General News Thread

[Trav Le Bleu]

48 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

What was it that Uncle Ben Parker said about great power and responsibility?

Should be given to orange manchildren?

[Trav Le Bleu]

1 hour ago, MC Prussian said:

You could equally call the musician calling off a concert over a name change a "toddler".

I'd say that suing someone for $1m is a slightly bigger over-reaction.

 

I'd say it's more principled, except I think that suing anyone who slights him is one of DT's principles.

[Dahnsouff]

3 hours ago, leicsmac said:

The desire for slavish obedience to one ego trip, no matter how ridiculous, is so childish. 

 

It's a toddler wanting to do things their way in every matter, with no debate or negotiation or consensus, and then throwing a destructive tantrum and looking to hurt people if they don't get it. Laughable. 

 

Unfortunately, this toddler has enough power to hurt anyone and everyone on this planet, so the joke is rather on us. 

We are reliant on other slightly richer/wiser/less destructive Toddlers keeping the Toddler King in check. Sure it will be fine.

Edited 28 December 2025 by Dahnsouff

[Lionator]

Am I getting this correct? That El-Fattah person is a British citizen, illegally detained in Egypt in terrible conditions for being anti-government. He wrote some anti semitic tweets 15 years ago, therefore the political winds are that he should be stripped of British citizenship and sent back to Egypt to be tortured again?? Not only that, his severely autistic son, should be stripped of any welfare support and removed from the specialist school that he attends. Is this where we’re at?? 

Edited 28 December 2025 by Lionator

[Zear0]

Wow Trump called Putin before a meeting with Zelenskyy, who'd have thought..? 

[BKLFox]

1 hour ago, Lionator said:

Am I getting this correct? That El-Fattah person is a British citizen, illegally detained in Egypt in terrible conditions for being anti-government. He wrote some anti semitic tweets 15 years ago, therefore the political winds are that he should be stripped of British citizenship and sent back to Egypt to be tortured again?? Not only that, his severely autistic son, should be stripped of any welfare support and removed from the specialist school that he attends. Is this where we’re at?? 

For someone who describes themselves far from British I’m surprised he wants to be here given what he’s said about the white British people, government & police 🤷‍♂️ 

[Sampson]

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Edited 28 December 2025 by Sampson

[BKLFox]

31 minutes ago, Sampson said:

Most British people chat shit about the government, police and certain demographics of British people (northerners, Southerners, Londoners. Scots/Welsh/N. Irish, students, the unemployed etc.) ev

Ok 

[Sampson]

Sorry, I hadn't read what was said, and my system was being funny.

 

Regardless, of how vile something is said. Stripping people of their citizenship and throwing them out the country (which is what Jenrick is suggesting publicly) based on words people say, no matter how vile, is just setting up frightening legal precedents imo and it's a frightening sign of our times that this is mainstream opinion in either the Conservative or Labour parties. That isn't democracy.

Edited 28 December 2025 by Sampson

[bovril]

49 minutes ago, BKLFox said:

For someone who describes themselves far from British I’m surprised he wants to be here given what he’s said about the white British people, government & police 🤷‍♂️ 

The kind of stuff he's tweeted he sounds like he'd fit in quite well in England 

[Lionator]

4 minutes ago, Sampson said:

Sorry, I hadn't read what was said, and my system was being funny.

 

Regardless, of how vile something is said. Stripping people of their citizenship and throwing them out the country (which is what Jenrick is suggesting publicly) based on words people say, no matter how vile, is just setting up frightening legal precedents imo and it's a frightening sign of our times that this is mainstream opinion in either the Conservative or Labour parties. That isn't democracy.

It kinda reminds me of when gay people that support Palestine get told “they’d have you killed”. The point being, them being alive in the first place is more beneficial as it gives opportunity for them to change their minds.

[Md9]

56 minutes ago, Zear0 said:

Wow Trump called Putin before a meeting with Zelenskyy, who'd have thought..? 

Zelenskyy doesn’t stand a chance again does he will he just like the last time they ganged up on him. At least it’s going to be live so everyone can see again what c***s trump and Vance are 

[Parafox]

10 hours ago, leicsmac said:

The desire for slavish obedience to one ego trip, no matter how ridiculous, is so childish. 

