What Is Happening To Our Country?

[Holmes_and_Watson]

1 hour ago, Sheaf Saint said:

Surely not. After all, the South Yorkshire Police have such an impeccable record of honesty and integrity.

Oh, hang on ...

'Hayley Barnett, SYP assistant chief constable said: "We know how hard it must be for a victim or survivor, who has been so badly let down in the past, to put their faith into the South Yorkshire Police of today."'

A rather pathetic attempt to pretend that there's some sort of separation between the wretched organisation they had with the wretched one that whistleblowers have said continues now.

No surprise that victims withdraw their statements from investigation by the organisation that perpetrated the offences.

[Turkish]

Knife crime out of control, drug gangs controlling the streets and the understaffed police are posing as joggers to catch people whistling at women 

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/undercover-cops-pose-as-joggers-to-catch-catcallers/news-story/5a2f13e6b55beb54ab4dfb015dac2626

 

[benjii]

Absolute fucking moron. If these people get anywhere near power it's a sad day.

 

 

[egg]

2 hours ago, benjii said:

Absolute fucking moron. If these people get anywhere near power it's a sad day.

 

 

Yep, but dinlo's will vote for them because they'll "send them back" which is as unlikely as "smashing the gangs". They'll also "shut the hotels" which will cheer people up until there are groups of asylum seekers sleeping in their kids school field or down the local park. 

[whelk]

Batman is going to lose his shit

https://news.sky.com/story/ricky-jones-suspended-labour-councillor-who-called-for-protesters-throats-to-be-cut-at-rally-not-guilty-of-encouraging-violent-disorder-13412060

[AlexLaw76]

3 hours ago, whelk said:

Batman is going to lose his shit

https://news.sky.com/story/ricky-jones-suspended-labour-councillor-who-called-for-protesters-throats-to-be-cut-at-rally-not-guilty-of-encouraging-violent-disorder-13412060

 

 

[The Kraken]

The ironing

[Gloucester Saint]

5 minutes ago, The Kraken said:

The ironing

Haven’t done it yet I’m afraid. 

[rallyboy]

Had other more pressing matters.

[kevdoh]

I missed the Friday march in portswood, unfortunately, because I was away in weymouth for a few days. A place that appears to have not been infiltrated by Islamic scum.it was lovely feeling like your e in England again. I'm sure it won't be long until they are full of the illegal nonces unless this stand against it continues to grow. The left wing are absolute wet wipe rats encouraging this and they need taking down as well, along with the islamists. Roll on September the 13th. There will be at least a million there and no doubt coach loads of the masked freaks bussed in to start trouble

[sadoldgit]

Delightful company you keep Bob.

https://novaramedia.com/2025/08/19/robert-jenrick-pictured-with-neo-nazi-leader-at-anti-migrant-protest/

[egg]

11 minutes ago, sadoldgit said:

Delightful company you keep Bob.

https://novaramedia.com/2025/08/19/robert-jenrick-pictured-with-neo-nazi-leader-at-anti-migrant-protest/

He's not stood with or near the bloke. Daft sensationalism. 

[egg]

On 18/08/2025 at 18:09, kevdoh said:

I missed the Friday march in portswood, unfortunately, because I was away in weymouth for a few days. A place that appears to have not been infiltrated by Islamic scum.it was lovely feeling like your e in England again. I'm sure it won't be long until they are full of the illegal nonces unless this stand against it continues to grow. The left wing are absolute wet wipe rats encouraging this and they need taking down as well, along with the islamists. Roll on September the 13th. There will be at least a million there and no doubt coach loads of the masked freaks bussed in to start trouble

I'm guessing you haven't actually looked at the hotel numbers under our "left wing" government compared to the Tories. If you bothered, you'd see they've halved, but yeah, bloody left wingers eh. 

