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REFORM STARTS THE FIGHT 👍

Sue Hammond ● 51d6 Comments

"Perhaps we should have stayed in the Dublin agreement?"What Dublin agreement are you talking about?Mentioning such an agreement shows how out of date many people are on the EU. As if time has stood still when Brexit happened.The Dublin agreement collapsed years ago with various attempts to find a new agreement still in process, when I last checked.New EU agreements being discussed are far more restrictive than the UK's policies.Now the UK has been denied access to the EU central asylum and criminal records  system. Completely expected as they are after all not in the EU.Accusations that the London Mayor misused EU data probably didn't help either."The New Pact on Migration and Asylum, also known as the EU Migration Pact[1][2] or the EU Asylum and Migration Pact,[3][4] is a set of new European Union rules concerning migration set to take effect in June 2026"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Pact_on_Migration_and_Asylum"UK access to EU crime and illegal migration data reportedly denied"https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/may/05/uk-access-to-eu-and-migration-data-reportedly-deniedhttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/21/tfl-could-be-forced-to-pay-millions-over-dutch-lorry-drivers-low-emission-zone-fines

Ed Robinson ● 51d

r xer'the immigration issue caused by the post Brexit actions of the previous Conservative goverment'.Would you remind me what these actions were and why they caused a rise in immigration of people that, to my understanding, are not fleeing the EU.

John Hawkes ● 51d

Mr Hawkes. I ask a simple, reasonable question, and you go off on a rant about me nit picking, and the immigration issue caused by the post Brexit actions of the previous Conservative goverment that the current one now has to fix. Perhaps we should have stayed in the Dublin agreement?

Michael Ixer ● 51d

Mr Ixer'Is the Reform limited company funding this or is is being paid for out of council tax - and, if they lose, the liability of the government's costs?'Typical nit-picking.As the people voted for a Party called Reform which the Electoral Commission allowed to put forward candidates in these elections, I assume that it can spend whatever the electorates in the parliamentary seats and council authorities sanction.You might concentrate your attention on the real costs of immigration."Essex tycoon Graham King, 57, is now estimated to be worth a staggering £1.015billion after a 35 per cent jump in his fortune made him Britain's first asylum hotel billionaire".Mail Online.How might Yvette Cooper reduce this spending would you suggest ?

John Hawkes ● 51d

I assume this is not just Hotels but also concerning the outsourcing of housing asylum seekers to Serco and placing them in private tenant agreements?Seems very similar to what was happening in the US.It has been mentioned on various forums that 7 year leases of properties and all bills paid for are on offer. With a shortage of social housing and landlords exiting the buy to let market surely the primary concern is the cost to those who are renting?With regards to hotels, putting aside the costs - even with extreme discipline such as in the armed forces or even religious orders, and ignoring cultural and social differences which are significant, the stationing of large numbers of single males is always problematic. Should the local people not have a say?https://www.propertymark.co.uk/resource/private-rented-sector-asked-to-shoulder-housing-for-asylum-seekers.html

Ed Robinson ● 51d

Is the Reform limited company funding this or is is being paid for out of council tax - and, if they lose, the liability of the government's costs?

Michael Ixer ● 51d