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[Daggers]

 

Can't some of you just approach subjects with a bit of common sense and a sense of humour rather than trying to fvck everything up for everyone else?

 

The fvck is this even news?

[StanSP]

Hope the girl and her mum (?) are okay after the Leicester Square stabbing.

 

Kudos to the security guard that stepped in and perhaps saved not only their two lives but perhaps more.

 

Hopefully no anti-white male riots to take place on the back of this...

[Sly]

I’m only just catching up on the news. 
 

It sort of puts you off going into London. 

[Lionator]

Another calm day for Starmer, a half an hour call with the Iranian president trying to talk them out of bombing tel aviv

 

A pointless adventure as the Iranian president has little power and actually the new guy is pretty sound compared to other hardliners and the IRGC

[Greg2607]

12 minutes ago, Sly said:

I’m only just catching up on the news. 
 

It sort of puts you off going into London. 

I was literally in that spot Saturday night.  Didn't feel threatened in any way at all. It could literally happen anywhere at any time. 

[StanSP]

40 minutes ago, Sly said:

I’m only just catching up on the news. 
 

It sort of puts you off going into London. 

Why? 

[Sly]

3 minutes ago, StanSP said:

Why? 

The amount of knife crime in the capital. 

[Trav Le Bleu]

3 hours ago, Wymsey said:

Genuine question.

 

Would people be willing to have migrants housed in their area?

I have.

 

It's fine.

[Trav Le Bleu]

3 hours ago, Tommy G said:

I know it’s not the same principle but there’s lots of these about!

Ridiculous.

 

Why didn't they show the ones who said, "sure, why not!"?

 

Not having enough room and renting are genuine reasons. You could be breaking the terms of your tenancy taking in a refugee, or in fact, anyone.

 

Edited 12 August 2024 by Trav Le Bleu

[Sampson]

4 hours ago, Wymsey said:

Genuine question.

 

Would people be willing to have migrants housed in their area?

Migrants already live in every area in the country and are your neighbours, friends, community members and colleagues.

 

I abhor how since the cynically named “2010 migrant crisis”, the word “migrant” has been cynically used by the British media to lump all immigrants together, be them people who have moved to the uk for refuge, work, studies, love, family or any other reason and whether they’ve filled in the paperwork or not (I hate the terms legal and illegal) and to create a negative association with the word. It’s been a large part of the systematic attempt to turn immigrants into the “big bad” of society.
 

One moment it’s cynically used to mean refugees and people making small boat crossings to create a negative association, next it’s used casually when dropping in statistically for non-British or Irish students, workers who work in extremely high end science and technology that requires doctorate degrees or the American or German or Japanese partners of British people, it’s so cynical. 

 

Even the bbc and left leaning media sources like the guardian regularly partake in this 

 

I remember during the Brexit debates, Boris Johnson in the same article calling EU citizens living in the UK “EU migrants”, then calling British citizens living in the EU “British expats.” Because the former word had been made so much more charged by the cynically titled “migrant crisis”. 15 years later and it’s been so systematically drilled into the public discourse’s heads by this point: 

Edited 12 August 2024 by Sampson

[Jon the Hat]

I am a migrant so hopefully its fine to live in my area.  No one has complained yet.

[Sly]

Surely go back far enough and most of the world are migrants within their historical timeline. Migration isn’t a bad thing, people need to understand that.
 

The United Kingdom has always had a steady migrant population. We’re not all related to Brythons are we.

 

Romans, Anglo Saxons, Vikings, Normans, Flemings, Africans (Slave Trade), Jewish, Irish, European, Indian sub continent, Chinese etc

 

Then when the British Empire kicked in and we decided that we wanted to conquer half the world, we have the migration of people within the commonwealth. 
 

Then World Wars one and two.

 

It has always happened, the world just gets more media coverage and provides platforms for people to say whatever pops into their heads. 

[Jon the Hat]

1 hour ago, Sly said:

Surely go back far enough and most of the world are migrants within their historical timeline. Migration isn’t a bad thing, people need to understand that.
 

