Oh, the irony!

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vetran replied

11 March 2014, 17:08
Originally posted by suityou01 View Post

Kind of poacher turned gamekeeper?

it was actually meant as sarcasm, as Xoggy pointed out they are allegedly waving their compatriots through. Think Visa Vaz!

many are probably very honest but you only need a couple of baduns and its a mess.
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Platypus replied

11 March 2014, 16:51
Originally posted by craig1 View Post

Poacher turned gamekeeper and all that stuff...

Originally posted by suityou01 View Post

Kind of poacher turned gamekeeper?
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suityou01 replied

11 March 2014, 15:42
Originally posted by vetran View Post

bloomin racist, why shouldn't all of our immigration officers be recently arrived immigrants?

Kind of poacher turned gamekeeper?
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mos replied

11 March 2014, 13:57
Originally posted by craig1 View Post

Give the job to asylum seekers in the process of having their cases decided and tell them they get points towards citizenship for every dodgy person they catch. Poacher turned gamekeeper and all that stuff...

Not if the asylum seekers are implanted with the explicit aim to game the system ....
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xoggoth replied

11 March 2014, 13:44
Most illegal immigration is assisted and facilitated by those who were themselves migrants or are of the same ethnicity but hey, let's not let facts intrude.
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craig1 replied

11 March 2014, 11:37
Originally posted by vetran View Post

bloomin racist, why shouldn't all of our immigration officers be recently arrived immigrants?

Give the job to asylum seekers in the process of having their cases decided and tell them they get points towards citizenship for every dodgy person they catch. Poacher turned gamekeeper and all that stuff...
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MicrosoftBob replied

11 March 2014, 11:37
Originally posted by vetran View Post

bloomin racist, why shouldn't all of our immigration officers be recently arrived immigrants?

I know, next thing people will be complaining about convicted terrorists making immigration decisions at the Home Office
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vetran replied

11 March 2014, 11:34
Originally posted by Gittins Gal View Post

Ignoring your initial comment, I guess he could have been born in the UK, but this fact would be completely belied by the aplomb with which he could take off the Michael Bates character on It Ain't Half Hot Mum.

bloomin racist, why shouldn't all of our immigration officers be recently arrived immigrants?
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Gittins Gal replied

11 March 2014, 11:32
Originally posted by sasguru View Post

Did they ask why your passport picture was of a woman when you're clearly a bloke?

How did you know they weren't "born and bred" in the UK?

Ignoring your initial comment, I guess he could have been born in the UK, but this fact would be completely belied by the aplomb with which he could take off the Michael Bates character on It Ain't Half Hot Mum.
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sasguru replied

11 March 2014, 11:29
Originally posted by MicrosoftBob View Post

Fished in!

No, merely a teasing nibble
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MicrosoftBob replied

11 March 2014, 11:28
Originally posted by sasguru View Post

Did they ask why your passport picture was of a woman when you're clearly a bloke?

How did you know they weren't "born and bred" in the UK?

Fished in!
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sasguru replied

11 March 2014, 11:20
Did they ask why your passport picture was of a woman when you're clearly a bloke?

How did you know they weren't "born and bred" in the UK?
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Gittins Gal started a topic Oh, the irony!

11 March 2014, 11:15
Oh, the irony!

At the immigration desk Sunday evening:

"How long have you been living in UK?"

I'd have thought you'd need to be born and bred in the UK to do that job, not some Johnny-Come-Lately.

Then again, what do they actually do? They're just drones really.

Still, it didn't half stick in my craw.
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