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To think Britain is getting more racist ?

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JifNtGif · 28/11/2025 15:29

Overt anti "foreigner" / anti non-white discussions appear to be normalised at times these days. I don't remember this in previous decades. Was it just under the surface ?

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Iocanepowder · 05/12/2025 03:06

Also important to point out that immigrants in this country can also be racist. An immigrant relative of mine is very racist.

breezyyy · 05/12/2025 03:05

nomas · 05/12/2025 02:58

Yes, agreed, there are many bad faith actors around,

Paid agents for sure.

nomas · 05/12/2025 02:58

breezyyy · 05/12/2025 02:50

I was just about to reply to you.

Let us consider just how many posters on forums are legitimate. Let us remove online forums completely and then see how the governing bodies have a reach.

It’s such a load of bollocks.

It exhausts me how stupid people are.

Yes, agreed, there are many bad faith actors around,

breezyyy · 05/12/2025 02:50

nomas · 05/12/2025 02:47

Agreed. It was especially apparent during the last government when Rishi Sunak was cynically talking about tackling immigration in quite harsh terms whilst at the same time allowing record numbers of immigrants into the country. So effectively he was allowing immigrants to take the flack for his policy. Will have to see if Shabana Mahmood does the same.

I was just about to reply to you.

Let us consider just how many posters on forums are legitimate. Let us remove online forums completely and then see how the governing bodies have a reach.

It’s such a load of bollocks.

It exhausts me how stupid people are.

nomas · 05/12/2025 02:49

Buzyizzy217 · 29/11/2025 15:40

You’re not understanding the climate crisis if you think that a) India and Pakistan are going to be unaffected by the climate crisis, b) are basically saying you don’t want any refugees here at all and c) The Western World has caused this, we need to look after the population from these vulnerable countries.

Yes, I saw that one of the developing countries affected by the climate crisis has sued a western country for causing the damage. I forget the details. I really should look it up.

nomas · 05/12/2025 02:47

breezyyy · 05/12/2025 02:43

Exactly this.

They rule by keeping everyone divided and pointing the finger of blame at each other.

It has ALWAYS BEEN THIS WAY.

Agreed. It was especially apparent during the last government when Rishi Sunak was cynically talking about tackling immigration in quite harsh terms whilst at the same time allowing record numbers of immigrants into the country. So effectively he was allowing immigrants to take the flack for his policy. Will have to see if Shabana Mahmood does the same.

nomas · 05/12/2025 02:44

magicalmadmadamim · 29/11/2025 06:39

No.
People just don't want mass immigration the way it currently is, I am an immigrant myself in Europe and I know that most countries are rightfully much pickier about who they let over the border to gain residency.
It is neither racist nor insert word phobic to expect some level of scrutiny.
There is also the fact that the U.K is a very small island which is incredibly overcrowded, lets not pretend otherwise! Europe has fare more open spaces between towns and cities.
You need to have hatred in your heart for it to be racism
A mutual friend called me a racist c*nt a few months ago, all because i said the flags looked nice!
Needless to say she went in the bin after that.
The left seem to think its fine to call people names if their views don't align.
Most of these people haven't had their lives directly affected by immigration and sit in their ivory towers bleating away.

You need to have hatred in your heart for it to be racism

How far does this extend? Do you think it’s okay to say ‘I’m going to the p&%# shop’ as long as you don’t have racism in your heart? You can’t use immigration as an excuse to be racist. It’s one thing to express concern about the numbers of immigrants, that’s not racist. But it’s an entirely different thing to think that the excuse of immigration allows white people the right to abuse people of colour.

breezyyy · 05/12/2025 02:43

nomas · 05/12/2025 02:40

It’s what the government want no matter which party is in charge. Because if you have people arguing amongst each other, then you’re not looking at the utter shit show of the government that run the country.

Exactly this.

They rule by keeping everyone divided and pointing the finger of blame at each other.

