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88 I did say she would be first to go!

Gateboy, can’t disagree with that statement, she should be sacked asap.

Zero for this month, that’s two months in a row with 0

Angela Merkels open door policy was always doomed to failure, all of Europe are having massive problems, The Netherlands is a tinder box after a young female is stabbed, what a mess!

Ten years after Germany opened its borders to hundreds of thousands of mostly Syrian refugees, leading Austrian politicians have branded Angela Merkel’s 2015 decision a historic mistake.

Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker and former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz both argue that Merkel’s ‘open doors’ approach created lasting problems for Europe that are still unresolved today.

Stocker, reflecting on the so-called refugee summer of 2015, said in an interview with daily Kronen Zeitung: “Opening the borders was a mistake.”

He insisted that while humanitarian considerations matter, Austria cannot accept a system in which asylum is used as a cover for economic migration. “What does not work is that someone comes to us and says asylum, but really means social benefits,” Stocker warned, pledging that such a policy would never be repeated in Vienna.

Kurz, who at the time was minister of foreign affairs, went even further. In a television interview, he said unlimited immigration was doomed to fail, praising Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s hard-line stance as “simply right” at the time.

What I and others were accused of as being far-right back then has thankfully become mainstream among many politicians today.

According to Kurz, the EU’s loss of control over its external borders in 2015 undermined the Schengen system and sent a powerful signal that encouraged further migration flows. Only if Europe protects its external borders, can it remain open within, he argued.

Kurz also highlighted the strain on Europe’s welfare states, and said politicians must acknowledge uncomfortable demographic realities, such as the increase of the number of Muslim pupils in Austrian schools.

By contrast, Merkel has continued to defend her decision of 2015. Speaking at a recent event, the former German chancellor recalled her now-infamous phrase “Wir schaffen das” (“We can manage this”). She maintained that millions of arrivals had not only been accommodated but had also found work in Germany.

Yet she admitted she had underestimated the challenges of deporting failed asylum seekers. Asked whether she regretted the decision, Merkel replied: “Should we have stood at the border with water cannons?”

Public opinion in Germany, however, tells a different story, with a new poll revealing deep divisions.

Only 21% of respondents believe Germany managed the inflow of nearly 1.5 million refugees between 2015 and 2020 well or very well. By contrast, 41% say the country coped poorly, while 37% think it did not cope at all.

Roughly half of those surveyed report ongoing problems in their towns and neighbourhoods linked to the migration wave.

The political fallout is equally stark. Half of Germans believe the rise of the right-wing Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party is a direct consequence of Merkel’s migration policy.

88 I am going for Rayner.

STP, they have to pay tax like everyone else, Angela Rayner acted fraudulently, in my opinion, and we expect our housing ministers to act within the law.

Another nail in the coffin of: The current United Kingdom Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government is the Rt Hon Angela Rayner MP, who is also the Deputy Prime Minister. UNBELIEVABLE!

Apparently dodged paying £40k land tax on her new pad by taking her name off the deeds of her Manchester property. How can this be ?

I don’t always agree with her especially regarding Trump but she got something’s right.

I remember Newchurch’s analogy regarding immigrants, take in one cat and your fine, household runs much the same but take in 20 cats and it’s a busted flush, she wrote this about eight years ago, always stuck with me.

Guns up, too many youngsters using university asa means to avoid work, I have a few niece's who have done this, university loans unlikely to be repaid. Doing courses that they have no intention of getting associated work. More real apprenticeships should be created as we are tragedly short of skilled workers.

Nottinghill Festival should have been banned years ago, it’s always been a trouble festival.. I lived in London for many years and never went as it was just too violent.

This is also my worst year, won nothing this month and have a £50K holding. Prizes this year have been miserable.

There would be a massive public outrage if Reeves rules against the SC, there has to be impartiality in the courts. This would be a move to total dictatorship in this country.

Chid, you are one sick woman without a doubt.

Hotel in Barbican housing the lovely people are making the rightful neighbours lives a misery by constantly breaking the law and throwing TV s and such loike out of hotel windows. Police visit regularly but the lovely people are still there.

The lovely people staying at the Bell Hotel, Epping are being moved to the luxury hotel in the Canary Wharf, how good is that?

The Super Injunction is a rumour spread about by Tufton Street, don’t you think some foreign papers would have had it out by now.

Guns up, I remember in the old days we used to take a backup of the computer every night on a separate disc or tape, there was a series of discs for every day in the week, this system would have gone a long way to prevent the scammers gaining complete control.