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[SecretPro]

6 hours ago, MPH said:

So according to a BBC report, Vietnam is now the country that has the  most people coming over by small boat into the UK across the channel.

 

 

thats a bit random!

I did mention in the Is Leicester a Dump thread the other week that the Cannabis trade in this city is wholly run at scale by the Vietnamese and pretty much all of the nail bars in the city are entirely operating to launder the profits. That's a lot of Vietnamese workers required just in this city. Then there's the sex and modern slavery trade and the false promise from those smuggling workers in that its for 'good jobs and modelling contracts' and you end up with lots of Vietnamese wanting to come to the UK for a better life. 

[Leicester_Loyal]

20 minutes ago, bovril said:

I imagine it was known pretty early on to a great number of people. 

 

16 minutes ago, Tommy G said:

I think the point he’s making is these sort of details would have been known pretty quickly but the narrative released was different….until today. 
 

I don’t think he said the rioting was justified 

Just before the budget, I imagine that'll be headline news tomorrow rather than this. Convenient...

[Parafox]

15 minutes ago, SecretPro said:

pretty much all of the nail bars in the city are entirely operating to launder the profits

Not just nail bars, though:

 

Service businesses are best suited to this method, as such enterprises have little or no variable costs and/or a large ratio between revenue and variable costs, which makes it difficult to detect discrepancies between revenues and costs. Examples are parking structures, strip clubs, tanning salons, car washes, arcades, bars, restaurants, casinos, barber shops,

[Nalis]

The budget might not impact on a 'workers' salary straight away but if you in line for a pay rise soon, the percentage increase might be lower than you normally get to compensate for the expected employers' increase in their NI contributions.

Edited 29 October 2024 by Nalis

[ealingfox]

1 hour ago, TamworthFoxes said:

So the Southport Murderer has now been charged with Terrorism Offences.

 

Its almost as if the Public were purposely fed the Mental Health,  troubled child narrative rather than the Terrorist Asylum seeker version of events.

Who would have thought it?  Shocked I tell you.

 

He isn't an asylum seeker though 

[Tommy G]

4 minutes ago, Nalis said:

The budget might not impact on a 'workers' salary straight away but if you in line for a pay rise soon, the percentage increase might be lower than you normally get to compensate for the expected employers' increase in their NI contributions.

Course it will. You will see NIL or 1% payrises next year in the private sector. 

[SecretPro]

1 hour ago, Parafox said:

Not just nail bars, though:

 

Service businesses are best suited to this method, as such enterprises have little or no variable costs and/or a large ratio between revenue and variable costs, which makes it difficult to detect discrepancies between revenues and costs. Examples are parking structures, strip clubs, tanning salons, car washes, arcades, bars, restaurants, casinos, barber shops,

Correct, Turkish Mafia basically run all their money through Barbers. South Wigston must be the Turkish mafia financial capital of the world by now. 

[Trav Le Bleu]

4 minutes ago, SecretPro said:

Correct, Turkish Mafia basically run all their money through Barbers. South Wigston must be the Turkish mafia financial capital of the world by now. 

More Wigston (Magna, though I haven't heard anyone call it that in years). At last count there are 8 men's hairdressers in Wigston town centre.

 

It's so obvious that a small town like Wigston can't support that many hairdressers in such a small area, I'm amazed these places aren't thoroughly investigated.

 

Aside from the 2-3 that have been there for years, there's never anyone in the others.

[Trav Le Bleu]

1 hour ago, Nalis said:

The budget might not impact on a 'workers' salary straight away but if you in line for a pay rise soon, the percentage increase might be lower than you normally get to compensate for the expected employers' increase in their NI contributions.

Correct.

 

Whenever governments tax businesses, businesses just make their employees pay for it in longer hours, lower pay raises and cuts to any perks.

 

Gits!

[Jattdogg]

58 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

More Wigston (Magna, though I haven't heard anyone call it that in years). At last count there are 8 men's hairdressers in Wigston town centre.

 

It's so obvious that a small town like Wigston can't support that many hairdressers in such a small area, I'm amazed these places aren't thoroughly investigated.

 

Aside from the 2-3 that have been there for years, there's never anyone in the others.

Even over here we have like 50 hair dressers  all in the same area that appear to be some sort of eastern European or middle eastern background. No idea. It's always like 20 lads working there and barely any customers except on Fridays and weekends. Cash is king always.

