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I don't understand this bit - how did Tory policy account for all the Iranians coming over illegally and claiming asylum? Or Albanians? I know you can talk about the wars in Afghanistan and Syria, but how did Tory policy make all the Iranians and Albanians want to come to UK?

The Tories struggled to get tough laws through because Labour were always voting against Rwanda and other measures - the graph shows a jump after Covid, but it came down as migrants saw the Conservatives were serious about Rwanda. Now it's up under Labour - if you search it the estimates are between 25 and 40% up in Labour's first year. I'd like to see the graph under Reform. If you were lucky enough to own a nice detached house with say a 2 acre garden you wouldn't want all the travellers coming on your garden and setting up home - small boats migrants are in the garden

2.4 million approx under Trump 1.0 ~10 million under Biden - maybe swamped is the wrong word? and we are seeing similar patterns in the UK - small boat crossings have increased markedly under Labour - the Rwanda deterrent was starting to work even before they could deport anyone Illegal immigrants on both sides of the pond put a huge strain on public services

dumb enough to not want your country swamped by the world's poor

Im worried if I walk on by I'll lose the thread of the thread. I'll jyst have to accept it as pollution - make me a bit ill, but wont kill me

it's you that needs to learn self control one of your recent LinkedIn posts has put that he's a teacher and 'truth seeker'. These people are not worth listening to.

those saws don't seem like nearly enough to justify all the LinkedIn reposts we have to suffer - my life would have been far better if I'd never encountered the likes of James Harvey. Why not repost all of Arbtalk on LinkedIn? just to kill some time

I had an eye like that last year, first word that sprang to mind was haemorrhage - looked up red eye and saw loads of eyes like mine 'subconjunctival haemorrhage'. Was relieved when it said most blood will be reabsorbed within 2 weeks. I read around it and hoped it was just a momentary increase in blood pressure, maybe caughing that caused it. Yes can be brought on by infection also. Re the MMR rates it's reported Liverpool is very low at 73%, quite a number of unprotected kids. North England average more like 85%. WHO recommends 95%. Measles is bad enough, the one I fear returning is smallpox. A disease all but eradicated through potentially unsafe immunisation.

My impression is that the social media revolt against covid vaccines has lead to a decrease in parents getting their kids to have MMR. Could be completely unrelated.

some think Johnsond is spoiling the thread for everyone else, I think Stephen P is as much to blame. Luckily I dont take any notice, only come on here for the tree cutting content

the trouble seems to be the private sector only know how to convert public sector waste into shareholder dividends

they don't mind

seems the doctor put in charge of NHS England disagrees

I thought it was a pun an amusing use of a word or phrase that has several meanings- LBGTQ (alphabet people) on the receiving end for a change - either a giver or receiver

Total libtards - real people with feelings - not keyboard twats like you, cant be arsed to stand for Reform, cant be arsed to attend anti immigration protests - charge your phone up and change the world

thinking of your future career, had to edit out the cannibalism bit - we've all got to watch it. Im more worried about the army

luckily for the government, most of the UK are keyboard warriors like myself - otherwise if many of us went out protesting and said with our banners 'WE ARE ALL PALESTINE ACTION' - how many thousands could they imprison for 'upto 14 years' at the taxpayers expense? If the numbers were too great the government would simply have to shoot us all instead

Yes legal migration needs to drop too, and the increased salary before a visa rule has made a start. 41k general from later thus month Its simply not true to say the small boats are a tiny number of people, and even that doesnt count those who get in via other methods. Hardly any are removed and the cummulative mass of illegals now in UK is costing the taxpayer fortune in welfare and legal bills. I welcome the noble Lord to his position. On one day this week more than 970 migrants crossed the channel. Up to 745,000 illegal migrants are currently in the UK. One in 100 of the population—more than in any other European country—is a migrant in this country. Against that background, and with an alleged £6 billion overspend on asylum seekers, is it the Government’s policy to continue to house migrants in hotels for another three years? Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab)

Sometimes you just have to sacrifice a friend or relative for the good of the country. Seriously - because Reform wont want day after day of demos and riots it would go means tested, so just insist on being paid cash, sweet

the trouble is, due to the sheer size of the world, those with genuine asylym claims is a large number of people. Admitting all would require even more urbanisation to house them. If 60k a year are kept there is a new town to be built each and every year. As far as I can see its been happening that way for 2 or more decades. Being human doesn't mean being soft - practical considerations should come before compassion. The UK imports a staggering 65% of fresh produce - when farmland is converted to housing it can easily be converted back to growing crops by moving all the people who live there into a government dormitory the size of an Amazon warehouse. Vote reform - better to lose the NHS than lose at keeping our country from being overrun.

It's not at all easy to work out how much each working person puts in to the NHS - we can estimate our NI over a working life, but subtracting out for the state pension how to do that? It's so complex I'm resigned to just having whatever is offered, maybe I'll go private for small stuff like hernia ops and already forced to for denstist. I'd still rather live here than in US. There is waste in NHS and people getting it all for no input, but in America there are so many profiteers, medical excellence yes, but profiteers at every step of the way. One customer was over there, caught a chest infection, on oxygen for a bit £20000, had to haggle with his travel insurance for reimbursment. £20k for a bottle of O2 and some antibiotics. The hospital food must have been lobster, chablis, fillet steak

so good it was worth reposting

Labour largely came to power due to votes from benefit claimants and now the tail is wagging the dog. Personally I dont find my level of tax to be that bad. How can they plug the hole without more borrowing at currently quite high long rates? Benefits was the obvious one to cut, disability a thorny issue - how to show compassion without making it unaffordable. We also spend a fortune on care homes for the elderly, government paying for those with insufficient funds and those whose money runs out while in care. Its fine to spend it on the elderly and disabled if we can stomach more tax. Because of this latest setback Labour surely cant scrap the 2 child benefit cap. If Reform get in they will have to harvest the migrant organs and fly them overseas on ice to pay the bills

if only that were the case - your replies to his posts are just as tedious, you dont scroll past - if hes quoted you its always time to reply. Both as bad as each other. Probably the same person

At least SP keeps typing stuff, when most other members can't be bothered to lower themselves to your level gotta admire his stamina