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Whites are becoming the minority by 2056Whites- are becoming the minority by 2056

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Thestarsmayalign · 14/02/2026 13:54

I read this ( not daily mail!) on MN -is this actually a true / statistical prediction?
I can send the link to the thread that stated this .
I have never heard this before . I assume that this is not accurate at all .( also assume applying to uk) .

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Pineneedlesincarpet · 14/02/2026 16:31

Pinkfluffypencilcase · 14/02/2026 16:28

im not seeing facts and figures about black brown men stats. So this is comparable imo.

But yes hopefully it’s only a small percentage of white men that choose to be sex tourists.

People are saying things about black and brown men without statistics. So you think you can do the same about white men.

That makes neither side worth listening to.

Pinkfluffypencilcase · 14/02/2026 16:32

Pineneedlesincarpet · 14/02/2026 16:31

People are saying things about black and brown men without statistics. So you think you can do the same about white men.

That makes neither side worth listening to.

You’re asking me for stats. Because I referenced white men. Are you asking those that referenced non white men for stats too?

Pineneedlesincarpet · 14/02/2026 16:34

Pinkfluffypencilcase · 14/02/2026 16:32

You’re asking me for stats. Because I referenced white men. Are you asking those that referenced non white men for stats too?

The only way any of us can judge what is real or not nowadays is by statistics.

OneNewLeader · 14/02/2026 16:36

GentleSheep · 14/02/2026 14:04

Here's another article from the Independent, "White Britons could be a minority by 2066"

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/white-britons-could-be-minority-by-2066-2137329.html

Professor David Coleman, of Oxford University, said the demographic group would make up less than half the population in "little more" than 50 years. He said the decline will be caused by record-breaking levels of immigration and the migration of thousands of British nationals abroad over the coming decades.

I mean, that's extrapolating quite a lot!

So it’s, a thing might happen, if some other things happen. Got it.

Pinkfluffypencilcase · 14/02/2026 16:37

Pineneedlesincarpet · 14/02/2026 16:34

The only way any of us can judge what is real or not nowadays is by statistics.

Are you asking others for stats?

But from a quick google 75pc of sex tourists come from western countries. Ie it is richer men exploiting women in poorer countries.

Pineneedlesincarpet · 14/02/2026 16:41

Pinkfluffypencilcase · 14/02/2026 16:37

Are you asking others for stats?

But from a quick google 75pc of sex tourists come from western countries. Ie it is richer men exploiting women in poorer countries.

I do like to know the statistics about things like who was in the Rotherham rape gangs yes definitely.

I would think if they were tourists they would be from countries where people do go on holiday so that is likely to be wealthier western countries. What's the statistic of the percentage of white men that are sex tourists?

SugarPuffSandwiches · 14/02/2026 16:55

Carlie97 · 14/02/2026 15:04

I will tell you why it's an issue. It's because some non-white men see women as not equal to them. I've seen first hand that they see women as something they own. Something they can ogle when it suits. I also don't want my country to lose its culture, customs and heritage.

As a white person, I'm also very regular a minority on the bus I commute on and it's fucking bedlam because of the other passengers and their cultural norms. Shouting down their phone on loudspeaker, taking up two seats instead of one, throwing litter on the bus and taking forever to look for their pass or money because 'there's no rush'.

Edited

That's a man in general thing, colour of skin has nothing to do with it. 🙄 If a man's that way inclined, he'll be like that anyway whether white, black, brown!
As another white person, I also take public transport (daily) and often not many white people on there but why does it actually matter?! It honestly never occurs to me to be bothered, we're just all people going about our business!
What you've described of people with their phones on loudspeaker etc is others being a knob, nothing to do with culture. I've seen that plenty of times with white middle aged women like myself doing it, or teenagers/ young men.

Pinkfluffypencilcase · 14/02/2026 16:56

Care to share your stats? @Pineneedlesincarpet

you show me yours I’ll show you mine.

southerngirl10 · 14/02/2026 16:57

MaturingCheeseball · 14/02/2026 15:41

I think the problem is not skin colour, but type of person. I live in a mixed area but everyone no matter what their ethnicity is a good citizen.

