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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…

How long has your avatar been the Italian tricolour and the flag of Sicily? It’s rather unfortunate coincidence calling other people’s ‘obsession’ with flags when your own avatar is of… flags? The amount of people making these arguments will unironically have flag emojis in their social media...

Like the increasing number of Labour MPs on the backbenches or in the Lords? 😂

It’s not just ‘childish politics from the Right’. There are calls from 40 Labour MPs and New Labour randees to suspend the ECHR. Clarke, Blunkett and Straw all voted for the HRA which enshrines the ECHR into UK law. You just don’t want to understand the opposition here. The Tories tried their...

Simple question: did we have human rights before the ECHR was created The answer is yes, we did because of our long tradition of English Common Law. The ECHR started off as a ‘convention’ i.e. not a law that a government needs to follow. No EU nation has specifically codified the ECHR into...

Nice try. The Good Friday Agreement does not specifically require the UK to be part of the ECHR. The nitty gritty details pertain to the Northern Irish assembly legislation. The idea the GFA would fall apart over this is just not credible. Protesting net migration has been the one of the only...

What didn’t really help is that he was continually shifted to LW because EMC was struggling for fitness. When he plays as the main striker, he plays with more freedom because he can roam, create overloads and not be burdened with too much defensive responsibilities. This season will be...