Quote: Stephen Goodlad @ 8th August 2024, 4:58 PMI meant the shootings in South London, 2 children and a man shot
Was that anything to do with the riots?
I'm confused.
Anyway, Ricky Jones has now been arrested, as well as being already suspended by Labour.
Good.
#OneTierKeir
Well, there's one thing we can all agree on anyway. That Enoch Powell was right all those years ago. Perhaps he is due a posthumous apology from Edward Heath and the others. If any of them are in a position to give one.
Good
The guy is clearly extremely angry about what has gone on but you cannot spout inflammatory shit like that , especially when you are in a position of some power
If an old woman said to her neighbours "I'd hang the bloody lot of them" - you wouldn't arrest her!
But a councillor should know better
Idiot
Quote: Billy Bunter @ 8th August 2024, 5:47 PMWell, there's one thing we can all agree on anyway. That Enoch Powell was right all those years ago. Perhaps he is due a posthumous apology from Edward Heath and the others. If any of them are in a position to give one.
Nope
Quote: Billy Bunter @ 8th August 2024, 5:47 PMWell, there's one thing we can all agree on anyway. That Enoch Powell was right all those years ago. Perhaps he is due a posthumous apology from Edward Heath and the others. If any of them are in a position to give one.
The rivers are too full of shit.
We couldn't fit any blood in them.
Enoch would have liked it now, though.
He could have come out of the closet and perhaps lived life with a less uptight attitude.
Quote: Billy Bunter @ 8th August 2024, 5:47 PMWell, there's one thing we can all agree on anyway. That Enoch Powell was right all those years ago. Perhaps he is due a posthumous apology from Edward Heath and the others. If any of them are in a position to give one.
No apology needed! Powell's apocalyptic inflammatory speech was very wide of the mark even now. There are no rivers of blood.
Quote: Chris Hallam @ 8th August 2024, 6:49 PMNo apology needed! Powell's apocalyptic inflammatory speech was very wide of the mark even now. There are no rivers of blood.
Really? I would have thought that those caught up in, and injured in, the riots over the past week might think otherwise. Figuratively speaking of course.
He also said, referencing the race riots in America that were rife at that time, "That tragic and intractable phenomenon which we watch with horror on the other side of the Atlantic but which there is interwoven with the history and existence of the States itself, is coming upon us here". I believe that, what happened here over the past week, was described by most media outlets and by the government to be "race riots".
I express no pleasure in his turning out to be correct. Just commenting on his foresight.
Quote: Chris Hallam @ 8th August 2024, 1:41 PMSome people on here really haven't covered themselves in glory in the last few days though.
Magnanimous of you to say so. But, to be fair, you were being egged on by the media, and even the government, to believe that it was all part of some dastardly right-wing plot.
OK well I haven't got time to read all of these posts.
Right I read the Daily Mail, I lean to the right but that doesn't make me racist. I'm also a Christian which also brings ridicule and you'll probably call me a hypocrite.
I abhor the violence of the last few days.
However we need to stop the boats. If the Government doesn't do something soon they'll continue to try to come lining the pockets of the criminals organising the crossings. The Government are cutting down sentences (what will happen to those thugs arrested in the last couple of days? Will they be let off early?).
There is no deterrent in coming here. We give them homes, money and phones. Yes I know they've probably come from hell holes (France?) but we just can't support unlimited numbers. And if just half a per cent of them are made fanatics we're in trouble. They make no secret of their hatred towards us and want Barbaric Sharia Law.
Yes you'll be saying this is just the ramblings of right winger but I'm scared for my children and grand children.
Quote: Billy Bunter @ 8th August 2024, 7:13 PMReally? I would have thought that those caught up in, and injured in, the riots over the past week might think otherwise. Figuratively speaking of course.
He also said, referencing the race riots in America that were rife at that time, "That tragic and intractable phenomenon which we watch with horror on the other side of the Atlantic but which there is interwoven with the history and existence of the States itself, is coming upon us here". I believe that, what happened here over the past week, was described by most media outlets and by the government to be "race riots".
I express no pleasure in his turning out to be correct. Just commenting on his foresight.
Magnanimous of you to say so. But, to be fair, you were being egged on by the media, and even the government, to believe that it was all part of some dastardly right-wing plot.
You yourself were endorsing the view that the rioters were not politically motivated at all. If they just fancied a riot just for the hell of it, I'm not sure that vindicates Powell's words either.
If Powell had actually said: "in nearly sixty years time, after decades of multiculturalism, there will be a few days of riots after Far Right groups exploit a tragedy " it wouldn't have had much impact. But it would have been more true.
Quote: Chappers @ 8th August 2024, 7:28 PMOK well I haven't got time to read all of these posts.
Right I read the Daily Mail, I lean to the right but that doesn't make me racist. I'm also a Christian which also brings ridicule and you'll probably call me a hypocrite.
I abhor the violence of the last few days.
However we need to stop the boats. If the Government doesn't do something soon they'll continue to try to come lining the pockets of the criminals organising the crossings. The Government are cutting down sentences (what will happen to those thugs arrested in the last couple of days? Will they be let off early?).
There is no deterrent in coming here. We give them homes, money and phones. Yes I know they've probably come from hell holes (France?) but we just can't support unlimited numbers. And if just half a per cent of them are made fanatics we're in trouble. They make no secret of their hatred towards us and want Barbaric Sharia Law.
Yes you'll be saying this is just the ramblings of right winger but I'm scared for my children and grand children.
I'd be scared too if I believed everything in the Daily Mail. It specialises in scaring people.
Immigration numbers do need to be controlled, it's true. It'll get sorted eventually. No need to worry about Sharia Law etc
As shown this week, we are often our own worst enemy!
Quote: Chris Hallam @ 8th August 2024, 7:46 PMI'd be scared too if I believed everything in the Daily Mail. It specialises in scaring people.
Immigration numbers do need to be controlled, it's true. It'll get sorted eventually. No need to worry about Sharia Law etc
As shown this week, we are often our own worst enemy!
Of course. The numbers are bound to come down with Starmer "in control".
Give them a chance! Very early days still.
Yep
Tories didn't manage it in FOURTEEN YEARS
But it's instantly fixable.
A bit like the 'enough is enough protest marches.
Use the law and forces to arrest or turn them away.
Lauren Edwards MP (Labour) must think it's a good idea. - She tweeted 'I want these f**king Estonian retards out now.
out of her flat now*
What an idiot. Also, you would think basic MP training would include the suggestion to delete old problematic tweets.
I'm biased , but I think Starmer has dealt with the riots very well
Got real tough, really early
People knicked, tried and sentenced severely
And today even people merely just inciting violence online - dealt with
Job done