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

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CurdinHenry · 13/08/2026 10:22

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).

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Nuthatch26 · 14/08/2026 21:09

LuckyHazelFox · 14/08/2026 21:07

I've just read something I wish I hadn't. People can be absolutely evil.

On MN, or elsewhere?

LuckyHazelFox · 14/08/2026 21:12

Nuthatch26 · 14/08/2026 21:09

On MN, or elsewhere?

On here. Can't say much but it's about a man who has been found unresponsive. That will be obvious who it is. The vultures are out scoring points. The usual bigger moral compass brigades. Mods are taking swift action.

GunnelVallquist · 14/08/2026 21:19

LuckyHazelFox · 14/08/2026 21:12

On here. Can't say much but it's about a man who has been found unresponsive. That will be obvious who it is. The vultures are out scoring points. The usual bigger moral compass brigades. Mods are taking swift action.

I’ve just seen it (I think we’re talking about the same incident here)

LuckyHazelFox · 14/08/2026 21:21

GunnelVallquist · 14/08/2026 21:19

I’ve just seen it (I think we’re talking about the same incident here)

They make me sick. They weren't interested in posting before and now they are all over it. I've reported the most vile one.

GunnelVallquist · 14/08/2026 21:28

LuckyHazelFox · 14/08/2026 21:21

They make me sick. They weren't interested in posting before and now they are all over it. I've reported the most vile one.

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I didn’t read the threads, but I knew who you were referring to.

Just had a look at the last couple of pages.

You are NOT to blame for what happened. Nobody is.

LuckyHazelFox · 14/08/2026 21:33

GunnelVallquist · 14/08/2026 21:28

I didn’t read the threads, but I knew who you were referring to.

Just had a look at the last couple of pages.

You are NOT to blame for what happened. Nobody is.

That thread won't last. It goes back though to skin colour being weaponised to try to make people feel guilty.

GunnelVallquist · 14/08/2026 21:35

LuckyHazelFox · 14/08/2026 21:33

That thread won't last. It goes back though to skin colour being weaponised to try to make people feel guilty.

Funnily enough the person I was referring to earlier on (without naming them) is on that thread.

LuckyHazelFox · 14/08/2026 21:37

GunnelVallquist · 14/08/2026 21:35

Funnily enough the person I was referring to earlier on (without naming them) is on that thread.

They were quick off the mark to post. It goes back to them being deluded into believing they are the good ones. What is it about Friday nights on here?

smallglassbottle · 14/08/2026 21:52

LuckyHazelFox · 14/08/2026 21:37

They were quick off the mark to post. It goes back to them being deluded into believing they are the good ones. What is it about Friday nights on here?

They're probably on the pop. Take no notice. Recent events don't alter the unfortunate truth.

LuckyHazelFox · 14/08/2026 21:58

smallglassbottle · 14/08/2026 21:52

They're probably on the pop. Take no notice. Recent events don't alter the unfortunate truth.

Yes you're right x

suburburban · 14/08/2026 21:58

thenightsky · 14/08/2026 20:40

that's awful. Imagine what would happen to a Christian doing the same thing in Saudi.

yes there’s is such a lack of respect for our way of life and traditions from others including our politicians

GunnelVallquist · 14/08/2026 22:05

smallglassbottle · 14/08/2026 21:52

They're probably on the pop. Take no notice. Recent events don't alter the unfortunate truth.

Probably the same kind of people who would celebrate if something was to happen to Nigel Farage

smallglassbottle · 14/08/2026 22:07

GunnelVallquist · 14/08/2026 22:05

Probably the same kind of people who would celebrate if something was to happen to Nigel Farage

Oh yes, totally.

DebbieSavage · 14/08/2026 22:10

LuckyHazelFox · 14/08/2026 21:33

That thread won't last. It goes back though to skin colour being weaponised to try to make people feel guilty.