It has ALWAYS BEEN THIS WAY.

nomas · 05/12/2025 02:40

hattie43 · 29/11/2025 05:19

I don’t think I’ve ever known this country so divided about everything , racism yes but also young v old , working class v middle class ? Woke v non woke , north v south it goes on , the culture wars are raging .

It’s what the government want no matter which party is in charge. Because if you have people arguing amongst each other, then you’re not looking at the utter shit show of the government that run the country.

breezyyy · 05/12/2025 02:37

Nope.

nomas · 05/12/2025 02:34

TempestTost · 02/12/2025 10:55

Yes, living for months in the homeless shelter is just a bundle of joy.

If you believe that I suggest that you go try volunteering in one, Lots of opportunities in the Christmas season.

Currently I'm trying to hook up a 70 year old lady who won't go to the shelter, because she is scared of the addicts, so she is sleeping rough, as she also cannot find housing. Her situation is a bundle of joy too.

We also frequently have new arrivals from overseas, be they students or workers (not many refugees where I am) coming in to photocopy documents. And every one of them is staying some place, in an apartment o room, or in some cases in specially built housing for nurses. At least a few a day. Some even work with us, there are three out of about 20 employees who are newcomers within the last 5 years. One in an apartment, two in houses they've bought.

I don’t understand the point you’re making here. Are you saying that the students and workers are entitled to council housing or other free temporary accommodation and that George isn’t? Or are you saying that it’s not fair that the students and workers have the means to secure accommodation with their own money and that it’s not fair that George doesn’t have the money to secure his own own accommodation? If yes, how is that the fault of the students and workers?

CurlewKate · 05/12/2025 01:56

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Could you give some examples of services being too accommodating to “cultural practices”?

Didyousaysomethingdarling · 04/12/2025 20:59

“That’s Racist!” - Crewkerne Gazette ft. Keir Starmer

7563l · 02/12/2025 10:59

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TempestTost · 02/12/2025 10:55

pocketpairs · 30/11/2025 23:07

..and the moral of the story is "it's OK to hate someone who cares for your elderly relative stuck in an old person's home, while earning minimum wage, as long as life's a but crappy for you"

Got it.

Yes, living for months in the homeless shelter is just a bundle of joy.

If you believe that I suggest that you go try volunteering in one, Lots of opportunities in the Christmas season.

Currently I'm trying to hook up a 70 year old lady who won't go to the shelter, because she is scared of the addicts, so she is sleeping rough, as she also cannot find housing. Her situation is a bundle of joy too.

BlakeCarrington · 02/12/2025 10:51

cardibach · 30/11/2025 16:06

Because it’s completely irrelevant. I’m not engaging with you further.

How convenient for you.

GentleOlive · 01/12/2025 19:57

Southernecho · 01/12/2025 08:33

Ha so you are going on about migration, not the accepted figure of Net Migration, when talking about pop. growth.

We had 1.2m net migration under the Tories, just over 200k net this year.

Apologies for assuming you were up to speed on migration.

What’s your point? Other than finally accepting that you don’t understand the difference between immigration and net migration.

Southernecho · 01/12/2025 08:33

GentleOlive · 30/11/2025 17:19

Immigration was 900k in the latest year. Prove me wrong.

You simply don’t know what you’re talking about. And my predictions about the future are likely to be more accurate than yours since you are not even up to speed on facts about the present.

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Ha so you are going on about migration, not the accepted figure of Net Migration, when talking about pop. growth.

We had 1.2m net migration under the Tories, just over 200k net this year.

Apologies for assuming you were up to speed on migration.

pocketpairs · 30/11/2025 23:07

TempestTost · 30/11/2025 21:00

A situation that is really burned on my mind from the last few years speaks to this issue, imo.

I was at work. Usually in the day, we have quite a number of unhoused people. One man in particular, I'll call him George, a man of about 50, was there, as usual, on the computer. He'd been living at the shelter up the road for a few months while trying to find an apartment, which were in very short supply. He wasn't getting many calls, the couple he'd had were from places that were too awful to consider, full of drugs, or vermin, or both.

