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The will was there under the Tories. I think it is under Labour. It’s pretty clear a good 40-50% of the country have it as a top issue regardless. The options really aren’t straight forward. There’s a 2-1 majority for staying in the EHCR and that’s probably the bare minimum if you want to do...

It’s been one of the main focuses of the current and last government. It’s just not as simple as people like to make out. Most people seemingly have a cartoon view of how countries interoperate.

What “we need” is determined by who will pay for it. We should destroy landlords through mass house building and transport improvements, but what would happen if a load of people moved into care is we’d lose an industry somewhere else. There’s only so many people to go around and for companies...

I think that’s all we can do realistically without some nuclear buttons that put us in a questionable position with the countries around us. I always liked the idea of a French processing centre but then why would the French let those we reject stay there? I think we have to get access to EU...

I don’t even think he’s what we need and this thread has me wanting us to sign him

I know for a fact that he said that because I was there and he said it to my mate. He clearly thought he was a badass at 17 or whatever it was. It doesn’t surprise me that he hung about in circles that got him stabbed from that interaction.

Like we had a government for 14 years guys that literally planned to use wave machines at one point to try and get around the law and plausible deniability. And they really wanted to stop the boats. Like a lot. The idea there’s some simple solution no one has tried is just fantasy nonsense. If...

Countries that do that do it in international waters to avoid international law. There’s no international water in the channel so if you want to “turn them back” without France agreeing you’re talking about invading France.

How can you do that? You don’t choose when people cross the channel.

If you pay them what they’re worth so they move from other industries you’re leaving shortages elsewhere. The fundamental problem is we are short of people. Unless you want to pay a lot more tax or give pensioners a lot less, we need more workers.

Semi related. Been thinking about starting to take a bin bag and litter picker with me on my walks, round by me can be a right tip. Feels like something with a big impact for little effort that doesn’t require anyone else and I can do or not as I choose. Only downside is being known as the weird...

Two and a half Aston Villa reserves for Rudi… #TheModel

Agree with a lot of this. Feels like the first year we haven’t moved forwards as a squad for a long time. Team still doesn’t look particularly cohesive even after a pre season. Signings are all a bit meh, any excitement for Rushworth went with his Collins impression. KKH is a downgrade on MvE...

Fanne Dabo :O (another DM? I can’t see it)

Went around starting on randoms when he was a youth player telling people he was a big time footballer and could get them shanked if he wanted. Sounds like he said it to the wrong guy.

All 2% of them. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-system-statistics-year-ending-june-2024/asylum-claims-on-the-basis-of-sexual-orientation-2023

This is just bollocks, I’ve been out past this time with my youngest loads of times as we like to catch a show when we’re in London. Always felt perfectly safe, for a start it’s well lit and crowded in the West End until late at night.

3,500 of the 24k were foreign nationals offenders: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/returns-from-the-uk-and-illegal-working-activity-since-july-2024/returns-from-the-uk-from-5-july-2024-to-22-march-2025

By giving them information about their legal rights

Fairly sure we do use old army barracks among other sites, hotels are overflow from that I think. On arrival they’re logged, interviewed and checked against crime databases. What more checking realistically could be done before they’re moved into the country to wait for processing?