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    How would you stop the boats?

    Precisely the point of the thread. We're not in government and we don't make the policies. It is an opportunity to learn and hear some suggestions and perhaps reasons behind the suggestions. You have highlighted that in my opening post I mention that the "only deterrent" in my opinion is to...
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    How would you stop the boats?

    I haven't made a wild guess at all. As you have stated, there are many reasons; family connections and language being a couple, but economic migration is also a reason. I even saw an interview with a man that said he was coming across because he wanted to be a footballer. Can you genuinely...
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    How would you stop the boats?

    You don't need to understand the French system. You are naive if you honestly believe there aren't people making crossing because of the support that we offer compared to other European nations, including France.
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    How would you stop the boats?

    You don't need to know the complexities to understand the principle that if France offers more in terms of support then there will be asylum seekers who choose to stay there rather than make the dangerous crossing.
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    How would you stop the boats?

    You're right, that will definitely be a pull for some. Not for all though.
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    How would you stop the boats?

    That's the whole point of the deterrent. Nobody is advocating starvation though, just make the asylum support less attractive. If, for example, the asylum support was cut to less than what France offers then many are likely to stay in France. Why would anyone travel to a country with such...
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    How would you stop the boats?

    The original post was how to stop the boats. Literally, how to stop the boats from making the crossing. To suggest such a view is racist is lazy, inaccurate and an absolute insult. As I have mentioned, Labour, the Conservatives, the Lib Dems, and Reform all acknowledge the crossings need to...
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    How would you stop the boats?

    I agree. People against ID cards are people with something to hide or people who like to quote Orwell a lot.
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    PL Transfers this summer ...

    I honestly don't see any of these as big name players. Just standard Prem transfers for me.
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    How would you stop the boats?

    Literally all the main parties agree the crossings have to stop.
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    How would you stop the boats?

    No, I'm suggesting that people probably wouldn't make the crossing if the incentives weren't there. I've just watched an interview with a migrant on the Channel 4 news who admitted that one of the reasons for his crossing is that the UK government is good to him.
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    How would you stop the boats?

    The Labour government has introduced this new policy of detaining and returning migrants. Personally I don't think it will work. I think the only deterrent is to stop the benefits package available to them when they get here, which is what the French have alluded to. They have highlighted that...
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    Everton in for Hackney - Sky Sports

    Maybe they looked at his goals to games ratio and based it on that!
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