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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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Anonyanonay · 19/09/2026 23:18

AlphaQueue · 19/09/2026 23:17

She'll ignore this and maybe say the data was wrong. She did this last time.

But other people might read and absorb it.

Somerford · 19/09/2026 23:18

nomas · 19/09/2026 23:13

Tommy Robinson was found guilty of making false claims about a Syrian refugee, including on X.

Yet you seem keen to believe his tweets.

You might have a point if Tommy Robinson was the only source for information on that assault. But he isn't, so you don't. Try again.

LuckyHazelFox · 19/09/2026 23:20

nomas · 19/09/2026 23:17

I’m pointing out the hypocrisy of posters lamenting the lack of care for women and minutes later minimising and excusing the far right calling the Home Secretary ‘ a dumb bitch’.

While you are excusing the hard left from behaving like fascist thugs.

Switchnow · 19/09/2026 23:20

Somerford · 19/09/2026 23:05

Yeah we're not doing this. We've had a whole year of lefties gleefully celebrating the public assassination of Charlie Kirk and more recently the murder of Anne Widdicombe. Now we have campaigners being hospitalised with boiling liquid. I think we're going to have to agree to unite against political violence and make a serious effort to stamp it out, or stop expecting decency and civility from those on the other side of the aisle.

There were the few nutters that always appear, but I didn’t see widespread glee over the deaths of either Kirk or Widdecombe and neither are things to celebrate. I certainly didn’t see any politicians express anything other than condemnation.

Any political violence is despicable and should be punished harshly. The person who assaulted the canvasser has been arrested, as they should be. I haven’t seen any clear video reporting of what happened or on the extent of his injuries. We all saw the assault in the woman at the conference and we all saw Farage laugh and Jenrick downplay and justify it. This is one of those things where the smaller things need to be stamped down hard to prevent the more serious things. I’m sure you condemn all political violence, but other PP’s have said they thought that assault was justified.

Switchnow · 19/09/2026 23:23

LuckyHazelFox · 19/09/2026 22:56

No he let himself down there. You talk about the murder of women in politics, so even more reason for the real fascists to stop attacking political opponents. They are rabble idiots and I'm not surprised one of them represents a union.

Lol at let himself down. TR has a long and varied criminal record. He’s a grifter and a liar, and it’s absolutely no surprise to see him use language like this towards any woman he disagrees with. This is entirely on brand. The man is a menace.

Anonyanonay · 19/09/2026 23:24

shecanbe · 19/09/2026 23:01

No. You Shane yourself. You shame your country.

You do not want a reasoned discussion about immigration. You just want an excuse to express deeply racist bile from behind your keyboard.

All you want to do is post articles from the Sun, the Fail or other gutter press. As if the actions of an individual can characterise a whole culture. What a disgraceful way to think.

There is a passage in Mein Kampf - where Jewish men are being characterised as sexual predators to be feared and losthed. Of course a few particular incidents and images are used as evidence to whip up hatred for all Jews as sexual deviants snd predators. The dispossessed and despised post war German needed someone to despise more.

The KKK employed similar tactics - trying to scare people into believing all black men were, by dint of their very nature and culture, animalistic sexual predators. Of course they could always find some that were (because sexual predators exist in any group of men). But they exploited those examples as propaganda to characterise all black men.

Do these tactics resonate with some people in this thread? Because they should do.

To reiterate:

Nobody thinks putting 1000 men next to a small village is a good idea

You don't need to point out what goes on in places like Afghanistan. Anybody in their right mind is beyond appalled at the treatment of women.

Being born in a country does not mean you agree with the regime or what goes on. The majority of normal people in Afghanistan despise the Taliban and live in terror. Why would you flee if you identified as a key member of the Taliban 'establishment?'

In any group of 1000 men there will be some that are potentially dangerous. That is men - I don't care where they come from. In that group of 1000 there will also (obviously) be men who are gay, bisexual, traumatised, bewildered, highly motivated to seek a better life, mentally ill, highly intelligent, decent, kind, not so kind - the full spectrum of human men basically.

