General News Thread

[leicsmac]

9 minutes ago, 21st Century Fox said:

White House erects UFC cage ahead of US 250th anniversary celebrations

We've actually entered the term of President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho!

As expected, having clowns run the show turns the whole thing into a three ring circus. Only with a lot less humour and a lot more consequences. 

[UniFox21]

Docs striking again apparently 

[Trav Le Bleu]

1 minute ago, UniFox21 said:

Docs striking again apparently 

And yet if you were to strike your doctor ...

[Trav Le Bleu]

27 minutes ago, 21st Century Fox said:

White House erects UFC cage ahead of US 250th anniversary celebrations

We've actually entered the term of President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho!

 

17 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

As expected, having clowns run the show turns the whole thing into a three ring circus. Only with a lot less humour and a lot more consequences. 

It's only a matter of time before he builds a colosseum in which anyone from abroad has to fight to the death for the right to enter the US.

[StanSP]

5 hours ago, Stevosevic said:

Of course if it’s a good thing but any country losing its own culture because the natives are a minority cannot be seen as a positive.  
 

People will think that’s extreme but the trends are scary. All across Europe. 
 

 

'the natives are a minority'. 

 

No, they're not. And you don't have to live under a rock to see that. 

[Stevosevic]

6 minutes ago, StanSP said:

'the natives are a minority'. 

 

No, they're not. And you don't have to live under a rock to see that. 

Nobody said they are now - but they will be, the trends show that. Although in some towns and cities they already are. 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06/03/white-british-minority-in-40-years-report-claims/

 

You can apply the same to a number of European countries. 

 

Edited 27 May by Stevosevic

[davieG]

4 hours ago, davieG said:

I get that the triple lock needs to be looked at but it pisses me off to hear ex MPs /PMs suggesting it. How about looking at their pensions especially those that are MPs/PMs for a very short time.

Again not sure if true

 

[kenny]

17 minutes ago, davieG said:

Again not sure if true

 

It isn't. Thats the spending for the whole Foreign office staff of 17000 people.

[RobHawk]

Most of the culture that's been lost in the last 50 years that people miss is more down to the destruction of industry in this country. That's on thatcher and nothing to do with immigrants or kier starmer. 

 

Maybe Tommy ten names and his like would be better spending his time Morris dancing and going to church if he misses it that much

[Parafox]

7 hours ago, Free Falling Foxes said:

Although the pandemic has played a part as you suggest in recent times, it doesn't explain the demographics massively changing in several areas of the city over the last 60 years.

This is, certainly, down to immigration. 

It is clear from the evidence, whether it is accepted or not, that when a different ethnicity, culture, call it what you will, start moving into an area, the indigenous folk start moving away.

Leicester has seen this in Belgrave, Rushey Mead, Highfields and other areas. It Is happening in Oadby and other suburbs too and it will continue to happen.

 

I don't know what the answer is.

 

I guess I've played my own small part in welcoming and perhaps as a consequence, encouraged immigration to these shores during my 20 odd years with the local authority.

We put on support groups, support packages. Myself and colleagues made presentations to local Asian groups raising awareness of council services they could access or we could help them create new ones. We would ask for feedback, make changes, offer funding and  on.

 

I was proud of what we were doing but not so sure now.

 

We are a diverse populace but true integration is a pipe dream I think and the local Asian and other groups are complicit in this. I could go on, give examples even but I think deep down, most folk reading this know what they are.

 

 

 

I'm sending Tommy Robinson round to yours. 

[Parafox]

5 hours ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

However, people need to realise that whatever concept they have of Britishness is a constantly evolving and indefinable notion which has been/is/will be heavily influenced by foreign actions.

Would you say the same about the natives of other Euro countries, eg. Italian-ness, Frenchness, Swedishness etc.

 

We do seem to have our historical culture and sense of identity changed rather more than most other European countries.

[Free Falling Foxes]

This is fantastic.  The rescuers are absolute hero's.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cewpqy948ero

[Bellend Sebastian]

1 hour ago, Free Falling Foxes said:

This is fantastic.  The rescuers are absolute hero's.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cewpqy948ero

It's amazing isn't it?

 

I know someone that used to do cave diving as a hobby and I always wondered what you would get out of it.

