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Scoopage said:
Do you generally ask "genuine" questions by first asking if the other person is a troll? To me that isn´t a genuine question, same as Luton and his "What about the boats!" brick or the roundabout question. It then turns out the numbers arriving by boat went up slightly, people leaving stayed the same and people coming over legally dropped, so that equals a decrease in people who are paying into the system and an increase in people taking out -pretty sure they called it National Insurance for a reason but what would I know
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There is another statistic from the Home Office saying that between Jan 1 and May 20th 2026 there has been a 40% drop in small boat crossings compared to the same period of time last year.
 
Scoopage said:
Do you generally ask "genuine" questions by first asking if the other person is a troll? To me that isn´t a genuine question, same as Luton and his "What about the boats!" brick or the roundabout question. It then turns out the numbers arriving by boat went up slightly, people leaving stayed the same and people coming over legally dropped, so that equals a decrease in people who are paying into the system and an increase in people taking out -pretty sure they called it National Insurance for a reason but what would I know
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On the internet, yes.
There is plenty of trolling and plenty of sarcasm.
So I asked if you were trolling or not - a valid question. The answer to which is "no, I'm not trolling".

Thanks for sharing your views.
So it's seems your sole focus is people arriving without a visa? Whether that be illegally or to seek asylum? Is that a fair extrapolation?
Is it purely the cost you are concerned about? And if so, what?
Do you think asylum is a valid reason to leave a country and go to another?

National Insurance isn't what you think it is based upon your above statement.
 
Scoopage said:
Say it with me "BUT WHAT ABOUT THE BOATS ARGHHHH"

According to the BBC:
In the year to March 2026, some 39,271 people arrived in the UK on small boats, according to the Home Office figures.

That's a 3% increase on last year's figure to March 2025, which was 38,023. It is still lower than the 2022 peak of 45,774.

and I´m trolling. I´ll leave you to your echo chamber it´s triggering my anxiety
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Dude. I've no idea why I rile you up so much. I'm a fukin nobody on the internet. And yeah I don't give a fudge about the boats. My family came here by similar means in the 60s. We've given plenty and taken plenty. It's how it works. If people want to come here and live and work then do so. We need the Labour. We have an aging population and low birth rates.

And I couldn't give a brick that they have a different skin colour. I don't think other cultures are an issue. People who come here have to obey the law and contribute to the economy. End of.
 
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