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Scared of growing resentment towards people of colour

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AppleJuiceAvid · 14/02/2026 08:19

Is anyone else scared there will be a war in the UK? Elon Musk seems to be encouraging it and Donald Trump supports far-right ideas, saying that European countries face civilisational erasure due to immigration. When you've got the rich and powerful like Sir Jim Ratcliffe saying that the UK has been colonised by immigrants, this just stokes people's anger even more against non-white immigrants. More and more white people are growing resentful of non-white people.

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Araminta1003 · 14/02/2026 15:46

“British values” mean different things to different people. Same with culture, it really differs across the regions and across the generations and even across classes too. You will find that my London born nephews who attend public school (but have also lived abroad in the past) find some of the posh country Brit aristo types really dull, boring and one dimensional, for example. Where you are born and how much you travel and what you eat and consume from an early age defines your expectations. There is no one type of Brit. I do not think there ever was, but it is more and more multifaceted now, especially since most people are immigrants going back 4/5 generations.

Dgll · 14/02/2026 15:53

BananaPeels · 14/02/2026 14:45

But isn’t it just as reasonable to want to live in a non multi cultural environment (and I don’t white- I just mean mono cultural not mono ethnic)

It is reasonable to want to live in any type of environment but not everyone can afford to hand pick the place they live in.

AngelinaFibres · 14/02/2026 16:32

Twooclockrock · 14/02/2026 12:07

No, because the vast majority of people do not care enough about either sides arguments to go to war over it.
Only 57 percent of people could be bothered to even vote in the last election. Let alone start a war.

The people who would actually be of an age to fight a war are too fat , too lazy and too consumed by anxiety to ever leave their houses.

Petrolitis · 14/02/2026 18:00

knittywit · 14/02/2026 09:09

There will not be a war. How ridiculous!

There could be riots and protests but not war.

There will always be war.

There always have been wars. There are wars happening right now. The UK is absolutely not immune.

The shitshow going on in the US has made the liklihood of it happening in the UK even more real.

Who knows the reason it will happen now, but we will certainly see war again at some point.

Echobelly · 14/02/2026 18:40

I'm sadly feel a war is likely - but not a civil one, which is what ignorant right wing blow-hards from other countries like Musk go on about. Which goes to show how little they know about Britain. I mean, how would it even work? No one has arms to take up against one another!

sleepwouldbenice · 14/02/2026 20:04

BMW6 · 14/02/2026 13:23

Yes of course - why would anyone object to those coming legally? They have been checked for criminal records, pass all the criteria and are very welcome. Just as my neighbours were when they came.

No-one knows how many gave got here illegally. I strongly suspect the true figue is far higher than the "official" one for obvious reasons.

Because this whole thread is about any immigration not just illegal immigration. And how people think about non whites. And how they perceive us to be taken over by immigration, when only a small amount is illegal
Its an obvious issue re perception. Which you demonstrate aptly...

FitnessTrainer2020 · 14/02/2026 20:32

TheKeatingFive · 14/02/2026 10:11

I don't understand the Elon Musk reference. What's he got to do with anything?

He has stoked race war for ages via being the guy who is in charge of X. He champions Tommy Robinson and made a Nazu salute at the US inauguration. He's extremely powerful so has got a lot of clout and millions believe the bullshit.

I couldn't care less who's the minority or majority, all this stupid tribal racist BS is causing real harm to people.

whereisitnow · 14/02/2026 20:32

I can’t imagine ever being influenced by that shower of racist wankers.

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