Priti Patel issues orders to turn them boats around

[Eric Cartman]

You keep coming up with the sectarian 'left / right' stuff.

The difference here is in trying to solve the problem of thousands of people, who may or may not be deserving of asylum, making a dangerous crossing that enriches criminal gangs and costs us at the same time.

It's about finding a solution to that. Acknowledging that reality doesnt make anyone 'right wing' and it certainly doesnt make anyone 'far-right' as you ludicrously said earlier.

It's about finding practical steps to solving a problem. If you cant do that without offering insults and just saying soppy things then so be it, but you aren't helping anyone, least of all people in genuine need if you keep tolerating the existing situation.

Bloody lefites! (joke, chill ya pants)

The solution is international diplomacy, treating other countries with respect and trying to work together with them. This is something we are really 'missin' at the moment with Priti and the rest of the gang. Your concern for the danger they are putting themselves through seems a bit false when you are quite happy for them to turn around and go back the other way rather than safely bring them to shore and process them.

[JamesWales]

The solution is international diplomacy, treating other countries with respect and trying to work together with them. This is something we are really 'missin' at the moment with Priti and the rest of the gang. Your concern for the danger they are putting themselves through seems a bit false when you are quite happy for them to turn around and go back the other way rather than safely bring them to shore and process them.

No it's not, because the idea is to undermine the viability of the route so that the gangs don't operate it.

The threat of turning them around may help to stem the viability of the route.

The crossing is dangerous. Being cool with the current situation doesn't scream out concern for their welfare either ya know.

[Eric Cartman]

No it's not, because the idea is to undermine the viability of the route so that the gangs don't operate it.

The threat of turning them around may help to stem the viability of the route.

The crossing is dangerous. Being cool with the current situation doesn't scream out concern for their welfare either ya know.

Well, they can go back to suffocating in the back of lorries if you want, that was fun too.

Anybody willing to take a dinghy across the channel isn't going to be persuaded not to try by turning some boats around, they will try again or find another way. Like most Brexity strategies this is a sledgehammer to crack a walnut and doesn't address the underlying issue.