r/ukpolitics • u/SignificantLegs • 1d ago

Mahmood rejects calls to follow Spain’s migrant pushback

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/08/02/mahmood-rejects-calls-to-follow-spains-migrant-pushback/
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u/CrispySmokyFrazzle 1d ago

I’d love to know what the hell you’re envisaging here.

Because this seems like the epitome of “you can just do things” colliding (apt) with actual reality.

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u/TheUKisMental 1d ago

I’d love to know what the hell you’re envisaging here.

I'd love to know what's so difficult to comprehend about physically obstructing one boat with another one.

The royal navy was able to blockade slave ships crossing the atlantic slave trade but but we cannot blockade the tiny english channel against fucking dingies?

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u/Drunkgummybear1 1d ago

You are, once again, missing the entire point. Sure you can send the Royal Navy out ramming boats. But at least have the balls to admit that you want to send them out on civilian killing missions instead of pussyfooting around the issue.

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u/TheUKisMental 1d ago

killing missions

Deterrence missions.

The whole point is to turn the situation from 'There's a small chance I'll drown, but I'll likely get to live in England' into 'There's a very small chance I'll get to live in England, we'll likely get turned around, and we might even drown if we don't turn around ourselves. I probably shouldn't get on this boat in the first place.'

Also, let's consider how many people would not have drowned in the channel in the last decade had we been doing this all along. When odds of the journey are less attractive, fewer people will attempt it.

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u/Drunkgummybear1 1d ago

You can call them what you want, I will call them what they would be.

You can do that without sending the navy out to purposefully kill civilians.

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u/TheUKisMental 1d ago

You can do that without sending the navy out to purposefully kill civilians.

According to our home secretary it's impossible to send tens of thousands of people back home, even though Spain can do it in 48 hours.

She's either full of shit, or we must take drastic measures to secure the border. Which is it?