We will have by 2050s a large mass of people who are not “citizens” but members of communities that have no interest in the country: not the history, the football team, the the art/literature, the Eurovision Song Contest - whatever. My cousin who is a teacher in East London says that in the last couple of years she has experienced for the first time parents who see no necessity for their dcs to learn English.

Agree with this. In our care homes at the moment we have people aged 75 years plus. To help their memory, they are played music from their younger days, and tv programmes from the 60s and 70s, but they have carers who were born overseas (many of them very nice), but know nothing about those days in Britain, and don't really care.

These oaps are paying thousands for their care per week. Wouldn't it be better to attract more people who knew what the UK was like a few decades ago and pay them a couple of pounds per hour more?

Pinkfluffypencilcase · 14/02/2026 16:59

southerngirl10 · 14/02/2026 16:57

Agree with this. In our care homes at the moment we have people aged 75 years plus. To help their memory, they are played music from their younger days, and tv programmes from the 60s and 70s, but they have carers who were born overseas (many of them very nice), but know nothing about those days in Britain, and don't really care.

These oaps are paying thousands for their care per week. Wouldn't it be better to attract more people who knew what the UK was like a few decades ago and pay them a couple of pounds per hour more?

Is that a care home issue prioritising profit over care of their residents though?

Pineneedlesincarpet · 14/02/2026 17:05

Pinkfluffypencilcase · 14/02/2026 16:56

Care to share your stats? @Pineneedlesincarpet

you show me yours I’ll show you mine.

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Im not the one who raised the issue of sex tourists in Thailand. It was you. If you are making a point, back it up. What statistics do you want from me?

southerngirl10 · 14/02/2026 17:07

Pinkfluffypencilcase · 14/02/2026 16:59

Is that a care home issue prioritising profit over care of their residents though?

Yes, probably. I know someone who works there. It's a lovely place to work, but I just wondered if they could go the extra mile and bring in staff who had knowledge of the times when the patients were living their prime lives. Goodness knows they pay enough to stay there.

Failing that, perhaps provide courses for the staff to train in where they watch videos of Britain in the 60s,70s, and 80s.

This would help our nation in general if they provided these courses on a wider scale.

Pinkfluffypencilcase · 14/02/2026 17:08

southerngirl10 · 14/02/2026 16:57

Agree with this. In our care homes at the moment we have people aged 75 years plus. To help their memory, they are played music from their younger days, and tv programmes from the 60s and 70s, but they have carers who were born overseas (many of them very nice), but know nothing about those days in Britain, and don't really care.

These oaps are paying thousands for their care per week. Wouldn't it be better to attract more people who knew what the UK was like a few decades ago and pay them a couple of pounds per hour more?

I refer many young people to volunteer in care homes and they wouldnt know what it was like a few decades ago either.

I agree though that shared experiences are important. Both ways. I think ethnic communities are good at fostering the community feel. And I think that, unless you’re part of a church, that perhaps it’s harder if youre white. (Anecdotal/ opinion . Rather than supported by stats that I’ve sourced.but could be)

scottishgirl69 · 14/02/2026 17:09

Thestarsmayalign · 14/02/2026 13:54

I read this ( not daily mail!) on MN -is this actually a true / statistical prediction?
I can send the link to the thread that stated this .
I have never heard this before . I assume that this is not accurate at all .( also assume applying to uk) .

I don't care. Hth

Pinkfluffypencilcase · 14/02/2026 17:10

Pineneedlesincarpet · 14/02/2026 17:05

Im not the one who raised the issue of sex tourists in Thailand. It was you. If you are making a point, back it up. What statistics do you want from me?

Yours on grooming gangs.

And I still don’t see you asking others for their stats where they’ve cited non white statements.

Pinkfluffypencilcase · 14/02/2026 17:12

southerngirl10 · 14/02/2026 17:07

Yes, probably. I know someone who works there. It's a lovely place to work, but I just wondered if they could go the extra mile and bring in staff who had knowledge of the times when the patients were living their prime lives. Goodness knows they pay enough to stay there.

