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justwise:
I think your faith will carry most of us...personally i think that he is most likely heading to No10

Decided to look at some of this campaign promises and the approach to immigration is just funny

Farage said he would entirely abolish indefinite leave to remain (ILR), which is open to people who have worked and lived in the UK legally for five continuous years, and their dependants. After a minimum of a year on that status, people can apply for British citizenship, though each stage comes with considerable fees.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/22/farage-vows-to-scrap-settled-status-placing-thousands-at-risk-of-deportation


Do they bother to think before spewing stuff like this? No immigrant who would have alternatives will stick around for crap like this or do they think immigrants just pick money on the floor in London?.

This will ultimately leave them with immigrants with no alternatives who probably be "lowly skilled" which means the solution solves nothing

HustlaOfLagos:
Decided to look at some of this campaign promises and the approach to immigration is just funny

Farage said he would entirely abolish indefinite leave to remain (ILR), which is open to people who have worked and lived in the UK legally for five continuous years, and their dependants. After a minimum of a year on that status, people can apply for British citizenship, though each stage comes with considerable fees.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/22/farage-vows-to-scrap-settled-status-placing-thousands-at-risk-of-deportation


Do they bother to think before spewing stuff like this? No immigrant who would have alternatives will stick around for crap like this or do they think immigrants just pick money on the floor in London?.

This will ultimately leave them with immigrants with no alternatives who probably be "lowly skilled" which means the solution solves nothing

They just have to say something to grab votes most time they will end up not doing anything too differently from previous governments. Just look at America now after promising to make America first the people are now hearing that over 40 billion dollars is going to Argentina while health subsidies for Americans will be scrapped 😂 even Qatar will now have an airforce facility in the US.

Remember Brexit they promised heaven and earth only to open the flood gates for all sorts of immigrants like Ukrainians, hongkongers, Afghans etc which are actually the figures that shot net migration up than students and work visas.

At the end Keir starmer and the Labour govt may actually be the ones to actually reduce net migration compared to the noisy Torries or Reform

Goke7:
They just have to say something to grab votes most time they will end up not doing anything too differently from previous governments. Just look at America now after promising to make America first the people are now hearing that over 40 billion dollars is going to Argentina while health subsidies for Americans will be scrapped 😂 even Qatar will now have an airforce facility in the US.

Remember Brexit they promised heaven and earth only to open the flood gates for all sorts of immigrants like Ukrainians, hongkongers, Afghans etc which are actually the figures that shot net migration up than students and work visas.

Whew, maybe they just dont know what they are doing

Everyone shouts about "stopping the boats" and "smashing the gangs" with no concrete plan to do this. Person wey dey use mouth drive car no dey jam

HustlaOfLagos:
Whew, maybe they just dont know what they are doing

Everyone shouts about "stopping the boats" and "smashing the gangs" with no concrete plan to do this. Person wey dey use mouth drive car no dey jam

Stopping the boats or smashing the gangs are just buzz words for the electorate. To the politicians it means nothing actually. How do you stop what’s needed for your primary industries 😂

Goke7:
Stopping the boats or smashing the gangs[b] are just buzz words for the electorate[/b]. To the politicians it means nothing actually. How do you stop what’s needed for your primary industries 😂

You know the vibes. It always works though

Raalsalghul:

Its surprising when I see folks fawn over European migrants, the good old days of EU migration and how those eastern Europeans 'integrated' and assimilated the culture. I'm usually like - is it thesame country we're referring to? Take any headline today and change the current migrant population to 'Polish migrants' and boom we're in 2014. People complained how half their town only spoke Romanian. Any progress in Poland was put down to the money Polish workers sent back home. Not even touching all the tripe about 'taking our jobs'. One of my favourite headlines is pictured below

Interestingly, same attitude has been seen in different countries at different times. E.g it's when the Irish or Italians moved to the U.S, many were hated but today, na them be examples of 'model migrants'
Don't be surprised that in the next few years, the narrative would be how integrated those Nigerian migrants were.

domin8:
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Goodenoch:
Found this hilarious. You will, too: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMa-AbsOPqg

Worth watching the whole debate - it was masterful. Mehdi is good.

