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Not sure how you make that out. everyone has the right to the legal minimum and we've just seen it announced skilled migrant workers offered over £38,000

It's a gamble, those who will 'try it on' know that with a 75% success rate the odds are very much in their favour. There is also the fact a refusal does not preclude them making numerous follow up applications which. with the benefit of experience, increase their chances.

Actually it stands comparison with other countries. the average time is between six months and a year with a success rate of 75% Those taking longer are probably the ones dumpimg their identification papers in the sea. 98% of the boat migrants have no means of proving who they are or where they come from. Germany average 9 months, Austria and Belgium 18 months.

It's not something I think about really. In my youth when carbon footprints were not even a thing I drove ridiculous cars and motorcycles at ridiculous speeds and generally hooned around without a care in the world.. As an adult my pastimes/hobbies usually involved motive power of some description and two or three flights to somewhere warm. We had coal fires and never gave a thought to recycling. Now we make much use of home deliveries so there is almost no reason to go anywhere to the point it bothers me that I don't get out much. The house is well insulated, the boiler A rated

They really can't win can they? Whinging about a measly £10 then no doubt howling about cheapskate government if they stopped it. And I seriously doubt anyone here really needs it...

No, Red 35cwt Morris LD

I remember banger racing and Mr Onion with his big Austin and the giant plastic onion on the roof. His suspension was totally cream-crackered and he bounced rather than drove round the track. There was much moaning when it closed but to be honest it was a bit of a dump.

Me too... Strange custom to say the least..

Which is the point I'm making. Sunak raised it in a speech at the Granada meeting of 50 heads of government. Sadly i think it fell on deaf ears as did the Armenia and Balkan situation which were the prime reasons for the meeting. A point I missed. The Border Force did not come into being until 2012. Up to that point the there was a mishmash... From Wiki: In 2005, the border enforcement functions of HMCE were transferred (along with the organisation responsible for them) to HMRC; but in 2008 they were again transferred (at least in part) to the ne

Certainly : http://tiny.cc/75egvz : (In the year ending June 2023, there were 52,530 irregular migrants detected entering the UK, up 17% from the year ending June 2022. 85% of these arrived via small boats.) Which really doesn't fly. A greater 'vote winner' would be a working solution before an election. Voters will go for positive action rather than some pie in the sky promise they know may never happen. And I dispute people have a problem with workers recruited from abroad to the same degree as illegals. True there were a few doing things like creeping th

Not so, 85,000 is the total of illegal entries for the year, I'm not counting legal entrants. My point its that 85% came by boat But they were actively recruited and not counted as illegals, i can't see how they factor into this discussion. Agreed but the need and demand for more did not become apparent for another nine years, in 2010 there were no boat crossings and therefore there was no requirement for the numbers or infrastructure we need today. In 2010 we were part of the EU and the Freedom of Movement mandate, why would we want a massive border force when illegal e

Ignore the links above, my brain is having a stupid day... https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nottingham-city-council-improvement-and-assurance-board-housing-revenue-account-hra-second-assessment/nottingham-city-council-improvement-and-assurance-board-housing-revenue-account-hra-second-assessment ------------------------------------------------------------ https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-01-16/4340 Is what it should resolve to

Hope your knee heals soon and stops giving you gyp Col... The quoted site is somewhat ambiguous, a macro view if you like of all arrivals with scant reference to illegal entry. In the year ending June '23 0ver 52,000, a rise of 17%, 'irregular' migrants' arrived here 85% of those via small boats. It notes small boats have been the predominant recorded method of entry for irregular migrants since 2020 when entries via this route increased rapidly and detections on other routes declined (likely in part due to the COVID-19 pandemic. https://tiny.cc/#

Interested to see the UK windfarms ( over 11000), are only producing just over 3% of demand today, one of the coldest days so far this year. It's no wonder energy bills are so expensive when we're forced to buy costly electricity from the continent.

Here too...

It's ironic that they're blaming the rising cost of child and adult social care plus taking a swipe at the homeless when their mismanagement is the root cause of the problem. I know looking back with hindsight makes it is easy to start a blame campaign, but this situation has long been forecast and the loss making decisions complained about for years. Had they not had ambitions beyond their ability to deliver then perhaps the social services they say are to blame would not be a cause for concern. Had they stuck with what councils are supposed to do and not done stupid th

A complex subject perhaps best discussed in the political thread...

Viewing Mel Barret's (CEO), blurb on the web he may not be competent to run a burger stall but he is at least expert in gobbledegook... I wonder if any heads will roll?

Was it busy? how many user were there?

Rising child and social care plus homelessness did it 'onest guv. Nowt to do with prestige projects like a tram that's haemorrhaging money, failed electric companies or district heating schemes. No sir it's them there rotten Tories wot dun it./..

I am, for a not so small fee, available for consultations, after dinner speaking, birthdays and Bah Mitzvahs ...

Something I've never understood or agreed with is the meter standing charge. They were introduced back in the 30's for new supplies when installation costs were expensive, they never went away because customers simply accepted the charge as the norm. Todays excuse tries to tell us it's for maintaining the meters and the cables/pipes plus the statutory meter replacement (every 20/25 years). Why so much when even smart meters only cost a few quid, certainly nowhere the 300 per year they charge now? I don't know of any industries other than utilities that gets away with charging you

They reckon his last words were "shopper, I said shopper not chopper"...

Some reckon he was framed

Doesn't like a good day at all nonna. What were saying recently about taking care? Take it easy and get well soon...