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Post by peterba on Aug 13, 2023 19:16:21 GMT
It has been pointed out that a luxury cruise ship could have been chartered for less than the government have contracted for.
It's inconceivable - surely - that a few pals of government ministers might be making a fast buck on the arrangement.  |
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Post by spinno on Aug 13, 2023 19:47:27 GMT
It has been pointed out that a luxury cruise ship could have been chartered for less than the government have contracted for. It's inconceivable - surely - that a few pals of government ministers might be making a fast buck on the arrangement. Of course not, I mean if it had belonged to P&O then I would have been concerned. Jeremy Hunt who is paying for it probably thinks Bibby Stockholm is a village in Midsomer Murders |
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Post by zou on Aug 13, 2023 20:53:55 GMT
It's inconceivable - surely - that a few pals of government ministers might be making a fast buck on the arrangement. Of course not, I mean if it had belonged to P&O then I would have been concerned. Jeremy Hunt who is paying for it probably thinks Bibby Stockholm is a village in Midsomer Murders Cue Dom Raab to say something like he didn't realise barges float otherwise he'd have given the contract to his yacht club pal. |
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Post by peterba on Aug 13, 2023 21:12:15 GMT
Bibby Stockholm is a village in Midsomer Murders
I think I saw that episode. It was utter bloody rubbish (like the rest of them  ). |
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Post by spinno on Aug 13, 2023 21:14:30 GMT
Bibby Stockholm is a village in Midsomer Murders
I think I saw that episode. It was utter bloody rubbish (like the rest of them ). Certain there was a lot of blood in it. |
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Post by peterba on Aug 13, 2023 21:15:11 GMT
Cue Dom Raab to say something like he didn't realise barges float otherwise he'd have given the contract to his yacht club pal.
I think he'd be more likely to say that he didn't realise anything. He's not big on sentience.
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Post by peterba on Aug 13, 2023 21:16:49 GMT
otherwise he'd have given the contract to his yacht club pal.
... and who are you calling 'pal', pal?   |
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Post by spinno on Aug 13, 2023 21:19:35 GMT
Cue Dom Raab to say something like he didn't realise barges float otherwise he'd have given the contract to his yacht club pal.
I think he'd be more likely to say that he didn't realise anything. He's not big on sentience.
As Home Secretary he would have been big on sentencing, but Priti and Suella would have been bigger and harder |
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Post by peterba on Aug 13, 2023 21:38:51 GMT
As Home Secretary he would have been big on sentencing, but Priti and Suella would have been bigger and harder
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Post by davem399 on Aug 13, 2023 21:48:39 GMT
I think Bibby Stockholm sounds like a Swedish porn star.
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Post by spinno on Aug 14, 2023 5:12:59 GMT
I think Bibby Stockholm sounds like a Swedish porn star. Well everyone's been screwed over... |
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Post by Fenris on Aug 16, 2023 10:48:28 GMT
The cynic in me wonders if a Tory party MP or donor might be making a few quid from this? Where do you want to start... Langham Industries, they own Portland Port where the Bibby Stockholm is housed. They got £2.5million from the government for the barge to be placed there. They donated £70,000 to UKIP and one of the Langhams is a Tory councillor in Dorset. They are also the people who own Langham Wines. Corporate Travel Management, an Australian company(!) will be dealing with management and security...£20,000 a day! They've recently got contracts from the Home Office totalling £1.6billion |
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Post by kate on Aug 16, 2023 10:53:25 GMT
The cynic in me wonders if a Tory party MP or donor might be making a few quid from this? Where do you want to start... Langham Industries, they own Portland Port where the Bibby Stockholm is housed. They got £2.5million from the government for the barge to be placed there. They donated £70,000 to UKIP and one of the Langhams is a Tory councillor in Dorset. They are also the people who own Langham Wines. Corporate Travel Management, an Australian company(!) will be dealing with management and security...£20,000 a day! They've recently got contracts from the Home Office totalling £1.6billion Which all goes to prove they are corrupt b*stards and this country has nothing to offer to now non-existent home owned companies. |
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Post by Chester PB on Aug 16, 2023 21:18:28 GMT
Sadly, even a barge that has a dangerous infection on it is probably much better than the place these poor people came here to escape from.
It's impossible to discuss this without considering the politics of its existence. Either you sink the migrant boats as soon as the reach the boundary of UK territorial waters (the Brexit Final Solution?), or you have to accommodate the passengers on them somewhere when they arrive. What is rarely discussed is why the UK appears so much more attractive than other countries. Clearly the mismanaged economy (compared to other western countries in western Europe) is not a sufficient deterrent.
Cynically, I also note that the transport of the migrants to the UK was by default outsourced to private 'businessmen'. If they are going to come here anyway, why can't a legitimate (and tax-paying) UK-based business provide the service?
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Post by davem399 on Aug 16, 2023 22:22:19 GMT
Some time ago, I read that one reason migrants favour the UK is that for many, English is their second language.
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