1100

[Scrumpy]

...... and most can afford to move out of the country if they so wish..

[muddy]

Well sorry to be a pessimist,  but I think this will carry on getting worse and worse. 
All these boats have been planned for ages, and they are making someone very, very rich.
We must be a laughing stock,  and will very soon regret being the fools we are.

Apart from Graham King ? 

Graham King, founder of the migrant-housing company Clearsprings Ready Homes, has become a billionaire due to rising profits from his company's contracts with the government to house asylum seekers. He spotted the business opportunity in the 1990s and has seen his fortune jump by 35% in the past year, reaching £1.015 billion. He is now ranked 154 on the Sunday Times Rich List. 

Then there are the people smugglers .

What about the dinghy sellers ? 
These are big boats someone must be selling them and taking them to the beaches of France .
They can't be getting them off Amazon ? 

[Scrumpy]

Do you remember when 'Going on a boat trip' meant a day out with your mates..
Along the Thames .. nice cup of tea and a scone.. Seeing all the 'posh' houses that live near the river and having boats moored at the bottom of their garden.. !!

That's all gone.. 'Going on a boat trip' today means a quick trip across the channel..
Coach ride to your hotel.. Full board.. New mobile phone.. medical check-up... and a couple of bob in your pocket..
Why don't we have the same 'offer' this end.. ?
Me Peggy and Doris would love to pop across to France..

[JBR]

Do you remember when 'Going on a boat trip' meant a day out with your mates..
Along the Thames .. nice cup of tea and a scone.. Seeing all the 'posh' houses that live near the river and having boats moored at the bottom of their garden.. !!

That's all gone.. 'Going on a boat trip' today means a quick trip across the channel..
Coach ride to your hotel.. Full board.. New mobile phone.. medical check-up... and a couple of bob in your pocket..
Why don't we have the same 'offer' this end.. ?
Me Peggy and Doris would love to pop across to France..

You're the wrong colour.  I have considered going for a series of strong tanning sessions.