[Gloucester Saint]

On 18/08/2025 at 18:09, kevdoh said:

I missed the Friday march in portswood, unfortunately, because I was away in weymouth for a few days. A place that appears to have not been infiltrated by Islamic scum.it was lovely feeling like your e in England again. I'm sure it won't be long until they are full of the illegal nonces unless this stand against it continues to grow. The left wing are absolute wet wipe rats encouraging this and they need taking down as well, along with the islamists. Roll on September the 13th. There will be at least a million there and no doubt coach loads of the masked freaks bussed in to start trouble

A million people turning out for Tommy Robinson 😂😂😂😂

And there was people thinking the NF were deluded in the 70s and 80s. 

Edited Tuesday at 22:15 by Gloucester Saint

[Gloucester Saint]

51 minutes ago, sadoldgit said:

Delightful company you keep Bob.

https://novaramedia.com/2025/08/19/robert-jenrick-pictured-with-neo-nazi-leader-at-anti-migrant-protest/

He’s an idiot and an empty politician with his fake tube fares campaign but he’s clearly not a facist. 

[Gloucester Saint]

41 minutes ago, egg said:

I'm guessing you haven't actually looked at the hotel numbers under our "left wing" government compared to the Tories. If you bothered, you'd see they've halved, but yeah, bloody left wingers eh. 

Your point may be lost Egg, having seen some of the shite that poster spouted on here during the pandemic. Absolutely ripe for the likes of Yaxley-Lennon plastic posh Nazi to recruit along with the football banning order brigade and ex-657 Crew Pompey ‘boys’ in their 50s and 60s still wanting a tear up with the cops. 

Edited Tuesday at 22:21 by Gloucester Saint

[Mixedkebab]

24 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Your point may be lost Egg, having seen some of the shite that poster spouted on here during the pandemic. Absolutely ripe for the likes of Yaxley-Lennon plastic posh Nazi to recruit along with the football banning order brigade and ex-657 Crew Pompey ‘boys’ in their 50s and 60s still wanting a tear up with the cops. 

There are now many many UK people who may previously have been considered as “middle of the road” politically, who are now “ripe” as you put it, precisely because of government inaction and previous debate being shouted down as racism and far right. Gives the real racists the best possible chance of roping people in.

[Gloucester Saint]

8 hours ago, Mixedkebab said:

There are now many many UK people who may previously have been considered as “middle of the road” politically, who are now “ripe” as you put it, precisely because of government inaction and previous debate being shouted down as racism and far right. Gives the real racists the best possible chance of roping people in.

Now this is a far more considered response, rather than parroting far right Telegram messages about ‘nonces’ and racism.

Yes, I think there should be a more open discourse about what migration is a priority - without some we won’t have an NHS which the public, including the majority of those you describe, want to retain - plus social care which is essential with an ageing population.

Therefore Reform’s proposal for net zero migration is a non-starter. Also, the last government and this government, I found Starmer’s Island of Strangers comment appalling, consistently conflate legal immigration with asylum. Fuck the targets, and numbers, it’s about prioritisation. And I suspect that we both get annoyed by the boats. Whilst it’s a small proportion of asylum, it’s visual. Whilst some progress is being made, far more needs to be done.

The UK can increase the penalties on firms, especially large firms, found using illegal labour, and those who commit crimes and their families go straight away. Don’t wait for the courts, if the human rights lawyers want to bring them back they can foot the bill.

There was a good article on BBC about how politicians and tabloids misconflate the ECHR with the EU when they’re completely separate. The UK was a founding member of the Council of Europe in the early 1950s. However, the ECHR does need to be brought into the 2020s, and made more specific and less broad based. If we leave it altogether though, our own population could end up at the mercy of far right populist government like Trump’s, and very few want that.

[tdmickey3]

9 hours ago, egg said:

I'm guessing you haven't actually looked at the hotel numbers under our "left wing" government compared to the Tories. If you bothered, you'd see they've halved, but yeah, bloody left wingers eh. 

