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How much spending money do you propose we give per week to, let's say a 25 year old man from Eritrea? And what do you think he needs to buy with this extra cash? Bear in mind he already has living expenses covered, plus medical/dental and legal expenses. Also bear in mind the UK economy is already in dire straits.

The 70 quid per week is just spending money. They have zero living expenses because that's all paid for by the British payers. Are you really that out of touch with what's going on?

Sad that Thailand is gaining more and more of a reputation for drugs since they legalised cannabis. It's become the place to go in Asia for importing / exporting. The Netherlands of Asia

It really isn't rocket science. Give the these male economic migrants nice hotels and free money, healthcare etc. and they will keep coming. Detain / deport and they will stop. I really hope the other EU countries follow Greece's lead so that the migrants don't get as far as Calais. No point expecting Starmer to adopt these policies, so we have to hope our EU friends will stop the rot for us.

I suggest you read my post again. I said: "Because Hamas triggered this particular conflict on Oct 7th, and are prolonging it by holding onto hostages and refusing to give up control of Palestine." I said that because I knew I'd get the "this war didn't start on..." cliche otherwise.

No. I don't think any countries in the ME are civilised. Israel are just the best of a bad bunch because they an ally among all the nutcases.

Why should they? Because Hamas are a sick bunch of terrorists who rejoice in the killing of women and children and want all Jews wiped out. Because Hamas triggered this particular conflict on Oct 7th, and are prolonging it by holding onto hostages and refusing to give up control of Palestine. Because Hamas have supposedly ruled over the Palestinians by force and with cruelty for years. Those are good enough reasons in my book. Unless Palestinians do support Hamas and the Hamas ideology. That would be a reason not to turn against Hamas.

Why do you think the Palestinians still haven't turned on (a weakened) Hamas yet? If they got rid of Hamas and freed the hostages, the war would be over.

I don't like the killing of innocent civilians. My point is that Hamas would wipe out all Jews, intentionally and indiscriminately, and Hamas would celebrate the killing of children. If Israel had the same attitude as Hamas there would be far more civilian casualties than there have been. I agree with you on this to a certain extent. In an ideal world we would end up with 2 states living in peace. Sadly I'm not optimistic about that outcome.

I don't think every Palestinian is a Hamas supporter. But the Palestinian people could have ended this conflict a long time ago if they'd turned on Hamas. They still could turn on Hamas if they are genuinely unsupportive of them.

Would you call Hamas terrorists?

Indoctrinated by left wing university lecturers, but no bias...

You support the Palestinians and Hamas because they are losing the war. What do you think would happen if it was the other way around in terms of military mite? I mean if Hamas were the ones with the military strength. Israel would have already been wiped off the map by now. Probably long ago. Do you think Palestine/Hamas would care about women and children while they wiped Israel out? And which country would be next if Hamas had all that power, given their track record of extreme and sick violence?

A lot has changed in 6 years. The UK public have had enough of the two main parties doing nothing to stem the flow of undocumented young men invading our shores. It's pretty obvious they're turning to people like Robinson and Farage now. Unless like Starmer you don't have your finger on the pulse.

Seriously? "A man punching police officers"? Not sure why you're playing it down so much. Two men beat the crap out of several police officers at a major airport (heightened security risks etc.). All caught on video. This is one of the most talked about and eagerly awaited trials in recent history! Why should we need to use the search function on BBC website to find it?