Captain Haddock
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"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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Poland now 'gets it'.
'Warsaw has accused Belarus and Russia of “hybrid warfare”, directing the flow of migrants towards the European Union in a bid to destabilise the bloc.'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx20186mjleo"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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Weird Granny Slater
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
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Why on earth would Belarus waste effort 'destabilising' the EU?
The EU's doing a grand job of destabilising itself.
Sasha has better things to do.
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Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,911
So nothing's to happen
Let's hope the thread will change soon
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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Asylum backlog clearance could grant refugee status to 62,000 migrants (the population of Rochester or Scarborough!)
N.B. This is definitely not an amnesty because the Government has said it is not.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/people-labour-government-rwanda-home-office-b1188331.html"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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Germany has had enough now?
Asylum seekers will be stripped of their benefits under new rules in Germany as the country continues to crack down on migration
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13975143/Asylum-seekers-stripped-benefits-new-rules-Germany-country-continues-crack-migration.html"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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'The Department of Health has confirmed to me that £100,000,000 was the amount due from 'chargeable overseas visitors' in 2022/23 for NHS treatment.
The amount actually collected? Just £32,000,000.
It's a total racket, and the British taxpayer is footing the bill'
Rupert Lowe MP
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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Matey
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 11 Oct 2021
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If less undesirables get into France, it might just mean in time we’ll get less from France here then!
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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'fewer' - a pedant writes.
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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'Smashing the Gangs - LATEST:-
Small boats crossings have now overtaken the entire 2023 total.
(509 migrants in 11 boats made it to UK waters and were brought to Dover yesterday).
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1966477/migrants-crossing-english-channel-danger"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
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LATEST - Home Office civil servants are getting an inflation-busting pay rise of 9% to 'improve morale'!
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Dover Pilot- Registered: 28 Jul 2018
- Posts: 346
For those with an entrepreneurial mindset, the new 24 hour Port of Dover Kayak vending machine could be a nice little earner for picking up migrants.
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dover/news/fears-of-drunken-drownings-as-24-hour-kayak-vending-machine-314990/Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
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Dover Pilot wrote:For those with an entrepreneurial mindset, the new 24 hour Port of Dover Kayak vending machine could be a nice little earner for picking up migrants.
Sounds as sensible as the bars advertising 'axe throwing' along with 'amazing cocktails' for a great night out!
Meanwhile smuggler reveals operation to help Vietnamese reach UK (BBC)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce3yzq6px3eo
In passing, my brother and his wife cycled through Vietnam on holiday last year and recommend it highly. Superb roads, friendly people and little crime.
https://www.travelbag.co.uk/blog/vietnam/10-reasons-to-book-a-holiday-to-vietnam"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
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Matey- Location: Dover
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“In passing, my brother and his wife cycled through Vietnam on holiday last year and recommend it highly. Superb roads, friendly people and little crime.“
Why do they all want to come here then?
Life without a dog is like a salad without lettuce.
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