 

Great haircuts and pricing though lol.

[Tommy G]

1 hour ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Correct.

 

Whenever governments tax businesses, businesses just make their employees pay for it in longer hours, lower pay raises and cuts to any perks.

 

Gits!

Gits meaning the government I presume ?

[Trav Le Bleu]

9 hours ago, Tommy G said:

Gits meaning the government I presume ?

Big business.

[Lionator]

13 hours ago, TamworthFoxes said:

Just a mentally ill little Welsh school boy.  I even remember the picture the Press released of him looking about 11 years old in his school uniform.

 

Good job they have jailed all the people who put out a slightly different version of events.

 

Next it will be "just because he has Terrorist material doesn't mean the attack was Terrorism."

 

 

About ten years ago, a kid got arrested under the terrorism act because he was planning to shoot up and blow up our school. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-27328590.amp
 

Now he eventually got hospitalised under the mental health act indefinitely and had a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder. 
 

Unfortunately there is a whole new generation of disconnected, lonely young men that may have neurodiverse traits that lead them down a very dangerous path of radicalisation, whether that me extreme Islamist views or far right nazi views, they’re kind of one and the same. 
 

I will put it out there that I bet this person in Southport had never stepped foot in a mosque in his life. He will be completely withdrawn from society, and will have spent far too much time on the internet. He may be neurodiverse, show signs of severe mental illness and will have explored and fallen down a terrible rabbit hole, become hate fuelled and have a horribly warped view of the world around him. 
 

There’s also the point here that he was charged under the terrorist act because he downloaded al-qaeda material. Me or you could do that tomorrow and with intent to cause violence, you will be charged under the terrorism act whether you have even remotely looked at a qu’ran.

 

The issue here is that we have an increasingly disconnected generation growing up in the country, and the west in general, regardless of ethnicity or religious beliefs. Attacks on Islam are pointless because that’s not the issue here. It is the society we have created that is the issue. 

[Lionator]

11 hours ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

More Wigston (Magna, though I haven't heard anyone call it that in years). At last count there are 8 men's hairdressers in Wigston town centre.

 

It's so obvious that a small town like Wigston can't support that many hairdressers in such a small area, I'm amazed these places aren't thoroughly investigated.

 

Aside from the 2-3 that have been there for years, there's never anyone in the others.

The civil service don’t have the resources or time to go after them. They only will once public sentiment becomes loud enough. There are evil people trafficking these people in for profit while they’re exploited under the guise of barbering or cleaning cars. It’s vile. 

[Tommy G]

1 hour ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Big business.

What about the tens of thousands of businesses outside say the FTSE250 where this will apply too? This is so short sighted by the government - they could have found the money elsewhere. 

[Lionator]

2 minutes ago, Tommy G said:

What about the tens of thousands of businesses outside say the FTSE250 where this will apply too? This is so short sighted by the government - they could have found the money elsewhere. 

It’s almost like governing is really difficult. Tax the richest (like they should do imo) we get the “the billionaires will take their money elsewhere”. Raise taxes on businesses, the workers suffer, raise taxes on working people, they obviously suffer too. The same problem underpins it all, that our economy is not making enough money. 

[kenny]

42 minutes ago, Lionator said:

The civil service don’t have the resources or time to go after them. They only will once public sentiment becomes loud enough. There are evil people trafficking these people in for profit while they’re exploited under the guise of barbering or cleaning cars. It’s vile. 

Ironic that the tax office isn't all over this industry at a time when they are trying to raise cash. Easier to go after the PAYE than deal with genuine tax evasion.

[Lionator]

18 minutes ago, kenny said:

Ironic that the tax office isn't all over this industry at a time when they are trying to raise cash. Easier to go after the PAYE than deal with genuine tax evasion.

Slightly different point but this is one thing that annoys me about my fellow people on the left. We should be ALL over this, it’s classic exploration of vulnerable people for a rich person’s financial gain, but we don’t seem bothered and I fear it’s because they don’t want to be seen to be attack Jonny foreigner (the traffickers).

