Thread by @Stuzipants

1. Love child of Harry Hill & Paddy off Emmerdale, James Whale of Talk TV who you may recall was normal in the late 80’s has now decided that the @RNLI are the real enemy because (wait for it…) they’re doing their job. James and his roll call of regular callers are outraged at

https://twitter.com/talktv/status/1563889089866252296

2. the idea that one of the most lauded charitable associations in Britain won’t just let these refugees sink. In fact he goes on in a later tweet to decry calling these people refugees because “they is illegals innit boss”
Outraged by International Law, and insistent that

3. they’re all coming here solely to maraud through the Tory heartlands ravishing our women and ending up camped outside Sophie Corcoran’s bedsit…
The truth of the migrant crossings course sits somewhere between the left and the right of U.K. political opinion but the far right

4. are incapable of starting from the assumption point that the majority of people crossing the channel are refugees by the legal definition, and then working backwards to accept that the problem demographic as they deem it may be far smaller than would tickle the palates of

5. their listeners… the language used is full of extremisms… these boat people… these illegals… these bloody spongers… it goes on…
Pragmatism doesn’t sit well in today’s hot potato political issues but here’s some I prepared earlier… 👇

6. Are some of the people crossing the Channel economic migrants? Of course… you can’t tell everybody how Britain is the greatest place on the planet and then not expect people to be enticed by such nonsense… that’s common sense. Is it ideal? Well no if we’re not going to let

7. work here despite us facing an enormous labour shortage. Those arriving immediately become a cost to bear given that they are prevented from contributing to society. So yeah people in one sense are right when they say that refugees are soaking up essential funds… but they

8. didn’t decide to come here to sit in a rundown motel room for years. The overwhelming majority want to work…

9. Are people right to be concerned by the numbers crossing? Yes of course. While no asylum processing centre exists, this will continue, and people will carry on hating on refugees. Common sense tells you that you want to know who’s in your country. Obviously… so is there a

10. solution that may appease all sides?
Surely placing a processing centre in Calais to offer everyone the opportunity to apply for asylum would mean that those who genuinely don’t have a valid asylum claim had had their case heard which is only right, but any attempt to cross

11. after that would be deemed illegal. At least then we can have an adult debate about the onward safety of those who can’t remain here without it dividing politics straight down the middle. It’s such a simple and obvious solution, and those who are granted visas will ease

12. the employment gaps. Remember, many of these people are highly skilled, and hugely motivated to work.
Sadly pragmatism and logic departed this debate long ago but here’s a thought… what if the Tories don’t want to fix the issue.. I mean where would they find an abundance of

13. outage on tap without the racism card in their armoury???
Oh and just to cheer your Monday up… this time next week… Liz Truss will be in charge of a nation with nuclear capabilities…

as you were…

#TorySewageParty

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