Mark J

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He was director of public prosecutions, he's a stooge of the state.

It's quite rare, the furthest south I've found it is Northumberland, it prefers the highlands of Scotland in my experience.

I concur

The lass in question ended up being a sex worker and was over 16 when she was persuaded to go to the police by her support worker. I should have made that clear. In the end she got a sum of money and is still in supported living.

Asian grooming gangs were 'protected' up here because the police a) didn't think that any court would believe a lass who was whoring herself out for £2.50 a shot, and b) the coppers were raping the victims too.

Blah blah blah, old news.

I think they are British beasts, there's no reference to them being refugees in the article.

I don't think that the colour of someone's skin should be defining factor in determining if they're a rotter or not.

That's where you're wrong, I'm actually quite fond of the place. I don't like the right-wing governance and the way things are seemingly going but I like to think that something has to give at some point. It's looking like the Green Party are overtaking Labour in the polls up here which I consider to be a good thing. Your idea of a refugee and mine are at odds and are unlikely to change. Have a good weekend.

If that's aimed at me I'm not so sure 'we' all can. If it was your solution to the refugees on boats then you're a couple of pages late.

If the monarchy costs each UK citizen £4.50 a year, based on a lifetime of 80 years that's £360. If the monarchy is worth £67 billion they could sell it right now and give everyone in the UK a grand each.

Why do you say that, did you read it? It seemed like an honest piece of writing to me. " Asylum is a related but different issue. The Observer today reports that Home Office staff are being recruited to decide asylum cases in the UK who have no relevant experience and have come straight from working in supermarkets or cafes, being empowered to decide cases after three days of training. The report confirms that the grade of such staff has been reduced to Executive Officer, again to save money over using more senior staff. The UK does not receive disproportionate numbers of asylum applications. Asylum applications per head of UK population are just half the level of the EU average. This from a UK parliamentary library briefing: In 2020, 72% of all asylum applications were accepted as genuine at first decision by the Home Office. About one third of the remaining 28% were accepted on appeal. So 81% of all asylum applications are ultimately judged genuine. The Patel/Braverman line that most are “economic migrants” is a plain lie. The mass arrival of Albanian citizens by boat is a relatively new phenomenon. I am sceptical that the numbers are as large as being put out. It seems to me wildly improbable that 2% of the adult male population of Albania is crossing the Channel in small boats. But it is worth noting that over 40% of Albanian asylum applications are accepted as genuine at first decision by the Home Office. The shameful painting of all Albanians as criminal is plain wrong. Let me again upset some of my “own side” by saying that the Home Office is so denuded of well paid, expert staff that the bad decisions are not all one way. There are horrible instances of refugees being returned to torture and death after a bad asylum decision. But equally, there are bad decisions the other way, with frauds and criminals also gaining asylum. The government simply refuses to pay for the degree of knowledge and expertise to make good decisions. I represented (without fee) a number of asylum applications at Immigration Appeals Tribunals – and never lost a case. The reason that so many appeals succeed is that the tribunals are before a real judge, and the Home Office officers have an embarrassing lack of basic knowledge and expertise, often depending for country information on publications or – very frequently – denials of human rights abuse by the particular despotism in question. It just does not cut ice with a judge."

Rampant Deprofessionalisation WWW.CRAIGMURRAY.ORG.UK It is not controversial to say that the UK’s immigration system is utterly broken. The reason is very plain but seldom noted – decades of cuts in which the cheapness of the system is...

I didn't say I hated them, I just think that they're utterly pointless and completely out of touch with reality, much like many of their fans. Why do you like them so much?

Only if they're actively seeking work.

That's an often used but rarely verified statistic. The French make loads of tourist money from their palaces despite having no royals - 7 million visitors a year at 12 euro a ticket soon adds up. Keep the palaces for something, like tourism for example and get rid of the scroungers who live in them.

Try as I might, I just can't get over how backwards a monarchy is, they do nothing of purpose and cost a fortune, we should send them back to Germany.

I'd have taken France up on their suggestion in 2021 that we should be allowed to process asylum claims from within France itself. What would your solution be?

That doesn't look like Rwanda to me.

https://www.itv.com/news/2023-03-08/crane-follows-man-for-a-year-after-he-heals-its-broken-leg-with-mustard

I see loads of dead sea birds when out fishing, I reckon avian flu has the capacity to turn a bit naughty.