General News Thread

[Foxdiamond]

5 minutes ago, Sampson said:

Tbh many British and Irish people can’t tell you the difference between the UK, Great Britain and England, let alone where stuff like the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands fit into it all. I don’t know why we expect people not from the British Isles to know.

 

Only a problem if England and the English get the all the blame for the bad stuff

[bovril]

25 minutes ago, Sampson said:

Nah let’s be fair, most people outside the British Isles know England, Scotland and Ireland (as in the island of Ireland) and think they are either 3 independent nations or just one big nation coving the entire British Isles. Most people outside of UK & Ireland couldn’t tell you what Wales, Northern Ireland or the Isle of Man are. 
 

It’s understandable though. Most Brits couldn’t tell you where Catalonia or Bavaria are either, most people just aren’t that interested in these things.

I think a lot of Brits would be surprised how much the rest of the world knows about GB and our nations' respective histories. 

[Trav Le Bleu]

59 minutes ago, bovril said:

I think a lot of Brits would be surprised how much the rest of the world knows about GB and our nations' respective histories. 

You only need to see the number of "American reacts to British food/TV/manners/customs/shops/roads... etc" videos on YouTube to know this.

 

And that's just one country.

Edited 15 July 2025 by Trav Le Bleu

[st albans fox]

I wonder how many Afghans we would have taken in without the ‘leak’ of that document ? (Which left us with no moral right to reject ) 

 

could be one of the most expensive errors ever made by an official 

 

 

Edited 15 July 2025 by st albans fox

[leicsmac]

6 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

I wonder how many Afghans we would have taken in without the ‘leak’ of that document ? (Which left us with no moral right to reject ) 

 

could be one of the most expensive errors ever made by an official 

 

 

Uncertain, but what is certain is that any of them left there would have died the kind of deaths that haunt ones dreams. 

 

I wonder what the "cost" of that is. 

[st albans fox]

18 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

Uncertain, but what is certain is that any of them left there would have died the kind of deaths that haunt ones dreams. 

 

I wonder what the "cost" of that is. 

Of course but if the list hadn’t been compromised then there’s no way we would have brought 19k across 

[leicsmac]

10 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

Of course but if the list hadn’t been compromised then there’s no way we would have brought 19k across 

No disagreement whatsoever there.

[South Shire Fox]

1 hour ago, leicsmac said:

Uncertain, but what is certain is that any of them left there would have died the kind of deaths that haunt ones dreams. 

 

I wonder what the "cost" of that is. 

The Afghans that helped our country should of been the first on the list to receive Asylum here and should of been sorted years ago. Far more deserving then the economic migrants who pay 20k to smugglers to get here while posing as refugees.

Edited 15 July 2025 by South Shire Fox

[Wymsey]

Defund the BBC?..

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c07d082jpkko.amp

 

[leicsmac]

6 minutes ago, Wymsey said:

Defund the BBC?..

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c07d082jpkko.amp

 

In an era where the very idea of truth is being ever more subverted, I'm not sure that continuing to open up alleys to further that subversion of truth by making it more subject to the highest bidder is a good idea. 

[Lionator]

Is Trump known for saying outlandish stuff then rowing it back? Or does he tend to follow through?

[leicsmac]

1 hour ago, South Shire Fox said:

The Afghans that helped our country should of been the first on the list to receive Asylum here and should of been sorted years ago. Far more deserving then the economic migrants who pay 20k to smugglers to get here while posing as refugees.

The very thorny ethical issue surrounding that whole matter aside (which I'm not going to touch with a bargepole here), I would certainly agree the UK should be helping those who help them in that way. 

[Lionator]

1 hour ago, South Shire Fox said:

The Afghans that helped our country should have been the first on the list to receive Asylum here and should have been sorted years ago. Far more deserving than the economic migrants who pay 20k to smugglers to get here while posing as refugees.

This is the sort of thing that should go beyond views of immigration and ‘forinors’ and what not, but the combination of horrific government mismanagement and vile normalisation of racism will mean this stuff will get latched onto and weaponised in a grim way. 

[davieG]

A lot of our culture is religious, Christianity based with Saint Days and other religious events and ceremony. They're not even recognised as such certainly many don't view Christmas with a religious eye and most don't even know that Guy Fawkes / Bonfire Night is based on  religious difference. As there are fewer people each year claiming to be religious Christians interest is lost . At the same time I'd say that the vast majority of immigrants are followers of other religions and is often the reason for them being here. As time goes on their festivals and ceremonies are replacing, not directly many of the dying Christian ones.

