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suffolkpunch When: 14 Mar 22 17:48

This government are asking us to take a total stranger[s] into our home. Please tell me that it's not already the first of April.

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StillLearning When: 14 Mar 22 17:49

I have room, where do you advertise for single 25yr old females?

asking for a friend.

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impossible123 When: 14 Mar 22 17:57

A local paper or any accomodation site, I guess eg a room in exchange for benefit. I heard it's pretty common up North.

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sparrow When: 14 Mar 22 17:59

There seems to be a great interest among the racing fraternity here.

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Callisto-moon When: 14 Mar 22 18:00

they are looking for something to ride??

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impossible123 When: 14 Mar 22 18:08

OTT. I think providing education, medical, financial, housing and social assistance are sufficiently adequate. Maybe the buy-to-let merchants and country houses occupiers could step-up and offer theirs.

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hulk23 When: 14 Mar 22 18:14

presume we've re-possessed all of these oligarch's mansions. must be able to get a few ukranians in each of them.

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carrot1960 When: 14 Mar 22 18:16

Slicer the £350 is for "ACCOMDATION" only no one has mentioned anything else in the deal . it not for B&B , half board , full board or anything else

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GEORGE.B When: 14 Mar 22 18:22

The British regime under Johnson have clearly been emboldened by what they and their behaviour manipulators got away with during two years of the "covid" hysteria.

From locking you down in your homes, to preventing you from sitting on a park bench, to stopping you from being with loved ones during their final hours.

They and their psy-op influencers in the media are telling us now we should welcome strangers from a foreign country "with open arms" into homes.

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elise When: 14 Mar 22 18:27

Slicer the £350 is for "ACCOMDATION" only ....A £350 a month “thank you” will be paid by the Government to those who have taken in Ukrainian refugees.

The money is designed to help cover the costs of housing refugees, such as increased food and energy bills, as well as an incentive for people to take part.

The money is linked to each address being used in the sponsorship scheme, rather than the number of individuals taken in. ... as was posted (telegraph) re food & energy

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impossible123 When: 14 Mar 22 18:28

Can Putin not help? He's the cause of this Ukrainian escapade. I think all the assets seized from Russian oligarchs here including the sale of Chelsea must go to funding the resettlement of Ukrainians abroad.

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basilbrush When: 14 Mar 22 18:29

Yet another opportunity for massive fraud as we have witnessed with Furlough, PPE, Welfare benefits, NHS, Etc Etc People in the UK are remarkably naive and stupid, politicians are the worst of the lot.

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geoff m When: 14 Mar 22 18:33

isnt that statement contradictory tho elise?

?Slicer the £350 is for "ACCOMDATION" only ....A £350 a month “thank you” will be paid by the Government to those who have taken in Ukrainian refugees.

The money is designed to help cover the costs of housing refugees, such as increased food and energy bills,

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elise When: 14 Mar 22 18:34

the first bit was from carrot above, the remainder was from the telegraph

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elise When: 14 Mar 22 18:35

as in carrot says it's for accom only and the telegraph posts differently

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geoff m When: 14 Mar 22 18:35

Cheers Elise thought it was all 1 statement.

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elise When: 14 Mar 22 18:35

nah i just pasted it badly sry

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sparrow When: 14 Mar 22 18:36

Well there's more interest here than in the Cheltenham Festival.

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elise When: 14 Mar 22 18:39

we're all just wondering if we can get the 350 in time for the gold cup sparrow

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Callisto-moon When: 14 Mar 22 18:42

id be happy if theres one with wobblers like colins wife has!!!

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impossible123 When: 14 Mar 22 18:43

Cheltenham is only about a few principal races eg Champion Hurdle/Chase and Gold Cup, the rest much of a muchness with little competition with the Cheltenham flag attached. Boring!

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Callisto-moon When: 14 Mar 22 18:44

if they can also claim benefits whilst here then you can pop them in the spare room and get the government to decorate your house.

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impossible123 When: 14 Mar 22 19:23

A precedent has been set. Which Baltic state next to be annexed by Russia? Estonia? I think Poland is fairly safe with Mr Tusk fully ensconced in the EU establishment.

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carrot1960 When: 14 Mar 22 19:24

I wonder how many will be registering as a charity to get the full whack , now that the latest update just like the Telegraph one states it's £350 per household not per person unless your a charity .

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impossible123 When: 14 Mar 22 19:32

How many undesirables and criminals amongst the approved resettlers? I believe humanitarianism before suitability and qualification.

I hope some form of monitoring in progress post arrival.

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DIFERENT GRAVY 12 When: 14 Mar 22 19:36

Put 'em in B&B's in Blackpool, they'll soon want to go home.

