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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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DreamieWhat · Today 00:40

WouldYouLikeAnyToast · Yesterday 23:41

Thank you for this.
They actually make me feel sick to the stomach. The protesters that is, not the migrants.
Who the actual FUCK slashes a boat/dinghy with people on it?!
That's attempted murder.
Then people are defending this.
That "dehumanising" doesn't happen. Whatever. 🙄

Also "let them drown!"
Sick.

You're radicalised.

There was 1 RNLI worker in the dinghy with a RNLI rescue boat or 2, directly next to him

So it all sounds very dramtic but in reality he punctured the boat, a slow puncture, it didn't even look like it affected it, the boat wasnt even going down. The RNLI guy could have stepped onto the boat next to him. He was in full safety gear with lifejacket and he chose to carry on pottering around the dinghy rather than step back onto the RNLI boat that was directly next to him.

But it sounds much better the way you describe it. Maybe you could direct the next Transformers movie with all that imagination.

EmeraldRoulette · Today 00:41

Carla2601 · Today 00:08

You know who to blame don’t you? Have a look how many migrant boat crossings were reported pre Brexit, then take the whole sorry mess up with (you likely hero) Nigel Farage

@Carla2601 Christ, I should keep this somewhere so I don’t have to keep typing it out. Or do people throw this in as a red herring knowing that it’s crap?

We only got rid of about 300 per year prior to Brexit. The Dublin agreement also required us to take people in. Look it up.

I am no supporter of Nigel Farage but the fact that this disinformation is doing the rounds - still! - really bugs me. What is your explanation for the fact that other European countries are having exactly the same problem? They are still in the EU. The Dublin agreement has largely been reframed under the AMMR but the basic principles remain. (pun not intended) (no I haven’t gone to bed yet)

saraclara · Today 00:41

dustabsorber · Yesterday 23:43

Labour sees them as votes to keep them in power. They will be moved to areas where their votes could swing a future election.

FFS. They don't have voting rights. Your paranoia is way out of control.

Pineneedlesincarpet · Today 00:41

PassMeTheInternet · Today 00:39

You think I’m a Nigel Farage supporter? 🤣

She's forgotten the lorries...

JustSawJohnny · Today 00:42

PassMeTheInternet · Today 00:34

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1% of RNLI call outs on the Dorset coast were to arriving boatslast year.

ONE. PERCENT.

But sure, label them, put people off donating to them, abuse their staff etc.

Oh, and here's a source. I know you're not a fan of facts but hey ho.

Police working to protect RNLI in Dorset amid opposition to small boat rescues | Immigration and asylum | The Guardian

Police working to protect RNLI in Dorset amid opposition to small boat rescues

Charity vows to keep helping asylum seekers in Channel despite abuse from rightwing activists and protest at HQ

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/09/their-boat-was-sinking-rnli-vows-to-keep-rescuing-asylum-seekers-despite-attacks

Crumble1719 · Today 00:42

Over £4 billion a year spent on giving these single foreign men a better life, I believe. Just think what we could do with this money if it was being invested in our own kids!

AnyfoolcanknowThepointistounderstand · Today 00:44

MarthaBeach · Yesterday 23:11

'Ordinary people' who were (in Portsmouth) all men, dressed in black with black balaclavas. Like something out of a dystopian nightmare. Of course the police have a duty to prevent violent disorder, it's their job.

Are you thinking of Dover? That was pretty peaceful I think and the point of that was that because the police weren't given notice there was going to be a protest, they didn't have time to bus in the Antifa facists and Hate Not Hope antagonisers to stir up trouble.

No arrests were made which says it all really.

EmeraldRoulette · Today 00:45

Here’s the video which shows the rescue worker jumping onto The dinghy, maybe I think in order to secure it to the other boat? he does that before Danny Tommo slashes it.

https://searchlightmagazine.com/2026/09/danny-tommo-could-face-serious-jail-time-after-channel-knife-stunt/

PrincessFiorimonde · Today 00:45

Greenandyellowday · Today 00:11

The RNLI do not provide welcoming tents, or cuddles, or snuggly pyjamas. They volunteer their time and risk their lives to save strangers from drowning at sea, without prejudice. That is all. If "Tommo" (whoever the fuck he might be) punctures his own (or somone else's) dinghy, they would rescue him too, without prejudice. To assign political motives to the RNLI is disgusting.

Absolutely this!

PassMeTheInternet · Today 00:47

Greenandyellowday · Today 00:11

The RNLI do not provide welcoming tents, or cuddles, or snuggly pyjamas. They volunteer their time and risk their lives to save strangers from drowning at sea, without prejudice. That is all. If "Tommo" (whoever the fuck he might be) punctures his own (or somone else's) dinghy, they would rescue him too, without prejudice. To assign political motives to the RNLI is disgusting.

Reread my post. I didn’t say the RNLI were provided tents and pyjamas.

Do you not believe the RNLI are meeting these boats half way to France?

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AInightingale · Today 00:48

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They will have to be pressganged in that case. No way are British people going to fight willingly in Ukraine or for any EU army. Conversely, there is no shortage of willing British and Irish men prepared to defend their own countries against this outrageous business.

