To ask if you think the prime minister has a democratic duty to house asylum seekers in middle class areas

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By which I mean, would most voters support this as opposed to a change in policy to refuse in greater numbers? I honestly can't tell what "the majority" actually wants. I would prefer fewer having seen how things went in Germany thanks to the Merkel wave but I am willing to believe I'm a backwards old boomer and a majority would be more welcoming.

They (UK governments) tend to say they have no choice due to the echr but this isn't true. There are a lot of operational choices they could make (eg sometimes when people are denied entry at the border they are actually allowed into the country for a few days and instructed to report back to the airport when it's time for the removal flight).

It appears to have been manipulated so that our youngsters can't afford their own homes, so remain stuck with parents. This has a knock on effect that they can't establish their own family. Add youth unemployment to the mix and it'll bring the younger generations hope of an independent life to a shuddering halt.

Agree with you OP. I’d love this to happen in the gentrified areas of our big northern city.

Talk the talk, walk the walk

Dappy777 · Today 14:09
It isn't a duty, but I'm sure it WILL be a pleasure. Never underestimate how much the British left hate, and I mean HATE, middle-class English people, especially in the south east of England.

This reminded me of an interview I watched with philosopher Bertrand Russell.

He was talking about Marxism and he said the reason it had been discredited and had largely failed was because it wasn't so much about helping the working class as punishing the bourgeoisie.

I think he had a point!

And yet nurses, midwives and doctors who were born and trained here can't get jobs 🤔

You are probably safer in a relationship with an Afghani man than a British man given how prevalent domestic violence is in this country, so don't give me that rubbish. You know better.

This is a very stupid comment..things are bad here but no way in hell are Afghani men and Afghanistan any better

The only positive of this madness might be that once these „refugees” are distributed equally across the country and start affecting the daily lives of everyone, including the liberal do-gooders, people might wake up to what’s happening and stop accepting this nonsense. It might be too late by then and that’s the sad part.
House prices in the middle class areas will start plummeting thanks to proximity of these settlements, that will most likely have the fastest direct impact on changing people’s minds.

There's Fuck of Tory Scum Welcome Immigrants graffiti in this very affluent SE commuter town.

Some horrid over-privileged little teenager, I guess.

Fuck of 🤭

anyone who is interested in helping can please look up the change dot org petition for Linton on Ouse. There are only 700 people in the village so we need other people to care and get involved. The petition explains exactly what the proposal is. If you can please sign it and support it. You need to verify your email after signing for it to count. The irony is the the petition was rejected by govenrment as being a 'local matter' when it is being enforced by the Home Office with no reference to local democracy. I would really appreciate it if you would take the time to read the petition and sign if you agree. Thanks

How far we have fallen as a society when pure racist hate posting like that is willfully tolerated.

I think its time to exit the thread, I am a tolerant and reasonable person but this kind of rhetoric is making me increasingly angry and it's not good for my sanity.

Where is it safer to be a woman.... England or Afghanistan?

Maybe ask Alaina Hall gave police "key" information about her Afghani husband Sharif Ahmadzai, who murdered that Scottish volunteer worker in Athens.

I somehow don't think she'd agree with you.

Ireland's national debt is lower than last year and has been steadily decreasing since 2016.
As for the rest of your post it doesn't sound like the Ireland where I live. Crimes involving foreign nationals are publicised. It's just that they are far outnumbered by crimes committed by white men.

But surely an area is unlikely to be full of "champagne socialists"? I admit that certain areas are traditionally Tory/Labour, but even that has changed.
Being rich or poor doesn't necessarily mean you're in favour of immigration (and what type of immigration; everyone I've ever met has (at least on the surface) seemed happy with my friends and family who immigrated legally, work hard and bring our children up to be kind and law abiding). At one time, anti-immigration was seen as anti-diversity, and more likely to be right wing, richer people?
Yet more right wing areas tend to be poorer now (and even that is a generalisation).
I suppose you could designate areas pro/anti immigration, but I really don't think that everyone, or even a significant majority, in each area would agree with the designation.

The west is always always always a better place to be a woman than the 3rd world.

Not just that but you will also get a beautifully crafted traditional Afghan rug to place next to your Habitat sofa to show off at dinner parties, so win-win all round.

How charming!

Looks like another non-Labour area...? Guess it's your own fault for voting wrong then 🙄

Signed.

Spoken by someone who has lived with the privilege of having spent their life in a liberal country and enjoyed all the benefits that this involves.

Read about the absolute hell that is Afghanistan as a woman or girl and see how insulting it is to call anyone a racist for pointing out the differences, which are so glaringly obvious they put the sun to shame.

For those of you who haven’t already realised

@DebbieSavage is taking the piss out of the stupid things people usually say on here, but, like Titania McGrath, it looks like it’s real

Because that’s the level of insanity we reached

I do feel as if there might be a tiny climb down happening

@BeatrizBoniface I’m sure the neighbour does still have his poster up

But slowly, I think people are realising

Of course the invasion will have finished by the time they actually realise…..

Where would someone rather their DD did a girls trip to Prague or New Delhi? Where would you feel safer your DDs going? And why?

See my post just before yours

Yes, Debbie is very clever, but it is warping the conversation somewhat.

It was a ridiculous scheme & deserved to be scrapped.

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Whilst their 'men' stand by and allow this.