twoleftfeet 12:31 Sun Apr 22
Windrush.
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Stirred up by Abbott, Lammy and momentum to take the heat off Corbyn and his anti Semitic party.
A non story being blown out of all proportion.
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Darby_
12:33 Sun Apr 22
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Thanks for that.
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Takashi Miike
12:34 Sun Apr 22
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always get it after a curry
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Westham67
12:40 Sun Apr 22
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Is it fuck a nonstory people who have living here legally paying Tax for year are being deported
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The Kronic
12:40 Sun Apr 22
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What a div.
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Westham67
12:41 Sun Apr 22
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The Kronic 12:40 Sun Apr 22
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Kite
12:42 Sun Apr 22
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That's exactly what's happen, corbyn and momentum took a battering at lastTuesday's debate and the day after they jump on this story.
And winbdrush wasn't new news, it's been going on for the last 5 years.
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Sven Roeder
1:08 Sun Apr 22
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The story started to get some traction about 10 days ago when Channel 4 did a piece on it.
First I'd heard of it and for any reasonable person you wonder how the government could have persisted with it when you hear its about the children that came over with that generation 50 plus years ago.
Any explanation?
Amber Rudd seemed to know and was boasting in a creepy message to Mrs May as to how well she was going to carry it out.
Its an absolute scandal
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twoleftfeet
1:09 Sun Apr 22
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It’s a fucking non story, been out there for years and no one gave a toss but now Corbyn is under pressure they bring it out.
All you twats on here who are wetting your pants over it where were you when it was first discovered? Like most people you jumped on the bandwagon.
As for paying tax? Some didn’t have to because officially they do not exist.
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twoleftfeet
1:11 Sun Apr 22
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Scandal? Do fuck off.
The Labour Party being anti Semitic is a scandal.
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zebthecat
1:19 Sun Apr 22
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>As for paying tax? Some didn’t have to because officially they do not exist.
Some? Any evidence? Was it a few? More than the rest of the population?
It is definitely an issue as it was a result of policy change in 2014 from Commonwealth citizens arriving before mid 1973 not requiring paperwork to them suddenly requiring proof of residency for their entire time in the country (PAYE records were not considered sufficient proof).
I tend to think it was an oversight rather than malicious. The new policy was a knee jerk change to woo potential Ukippers and just hadn't been thought through.
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Sven Roeder
1:21 Sun Apr 22
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Maybe they are both scandals
For people who can keep two separate concepts in their heads at the same time
And aren't dreary Tory apologists
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Nurse Ratched
1:55 Sun Apr 22
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Just out of interest, Sven, do you notice any dreary Labour apologists on this site?
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The Kronic
2:25 Sun Apr 22
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twoleftfeet 1:11
Ah, bless
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Infidel
2:29 Sun Apr 22
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What puzzles me about this story is this.
Someone who came over to the UK in the 1950s has presumably had cause at some point to leave the UK, if only to go on holiday back to Jamaica to see the folks. It's reasonable to assume that close to 100% of the Windrush generation and their children have travelled outside the UK.
If so they must have a passport.
If they had British passports then they cannot be deported. I suspect nearly all of them do have British passports for obvious reasons.
So what we are talking about is those who moved to the UK, lived here all their lives and yet retained their Jamaican, Barbados, Trinidad etc passports.
Why on earth would they do that? Having decided to make the UK their permanent home and bring their kids up here what is the rationale for keeping a Caribbean passport?
I'm not suggesting they deserve to be deported but they have certainly contributed to their own demise by choosing to remain citizens of a foreign country for so long. How could they think that wouldn't cause a problem at some point?
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zebthecat
2:36 Sun Apr 22
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Infidel 2:29 Sun Apr 22
Most of cases I have read about have been people who travelled here on their parents' passports and then never got round to getting a UK one because they didn't go abroad and having a passport is not compulsary.
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jack flash
2:55 Sun Apr 22
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It's something that has been blown out of all proportion
No doubts (as usual) there have been cock-ups by immigration all down the line since the 50's
Personally, I believe there should be free movement between UK & all the former commonwealth countries
It's worth noting that it is all but impossible for a UK resident to gain residency in most Caribbean countries where many of the citizens hold dual nationality (eg UK & Trinidad)
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gank
2:57 Sun Apr 22
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Africans are thick, that's why.
What does this have to do with West Ham anyway?
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jimbo2.
3:05 Sun Apr 22
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Probably very few of you understand just how ridiculously difficult the government & UK Immigration make it for any non-European or refugee to live in the U.K. I'm married to a Filipino lady, who was refused a UK visa last year for a made up pathetic excuse that was based of totally false assumptions. This is despite the fact that I meet & easily exceed all the published financial criteria etc. I am therefore forced to live away from my own country, spending most of my money in Cyprus, not the UK! My own neice, an SRN gave up trying to bring her partner to the UK, who was a fully qualified nurse in the USA. The USA were very happy to have them both there, so we lost 2 qualified nurses & they gained 2, but how many times has that happened? The excuse the UK gave for that crass decision was beyond pathetic! The Windrush decision is really par for the course on a UK "hell bent" on refusing everyone entry for the most flimsy of reasons. It's absolutely disgraceful & I'm glad this has been exposed to highlight how appalling they are behaving with regard to UK immigration. This country does need immigration, to service all the jobs we need done with an ageing population, especially since the Brexit decision. We seem to somehow let very bad people remain here, but turn down those who woukd greatly benefit the country!
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Gavros
3:06 Sun Apr 22
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Ah the casual racism on here is heartening
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Nurse Ratched
5:00 Sun Apr 22
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As opposed to your OUTRIGHT racism, for which you were outed on the internet, and was serious enough for you to have to do a bit of 'reputation management' because it was affecting your employment prospects?
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