Immigration : How British Politics Failed

Baldman · 18-11-2024, 09:21 PM

Just started watching this on iPlayer. First five minutes there are some of the biggest heroes (Farage, Migration Watch) and villains (Tony Blair, Jonathan Portes).

I am booing and hissing and cheering and whistling like it’s a pantomime.

DesCartes · 18-11-2024, 11:06 PM in response to #81100

Baldman Wrote: Just started watching this on iPlayer. First five minutes there are some of the biggest heroes (Farage, Migration Watch) and villains (Tony Blair, Jonathan Portes).

I am booing and hissing and cheering and whistling like it’s a pantomime.

Esher's answer to Rain Man...

Kev-YCFC · (This post was last modified: 28-11-2024, 07:48 AM by Kev-YCFC.)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1lg37mrgd1o

More failures by the government in allowing the protests and discussing blasphemy laws in parliament.

Meerkat · 28-11-2024, 08:25 AM in response to #82151

Kev-YCFC Wrote: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1lg37mrgd1o

More failures by the government in allowing the protests and discussing blasphemy laws in parliament.

Starmer should have just said
“It’s just a book mate, grow up”

Is that teacher in Batley still in exile….when it should be those threatening them that are exiled… to Taliban Afghanistan maybe.

Kev-YCFC · 28-11-2024, 08:41 AM in response to #82156

Meerkat Wrote: Starmer should have just said
“It’s just a book mate, grow up”

Is that teacher in Batley still in exile….when it should be those threatening them that are exiled… to Taliban Afghanistan maybe.

Afghanistan's looking like a terrible place to be a woman that's for sure, and they don't much like foreigners at the best of times, but the taliban turned up at the climate talks so all's well.

Kev-YCFC · 28-11-2024, 10:09 AM in response to #82161

From Sky news

Quote:Government spending on the asylum system rose by over a third in the space of a year, according to Home Office data.

In 2022/23, spending on asylum in the UK stood at £3.95bn.

A year later, in 2023/24, that rose to £5.38bn.

That is an increase of 36%,

And that'll only get worse.

until our Nige gets in and sorts it out

UkrainianPhil · 28-11-2024, 10:24 AM in response to #81100

Loving the BBC immigration phone-in where a bloke with a thick Indian accent has just said "We are getting the wrong people into the country".

At least he didn't say "As I said to your researcher" so not a total idiot, just a bit of one.

Baldman · 28-11-2024, 10:32 AM in response to #82168

UkrainianPhil Wrote: Loving the BBC immigration phone-in where a bloke with a thick Indian accent has just said "We are getting the wrong people into the country".

At least he didn't say "As I said to your researcher" so not a total idiot, just a bit of one.

Why is that idiotic? Do you not think he has the right to decide who comes into his country because he was originally from India?

UkrainianPhil · 28-11-2024, 10:46 AM in response to #82169

Baldman Wrote: Why is that idiotic? Do you not think he has the right to decide who comes into his country because he was originally from India?

I think he should be grateful for the opportunities he's been given and keep his gob shut to be honest.

I live in somebody else's country, I wouldn't start phoning up the national broadcaster and saying how shit everything is. Maybe I was just brought up to have manners.

Baldman · 28-11-2024, 10:55 AM in response to #82172

UkrainianPhil Wrote: I think he should be grateful for the opportunities he's been given and keep his gob shut to be honest.

I live in somebody else's country, I wouldn't start phoning up the national broadcaster and saying how shit everything is. Maybe I was just brought up to have manners.

Bit uppity you think?