Weston Super Saint

I think the government lost £20bn of that.

Congratulations. Your brother, or sister, got the good genes

No idea why people don't respect the police anymore. This article doesn't give many clues either. Although there is one small section that may help.

It's OK, I answered "not sure" on both forms.

I had 2 MRIs in May. I had to complete a questionnaire for each one, which included the question - are you, or do you think you may be, pregnant. I appreciate the form is probably the same for every patient regardless of gender to save printing two versions!

Hang on a minute! I thought the Irish invented them?

Starch carbs are different to "refined" carbs, i.e. the shit that is found in over processed packaged food. I suspect the original quote was copied from somewhere else but changed to potatoes from "potato chips".

Hang on a minute!! How is a potato a "refined carbohydrate" food? Dig it up, wash mud off (your choice), heat in oven or microwave (your choice), eat. Where is the refinement happening?

Probably most local council jobs

To be fair, I reckon I've got a pretty good chance of equalling last place we achieved in the "riding a kid's bike" race.

Is he morphing into.....

Another assumption that the 'foreigners' are benefit scroungers. It's clear where your thought processes go. Have you considered that some of those men from the last 14 years could have reached retirement age and live off the pensions they have paid in to?

I agree that infrastructure needs to be improved. I don't agree that immigrants have caused the issues. The population of the UK has grown by roughly 0.5% in the last ten years. Not unreasonable that the Government should have budgeted responsibility for this growth. It's not like there was a sudden surprise spike in the population that could never have been predicted.

This is a narrow minded view that all immigrants are benefit scroungers.

Immigrants that are working, living and shopping in the UK are paying income tax, NI, VAT, alcohol, tobacco and fuel duty, as well as council tax etc etc etc. They pay the same as anyone else living in the country, so, like I said, the money is already there. Successive governments have just pissed it up the wall.

Nah. All those legs look like they work.

What infrastructure are you looking for? For student visas - they have to pay to use the NHS. For economic migrants - by their very nature they are working, so pay income tax, NI etc (unless working illegally, in which case deportation awaits). For EU migrants - the vast majority are workers so pay NI etc. those that aren't are generally economically active so will pay some form of tax. The money is there (and has been all along) it's just been spent on sweets and shiny shit by the previous morons on charge of it.

You haven't. I haven't suggested you have. You have, though, suggested that the UK needs to do more. Why does the UK need to do that if, as it seems that you agree, we are already satisfying our commitments under international treaty?

In what way does our current process not align with our commitments under international treaty?

This article suggests that "many" thousands of Ukraine troops have entered Russia...

Has anyone seen Ross Stewart lately? Do we have insurance covering the mysterious disappearing footballer?

Good to see Afghan topping the table with both 15 and 13%!!

I agree. So they should be tried as terrorists then?

Genuine question. Do those fleeing harm and seeking asylum in safe countries generally have access to the internet? For those that have made it to a country close to the country of origin, aren't they able to seek safe harbour in that country? I think you may also be confusing legitimate asylum seekers with illegal economic migrants when you mention 'people smugglers' - although that is ignoring the fact that the majority of people who are 'smuggled' are generally being done so against their will (see forced prostitution, domestic slavery, modern day slavery).

Given there was talk earlier in the week about proscribing EDL as a terrorist organisation and that the rioters should be punished under the Terrorism Act, then why not? Try them as terrorists with a minimum 14 years sentence...