To characterise any ethnic or cultural group by the actions of a small minority is the very definition of racism. It was the Nazi playbook. It was the KKK plsybook. And it's happening again. And sadly, as this thread demonstrates, too many are swallowing the latest Far Right propaganda tactics hook, line and sinker. It is shameful. Like the beast of Britain has rolled over and revealed a very nasty underbelly that was always there, just dormant. Now racism is being emboldened. The RNLI are being attacked for not letting some of the most desperate people in the world drown off our coasts. Is this your Britain? It's not mine. We are better than this - or so I thought.

Anyone is entitled to not agree with aspects of Islamic culture or any other culture. We should all become much more aware of the horrors going on in Afghanistan, Iran and other countries. And yes, a sensible debate is needed about immigration policy.

However, you are NOT entitled to define any culture, nation or religion by the actions of a few. Learn the lessons of the past.

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Oh god, straight to the Third Reich. How utterly predictable. Grow up, will you? It's so boring.

FYI, the Times recently ran a story from a whistleblower who worked in the asylum system who estimated that just 1 in 100 asylum claims is genuine. It talked about the ridiculous stories they are told to say. Hundreds of them using the same provably wrong load of nonsense.

Also pertinent is that since 2018, only 4% of boat arrivals have been returned to their country of origin. That's an awful lot of lying chancers we're letting in.

nomas · 19/09/2026 23:24

Somerford · 19/09/2026 23:05

Yeah we're not doing this. We've had a whole year of lefties gleefully celebrating the public assassination of Charlie Kirk and more recently the murder of Anne Widdicombe. Now we have campaigners being hospitalised with boiling liquid. I think we're going to have to agree to unite against political violence and make a serious effort to stamp it out, or stop expecting decency and civility from those on the other side of the aisle.

Now we have campaigners being hospitalised with boiling liquid

The police haven’t said this happened.

So yes, we’re not doing this today.

LuckyHazelFox · 19/09/2026 23:25

Switchnow · 19/09/2026 23:23

Lol at let himself down. TR has a long and varied criminal record. He’s a grifter and a liar, and it’s absolutely no surprise to see him use language like this towards any woman he disagrees with. This is entirely on brand. The man is a menace.

When I say he let himself down, he gave the hypocrites something to jump on. It shows how desperate it is that an assault by a woman is being ignored .

nomas · 19/09/2026 23:26

LuckyHazelFox · 19/09/2026 23:20

While you are excusing the hard left from behaving like fascist thugs.

Would love to know where I’ve done this.

LuckyHazelFox · 19/09/2026 23:26

nomas · 19/09/2026 23:24

Now we have campaigners being hospitalised with boiling liquid

The police haven’t said this happened.

So yes, we’re not doing this today.

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A man was punched and a woman was arrested. Fact.

nomas · 19/09/2026 23:27

Somerford · 19/09/2026 23:18

You might have a point if Tommy Robinson was the only source for information on that assault. But he isn't, so you don't. Try again.

So where is this boiling liquid proof?

nomas · 19/09/2026 23:27

LuckyHazelFox · 19/09/2026 23:26

A man was punched and a woman was arrested. Fact.

Police say a woman punched another women.

Where are you getting your facts from?

LuckyHazelFox · 19/09/2026 23:29

nomas · 19/09/2026 23:27

Police say a woman punched another women.

Where are you getting your facts from?

Oh so you do know about it and have moved on from TR's tweet? That's good. We can expect equal condemnation from you then.

Switchnow · 19/09/2026 23:30

EasternStandard · 19/09/2026 22:07

The Australian special visa is limited to women who have no male partner and are at extra risk. It sounds brilliant. Men can come on another visa with extra security and vetting. Far more than here.

How many Afghan women with children have ‘no partner’?

nomas · 19/09/2026 23:32

LuckyHazelFox · 19/09/2026 23:29

Oh so you do know about it and have moved on from TR's tweet? That's good. We can expect equal condemnation from you then.

So your fact wasn’t a fact.

You ignored Tommy calling Shabana Mahmoud a dumb bitch but you expect condemnation from
me. Go figure.

Somerford · 19/09/2026 23:33

nomas · 19/09/2026 23:27

So where is this boiling liquid proof?

The victim has spoken about it and tweeted about it.

