It seems some while ago, someone, within this nonsense of a UK government, pitched the idea that refugees could packed off to Rwanda. short of any other more sensible solution for reasons we the public fail to understand they decided to run with it! Not withstanding that it has been roundly condemmed, deemed illegal, they refused to drop it and have continued to waste money and time to the point, where we now have the utter lunacy, that if you enact legislation, that Rwanda is a safe place then it must be! Of course the whole premise is based on the stupidity that it will stop the illegal trafficking of refugees and asylum seekers coming across the channel? Two things: Rwanda is not safe (which they themselves openly admit) and it will not deter people who want to come to the UK. Ironically we need people to fill vacancies. If the money spent on the Rwanda project had been used to process the people waiting for their case to be heard perhaps the backlog would be reduced and people could find work and pay taxes? One further point if there are undesirable refugees arriving surely processing them quickly will determine if they should be allowed to stay. It is safe to say that I for one am not threatened or against people fleeing poverty, war, persecution and other issues trying to find a better life in our country. It is inevitable that some elements of criminals will get in, although one would ask why would an existing criminal want to risk coming across the in a dangerous craft?
The issue of immigration will not be solved by ridiculous schemes and glib soundbites. Europe is an attractive place for those who come from somewhere much worse but many of these people are actually no better off than they were when they get here! Immigration is going to get worse for many reasons . Climate change will affect millions of peoples habitat prompting them to move, we need to come up with solutions that are humane and practical.
The “West” has no appetite to confront Putin directly. We are not prepared to put our forces lives on the line to combat his illegal aggression. The last 30 odd years have seen too many conflicts, where our military has lost many lives and the result of prolonged occupation, such as Afghanistan proved to be a disaster. As a result, governments and the public do not want o see our forces embroiled in another war. The West is relatively weak, which is one reason, why Putin is conducting his aggression against the Ukraine. Be warned, if he succeeds, he will not stop and other countries, such as Poland, Estonia, Latvia etc will be under threat as he continues to “claim back” territory he believes belong to Russia. If we do not stop him a war like no other is coming. As pessimistic as that reads there is always hope and situations can be negotiated to arrive at a peaceful solution but beware, he is a nutter, a mafia boss, a dictator of the worse kind and unlikely to listen!
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