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Priti Patel threatens the French with the Navy

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GillT57 Sat 08-Aug-20 12:37:10

Quote from MOD source

" It is completely inappropriate and disproportionate. We don't resort to deploying armed force to deal with political failings.
It is beyond absurd to think that we should be deploying multimillion pound ships and elite soldiers to deal with desperate people barely staying afloat on rubber dinghies in the Channel"

Maybe Ms Patel will call on her pals Mossad.

vegansrock Sat 08-Aug-20 12:29:02

Why should the French stop them? As EU members at least they had some moral obligation to support another member state but the arrogant UK wants to go it alone so be it. We’ll have to pay them a lot more to hang onto migrants they don’t want any more than we do. They want to come to the U.K. as they know they’ve a 99% chance of not getting sent back and nothing being done about them. No ID cards unlike in France where they are a lot stricter.

Whitewavemark2 Sat 08-Aug-20 12:24:23

Using the navy against immigrants breaks international law.

But don’t let that stop this corrupt government

lemongrove Sat 08-Aug-20 12:20:54

She doesn’t threaten the French biba but the government are considering using the Navy to stem the illegal migrants crossing the Channel.We already pay France to stop them crossing from Calais, but they are asking for more money to do this, which we will probably give.
Since illegal migrants seem to dislike living in France this is a big problem for the UK.They dislike it so much they are prepared to risk themselves and their children by crossing in
Small inflatables!

biba70 Sat 08-Aug-20 12:09:23

re increased number of immigrants crossing the Channel.

Sense?