The France thing is a different argument

people should probably be grateful we're an island, or there'd be a hell of a lot more coming across a land border - just like they do to get to France from previous countries.

Posted By: jamesward on May 12th 2025 at 13:11:07

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Starmer’s upsetting the lefties again (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 12, 10:33:27
- Shameful from Starmer, being led by that c**t Farage. (n/m) (General Chat) - MORDENCANARY, May 12, 18:02:54
- I like that anyone coming to the UK now needs degree level English (General Chat) - Klobo04, May 12, 15:04:52
  - you don't need a degree level in English ..... (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, May 12, 15:50:07
    - New arrangements are for A Level equivalent in English. (General Chat) - Snakepit Divorcee, May 12, 16:13:46
- Needs to sort the small boat nonsense (General Chat) - Disco, May 12, 12:40:23
  - Just shoot them all in the face (n/m) (General Chat) - Under soil heating, May 12, 13:48:47
    - Not until they are 75. (n/m) (General Chat) - Milko, May 12, 14:18:21
  - I hate to burst your bubble (General Chat) - jamesward, May 12, 12:44:37
    - Indeed, rigged system having seen some of the rulings (n/m) (General Chat) - phrankin, May 12, 17:08:55
    - Hahaha (n/m) (General Chat) - Wrath analytica, May 12, 16:32:19
      - Ah, the cunt of cunts is back (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, May 12, 16:35:36
    - Well exactly (General Chat) - Disco, May 12, 13:20:26
      - I defer to your intimate knowledge of each of these asylum cases (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, May 12, 13:22:22
        
        Clueless (General Chat) - phrankin, May 12, 18:30:04
        
        Bury your head ... (General Chat) - Disco, May 12, 13:25:31
    - What does that data show? (General Chat) - usacanary, May 12, 13:08:26
      - They are not French so not fleeing France. (n/m) (General Chat) - megson, May 12, 13:42:01
        
        Surely you should seek Asylum at the first safe haven? (General Chat) - usacanary, May 12, 17:00:32
      - It shows that 70% of those arriving on small boats have been proven to (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, May 12, 13:37:25
        
        "What the bar is for granting asylum is entirely irrelevant for the small boats argument." (General Chat) - usacanary, May 12, 17:06:31
        
        As per current USA (General Chat) - phrankin, May 12, 18:28:08
      - According to Shoddy it’s fairly grim tbf (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 12, 13:14:18
      - The France thing is a different argument (General Chat) - jamesward, May 12, 13:11:07
        
        But why do they need to go to all the trouble to get to the UK. (General Chat) - usacanary, May 12, 17:09:41
        
        We would be entitled to return them if we were an EU country. What? Oh. (n/m) (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, May 12, 13:50:49
    - ^^this!^^ (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, May 12, 12:46:59
  - come on read the rest of the posts... (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, May 12, 12:43:32
    - Don’t think anyone is calling them the enemy. But look at home ownership these days (General Chat) - footymadman, May 12, 12:56:53
      - if your population increases by a few million in a few years (General Chat) - paulg, May 12, 13:14:18
        
        Because you haven't built enough (General Chat) - mr carra, May 12, 13:23:35
        
        Yes we need house prices to go up…. (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, May 12, 14:10:25
        
        impossible to build at the necessary rate (General Chat) - paulg, May 12, 13:41:18
- I say this every time (General Chat) - Under soil heating, May 12, 12:07:21
  - Most wealth is hoarded by the few. The media then want us to all fight over the rest (General Chat) - footymadman, May 12, 12:53:27
    - What about cake though? (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, May 12, 12:58:32
    - It would be a little odd if the media was owned by poor people (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, May 12, 12:55:34
      - You'd think it was the bankers and not the media who'd want to hoard the wealth (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, May 12, 13:03:56
        
        They're not called fat cats for nothing (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, May 12, 13:04:33
        
        Cats don't eat cake though. They prefer lasagne. (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, May 12, 13:07:05
  - What kind of cake? (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, May 12, 12:34:07
    - I think we should be told (n/m) (General Chat) - Under soil heating, May 12, 13:45:13
- It'll be like agricultural workers (General Chat) - Old Man, May 12, 11:53:51
  - Wages will go up (n/m) (General Chat) - phrankin, May 12, 15:23:41
- "a one-nation experiment in open borders" (General Chat) - paulg, May 12, 11:36:01
- just more prove ... (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, May 12, 11:14:47
  - tbf old people do deserve a lot of shit (General Chat) - mr carra, May 12, 12:03:02
    - if everybody over 75 dropped dead overnight ..... (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, May 12, 12:32:24
      - It wouldn't (General Chat) - mr carra, May 12, 13:12:48
      - It wouldn’t. (General Chat) - Snakepit Divorcee, May 12, 12:43:46
    - Referendum on that over 75s idea please (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 12, 12:14:17
      - c.f. Logan's Run. (n/m) (General Chat) - Under soil heating, May 12, 12:19:51
        
        Amphibious mobility scooters escaping across the channel (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, May 12, 12:25:10
        
        Lol it may go so well here it’s introduced everywhere (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 12, 12:32:58
  - If they really did they'd remove the pension triple lock (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, May 12, 11:19:53
    - Triple lock is a really hard one as is means-testing the state pension (General Chat) - Old Man, May 12, 11:40:13
      - Agreed (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, May 12, 11:54:08
    - give them time ... (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, May 12, 11:23:34
      - More chance of bringing back the death penalty (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 12, 11:27:35
    - True but this far left government have made an error here. (General Chat) - Milko, May 12, 11:22:42
      - “Far left” lol (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, May 12, 11:31:59
        
        Well everything is exaggerated to the extremes these days. (General Chat) - Milko, May 12, 12:07:12
      - exactly ... (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, May 12, 11:25:33
        
        FAFO (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 12, 11:29:10
        
        Whilst failing to tackle the channel crossings or even mention it. (General Chat) - Milko, May 12, 11:27:45
        
        Channel crossings make up less than 4% of immigration. In real terms they're insignificant (n/m) (General Chat) - The Gaffer, May 12, 11:38:47
        
        Insignificant in numbers but not (n/m) (General Chat) - Milko, May 12, 11:42:50
        
        in costs .... (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, May 12, 11:46:03
        
        Benefit fraud estimated at around 7.5bn a year (General Chat) - Legacy Fan, May 12, 12:29:07
        
        ... (General Chat) - paulg, May 12, 13:00:19
        
        Government are trying to cut the length of the appeals process (General Chat) - jamesward, May 12, 11:53:21
        
        And also security etc. (General Chat) - Milko, May 12, 11:47:56
        
        ...is the right answer (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, May 12, 11:41:11
        
        Insignificant until you are directly affected by its consequences. (General Chat) - Milko, May 12, 12:38:33
        
        Hahahaha (General Chat) - jamesward, May 12, 11:31:41
        
        put some signs up "no boats allowed" (General Chat) - Tombs, May 12, 12:04:30
        
        I dont have an answer. Can't continue indefinitely though. (General Chat) - Milko, May 12, 11:43:47
        
        Lurker lol (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 12, 11:29:34
- Need to quickly train a new generation of British arse wipers (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, May 12, 10:37:23
  - They all want to be social-media influencers these days (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, May 12, 11:08:29
  - come round (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, May 12, 10:49:32
    - Miracle poos only (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, May 12, 10:57:58
  - Should land well with Reform voters (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 12, 10:38:38

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