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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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shecanbe · 17/09/2026 21:45

@LuckyHazelFox - how inconvenient for your agenda.

AlphaQueue · 17/09/2026 21:48

shecanbe · 17/09/2026 20:28

"Look and see on the contrary how British Pakistanis have done."

What, are you starting on British Pakistanis now? What is your problem with them exactly?

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01/10/pakistanis-four-times-more-likely-grooming/

LuckyHazelFox · 17/09/2026 21:56

shecanbe · 17/09/2026 21:45

@LuckyHazelFox - how inconvenient for your agenda.

Nah, just wise to game playing.

LuckyHazelFox · 17/09/2026 21:59

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LuckyHazelFox · 17/09/2026 22:00

Wrong thread.

shecanbe · 17/09/2026 22:02

AlohaQueue and @LuckyHazelFox - do you actually know any British Pakistanis, or Indians - or anyone for that matter? Or do you just live your lives via particular newspapers, algorithms and news channels? This is ridiculous. How do you get though life? Where on earth do you live?

LuckyHazelFox · 17/09/2026 22:04

shecanbe · 17/09/2026 22:02

AlohaQueue and @LuckyHazelFox - do you actually know any British Pakistanis, or Indians - or anyone for that matter? Or do you just live your lives via particular newspapers, algorithms and news channels? This is ridiculous. How do you get though life? Where on earth do you live?

Of course I know them. Are you projecting?

Switchnow · 17/09/2026 22:39

EasternStandard · 17/09/2026 21:37

It was a vetted, humanitarian visa scheme which you identified as something you want more of. Great, you already agree.

Yes, I think an out of country application process makes sense as part of the solution. You could start with women and children, at what point would you allow the women to bring the fathers of their children?

CherryPieface · 17/09/2026 22:50

But they are not moving there to live permanently, they are just there to be processed, the locals do not seem to realise this? The men don’t want to live there any more than the villagers want them to. But the sooner they are there, the sooner they move on, whether they stay in U.K or go elsewhere.

EmeraldShamrock000 · 17/09/2026 23:01

shecanbe · 17/09/2026 20:03

I do agree it's a stupid idea to put them on the edge of a tiny village, when they could just house them in a city or larger town and nobody would notice or care. No drama needed.

I don’t think you realise that the cities and other large towns already have their share. I don’t know why you think that they wouldn’t notice? People notice, they’re fed up too. Housing prices are through the roof, GP’s are booked out, adult children are living with parents, random men standing around with nothing to do is noticeable even in a busy city centre.
The problem is spreading out. If they do succeed in overturning the accommodation, it’ll cause uproar as other area’s will expect the same.

Switchnow · 17/09/2026 23:29

If we take this data at face value it shows that men seeking asylum from are less of a risk than men who come in on visas to work, study or holiday. Who is going to organise a protest?

CatsAreBetterThanMen · 18/09/2026 00:48

PiddingtonFan · 16/09/2026 10:01

I agree with you.

Once a large number of single males arrive they realised the potential problems coming. Is that a reason to just take more and more males

They've been coming for years, just not to Piddington. It was seen by the ultra liberal middle classes (including those in Piddington) to be humane and righteous whilst it happened in the poorest communities (like the one I live in), they continued to vote for it and silenced anyone that raised unchecked, mass immigration as an issue that needed to be addressed, as a vulgar, little racist.

The poorest communities have been ripped apart by the politics of the elite that have never before felt the sharp end of their moral posturing. Where I live young families find it impossible to find their children places in local schools, children can be in a classroom where the majority of kids don't speak English as a first language and a lot don't even speak English - how can anyone seriously suggest that situation is a net benefit to the existing community and not a total erosion of the already awful educational standard the poorest communities had to put up with?

