Genie Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 (edited) Sunak certainly seems to be doing a lot of work more privately than those that held the position before him (which is a good thing). It’ll be interesting to see if all the money has much impact. I.e. is it paid based on the numbers crossing reducing? Or just “there’s the money, do your best”. Edited March 10, 2023 by Genie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 14 minutes ago, Jareth said: Sunak has struck a deal with the French, paying £480 million squid over the next 3 years, to basically 'Stop The Boats!' - i.e. in the only way that works, getting the French to prevent the people crossing in the first place by giving them the money and incentive to do so. Bit by bit we are building back the relationship we had with Europe pre-Brexit, but this one in particular has been cloaked in xenophobic outer wrapping to satisfy the brexit loving Brits - while in reality the meat of it is simply what we used to do. If only the tories could just get on with the job, also like the NI protocol - without having to dress it up as something else - I think most people would take kindly to that. The costs are just bizarre. Suella Braverman was outraged at people coming across in boats costing the taxpayer £6m a year with regards to housing them in hotels... ...so we're going to pay £160m a year for them not to be here at all? What? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 Just now, bobzy said: The costs are just bizarre. Suella Braverman was outraged at people coming across in boats costing the taxpayer £6m a year with regards to housing them in hotels... ...so we're going to pay £160m a year for them not to be here at all? What? It's a bad deal, but when you're about to be relegated you have to pay what the selling club wants. Also, they don't give a shit about spending the money, if it gets them a sniff of staying in power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted March 10, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted March 10, 2023 13 minutes ago, Genie said: Sunak certainly seems to be doing a lot of work more privately than those that held the position before him (which is a good thing). It’ll be interesting to see if all the money has much impact. I.e. is it paid based on the numbers crossing reducing? Or just “there’s the money, do your best”. In fairness his direct predecessors Literally spent 2 weeks actually working during which team she set the economy on fire Spent his entire time in office pondering whether he should ****, eat, drink or otherwise the multitude of ways you can imbibe an object, with down time for lying. Tried to be the ersatz Thatcher, but with less personality than the exhibits at Madame Tussauds. Couldn't be arsed with anything other than the showy statesman crap and **** off after 6 years of complete economic madness. It's not a high bar, and even if he did clear that bar by a distance an ant could still hop over it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted March 10, 2023 Moderator Share Posted March 10, 2023 26 minutes ago, bobzy said: The costs are just bizarre. Suella Braverman was outraged at people coming across in boats costing the taxpayer £6m a year with regards to housing them in hotels... ...so we're going to pay £160m a year for them not to be here at all? What? Fairly sure it was £6mil a day not a year 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 (edited) 10 minutes ago, bickster said: Fairly sure it was £6mil a day not a year and nearer to £8m a day now I think. It never dawned me until now just how much that is… almost £3b a year housing asylum seekers whilst they wait for their applications to be processed. 3 billion pounds! Edited March 10, 2023 by Genie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 27 minutes ago, bickster said: Fairly sure it was £6mil a day not a year That would make a LOT more sense 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 24 minutes ago, Genie said: and nearer to £8m a day now I think. It never dawned me until now just how much that is… almost £3b a year housing asylum seekers whilst they wait for their applications to be processed. 3 billion pounds! I wonder how much it'd cost to adequately staff the department for processing the claims so that people were actually being processed... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted March 10, 2023 Moderator Share Posted March 10, 2023 7 minutes ago, Davkaus said: I wonder how much it'd cost to adequately staff the department for processing the claims so that people were actually being processed... Well £160mil would get you 5,000 staff at £30k each and that still gives you the odd £10mil spare 75,000 applications a year currently, thats 15 applicants a year each 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted March 10, 2023 Administrator Share Posted March 10, 2023 54 minutes ago, bickster said: Well £160mil would get you 5,000 staff at £30k each and that still gives you the odd £10mil spare 75,000 applications a year currently, thats 15 applicants a year each And the money stays in the UK. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted March 10, 2023 Moderator Share Posted March 10, 2023 A decade or so ago, it you were asked for a couple of things you were proud of in the UK, you might well have said The NHS and The BBC. They've destroyed those two...where next? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted March 10, 2023 Author Moderator Share Posted March 10, 2023 20 hours ago, foreveryoung said: An what the lazy ***** directors and managers haven't done. Yep, to a point. But the whole NHS trusts thing and setting them up as pseudo private companies and them then having high paid chief execs and managers, who are often appointed with a nod and a wink and go from one failure to the next, at another hospital - that's all down to the tories, too. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Davkaus Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 1 minute ago, StefanAVFC said: he says… whilst sharing a screenshot from the mainstream media Some of them are immoral, know exactly what they are saying, and just hope the public don't see through it. Not this guy though. Needs to be assessed for donkey brains. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted March 10, 2023 Moderator Share Posted March 10, 2023 9 minutes ago, Davkaus said: Needs to be assessed for donkey brains. Well he does continually make an ass of himself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sidcow Posted March 10, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted March 10, 2023 5 hours ago, Genie said: and nearer to £8m a day now I think. It never dawned me until now just how much that is… almost £3b a year housing asylum seekers whilst they wait for their applications to be processed. 3 billion pounds! You could pay the annual cost of building HS2 with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted March 10, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted March 10, 2023 3 hours ago, limpid said: And the money stays in the UK. And all those employees pay Tax, shop and buy stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted March 10, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted March 10, 2023 3 hours ago, OutByEaster? said: A decade or so ago, it you were asked for a couple of things you were proud of in the UK, you might well have said The NHS and The BBC. They've destroyed those two...where next? The Royal Family 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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