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To report my colleagues fantasy football team name?

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Hulkins87 · 21/08/2026 20:56

We have a work fantasy football league, it’s advertised on the internal intranet site and emails were sent around about sign up details etc.

The league has gone live tonight so you can see everyone’s team including their team names.

A colleague has a team name which references stopping the boats - would it be wrong of me to report this?

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SeenYourArse · 22/08/2026 09:52

WHY would you report him? For having an opinion different to yours? What makes his opinion wrong and yours right? What’s funny is they DO need to be stopped even the PM agrees, it’s not up for debate whether people should be allowed to flood illegally into our country or not, the official line is they should be stopped and they are paying France millions of pounds to help do so, so why would you think your personal opinion matters at all?

Whatifitallgoesright · 22/08/2026 09:51

Mouthofthethames
Someone will be along soon to ask you why you aren't linking murders by British people which they somehow seem to think negates these crimes.

MouthOfTheThames · 22/08/2026 09:49

5128gap · 22/08/2026 09:45

You probably wouldn't notice it if you're one of the obsessed. Because you're so intent on listening to your own voice you're not paying attention.

Your ad hominem comments are not very convincing, you know.

But do carry the n trying to persuade people that there’s nothing to worry about and that ordinary people aren’t concerned 👍

Foolish1984 · 22/08/2026 09:48

Wanting to stop illegal migration is NOT racism, it’s wanting to stop illegal migration! I’m happy for people to be granted asylum here legally via the proper channels. Me not wanting people to bypass these legal checks and quite literally come running into the country with zero checks, is not racism ffs. Immigration exists for a bloody good reason! If it was racism then the entirety of the UK’s Border Force network wouldn’t exist!
If not wanting illegal migration was racism, then we should tell Trump to remove all of the Mexican borders’ checkpoints and the Canadian border’s checkpoints. Just let everyone free roam! Same with every other civilised country “Just open up your borders everyone and if you don’t, you’re racist!!!”

LittlePetitePsychopath · 22/08/2026 09:45

I’d have presumed this was a reference to the goalkeeper; given it’s a fantasy football league…

You can report it to the PL. They’ll force a name change if they agree it’s offensive.

5128gap · 22/08/2026 09:45

MouthOfTheThames · 22/08/2026 08:48

Yes, I’ve noticed that less people are talking about immigration recently 🙄 (sarcasm for clarity)

it's only a minority who make it their whole personality.

Strange comment

You probably wouldn't notice it if you're one of the obsessed. Because you're so intent on listening to your own voice you're not paying attention.

Foolish1984 · 22/08/2026 09:43

Who DOESN’T want to stop the boats???? It’s illegal migration and is illegal for a very bloody good reason. Why on earth would you report that?

Whatifitallgoesright · 22/08/2026 09:43

Careful. The OP might want to report you for reposting the article.

Whatifitallgoesright · 22/08/2026 09:41

MouthOfTheThames · 22/08/2026 09:38

Man in court accused of attempted murder at asylum hostel in Surrey

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2lq80g88epo

Steady on there. The OP might want to report the journalist who reported that.

3luckystars · 22/08/2026 09:38

Are you in the fantasy football league or did you just go in to see what other people were doing?

MouthOfTheThames · 22/08/2026 09:38

Man in court accused of attempted murder at asylum hostel in Surrey

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2lq80g88epo

wombat1a · 22/08/2026 09:37

I'm lost here - what is wrong with wanting the boats stopped?

autumnwitch4 · 22/08/2026 09:36

MouthOfTheThames · 22/08/2026 09:18

No one, not even the left, wants people to be illegally crossing the channel on dangerous rubber boats.

I don’t think this is true. I judge people’s beliefs by their actions not their words. Many people, including the government, many charities and many individuals are encouraging and aiding people arriving on boats. Therefore, this is what they want.

I believe the charities and individuals are doing that because there are currently no safe routes or other ways for them to get here.

Currently, the only ways to claim asylum here is to physically land here or to come via an official scheme - however, the official schemes are limited. We have/had official schemes for Ukrainians, Afghans and Syrians in the recent past. These people were brought over safely by air.

If you are from a country where there is no such scheme, the only way to claim asylum is to physically get here. Many of the people who claim asylum here actually land here legally (with a valid visa) - not via a small boat.

The people who come across on boats are from countries where there is no current resettlement scheme, or if there is they don’t qualify. They likely can’t get on a plane to land here legally as they won’t qualify for a visa (getting a visitor visa to the UK from certain countries can be tough).

So the ‘refugees welcome’ crowd want more ways for asylum seekers to be able to apply from abroad and then to be given ‘safe routes’ to get here.

Imdunfer · 22/08/2026 09:32
  1. Nobody in their right mind wants people to continue to pay criminals to drown them in the English channel.
  1. Nigel says he will stop the boats. So does every other political leader except perhaps Polenski.

What exactly is offensive about that fantasy team name?

MouthOfTheThames · 22/08/2026 09:29

It’s so bizarre, and so offensive to the people who have lost their lives or had their lives ruined, that people are still coming on to threads to claim these attacks aren’t happening.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yvwdgjpj3o

A close-up photo of Rhiannon Whyte, showing her with orange/red hair

Asylum seeker jailed for 29 years for Rhiannon Whyte murder

Deng Majek is told by the mother of victim Rhiannon Whyte that she hopes he never sees the outside world.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yvwdgjpj3o

SodOffNigelYouSleazebag · 22/08/2026 09:26

I don't know much about fantasy football, but isn't it supposed to be fun and lighthearted?

UninitendedShark · 22/08/2026 09:25

I’d make one called ‘Nige5milbung’

dustabsorber · 22/08/2026 09:24

and now he is trying to get into the England over 60s cricket team

dustabsorber · 22/08/2026 09:23

Hulkins87 · 21/08/2026 22:01

NigeWillStopThem

Nigel Martyn was a great shot stopper

PrettyLittleRose · 22/08/2026 09:21

Hulkins87 · 21/08/2026 22:01

NigeWillStopThem

Maybe they're on about Nige stopping Meghan and Harry coming back to the UK. Grin

XMissPlacedX · 22/08/2026 09:21

You can force them to change their name
but it’s a drop in the ocean to changing their views which you can’t do. Your worrying about things that are nothing to with you OP, give your head a rest.

LuckyHazelFox · 22/08/2026 09:19

backformoreofthesame · 22/08/2026 09:11

they arrive , get sent back or they get granted asylum -

do you want to stop granting asylum to people ? Is that what stop the boats really means ? Stop the boats sounds better than “no longer give refuge to people on the basis of the inhumane conditions they would otherwise face “ focus on how they arrive not why they arrive ?

So you don't believe in being proactive in preventing illegal entry in the first place. Nice bit of money wastage there not to mention putting UK citizens in danger.

MouthOfTheThames · 22/08/2026 09:18

autumnwitch4 · 22/08/2026 09:12

Everyone wants to stop the boats, albeit for different reasons. No one, not even the left, wants people to be illegally crossing the channel on dangerous rubber boats.

Some because they don’t want the people here full stop, others because they want safe routes and it done more officially.

And that would be the same whoever the people are and wherever they’re from.

No one, not even the left, wants people to be illegally crossing the channel on dangerous rubber boats.

I don’t think this is true. I judge people’s beliefs by their actions not their words. Many people, including the government, many charities and many individuals are encouraging and aiding people arriving on boats. Therefore, this is what they want.

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