You have to wait over a fortnight for a GP appointment, NHS dentistry is non existent and people cannot afford private treatment so they just live with the pain of untreated dental problems. Our local hospital is a death trap and a lot of the staff have very poor english, certainly too poor to understand and make themselves understood to vulnerable patients. When I worked there (in mental health) a good few years ago now, I watched a lady with dementia looking utterly terrified and bewildered as two nurses stood next to her and conversed merrily in their own language. A patient was diagnosed by a psychiatrist, who had a very poor command of English, as having schizophrenia because when describing her panic attacks she said that she knew she didn't have anything to be really scared of but the little voice in her head just shouted panic. That misdiagnosis put her in very real danger and she had a hell of a time trying to get it reversed.

I personally knew of four doctors locally (two in the hospital where I worked and two local GPs) that were found to have assaulted female patients. One of the GP's was a white British male, the other three were asian, muslim males.

People no longer know their neighbours, all this "get to know each other, melting pot crap" is great in Sesame Street but in reality it just doesn't happen. People have no desire or need to assimilate into the existing community, they have just built communities of their own, our approach to multiculturalism has meant that many haven't even needed to learn to speak the language. We had enough problems with poverty and crime before we imported double the existing population into an already overcrowded, underfunded crap hole.

Twenty years ago things were hard here but now it's like a battery farm, there are too many people crammed into the same area with absolutely no investment into the infrastructure. It's just insane to expect people to continue to absorb that kind of pressure without any discontent. The poorest have been told to suck it up for years, so I have very limited sympathy for the people of Piddington. My sympathy is for reserved for my elderly neighbour, who after working hard all her life, always paying her taxes and being a decent and productive member of society had to pull her own tooth out and suffer a terrible dental infection for weeks before finally getting it treated after sitting for over ten hours in excruciating pain in an A&E. But the liberal middle classes don't see her as a worthy enough cause for their sympathy.

Mass, unchecked immigration isn't going to stop any time soon so from this point onwards I want all prospective refugees and illegal migrants to be deposited en masse to the areas that actually voted for them. The only way people will stop voting for it to happen in other people's houses is if their vote means it happens in their own.

I will never vote labour again. Under ANY circumstances. Kemi has promise but honestly, I will vote for anyone that I believe has a serious plan to put an end to the current situation.

If you want to call me a racist, well, I don't care.

Rollingpinofdoom · 18/09/2026 06:13

nomas · 17/09/2026 21:09

There are no shops, no cafés, no pubs in Piddington for anyone to integrate with.

I can’t see what the asylum seekers would even want to go into the village for. Houses are much of a muchness everywhere.

I don’t think they really get a choice where they are put to be honest. How bout the people of Piddington who put up refugees welcome posters and signed open letters stating all should be welcome volunteer to do activities with the refugees such as English lessons or social afternoons.

LuckyHazelFox · 18/09/2026 06:27

CatsAreBetterThanMen · 18/09/2026 00:48

They've been coming for years, just not to Piddington. It was seen by the ultra liberal middle classes (including those in Piddington) to be humane and righteous whilst it happened in the poorest communities (like the one I live in), they continued to vote for it and silenced anyone that raised unchecked, mass immigration as an issue that needed to be addressed, as a vulgar, little racist.

The poorest communities have been ripped apart by the politics of the elite that have never before felt the sharp end of their moral posturing. Where I live young families find it impossible to find their children places in local schools, children can be in a classroom where the majority of kids don't speak English as a first language and a lot don't even speak English - how can anyone seriously suggest that situation is a net benefit to the existing community and not a total erosion of the already awful educational standard the poorest communities had to put up with?

You have to wait over a fortnight for a GP appointment, NHS dentistry is non existent and people cannot afford private treatment so they just live with the pain of untreated dental problems. Our local hospital is a death trap and a lot of the staff have very poor english, certainly too poor to understand and make themselves understood to vulnerable patients. When I worked there (in mental health) a good few years ago now, I watched a lady with dementia looking utterly terrified and bewildered as two nurses stood next to her and conversed merrily in their own language. A patient was diagnosed by a psychiatrist, who had a very poor command of English, as having schizophrenia because when describing her panic attacks she said that she knew she didn't have anything to be really scared of but the little voice in her head just shouted panic. That misdiagnosis put her in very real danger and she had a hell of a time trying to get it reversed.

