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For years - decades - seaside towns have been dying a death due to cheap flights and relaxed customs rules. Hotels have been turned into hostels for people who are on the skids. Some of the most deprived and neglected people in the country, many with addictions and other problems, and in all that time the national media hasn't given a shit, unless through a nostalgia/whitewashing filter of saucy postcards and whatever happened to the badly remembered past pieces.

These places are taking whatever they can to stay afloat, and that money isn't going to the residents.

satnav wrote: ↑Thu Aug 07, 2025 10:15 pm In a similar vein many papers keep banging on about asylum seekers being housed in 4 Star hotels living the life of Riley.

The definition of a 4 Star hotel according to Google:

A four-star hotel in the UK typically requires a high level of service, well-maintained facilities, and a focus on guest comfort and convenience. This includes spacious rooms with en-suite bathrooms, high-quality furnishings, and amenities like Wi-Fi and 24-hour reception. Expect attentive staff, room service, and a restaurant or dining options

Given that when a hotel is used to house asylum seekers the regular staff are replaced by security guards most of the above facilities are not on offer.

The Mirror did a piece today about a bloke and his elderly mother who are now living in a Trave Lodge after being made homeless. The article was pretty grim, being a Travel Lodge their is no restaurant or cooking facilities so they are living on Pot Noodles. The son and mother were having mental health issues as a result of being stuck in the hotel for so long. This is probably the reality of having to live in a hotel room for months upon end unlike the picture the right wing tabloids and right wing politicians like to paint.

And that's how almost all asylum seekers are being housed. Not in luxury, but Travelodge, Holiday Inn Express or, if they're really unlucky, Britannia.

Andy McDandy wrote: ↑Fri Aug 08, 2025 3:27 pm For years - decades - seaside towns have been dying a death due to cheap flights and relaxed customs rules. Hotels have been turned into hostels for people who are on the skids.

In the south east and I don't doubt a few other places, it's just somewhere to stay that's cheaper than renting.

Within the last few years, I've stayed in a few hotels around London and Brighton that had working people permanently settled in the dorms for £10-£20 per night.

Andy McDandy wrote: ↑Fri Aug 08, 2025 3:27 pm For years - decades - seaside towns have been dying a death due to cheap flights and relaxed customs rules. Hotels have been turned into hostels for people who are on the skids. Some of the most deprived and neglected people in the country, many with addictions and other problems, and in all that time the national media hasn't given a shit, unless through a nostalgia/whitewashing filter of saucy postcards and whatever happened to the badly remembered past pieces.

These places are taking whatever they can to stay afloat, and that money isn't going to the residents.

Yep. Friend of mine spent sometime as a kid in Hastings, and noticed then that struggling people had moved/been moved from other parts of the country. It didn't really get remarked upon much, and when Labour gained Hastings and Rye in the 1997 Election, nobody much had seen it coming.

Normal response from the Daily Express's correspondent.

They are lost in their own fever dreams, the cunts.

What's happened to Fraser Nelson? In a good way, I mean. But it's rather late.

From a commenter on Bluesky. If the Tories continue to cosy up to Reform they risk losing another two dozen seats including Kemi's. Especially if asylum applicants are burned alive in hostels as a result of Farage egging on the mob.

Written by a Conservative who sees Reform is destroying the Conservative Party and establishment. Egging on Reform was seen as driving the Tories towards a more right wing position but this has now backfired. He has also seen how the MAGA movement is destroying the Republican party in the US.

While Trump is still President, the Government can't really go too far in tying Farage to him. Doesn't leave too long to line Farage up after Trump goes, mind.

Tubby Isaacs wrote: ↑Fri Aug 08, 2025 4:43 pm

Andy McDandy wrote: ↑Fri Aug 08, 2025 3:27 pm For years - decades - seaside towns have been dying a death due to cheap flights and relaxed customs rules. Hotels have been turned into hostels for people who are on the skids. Some of the most deprived and neglected people in the country, many with addictions and other problems, and in all that time the national media hasn't given a shit, unless through a nostalgia/whitewashing filter of saucy postcards and whatever happened to the badly remembered past pieces.

These places are taking whatever they can to stay afloat, and that money isn't going to the residents.

Yep. Friend of mine spent sometime as a kid in Hastings, and noticed then that struggling people had moved/been moved from other parts of the country. It didn't really get remarked upon much, and when Labour gained Hastings and Rye in the 1997 Election, nobody much had seen it coming.

Mostly empty seaside hotels have been used well before small boats.

Tubby Isaacs wrote: ↑Mon Aug 11, 2025 4:35 pm What's happened to Fraser Nelson? In a good way, I mean. But it's rather late.

They usually "see the light" when they're no longer receiving the wingnut welfare cheques.
What self respecting britfash is going to subscribe to the Spectator when they could gofundme for Tommeh.

To paraphrase Francis Urquhart, this is what happens when you just let anybody in.

It's like the punk/nazi bar analogy - once they're in, they take over. And while you might have some sentiments in common, you'd really rather they fucked off back to their flat roofed estate pub, and leave the clubhouse to you.

Tommeh's back on the sniff.

The Weeping Angel wrote: ↑Sun Aug 10, 2025 9:59 pm Normal response from the Daily Express's correspondent.

That'll be the tens of millions who joined in their general strike in early summer?

Or "five neds on a mini roundabout" which actually happened.

You never see Tommeh and Joey Barton in the same room.

Bones McCoy wrote: ↑Tue Aug 12, 2025 1:25 pm You never see Tommeh and Joey Barton in the same room.

If you did, you'd be paying a fortune to hear them.

Why is he in Rome?

Watchman wrote: ↑Tue Aug 12, 2025 4:06 pm Why is he in Rome?

He's in Oban.

Watchman wrote: ↑Tue Aug 12, 2025 4:06 pm Why is he in Rome?

He certainly won't be doing as the Romans do.

Bones McCoy wrote: ↑Tue Aug 12, 2025 1:25 pm You never see Tommeh and Joey Barton in the same room.

We can live in hope - preferably on D-Wing with a bunch of brown lads.