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Lee Anderson, Conservative deputy chair says asylum seekers should ‘fuck off back to France’ if they don’t want to be housed on the Bobby Stockholm barge

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Primrose53 Tue 08-Aug-23 21:30:16

Not excusing him but maybe we’re all getting a bit long in the tooth and accept that times have changed. I live on a very quiet lane and kids go through on the way to school and nearly every word is an F.

Wasn’t Princess Anne well known for using bad language on many occasions? Angela Rayner, MP has to be one of the most foul mouthed women around, calling others “scum” and relishing saying it. We hear the F word in films, music and books all the time and on some late night TV progs. It still shocks me every time but others don’t bat an eyelid.

I will never forget some years ago a girl of 16 from a very strait-laced family turning up at a party wearing a tight black T shirt and very short skirt. The T shirt was emblazoned with “F**k me now, I’m 16.” She is now a Consultant Anaesthetist!!

Wyllow3 Tue 08-Aug-23 21:29:50

Chocolatelovinggran

The language of the gutter from those who purport to be of elevated status.

He should be sent to the gutter himself imo

news.sky.com/story/tory-deputy-chairman-claims-it-is-a-myth-people-on-universal-credit-are-in-poverty-12823115

and many, many, more, like telling people he disagrees with on Brexit they "should be sectioned"

or his terrific attitude to women

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tory-mp-who-rapped-over-25892010

Fleurpepper Tue 08-Aug-23 21:22:02

vegansrock

The silent majority are silent for a reason. They haven’t got a clue. 30p Lee is straight out of the Trump playbook. 30p Lee is so called as he claimed to be able to make meals for 30p, so no one needs to use a foodbank. Johnson said “ fuck business” when he was asked something about the negative up impact of Brexit on U.K. businesses, so it’s nothing new.

And how fast they come out of the wood work! So so predictable - straight out of the DM.

merlotgran Tue 08-Aug-23 21:19:08

Urmstongran

Well I think he speaks for the silent majority in this country. Decent, clean basic accommodation and 3 meals a day? Gym use. Free buses into Weymouth. Doctor and dentist on call. Pocket money. A mobile phone. A games room and library.

What did these migrants expect? Hotel bed and board? That’s what they’ve been hearing from their mates. It’s time to make being over here clean but basic so that a few phone calls back across the Channel put some migrants off paying extortionate fees to traffickers. We are such a soft touch. France laughs at our naïveté.

It’s time we in the UK woke up. £6 million PER DAY this is costing the taxpayer here. Yes, decent living quarters ought to be provided. But these migrants (assisted by Care4Calais and lawyers whose best interests are served by thwarting all proposals - money in their coffers by keeping this roundabout turning) need a reality check.

This! With knobs on!

rosie1959 Tue 08-Aug-23 21:07:03

He is probably voicing what many people are thinking.Pure frustration.

vegansrock Tue 08-Aug-23 21:04:37

The silent majority are silent for a reason. They haven’t got a clue. 30p Lee is straight out of the Trump playbook. 30p Lee is so called as he claimed to be able to make meals for 30p, so no one needs to use a foodbank. Johnson said “ fuck business” when he was asked something about the negative up impact of Brexit on U.K. businesses, so it’s nothing new.

srn63 Tue 08-Aug-23 21:01:10

Totally agree with him, the crooked legal people, charities and various dogooders are enough to make a saint swear. Maybe these people can come with some sort of viable alternative other than giving them flowers, a map and a notebook.

Urmstongran Tue 08-Aug-23 20:57:36

Well I think he speaks for the silent majority in this country. Decent, clean basic accommodation and 3 meals a day? Gym use. Free buses into Weymouth. Doctor and dentist on call. Pocket money. A mobile phone. A games room and library.

What did these migrants expect? Hotel bed and board? That’s what they’ve been hearing from their mates. It’s time to make being over here clean but basic so that a few phone calls back across the Channel put some migrants off paying extortionate fees to traffickers. We are such a soft touch. France laughs at our naïveté.

It’s time we in the UK woke up. £6 million PER DAY this is costing the taxpayer here. Yes, decent living quarters ought to be provided. But these migrants (assisted by Care4Calais and lawyers whose best interests are served by thwarting all proposals - money in their coffers by keeping this roundabout turning) need a reality check.

Nicenanny3 Tue 08-Aug-23 20:55:19

I don't agree with him swearing but I agree with what he's saying.

I think he will appeal to a lot of voters with his strong outspoken words especially in the Red Wall seats, just like Nigel Farage.

nanaK54 Tue 08-Aug-23 20:54:10

Chocolatelovinggran

Frustration can be expressed without the use of foul language Primrose.

Absolutely, what happened to self control?
I can't imagine that any of us could have spoken like that in our working lives.
Can you imagine a teacher saying 'if you don't like this school you can f off to another one'.

Primrose53 Tue 08-Aug-23 20:45:17

Chocolatelovinggran

Frustration can be expressed without the use of foul language Primrose.

You’re absolutely right chocolatelovinggran and I have said as much on here before. I stubbed my bare toe on a piece of furniture last week and used the same word many times I assure you!

Chocolatelovinggran Tue 08-Aug-23 20:42:28

Frustration can be expressed without the use of foul language Primrose.

Primrose53 Tue 08-Aug-23 20:37:42

He says it was frustration and anger that caused him to explode because every attempt they make to do something about the illegal economic migrant crisis is thwarted by crooked legal people, sympathetic charities or lefty dogooders.

I do share his frustration because whenever they think they have provided everything people need, at the 11th hour the damper is put on, yet Labour offer no alternatives.

It’s Bibby Stockholm by the way.

Hetty58 Tue 08-Aug-23 20:33:44

Says it all really. I'm not even surprised, just blame the idiots that voted these clowns in.

Casdon Tue 08-Aug-23 20:31:09

I don’t think I’ve ever heard a senior politician use that word publicly before.

Chocolatelovinggran Tue 08-Aug-23 20:29:08

The language of the gutter from those who purport to be of elevated status.

Iam64 Tue 08-Aug-23 20:22:25

Alex Chalk the justice secretary described Anderson’s language as ‘salty’ but ‘not bigotry at all’ ‘his indignation is well placed’.

What is happening in our country when someone like Anderson is elevated then supported by our government