• rah@hilariouschaos.com
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    4 months ago

    Still mystified by the silence from the media on why these people are trying to get to the UK. Four people and only one motivation is discussed: for the person to be with their brother. Pathetic reportage.

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      4 months ago

      Because if they reported that there were reasons other than free TVs and five star hotels (both lies anyway) the far right would get all pouty

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      4 months ago

      Has anyone questioned why the whole “free house, free TV, front of the queue” stuff - abject bollocks to anyone with even the tiniest sliver of knowledge - might act as an attractant when relayed as fact by the usual suspects? I know that it’s way too late to be starting now, but that means it’s only the second best time to do so. Tell the poor sods the truth: you can’t work, you’re given pocket money; you’re shoved into any available accommodation at the lowest possible cost (except to the private sector landlords); you’re likely to get shunted around at a moments notice, etc.

      If the entire local population of a given area has been radicalised to believe immigrants are a threat, how is integration supposed to happen at all, much less be successful?

      Labour Party, my arse.

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        4 months ago

        the whole “free house, free TV, front of the queue” stuff

        I don’t know what you’re referring to here.