Latest from France for stopping the boats.
On Newsnight last night, there was a report from France showing the French police 'popping' the boats in the sand dunes
Replied: 18th Aug 2023 at 17:19
Just popping the boats is not enough the can repair a leak they need to beset on fire then they can't be repaired,
Replied: 18th Aug 2023 at 17:40
bentlegs
The French bobbies gave them a right good slashing, it would take a bit more than a cycle repair kit from Halfords to fix them
Replied: 18th Aug 2023 at 17:49
They need to get officer Crabtree on the job he would ,, stunk the boots,
Replied: 18th Aug 2023 at 18:03
It did not take the French long to arrest four of the trafficers from Iraq and the Sudan who supplied the boat on which some migrants died!
And if the UK had a proper Coastguard service with fast moving clipper boats like they have around the coasts of Australia and the USA might help to stop the ongoing problem instead of just rescuing people from cliffs, fishing boats and yachts or inspecting ocean going ships like what was shown on the recent television series.
Replied: 19th Aug 2023 at 08:14
Owd Codger
We do have a proper coastguard service, it is called 'Border Force' and their boats are fast enough.
Replied: 19th Aug 2023 at 10:01
let em in .
Replied: 20th Aug 2023 at 01:16
Tommy Two Stroke
No matter what name we called the body responsible for dealing with the problem, they not as good, better and bigger than in Australia and the USA.
And our boats can't be that fast or even in number judging by the number of boat people crossing a 22 mile channel and reaching our shores.
Like many others things, while others do it properwe do it as cheap as possible!
Replied: 20th Aug 2023 at 08:54
"And if the UK had a proper Coastguard service with fast moving clipper boats"
So you are saying the coastguards have nothing faster than an overloaded inflatable rowing boat?
Keep em coming Todge, keep em coming
Replied: 20th Aug 2023 at 09:21
Owd Codger
Are yoo taking the p*ss ?
Replied: 20th Aug 2023 at 09:47
Tommy Two Stroke
No!
Bet you can row faster and unlike the Border Force perhaps even catch one.
Replied: 20th Aug 2023 at 10:17
Pssstt...Todge?
What should the coastguard actually do when they intercept on of these boats......and why?
Replied: 20th Aug 2023 at 10:38
The Coastguard and Border Force cannot catch those dinghy's, because those dinghy's outrun them
Replied: 20th Aug 2023 at 11:56
Forget complaining about the comparative ‘few’ coming over on small boats.
I frequently use the ferries from France to England and, believe me, there are hundreds coming over on each ferry. Legally!
I’ve said this before, but you don’t listen. And there’s no-one as deaf as those who won’t listen!
The same goes for the Muslims who are ripping off the UK with their ‘family trust charities’ and the Muslim GPs in Bolton, getting treatment on the NHS for foreign relatives of their UK Muslim patients, FREE OF CHARGE while my own mum paid £602 a week for the same care (after working, and contributing, for over 51 years).
There’s nothing for the English.
So, all you lot, who won’t listen, keep barking up the wrong tree, totally unaware of what’s going on behind the hedges.
Why do you think all this accommodation is being built in town centres?
It’s not for us!
Replied: 20th Aug 2023 at 16:01
BREXIT Was supposed to stop it all wasn't it? That's what all the mugs who voted for it thought. I think they have been proved wrong haven't they?
Replied: 20th Aug 2023 at 16:15
Tonks: have you seen the latest on the London Mayor's pamphlet? A couple with 2 children, all white, walking along the walkway by the Thames with the big eye and Parliament Houses in the background, and it says "this is not true Londerners"?
Anyway, forget Calais, the Albanians have a new route from Santander to Portsmouth in a lovely big boat, similar to a Border Force boat.
Happy days. When the Muslims finally take over and there is no money left, lots of people will be saying "What on earth happened?"
Replied: 20th Aug 2023 at 20:13
Forget complaining about the comparative ‘few’ coming over on small boats.
I frequently use the ferries from France to England and, believe me, there are hundreds coming over on each ferry. Legally!
I’ve said this before, but you don’t listen. And there’s no-one as deaf as those who won’t listen!
The same goes for the Muslims who are ripping off the UK with their ‘family trust charities’ and the Muslim GPs in Bolton, getting treatment on the NHS for foreign relatives of their UK Muslim patients, FREE OF CHARGE while my own mum paid £602 a week for the same care (after working, and contributing, for over 51 years).
There’s nothing for the English.
So, all you lot, who won’t listen, keep barking up the wrong tree, totally unaware of what’s going on behind the hedges.
Why do you think all this accommodation is being built in town centres?
It’s not for us!
Replied: 20th Aug 2023 at 20:26
Don't worry the Tories will sort it ( guffaw guffaw)
Replied: 20th Aug 2023 at 21:01
while Labour will still welcome them as potential voters!
Replied: 21st Aug 2023 at 08:23
These illegal boats should be stopped in the channel and the occupants should be returned to the French beaches. If the French Navy are escorting the dinghies into English waters then it is time some of these boats are impounded also. Let there be a diplomatic incident but let all the world know what is going on.
Replied: 21st Aug 2023 at 08:36
O C do illegal immigrants get a vote or is your statement a figment of your flawed imagination
Replied: 21st Aug 2023 at 09:41
Why should the rest of the world worry at what they see or hear about people crossing in dinghies to the UK.It’s happening all over the world.Most countries have their own problems to solve.We cannot even solve our own.
Replied: 21st Aug 2023 at 09:48
On another thread, I posted: "
What sort of manager comes up with the solution to patients having unacceptable long waits on trolleys, is to remove the wheels from the trolleys?"
Now he is the man you want.
Track him down and put him in charge.
He'll solve the small boats problem in one fell swoop!
(He'll give them bigger boats)
Replied: 21st Aug 2023 at 12:31
Ena, he’d put those wheels on the boats and have them coming over on trolleys!
Replied: 21st Aug 2023 at 16:00
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Handsomeminer
Potential voters after Labour allowed them to stay.
Even a rocking horse would have undertood what I meant!
Replied: 22nd Aug 2023 at 06:54
Last edited by Owd Codger: 22nd Aug 2023 at 07:03:25
A rocking horse talks more sense than you ,surely they have more chance of stopping in this country with this inept corrupt Tory government in charge
Replied: 22nd Aug 2023 at 08:54
Tonkers
Your right people with there own agenda are sending people to uk people traffickers Making millions and we are the mugs , this Tory
Government throwing money away trying to stop them ,they are getting our money which should be spent on uk
Replied: 22nd Aug 2023 at 22:32
Looks like we have another of the many comedians in Handsomeminer!
Replied: 23rd Aug 2023 at 07:12
Ia m right though OC
Replied: 23rd Aug 2023 at 19:59
colin that idiot blames labour for everything . he cant see that labour could do nothing because the EU states we HAD to have open borders . now we arnt in it we are twice as bad under this regime & fools like todger & 1stroke cant see it & will make up any excuse before admitting they got it WRONG .
Replied: 23rd Aug 2023 at 23:49