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Originally Posted by ianch99
As the fog of Covid (temporarily) clears, we can turn our attention to the train wreck that Brexit has resulted in, Business leaders certainly have:
Apply the long term 4% drop on GBP, twice as bad as Covid will be, and you see more and more people realise they we're conned, big style.
Maybe the details of the train wreck were on the other side of the bus?
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I'm shocked those figures aren't higher, really am
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Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees
Certain media publications just love to incite and stir up nationalism.
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Like the Mail, got a page bookmarked somewhere where they're complaining about the "huge influx" of stateless German Jews in the 1930's and how something had to be done about "the problem", surprised it didn't call for a final solution tbh
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Originally Posted by Chris
The reality is that the proportion of all migrants in Europe attempting to cross the channel is broadly the same as it has been for quite a while. There are, however, lots more of them in Europe in absolute terms, hence more of them are crossing.
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I also wonder if they're coming by dingy now because coming by truck trailer is harder now
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Originally Posted by Chris
I wonder whether they ever ask the migrants why they’d rather risk drowning on the high seas than stay in France.
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A question that really needs asking at a much higher level, why do they come here, is it because of common language or family here or is it because they think we're a soft touch with benefits and it's easier to get work? There's nothing we can do about the former but plenty we can do about the latter, personally I think it's because they've already lost everything and risked so much to get that far all those reasons are valid so in much the same way France does nothing to stop them leaving we need to do more to discourage them, as previously stated the benefits are higher in France so maybe we need to be a bit more draconian with the punishments for people who employ or house them, the word will soon filter back, how'd you think word got to them to come here in the first place