I personally knew of four doctors locally (two in the hospital where I worked and two local GPs) that were found to have assaulted female patients. One of the GP's was a white British male, the other three were asian, muslim males.

People no longer know their neighbours, all this "get to know each other, melting pot crap" is great in Sesame Street but in reality it just doesn't happen. People have no desire or need to assimilate into the existing community, they have just built communities of their own, our approach to multiculturalism has meant that many haven't even needed to learn to speak the language. We had enough problems with poverty and crime before we imported double the existing population into an already overcrowded, underfunded crap hole.

Twenty years ago things were hard here but now it's like a battery farm, there are too many people crammed into the same area with absolutely no investment into the infrastructure. It's just insane to expect people to continue to absorb that kind of pressure without any discontent. The poorest have been told to suck it up for years, so I have very limited sympathy for the people of Piddington. My sympathy is for reserved for my elderly neighbour, who after working hard all her life, always paying her taxes and being a decent and productive member of society had to pull her own tooth out and suffer a terrible dental infection for weeks before finally getting it treated after sitting for over ten hours in excruciating pain in an A&E. But the liberal middle classes don't see her as a worthy enough cause for their sympathy.

Mass, unchecked immigration isn't going to stop any time soon so from this point onwards I want all prospective refugees and illegal migrants to be deposited en masse to the areas that actually voted for them. The only way people will stop voting for it to happen in other people's houses is if their vote means it happens in their own.

I will never vote labour again. Under ANY circumstances. Kemi has promise but honestly, I will vote for anyone that I believe has a serious plan to put an end to the current situation.

If you want to call me a racist, well, I don't care.

Edited

Well bloody said 👏

welshgirl2025 · 18/09/2026 06:33

DebbieSavage · 16/09/2026 09:49

I am not a resident of Piddington but if I was I would have no problem with it. Immigration has always brought culture and breathed new life into our stale neighbourhoods. New food, new traditions to celebrate, new wonderful languages to be introduced to. What's not to like?

I love your sense of humour. You are obviously joking or you would be ok with these men coming to live near you. Maybe right next to your back wall overlooking your house? 1100 men who dont speak english, are unchecked, walking the streets near to where you live? probably harrassing your daughters (and sons) when they are out with their friends. If you are ok with it publish where you live and the Home Office can take it into consideration for when the next lot are ferried in.

AlphaQueue · 18/09/2026 07:24

welshgirl2025 · 18/09/2026 06:33

I love your sense of humour. You are obviously joking or you would be ok with these men coming to live near you. Maybe right next to your back wall overlooking your house? 1100 men who dont speak english, are unchecked, walking the streets near to where you live? probably harrassing your daughters (and sons) when they are out with their friends. If you are ok with it publish where you live and the Home Office can take it into consideration for when the next lot are ferried in.

She's being overly sarcastic on purpose

Hoardasurass · 18/09/2026 07:40

CherryPieface · 17/09/2026 22:50

But they are not moving there to live permanently, they are just there to be processed, the locals do not seem to realise this? The men don’t want to live there any more than the villagers want them to. But the sooner they are there, the sooner they move on, whether they stay in U.K or go elsewhere.

Yes and many of them have wound up in Glasgow.
The result of that is theres a massive homelessness problem in Glasgow with native Glasgow residents unable to access homeless support because these men are being prioritised and even then there still isn't enough homes for all these migrants and atleast 1 rape reported every single day with most of the perpetrators being both strangers and immigrants.
All of these men need to be removed from the uk asap not allowed to remain regardless of the lies they tell

JustaDomperignon · 18/09/2026 08:15

CatsAreBetterThanMen · 18/09/2026 00:48

They've been coming for years, just not to Piddington. It was seen by the ultra liberal middle classes (including those in Piddington) to be humane and righteous whilst it happened in the poorest communities (like the one I live in), they continued to vote for it and silenced anyone that raised unchecked, mass immigration as an issue that needed to be addressed, as a vulgar, little racist.