The United Kingdom has always had a steady migrant population. We’re not all related to Brythons are we.

 

Romans, Anglo Saxons, Vikings, Normans, Flemings, Africans (Slave Trade), Jewish, Irish, European, Indian sub continent, Chinese etc

 

Then when the British Empire kicked in and we decided that we wanted to conquer half the world, we have the migration of people within the commonwealth. 
 

Then World Wars one and two.

 

It has always happened, the world just gets more media coverage and provides platforms for people to say whatever pops into their heads. 

And to be fair it has often if not always been unpopular with locals.

[FOXYTALK]

13 hours ago, Daggers said:

Lots of seaman I presume 

[Daggers]

2 hours ago, Sly said:

Surely go back far enough and most of the world are migrants within their historical timeline. Migration isn’t a bad thing, people need to understand that.
 

The United Kingdom has always had a steady migrant population. We’re not all related to Brythons are we.

 

Romans, Anglo Saxons, Vikings, Normans, Flemings, Africans (Slave Trade), Jewish, Irish, European, Indian sub continent, Chinese etc

 

Then when the British Empire kicked in and we decided that we wanted to conquer half the world, we have the migration of people within the commonwealth. 
 

Then World Wars one and two.

 

It has always happened, the world just gets more media coverage and provides platforms for people to say whatever pops into their heads. 

Alright Stew, calm down.

 

 

[Trav Le Bleu]

14 hours ago, Daggers said:

TORPEDOES AWAY!

[Robo61]

14 hours ago, Wymsey said:

Genuine question.

 

Would people be willing to have migrants housed in their area?

Obsolutely and why on earth not,  my only concern would be racist thugs attacking them.

[Nalis]

6 hours ago, Jon the Hat said:

I am a migrant so hopefully its fine to live in my area.  No one has complained yet.

That's what you think ya pom....

[bovril]

5 hours ago, Sly said:

Surely go back far enough and most of the world are migrants within their historical timeline. Migration isn’t a bad thing, people need to understand that.
 

The United Kingdom has always had a steady migrant population. We’re not all related to Brythons are we.

 

Romans, Anglo Saxons, Vikings, Normans, Flemings, Africans (Slave Trade), Jewish, Irish, European, Indian sub continent, Chinese etc

 

Then when the British Empire kicked in and we decided that we wanted to conquer half the world, we have the migration of people within the commonwealth. 
 

Then World Wars one and two.

 

It has always happened, the world just gets more media coverage and provides platforms for people to say whatever pops into their heads. 

Historically England always had relatively low levels of migration and was a very homogeneous country compared to most in Europe. I think that's why we're one of the most anti immigration countries in Europe, because people aren't used to it. 

[Jon the Hat]

21 minutes ago, bovril said:

Historically England always had relatively low levels of migration and was a very homogeneous country compared to most in Europe. I think that's why we're one of the most anti immigration countries in Europe, because people aren't used to it. 

This is a myth, we are actually one of the most supportive of immigration in Europe, albeit possibly because we have pretty low levels most of the time.

[bovril]

Just now, Jon the Hat said:

This is a myth, we are actually one of the most supportive of immigration in Europe, albeit possibly because we have pretty low levels most of the time.

We just saw attempted pogroms and a few years ago half the electorate decided we could do without a few billion of GDP every year because they didn't want to hear Polish on the street.

 

I think we're tolerant and polite about immigration. It's a very thin veneer. 

[Daggers]

2 hours ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

TORPEDOES AWAY!

It must be an absolute joy to be your wife. 

[Daggers]

2 hours ago, Nalis said:

That's what you think ya pom....

Don't forget his whinging.

[Tommy G]

Inflation expected to tick up tomorrow, might postpone any further rate cuts. 

[Trav Le Bleu]

6 hours ago, Tommy G said:

Inflation expected to tick up tomorrow, might postpone any further rate cuts. 

Right, that's it... get the Tories back!

 

 

(Typical footie fickleness.)