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Posted: 21:02 - 03 Apr 2024 Post subject: |
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There is a huge list of problems and complications involced for RNLI to get them back on to dry land in France.
Each boat, generally returns to where it is launched from, where there is a shore crew ready to help, where they know the waters, and know they can easily get passengers to disembark, and they are in English waters with radio cover from coastguard, French fishermen will chat on marine band zero.......
If they go to France and back, they likely do not have enought fuel, certainly not on the inshore boats, and each station runs independtly of one one another more or less, so Brighton lifeboat, for example, likely would not have the fuel to get to France and back on a shout, and Newhaven or Shoreham are not going to launch their boat to transfer rescued people, to take back over to France.
If they spent time buggering about ferrying people back and forth across the channel, they would effectively put themsevles out of service for hours on end.
Often the fuel is donated, Texaco wouldn't be pleased if there was 1000% rise in cost of fuel donation.
Even if the little inshore lifeboats had the fuel to make it back and forth across the channel, they are not rated beyond a certain distance from shore, or above a certain storm force rating.
When they get near the shore of France, they don't know the coastline, they have no local knowledge of the hazards in the shallows, the little boats don't have the range, the big boats would have to break out the zodiacs and go back and forth mutliple times, and I doubt the French would cooperate
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Unfortunately you start getting into the same murky waters (pun intended) as barring fat people or smokers from the NHS. "Broken your leg playing football? Self inflicted, get to the back of the line."
About the only choice the RNLI have is to choose not to rescue people which would require testicular fortitude and a pretty extreme political stance.
Much better if the Royal Navy sunk them all before they got in range of the RNLI ____________________ Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter |
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theres loads of arguments about this and to be upfront my default stance is that this makes me unhappy.
When theyre on the french side, theyre people out on a day trip in a boat, apparently, so the french cant intervene, they say.
when they get to our side, we take it upon ourselves to decide that this boat of happy dayfarers which has reliably made it more than halfway across the channel cant possibly make it the last bit, and needs "rescuing". (that was...originally...I'm aware they puncture the things now and do an SOS which leaves us up a creek without a paddle).
(this conversation context is from an immigrant who had a really shit time of it getting into the country legally via visas 20years ago and so on prior to getting on a aeroplane and now massively pissed off to find out i coulda just rowed from france and saved myself a lot of bother) ____________________ Gone: Yamaha DT50lc, Suzuki DR500, Suzuki A100, Kawasaki z250ltd, RD350YPVS, Suzuki DR Big, Kawasaki AR125, Kawasaki KMX200, Suzuki GS1000S, Katana 1100, GS550M, Suzuki RGV250
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Throw them all in camps without mobile phones (or landlines or WiFi) until such time as they can be shipped out (Rwanda, Iran, France, who cares.) Given how long it takes the government to do anything these days they'll be there a while. In the mean time report them all lost at sea. Without TikTok and Instagram none of the swashbucklers' friends over the Channel will be able to verify. After a few hundred have been "reported drowned" they'll soon get the idea. The press are in the pocket of the government so they won't say what's really going on and all that remains is to brand any human rights lawyers complaining they're not really dead as conspiracy theorists. Could probably do with some secluded area to keep them - a UK Guantanamo Bay if you will. I nominate the Isle of Wight. No one of any import lives there beyond the bassist for Level 42...
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"Zero Seats" is a campaign everyone can easily get behind for the next election. If the Conservatives aren't reduced to double digits we'll know the system's rigged and by rights they should be down single digits. Killed or badly maimed is the only language they'll understand otherwise it'll be "the results, while disappointing, really show we failed to get our message across"
tl;dr traitors are executed.
That's one half of the uniparty dealt with. What to do with Labour?
Obviously voting for them sends the message that they have a mandate for the next 10 years. The ideal situation would be some sizable opposition. The Libdems are proven liars and Reform are run by communists and everyone else is way too small
AFAIK if you spoil your ballot paper you still get counted as turning out to vote. Maybe just not voting? If almost all the next government got elected on less than 33% turnout (i.e. 15% of the electorate actually voted for them) what would that say? ____________________ Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter |
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Should deterring people from trying to cross the channel using inflatable dinghies not be of concern to the RNLI as that would save lives? |
No. They aren't politicians or any form of border enforcement. Their entire remit is focused on the saving of lives. They're a volunteer service paid for by public donations. The only salaried rescue crew are the coxswains.
Ste wrote: | I'm pretty sure they were never intended to be used a water taxi service which is what they have become. |
They rescue people from dangerous situations in UK coastal waters. People in an inflatable rubber dinghy in the middle of one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world used by large heavy ships that cannot manoeuvre or stop quickly is a very dangerous situation indeed. The RNLI don't judge, they act and they save lives.
Ste wrote: | Do you think that less people would attempt to cross the channel using inflatable dinghies if they knew they would be taken back to France rather than to a hotel? |
That's a political decision and the only people that would provide that service would be the navy or the coastguard. It would also require French co-operation as well.
Ste wrote: | Deterring people from attempting the journey would save lives at sea which is very much their business. |
No it isn't. It's a political problem not a rescue service problem.
Ste wrote: | It goes without saying that they would still rescue boats from the channel when needed. |
Which is exactly what they're doing right now. The Channel is a very dangerous place for small, probably overloaded boats. Try kayaking across it some day and see how you get on. |
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From the RNLI point of view it's nothing to do with border enforcement and all about saving lives. Would preventing people from attempting the journey in either direction not save lives? |
Yes of course it would but I was responding to the RNLI side of the argument not the political shenanigans. I stand by my statement that it's not an RNLi problem. They do what they do and that's it.
Ste wrote: | I agree with all of that.
Were life boats ever intended to be used as water taxi service? |
Of course not. They're a volunteer rescue service and a very good one too. But again, it's a political problem.
Ste wrote: | Yes it is a political decision but you've avoided my question.
Do you think that less people would attempt to cross the channel using inflatable dinghies if they knew they would be taken back to France rather than to a hotel? |
No, they'll just try and try again. Past actions have proved that.
Ste wrote: | It is a rescue service problem when they're rescuing inflated dinghies. It's a political problem as well but when the RNLI are the ones rescuing the dinghies it is very much their problem. |
It's a rescue problem, yes. But that's what they're set up to do and do well. They rescue people. The rest is in the hands of politicians.
Ste wrote: | I have a boat which would be relatively unsuitable so I'll have to pass on kayaking across the channel. For me to just go out and try would be incredibly irresponsible and completely stupid, plenty of people go out paddling in the channel but they have appropriate equipment and experience. |
Yet if you did and you got into trouble, guess who'd be there to help? |
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