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Discussion in 'Watford' started by andytoprankin, Mar 21, 2020.

  1. Bolton's Boots

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    Rather an overgeneralization Duggie - Germany has the second largest foreign born population Worldwide only exceeded by the USA. But apparently ''everyone wants to go to the UK '' <doh> The main difference between here and the UK. is that Germany has an effective registration system so that they know exactly how many immigrants there are and their origins. Britain doesn't have this and so when some loon comes out with the headline that thousands are arriving every day people believe it. It is true that language is a major magnet in the UK - because English is such an important World language and so many people can understand it, and people may have a tendency to move to a place where they understand the language. Very few people speak German when they arrive here yet still Germany has a much larger immigrant population than the UK and far more refugees.
     
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    Covid Hospitalisations Running Rampant!!!

    9 March: 78,660
    10 March: 86,678
    11 March: 91,784
    12 March: 93,173
    13 March: 96,538
    14 March: 99,904
    15 March: 127,914

    That is one heck of a rise in a week!
     
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    Why have the Conservatives posted an application to vote by post and included a return envelope that is addressed to them and not the Returning Office at the council? Is this even legal?
     
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    Naughty naughty Tories.
    A couple of years ago they tried this on up here - MSP Oliver Mundell was reported for doing the same thing. The Electoral Commission took him to task over it - and ordered him to stop. It seems the word didn't spread, so maybe another report is required.
     
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    No mention that these are all Tories. The logo has gone, and it is made to look like a flyer from the Greens. Do they think the party is that toxic?
     
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    I dare say that Jeremy Hunt would say "But everyone knows me..."
     
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    As he was severally described when Culture Secretary, yes.
     
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    With Braverman making changes to the MOU with Rwanda to reflect her Illegal Migration Bill - in spite of legal challenges being still heard and lack of scrutiny by HoL

    - https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/...VgqNoFJ7oDBWJIkNJWkCumpylPbrcrf7yZcy9azaAb8HU

    - perhaps it's time someone pointed out to her what happened the last time a country reached such a deal with Rwanda? Although she may not be a member of the Tory Friends of Israel group, she has to be aware of the group, doubtless got the idea from them - and doesn't care one iota about the fate of the poor unfortunates who suffered because of it anyway.

    https://blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/research...order-criminologies/blog/2018/10/moving-under
     
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    Which one is Putin?
     
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    Judging by the noises coming out of the Lords, they are likely to shred the bill. Many Tories up there are horrified that it has been produced.
     
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    Would Sunak be brave enough to simply ignore the Lords and press on regardless? I seem to remember BoJo threatening to do that, but can't remember which Bill was involved.
     
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    I wonder how many Russians would be willing to stand up and say "я Путин" (I am Putin)?
     
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    Must be the same man - he has a red ring on his face in all three pictures.
     
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    That's the Colgateski ring of confidence.
     
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    Only one of those is Putin

    I would say the one on the left
     
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    If this is just the trailer, goodness knows what the full length version will show.

     
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