We also frequently have new arrivals from overseas, be they students or workers (not many refugees where I am) coming in to photocopy documents. And every one of them is staying some place, in an apartment o room, or in some cases in specially built housing for nurses. At least a few a day. Some even work with us, there are three out of about 20 employees who are newcomers within the last 5 years. One in an apartment, two in houses they've bought.

I think you have to be pretty massively lacking in empathy and imagination to not understand what it means to have a shelter that holds 30, as well as a number sleeping rough at any given time, while at the same time people are coming from away who have managed to secure decent housing.

Racists my ass.

..and the moral of the story is "it's OK to hate someone who cares for your elderly relative stuck in an old person's home, while earning minimum wage, as long as life's a but crappy for you"

Got it.

Themagicfarawaytreeismyfav · 30/11/2025 22:15

inkognitha · 28/11/2025 17:00

As long as the left amalgamates to racism any criticism of cultural differences or the sensible idea that people born here don’t want to feel like they re just a community among others (and a vilified one, full of gammons, oiks and karens because they’re so unsavoury to the elites), racism will keep on rising

As long as the left keeps on bending over for Hamas and Hezbollah because of self-hatred and sheer ignorance, antisemitism will keep on rising

As long as the left refuses to enforce sensible immigration rules and border control, racism will keep on rising

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Absolutely spot on!

TempestTost · 30/11/2025 21:00

pocketpairs · 30/11/2025 15:31

Racist people don't like being told they're racist..hmmm.

People are dissatisfied with thier lives and looking for someone to blame, migrants are the current boogeyman.

These same people will end up voting for the privately educated multi millionaire Farage, who they think if the common man. They'll also smile with glee about brexit and not be able to articulate a single benefit.

A situation that is really burned on my mind from the last few years speaks to this issue, imo.

I was at work. Usually in the day, we have quite a number of unhoused people. One man in particular, I'll call him George, a man of about 50, was there, as usual, on the computer. He'd been living at the shelter up the road for a few months while trying to find an apartment, which were in very short supply. He wasn't getting many calls, the couple he'd had were from places that were too awful to consider, full of drugs, or vermin, or both.

We also frequently have new arrivals from overseas, be they students or workers (not many refugees where I am) coming in to photocopy documents. And every one of them is staying some place, in an apartment o room, or in some cases in specially built housing for nurses. At least a few a day. Some even work with us, there are three out of about 20 employees who are newcomers within the last 5 years. One in an apartment, two in houses they've bought.

I think you have to be pretty massively lacking in empathy and imagination to not understand what it means to have a shelter that holds 30, as well as a number sleeping rough at any given time, while at the same time people are coming from away who have managed to secure decent housing.

Racists my ass.

ThePolarEspresso · 30/11/2025 17:46

floppybit · 30/11/2025 17:43

I’ve lived abroad in a few countries and they were far more racist than the UK.

It's gone around the world like a joke that you can leverage the accusation at the English who attack each other and back you up - like mugs in denial.

floppybit · 30/11/2025 17:43

I’ve lived abroad in a few countries and they were far more racist than the UK.

moderate · 30/11/2025 17:32

JifNtGif · 28/11/2025 19:16

So you think racism is justifiable based on a perception of immigration?

What racism? Quote it.

GentleOlive · 30/11/2025 17:19

Southernecho · 30/11/2025 17:14

Not a die hard supporter at all but you wrote some very clear and provable "untruths"
Immigration has gone from 1.2m under Sunak and Badenoch to just over 200k now
Marginal is not a 1m drop, what school did you go too?

Your predictions may yet prove very wrong in 3.5 years time.

Immigration was 900k in the latest year. Prove me wrong.

You simply don’t know what you’re talking about. And my predictions about the future are likely to be more accurate than yours since you are not even up to speed on facts about the present.

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