Migrants crossing the channel

[Max B Gold]

Check your vehicles, folks.

"A couple who discovered a migrant had clung to the back of their vehicle all the way home from France have been issued a £1,500 fine."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c17q9lrl57ro

Serves them right for being grasses.

[Long slender neck]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3677xzk56no

Is this what they're doing then?

[Rich Tea Wellin]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3677xzk56no

Is this what they're doing then?

Just had another vape shop open in my high st, which is the third in a very small area. Alongside about 6 barber shops. Most got to be fronts

[Proposition Joe]

They're the new dessert/ice cream shops.

[Proposition Joe]

Although people really do seem to love vaping.

[Rich Tea Wellin]

As sh*t as smoking is it actually is quite cool. Vaping is the saddest nerdiest sh*t ever.

[EliotNes]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3677xzk56no

Is this what they're doing then?

And the nail bars. There are 4-5 in the Hamlet of Hornchurch now. A new one just opened last week. And don't forget the Thai Massage shops. But why is anyone surprised, it's been going on for years. I remember the garage shop scandal where so many were used to funnel money to the Tamil Tigers.

[Proposition Joe]

As sh*t as smoking is it actually is quite cool. Vaping is the saddest nerdiest sh*t ever.

Iconic images of Sophia Loren chugging on a disposable strawberry and passionfruit dream.

[The Mindsweep]

If the Vape/ Nail and Barbers weren't there you would have boarded up shops. It is a good source of income for cash strapped councils.

[Proposition Joe]

So you're saying organised crime is good, actually, because it keeps care homes open and gets the bins collected? Quite the quandary.

[Long slender neck]

If the Vape/ Nail and Barbers weren't there you would have boarded up shops. It is a good source of income for cash strapped councils.

Are they even paying their taxes though?

I expect its a net loss for the council in many cases.

[Father Ted Crilly]

Part of the problem is that retailers are disappearing from traditional shopping locations partly due to online shopping and retails parks etc.

In a lot of locations the only demand for these places comes from vape shops, barbers or take away. A lot of shopping locations are owned by councils who use the rent income towards funding public services. A straight choice between income from a tenant you’d have not considered 10 years ago or no income at all is the reality now.

[Dunners]

Our economy is now based on money laundering in the City, money laundering in crappy high street commercial units, and the black market trade of undocumented migrants renting a Deliveroo ID.

[George M]

It’s no more than we deserve. A poorly thought out immigration policy , no long term ceiling on numbers , no checks on history or criminality.