Pointless trying to explain real facts to the easily led Tik Tok "intelligence" loons, might as well talk to a stick

[badgerx16]

15 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

There was a good article on BBC about how politicians and tabloids misconflate the ECHR with the EU when they’re completely separate. The UK was a founding member of the Council of Europe in the early 1950s. However, the ECHR does need to be brought into the 2020s, and made more specific and less broad based. If we leave it altogether though, our own population could end up at the mercy of far right populist government like Trump’s, and very few want that.

This is a very important point. The EHCR is an important foundation of the UK's Civil Rights legislation, not just a few bits of paper that clever lawyers use to keep migrants from being moved on.

[sadoldgit]

10 hours ago, egg said:

He's not stood with or near the bloke. Daft sensationalism. 

The headline was misleading, but did you read the article?

As for putting asylum seekers up in hotels, I wonder which party who were in power for 14 years has anything to do with that?

[whelk]

12 minutes ago, sadoldgit said:

The headline was misleading, but did you read the article?

As for putting asylum seekers up in hotels, I wonder which party who were in power for 14 years has anything to do with that?

It was a new policy put in by Labour. Daily Mail says (implies) so

[egg]

1 hour ago, sadoldgit said:

The headline was misleading, but did you read the article?

As for putting asylum seekers up in hotels, I wonder which party who were in power for 14 years has anything to do with that?

Yes

[ecuk268]

2 hours ago, whelk said:

It was a new policy put in by Labour. Daily Mail says (implies) so

It was actually Chris Philp who was the minister responsible for first housing asylum-seekers in the Epping hotel. followed by Jenrick and they both neglected to to check if the hotel had the correct planning permission.

The court case was not about who was occupying the hotel but if the planning rules had been followed.

 

[rallyboy]

Philp and Jenrick being useless at their jobs?

I'm staggered by that revelation.

At least the pair of them don't just fill their days spouting shallow kneejerk drivel to harvest the support of morons. 

[Gloucester Saint]

1 hour ago, ecuk268 said:

It was actually Chris Philp who was the minister responsible for first housing asylum-seekers in the Epping hotel. followed by Jenrick and they both neglected to to check if the hotel had the correct planning permission.

The court case was not about who was occupying the hotel but if the planning rules had been followed.

 

About as much chance of the Mail admitting the truth than that Armenian midfielder signing for Saints

[sadoldgit]

4 hours ago, egg said:

Yes

There is another picture of Butler standing directly behind Jenrick with Butler stating that he was “riding shotgun” for Jenrick. 

Jenrick is clearly cozying up to extreme Reform sympathisers in the hope of getting their support. He certainly has the support of Butler.
 

[Lord Duckhunter]

[Weston Super Saint]

7 minutes ago, sadoldgit said:

There is another picture of Butler standing directly behind Jenrick with Butler stating that he was “riding shotgun” for Jenrick. 

 

Must be true then.

[Turkish]

1 hour ago, sadoldgit said:

There is another picture of Butler standing directly behind Jenrick with Butler stating that he was “riding shotgun” for Jenrick. 

Jenrick is clearly cozying up to extreme Reform sympathisers in the hope of getting their support. He certainly has the support of Butler.
 

 

The Article says

Butler posted a picture of himself at the event on social media, standing directly behind Jenrick with the caption: “At the Bell Hotel riding shotgun for Robert Jenrick, pretender to the Tory party leadership.”

 

So he took a selfie with Jenrick in the background and posted it on social media making it out to be something it wasn't. As usual in your rush to report how nasty the Tories are you've fucked up again and made a tit of yourself

[Weston Super Saint]

15 minutes ago, Turkish said:

 

The Article says

Butler posted a picture of himself at the event on social media, standing directly behind Jenrick with the caption: “At the Bell Hotel riding shotgun for Robert Jenrick, pretender to the Tory party leadership.”

 

So he took a selfie with Jenrick in the background and posted it on social media making it out to be something it wasn't. As usual in your rush to report how nasty the Tories are you've fucked up again and made a tit of yourself

Essentially the story is; 'Man stands behind another man'.

[badgerx16]

13 minutes ago, Weston Super Saint said:

Essentially the story is; 'Man stands behind another man'.