General News Thread

[RoboFox]

22 hours ago, South Shire Fox said:

Reforms only real policy is to reduce immigration. Just think if we had a Government who would actually sort that then Reform would be completley irrelevant. Conservatives reign of drastically increasing immigration and Labour doing nothing about it has only made Reform stronger. Completley the fault of the current and previous Government this is. 
 

Get legal immigration down to 10s of thousands. Sort the illegal boat crossings. Change the law so that immigrants who commit serious crimes cant find a loophole to stop their deportation. Do all that and then Farage and Reform will not be an issue

And sadly such is the absolute obsession with the subject within certain demographics in this country, that's all they need focus on. 

 

The country already ****ed itself into oblivion with the Brexit vote because of immigration (and this was what it was about, make no mistake). The electorate are very capable of doing it again. 

[st albans fox]

1 hour ago, Tommy G said:

Sad news for Lewis Moody and his family. 

  Not much head protection when he played the game. Very sad. 

[Dr Marco]

3 hours ago, Lionator said:

Wtf is going on in France? The new government resigned within hours and the PM after only 4 weeks?

 

they had an election last year and it only made it worse, genuinely what’s the way out? Macron resigning? Electoral reform? 
 

Not what we need.

it's such a mess here...

Macron won't resign, he's such a stubborn bellend

[CornwallFox]

3 hours ago, danny. said:

They're both the same party 

They're not, but one of them, which wants to spend on public services and public good, has to balance the books to avoid being sneered at. 

 

The other party, who historically have run bigger deficits over the last 50 years, are believed to be economically tighter, and are quite happy to keep pushing versions of austerity and his economics, despite the fact austerity leads to stagnation and terrible public services. They can spend what they like in the form of tax cuts and nobody bats an eyelid.

[Tommy G]

Just now, CornwallFox said:

They're not, but one of them, which wants to spend on public services and public good, has to balance the books to avoid being sneered at. 

 

The other party, who historically have run bigger deficits over the last 50 years, are believed to be economically tighter, and are quite happy to keep pushing versions of austerity and his economics, despite the fact austerity leads to stagnation and terrible public services. They can spend what they like in the form of tax cuts and nobody bats an eyelid.

Touched a nerve Fawlty?

[CrazyKopCorner]

23 hours ago, Soar Fox said:

Gary Neville has lost the plot. 

**** me taking the flag down of the country you are from and proud of. 

 

What the ****s he on? 

 

A sign of hate by middle aged white men is it? **** me these loony lefties don't have a clue 

[Trav Le Bleu]

56 minutes ago, CrazyKopCorner said:

**** me taking the flag down of the country you are from and proud of. 

 

What the ****s he on? 

 

A sign of hate by middle aged white men is it? **** me these loony lefties don't have a clue 

Gotta come down sometime.

[CornwallFox]

1 hour ago, Tommy G said:

Touched a nerve Fawlty?

Not really Manuel 😜

 

It is true though that the Tories really don't deserve to be treated like they're economically competent.

[Tommy G]

Just now, CornwallFox said:

Not really Manuel 😜

 

It is true though that the Tories really don't deserve to be treated like they're economically competent.

I'll come back to this after the budget

[CornwallFox]

3 minutes ago, Tommy G said:

I'll come back to this after the budget

Come back to it in 3 years. 

Anybody can pick holes in a budget. 

Nobody likes everything in them. 

But what's important is general principals. 

So the guiding force behind 14 years of Tories was cutting spending. But public spending underpins the whole economy so we got nothing but stagnation.

My hope is labour turn on the taps to try and kick start some growth but I can't see that happening this budget (they need to see the line term results of £100bn in investment and GB energy which was only launched a few months ago). 

[Raj]

I'm back!!!

 

 

Wheres that flag of Israel gone!!!🤣

Edited 6 October 2025 by Raj

[Spiritwalker]

3 hours ago, Tommy G said:

I'll come back to this after the budget

Nothing that happens in the budget will change the economic record of the previous government.

[bovril]

8 hours ago, RoboFox said:

The country already ****ed itself into oblivion with the Brexit vote because of immigration (and this was what it was about, make no mistake). The electorate are very capable of doing it again. 

Currently going through the visa process to go and live in Europe because we took back control and people are still losing their minds over immigration. What an unbelievable **** up and complete waste. 

[Trav Le Bleu]

1 hour ago, Raj said:

I'm back!!!

 

 

Wheres that flag of Israel gone!!!🤣

See ya!

[Trav Le Bleu]

9 hours ago, RoboFox said:

And sadly such is the absolute obsession with the subject within certain demographics in this country, that's all they need focus on. 

 

The country already ****ed itself into oblivion with the Brexit vote because of immigration (and this was what it was about, make no mistake). The electorate are very capable of doing it again. 