Pineneedlesincarpet · Today 00:49

PassMeTheInternet · Today 00:47

Reread my post. I didn’t say the RNLI were provided tents and pyjamas.

Do you not believe the RNLI are meeting these boats half way to France?

Its a shame that the effect of the small boats is to infect and corrupt so much of the UK now. Even the RNLI ..a stand-up organisation if there ever was one is being sucked in..and will be badly damaged as a result of the governments inability to control not the protesters but our borders.

PassMeTheInternet · Today 00:50

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WouldYouLikeAnyToast · Today 00:50

Sunshineandrainbow · Today 00:38

You do know if you edit, your original post is there too?

I want them to stop ferrying illegal immigrants on to our shores. They are more than outweighing any good they do.

Please explain what you mean by they are more than outweighing any good they do.

I noticed that too - must think a little full stop dot is a magic eraser or something 😁

Pineneedlesincarpet · Today 00:50

AInightingale · Today 00:48

They will have to be pressganged in that case. No way are British people going to fight willingly in Ukraine or for any EU army. Conversely, there is no shortage of willing British and Irish men prepared to defend their own countries against this outrageous business.

Its called NATO. We are a member. And unfortunately conscription is compulsory.

PassMeTheInternet · Today 00:51

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“Fuck your laziness. It’s common courtesy…”

Blimey

It’s been widely reported in the mainstream press. You can easily look it up if you’re interested.

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Pineneedlesincarpet · Today 00:52

WouldYouLikeAnyToast · Today 00:50

I noticed that too - must think a little full stop dot is a magic eraser or something 😁

Tbf she put exactly the same post straight after that one before you and the pp started commenting. So im not sure your point?

WouldYouLikeAnyToast · Today 00:52

PassMeTheInternet · Today 00:50

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What are you doing? Do you think you're magically erasing your posts or something? 😕
Instead of writing, and then doing some kind of weird "dirty delete", try and explain what you're actually on about?

ilovesooty · Today 00:52

dustabsorber · Yesterday 23:43

Labour sees them as votes to keep them in power. They will be moved to areas where their votes could swing a future election.

And at what point will they actually have the right to vote? You're being ridiculous.

WouldYouLikeAnyToast · Today 00:53

Pineneedlesincarpet · Today 00:52

Tbf she put exactly the same post straight after that one before you and the pp started commenting. So im not sure your point?

They've done it with another one since too.

PassMeTheInternet · Today 00:54

JoyousWriter · Today 00:23

Would you rather they get hypothermia?

The tax payer and also the RNLI would also support you, if you needed help. Although you certainly don't sound deserving.

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Do you think there should be any limit to the number of people the tax payer support if they turn up on our shores?

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Pineneedlesincarpet · Today 00:54

WouldYouLikeAnyToast · Today 00:52

What are you doing? Do you think you're magically erasing your posts or something? 😕
Instead of writing, and then doing some kind of weird "dirty delete", try and explain what you're actually on about?

Look at the post directly after it?

Honestly you guys keep making the same point for some unknown reason.

Pineneedlesincarpet · Today 00:57

WouldYouLikeAnyToast · Today 00:53

They've done it with another one since too.

Well I suppose it keeps them busy. Making pointless posts rather than attempting to engage with the discussion.

Greenandyellowday · Today 00:58

Pineneedlesincarpet · Yesterday 23:58

It's pretty much cross party now regarding party supporters including even Labour voters. Its just the government and PLP that don't seem to have read the room. And they are the ones in power.

It takes a strong ideological mentality to ignore the Security Services when they warn that hostile states like Iran are using the boats to infiltrate the UK anonymously. You would think immediate emergency powers or starting the process to leave the ECHR if that's what is stopping them sort this out would be appropriate. But no. We all instead have to "take our fair share".

So just to recap your post, you're sure that the Nation State of Iran is using unsafe boats to cross the English Channel or La Manche to infiltrate the UK. And you say that other "hostile states" are in on it too. Would that be China? Russia?

I'll bet most of your favourite "hostile states" have methods of spying and infiltration that are less clumsy and risky to their people than getting them all the way to France and then expecting them to shove onto an overcrowded rubber dinghy.

And your suggestion for dealing with these imagined hostile states, all of which are OUTSIDE the EU, is for the UK to exit the EUROPEAN Convention on Human Rights. Your logic isn't on today.

Pineneedlesincarpet · Today 01:01

Greenandyellowday · Today 00:58

So just to recap your post, you're sure that the Nation State of Iran is using unsafe boats to cross the English Channel or La Manche to infiltrate the UK. And you say that other "hostile states" are in on it too. Would that be China? Russia?

I'll bet most of your favourite "hostile states" have methods of spying and infiltration that are less clumsy and risky to their people than getting them all the way to France and then expecting them to shove onto an overcrowded rubber dinghy.

And your suggestion for dealing with these imagined hostile states, all of which are OUTSIDE the EU, is for the UK to exit the EUROPEAN Convention on Human Rights. Your logic isn't on today.

Again. This was widely reported a few weeks ago. In all major reputable media outlets so have a look yourself. And it was the UKs security services that raised the alarm. I feel they are as reliable a source as far as can be hoped for these days. You may of course disagree.

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