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Forum: General Chat 30-07-2015, 20:21
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Posted By Margaret Pilkington
Re: Migrant Crisis in Calais

You need to take your high heels off before you drive.....anyway enough of this thread wander...we are going to be getting the cane off the headmaster if we continue in this vein.
Forum: General Chat 30-07-2015, 10:35
Replies: 92
Views: 93
Posted By Margaret Pilkington
Re: Migrant Crisis in Calais

So you are in touch with your feminine side then!
Nothing wrong with a change....it is as good as a rest.
Forum: General Chat 30-07-2015, 06:11
Replies: 92
Views: 93
Posted By Margaret Pilkington
Re: Migrant Crisis in Calais

And there I was thinking that changing your mind was a female thing Jason;).
Forum: General Chat 29-07-2015, 21:23
Replies: 92
Views: 93
Posted By Margaret Pilkington
Re: Migrant Crisis in Calais

I thought you had given up on this thread Jason?
Forum: General Chat 29-07-2015, 21:05
Replies: 92
Views: 93
Posted By Margaret Pilkington
Re: Migrant Crisis in Calais

Post 52 was the one where you outlined the story. You did not post a link until post 59....as I said not everyone on here is as adept as you at searching for things......and suddenly I have gone from...
Forum: General Chat 29-07-2015, 12:27
Replies: 92
Views: 93
Posted By Margaret Pilkington
Re: Migrant Crisis in Calais

Thank you Frank.
I feel sure I am not the only one with these views.
I am not callous, or uncharitable, but you just have to be realistic about what we can do..and indeed what we should do....
Forum: General Chat 29-07-2015, 11:29
Replies: 92
Views: 93
Posted By Margaret Pilkington
Re: Migrant Crisis in Calais

I can do that!
But you didn't answer my question... that is OK, it tells me what I wanted to know.
Forum: General Chat 29-07-2015, 10:36
Replies: 92
Views: 93
Posted By Margaret Pilkington
Re: Migrant Crisis in Calais

It isn't just a case of space as I am sure you know. It is a case of having the infrastructure, the houses, medical facilities etc all the things that people need to lead productive lives.

Can you...
Forum: General Chat 29-07-2015, 09:17
Replies: 92
Views: 93
Posted By Margaret Pilkington
Re: Migrant Crisis in Calais

It didn't look full when I was down there this morning.
And you are being pedantic. This is the UK....we can go where we want within the boundaries of this country.....however, if we wish to travel...
Forum: General Chat 29-07-2015, 07:19
Replies: 92
Views: 93
Posted By Margaret Pilkington
Re: Migrant Crisis in Calais

As a postscript to my above post, it is just three weeks since Gordon lost his wife(he cared for her at home for a long time - this leaves a huge hole in his life)....he is coming here to distract...
Forum: General Chat 29-07-2015, 07:12
Replies: 92
Views: 93
Posted By Margaret Pilkington
Re: Migrant Crisis in Calais

No, it is not a waste of pixels or neurones.
You initially posted something which you felt would support your stance on this subject.....but only later(after Gordon had said he couldn't find...
Forum: General Chat 29-07-2015, 07:06
Replies: 92
Views: 93
Posted By Margaret Pilkington
Re: Migrant Crisis in Calais

You may believe that, but I think you will find that most countries employ some sort of border control.....some much more successfully than others.
There are some countries that you would not wish...
Forum: General Chat 28-07-2015, 18:58
Replies: 92
Views: 93
Posted By Margaret Pilkington
Re: Migrant Crisis in Calais

While that is a sad story, she should never have been able to get to Calais.
She should have sought migrant/asylum seekers status at the first land fall.
If she had got into this country she would...
Forum: General Chat 27-07-2015, 18:50
Replies: 92
Views: 93
Posted By Margaret Pilkington
Re: Migrant Crisis in Calais

It isn't just a long hard look at what can be done...it is having the cojones to take unpopular actions.
There is too much talking and precious little action.
And if our borders were close to the...
Forum: General Chat 27-07-2015, 11:35
Replies: 92
Views: 93
Posted By Margaret Pilkington
Re: Migrant Crisis in Calais

I am sorry that is how you see it, but there you go.
It is my honest opinion. I say it how I see it.

The whole people trafficking situation is wrong, it is exploiting the vulnerable, but it...
Forum: General Chat 27-07-2015, 11:31
Replies: 92
Views: 93
Posted By Margaret Pilkington
Re: Migrant Crisis in Calais

The financial studies on migrants are those who apply to come to this country through legal means...not these people who are trafficked.
Controlled migration, which is how Australia operates..using...
Forum: General Chat 27-07-2015, 07:04
Replies: 92
Views: 93
Posted By Margaret Pilkington
Re: Migrant Crisis in Calais

No they are not disposable objects, but then neither are they the responsibility of the UK.....they are in most cases economic migrants....they want a better life.
It is just that they are going...
Forum: General Chat 26-07-2015, 18:32
Replies: 92
Views: 93
Posted By Margaret Pilkington
Re: Migrant Crisis in Calais

But it was never going to happen Cashy...those main parties have such a solid core of those who do not think about who to vote for, but vote the way their father voted.....You and I both know that...
Forum: General Chat 26-07-2015, 18:26
Replies: 92
Views: 93
Posted By Margaret Pilkington
Re: Migrant Crisis in Calais

That is exactly the way it should happen here too.
if these rules were applied rigorously then it might not seem such a haven for these people.
Forum: General Chat 26-07-2015, 18:23
Replies: 92
Views: 93
Posted By Margaret Pilkington
Re: Migrant Crisis in Calais

Neil what do you think?(and you know me very well by now...so that is a rhetorical question)
They had a full manifesto but I really didn't feel confident in their ability to do the things that they...
Forum: General Chat 26-07-2015, 16:29
Replies: 92
Views: 93
Posted By Margaret Pilkington
Re: Migrant Crisis in Calais

Yes Son it was.....and the problem with Nige and his crew was that they had only one real policy....It was getting out of the EU......and you all know my feelings on that subject....I really don't...
Forum: General Chat 26-07-2015, 15:51
Replies: 92
Views: 93
Posted By Margaret Pilkington
Re: Migrant Crisis in Calais

Jason you cannot influence what went on in the past..it is history.
You can only change the future, but you have to have the cojones to make brave and maybe unpopular decisions. Too much notice has...
Forum: General Chat 26-07-2015, 15:30
Replies: 92
Views: 93
Posted By Margaret Pilkington
Re: Migrant Crisis in Calais

And you really think that any other party would have the nuts to do anything about the situation?
The last time I looked it was Blairs gang who thought that uncontrolled immigration was good, that...
Forum: General Chat 25-07-2015, 19:29
Replies: 92
Views: 93
Posted By Margaret Pilkington
Re: Migrant Crisis in Calais

No you are not missing anything.
Much as I feel for these people(it must be very difficult to pick up sticks and travel in appalling conditions to a country whose language you have no grasp...
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