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20 January 2026 10:44387779"The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
Dr. Hunter S Thompson - Captain Haddock
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20 January 2026 22:41387781So the policy was to "STOP THE BOAT"?
The trouble is Bateau and Bateaux sound much the same through Google Translate......
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ceqz1lzdxw1o"The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
Dr. Hunter S Thompson - Captain Haddock
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22 January 2026 10:53387786There goes the neighbourhood (and property prices!)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowborough
(As of 2021, Crowborough is mostly white - 95.5% of the town is white and other minorities include Asian (1.7%), Black (0.5%) and other (2.3%) which include mixed).
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15487509/Home-Office-busses-migrants-army-camp-cover-darkness-goes-ahead-plan-bid-house-540-male-asylum-seekers-despite-protests.html
Perhaps they will be seeking foster parents soon?
https://x.com/i/status/2013995211416797670"The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
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23 January 2026 17:47387791I KNEW there was a use for Ramsgate - small boats: https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dover/news/migrants-to-be-taken-to-different-kent-port-due-to-urgent-re-335499/(Not my real name.) - Captain Haddock
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26 January 2026 23:44387798French police told by their human rights watchdog to stop using rubber bullets and tear gas on UK-bound small boat migrants - putting Channel agreement in peril.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15499437/French-police-told-human-rights-watchdog-stop-using-rubber-bullets-tear-gas-UK-bound-small-boat-migrants-putting-Channel-agreement-peril.html"The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
Dr. Hunter S Thompson - Captain Haddock
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27 January 2026 14:29387799Home Secretary admits 350 migrants have come to Britain from France under Labour's 'one in one out' deal but only 281 have been deported ................
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15501469/Shabana-Mahmood-admits-350-migrants-come-Britain-France-Labours-one-one-deal-281-deported.html
Meanwhile Scotland Yard's counter-terror chief has revealed they stopped 19 'late-stage' UK attack plots in the past five years - and are monitoring more than 1,000 dangerous extremists.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15500805/Terror-police-stopped-late-stage-UK-attack-plots.html
"You have to be lucky all the time. We only have to be lucky once" (statement sometimes misattributed to Gerry Adams post Brighton bomb)"The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
Dr. Hunter S Thompson - Captain Haddock
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27 January 2026 16:42387800There were 89,509 asylum applications (relating to 110,051 people) in the UK in the year to September 2025, a 13% increase from the previous 12 months.
The top five countries of origin of people seeking asylum were Pakistan, Eritrea, Iran, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.
Based on recent projections, similar-sized, or slightly larger, urban areas in the UK include Chesterfield, which is projected to have around 113,057 residents, and towns like Cheltenham (approx. 116,447)
Context: These are considered "large towns" or smaller cities (typically \(75,000–199,999\) population range"The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it".
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
