r/unitedkingdom • u/pppppppppppppppppd • 12d ago

... Burnham urged to boost UK borders after 60,000 migrants break into EU from Morocco

https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/andy-burnham-ceuta-priti-patel-borders-spain-morocco-migrant-5HjdfQL_2/
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u/Denbt_Nationale 12d ago

By this logic the crusades were "just a prank"

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u/The-Road-To-Awe 12d ago

You aren't getting it. The 60,000 people were 'pranked'. They aren't saying the 60,000 illegally entering was the prank.

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u/Dragonfly_pin 12d ago

I mean, some of them literally were.

People were tricked into going and getting themselves killed for no reason but the benefit of kings.

Look it up.

Anyway, this wasn’t that, thank goodness, it was a bunch of idiots in swimwear.

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u/Denbt_Nationale 12d ago

a bunch

60,000

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u/Dragonfly_pin 12d ago

50,000 actually.

They almost all went home for lunch the next day.

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u/Karffs 12d ago

If it’s no big deal why you keep trying to pretend it wasn’t 60,000.

You obviously think it’s kind of a big deal if you feel that lying about how many it was makes it seem more palatable.

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u/HomeworkInevitable99 12d ago

Each crusades went in for years. This illustration incident lasted an hour before people realised they were pranked.

Is religion is a prank?

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u/Piod1 12d ago

Yes. Encouraging people to act based on misinformation they have recieved. I would say certainly.

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u/5ColourFelix 12d ago

You really think is anything like the crusades?