Lionator

Because their economic systems aren’t geared towards high immigration. What happens to the social care sector when we pull up the drawbridge for example?

I wish it was sold to people that society would collapse without immigration. Like unless we go back to a pre-1979 financial system, we need it. Yet nobody wants to say those words.

It was a week ago that they were saying the police should be more heavy handed

Twitter I think was the peak of social media around 2012-14. It was fun, informative and you could connect with so many people with the same interests as you. Since the world became more divided post 2016, it deteriorated and Dorsey got out at the right time I think. Now Musk has it, the past few weeks have taught me that he is deliberately manipulating the site to meet his own personal interests. It will die a death very quickly and our lives will be better without it.

There’s 4 of our winning team from last year in the hundred this year so clearly there has been some development in that respect. Especially players like Hull and Patel. We have a small squad so continuing that will be hard hence why I’d have liked to see Evans and Wood get a go, plus I think Scriven is easily of hundred quality.

Yes, it should be left to the actual people who deal with this stuff rather than angry internet people. It’s obviously a more complicated situation than people are making out. And like others have said, the performative cruelty shows people’s true colours. People like Andrew Tate (sex trafficker) pretending to care about women is hilarious.

I find it alarming how quickly people have reframed a disgusting riot as 'protest'. Burning stuff and bricking mosques is not a protest, it's criminal violence.

My mate used to be a pharmacist at Kings Mill hospital in Lee Anderson’s constituency and that place would fall apart immediately without immigration.

60 is so young too, absolutely horrible.

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You’d hope not but judging by how everything has exploded then you never know. I also hope this isn’t used as a mitigating factor in the court of law. Unlike the Nottingham guy who was experiencing severe psychosis, autism would not account for not knowing the difference between right or wrong.

Because then you’d have the same supposed problem, just the other way around?

All I’ll say about Khelif is that her record is absolutely crap for somebody with such an apparent unfair advantage. You also don’t come across as transphobic at all. This is a legitimate and very complicated conversation that should be done on a case by case basis. I’m just annoyed at the people who will hijack this because they think trans people are sub human.

I literally said the IOC screwed up. I’m talking about the horrible personal attacks that this poor Algerian woman has to go through, through no fault of her own.

What does it matter what they look like? Fatima Whitbread has masculine features, doesn’t mean she’s a bloke does it? Maybe the IOC screwed up and maybe the Italian just got beaten by a better boxer. They’re in the same weight category so it’s hardly like they’ve put a heavyweight in with a lightweight. People are just jumping on it because they’re raging transphobes. Yes it’s complicated but people are just plain rude.

The insinuation was that he was going to attack the vigil which is complete BS. Very likely he heard about the riots and armed himself with a knife. Not good but not the same as what’s being parroted.

I suppose the real root cause is powerlessness and this is why groups like the EDL have far more in common with minority groups than the grifters like Farage, Robinson etc. The state has ignored the needs of those groups for a long time, now that is not the fault of immigration because minority communities also experience the highest rates of poverty. But ultimately, the government have not provided an adequate alternative argument as to how they’re going to make people’s lives better. The exact same happened with the Brexit vote. As we saw in the 1970’s in Belfast, sectarianism/racism/violence can lie at low levels, but when mixed with rampant disadvantage and poverty it can soon spiral and escalate. Racists are bad, violent criminals are bad, Islamic extremists are bad, but until politicians address the inequalities in our society, these divisions will continue to exist. And while they don’t provide alternative arguments and solutions, people are going to hit the easiest targets (immigrants).

It’s mental though because they get it done in around 85-90 minutes which is way faster than your average person could run similar distance.

I notice the questions are pre-selected.

This Olympics has been cracking so far, properly up there with 2008 and 2012. Need a couple more ‘moments’ and it’ll be elite.

He’s an absolute freak. Won the 200m butterfly like that (and in a faster time than Phelps ever did), then he’ll likely win the 200m breaststroke later tonight. I’ve never seen anything like it.

A tiny modicum of good news from the world, it looks like there’s going to be a mass exchange of prisoners between the USA and Russia, which will likely include Gershkavich.

Honestly if Israel had just done this from the start (gone after the higher ups instead of razing Gaza), they’d have gotten a lot more sympathy from the populace I think.

Batted Sol 👏🏼 his 50 over form just makes it more frustrating how often he gives his wicket away in t20

Not watching but judging and boxing usually go hand in hand with corruption.