Most just look down at their shuffling feet now and claim they never voted for Brexit.
What's happened to the small boats?
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I think this is probably correct, I feel if there was another vote it would probably go to rejoin the EU again. However it was a vote that was taken and we have to live with it, even if we voted to go back in, where would it stop, would we keep having referendums because the ones who wanted to leave are not happy? We can still enjoy being out of the EU if people just stop moaning over it.
Endure - yes.
You mean people like Fromage, right wangers and all the other haters of small boats? Are you sick of hearing them moan too?
So quit moaning about the small boats then, as these are a consequence of the leave vote.
Just be happy that you won
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Just because we came out of the EU doesn't mean that we have to tolerate the boats, nor does it mean that we cannot deal with them either. In fact leaving the EU hasn't done anything to encourage these illegals to come here, that is made up by those who cannot accept the decision and use it as an excuse.So quit moaning about the small boats then, as these are a consequence of the leave vote.
Just be happy that you won
Wasn't that the whole point of the gimmick 'take back control'?
Are you not disapointed Brexit had the opposite effect?
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Take back control of our borders in respect that we do not accept free movement of people. These are illegals entering our country and not part of the free movement of people.
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Who wouldn't be?
Those barmy nutters that continue to support Fromage, obviously.
It does. but why should it apply to Germany as well?, they didn't leave.
I can't be bothered to check all EU countries but I suspect there will be a similar pattern.
Around 38,000 people without the right to be in the UK were recorded leaving in 2025 – 9% more than in 2024, and the highest number since 2016. Returns fell sharply in the second half of the 2010s, declined further during the pandemic, then began to recover. However, in 2025 numbers remained slightly lower than a decade before.
Almost a third of all returns in 2025, or 12,000 departures, were independent returns, where a person leaves of their own accord and where the government does not actively participate. Independent returns increased sharply immediately after the pandemic. They fell 17% in 2025, although final numbers may be revised upwards in the future as more departures are recorded administratively. The reasons for slowing independent returns are not entirely clear, but may result in part from falling migration from 2024 onwards.
Tories talked the talk...
...Labour walked the walk.
Almost a third of all returns in 2025, or 12,000 departures, were independent returns, where a person leaves of their own accord and where the government does not actively participate. Independent returns increased sharply immediately after the pandemic. They fell 17% in 2025, although final numbers may be revised upwards in the future as more departures are recorded administratively. The reasons for slowing independent returns are not entirely clear, but may result in part from falling migration from 2024 onwards.
Tories talked the talk...
...Labour walked the walk.
Smash the gangs, my father was a toolmaker.
