and called names I can't type here. That's why I don't believe the 'I only have a problem with illegals' brigade'.

cityliving99 · Today 18:27

TemperanceWest · Today 15:58

Life is substantially worse now than it was 20 years ago

Well yes. Do you know what happened in 2008? Followed by 14 years of Tory austerity plus Covid plus Ukraine plus Truss plus Trump's insanity. Is any of that the fault of immigrants?

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And now Labour, sinking us into another debt crisis. Can you imagine? They raided the gold, they raided the pensions. Now it’s your homes, oh and any savings or investments. They are raiding LGPS so they don’t need to fund teachers pay rises. They are coming for everything you have.

5MinuteArgument · Today 18:27

beguilingeyes · Today 18:05

You think asylum seekers are buying million pound houses? Nothing to do with oligarchs and money laundering then...

Probably has something to do with the millions of people who have moved here from overseas, though.

EasternStandard · Today 18:28

DebbieSavage · Today 17:47

Absolutely Russia is involved. They are insanely jealous of our strong and stable multicultural society and are trying to find a way to break us apart from the inside. They know that diversity is our strength and without it, they will conquer us easily. We must not let them win. We need more Eritrean and Somalian fighting age men now to defeat the Russian Empire.

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Yep this is about on a par with Labour’s blame the Russians messaging.

LuckyHazelFox · Today 18:29

WeAreNumpties · Today 18:15

Be more specific. What does respecting their host country mean? Pretty sure I have different values to you, whose values should they be respecting? Are they supposed to go to church (and if so, which one), join the Women's Institute, bow down to the Royal family, support a football team, drink tea, watch Coronation Street and Eastenders, learn Shakespeare plays, love David Attenborough? What are our British values because, to me, it's not about treating people so hostilely and being happy for them to drown in the Channel.

I'm pretty fucked off with the way women are still treated by some British men TBH. How about some outrage about that?

Making sure women consent is a good place to start, don't you think?

LuckyHazelFox · Today 18:30

CoventryCity · Today 18:14

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Schlossadler · Today 18:32

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My goodness, London used to be a great city, until Khan destroyed it.

Why did you leave?

Schlossadler · Today 18:33

LuckyHazelFox · Today 18:29

Making sure women consent is a good place to start, don't you think?

Sorry, I have to break my own rule, and use an emoji for that.

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Clavinova · Today 18:34

Persephonia1966 · Today 17:03

Because of 0.7% of the population being refugees?
Because of wider issues around other types of migration?
Because of other issues?

I am not sure what "Unity" entails- if it's some Borg like thing I'm not sure we ever had that but generally people where I live seem to rub along together pretty well (regardless of political viewpoint.) Give or take the occasional areshole but twas ever thus.
Unless Unity is a cat. In which case probably be back in a few days or worst case hit by a car

Because of 0.7% of the population being refugees?

More like 2-3% if you include former refugees who have naturalised since the 1990s or have indefinite leave to remain, plus Ukrainians and Hong Kongers etc. More if you go back further.

EasternStandard · Today 18:36

LuckyHazelFox · Today 18:29

Making sure women consent is a good place to start, don't you think?

It is a good place to start.

And the pp is missing that women usually do drown in the Channel now.

Gtfto2024 · Today 18:38

MaturingCheeseball · Today 17:41

I am rather suspicious that those bandying the term “Nazi” about and talking of Hitler are not particularly friendly towards Jewish people. In fact if I could be bothered to do a forensic examination of, for example, the Jewish ambulances attack in London thread, then I imagine we might well find a few of the posters minimising that yelling about Hitler on this thread.

How many hoops have you had to jump through to reach that conclusion?
No right minded thinking decent human being would have anything but contempt for those who carried out such an abhorrent attack.

I am pretty damn sure that those who have learnt anything at all from that period of history and are voicing concerns about the similarities would agree with me.

hedgeknight · Today 18:39

Clavinova · Today 18:34

Because of 0.7% of the population being refugees?

More like 2-3% if you include former refugees who have naturalised since the 1990s or have indefinite leave to remain, plus Ukrainians and Hong Kongers etc. More if you go back further.

How much further back, WW2, the Huguenots?

Gtfto2024 · Today 18:43

Schlossadler · Today 18:32

My goodness, London used to be a great city, until Khan destroyed it.

Why did you leave?

One man, singlehandedly that has been repeatedly re-elected by those that live there able to destroy an entire city.

That's a bit of a stretch don't you think.

Schlossadler · Today 18:44

EasternStandard · Today 18:36

It is a good place to start.

And the pp is missing that women usually do drown in the Channel now.

I must confess, I found the recent Home Office Guide ‘Understanding behaviours and expectations in the UK: A guide for asylum seekers’ slightly disconcerting.

The fact that the government even needs to publish such a document. Is there a multiple choice test, I wonder.

Gtfto2024 · Today 18:45

Schlossadler · Today 18:44

I must confess, I found the recent Home Office Guide ‘Understanding behaviours and expectations in the UK: A guide for asylum seekers’ slightly disconcerting.

The fact that the government even needs to publish such a document. Is there a multiple choice test, I wonder.

The same guidance given to British troops.

More fear mongering I see.

CoventryCity · Today 18:50

hopefully Cleverly will bring London back to the glory days. Remember red ken? My favourite London days.

TemperanceWest · Today 18:51

Schlossadler · Today 18:32

My goodness, London used to be a great city, until Khan destroyed it.

Why did you leave?

Heard a disturbing rumour that someone wanted to convert Ally Pally into a Nazi castle.

CoventryCity · Today 18:52

Schlossadler · Today 18:44

I must confess, I found the recent Home Office Guide ‘Understanding behaviours and expectations in the UK: A guide for asylum seekers’ slightly disconcerting.

The fact that the government even needs to publish such a document. Is there a multiple choice test, I wonder.

And why do they say they won’t house asylum seekers next to schools and nurseries?

They are admitting we have a problem.

CoventryCity · Today 18:53

TemperanceWest · Today 18:51

Heard a disturbing rumour that someone wanted to convert Ally Pally into a Nazi castle.

Oh yeah that’s true. Seen the plans. Start building in Jan 27.

Schlossadler · Today 18:53

There’s some posts being withdrawn tonight.

No matter, I feel reassured.

Clavinova · Today 18:54

hedgeknight · Today 18:39

How much further back, WW2, the Huguenots?

No, not that far back - which is why I stopped at the 1990s.

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