Gary Lineker

Austrians from Australia, that's unusual Dunc

 

I need glasses

 

I thought you had already had too many glasses

 

5000 years ago to the 1960s my friend not now

 

Great video. They should have pixelated my face though, bastards.

 

Just watched BBC FA Cup coverage.
Jug ears is back, and sounds like he is dieing.
What's he doing at work. Stay at home and not spread your germs

 

Lineker taken off air today, as he has lost his voice.
Nothing trivial I hope

 

Simple, despite all rhetoric to the contrary, there is no political will to do it.

 

To what extent does the Australian policy have the approval of the Australian people? Is there a concensus in favour of it? Are a majority in favour? Are a large majority in favour? Is there a significant opposition to it?

 

I would say that the vast majority are for the current immigration policy, though as expected there are a few exceptions as you would imagine on the more left wing end of the spectrum, but the two main parties are pretty much aligned now on the policies.

Where there is difference and contention is that some feel that the Coalition should not have dropped the numbers of people Australia agreed to take via international agreement. Labor reverted to the previous number, but might raise it a bit over the next term, people are generally fine with it. The other major bone of contention is the processing facilities off-shore in places like Nauru. The facilities are good, but long periods of isolation on a tiny island in the middle of nowhere, probably not good for your mental health. However the policy has done what was intended in so far as boats have mostly stopped down to a handful a year which those in favour of the policy show as a success. The general public and government want people to apply via official channels not chance their arm on some 50 year old boat (the traffickers were deliberately using old boats so they would sink and the navy tow them to the mainland).

Occasionally there is a case where someone was on a visa for 10 years and for whatever reason they have to return to their country and then there can be a campaign for the government to grant an exemption, however this might be a couple of cases a year. There was an English lady early this year and a Sir Lankan family late last year who the communities themselves appealed on their behalf to grant them leave to stay in the country.

 

Thanks for that Zog. I don't think there is any lack of political will on the UK government's part. The problem is that, unlike what you have in Australia, there is no broad consensus here across the mainstream political parties.