 

There was an interview with a cave diver in the aftermath of those Italians dying in the Maldives (?) recently and everything he said about it, in terms of what it's like, what you need to be able to do and how careful you need to be made it sound completely shit

 

Edited 27 May by Bellend Sebastian

[Trav Le Bleu]

1 hour ago, Parafox said:

Would you say the same about the natives of other Euro countries, eg. Italian-ness, Frenchness, Swedishness etc.

 

We do seem to have our historical culture and sense of identity changed rather more than most other European countries.

100% I would. Some of them weren't even countries a little over 100 years ago. Some of them were vassal states. Many of them have been invaded and most of Europe has experienced land warfare in the past 100 years.

 

In fact, visit those countries and you will find them concerned about the influence English speaking culture has over them. So we do it ourselves. In fact I'd say we have been masters of it for a good 2-300 years.

[Suzie the Fox]

So if i have a doctors appointment on the 15th is it now cancelled? 

[leicsmac]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyp77jd407o

 

What kind of a world is it where in a (supposed) first world nation a legally liable rapist can then attempt to pursue the woman he raped for criminal charges related to that rape?

[st albans fox]

EU fines Temu €200m for allowing sale of illegal products https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1k2ydn1rz8o

 

surely a uk news broadcaster should be asking what our trading standards authorities have done about this in the same article  ?

[DAS Boot]

9 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

EU fines Temu €200m for allowing sale of illegal products https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1k2ydn1rz8o

 

surely a uk news broadcaster should be asking what our trading standards authorities have done about this in the same article  ?

So does this mean my order wont arrive?

[Robo61]

4 hours ago, Suzie the Fox said:

So if i have a doctors appointment on the 15th is it now cancelled? 

Unlikely,  it is only resident doctors who are striking

[Stevosevic]

Losing a generation because there is 27 Non EU workers getting a job for every 1 young Brit since 2020. Frightening. Real sympathy for the young generation. 

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/clypw8gyn18t

 

 

Edited 28 May by Stevosevic

[leicsmac]

8 minutes ago, Stevosevic said:

Losing a generation because there is 27 Non EU workers getting a job for every 1 young Brit since 2020. Frightening. Real sympathy for the young generation. 

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/clypw8gyn18t

 

 

And yet a decision the Mail actively advocated for and still does, directly led to that increase in non-EU migration that they're lamenting now. 

 

They doth protest too much, perhaps. 

Edited 28 May by leicsmac

[Stevosevic]

4 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

And yet a decision the Mail actively advocated for and still does, directly led to that increase in non-EU migration that they're lamenting now. 

 

They doth protest too much, perhaps. 

EU or Non EU - the amount of youth unemployment we have, the vast amount of jobs going to people from other countries doesn’t need to happen. 

 

The numbers are staggering and needless regardless of stance on EU/Non EU. 
 

And let’s not pretend every foreign worker is highly skilled and filling a gap we couldn’t fill ourselves. 

Edited 28 May by Stevosevic

[leicsmac]

4 minutes ago, Stevosevic said:

EU or Non EU - the amount of youth unemployment we have, the vast amount of jobs going to people from other countries doesn’t need to happen. 

 

The numbers are staggering and needless regardless of stance on EU/Non EU. 

And if they (and whichever other entities) think that, perhaps they might have thought a little about the consequences of a course of action they directly advocated for. 

 

Arsonists shouldn't perhaps complain about the heat of the fire they start when it burns those they don't want burned too - even if they didn't "want" it or "intend" it that way. 

Edited 28 May by leicsmac

[bovril]

4 minutes ago, Stevosevic said:

EU or Non EU - the amount of youth unemployment we have, the vast amount of jobs going to people from other countries doesn’t need to happen. 

 

The numbers are staggering and needless regardless of stance on EU/Non EU. 
 

And let’s not pretend every foreign worker is highly skilled and filling a gap we couldn’t fill ourselves. 

Those "staggering numbers" of potential migrants from the EU vs from outside the EU is obviously massively different so perhaps having "a stance on EU/non EU" would've been a good idea?

 

UK's neet rate is now worse than than any European country bar Romania, pre Brexit it was around the EU average.

 

I suppose that's one way to rid yourself of Eastern Europeans.

[kenny]

6 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

And if they (and whichever other entities) think that, perhaps they might have thought a little about the consequences of a course of action they directly advocated for. 

 

Arsonists shouldn't perhaps complain about the heat of the fire they start when it burns those they don't want burned too - even if they didn't "want" it or "intend" it that way. 

I thought it was called the 'Boriswave' not the 'Brexitwave'?