[Greg2607]

28 minutes ago, Tommy G said:

What about the tens of thousands of businesses outside say the FTSE250 where this will apply too? This is so short sighted by the government - they could have found the money elsewhere. 

possibly true.... but wherever you look, there is an absolute need to increase taxes somewhere.   They are continuing to freeze Tax Rate thresholds, so fiscal drag will pull lots of people into higher rates of income tax.    I think it's a positive that Minimum Wage is going to be increased as well as the wage for under 21's and for apprentices.   Ultimately, and I appreciate that this is my personal opinion, the role of the government is to protect the most vulnerable in society.  Wage Stagnation since around 2010 is crippling.   The AVERAGE wage in Germany for example is now around 52,000 Euro's, which I think is around £43,000.   Ours is around £10,000 less than that. Our economy is really similar to Japan and it didn't play well for them!  We really need to start making things and innovating again.  We can't really on a service economy.   Lots of US businesses are now offshoring work to the UK, because our labour is so cheap.  I find that astounding!

[StanSP]

Is Kevin Hollinrake dumb?

 

 

I didn't know those details about 'terrorist offences' and actually being charged with terrorist incident, and that the guy had possession of a US military study into Jihad actions and Al-Qaeda, as opposed to 'possession Al-Qaeda material' which was the headline peddled around.

Government only found out a few weeks apparently, which Hollinrake appears to totally ignore. And that it's fine for Jenrick/Badenoch to provide running commentary but not when it's PM or other politicians. For not, it's not right for there to be any political commentary on this kind of thing, whoever it comes from and that it's actually a Police/CPS matter.

[ClaphamFox]

35 minutes ago, StanSP said:

Is Kevin Hollinrake dumb?

 

 

I didn't know those details about 'terrorist offences' and actually being charged with terrorist incident, and that the guy had possession of a US military study into Jihad actions and Al-Qaeda, as opposed to 'possession Al-Qaeda material' which was the headline peddled around.

Government only found out a few weeks apparently, which Hollinrake appears to totally ignore. And that it's fine for Jenrick/Badenoch to provide running commentary but not when it's PM or other politicians. For not, it's not right for there to be any political commentary on this kind of thing, whoever it comes from and that it's actually a Police/CPS matter.

Both of the candidates for the role of his next boss are peddling the line that there has been a cover up, so that is the line he is taking. He's protecting his career.

[Trav Le Bleu]

2 hours ago, Tommy G said:

What about the tens of thousands of businesses outside say the FTSE250 where this will apply too? This is so short sighted by the government - they could have found the money elsewhere. 

Ah, you mean the general masses then.

[urban.spaceman]

1 hour ago, StanSP said:

Is Kevin Hollinrake dumb?

 

 

I didn't know those details about 'terrorist offences' and actually being charged with terrorist incident, and that the guy had possession of a US military study into Jihad actions and Al-Qaeda, as opposed to 'possession Al-Qaeda material' which was the headline peddled around.

Government only found out a few weeks apparently, which Hollinrake appears to totally ignore. And that it's fine for Jenrick/Badenoch to provide running commentary but not when it's PM or other politicians. For not, it's not right for there to be any political commentary on this kind of thing, whoever it comes from and that it's actually a Police/CPS matter.

The Tories and Reform are being absolutely disgraceful on this case. Acting as if they’ve been proved “right” or that there’s been a “cover up” when nothing of the sort has happened. They’re actively risking a fair trial and safe conviction by stirring up misinformation among people who have no understanding of police or court procedures. 
 

Reprehensible *****. 

[Babylon]

17 hours ago, TamworthFoxes said:

So the Southport Murderer has now been charged with Terrorism Offences.

 

Its almost as if the Public were purposely fed the Mental Health,  troubled child narrative rather than the Terrorist Asylum seeker version of events.

Who would have thought it?  Shocked I tell you.

Except the fact he wasn't an asylum seeker?

[Leicester_Loyal]

2 hours ago, StanSP said:

Is Kevin Hollinrake dumb?

 

 

I didn't know those details about 'terrorist offences' and actually being charged with terrorist incident, and that the guy had possession of a US military study into Jihad actions and Al-Qaeda, as opposed to 'possession Al-Qaeda material' which was the headline peddled around.

Government only found out a few weeks apparently, which Hollinrake appears to totally ignore. And that it's fine for Jenrick/Badenoch to provide running commentary but not when it's PM or other politicians. For not, it's not right for there to be any political commentary on this kind of thing, whoever it comes from and that it's actually a Police/CPS matter.

You believe they raided his house the same day but didn’t tell the Government what they found until a few weeks ago?

 

If it’s true then the heads of the police or whatever service found it should be made to resign. But I highly doubt the Government knew nothing, they all knew from day 1.