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UK-Asylum crisis Asylum Update: Migrants in Hotels Rise, Deportations Increase
No Starmer doesn’t own the Tory £700,000,000 wastage on the failed and illegal Rwanda scam. -
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Report Thailand to Mandate Tax Declarations for All Citizens by 2027
Been living here for almost 30 years, never had to get a tax form to leave Thailand. So if that's true, it really was a long time ago. -
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UK Debate Intensifies: Motives Behind England Flag Campaign
A Motive ? How about a simple " People are sick and tired " of a Leeds, Glasgow or Sheffield arriving every year. Without the corresponding upgrades in infrastructure, Public Services, Healthcare Staff. -
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‘It doesn’t matter now if they are children’
That was not AI generated. This is, Occupation is about control, not troop presence. Under international law, occupation does not require a permanent ground presence. What matters is effective control. Even after 2005, Israel has retained control over Gaza’s: Borders (land, sea, and air) Movement of goods and people Population registry (who counts as a resident of Gaza) Imports and exports, including fuel, building materials, and medical supplies Because of this, the UN, International Committee of the Red Cross, Human Rights Watch, and Amnesty International all recognize Gaza as still being under Israeli occupation. Utilities and dependence. Gaza’s electricity grid has always been tied to Israel. Roughly half of Gaza’s electricity has consistently come directly from Israel, with the rest from Gaza’s small power plant and limited Egyptian supply. Israel has repeatedly cut or restricted fuel and electricity as political pressure. Israel also controls Gaza’s water supply through shared aquifers and pumping stations. Hamas mismanagement has contributed to shortages, but the bigger issue is Israel’s blockade and restrictions on infrastructure repairs, spare parts, and fuel imports. “Airspace control” isn’t neutral. Israel’s control of Gaza’s airspace and coastline is not simply defensive. It means Gazans cannot operate an airport, a seaport, or free fishing waters. This prevents normal economic activity, development, and independent governance. The result is systemic dependency — one of the key indicators of occupation. The blockade itself. Since 2007, Israel (with Egyptian cooperation at Rafah) has imposed a blockade on Gaza. The UN has repeatedly called this “collective punishment,” which is illegal under international law. Blocking the free movement of civilians, goods, and humanitarian aid directly undermines claims that Gaza is “independent.” October 2023 is not the starting point. The narrative that “Israel left Gaza, and Hamas attacked out of nowhere” ignores 16 years of blockade, periodic bombardments (2008–09, 2012, 2014, 2021), and humanitarian collapse. This context doesn’t justify atrocities against civilians — but it does explain why the international community still regards Gaza as occupied and why the claim of “Israel had no presence” is misleading. Closing Line Israel may not station troops permanently inside Gaza, but when one side controls the borders, airspace, imports, exports, electricity, water, fishing, and movement of people, that is not independence — it is occupation by another name. -
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UK Starmer Speaks Out on Councils Removing Union Jack Flags
Baahh! Bumhug I mean humbug. (The photo clearly depicts illegals who swum over from Oz, to escape the well you-know-what.) (Whatever you do, keep off of my blue suede Wellington boots.) Baaa -
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Report Hotel Lease Scam: Indian Investor Loses 960,000 Baht
Did the Indian guy go thru a lawyer, or directly Himself?
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