The poorest communities have been ripped apart by the politics of the elite that have never before felt the sharp end of their moral posturing. Where I live young families find it impossible to find their children places in local schools, children can be in a classroom where the majority of kids don't speak English as a first language and a lot don't even speak English - how can anyone seriously suggest that situation is a net benefit to the existing community and not a total erosion of the already awful educational standard the poorest communities had to put up with?

You have to wait over a fortnight for a GP appointment, NHS dentistry is non existent and people cannot afford private treatment so they just live with the pain of untreated dental problems. Our local hospital is a death trap and a lot of the staff have very poor english, certainly too poor to understand and make themselves understood to vulnerable patients. When I worked there (in mental health) a good few years ago now, I watched a lady with dementia looking utterly terrified and bewildered as two nurses stood next to her and conversed merrily in their own language. A patient was diagnosed by a psychiatrist, who had a very poor command of English, as having schizophrenia because when describing her panic attacks she said that she knew she didn't have anything to be really scared of but the little voice in her head just shouted panic. That misdiagnosis put her in very real danger and she had a hell of a time trying to get it reversed.

I personally knew of four doctors locally (two in the hospital where I worked and two local GPs) that were found to have assaulted female patients. One of the GP's was a white British male, the other three were asian, muslim males.

People no longer know their neighbours, all this "get to know each other, melting pot crap" is great in Sesame Street but in reality it just doesn't happen. People have no desire or need to assimilate into the existing community, they have just built communities of their own, our approach to multiculturalism has meant that many haven't even needed to learn to speak the language. We had enough problems with poverty and crime before we imported double the existing population into an already overcrowded, underfunded crap hole.

Twenty years ago things were hard here but now it's like a battery farm, there are too many people crammed into the same area with absolutely no investment into the infrastructure. It's just insane to expect people to continue to absorb that kind of pressure without any discontent. The poorest have been told to suck it up for years, so I have very limited sympathy for the people of Piddington. My sympathy is for reserved for my elderly neighbour, who after working hard all her life, always paying her taxes and being a decent and productive member of society had to pull her own tooth out and suffer a terrible dental infection for weeks before finally getting it treated after sitting for over ten hours in excruciating pain in an A&E. But the liberal middle classes don't see her as a worthy enough cause for their sympathy.

Mass, unchecked immigration isn't going to stop any time soon so from this point onwards I want all prospective refugees and illegal migrants to be deposited en masse to the areas that actually voted for them. The only way people will stop voting for it to happen in other people's houses is if their vote means it happens in their own.

I will never vote labour again. Under ANY circumstances. Kemi has promise but honestly, I will vote for anyone that I believe has a serious plan to put an end to the current situation.

If you want to call me a racist, well, I don't care.

Edited

Well said!!
Let' the idiots shout racism. It is now a meaningless and overused word.

user281262 · 18/09/2026 08:22

Excellent post by catsarebetterthanmen who is saying what the majority thinks.

Anonyanonay · 18/09/2026 10:00

The left always brings things down to the individual level. 'Do you actually know any Pakistanis? Because lots of them are lovely people - unlike you.'

Absolutely no recognition that at a group level, there are significant ethnic and cultural differences in the way people behave. Blank slate idiocy.

Anonyanonay · 18/09/2026 10:03

CherryPieface · 17/09/2026 22:50

But they are not moving there to live permanently, they are just there to be processed, the locals do not seem to realise this? The men don’t want to live there any more than the villagers want them to. But the sooner they are there, the sooner they move on, whether they stay in U.K or go elsewhere.

Why would they bother leaving France on a dinghy if they weren't going to stay in the UK?

BIossomtoes · 18/09/2026 10:20

user281262 · 18/09/2026 08:22

Excellent post by catsarebetterthanmen who is saying what the majority thinks.

You mean what you think. You don’t represent the majority.

LuckyHazelFox · 18/09/2026 10:38

BIossomtoes · 18/09/2026 10:20

You mean what you think. You don’t represent the majority.

She represents the majority who have voted on the thread. That's good enough for the 77% of us - not including you, of course.

BIossomtoes · 18/09/2026 10:48

Of course not me. The majority of those who have responded to this thread is a self selected sample of 384 people. You don’t represent the majority of MN, let alone the wider population.

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