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What happens when an immigrant collapses in the street? Does an ambulance roll up, establish that they're an immigrant, then feck off? Do they turn up at A&E with a popped appendix, and then get sent to the car park to die? Crazy idea. It's ideas like yours, and Rwanda, which highlight that it's easy to object, but all but impossible to police. Traffickers prey on the vulnerable/desperate/greedy and persuade them that Britain is the land of milk and honey. When they get here, in reality, we can't do much when someone seeks asylum. You say 'send them back' when they've done wrong. Where, and how we can actually enforce that? I get irritated by mass illegal immigration, but almost as irritated when people shout for ridiculous solutions.

Sounds like moody people traffickers and politicians are similar - over promise, under deliver, over charge, under deliver.

It's easy for people to say that they're against illegal immigration, and mock the 'smash the gangs' pledge, but the fact that that the Tories could come up with nothing better than Rwanda highlights the difficulty in doing anything about it. If people rock up in little boats in our waters claiming persecution and seeking asylum, in reality, what do you expect any government to do?

You're a repeat offender mate. Poor form.

Yep. Whatever people's thoughts on the deal, it's done, and gives certainty to businesses and markets.

1/4 and counting.

Ok mate, if that's your belief.

Probably, and it's an interesting choice that's for sure.

I'm ok for half of that. It's the fat ones in lycra that get me - they look like a condom full of marbles.

You've got lovely tits mate.

You'll be back on a bike soon enough mate - I was encouraged to get on a bike a month post op. Obviously I declined 🤣

What wonderful care you've had, and thank God you got the surgery in the end. I had a discectomy, fusion and bone graft earlier this year and am thankfully through the other side. My only advice is to do nothing more or less than advised, walk as much as you're encouraged to, and see the recuperation period as an opportunity to recharge your batteries. Good luck mate, you'll be fixed up in no time.

You previously said that elections are "100% a popularity contest" and that "Every single election in my lifetime has been decided based on personalities". That's massively different to policies first, and personality's selling them, which is what you now appear to be saying. I agree that personality goes a long way, but your previous suggestion that it's all about personalities is wrong.

I'm many things, but I'm not a cyclist!!

But you said it's all about personalities. LD'd post focuses on policies. Anyways, Reform are gaining traction because people buy into their populist policies, and don't believe in the other parties. Sadly the comments I see from their supporters on social media suggests that they can't join up the dots. They simultaneously want the fuel allowance restoring, but taxes reduced. They want a better NHS but support a party who want rid of it, and want less immigration to staff it, and less tax to fund it. I fear we'll end up with this lot in power though, regardless of the personalities involved.

This. And who actually gives a monkeys. There are people on this forum who plainly have/have had other logins. Why, no idea, but each to their own.

I think we'll only see how good it bad the deal is when we know what deal the EU negotiate with India. On the face of it though, reduced tariffs both ways is a positive. People seem to be getting upset about the NI breaks but overlook that short term Indian workers won't get a state pension, and will contribute to the NHS via immigration charges. Anyways, we have skills shortages, and post Brexit it's understandable that we'll look to other countries to help fill the void.

I can't work out whether his primary problem is that he's delusional, stupid, or dishonest. He's certainly all of them though. In no other place than his head is a trade deficit losing money or being ripped off.

Jaffa Cakes. Small and joyous.

I suspect he'll lean towards Pakistan because you don't smash up another country because of the actions of terrorists. The same for Gaza. Nothing to do with religion.

That's bollox. Starmer wasn't voted in on his personality. Farage ain't exactly Prince Charming.

Popularity of principles and policies, not personalities. People that vote based on the latter not the former are idiots.

I've never voted labour, but I sure as well wouldn't join the massive band of non thinkers and vote reform. Charisma FFS. Elections aren't a popularity contest. I couldn't give a monkeys whether I'd like to have a chat down the pub with our PM. If charisma is what drives people's choice on our governance, god help us.

You would hope, although my feeling is that the masses will dislike Keir, see the Tories as a busted flush, see Lib Dem as a wasted vote, and be so desperate for change, that they'll vote for that lot and only realise the error of their ways when it's too late.

It's not worse or better, but people are supporting reform because of their noise, and a complete lack of thought as to Reform's thoughts on the NHS, welfare etc. The same people who are up in arms about people who didn't need the winter fuel allowance losing it, now want a party who pretty much want to eliminate the welfare state. Turkeys/Christmas.