Reminds me of when a Right Wing person finally commits some sort of act of violence. Doesn't matter about the preceding 15 other mass casualty incidents involving people who shouldn't even be in the country in the first place, now we have the one that matters. The one that we should really be afraid of. Let's have speeches in parliament, community leaders standing up with tears in their eyes declaring how unsafe they feel at the hands of right wing terrorism. We need more censorship. Let's make white boys watch a 'documentary' about how they will become misogynists and murder women when they grow up. 'Maaaate'.

The whole thing is pervasive.

DebbieSavage · 14/08/2026 22:13

GunnelVallquist · 14/08/2026 22:05

Probably the same kind of people who would celebrate if something was to happen to Nigel Farage

I'm not condoning violence BUT....

proceeds to make a list of 25 reasons why it's a good thing somebody assassinated a political figure they don't like and then quotes the paradox of tolerance to finish it all off

LuckyHazelFox · 14/08/2026 22:23

You bet if Farage was murdered they would be like they were with Charlie Kirk but worse. They've got some nerve talking about witch hunts.

GunnelVallquist · 14/08/2026 22:25

DebbieSavage · 14/08/2026 22:13

I'm not condoning violence BUT....

proceeds to make a list of 25 reasons why it's a good thing somebody assassinated a political figure they don't like and then quotes the paradox of tolerance to finish it all off

Yes!

As evidenced when your female MP was murdered.

GunnelVallquist · 14/08/2026 22:27

LuckyHazelFox · 14/08/2026 22:23

You bet if Farage was murdered they would be like they were with Charlie Kirk but worse. They've got some nerve talking about witch hunts.

The fact they can’t see their own hypocrisy is staggering.

LuckyHazelFox · 14/08/2026 22:27

GunnelVallquist · 14/08/2026 22:25

Yes!

As evidenced when your female MP was murdered.

Let's just say I'm glad that Heather Herbert belongs on their side.

GunnelVallquist · 14/08/2026 22:28

LuckyHazelFox · 14/08/2026 22:27

Let's just say I'm glad that Heather Herbert belongs on their side.

Oh HE is beyond vile!

LuckyHazelFox · 14/08/2026 22:32

GunnelVallquist · 14/08/2026 22:28

Oh HE is beyond vile!

😆 🤣

LastTrainsEast · 14/08/2026 22:33

ComtesseDeSpair · 13/08/2026 10:33

Referring to it as “middle class areas” is just political point scoring. We should be housing asylum seekers where it’s most economically efficient to do so, which is a fine line between somewhere with affordable accommodation and somewhere with sufficient services that money isn’t wasted ferrying people to and from things like schools, doctors, community centres etc in taxis, and people can be adequately supported. But having a specific aim of increasing the asylum bill by buying up expensive land and housing in affluent areas just to be able to say “middle class people should also have to live next door to asylum seekers” is facile.

Not just point scoring.

Lots of people in middle class areas are saying they want lots more immigrants "but they must be housed next to the poor not near us"

If we pursue this they will come out against all immigration.

EmeraldShamrock000 · 14/08/2026 22:35

LuckyHazelFox · 14/08/2026 21:12

On here. Can't say much but it's about a man who has been found unresponsive. That will be obvious who it is. The vultures are out scoring points. The usual bigger moral compass brigades. Mods are taking swift action.

Oh that’s heartbreaking. Death by media. 🥹 I don’t know the ins and outs of his situation, just that he’s been in the media a lot. They’re not worth losing yourself for, no matter what, things pass.

LuckyHazelFox · 14/08/2026 22:36

LastTrainsEast · 14/08/2026 22:33

Not just point scoring.

Lots of people in middle class areas are saying they want lots more immigrants "but they must be housed next to the poor not near us"

If we pursue this they will come out against all immigration.

How did I mum issue that corker post you responded to. Unreal!!

LuckyHazelFox · 14/08/2026 22:42

So how will Burnham approach his idea I wonder. Hasn't a list of potential areas been drawn up?

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