 

Certainly life is very different culturally from my time in the late 50s where Church  3 times a day was the order of the day and the playing of the National Anthem when the TV shut down for the night and at the end of cinema showings when everyone almost without exception stood silently and observed it to the end are two examples.

[Foxdiamond]

1 hour ago, Wymsey said:

Defund the BBC?..

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c07d082jpkko.amp

 

No

[Md9]

57 minutes ago, Lionator said:

Is Trump known for saying outlandish stuff then rowing it back? Or does he tend to follow through?

I don’t think he even knows what he is saying a majority of the time so it’s hard to know if he changes his mind or he just doesn’t have a clue what’s going on ( which I suspect is the case )

[Lionator]

2 minutes ago, Md9 said:

I don’t think he even knows what he is saying a majority of the time so it’s hard to know if he changes his mind or he just doesn’t have a clue what’s going on ( which I suspect is the case )

I notice he has walked back his ‘tomahawks to Ukraine’ line tonight, and realised he likely had no idea that sending nuclear capable American missile systems into Moscow city centre is probably a bad idea. He had no idea until somebody more informed told him. 

[Md9]

1 minute ago, Lionator said:

I notice he has walked back his ‘tomahawks to Ukraine’ line tonight, and realised he likely had no idea that sending nuclear capable American missile systems into Moscow city centre is probably a bad idea. He had no idea until somebody more informed told him. 

He has no idea what he is talking about any time he opens his mouth it’s normally a lie so what he says happened normally something completely different has. He was asked a question a few days ago and couldn’t answer it asked hesgeth who also don’t know. Who lot of them are a mess. And when leavitt takes her cross necklace off for interviews you know she is about to talk some complete bullsh** 😂

[Lionator]

Just now, Md9 said:

He has no idea what he is talking about any time he opens his mouth it’s normally a lie so what he says happened normally something completely different has. He was asked a question a few days ago and couldn’t answer it asked hesgeth who also don’t know. Who lot of them are a mess. And when leavitt takes her cross necklace off for interviews you know she is about to talk some complete bullsh** 😂

It would be funny if he didn’t have the capability to destroy everything on planet earth 10 times over. 

[Md9]

5 minutes ago, Lionator said:

It would be funny if he didn’t have the capability to destroy everything on planet earth 10 times over. 

It is quite worrying that half of America voted to have this disgusting crazy piece of s*** as president not once but twice. Hopefully isn’t around for much longer because the last 6 months have been crazy and felt a lot longer than that and I don’t live in America 

[South Shire Fox]

4 years for chopping down a tree? 😂 The pair are a bunch of wank3rs and should of had a massive fine and been made to plant trees on their community service. There are genuine peadophiles with hundreds of vile images on their phone who get suspended sentences.. but we jail people for cutting down a tree 😂. The countries Justice system is well and truly fcked

Edited 15 July 2025 by South Shire Fox

[bovril]

2 hours ago, Md9 said:

 I don’t live in America 

Are you sure?

[Wymsey]

17 minutes ago, South Shire Fox said:

4 years for chopping down a tree? 😂 The pair are a bunch of wank3rs and should of had a massive fine and been made to plant trees on their community service. There are genuine peadophiles with hundreds of vile images on their phone who get suspended sentences.. but we jail people for cutting down a tree 😂. The countries Justice system is well and truly fcked

Careful; the police on the internet might look at your post, report you and you'll be given a longer sentence for stating your opinion on this..

[CornwallFox]

5 hours ago, Wymsey said:

Defund the BBC?..

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c07d082jpkko.amp

 

Absolutely not

[Jon the Hat]

9 hours ago, davieG said:

A lot of our culture is religious, Christianity based with Saint Days and other religious events and ceremony. They're not even recognised as such certainly many don't view Christmas with a religious eye and most don't even know that Guy Fawkes / Bonfire Night is based on  religious difference. As there are fewer people each year claiming to be religious Christians interest is lost . At the same time I'd say that the vast majority of immigrants are followers of other religions and is often the reason for them being here. As time goes on their festivals and ceremonies are replacing, not directly many of the dying Christian ones.

 

Certainly life is very different culturally from my time in the late 50s where Church  3 times a day was the order of the day and the playing of the National Anthem when the TV shut down for the night and at the end of cinema showings when everyone almost without exception stood silently and observed it to the end are two examples.

That said a lot of the Eastern European migrants were / are Christian.