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Old 21-05-2026, 16:14   #2896
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Because of Brexit - before Brexit, under the Dublin regulation, we could send them back to France...


(and they didn't try coming, because of......


the Dublin regulation!)
This Dublin regulation?For 2024, Germany had a net figure of 1,236 immigrants leaving for other EU countries, out of 74,561 requests by Germany for them to be dealt with elsewhere. If we were in the EU, we would have to accept loads more. Under the EU/EEA rules for 2018, we may have been able to send 209 back to the EU, but had to accept 1,215. That's six in, one out under the previous returns agreement.


Previously they were arriving by lorry, so could easily disappear and didn't need to claim asylum. Crossing the channel by boat and remaining undetected is a bit more difficult, so they automatically have to claim asylum there and then.

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Old 21-05-2026, 17:50   #2897
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Nice try - here’s one from a couple of months ago…

https://www.gov.uk/government/public...025-accessible



And a recent one from Ethiopia and Tigray

https://www.ethiopiaobserver.com/202...r-the-capital/
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Old 21-05-2026, 18:05   #2898
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No, I was Air Force…
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Old 21-05-2026, 18:07   #2899
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No, I was Air Force…
i have guessed ww1 trench warfare tech
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The first train displaying Great British Railways (GBR) branding has been unveiled.

Govia Thameslink Railway

Services run by GTR's other operators – Thameslink, Great Northern and Gatwick Express – will also enter public ownership on 31 May.

They will join West Midlands Trains, Greater Anglia, c2c, Northern, TransPennine Express, Southeastern, LNER and South Western in being managed by DfT Operator Limited.

The public ownership programme is expected to be completed by the end of next year.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c242gvyl48do
Those trains are like southern which are old now. The seats need replacing. The carriages the driver sits in have tables. This is exciting.

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It’s as if Oscar Wilde was reincarnated in North Lincolnshire, but with more polydactyly and less pithy* wit…

*apologies for the interdental lisp…
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Those trains are like southern which are old now. The seats need replacing. The carriages the driver sits in have tables. This is exciting.
That looks like GB News on wheels. Let's hope it's more reliable!

Personally, I think they should retain the existing liveries, even if they do nationalise them.
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It'll soon get an asbo graffiti paint job. Hopefully nothing rude
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*apologies for the interdental lisp…
North east Lincolnshire, do ya dig me
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