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Like in Jan-Feb last year when BTA and Simms scored game winning goals? We did this to death in preseason. BTA and Simms have decent goal scoring records in the championship, they are capable of filling in for Haji. The same Haji Wright you and many others wanted to play LW and continued to...

We’ve started the league season with 2 wins and a draw… why are talking about Ellis Simms? It’s v odd. This season, he’s started 2 games and scored 1. In the meantime, Haji has scored 3 goals and BTA has 2.

Certainly not me. That was a point you yourself seemed to concede. It may reduce the ‘visibility’ of the problem but if an increased amount of arrivals (or even the same amount), that doesn’t actually solve the problem that this country is having with migration as a whole. Only 15% of voters...

In practice, people advocating for ‘safe routes’ actually mean they want to rubber stamp all arrivals. Which would exacerbate the problem further so the issue still remains. You run the risk of being overwhelmed because if hundreds of thousands of people make the journey using unsafe routes, it...

You’re comfortable stating the demographic fact that men are more violent than women but uncomfortable making the links to nationalities/regions. The fact the small boat crossings are 70% + men is why people want this to end. In places like Nuneaton and Epping, the specific concerns for women’s...

The same patterns are repeated elsewhere in Europe and countries all over the EU are realising their empathy is being taken advantage of. In all seriousness Pete, how does this credibly reduce the numbers of asylum seekers or legal migrants? You’re smart enough to realise that it would do the...

Say we opened up a safe route between France and the UK to stop the small boat crossings… How does that reduce illegal/legal migration? It doesn’t and actually creates a massive incentive for human traffickers getting people to Europe in the first place. Likewise, ‘safe routes’ to Europe only...

How did we pay for the stadium? Transfers these days are rarely stumped upfront.

By definition, enforcing your borders and being selective with who you admit will be exclusionary to some degree. There are national/ethnic groups of migrants where, frankly, they’re economically a net drain and/or overrepresented in crime statistics. As general principle, these people...

No and you’re acting in bad faith to be honest. Pretty much any Labour government pre-Blair, specifically Attlee fits this bill. Maurice Glasman and Paul Embery are two modern figures from ‘Blue Labour’ I feel would cut through well electorally. You don’t seem to have much historical context...

I’m sorry for your loss Stu. Thoughts and prayers with you and your family.

RIP Malc, he was a good contributor on this forum. I always the fear the worst when a contributor’s activity drops off.

It’s not a competition and your viewpoint is v much if the cost of living was alleviated, there wouldn’t be as many concerns over immigration. Which I disagree with because these concerns predate the CoL crisis. It goes without saying that cost of living is a massive problem that the...

No, my biggest concern with immigration is that it leads to widespread civil disorder. Suppose we elect Reform to deliver on immigration, legal and illegal… what comes next if they were fail? It’ll be something ugly in my view. That’s my genuine concern if immigration isn’t solved.

Agreed. They ran a good campaign to win the election. Case in point is the ‘smash the gangs’ rhetoric. Undeniably popular on the campaign trail, but 12 months later, small boat crossings are significantly up. The economic program was pretty sparse to avoid scrutiny. Understandable. However...

Immigration is the most toxic thing in our political discourse right now. The reason being is that it’s an issue where there’s been repeated failures from both Labour and Conservative governments. Is the human rights solicitor Kier Starmer really the right person to take decisive political...

There are has been a few polls where they poll at 31-33%. Labour’s polling has collapsed and we’re still in the ‘honeymoon’ period for most governments. My view is that things will deteriorate but let’s see how that pans out. Hawking at the polls this early in a parliament is typically a...

Apparently Reform hit its cap at 15%… then again at 20%, 25%, 30% but don’t worry, their actual cap is 35% this time! 😂 There’s widespread dissatisfaction on immigration, crime, the economy and welfare state. Yet, in typical high handedness, it’s all in our heads. I’m sure someone mentioned...

It’ll be another gift wrapped open goal to Reform and would confirm many people’s prejudices of Starmer. I don't believe Kier Starmer will be leader at the next election nor will this parliament last until 2029. This and the economy will sweep him up and there isn’t the talent in the cabinet to...

Revere is another word for respect and by definition you revere at least one of the flags in your profile…