General News Thread

[Dr The Singh]

1 minute ago, leicsmac said:

Silly would be the right word, I think. 

 

I certainly can't bring myself to hate the man, but the ideology he pursues is horrifically misguided and leads nowhere good.

Just interested, what do believe his ideology is?  I often think he does not articulate himself well, or often makes friends with the bad kids.

[leicsmac]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8zlwd3e42o

 

80 years since a nuclear weapon was dropped in the cause of war. 

 

What those who witnessed it say needs to be recorded for posterity and repeated as long as such weapons exist. 

[leicsmac]

Just now, Dr The Singh said:

Just interested, what do believe his ideology is?  I often think he does not articulate himself well, or often makes friends with the bad kids.

Division based on an idea of cultural supremacy and segregation based on those and demographic lines.

 

In short, the same tribal ideas humans have had since time immemorial, that almost always end in death and suffering.

[Nalis]

6 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8zlwd3e42o

 

80 years since a nuclear weapon was dropped in the cause of war. 

 

What those who witnessed it say needs to be recorded for posterity and repeated as long as such weapons exist. 

 Its some acheivement in itself that when you consider the various conflicts since then.

 

If we avoided it in the last 80 years it provides hope in avoiding it in the future.

[leicsmac]

4 minutes ago, Nalis said:

 Its some acheivement in itself that when you consider the various conflicts since then.

 

If we avoided it in the last 80 years it provides hope in avoiding it in the future.

Agreed. 1962 and 1983 likely the closest calls that we know about. 

 

As said on the TV thread, if there's interest I'll start a specific thread on the topic given the anniversary and importance of the matter. 

[The Fox Covert]

1 hour ago, leicsmac said:

Silly would be the right word, I think. 

 

I certainly can't bring myself to hate the man, but the ideology he pursues is horrifically misguided and leads nowhere good.

Tommy Ten-Names started out as a football hooligan, named himself after one of the most prominent members of Luton Town's firm and has taken the nihilism and hate of football hooliganism into politics. Anyone not white, who doesn't have an Anglo-Saxon name like Robinson, is not welcome in his blinkered vision of White England. Nothing in his head has moved on from the National Front in the 1970s, or the Nazi Blackshirts in the 1930s.

[Muzzy_no7]

17 hours ago, bovril said:

I see everyone is tiptoeing round the true issue of the day, Sydney Sweeney culture wars. 

The backlash to the ad campaign has been utterly pathetic IMO. 

[Muzzy_no7]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy98l9j913vo.amp 
 

Only a matter of time before this gets more attention. 

[leicsmac]

4 minutes ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy98l9j913vo.amp 
 

Only a matter of time before this gets more attention. 

Unfortunately I agree. 

 

It's manna from heaven for those like the ones who turned out in force last summer. 

[Torquay Gunner]

2 hours ago, Dr The Singh said:

He's been arrested now.  Tommy R, is such a silly boy.  I know alot of people hate him, but I think he has done some good things, and although I don't agree with everything he says, atleast you know where you stand with him.

Genuinely interested in what good things do you think he has done?

[urban.spaceman]

5 minutes ago, Torquay Gunner said:

Genuinely interested in what good things do you think he has done?

The aqueduct?

[st albans fox]

10 minutes ago, Torquay Gunner said:

Genuinely interested in what good things do you think he has done?

The roads ?

[Muzzy_no7]

8 minutes ago, Torquay Gunner said:

Genuinely interested in what good things do you think he has done?

Highlighted and spoke about key issues and cover-ups?

 

*disclaimer* -before anyone labels me I do not agree with most things that come out of this man’s mouth. 

[bovril]

34 minutes ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

The backlash to the ad campaign has been utterly pathetic IMO. 

I don't know how some people manage to function in wider society

[boots60]

12 minutes ago, Torquay Gunner said:

Genuinely interested in what good things do you think he has done?

Irrigation

[urban.spaceman]

22 minutes ago, Torquay Gunner said:

Genuinely interested in what good things do you think he has done?

