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Sir Mo Farah reveals he was trafficked into the UK using another child’s name

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Priti Patel is stamping a ticket to Rwanda as we speak.

Fortunately she believes she is popular and is busy prepping her bid for PM, at the moment.

She is popular. I had to switch radio channel yesterday when one of her supporters called in; Rwanda effectively locked in the "casual nazi" constituency for her, and that constituency is vast.

It's possible she won't find the 30 MPs she needs to get on the ballot, but if she manages to get on the shortlist, I'd bet good money she will win.

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Illegal immigration into the UK from the third world is far greater now than it was in the era of Mo Farah's childhood. I have to wonder how the UK social construct can survive with the huge numbers of people entering given the lack of housing, water, food etc https://youtu.be/PAeRejE467g

Most immigrants are economically very active since starting a new life from zero requires that. Unless you can't physically fit people in the island, the solution would be to let the immigrants work legally. Number of houses are not fixed like the total number of bitcoins, people can build new ones. Despite the political rhetoric and recent trends, immigration is a good thing and the problems it causes can be reduced…

> Unless you can't physically fit people in the island

They can’t physically fit, huge amounts of protected greenfield sites are being demolished by the government for cheap new build housing

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Illegal immigration into the UK from the third world is far greater now than it was in the era of Mo Farah's childhood. I have to wonder how the UK social construct can survive with the huge numbers of people entering given the lack of housing, water, food etc https://youtu.be/PAeRejE467g

Illegal immigration happens because of the billions of dollars of corruption that is done in those countries and then parked in UK banks and property markets. If the west would stop the illegal and corruption outflow of resources from poor countries the need for people to get out of these countries and immigrate to west would decrease dramatically automatically.

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> In the documentary, Farah admits to being worried about his immigration status. However, the Home Office confirmed on Monday night that he would not face any repercussions. “No action whatsoever will be taken against Sir Mo and to suggest otherwise is wrong,” a spokesperson said. Just imagine if it wasn't Sir Mohammed publicly admitting to using a fake Somali passport and assumed name to gain UK citizenship.

I have no doubt that this is a major reason why he’s speaking up now. There are very few Britons as well respected as he is and I can’t think of anyone better placed to speak for people who’s been through this, and to push back on the govt’s cruel and cynical approach to the problem of human trafficking.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Most immigrants are economically very active since starting a new life from zero requires that. Unless you can't physically fit people in the island, the solution would be to let the immigrants work legally. Number of houses are not fixed like the total number of bitcoins, people can build new ones. Despite the political rhetoric and recent trends, immigration is a good thing and the problems it causes can be reduced…

Cheap labor that isn't allowed to vote. We see this all over Europe. I wonder what gives.

If you’re in the UK legally you can vote.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I understand the intention but even then you are creating a loophole, i.e. you bring people under 18 illegally, they get the nationality through this loophole, then you need to grant visas to the parent who will care for them. It's basically the story of the loophole of "don't put children in jail and don't separate them from their parents either" at the US border. All good intentions, the consequences of which is th…

They are refugees, not illegal immigrants at the US Border fleeing Latin American countries bulldozed by the CIA

The vast majority of illegal immigrants from Latin American countries don't meet the legal criteria to be considered refugees.

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The White Stolen Generation have another angle of this story to tell. Australia essentially boosted its white population by kidnapping kids from low-income/poor/wrong-class families across the Empire and shipping them off to Australian families for adoption. Basically the same thing that was happening within Australia with the Stolen Generation (original land owners kids) was also being done at scale across the Commonwealth: human trafficking to increase the 'whiteness' of the population.

This is widely unacknowledged as a social ill in modern Australia, alas. But its still a source of immense pain and suffering for a lot of people - who had their kids ripped from them, and who had their families disappeared on the other end of a vague and distant memory of a boat ride that was supposed to be a fun summer break ..

A real tragedy that the British got away with their genocides.

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post #61

> In the documentary, Farah admits to being worried about his immigration status. However, the Home Office confirmed on Monday night that he would not face any repercussions. “No action whatsoever will be taken against Sir Mo and to suggest otherwise is wrong,” a spokesperson said. Just imagine if it wasn't Sir Mohammed publicly admitting to using a fake Somali passport and assumed name to gain UK citizenship.

Do you really think the authorities haven't known about this for some time?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Fortunately she believes she is popular and is busy prepping her bid for PM, at the moment.

She is popular. I had to switch radio channel yesterday when one of her supporters called in; Rwanda effectively locked in the "casual nazi" constituency for her, and that constituency is vast . It's possible she won't find the 30 MPs she needs to get on the ballot, but if she manages to get on the shortlist, I'd bet good money she will win.

Well she's 100/1 on Betfair right now, so you can easily go get yourself some emotional insurance.
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