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Blair Melville
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Human Rights and Immigration with some boats and mountains at the weekend ⛵️🗻
If the proposal goes through they will need to be here for 20 years!

So if you are a refugee in the UK and you decide to start a family you should be prepared for the Govt to shame you
November 18, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Then Steve Reed comes on saying that people are putting children on small boats so that they can have a better prospect of claiming asylum and conflating this with people who have children while living in the UK.
November 18, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Most migrants on the spouse route pay in excess of £9k in visa fees and Immigration health surcharge as well as their partner paying tax and NI and if the spouse works then they also pay tax and NI.

And of course they cannot claim any benefits
March 10, 2025 at 7:44 AM
This fails to appreciate that employers do not want sponsor workers if they can avoid it due to costs and admin. It also fails to appreciate that the median salary in Scotland is £38k - so half of all Scottish people cannot sponsor a loved one to move to the uk.
March 10, 2025 at 7:44 AM
The Tory position seems to be that if you are earning less than £38k you better fall in love with an Indian doctor so they can get their own work visa
March 10, 2025 at 7:44 AM