EasternStandard · 19/09/2026 23:33

Switchnow · 19/09/2026 23:30

How many Afghan women with children have ‘no partner’?

Do you really think there’s a shortage of women in refugee camps who suffer violence with their dc and have no partner? Why on earth are you against providing them refuge?

Switchnow · 19/09/2026 23:33

LuckyHazelFox · 19/09/2026 23:25

When I say he let himself down, he gave the hypocrites something to jump on. It shows how desperate it is that an assault by a woman is being ignored .

So thinking it’s unacceptable to address a woman as ‘dumb bitch’ is hypocritical? You’re fine with it then, we can just address you that way and it’s all good?

You’ve obviously missed the post where I commented on the woman arrested for assault.

Somerford · 19/09/2026 23:35

nomas · 19/09/2026 23:24

Now we have campaigners being hospitalised with boiling liquid

The police haven’t said this happened.

So yes, we’re not doing this today.

Edited

The victim said it happened. But if it didn’t, we're still left with the public assassination of Charlie Kirk and the murder of Anne Widdicombe along with the collective gleeful celebrations of both on the left. No comment on those?

LuckyHazelFox · 19/09/2026 23:36

nomas · 19/09/2026 23:32

So your fact wasn’t a fact.

You ignored Tommy calling Shabana Mahmoud a dumb bitch but you expect condemnation from
me. Go figure.

An assault has taken place. It wasn't by the party you wanted it to be. You're going to have to accept that. Bit like intolerant megaphone carrying twats need to accept the idea of democracy.

AlphaQueue · 19/09/2026 23:36

nomas · 19/09/2026 23:17

I’m pointing out the hypocrisy of posters lamenting the lack of care for women and minutes later minimising and excusing the far right calling the Home Secretary ‘ a dumb bitch’.

There's a difference between calling a woman a bitch (which is unpleasant and not nice) and physically sexually assaulting her.

If there was a woman in charge of reducing crime and protecting the UK domestically and she by chance was enacting policies and doing things that endangered British women, maybe someone would feel so enraged at that, that they might say a crass word and call her a name.

Switchnow · 19/09/2026 23:36

EasternStandard · 19/09/2026 23:33

Do you really think there’s a shortage of women in refugee camps who suffer violence with their dc and have no partner? Why on earth are you against providing them refuge?

I’ve never said I’m against providing refuge to anyone. You’ve talked extensively about this particular scheme so I’m assuming you’ve researched it, and so I’m asking you how many Afghan women with children have no male partner? My instinct is not many, so a scheme that is so narrow won’t be that useful. A scheme that offers visas to people in refugee camps meaning they are approved before travel and don’t then travel via small boat is a good thing.

LuckyHazelFox · 19/09/2026 23:37

Somerford · 19/09/2026 23:35

The victim said it happened. But if it didn’t, we're still left with the public assassination of Charlie Kirk and the murder of Anne Widdicombe along with the collective gleeful celebrations of both on the left. No comment on those?

It's the wrong type of victim. Time for my bed.

EasternStandard · 19/09/2026 23:38

Switchnow · 19/09/2026 23:36

I’ve never said I’m against providing refuge to anyone. You’ve talked extensively about this particular scheme so I’m assuming you’ve researched it, and so I’m asking you how many Afghan women with children have no male partner? My instinct is not many, so a scheme that is so narrow won’t be that useful. A scheme that offers visas to people in refugee camps meaning they are approved before travel and don’t then travel via small boat is a good thing.

I’ve said to you in a couple of posts, hardly extensive, what it is. Since you’re not seeing what it is again, the UNHCR select women who are harmed and Aus provide them passage. You’d have to be committed to arguing to see any issue with that.

nomas · 19/09/2026 23:39

Somerford · 19/09/2026 23:35

The victim said it happened. But if it didn’t, we're still left with the public assassination of Charlie Kirk and the murder of Anne Widdicombe along with the collective gleeful celebrations of both on the left. No comment on those?

I haven’t seen anyone celebrating the death of Widdecombe or Kirk.

But we have seen a tweet calling an Asian Muslim female Home Secretary by a far right racist as a ‘dumb bitch’ and it being dismissed as ‘hurty words’ on this thread by those who profess to care about women.

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