Small Boats etc solution

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rA, not sure the country could as you put it "do with out them", we need immigration, yes controlled, not necessarily against that, but by far the majority of asylum seekers and refugees are actually talented people who can, do and have made great contributions

Sorry, I think you may have misinterpreted me. I just tire of the likes of Tricky, Braverman, Farage and many others of a right wing persuasion treating refugees/asylum seekers as some sort of ‘Untermensch’ which is, I think, what Gary Lineker was hinting at.

My point, in context, was that, especially at a time when we are recovering from the pandemic and have additional Ukraine generated financial demands to consider it isn’t especially ‘convenient’ to have so many displaced people seeking sanctuary on our shores. The same though is true of many others...those with serious or long term illness, the victims of abuse, those with mental health issues, ex soldiers with PTSD, topically in Derby tonight...those with Special Needs etc...and I wondered where they’d draw the line as regards these other ‘drains on the public purse’.

Fine lines, though relevant I feel to your comments earlier in the thread about fascism....agree with virtually all of the rest of your post.

P.S. Andy...I think Swale has already said ‘no’ too.