It's quite easy to scratch off the underlying meaning of commom catch phrases

ReesheesuKnack:
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PS:
I am not endorsing or marketing. Just posting something that may be useful to someone

Interesting. Had similar discussions a while back. It ended with me asking the bloke why folks aren't chasing Argentinian government debt with 'massive' yields
When I see a country offering 20% in government debt, my initial question is why? Except one catches the tide tide well e.g with the recent naira devaluation and frantic dollar hype followed by high rates and a steady currency, otherwise such moves usually come back to bite. The last time 9ja offered such rates, many forex holders who delved in lost a lot as the naira devalued much more than their gain.

If like in this case, the person is relocating, then all good but personally, I'd still hedge my bets.

Thank you.

justwise:
During the application process use future date in place of passport expiration date so as to proceed with the application HOWEVER, you need to explain this in additional info section AND attach a copy of the expired passport and your NIN

jedisco:
Worth watching the whole debate - it was masterful. Mehdi is good.

It's quite easy to scratch off the underlying meaning of commom catch phrases

This was what Mehdi said at the No Kings Protests in the US;

'The great irony is of course that Donald Trump is the son of an immigrant. The grandson of an immigrant and married to an immigrant. In fact two of his three wives were immigrants, proving yet again that immigrants will do the jobs that even Americans are not willing to do'

If Trump catch Mehdi, na OYO e dey o

Goke7:
This was what Mehdi said at the No Kings Protests in the US;

'The great irony is of course that Donald Trump is the son of an immigrant. The grandson of an immigrant and married to an immigrant. In fact two of his three wives were immigrants, proving yet again that immigrants will do the jobs that even Americans are not willing to do'

If Trump catch Mehdi, na OYO e dey o

Hehe... brutal.. just stumbled upon the short.
Mk I go find the video

bigtt76:
If there are holidays in between, let her fly back for short holidays just to break the 180 days but then might need to explain the long absence, my thoughts

I just like seeing your posts. Its therapeutic. You once made me feel "good" during my teenage years, a lil over a decade ago when I was in sec sch and new life and the cyber space. Love you sis.

Awwwww good to hear that and it's been quite a while from you, I hope you are fully settled in now and can now cook well too 🤣... Just kidding.

rock86:
I just like seeing your posts. Its therapeutic. You once made me feel "good" during my teenage years, a lil over a decade ago when I was in sec sch and new life and the cyber space. Love you sis.

bigtt76:
Awwwww good to hear that and it's been quite a while from you, I hope you are fully settled in now and can now cook well too 🤣... Just kidding.

ukay2:
very true....
na so i managed to teach my girl CGP kent grammer school test and she passed in flying colours yesterday

Congrats oo... Na so my girl too pass her Medway test with 583, and Kent - 376. I am so proud, to think she got us worried as she said they were much harder that all the mock test she had been doing.

Santa2:
Congrats oo... Na so my girl too pass her Medway test with 583, and Kent - 376. I am so proud, to think she got us worried as she said they were much harder that all the mock test she had been doing.

Out of curiosity, these tests can get you into schools like Eton? I'd appreciate your response even though I never born

ukay2 - replies appreciated too

Thanks in advance

HustlaOfLagos:
Out of curiosity, these tests can get you into schools like Eton? I'd appreciate your response even though I never born

ukay2 - replies appreciated too

Thanks in advance

Lol no. Eton is by money and connections.

Not the one you asked, but they are tests for grammar schools. They’re academically selective so the perception is that they provide higher quality education compared to state schools without needing to pay private school fees.

Goodenoch:
Lol no. Eton is by money and connections.

Not the one you asked, but they are tests for grammar schools. They’re academically selective so the perception is that they provide higher quality education compared to state schools without needing to pay private school fees.

Correct. One correction: most grammar schools are state schools (i.e. funded by the government, so no school fees to pay). That's why people rush them.

@HustlaOfLagos: The exam children take here is like the Common Entrance exam we take in Nigeria to enter federal and state schools. Like in Nigeria, where the federal unity schools had catchment areas, the same applies here, so there is a formula for allocating students to schools to which a child applies based on their score in the 11-plus exam (the England equivalent of Nigeria's Common Entrance), where you live, and other contextual admissions factors. Kent has the largest number of grammar schools in England, followed by Bucks, and people move around just to be in a catchment area so their children can go to grammar schools.