 

14 minutes ago, bovril said:

Currently going through the visa process to go and live in Europe because we took back control and people are still losing their minds over immigration. What an unbelievable **** up and complete waste. 

Whilst immigration needs to be controlled, it really isn't the biggest problem, it's probably not even in the top 5.

 

Btw, I love the idea of sending less aid abroad... so people will have to come here for it.

 

Seriously - how thick are people?

[st albans fox]

For final clarity on the flotilla - aid across all the boats totalled 2 tonnes.   That’s like 2 ford transits.  And yet hundreds of thousands across Europe are protesting (in at least one case violently) that this hasn’t been allowed to arrive in Gza. 
 

some positive news is that someone has been arrested for the peacehaven mosque fire attack at the weekend 

 

 

[leicsmac]

8 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

For final clarity on the flotilla - aid across all the boats totalled 2 tonnes.   That’s like 2 ford transits.  And yet hundreds of thousands across Europe are protesting (in at least one case violently) that this hasn’t been allowed to arrive in Gza. 
 

some positive news is that someone has been arrested for the peacehaven mosque fire attack at the weekend 

 

 

Another bit of positive news is that thanks to the distraction posed by the flotilla, at least some Gazans were able to go out in their boats and fish.

 

On that note, how inhumane is it that the blockade stops them even reaching a subsistence level of getting food on that score anyway?

Edited 6 October 2025 by leicsmac

[Trav Le Bleu]

4 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

For final clarity on the flotilla - aid across all the boats totalled 2 tonnes.   That’s like 2 ford transits.  And yet hundreds of thousands across Europe are protesting (in at least one case violently) that this hasn’t been allowed to arrive in Gza. 
 

some positive news is that someone has been arrested for the peacehaven mosque fire attack at the weekend 

 

 

Just to clarify - because I'm fine either way, but I'd like to know, cos two sides, yadda, yadda - according to who? Cos I'd expect different stories and it'll essentially come down to who you want to believe.

 

Though as ready to believe/disbelieve either sides. I guess I'm more interested in, say for example, did the IDF say this and then Ms Thunberg & co say, yeah, fair enough, you got us.

[Lionator]

16 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

 

Whilst immigration needs to be controlled, it really isn't the biggest problem, it's probably not even in the top 5.

 

Btw, I love the idea of sending less aid abroad... so people will have to come here for it.

 

Seriously - how thick are people?

Current immigration policy is a product of economic decline over two decades, lack of growth and lack of opportunities for British workers. Gaps need filling, the economy needs to run, it’s a race to the bottom and pulling up the drawbridge will accelerate it. 

[bovril]

It is telling that most Brits still seem to think immigration is still something that happens to us, not something millions of Brits themselves do, and that voting to reduce it may actually blow back in their own faces. Strange when you consider Anglos spread around the world more than almost any other tribe in history. 

[Lionator]

He may be a tit wizard but it’s the most serious the greens have ever been.

 

 

[grth2004]

5 hours ago, CrazyKopCorner said:

**** me taking the flag down of the country you are from and proud of. 

 

What the ****s he on? 

 

A sign of hate by middle aged white men is it? **** me these loony lefties don't have a clue 

It doesn’t help your cause when most of the images are of a load of blokes on the lash peeing up walls with flags wrapped round them. They look pretty looney to me. 

[st albans fox]

42 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

Another bit of positive news is that thanks to the distraction posed by the flotilla, at least some Gazans were able to go out in their boats and fish.

 

On that note, how inhumane is it that the blockade stops them even reaching a subsistence level of getting food on that score anyway?

Not sure about the veracity of that video Mac - those fishermen looked to be wearing clothes that didn’t reflect temps in the upper twenties 

 

44 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Just to clarify - because I'm fine either way, but I'd like to know, cos two sides, yadda, yadda - according to who? Cos I'd expect different stories and it'll essentially come down to who you want to believe.

 

Though as ready to believe/disbelieve either sides. I guess I'm more interested in, say for example, did the IDF say this and then Ms Thunberg & co say, yeah, fair enough, you got us.

the official x account of the flotilla tweeted yesterday that it wasn’t about the volume of aid on the boats - take from that what you wish to. 

[CrazyKopCorner]

22 minutes ago, grth2004 said:

It doesn’t help your cause when most of the images are of a load of blokes on the lash peeing up walls with flags wrapped round them. They look pretty looney to me. 

Great point well made that. 

[leicsmac]

10 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

Not sure about the veracity of that video Mac - those fishermen looked to be wearing clothes that didn’t reflect temps in the upper twenties 

 

Possibly so, independent verification would of course be nice however the facts about the blockade stand for themselves and further distractions may at least offer a chance for something like this to be done (again).