 

It's a toddler wanting to do things their way in every matter, with no debate or negotiation or consensus, and then throwing a destructive tantrum and looking to hurt people if they don't get it. Laughable. 

 

Unfortunately, this toddler has enough power to hurt anyone and everyone on this planet, so the joke is rather on us. 

 

All the above. 

[Parafox]

7 hours ago, leicsmac said:

What was it that Uncle Ben Parker said about great power and responsibility?

 

"Comes easy cook rice"

[Parafox]

1 hour ago, Md9 said:

Zelenskyy doesn’t stand a chance again does he will he just like the last time they ganged up on him. At least it’s going to be live so everyone can see again what c***s trump and Vance are 

 

The world saw that when Trump and Vance tore into him back then.

 

Everyone saw it on every newscast around the world after the event and were "outraged".

 

Being live will change nothing.

Edited 28 December 2025 by Parafox

[Zear0]

1 hour ago, Md9 said:

Zelenskyy doesn’t stand a chance again does he will he just like the last time they ganged up on him. At least it’s going to be live so everyone can see again what c***s trump and Vance are 

"Just nod and say how wonderful you find all the gold covered tat around the place."

[CornwallFox]

2 hours ago, BKLFox said:

For someone who describes themselves far from British I’m surprised he wants to be here given what he’s said about the white British people, government & police 🤷‍♂️ 

So are we now supposed to care about hurty words? I struggle to keep up. 

 

 

[CornwallFox]

3 hours ago, Lionator said:

Am I getting this correct? That El-Fattah person is a British citizen, illegally detained in Egypt in terrible conditions for being anti-government. He wrote some anti semitic tweets 15 years ago, therefore the political winds are that he should be stripped of British citizenship and sent back to Egypt to be tortured again?? Not only that, his severely autistic son, should be stripped of any welfare support and removed from the specialist school that he attends. Is this where we’re at?? 

Yep, we're living in a time dominated by far right group think. 

And yes, it is far right before anybody claims otherwise. 

Go look at the last BNP manifesto and compare to where we are now.

[BKLFox]

37 minutes ago, CornwallFox said:

So are we now supposed to care about hurty words? I struggle to keep up. 

 

 

Keh?

I’ve commented on why he would want to be here given what he’s said about the place & people, if I had a dislike of say the French and spoke about them like he did I probably wouldn’t want to live in France 🤷‍♂️ 

But please carry on being you.

[Trav Le Bleu]

8 minutes ago, BKLFox said:

Keh?

I’ve commented on why he would want to be here given what he’s said about the place & people, if I had a dislike of say the French and spoke about them like he did I probably wouldn’t want to live in France 🤷‍♂️ 

But please carry on being you.

¿Qué?

[Zear0]

14 minutes ago, BKLFox said:

Keh?

I’ve commented on why he would want to be here given what he’s said about the place & people, if I had a dislike of say the French and spoke about them like he did I probably wouldn’t want to live in France 🤷‍♂️ 

But please carry on being you.

I've always hated the French but doesn't stop me holidaying there every year.

[CornwallFox]

20 minutes ago, BKLFox said:

Keh?

I’ve commented on why he would want to be here given what he’s said about the place & people, if I had a dislike of say the French and spoke about them like he did I probably wouldn’t want to live in France 🤷‍♂️ 

But please carry on being you.

I can't stand the British yet I am still here (and still British)

[bovril]

Probably 50% of British 'expats' I've met hate the population they've chosen to surround themselves with.

 

This guy seems a little more unsavoury however and leaving aside the calls for deportation I'm always surprised at the lengths some Brit liberals will go to defend or at least partially excuse abhorrent and dangerous views when they come from certain groups. Haven't really come across this anywhere else. 

[Trav Le Bleu]

13 minutes ago, bovril said:

Probably 50% of British 'expats' I've met hate the population they've chosen to surround themselves with.

You mean the people who think that Asian people should integrate more and move away from Melton Rd, while never leaving their English ghetto in Spain?

[leicsmac]

All of this plus a lot else of what is going on now just shows how much the idea of national/cultural supremacy coming forth from anyone is mostly destructive, always hypocritical and almost never ends well for the vast majority of decent human beings it touches.