UK Politics Thread (Part 3)

The fuck around, find out meme was created specifically for moments such as this.

https://x.com/I_amMukhtar/status/1846920112453886446?t=QSllsZEOPaVyZEPQKTc1cw&s=19

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I see she used her dead son in her defence, as well.

FMDā€¦sometimes I wish that asteroid would just hurry the fuck up and put us all out of our misery.

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Not before Slottaā€™s first treble, though.

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Iā€™M GOING TO DISNā€¦

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It gets worse and worse

Was de-registered as a childminder but intended to work ā€˜on the slyā€™ and if caught would play the mental health card. I say lock the bitch up and drop the keys down the sewer.

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Sheā€™s sadly not alone. Only last week there was a tory peer i think that wanted to use drones to harpoon dinghies. Thankfully he pulled back from suggesting dropping grenades on them.

Sad state. I might see if i can hunt down the clip but it was on GB News. Of course no backlash for the person or the channel.

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Build a wall, build a wallā€¦

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If said wall does get build, can we at least invite Trump over and then flood it?

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Only if we can get France to pay for it.

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He suggested using drones to puncture the dinghies before they left France. I canā€™t see a problem with it myself. It would put the abhorrent people-smuggling gangs out of business and cut down on loss of life in the channel.

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Alternatively we could sort the asylum processing system. Support those who are fleeing persecution to build a life here, and deport the others legally.

As much as I canā€™t stand Starmer and his crew, Iā€™m informed that Labour have made inroads on fixing the system that the Tories intentionally fucked up to stoke their culture wars

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How much of an inroad have they made though? Theyā€™re still trying to avoid creating a legal route to asylum.

I suspect (and hope) that is stage 2 (or 3) of their planning. First invest in the asylum system and the border forces to clear the backlog so there is more capacity for new cases and to better fight trafficking. Second, agree a European wide deal/ process with our neighbours, then announce the establishment of legal routes?

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Easier to provide a boat yourself is it not?

Youā€™ve prejudged the asylum status of these people before actually checking it and decided that a violent solution is the best first course of action.

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Violence against a boat. Ok.

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Shooting things isnt violent?

I assume you think the risks involved are insignificant?

The idea is bonkers and full of holes like one of the shot dinghies.

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I assume this never happened and thereā€™s no way for genuine asylum seekers to start their claim process in France?

There isnā€™t a legal route for asylum, period, at least as far as I can tell. I donā€™t think you can claim asylum from outside the country, and most asylum-seekers would probably require visas to enter the country through regular means, hence the popularity of the sea route.

As far as Iā€™m aware, airlines have a legal responsibility to ensure that their passengers either possess the right to enter the destination country or to repatriate them. Iā€™m not sure how it works for ferries, but I would imagine itā€™s not too dissimilar.

And then for Eurostar, they wouldnā€™t even make it out of Paris/Brussels/Rotterdam/Amsterdam because of juxtaposed controls (or whatever itā€™s called).

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I would LOVE a reasoned explanation at to why so many people risk their lives to get to the UK.

Nothing springs immediately to mind :roll_eyes:

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