Admissions fraud is a thing whereby people pretend to live in a catchment area using addresses of friends or family or even go to the extent of renting a property within a catchment area just to be able to apply to a desired school. It's very common for children to travel in from long distances away. I live in Bucks and it's always impressive to see the young children jumping onto the train early in the morning when I'm heading to work. South east England is diverse, definitely, but I do get the impression that quite a lot of the children travelling up and down are "minority", ethnic, BAME, whatever the PC term is.

Goodenoch:
Lol no. Eton is by money and connections.

Not the one you asked, but they are tests for grammar schools. They’re academically selective so the perception is that they provide higher quality education compared to state schools without needing to pay private school fees.

Thanks, but how we wan take enter Eton naw

Those schools dey enter eye

Saw that a couple of Nigerians went to the school on scholarship.

Cyberknight:
Correct. One correction: most grammar schools are state schools (i.e. funded by the government, so no school fees to pay). That's why people rush them.

@HustlaOfLagos: The exam children take here is like the Common Entrance exam we take in Nigeria to enter federal and state schools. Like in Nigeria, where the federal unity schools had catchment areas, the same applies here, so there is a formula for allocating students to schools a child apply to based on their score in the 11-plus exam (the England equivalent of Nigeria's Common Entrance), where you live, and other contextual admissions factors. Kent has the largest number of grammar schools in England, followed by Bucks, and people move around just to be in a catchment area so their children can go to grammar schools.

Admissions fraud is a thing whereby people pretend to live in a catchment area using addresses of friends or family or even go to the extent of renting a property within a catchment area just to be able to apply to a school. It's very common for children to travel in from long distances away. I live in Bucks and its always impressive to see the young children jumping onto the train early in the morning when I'm heading to work. South east England is diverse, definitely, but I do get the impression that quite a lot of the children travelling up and down are "minority", ethnic, BAME, whatever the PC term is.

Thank you for the answer

Is there a way one can see where those schools are?

Are the exams typically difficult or they are relatively easy with practice over time?

EDIT: Found ---> https://www.politics.co.uk/reference/grammar-schools/#:~:text=How%20many%20grammar%20schools%20in,%2C%20and%20Essex%20(.

Lemfi now offers credit facilities........ What's your excuse for not sending that urgent 2K....... 🤣😂

HustlaOfLagos:
Thank you for the answer

Is there a way one can see where those schools are?

Are the exams typically difficult or they are relatively easy with practice over time?

EDIT: Found ---> https://www.politics.co.uk/reference/grammar-schools/#:~:text=How%20many%20grammar%20schools%20in,%2C%20and%20Essex%20(.

Personally I think the exams are a bit difficult especially for a 10 or 11 year old. Just like common entrances were those days. But with lots of practise over time it becomes relatively easy. You often have people start to prepare their wards 3-4 years before the kids have to take the exams. Just like someone alluded to, Most people move to the south east to be well placed for these schools, Its one of the major reasons we moved from the North to Kent sometime back. Locrating is good tool to use to see where the schools are and their ranking, You usually are not just looking to get your kids into just any grammar school, you will want them to get into the best within your capabilities(get into the eton of grammar schools ).

And when the French authorities took it literally by slashing the boats before they left for the waters, the same bits were complaining about human rights, makes you wonder what they want. They prefer legal migration to be cut... people that work and pay tax o, do they think people would leave high paying jobs to be claiming benefits. How dem wan take survive? Now their school fees are going to be raised again due to low international students enrolment 🫣

HustlaOfLagos:
Whew, maybe they just dont know what they are doing

Everyone shouts about "stopping the boats" and "smashing the gangs" with no concrete plan to do this. Person wey dey use mouth drive car no dey jam

Lexusgs430:
Lemfi now offers credit facilities........ What's your excuse for not sending that urgent 2K....... 🤣😂

Gbese re o! 😂

bigtt76:
And when the French authorities took it literally by slashing the boats before they left for the waters, the same bits were complaining about human rights, makes you wonder what they want. They prefer legal migration to be cut... people that work and pay tax o, do they think people would leave high paying jobs to be claiming benefits. How dem wan take survive? Now their school fees are going to be raised again due to low international students enrolment 🫣

Don’t stress yourself 😂 you wan spoil business?

