[Cherie]

if you were stuck in Dubai, Saudi, Oatar

The advice was to shelter in place, now holiday makers and those wanting to get back have been told if they are in Oman they will be flown home

and while Cyprus was being targetted at the weekend the Foreign Office were sending out emails about staff development

[Crimson Dynamo]

Westminster Hall. The venue for monarchs and statesmen. Now the backdrop for Keir Starmer to beg for validation from Pakistani and Palestinian officials at a 'Big Iftar'.

Watch him squirm as he promises he didn’t lift a finger against Tehran. He is more concerned with appeasing the Gaza lobby in that room than defending our interests or our allies.

Weak, wobbly, and a total embarrassment to the office he holds.

video: https://x.com/darrengrimes/status/20...276375251?s=20

[thesheriff443]

What is a p1ss take is those that flew out for a luxury holiday saying they can’t afford to fly home
You got yourself there get yourself back
Most Hard working people can’t afford a holiday

[Crimson Dynamo]

Where will prem league footballer go on holiday this year now

[bots]

The war with iran has been flagged for at least a month before it happened. People can't say that they didn't think there would be an issue. The only country that was probably unexpected was Cyprus.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by bots

The war with iran has been flagged for at least a month before it happened. People can't say that they didn't think there would be an issue. The only country that was probably unexpected was Cyprus.

tbf the UAE has never been targetted previously and was always considered 'safe'

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

What is a p1ss take is those that flew out for a luxury holiday saying they can’t afford to fly home
You got yourself there get yourself back
Most Hard working people can’t afford a holiday

How are they meant to get themselves back when the airport is closed?

This is the UKs responsibility to do all it can to ensure civilian safety

So far not so good

[thesheriff443]

Originally Posted by Cherie

How are they meant to get themselves back when the airport is closed?

This is the UKs responsibility to do all it can to ensure civilian safety

So far not so good

Tough

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

Tough

Hopefully you will get stuck somewhere abroad through no fault of your own

[bots]

Originally Posted by Cherie

How are they meant to get themselves back when the airport is closed?

This is the UKs responsibility to do all it can to ensure civilian safety

So far not so good

To me, it's obvious Starmer is completely out of his depth at the moment. I'm not sure any of the current crop of politicians could do any better though. We don't have any diplomatic heavy weights anymore and thats where we used to excel in the past.

When people are out of their depth, they hunker down and focus on the world they know. Starmer is an uncompromising human rights lawyer and that's the last thing we need at the moment. What is the point in having a rules based system when the main superpowers in the world ignore them

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by bots

To me, it's obvious Starmer is completely out of his depth at the moment. I'm not sure any of the current crop of politicians could do any better though. We don't have any diplomatic heavy weights anymore and thats where we used to excel in the past.

When people are out of their depth, they hunker down and focus on the world they know. Starmer is an uncompromising human rights lawyer and that's the last thing we need at the moment. What is the point in having a rules based system when the main superpowers in the world ignore them

If it were me the last people I would be listening to is the government

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Crimson Dynamo

Where will prem league footballer go on holiday this year now

Will Katie Price get back to her new husband

[thesheriff443]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Hopefully you will get stuck somewhere abroad through no fault of your own

It’s not about getting stuck it’s about claiming they haven’t got the money to get home

I wouldn’t be crying about it, i take the sh1t that life throws at me and get on with it.

[bots]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

It’s not about getting stuck it’s about claiming they haven’t got the money to get home

I wouldn’t be crying about it, i take the sh1t that life throws at me and get on with it.

Not everyone who goes to Dubai is rich. Some people save up for years to go there as a trip of a lifetime and are on a tight budget

[thesheriff443]

Originally Posted by bots

Not everyone who goes to Dubai is rich. Some people save up for years to go there as a trip of a lifetime and are on a tight budget

The ones I saw on the news were trying it on

[Livia]

I wouldn't trust this government.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by bots

Not everyone who goes to Dubai is rich. Some people save up for years to go there as a trip of a lifetime and are on a tight budget

and some people are on a lay over and Dubai was just a stop they had to make to get home... its not exactly cut and dried

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Livia

I wouldn't trust this government.

The repatriation flight that was due to take off last night didn't as they couldn't get the passengers on the plane on time...one job

Now it will leave tonight

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

The ones I saw on the news were trying it on

Most people will be repatriated free of change they will not be charged so not sure what they are trying on?

The Emirates have picked up the hotel tab for anyone who has had to extend their stay so not sure what these people are claiming for?

[bots]

Originally Posted by Cherie

and some people are on a lay over and Dubai was just a stop they had to make to get home... its not exactly cut and dried

it's the busiest flight hub in the world

I got a connection there on my way to the Maldives.

[thesheriff443]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Most people will be repatriated free of change they will not be charged so not sure what they are trying on?

The Emirates have picked up the hotel tab for anyone who has had to extend their stay so not sure what these people are claiming for?

Exactly they are not paying to get home or to stay longer

Why pay when you can plead poverty

[Livia]

Our government's reaction to this whole event is shameful.

[Ammi]

…I’m not sure if this is/was the first flight arriving back in Dublin, I think it might have been and yay for the people on board to be back on their home earth……you know when some passengers give a round of applause on a landing…?..and many have said, oh that’s so annoying that passengers do that…I imagine there’ll be many applause for days and weeks to come when passenger flights have landed back on their home earth again and their passengers been reunited with families……

Passengers arriving into Dublin Airport from Dubai has described how happy they are to return home.
The Emirates flight, which had almost 400 passengers on board, was the first in a number of days after the United States-Israeli attacks on Iran led to the closure of nearly all airspace in the Middle East.
Rushali Lakhani said she is "very happy" and "very grateful" to be back.
Thousands of people from the UK and Republic of Ireland have been unable to leave the Middle East after US-Israeli strikes on Iran prompted retaliatory strikes by Iran across the region.
"It was quite a stressful time but grateful and thanking our lucky stars really," said Lakhani.
She said it was "quite nerve-racking, we couldn't really sleep much".
"A lot of sleepless nights, a lot of bangs. There were no airplanes flying so whenever we heard some noises we knew that it wasn't good news."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yvvz7p9xdo

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by bots

it's the busiest flight hub in the world

I got a connection there on my way to the Maldives.

…and same also when we were at the Maldives at Christmas, we connected from Dubai…of all the people we chatted with on the flight …(…and we had many chats on such a long haul flight…)…I would say that most of them were connecting to other world destinations…hence it being such a terribly busy airport and the impact of flights being disrupted there is huge on many levels…

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

Exactly they are not paying to get home or to stay longer

Why pay when you can plead poverty

As I understand it airfares have gone through the roof as the insurance companies have naturally upped the ante, not everyone who goes on holiday as BOTS said is minted, people save and treat themselves