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AIBU to oppose housing 1,000 undocumented young men near Piddington?

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PiddingtonFan · 16/09/2026 09:38

We dont need anymore undocumented young males.

1000 proposed to be housed near Piddington. Young males from a different culture.

AIBU to agree with them. Enough undocumented males. Too many males overwhelming a small population. 😪

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JustaDomperignon · 17/09/2026 15:19

nomas · 17/09/2026 14:16

Equally what does your random 'man' have to do with the thread?

She can mention her experience if she wants to.

She can and she did, but it's completely irrelevant.

hedgeknight · 17/09/2026 15:20

Lugol · 17/09/2026 14:58

I knew he was a migrant because he was with a bunch of them from the hotel right next to Asda, and yes I could tell. 🙄

You know just like Kieran Mishchuk did?

Or those people entering the Marriot hotel in Portsmouth?

nomas · 17/09/2026 15:23

JustaDomperignon · 17/09/2026 15:19

She can and she did, but it's completely irrelevant.

Just as irrelevant as the landlady in Wethersfield saying she's more scared of far right men coming to town?

LuckyHazelFox · 17/09/2026 15:24

nomas · 17/09/2026 15:23

Just as irrelevant as the landlady in Wethersfield saying she's more scared of far right men coming to town?

Yet you keep reinforcing her comment.

CatLifer · 17/09/2026 15:28

nomas · 17/09/2026 14:50

It seems sensible of the government to control what foreign workers get skilled worker visas to the UK, surely.

Skilled workers operate under an economic framework.

Asylum seekers operate under a humanitarian framework the UK has signed up to.

Well, yes exactly. But it does put paid to your notion, that people can't be "' imported ', when on a daily basis, countries are being stripped of their brightest, most educated, skilled population to the calling cry of ' our nhs needs you, come hither '.

nomas · 17/09/2026 15:29

LuckyHazelFox · 17/09/2026 15:24

Yet you keep reinforcing her comment.

Only because Lugol aggressively told Blossom what the fuck does that have to do with the thread.

Whammyammy · 17/09/2026 15:31

Im literally howling at the residents of Pidlington. Voted lib dem, all out with their refugees welcome banners last year. ...then got exactly what they wanted and are up in arms as they obviously meant 'refugees welcome, but not in our naice quaint town'.

Fot all I care Pidlington should be used instead of Rwanda, careful who you vote for.

nomas · 17/09/2026 15:31

CatLifer · 17/09/2026 15:28

Well, yes exactly. But it does put paid to your notion, that people can't be "' imported ', when on a daily basis, countries are being stripped of their brightest, most educated, skilled population to the calling cry of ' our nhs needs you, come hither '.

The brain drain is a real issue, I agree with you.

But it doesn't mean the UK government are buying people, the skilled workers from those countries have choice and agency.

hedgeknight · 17/09/2026 15:32

LuckyHazelFox · 17/09/2026 15:24

Yet you keep reinforcing her comment.

Should the voices of those who are concerned about far right men of fighting age not be heard?

LuckyHazelFox · 17/09/2026 15:34

hedgeknight · 17/09/2026 15:32

Should the voices of those who are concerned about far right men of fighting age not be heard?

When they are used to drown out concern about illegal immigrants, yes, why not.

JustaDomperignon · 17/09/2026 15:34

The fact is - even if we all wanted to act like the vitue signalling leftie brigade - the UK simply doesn't have the infrastructure and space for these men. A pp said that of course the men come first and then call for their many wives and children. Jesus, why should the poor struggling tax payer keep paying for this? Over the last 30 years the UK has become so overcrowded and the NHS is on its knees. Enough is enough.

LuckyHazelFox · 17/09/2026 15:37

JustaDomperignon · 17/09/2026 15:34

The fact is - even if we all wanted to act like the vitue signalling leftie brigade - the UK simply doesn't have the infrastructure and space for these men. A pp said that of course the men come first and then call for their many wives and children. Jesus, why should the poor struggling tax payer keep paying for this? Over the last 30 years the UK has become so overcrowded and the NHS is on its knees. Enough is enough.

Can't believe anyone is daft enough to believe they send for their wives and children. Then again, nothing surprises me anymore with the excuses made to deny this is a major issue.

Clavinova · 17/09/2026 15:38

nomas · 17/09/2026 15:16

So how many? Essex police said it's 'very low'.

'So far during 2026, Essex Police have made 23 arrests relating to Wethersfield service users.'

LakieLady · 17/09/2026 15:38

nomas · 16/09/2026 14:28

I don’t think the £10 a week payment to asylum seekers and basic accommodation is a handout so much as the bare minimum.

