Just listened to the BBC Radio Ulster interview with the Deputy First Minister for Northern Ireland, Emma Little-Pengelly. I think it was a good response as she was condemning violence, but also acknowledging the problem and catalyst (a lack of social housing) and started talking about how she’ll try and work to create more social housing so people aren’t displaced by migration, etc. I think this was a common sense approach instead of just simply encouraging violence or declaring war on the rioters, which I feel like would just make things worse.

It is true, we should expand social housing. I think everyone can agree with that.

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30k people arrived here in 2023 via small boat.

Theresa may also lacks common sense immigration policy. She was far too harsh on people wanting to come into this country for good sincere reason

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You’re quoting the statistic about how many people were stopped on landing or shortly afterwards to tell me how they’re arriving “unchecked”.

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They’re still allowed into the country instead of being deported back to France

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Because they have valid claims - 67% of claims in 2023 were successful.

They are not criminals. People who smash gravestones to throw them at policemen, though, they are criminals. We should put them in a prison barge.

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