Gladys Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 Just now, doc.fixit said: Gurnard? Fishy, chickeny?....(new vocabulary) Used to like gurnard, but definitely more fishy than crocodile. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Hedgehog Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 24 minutes ago, The Phantom said: In my learnings about the Romani people today, I discovered that some of them regard Hedgehog as a delicacy. Oh fuck. 1 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 14 minutes ago, doc.fixit said: Gurnard? Fishy, chickeny?....(new vocabulary) Rabbity? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 31 minutes ago, Gladys said: No need for toothpicks, apparently. Not many teeth left up at Jurby, and that's just the staff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 36 minutes ago, Gladys said: Wonder how they got here? Possibly gives them a chance to break away from the gang leaders? They were in the UK illegally, so.possibly smuggled in? Let's hope they are dealt with in a way which makes sure they don't end up back with the gang. I wonder if IOMG are arranging their plane ticket off the island back to Romania? Or will it be a ticket on the Manxman? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 1 minute ago, 2112 said: I wonder if IOMG are arranging their plane ticket off the island back to Romania? Or will it be a ticket on the Manxman? Let us hope they go back and tell all of their friends they got banged up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 (edited) 6 minutes ago, woolley said: Let us hope they go back and tell all of their friends they got banged up. At the Hilton. No doubt they will leave the island with money from DHSC to tide them over. I know a few Romanians who are very hard working, educated and are self employed, paying taxes and contributing to the economy. Sadly the reputation gives their compatriots a negative press. Edited July 25, 2023 by 2112 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 2 minutes ago, 2112 said: At the Hilton. No doubt they will leave the island with money from DHSC to tide them over. I know a few Romanians who are very hard working, educated and are self employed, paying taxes and contributing to the economy. Sadly the reputation gives their compatriots a negative press. I am sure. It did cross my mind that it might be more agreeable at the Hilton than the conditions they have "enjoyed" under their handlers, if they have any. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 10 minutes ago, 2112 said: I wonder if IOMG are arranging their plane ticket off the island back to Romania? Or will it be a ticket on the Manxman? Would be back to the UK, I guess. Immigration is the UK's domain isnt it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 1 minute ago, woolley said: I am sure. It did cross my mind that it might be more agreeable at the Hilton than the conditions they have "enjoyed" under their handlers, if they have any. Of course we do not know these people's circumstances. But there is the possibility that they have been trafficked, and do have handlers who are probably exploiting them in recompense for arranging their transportation to the UK. It is possible that the handlers hold some control over their family in Romania as 'security' for the debt. Jurby probably is more agreeable, but at least they have a three week period of safety if the above is indeed what has happened. I can't imagine that they came to the UK then thought the IOM would be an easy touch without someone orchestrating that in the background. That someone may well have misread the situation here. If this is what has happened here, you can only have sympathy and concern for them and I hope the authorities don't abandon them back to the wolves. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omobono Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 Just hope the UK immigration squad meets the boat in Heysham when they get there , as they entered the UK illegally in the first place , they should deport them straight away , 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Buggane Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 Again, let's enter UK illegally then go to an island with a small population and beg. Nobodys going to notice us. ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 5 minutes ago, Dirty Buggane said: Again, let's enter UK illegally then go to an island with a small population and beg. Nobodys going to notice us. ? Quite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 6 minutes ago, Dirty Buggane said: Again, let's enter UK illegally then go to an island with a small population and beg. Nobodys going to notice us. ? Unless they were here under duress. That is the point people are missing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offshoremanxman Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 20 minutes ago, Dirty Buggane said: Again, let's enter UK illegally then go to an island with a small population and beg. Nobodys going to notice us. ? Yes a critical mistake. It says they were married so less likely to be a gang and more likely to be a very poor decision to go and beg in an island where two beggars stick out like a sore thumb. Maybe they did their market research and thought they might corner the IOM begging market? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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