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I watched David Blunkett last night from when he was Home Secretary back when you have said we had 'sensible government' and he spoke of the 'tens of millions' who wished to come to the UK and the 'impossible situation' Priti Patel is in. At least the man has pragmatism and empathy.

Here's a 60% statistic. When those twenty odd people drowned this year the French authorities said 60% of them had been living in Belgium for several (8?) years. Economic migrants, not refugees.

At first glance I have a sound reply to these points. I used to respect the intellectual rigour and experience you had on a number of matters but I'm sorry, it now just seems, er, less so. Of course, some people are more affected by these events than others.....

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Another 444 crossed yesterday plus family repatriations to follow. Our compassion may be limitless but our capacity is not.

For every 100,000 arrivals, by whichever route, living at the same household density as the current population, would require one house to be built every 12 minutes for a year. That's about 125 every day. Net immigration is down to about 250,000 per year, so that's over 300 per day we need to build just for immigration let alone our own domestic demand. This is one part of the supply and demand issue, the current imbalance of demand does the majority no favours. If it were ever possible, the scale of supply would do no favours for the environment or the quality of life for the majority, of course for those wealthy enough to buy their space it's less of an issue.

2020: 8,400 crossings 2021: 28,000 crossings 2022: 10,000 so far (twice as many as this time last year). Draw your own conclusions for 2023 and beyond. Then of course add in family repatriations resulting from successful claims.

Mate took out a 9:1 bet last year on a 2022 election based on a conversation with a credible source.

Well it's known the Roma run Clan pyramids which is what I'd guess is going on with these fancy cars picking up the sellers. They also traffic and run teams of (their own) child beggars. They are also responsible for 97% of pickpocketing on the underground. It's not all bad, some of them are very accomplished on the accordion.

Several Roma here selling them and I suspect elsewhere by the sounds of it. I didn't realise we were short of people selling the Big Issue filling jobs our own citizens won't do. Benefits will top up their earnings by many thousands of pounds a year. A sweet little number compared to their alternatives.

Don't forget your agency worker regulations on top of minimum wage so what's that, another 12%?

I would have thought somebody on here would have been involved in this to give you a decent answer? Anyway, I seem to recall reading that is best or was it necessary(?) to start them young. Two years old springs to mind so I'd look that up to see if it's a consideration. I believe you'd then need to consider the experience of the bitch, at least one of them needs to know what they're doing.

Have done for years, Shiitake and Oyster varieties are easiest. Well worth it and you'll be able to grow what you can't buy - dinner plate sized oysters and with a little skill you'll be able to grow low temperature shiitake versions with a flavour that will blow away anything you've previously had. You can get really decent yields as well. PM me for a few extra details and a bit of guidance and then I can signpost you to my spawn supplier and his continually upgraded growing guides. I'll add some real world experience and other methods.

From Farming Today within the last year or so, I believe it's something like 15,000 sheep per year are killed in this country plus of course maiming of horses and cattle.

A Bittern is a rare thing indeed and a real treat. I've been mainly enjoying the skylarks. They're doing well on some fields near mine but I fear some dog walkers don't help.

More decent guidance and food for thought from PW, thanks.

Some very useful responses PW, thanks, there're some areas I'll look into further.

I'm investigating knocking down the house and applying to build perhaps 4-7 suitable homes though ideally not for an immediate sale. With good access and nearby development precedents having been set planning permission is a distinct possibility and should be financially viable. There are multiple neighbours and several non-protected trees will need to be removed. Despite considerable time spent on search engines they're not yielding anything of much use, so..... My question is how to go about doing this. Direct to the council planning? Architect and then local council planning? Architect throughout? Developer led? Any experiences or advice welcome. Depending on how this goes I may be after recommendations.

That's not very liberal of you. Saw it on local news where they skirted round the obvious but having a free mind and the ability to think for myself I was on it in a millisecond. Some stabbings there a few years ago. I like looking at the mug shots to maintain my visual alert system. It's surprising how you can get a feel for the look and even family traits.

I believe Mrs Mountbatten-Windsor is after Mr Morgan now. Another fine example of cancel culture spawned from the ideology of the left.

I hear Mr Neil is keen to speak to Mr Morgan. I knew good would come of this.

More nasty bullying from this collective of the left and so-called liberals. Do they fear the truth much like Mr Beresford did with Piers Morgan?

The triumph of feeling over fact and another victory for the Cultural Marxists. At least the BBC were the first that I saw to air the facts that Morgan presented. Even so, I can't wait for GB News to launch.

This low take up and putting others at risk is one the outcomes/ consequences/ advantages (delete according to opinion) of a multi-cultural society. Some of the care home bosses around here are quite frustrated.