Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,809
There is a big difference between having a policy and being able to enforce it.
As we seem to be unable to return the illegal boats and people that arrive from Europe we are stuck with the problem regardless of who is in power.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Weird Granny Slater
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
- Posts: 3,003
Look, there is not, nor has there ever been, an intention to 'stop all the boats'.
The intention is to for you to believe that there is an intention to 'stop all the boats'. In that respect, the intention has been successful, as everyone talks of 'policy failure'.
Mass immigration is a fundamental liberal policy, Labour or Conservative.
Public hand-wringing is cover.
At least EU Meloni was more honest about this (after she won on an opposing ticket, of course).
Arthur, John Buckley and Captain Haddock like this
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,865
Weird \Jan
That really is my point, to put in one of your pledges to stop the boats , was doomed to failure the minute it was thought up.
Whilst I understand Bob's party wants to look strong on immigration leading to the general election, this failure will I believe have the opposite to what Bob's party wanted to achieve .
ALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS
Weird Granny Slater- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
- Posts: 3,003
Meanwhile, in Europe, a descendant of American slave owners is campaigning for her second term as EC President.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/21/ursula-von-der-leyen-vows-never-to-work-with-europe-far-right-parties
Ursula (Röschen to her family) says she will only play with '
pro-European, pro-Nato, pro-Ukrainian, clear supporters of our democratic values'.
All of which leaves me worried that cuddly Rose may soon run out of friends, find her play-room shrinking, and get the sulks.
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 7,952
We built this city on rock and roll?
"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Weird Granny Slater- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
- Posts: 3,003
Trouble in Paradise, cont...
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
Weird Granny Slater- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
- Posts: 3,003
'
Germany has now been stagnant for two years, with inflation and unemployment on the rise'.
Well, who could have predicted that importing a mass of non-productive foreigners, de-industrialising to 'save the climate', sanctioning a major energy supplier with alternative markets outside your coterie of 'western liberal democracies', allowing 'friendly nations' to blow up your gas pipeline, and donating billions to a beggar nation, would tank your economy?
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/11/05/germanys-economy-on-the-brink-chancellor-scholz-no-answers/
Good riddance.
https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-coalition-government-collapse-olaf-scholz-finance-minister-christian-lindner/'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 7,952
VW profits DOWN 64%.
Audi profits DOWN 91%.
BMW profits DOWN 84%.
Mercedes profits DOWN 54%.
You ain't seen nothing yet! I read in the FT the other week that BYD are introducing a 'cheap' electric car to Europe at about 25,000 Euro.
Apparently they could sell them at 10,000 Euro and still break even.
And this is before the AI revolution sees off all those nice safe white collar jobs .
Meanwhile the orange one talks of tariffs as though he knew nohing of history or economics.
Oh, hang on ................
"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 7,952
From the Times.
Old Europe is gripped by a delusion. Get real before it’s too late
The West is living in a fantasy land of free money. Our friends watch in horror, our enemies in delight
https://www.thetimes.com/article/153f0f46-3be6-4b90-8131-e8d0315a9f90?shareToken=adcaea5a2a30bf7060b5fb5b74a939a8"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Weird Granny Slater- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
- Posts: 3,003
The Times way behind the times. What kept them?
Our 'friends' are also broke.
Our 'enemies' are not our enemies.
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
