Denis Brown

[Denis Brown @dangerous_den]

@warringtonnews So my monthly deliveries for first class post may be delayed yet again?

[Denis Brown @dangerous_den]

@LloydsBank Is this down yet again? What a farce

[CrémantCommunarde Bismillah, c'est les ténèbres!💚 @0Calamity]

I'm going to say this again in clear, simple terms so there can be no equivocation:
Prior to Brexit, immigrants very rarely came to the UK in small boats because it is an extremely dangerous mode of transport. They came in lorries. Organised smuggling gangs knew that because there was free movement of goods between EU countries that there was a high chance that a lorry concealing immigrants would not be searched.
I am sure you all remember that terrible case of a lorry-load of migrants from China and Vietnam that was abandoned in Essex. 31 men and 8 women died.
The onset of Brexit meant that gradually, from approx 2018 onwards, more and more stringent checks began being carried out on lorries, as well as increased security at ferry ports - even Newhaven-Dieppe are surrounded with high barbed wire security fences, and every vehicle leaving Dieppe is opened and checked, so I imagine it must be pretty much the same at Calais and Boulogne as well.
We have no idea how many people a year arrived in the UK unlawfully by lorry. The reason for this is because they were literally untrackable. Occasionally you would see a lorry stopped by the M2 or the M25 with a handful of people standing behind the safety barrier while the police had the blue lights on. But they certainly could not track what they didn't know about.
The likelihood is that there were a great many more people getting into the country. The overwhelming majority of them would disappear into the undergrowth, never to be seen again until either
a) they committed an offence
b) they were caught in raids working illegally
c) they either walked into a police station to claim asylum almost immediately or
d) they popped over the parapet several years later because they wanted to regularise their status, either by marrying, or because they had children, or under the Long Residence rules - it used to be 15 years but is now 20 years. If you can prove you have been in the UK continuously for 20 years and have otherwise kept your nose clean, you are entitled to limited leave to remain. Eventually you might get settlement after 30 years - again, if you can prove you have always been in the country in that time. You will not get nationality if you entered the country illegally these days, though, unless you can show that there is something exceptional about your contribution to society.
The small boats are different. The small boats are highly visible. The small boats - and their passengers - are very easy to spot, and very easy for the Coastguard and Border Force to track. A man from the BBC used to spend all his time stood on a cliff counting them post-Brexit.
Yes, there will be the occasional one that slips through undetected. But that is the opposite of the way it was with lorry smuggling, where it was the occasional one that was actually detected, and the majority slipping through un-noticed.
The irony of Farage, Lowe, Robinson, Tommo and all the other far-right screechers claiming we are unsafe because of "fighting age men" arriving on these boats is hilarious if it wasn't so desperate. When the boats arrive, every person is fingerprinted, screened and vetted as best we can, although another irony of Brexit is we no longer have automatic access to Europol except if we have grounds to suspect someone is a criminal rather than just an asylum seeker, so well done Brexit for that as well.
Also, as we are no longer party to what's called the Dublin Agreement, whereas before we could make an application to France to take them back, and take responsibility for the asylum claim, now we are out of the EU we can't do that either.
But at least we know who is here, we have their fingerprints, and we know who they are.
In short, we are arguably safer from the "fighting age men" now that at any time in the past 30-odd years. The numbers are reducing. The numbers of crossings are reducing.
I hold no candle for Labour these days, but at least they are processing the backlog the Tories (deliberately?) built up and those who don't have the right here are being deported as well.
Boris Johnson is as full of shit as he always was.
Feel free to share this.

[Denis Brown @dangerous_den]

@FivesComma8296 @DisneyAnimation Hairy baby

[Denis Brown @dangerous_den]

@Koodri_com AI slop advertising

[Mr. Spock 🖖 (Commentary) @SpockResists]

If you’ve spent five minutes on social media lately, you’ve probably seen Reform UK voters unironically calling themselves the "People’s Army" or "The Real Resistance." It’s a beautiful narrative. Truly inspiring. There’s just one tiny, hilarious problem.

[Denis Brown @dangerous_den]

@reece_dinsdale The arse and clown

[Denis Brown @dangerous_den]

Big shout out to Rudi for taking care of us at Tusker Restaurant this morning
@DisneyParks

[Denis Brown @dangerous_den]

@uofu
@uofistbump a major thank you to Jill on the assistance team. Such a friendly and helpful lady. Thank you so much

[Denis Brown @dangerous_den]

@LegendofPirates site and game down??

[Denis Brown @dangerous_den]

Hey @VodafoneUK . Why is my 500mbps internet connection speed up and down like a darn yoyo? Currently 120mbps. Was fine last night, running at full 500. I don't think I have had a steady full speed since you took over my connection. Not a happy customer

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

GB News has said that no-one cares what Carol Vorderman has to say.

So here is a Poll.

If you listen to Vorders RT
If you listen to 'News' from the swamp Like

[Denis Brown @dangerous_den]

@WarringtonBC Force on to buses, owned by council. More council tax. More excuses to raise council tax. All screams money making. No further health care provision, medical centres, dentists etc. Just stuff that attemps to make money for council

[Solly0 #FBPE @Solly01]

Oh!

[dave lawrence 🐟🐟🐠 @dave43law]

Since 19th March - 67 votes in Parliament

Farage has not voted in a single one

£8216 per month before tax paid by the taxpayer

2 months of achieving net zero for those who voted him in to Clacton

He is just laughing at the taxpayer

[Denis Brown @dangerous_den]

@xboxuk Gotta love a free code

[Denis Brown @dangerous_den]

@nsandihelp I have never known such a useless website. For 2 days I have been trying to transfer my sons CTF to your JuniorISA. Every time it bombs out back to the logon screen. Webchat was useless. Phone number is useless. With this sort of experience I am now unsure proceeding

[Denis Brown @dangerous_den]

@santanderukhelp why am I not getting codes via SMS? Trying to sign into app

[Denis Brown @dangerous_den]

@DrMarianaClaire @TalkTalk I couldnt get any decent fibre but movedto Vodafone 500 for less than TT and UW were charging me for 150. UW spam forced the move

[Denis Brown @dangerous_den]

@Tesco sort out your online shopping site. Sick of the "It's not you" error messages. I'm trying to place my order