Reform/Farage - economic policies don’t add up.

I thunk it would be enough. Apparently some illegals are trying to escape to southern Ireland because of the scheme which is causing problems there now.

Why do intelligent people not seek out evidence, I don’t get it.
theconversation.com/is-the-rwanda-plan-acting-as-a-deterrent-heres-what-the-evidence-says-about-this-approach-228836#:~:text=Rishi%20Sunak%20has%20claimed%20that,journeys%20across%20the%20English%20Channel.

Casdon, thank you for sharing the link. What would you suggest?

A Europe-wide consensus approach to migration, working with the countries where people are migrating from is the only approach that will work long term BevSec. Anything else is just like the Dutch boy with his finger in the dam.

In the short term, the most feasible approach is to reduce legal migration by a range of measures to fill vacancies from within the UK and encourage our own skilled workers to return.

Not that anybody cares what I think!

BevSec, the Rwanda scheme will not be enough. Please tell me how Farage’s plan to return people to France will work. Or do you agree that it’s pie in the sky and nobody in their right mind would vote for Reform?

M0nica

Germanshepherdsmum

The sort of people who will vote for Reform have no idea. Farage just tells them what they want to hear. By and large they are thick racist bigots.

I think a lot of people cannot tell the difference between legal and illegal immigration and think that the majority of immigrants are here illegally, even though they can see them working in the economy and in the NHS.

They are unaware what a very small proportion illegal immigrants are of all immigrants. A lot of them live in areas where there are few immigrants. There are still areas of the country, and I suspect Clacton is one of them, where they see relatively few non-British faces or hear non-british names.

Many of these areas are areas with high levels unemployment and areas of deprivation, so that even though there are relatively few immigrants around they are perceived as being ubiquitous and 'taking our jobs'.

These people are not bigots, nor inherently are they racist, but they aare struggling in every way, knowing that their area are falling behind other regions economically, they struggle to work out why they are being short changed and immigration, whether from Syria or Slovakia, semms, superficially to be the reason.

Michel Bernier said much the same thing in his memoir.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13559589/Emmanuel-Macron-driven-France-brink-Frexit-ignoring-warnings-migration-EUs-chief-Brexit-negotiator-Michel-Barnier-claims.html

BevSec,
How will Reform plans to turn migrants back be carried out?

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Wyllow3

BevSec,
How will Reform plans to turn migrants back be carried out?

I would imagine that the plan is the same one that Priti Patel put forward: turning the boats back.
But Farage knows that he would be going against The International Convention For The Safety Of Life At Sea.
He is also aware that Italy, Greece and Australia did/ still doing this and have had no sanctions against them.

In reply, why would the Rwanda scheme not be effective in itself? It has been shown apparently that Australia has used a similar scheme that has been highly effective in Stopping illegal immigration. . As none of the immigrants want to go there why would it not be 100% effective?

Bevsed here is a link to an extensive and intensive Factcheck on the Australian system and British plans in Rwanda.
www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/factcheck-did-australian-offshore-asylum-system-reduce-boat-crossings

I can not begin to precis it. All I can say it shows the two situations, and solutions are very different and cannot be compared. Even the reasons for the reduction of illegal immigrants to Australia may well have causes other than their, actually, not very similar screen.

Farage will do and say anthing to get attention, neither he nor Reform are going to have significant influence, ignore him.

BevSec, you have pointed to Reform’s four point plan but have failed to explain how any of those points other than leaving the ECHR (not enough by itself) can stop illegal immigration. Do you have any further explanation or do you accept that Reform’s plan to stop the boats is totally unworkable? Do you still support Reform?

Thank you Monica for the link. I assume the British taxpayer is footing the bill for the generous support package.

Farage on twitter

“The Daily Mail is collaborating with the Kremlin to protect the dying Conservative Party.”

Dear oh dear.

BevSec

In reply, why would the Rwanda scheme not be effective in itself? It has been shown apparently that Australia has used a similar scheme that has been highly effective in Stopping illegal immigration. . As none of the immigrants want to go there why would it not be 100% effective?

BevSec you know very well that is not answering the question.

You clearly said you supported Farage for the 4 point policy which basically rests on turning back the boats. And does not allude to Rwanda at all.

Stop dodging the question.

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Whitewavemark2

Farage on twitter

“The Daily Mail is collaborating with the Kremlin to protect the dying Conservative Party.”

Dear oh dear.

Do you think that means he thinks that the media is turning against His Faragesty?

Yes, the Britissh goernment will pay - just as the Australian government is paying Papua-New Guinea and Nairu and also running the inhumane and degrading camps that many immigrants are kept in.

Do you think that we should treat immigrants here with the same inhumanity?

I most certainly do support Reform, the point is that Reform have four points, not just one or two. Taken together, not just one or two, I do certainly believe it will be enough.

I do agree Monica that it would be inhumane not to help out. Its just that we pay too much in tax and then have to wait ever longer for our state pensions (did you get yours at 60 because I certainly didnt and still havent). You must know the state of our country, we need to look after our own surely?

BevSec

I most certainly do support Reform, the point is that Reform have four points, not just one or two. Taken together, not just one or two, I do certainly believe it will be enough.

I do agree Monica that it would be inhumane not to help out. Its just that we pay too much in tax and then have to wait ever longer for our state pensions (did you get yours at 60 because I certainly didnt and still havent). You must know the state of our country, we need to look after our own surely?

Do you not understand the repercussions for all of us if we leave the ECHR?

No .maybee70, what are they?

Just to say one of the GPs that I worked with had a UKIP poster in his window! So much for us all being thick bigoted racists!

You obviously don’t understand that Reform’s plan is unachievable and you are seemingly unable to argue to the contrary. Unbelievable that someone who claims to be educated and capable of independent thought is unable to say anything more convincing than that she worked with a GP who displayed a UKIP poster.

BevSec

No .maybee70, what are they?

‘If we left the ECHR, what would this mean for ordinary people in the UK?
Leaving the ECHR would put everyone’s rights at risk. The ECtHR is a person’s last resort for holding the state to account when it has abused their rights.
The Government is already planning to weaken human rights in the UK through its Rights Removal Bill, which will make it much harder for people to get justice if their rights have been abused.
Without the protection of the Human Rights Act or the ECHR, the UK Government would have the power to do whatever it wants to individuals’ rights with no threat of consequences.
Leaving the ECHR would also breach the Good Friday Agreement, which requires that the Convention be directly enforceable in Northern Ireland. This would threaten the peace settlement.’