To report my colleagues fantasy football team name?

I am not sure everyone links ‘stop the boats’ to Reform’s plans. It’s not the first thing I think of. Most will think it just means literally stopping the boats.

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

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.

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.

This is probably legally protected speech and you have no right to try and oppress it. You can disagree but you cannot restrict it, you’ll have to move to a dictatorship or similar for that. Everyone who thinks free speech is just for them should move.

I dont think it's offensive.

I would just leave it

Yes, people will soon lose interest in the fact that thousands of undocumented young men from cultures with values completely different to our own are arriving weekly and being housed in large groups all around the country. Just ignore anyone who mentions it and pretend it’s not happening.

It’s a phrase repeated by most politicians. Do you plan to report all of them?

No.
It's fantasy.

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?

Or Burnham will pay them

Report. It’s unacceptable.

I think at the moment there's a fair amount of desperation from Reform supporters. They are losing relevance by the day, as their only offer is available from the other parties, who also bring the added benefits of not being investigated for fraud. Burnham is popular and doing well so far and they can see it slipping away. So the die hards are mounting a final push. I wouldn't give it any more oxygen by complaining as it just gives them a platform. The less airtime they get the sooner they're forgotten.

Well it's not that controversial is it? I was expecting much worse.

Everyone wants to stop the boats now. Tbh as much as I hate Farage I don’t think it’s mega offensive. Just ignore and move on.

What's racist about stopping the boats - are you saying this Labour government is racist? Nice story on Hitler Youth, BTW.

On what planet is it racist or bigoted to want to stop the boats?

But so interesting to see that there are indeed people who don’t want the boats stopped and believe that allowing them to continue is the correct and desired trajectory for the UK.

It’s not appropriate and should be reported. DH work has an after work football team. We went to watch one of the matches as it was for charity and two of the other players kept shouting to another player “HY” when they were open or passing the ball. I asked DH what’s with the HY (that’s not the colleagues name or initials) he didn’t know.

We didn't go to the after drinks, so waited til Monday to find out. We found out from another colleague it stood for Hitler Youth. DH had no idea and with the other colleague was disgusted. Other colleague had already reported it. They were in corporate colours, football uniform and representing the company so all three were in hot water with HR this week. Apparently this colleague has disgusting racist and heavy stop the boat type views outside of work but the dept he’s in is very mixed.

It’s become quite awkward these last few days. DH has already requested that this person and the other two are not put in his team from a while ago due to behaviour on a staff night out that was vile towards and about several female colleagues.

If someone is so casual at putting ‘Nigewillstoptheboats’ in a work environment then what are they like outside of work? If it was my work he would have been instantly dismissed and good no place in society for racists/bigots.

I hope so

What's xenophobic about it? When that Nigel t-shirt was paraded about, people were falling over themselves to say it wasn't a problem. Nige will stop them could mean anything in that case. This was just a juicy Friday night goady thread anyway.

Is it xenophobic to want to stop the boats? If so, I think most of us are xenophobes so who cares?

Better yet “NigeIsFullOfIt”

You are being unreasonable. Hope the boats are stopped it’s scary.

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

I think it’s a satire of the “I think you wrong-think therefore I am clearly better than you!” belief?