Anyone else get the feeling that Meghan and Harry have been treated far harsher than Andrew, both by the royal family and the general British populace?

Every other day there’s a hit piece in rags like the Mirror, Telegraph etc about Meghan and there’s even a thriving cesspool of a subreddit dedicated solely to attacking Meghan.

I wonder why. Lol just kidding - actually, I don’t.

bigtt76:
And when the French authorities took it literally by slashing the boats before they left for the waters, the same bits were complaining about human rights, makes you wonder what they want. They prefer legal migration to be cut... people that work and pay tax o, do they think people would leave high paying jobs to be claiming benefits. How dem wan take survive? Now their school fees are going to be raised again due to low international students enrolment 🫣

The bolded is the bit that gets me every time. You think I paid 20k plus upfront for my one year masters (apart from application fee, IHS etc) as part of some grand strategy to sit down waiting for 300 ish pounds per month?

As how nau. What will I do with that?

Of course there are other benefits that people are entitled to but the fundamental point is why on earth would someone who paid such substantial sums be thought to be planning to become reliant on benefits?

Santa2:
Personally I think the exams are a bit difficult especially for a 10 or 11 year old. Just like common entrances were those days. But with lots of practise over time it becomes relatively easy. You often have people start to prepare their wards 3-4 years before the kids have to take the exams. Just like someone alluded to, Most people move to the south east to be well placed for these schools, Its one of the major reasons we moved from the North to Kent sometime back. Locrating is good tool to use to see where the schools are and their ranking, You usually are not just looking to get your kids into just any grammar school, you will want them to get into the best within your capabilities(get into the eton of grammar schools ).

Thanks for the reply and the website! Make I dey plan in advance incase I'll still be here.

I just checked Locrating, pretty good tool.
I wonder why we dont have basic stuff to help with decision making like this in Nigeria. Everyone wants to build fintech instead of stuff that can help regular folk but I understand it can be difficult as Naija gov doesn't even have access to basic stats

Na statistics we go chop?

bigtt76:
And when the French authorities took it literally by slashing the boats before they left for the waters, the same bits were complaining about human rights, makes you wonder what they want. They prefer legal migration to be cut... people that work and pay tax o, do they think people would leave high paying jobs to be claiming benefits. How dem wan take survive? Now their school fees are going to be raised again due to low international students enrolment 🫣

At the bolded, lots of talk about leaving the EHCR already in place

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/729027

Last week Kemi Badenoch announced that the Conservative Party would take the UK out of the European Convention of Human Rights if they won the next election.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm283eqje03o

I said on this thread that they will be left with only people who will claim benefits in record numbers if they keep attacking legal migrants.

Time will tell

Goodenoch:
The bolded is the bit that gets me every time. You think I paid 20k plus upfront for my one year masters (apart from application fee, IHS etc) as part of some grand strategy to sit down waiting for 300 ish pounds per month?

As how nau. What will I do with that?

Of course there are other benefits that people are entitled to but the fundamental point is why on earth would someone who paid such substantial sums be thought to be planning to become reliant on benefits?

These people think students come in and start applying for benefits from the airport while also taking their jobs - the same jobs they wont do.

Where I used to work as a SW, the only two white people who managed to come started to cook up excuses after 2 weeks. The last one was even a relative of the owner, after 2 days e begin complain about trauma and didnt show up again from the 3rd day. Trauma, for supported living, if na come proper forensic mental health nko with people who have severe mental health issues

Can't win with them

Goodenoch:
Anyone else get the feeling that Meghan and Harry have been treated far harsher than Andrew, both by the royal family and the general British populace?

Every other day there’s a hit piece in rags like the Mirror, Telegraph etc about Meghan and there’s even a thriving cesspool of a subreddit dedicated solely to attacking Meghan.

I wonder why. Lol just kidding - actually, I don’t.

You and I know why this is the case

But make we no loud am