And if they were allowed to work so that the "handout" wasn't necessary, the same people who go on about them getting £10pw would be moaning that they're "coming over here, taking our jobs".

nomas · 17/09/2026 15:39

LuckyHazelFox · 17/09/2026 15:34

When they are used to drown out concern about illegal immigrants, yes, why not.

I don't think I've done that. I've suggested that the people of Piddington raise things like a curfew system with the Home Office. I've said that I would want assurances as a resident.

I think Lugol telling Blossom what the fuck her post has to do with it is more designed to drown out posters.

Or AlphaQueue telling me 'Oh it's you again'

CatLifer · 17/09/2026 15:39

nomas · 17/09/2026 15:31

The brain drain is a real issue, I agree with you.

But it doesn't mean the UK government are buying people, the skilled workers from those countries have choice and agency.

I'm not convinced all of these people DO have 'choice and agency' actually. The dangling carrot of higher wages, better prospects, education and housing than their home country offers, is another form of bribery and exploitation.

Lifeomars · 17/09/2026 15:41

Dollymylove · 17/09/2026 10:16

Well in light of the fact that the government has printed leaflets in several different languages asking these men not rape females.........I rest my case your honour

The two universities in my city are currently running a campaign about consent for freshers in light of the concern about rape and sexual assault in the student community.

nomas · 17/09/2026 15:41

CatLifer · 17/09/2026 15:39

I'm not convinced all of these people DO have 'choice and agency' actually. The dangling carrot of higher wages, better prospects, education and housing than their home country offers, is another form of bribery and exploitation.

Fair point, I agree.

Lugol · 17/09/2026 15:41

hedgeknight · 17/09/2026 15:20

You know just like Kieran Mishchuk did?

Or those people entering the Marriot hotel in Portsmouth?

Yes I know. He walked out of the entrance of the hotel across the car park to the side of my car and harassed me. There was a group of them together.

There are only migrants staying at that hotel, they have been causing problems for locals and have become known for heckling girls and women and approaching them.

He walked over as I was unloading my trolley.

I think it's fucking disgusting that you don't believe me. I was hassled in daylight and a man a couple of cars away came to help me.

I haven't used that Asda since because it shook me up and as I said in a previous post I don't rattle easily but this shook me up and made me feel very unsafe.

Shame on you.

EmeraldShamrock000 · 17/09/2026 15:41

shecanbe · 17/09/2026 14:43

Are you arguing that there is something innately different about the average Indian man that makes him more likely than an average Italian man to sexually assault women? Do you actually think this?

Yes. In some parts of India it is okay to rape. Political leaders have defended rape. Young children sleep on the street and suffer rape every day openly taking from the street, young ladies too.
It is not culturally acceptable in any part of Europe to rape. Political leaders don’t say sometimes it is okay, or lay back and enjoy it.

LuckyHazelFox · 17/09/2026 15:43

Lugol · 17/09/2026 15:41

Yes I know. He walked out of the entrance of the hotel across the car park to the side of my car and harassed me. There was a group of them together.

There are only migrants staying at that hotel, they have been causing problems for locals and have become known for heckling girls and women and approaching them.

He walked over as I was unloading my trolley.

I think it's fucking disgusting that you don't believe me. I was hassled in daylight and a man a couple of cars away came to help me.

I haven't used that Asda since because it shook me up and as I said in a previous post I don't rattle easily but this shook me up and made me feel very unsafe.

Shame on you.

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Women gaslighting other women to protect dangerous men. That's the point we are now at.

AlphaQueue · 17/09/2026 15:47

nomas · 17/09/2026 14:55

No ones asking you to eat asylum seekers.

It's a metaphor

Lugol · 17/09/2026 15:47

LuckyHazelFox · 17/09/2026 15:43

Women gaslighting other women to protect dangerous men. That's the point we are now at.

It's disgusting isn't it?

They would be the very first to bang on about white men (especially the ones in Dover or Portsmouth in masks) and talk about how violent they are or the rape statistics for white men but if I write out my lived experience with migrants in my home town I'm cross questioned and made out to be a racist, confused or a liar.

Switchnow · 17/09/2026 15:48

EasternStandard · 17/09/2026 15:15

It’s much better to have the resources to do strict checks. It’s possible with a visa not asylum. You get to decide who to give the visa too and can put a higher bar on safeguarding.

It is far better than waiting for a Brighton, Belfast, Rhiannon, elderly man, boy victim and saying oh no.

Use vetting not people to figure it out.

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And how does that predict who will be rapists?

shecanbe · 17/09/2026 15:51

AlphaQueue · 17/09/2026 14:53

Do you not agree that it's much safer to be a lone woman in Rome than in New Delhi? Do you wonder why?

Having been to both New Delhi and Rome several times, I can categorically say I feel no safer in one than the other. I wouldn't walk around alone at 3am in either. Nor would I in London.

Have you been to Delhi?

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