Page 7 | To report my colleagues fantasy football team name?

Hulkins87 · 2026-08-21T19:56:57+00:00

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?

Waterbaby41 · 22/08/2026 09:17

Mind your own business.

FunPeachEagle · 22/08/2026 09:17

Heaven forbid we should stop those boats coming, it's all going really well.

MouthOfTheThames · 22/08/2026 09:14

ViperHalliwell · 22/08/2026 09:10

Unfortunately the context isn't clear and he can claim plausible deniability if asked about the name by HR, his manager. etc. If he'd made a clearer reference to Farage being willing or able to deal effectively with problems stemming from mass immigration, then he could at least be sanctioned for false advertising.

If he'd made a clearer reference to Farage being willing or able to deal effectively with problems stemming from mass immigration, then he could at least be sanctioned for false advertising.

So true

autumnwitch4 · 22/08/2026 09:12

itsallaroundus · 22/08/2026 09:03

If you believe that I’ve got a bridge to sell you

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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.

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 ?

ViperHalliwell · 22/08/2026 09:10

Unfortunately the context isn't clear and he can claim plausible deniability if asked about the name by HR, his manager. etc. If he'd made a clearer reference to Farage being willing or able to deal effectively with problems stemming from mass immigration, then he could at least be sanctioned for false advertising.

ClarasSisters · 22/08/2026 09:08

Hulkins87 · 21/08/2026 22:01

NigeWillStopThem

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Are you sure it's not referencing the first million pound goalkeeper Nigel Martyn?!

Report to who exactly? Presumably if the league is visible to all in your organisation management are already aware of the name.

LuckyHazelFox · 22/08/2026 09:06

itsallaroundus · 22/08/2026 09:05

Hmm let’s see why following Nigel Farage’s rhetoric is racist…

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That's not a logical answer - it's emotive. So nobody has been racist.

LuckyHazelFox · 22/08/2026 09:05

backformoreofthesame · 22/08/2026 09:04

It is racism dressed up as safety

assuming illegal immigrants are dangerous is racism - it’s making sweeping generalisations and it’s directed frequently at people who have arrived here legally , people who have lived here for decades , people who were born here

illegals get sent back - they don’t get given social housing and benefits

So you think not stopping the boats and open borders are going to keep women and girls safe?

itsallaroundus · 22/08/2026 09:05

LuckyHazelFox · 22/08/2026 09:04

So tell is why it's racist. It shouldn't be difficult, seeings as how it is to say somebody is racist.

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Hmm let’s see why following Nigel Farage’s rhetoric is racist…

backformoreofthesame · 22/08/2026 09:04

It is racism dressed up as safety

assuming illegal immigrants are dangerous is racism - it’s making sweeping generalisations and it’s directed frequently at people who have arrived here legally , people who have lived here for decades , people who were born here

illegals get sent back - they don’t get given social housing and benefits

MouthOfTheThames · 22/08/2026 09:04

itsallaroundus · 22/08/2026 08:56

Because racism is unacceptable in a work fantasy football
league?

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Absolutely crazy that people are pushing the definition of racism as far as to include not wanting huge boatloads of undocumented young men arriving on our shores daily. What next, I wonder?

LuckyHazelFox · 22/08/2026 09:04

itsallaroundus · 22/08/2026 09:03

If you believe that I’ve got a bridge to sell you

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So tell is why it's racist. It shouldn't be difficult, seeings as how it is to say somebody is racist.

itsallaroundus · 22/08/2026 09:03

autumnwitch4 · 22/08/2026 08:57

It is not racism.

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If you believe that I’ve got a bridge to sell you

SleeplessRoads · 22/08/2026 09:01

LakieLady · 22/08/2026 08:01

Yes, there's nothing like a bit of light-hearted xenophobia to brighten up the day, is there?🙄

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Why’s it xenophobic? I’d also like to stop the small boats; infants, toddlers and children are drowning. There is an unnecessary risk to life, and these people are largely being exploited by human traffickers.

I’m more disgusted that ANYONE doesn’t have a stop the boats attitude.

I do think we should be offering safe crossings and asylum/refuge to those needing it. It’s a humanitarian crisis that you need to flee your war torn country and then have your children drown between two western countries at peace.

StopTheBoats is no more a xenophobic phrase than LevelUpTheNorth or Manchesterisation which are also topical political slogans of the moment that would make suitable team names.

LuckyHazelFox · 22/08/2026 08:59

Mumtobabyhavoc · 22/08/2026 08:57

Oh, no. It's about safety.

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Do you have a problem with women wanting to feel safe?

Mumtobabyhavoc · 22/08/2026 08:57

itsallaroundus · 22/08/2026 08:56

Because racism is unacceptable in a work fantasy football
league?

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Oh, no. It's about safety.

autumnwitch4 · 22/08/2026 08:57

itsallaroundus · 22/08/2026 08:56

Because racism is unacceptable in a work fantasy football
league?

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It is not racism.

itsallaroundus · 22/08/2026 08:56

autumnwitch4 · 22/08/2026 08:29

Why?

Maybe OP’s colleague wants them to stop because they’re dangerous, people are putting their lives at risk and deaths do occur.

Even the left ‘refugees welcome’ brigade want to stop the boats (because they want to bring them over via a safe crossing)

Burnham wants to stop the boats, are you going to report him?

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Because racism is unacceptable in a work fantasy football
league?

MerryUmberHedgehog · 22/08/2026 08:53

Perhaps mention it to your colleague first.

HollyMcDolly · 22/08/2026 08:52

Report for what? Why is everyone so obsessed with repotting opinions they disagree with on here?

LuckyHazelFox · 22/08/2026 08:52

Sereine · 22/08/2026 08:46

Except that this specifically represents Farage's proposals for stopping them, which are not only scary but also unlawful and liable to lead us into war.

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War with whom?

MouthOfTheThames · 22/08/2026 08:50

Sereine · 22/08/2026 08:47

Well no, that is not happening. Check your facts.

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Which part of my post are you claiming isn’t happening?

autumnwitch4 · 22/08/2026 08:49

5128gap · 22/08/2026 08:44

They're already losing interest in it. People have multiple issues of concern. Most pressing being the cost of living. Most people are talking more now about what's being done to make life more affordable, improve affordable housing etc. Hence the popularity of a PM who isnt a one trick pony. While people want immigration controlled, it's only a minority who make it their whole personality.

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When Labour moves asylum seekers into the previously unaffected middle class / affluent areas, many more people are going to sit up and take an interest in it.

MouthOfTheThames · 22/08/2026 08:48

5128gap · 22/08/2026 08:44

They're already losing interest in it. People have multiple issues of concern. Most pressing being the cost of living. Most people are talking more now about what's being done to make life more affordable, improve affordable housing etc. Hence the popularity of a PM who isnt a one trick pony. While people want immigration controlled, it's only a minority who make it their whole personality.

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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