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I have been overwhelmed by the number of requests for new passwords
It is going to take a while as each one has to be dealt with and replied to individually but I am working on them and will get back to you as soon as I am able.
Brian.
Thank you for your patience, I am getting there.
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18th August 2014, 08:19 AM
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john we are strangers in our own land the law dos not cover us the british anymore ?jp
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18th August 2014, 08:33 AM
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#8... So whos supposed to be chasing them John. Thought Afghanastan was now a Democratic Country. They should by rights be sent back on the same ship different container. Think of all the containers that dont get opened up. Australia as you know had a lot of Afghanis years ago, in fact the country was opened up with their camels and drovers, and made excellent citizens apparently. However that was 3 or 4 generations ago, and dont think the present day ones would come up to the moralistic standards of their forefathers. We come back once again to economic refugees. The UK by what we read in the scandal sheets sounds very depressing and what I see when back at times does not resemble the country I left such a short time ago Cheers JS
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18th August 2014, 10:57 AM
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As I wrote sometime ago on this site politicians of all persuasions are doing nothing about the problem just uttering platitudes to appease the population. You can not blame economic migrants for coming here just the politicians for allowing it .
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18th August 2014, 11:20 AM
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As none of these 32 people found in the container speak English how do they expect to get a job and support themselves ???
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18th August 2014, 11:26 AM
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they could join the Afghan community over 40,000 live in Houndslow http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghans...United_Kingdom , I would have asked as they came in from Belgium , why can they not be returned there , so they can claim aylum
Rob Page R855150 - British & Commonwealth Shipping ( 1965 - 1973 ) Gulf Oil -( 1973 - 1975 ) Sealink ( 1975 - 1986 ) 

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18th August 2014, 11:31 AM
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Jim, Believe Brian now speaks fluent Afghani. Will probably be getting approaced as an interpreter any day now. Cheers JS
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18th August 2014, 11:33 AM
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They say they left Afghanistan because they are persecuted for being Sikhs,would they not be more at home in India with a large Sikh population there.
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18th August 2014, 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by
Jim Brady
As none of these 32 people found in the container speak English how do they expect to get a job and support themselves ???
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jim.B.
That slight setback has not deterred countless thousands of 'Europeans' and others from invading our shores and living off benefits or disappearing into the dark side.
gilly
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18th August 2014, 11:42 AM
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Can remember years ago when wearing a crash helmet on a motor cycle was made compulsory, the sikhs didnt have to as claimed wearing a turban was part of their culture. Must have been about the start of the rot, depending on what religion you were, depended on what laws one decided to abide by. The only one who obeys the law now is apparently the poor old born and bred citizen from the pre war era. With all the different cultures in the UK should imagine by now or very soon they will all have their own laws and are not accountable to anyone but their own. JS
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18th August 2014, 11:56 AM
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I agree that was the start of the rot , the country gave an inch that has turned into a mile , why no body tested it by an impact test on a turban wearing Sikh I do not know , they might have done a test by dropping a turban 2 metres onto an anvil whilst sitting on a headform as per helmets , I don't think they were ever tested
Rob Page R855150 - British & Commonwealth Shipping ( 1965 - 1973 ) Gulf Oil -( 1973 - 1975 ) Sealink ( 1975 - 1986 ) 

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