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carrot1960 When: 14 Mar 22 19:47

I wonder how long it will take for a "gullible landlady " is headline news for falling for a sob story and losing her life savings after she picked the handsome / beautiful refugee who now happens to just be a con artist

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Slicer When: 14 Mar 22 21:28

From the government website regarding what the £350 a month covers:
"Just accommodation. There is nothing stopping sponsors offering meals should they wish to.
You will not be expected to cover the costs of food and living expenses (although you may wish to offer this yourself)."

So how are these refugees going to cover food & other living expenses? They won't be able to, so it's going to cost the kind hearted host as I stated in my original post. So sleep easy all you kind, generous, naive do gooders. Rather you than me. Goodnight, sweet dreams & don't have nightmares of getting stabbed during the night by strangers in return for your kindness!

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know all When: 14 Mar 22 21:30

they can claim benefits and child benefits will get nhs and help, clothes free food bank free schools everything and i agree they should its the boat lot i have a problem with

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Slicer When: 14 Mar 22 21:36

While I feel dreadfully sorry for those cancer suffering children, I'm wondering how those on the NHS waiting list for life saving treatment for their own cancer feel about being shunted back on the list to make way for foreigners who have no right to the treatment having never contributed to the cost of the NHS. Before you condemn me for this post, consider how you'd feel if it was person you loved most in your life was shunted back & lost their life entirely due to the delay!

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Johnny The Guesser When: 14 Mar 22 21:37

Slicer - Are there any positives in taking somebody in and changing their lives ?

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Johnny The Guesser When: 14 Mar 22 21:39

We make sacrifices to help others - we also have done , we are British - It is in our make up - It is what we do.

Thank God we are not all like you. I would be ashamed.

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GEORGE.B When: 14 Mar 22 21:41

Well said, Johnny.

How many are you taking in?

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basilbrush When: 14 Mar 22 21:41

Wont be taking any Ukranians in but my God, I could afford at least four Ting Tongs all to myself for what the missus costs me.

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Johnny The Guesser When: 14 Mar 22 21:45

Mar 14, 2022 -- 4:25PM, Slicer wrote:

My answer to this is 2 words-the 2nd word being offski! Would you take ANY stranger into your house? You can't keep them prisoner so you have to give them a key. They will bring their friends in. What happens if they're ill? What happens if they need to travel? what happens if something in your house goes missing. Are you prepared to leave them in your house while you go on holiday. Will your insurance cover you for theft or if your house burns down due to a cigarette left going by a stranger? Utility prices going through the roof so these visitors will be adding markedly to your bill. They won't have money so you'll be feeding them. What if they're ill & you have to get a doctor? Have you tried recently? What if you've been careful to avoid Covid & they bring it into the house? What if a female makes allegations against you? I wouldn't house a stranger for £35 grand a month let alone £350. Your whole life, the life you've worked so hard to achieve, will be changed forever. The war is not the UK public's fault so the UK effing government can eff right off & sort it out for themselves. And to all you liberal do gooders-good luck because you're not living in the real world & don't realise what you're letting yourselves in for. As I said at the beginning of this post, my answer is- eff offski!

One the saddest and most selfish rants I have ever read.

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impossible123 When: 14 Mar 22 21:46

I'm all for inviting women and children of Ukrainian descent but the men must be processed just like any other immigrant into the country with no exception (but time) for criminality and possible previous imprisonment.

Hospitality and kindness must not be seen as weakness and be abused even by war-torned Ukrainians.

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Slicer When: 14 Mar 22 21:47

Yes, definitely. BUT, & it's a big but-this war has NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BRITISH PUBLIC. There is a big financial squeeze that we're all going to suffer from. Most people are ill informed of the implications on their own lives. You will change their lives, but one's own life will be changed certainly financially for the worst. If you read my original post on the matter you'll read the problems I foresee which will change the hosts live beyond recognition. It hasn't been thought through. Have a good evening.

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basilbrush When: 14 Mar 22 21:48

100% with you on this Slicer. Its wonderful to be able to help these children with cancer and that should be applauded, but our faltering, negligent, money swallowing NHS world service is riddled with issues including theft, corruption and fraud. People just dont seem to realise it, but just getting correctly diagnosed and treated for serious illness these days has become increasingly difficult, our NHS is way behind other European nations health services in many areas.

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Slicer When: 14 Mar 22 21:50

Sad- possibly, selfish- definitely but realistic ABSOLUTELY. This is the real world. Anyone who wants to live happily ever after with refugees in their own home should live at the bottom of the garden with the fairies!

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Slicer When: 14 Mar 22 21:53

Thanks BB & others who support my views. I KNOW I'm right-I'm old enough & ugly enough to know what I'm talking about. Most of you who oppose my views will be here when it hits the fan- very fortunately I won't be. But get a spiritualist to contact me to let me know that you realise I'm right!