The Good News Only - thread...

[glasgowcyclist]

Many landing in Glasgae?

I farkin doubt it, …

Yes, actually. In the region of 10,000 currently, I believe.

Thank f*ck I'll be long gone.

A sentiment that will be widely shared when your time comes, I’m sure.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

That doesn't change my view, but, it is not exactly a 'selling point" is it?

It is a fair counter point to the common misinformation spread by xenophobes and racists that ‘they are all freeloaders and a burden on our services’.

 

[BoldonLad]

It is a fair counter point to the common misinformation spread by xenophobes and racists that ‘they are all freeloaders and a burden on our services’.

As I said, I am not anti immigration, but, a lifetime contribution of a few thousand pounds is not a convincing argument, in my view, and, I don't need to be convinced.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

As I said, I am not anti immigration, but, a lifetime contribution of a few thousand pounds is not a convincing argument, in my view, and, I don't need to be convinced.

Not a convincing argument for what?

 

[matticus]

As I said, I am not anti immigration, but, a lifetime contribution of a few thousand pounds is not a convincing argument, in my view, and, I don't need to be convinced.

So you're saying voters/you would rather they

make a positive net contribution of £28,000* while living here

... somewhere else?

[*or £78,000 for EU migrants]

 

[Pale Rider]

Another estimated 450 easy life seekers pitched up on the beaches yesterday.

That is clearly unsustainable.

Something needs to be done.

That something is stop the boats.

 

[fozy tornip]

ths-f;dr

 

[cookiemonster]

Another estimated 450 easy life seekers pitched up on the beaches yesterday.

That is clearly unsustainable.

Something needs to be done.

That something is stop the boats.

It was called 'The Dublin Agreement.' It worked until the English electorate had a massive brain fart in 2016, hauled us out of the EU for, er, happy British fish or something, and, as a result, we left the Dublin Agreement.

There were plenty of warnings about this in 2016.

BTW, anyone who flees a warzone, travels across Europe, gives their life savings to a scumbag gangster, then put on a dodgy boat across one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world is not, IMO anyway, an easy life seeker.

 

[Bromptonaut]

Another estimated 450 easy life seekers pitched up on the beaches yesterday.

That is clearly unsustainable.

Something needs to be done.

That something is stop the boats.

How?

Obvious answer, as already pointed out ad nauseum, is safe routes but Cruella and her party won't wear that.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Another estimated 450 easy life seekers pitched up on the beaches yesterday.

That is clearly unsustainable.

Something needs to be done.

That something is stop the boats.

That something is:

• provide a safe route(s)
• process applications efficiently
• remove those whose claim can’t be validated

But you already knew that.

What asylum process would you rather implement for the UK?

 

[Pale Rider]

That something is:

• provide a safe route(s)
• process applications efficiently
• remove those whose claim can’t be validated

But you already knew that.

What asylum process would you rather implement for the UK?

That fails to take into account the urgency of situation.

A quick fix is needed, stopping the boats is the only one I can think of.

The solutions you cite should be the aim, but they are bound to take time.

 

[Pale Rider]

BTW, anyone who flees a warzone, travels across Europe, gives their life savings to a scumbag gangster, then put on a dodgy boat across one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world is not, IMO anyway, an easy life seeker.

I've always said I would give every genuine asylum a flat, because I reckon I wouldn't need many flats.

I'm sure some people on the boats are in the situation you describe, but with those on the boats routinely deliberately chucking their ID over the side before arrival, it's very difficult to determine who deserves the red carpet and who should be given the heave-ho.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

That fails to take into account the urgency of situation.

The situation is only urgent through the government’s neglect. They were offered facilities to process claims in France but refused. That would have stopped the dangerous boat journeys.

those on the boats routinely deliberately chucking their ID over the side before arrival,

I think you’re making that up.

 

[cookiemonster]

I've always said I would give every genuine asylum a flat, because I reckon I wouldn't need many flats.

I'm sure some people on the boats are in the situation you describe, but with those on the boats routinely deliberately chucking their ID over the side before arrival, it's very difficult to determine who deserves the red carpet and who should be given the heave-ho.

Do you have any evidence for that Daily Mail inspired assertion?

Because 'reliable' sources (such as the RNLI), when asked, say they've never seen this happen.

 

[AuroraSaab]

Just to interrupt the flow for a moment with some genuine good news. This Alzheimers drug development is looking very promising. What a wonderful life changer that could be for suffers and families, absolutely incredible. Fingers crossed it's not false hope and it works long term of course. Ok. As you were.