[Politics] Tory meltdown finally arrived [was: incoming]...

WATFORD zero said:

It would indeed happen under any Government that during their time in office increased the numbers crossing the channel and increased the backlog of cases as follows

Boat Crossings
(Numbers weren't recorded prior to 2018 as the government thought them inconsequential).
2018 - 299
2019 - 1,890
2020 - 8,466
2021 - 28,526
2022 - 45,755

Asylum Backlog
2012 - 9,800
2018 - 27,000
2022 - 161,000

by undertaking the following four steps

1. Remove the ability to claim Asylum from abroad.
2. Close legal Asylum routes to claimants.
3. Stop working with Interpol again to target people traffickers
4. Cut the numbers of caseworkers processing applications increasing the backlog.

And then round it off by spending as much money (so far) on a completely farcical, unimplementable plan than it would have taken to employ extra staff and clear the backlog three times over with money to spare.

These tragedies would indeed happen under any Government that did all that, not just the Tories

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vegster said:

Please don't let them be Floaters...we need to flush them away once and for all !

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TomandJerry said:

The magic money tree has been found

"We will increase defence spending to a new baseline of 2.5% of GDP by 2030. That starts today, and rises steadily in each and every year.


Over the next six years we’ll invest an additional £75bn pounds in our defence and it will be fully funded, with no increase in borrowing or debt."

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A1X said:

Toasting the demonisation of the most vulnerable with champagne, f***ing animals

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TomandJerry said:

The process of reverting some roads from Wales' 20mph default speed limit to 30 will begin in September, the new transport secretary has said.

Ken Skates urged people to contact local councils and tell them "where they think 20mph should be targeted".

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nicko31 said:

Not to mention binning the Dublin agreement, ie there's no longer a returns arrangement with France. Boom time for criminal gangs, esp with Europol binned and data sharing scrapped.

Soaring immigration legal and illegal is the work of the Tories and their botched Brexit. What's more Farage aided their large majority in 2019 so he's an accessory too.

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Audax said:

To be fair to the Tories, as much as they opposed the original 20mph default for all the wrong reasons, I believe the current plans to revert (not everywhere, is my understanding) is because they've (not the Tories) realised they went too far with the across-the-board 20mph imposition and that it needs to be targeted.

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Harry Wilson's tackle said:

All a bit silly in Faversham. The whole town is 20 MPH, but there are no cameras, no police, and people still whizz about at 40 MPH with impunity.

I'd like to see a few cameras put up.

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Harry Wilson's tackle said:

All a bit silly in Faversham. The whole town is 20 MPH, but there are no cameras, no police, and people still whizz about at 40 MPH with impunity.

I'd like to see a few cameras put up.

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WATFORD zero said:

IIRC this came up when they introduced the limits in Brighton, and the standard cameras that are used can't be calibrated down below 30

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nicko31 said:

The word in traffic enforcement is spot speed is on the way out. Instead its mobile vans and portable speed detection (home office have approved several new devices), expect to see a lot more in the years ahead.

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TomandJerry said:

Ken Skates urged people to contact local councils and tell them "where they think 20mph should be targeted".

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WATFORD zero said:

IIRC this came up when they introduced the limits in Brighton, and the standard cameras that are used can't be calibrated down below 30

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Audax said:

I saw an article a while back re: Brighton's 20mph zones and enforcement. From memory there was a quote from the local police to the effect that enforcing it wasn't cost effective. Partly because their view was that in an awful lot of the 20mph zones it simply wasn't possible for anyone to speed by enough to justify a ticket anyway.

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nicko31 said:

The word in traffic enforcement is spot speed is on the way out. Instead its mobile vans and portable speed detection (home office have approved several new devices), expect to see a lot more in the years ahead.

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Harry Wilson's tackle said:

It is always wise to review one's defense capacity.

Suddenly announcing a world record increase in defense spending with no strategic narrative is a gimmick.

However if you have the temerity to question this latest wheeze, you are a tofu-eating surrender-monkey.

Add to the mix the Rwanda wheeze. If you oppose that you must be a left-wing supporter of unlimited immigration.

And if you oppose the assessment of fitness to work by untrained bureaucrats instead of trained medics, you are a supporter of benefit cheats.

I can't remember the electorate ever being played like we are being played right now.

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