Brought peace?

[Torquay Gunner]

1 hour ago, urban.spaceman said:

The aqueduct?

 

57 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

The roads ?

 

55 minutes ago, boots60 said:

Irrigation

 

45 minutes ago, urban.spaceman said:

Brought peace?

Wandered off into the jokes thread I see. 

Edited 5 August 2025 by Torquay Gunner

[urban.spaceman]

Police have released a mugshot of are Tommeh

[Guest TamworthFoxes]

Released on bail.

Self defence by the sounds of it.

As suspected initially it seems likely there is not even a complainant statement. 
Chances of being charged will be minimal with the above circumstances.

 

[hejammy]

6 hours ago, Dr The Singh said:

He's been arrested now.  Tommy R, is such a silly boy.  I know alot of people hate him, but I think he has done some good things, and although I don't agree with everything he says, atleast you know where you stand with him.

oh yes all the good things like: 

 

Mortgage Fraud

Using a False Passport

Assault Convictions

Libel Trials

Breach Of Injunction

Harassment Charges 

Blatent Racism / Fascism / Neo-Nazism

Inciting Hatred and Islamaphobia 

Spreading Misinformation

Contempt of Court

Hiding and Mismanaging Public Funds

Promoting Extreme Websites and groups

 

I mean I could go on.....

Edited 5 August 2025 by hejammy

[bovril]

Don't really know how you can like anything about TR irrespective of your position on immigration etc. As someone who'd ideally like to see lower immigration, the problem in Britain is that any immigration sceptic figure is either a ****wit like Farage or Jenrick or a thug like Robinson, and the debate lacks all nuance or connection to reality. The only appeal I can see is if you are yourself a racist football hooligan. 

Edited 5 August 2025 by bovril

[Guest TamworthFoxes]

41 minutes ago, bovril said:

Don't really know how you can like anything about TR irrespective of your position on immigration etc. As someone who'd ideally like to see lower immigration, the problem in Britain is that any immigration sceptic figure is either a ****wit like Farage or Jenrick or a thug like Robinson, and the debate lacks all nuance or connection to reality. The only appeal I can see is if you are yourself a racist football hooligan. 

Obviously his popularity comes from his stance on immigration. Which believe it or not is a popular opinion out in the real world. This left wing echo chamber of 9 or 10 regular posters in General Chat is not how the rest of the country feel. 
 

[leicsmac]

6 minutes ago, TamworthFoxes said:

Obviously his popularity comes from his stance on immigration. Which believe it or not is a popular opinion out in the real world. This left wing echo chamber of 9 or 10 regular posters in General Chat is not how the rest of the country feel. 
 

If the point about popularity is true here, then the "real world" is clearly a lot about tribal conflict, death and suffering for practically no sake at all and I'm not sure why that should be endorsed, or even accepted. Even if it is a majority viewpoint. 

[Trav Le Bleu]

1 hour ago, bovril said:

Don't really know how you can like anything about TR irrespective of your position on immigration etc. As someone who'd ideally like to see lower immigration, the problem in Britain is that any immigration sceptic figure is either a ****wit like Farage or Jenrick or a thug like Robinson, and the debate lacks all nuance or connection to reality. The only appeal I can see is if you are yourself a racist football hooligan. 

Absolutely. I completely understand why people want lower immigration, but weirdly an awful lot of them want no immigration and their anger is directed to the actual immigrants, rather than to those who have badly managed the situation.

 

If you're standing in a mob, red in the face, yelling at people living on £9 a week in a hotel, you're not a concerned citizen, you're a racist.

[leicsmac]

3 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Absolutely. I completely understand why people want lower immigration, but weirdly an awful lot of them want no immigration and their anger is directed to the actual immigrants, rather than to those who have badly managed the situation.

 

If you're standing in a mob, red in the face, yelling at people living on £9 a week in a hotel, you're not a concerned citizen, you're a racist.

Bingo. 

 

The problem is deeply systemic and needs a systemic solution.