> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.europeans.today/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # The meaning of Christmas, according to Natalie. - URL: https://www.europeans.today/2021/12/26/the-meaning-of-christmas-according-to-natalie/ - Published: 2021-12-26T12:30:00.000Z - Updated: 2021-12-27T03:29:08.000Z - Description: Being kind to people, helping those in need? No, a carefully-worded tweet by Tory MP Natalie Elphicke on Christmas day that never accidentally says that refugees are not welcome in the UK, and yet implies it quite violently. - Author: TODAY - Tags: Refugees, Boat-Crossing The Channel, Channel Crossing, MPs, Natalie Elphicke, Thread, Immigration ### Being kind to people, helping those in need? No, a carefully-worded tweet by Tory MP Natalie Elphicke on Christmas day that never accidentally says that refugees are not welcome in the UK, and yet implies it quite violently. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/15/40/1540bec0-7154-4feb-b8e1-97f579155b08/content/images/2021/12/www-052.jpg) ###### Natalie Elphicke MP. | [UK Parliament/David Woolfall](https://members.parliament.uk/member/4795/portrait?ref=europeans.today) In [a series of tweets](https://twitter.com/NatalieElphicke/status/1474724302264152069?ref=europeans.today) that could be considered as rather violent, and which she posted on Christmas day on *Twitter*, [Natalie Elphicke](https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/25831/natalie%5Felphicke/dover/votes?ref=europeans.today), the Conservative MP for Dover gave her radical views on refugees boat-crossing the English Channel: *“Reflecting this Christmas time on the extraordinary events on the English Channel this year.* *“There’s no compassion in allowing people to leave a very safe country (France) to make a dangerous journey in the hands of ruthless criminal gangs across one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes, where so many lives have already been lost.* *“Vulnerable people are forced into boats at knifepoint and gunpoint. People, including young girls, are trafficked for exploitation. Criminals and people wanted for terrorism have been stopped in Dover where they have entered our country through the small boats route.* *“There is no compassion in any of this – anyone thinking otherwise is simply out of touch.* *“It is absolutely right that we support those in need – and we do – helping people most in need near conflict zones. But we must not put people who are vulnerable at even greater risk of harm and even death.* *“This Christmas reinforces to me how vital it is that we bring the treacherous small boats crossings to an end once and for all.”* The reactions to the MP’s tweets didn’t take long: > So here is compassionate Elphicke telling us that people are forced \*at gunpoint\* into small boats. > She knows nothing and cares less. > Like the rest of the caring sharing Tory pirates who are presently squatting in Downing Street. [https://t.co/XFFOqUjlvk](https://t.co/XFFOqUjlvk?ref=europeans.today) > > — Woke girlyswot 🕷 proEU KS4PM ☮️ (@CpmGray) [December 25, 2021](https://twitter.com/CpmGray/status/1474816693784481804?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=europeans.today) > No room at her inn. [https://t.co/rBSHjcH0LB](https://t.co/rBSHjcH0LB?ref=europeans.today) > > — David Head (@DavidHeadViews) [December 25, 2021](https://twitter.com/DavidHeadViews/status/1474836796093644804?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=europeans.today) > This is the most clinically insane take on "Christmas" I have ever seen. > > How in hell did this woman become an MP? [https://t.co/5UQlazewyG](https://t.co/5UQlazewyG?ref=europeans.today) > > — John West 🕯💙 (@JohnWest\_JAWS) [December 25, 2021](https://twitter.com/JohnWest%5FJAWS/status/1474833374632198144?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=europeans.today) > It's Christmas day > > And Natalie Elphicke, MP for [#Dover](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dover?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=europeans.today) is again underlining her utter lack of humanity and utter callousness of the [#Conservative](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Conservative?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=europeans.today) party [https://t.co/uOlmubwjQh](https://t.co/uOlmubwjQh?ref=europeans.today) > > — Louis 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 〓〓 💙 Defend the right to vote (@LouisHenwood) [December 25, 2021](https://twitter.com/LouisHenwood/status/1474849102466891781?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=europeans.today) > Imagine being [@NatalieElphicke](https://twitter.com/NatalieElphicke?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=europeans.today) and coming up with this. > > You simply hate migrants and you still REFUSE to understand basic international law. [https://t.co/HOzIcyllsB](https://t.co/HOzIcyllsB?ref=europeans.today) > > — Omz2468 (@Omz2468) [December 25, 2021](https://twitter.com/Omz2468/status/1474762437454925825?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=europeans.today) > Scrooge resurrected and living in Dover. [https://t.co/F5dCGHvqA8](https://t.co/F5dCGHvqA8?ref=europeans.today) > > — Luke Tomlinson (@LukeBrighto74) [December 25, 2021](https://twitter.com/LukeBrighto74/status/1474801210679087108?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=europeans.today) > How deeply bigoted do you have to be to spend Christmas being angry about asylum-seekers. [https://t.co/6BanyD0gZB](https://t.co/6BanyD0gZB?ref=europeans.today) > > — Benny Hunter (@BennnyH) [December 25, 2021](https://twitter.com/BennnyH/status/1474804427123044353?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=europeans.today) > Translation: "Mary and Joseph should have booked a room or not come at all" [https://t.co/jpNl7llSaJ](https://t.co/jpNl7llSaJ?ref=europeans.today) > > — Right Wing Translator (@TranslatorWing) [December 25, 2021](https://twitter.com/TranslatorWing/status/1474843162145398788?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=europeans.today) ![PMP Magazine](https://storage.ghost.io/c/15/40/1540bec0-7154-4feb-b8e1-97f579155b08/content/images/2021/09/end-flat-1.png "PMP Magazine") --- | **— AUTHORS —**▫ *PMP News reporting.* | GET THEM INVOLVED: Contact Your Politician | | -------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------ | --- --- ##### Sources **Text:** This piece was first published in PMP Magazine on 26 December 2021. - **Cover:** Adobe Stock/[U\_WD](https://stock.adobe.com/uk/images/illustration-of-a-refugee-boat-on-the-sea-in-bright-misty-color-and-mysterious-atmosphere-hopeless-people-3d-render/278572142?asset%5Fid=278572142&ref=europeans.today).