Failing that, perhaps provide courses for the staff to train in where they watch videos of Britain in the 60s,70s, and 80s.

This would help our nation in general if they provided these courses on a wider scale.

Yes or even bring in older volunteers to share that stuff with. It’s be a great project I think.

Pineneedlesincarpet · 14/02/2026 17:17

Pinkfluffypencilcase · 14/02/2026 17:10

Yours on grooming gangs.

And I still don’t see you asking others for their stats where they’ve cited non white statements.

No. I said I would like to know the stats on grooming gangs. But I wasnt making any points or claims about them. Unlike you.

Why should I ask other people about random stats on other issues I haven't commented on? Im asking you for stats about the specific point you raised yourself.

If you dont have any statistics thats fine. And we can draw our own conclusions about whether sex tourists are a comprehensive representation of white men.

Pinkfluffypencilcase · 14/02/2026 17:18

As requested. I’ve already provided the stats earlier in the thread.

Pineneedlesincarpet · 14/02/2026 17:20

Pinkfluffypencilcase · 14/02/2026 17:18

As requested. I’ve already provided the stats earlier in the thread.

No. You said 75% of white men going to Thailand are sex tourists. Thats a different thing.

How many men make up that 75%? And what percentage of white men overall are they. Then we would be able to judge whether these sex tourists are a comprehensive example of all white men.

Catza · 14/02/2026 17:21

AmusedShark · 14/02/2026 16:08

Johnson is an arsehole but he wasn't saying traditional Muslim dress which is hijab, was like letterboxes, he was talking about the burqa which is not a mode of dress as advised in the Quran but a garment with no religious basis imposed by men in some muslim societies to oppress and abuse women which conceals the entire body including hands apart from a small opening at the eyes which is still usually veiled.

It's nothing to do with Islamic scripture, doctrine or tradition and is a cultural form of extreme abuse of women in the same way FGM has no scriptural basis in Isalm and is a form of oppression and abuse dictated by men in some muslim societies.

Perhaps you should educate yourself before being so willing to throw women and their bodies under the bus in your virtue-signalling quest to be 'tolerant and inclusive',

I have no such quest. I am simply questioning OP’s statements which appear to have no basis in reality.

SugarPuffSandwiches · 14/02/2026 17:24

Mixerfixer · 14/02/2026 15:07

Not all "whites" are from the same culture. How white is white?

Yes, I find this interesting too.
What do people such as the pp mean exactly by white?
Do they mean white English, like me, or are they including for example Eastern European white people as well? As something tells me a lot would have a problem with the latter as well.

Pinkfluffypencilcase · 14/02/2026 17:25

Pineneedlesincarpet · 14/02/2026 17:20

No. You said 75% of white men going to Thailand are sex tourists. Thats a different thing.

How many men make up that 75%? And what percentage of white men overall are they. Then we would be able to judge whether these sex tourists are a comprehensive example of all white men.

Tbf those figures do not exist.
but you can extrapolate I guess. Eg the U.K. being majority white etc.

BlueJuniper94 · 14/02/2026 17:25

Catza · 14/02/2026 17:21

I have no such quest. I am simply questioning OP’s statements which appear to have no basis in reality.

Interesting to see the range of strategies

  • insist that claim is false (implies you think it would be bad if it were true)

Vs

  • accept claim is true and insist it's a good thing
southerngirl10 · 14/02/2026 17:27

Pinkfluffypencilcase · 14/02/2026 17:12

Yes or even bring in older volunteers to share that stuff with. It’s be a great project I think.

Yes, I agree

Pineneedlesincarpet · 14/02/2026 17:27

Pinkfluffypencilcase · 14/02/2026 17:25

Tbf those figures do not exist.
but you can extrapolate I guess. Eg the U.K. being majority white etc.

Why didn't you say you had nothing to back up your point in the first place? Time wasting is fun I suppose...

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