Racism in uk

[Charltonstrek]

Im finding the level of racism here in the UK to be very unsettling and it seems to be getting worse and im finding it depressing as I have a Muslim partner and I wonder if there is a future here for him. Ive mostly witnessed this on social media with some very derogatory comments anybody else or am I too sensitive

No they are not living off the Spanish tax payer. They have to have a non lucrative visa and private health insurance. So they have to prove they have enough income to provide for themselves and any dependants. This is why they are generally welcome in a Spanish town as they are boosting the economy and not seen to be on the take. Very different to the UK.

I've no idea. I'm French so I speak the language.
I speak the language here too.

The point is that nobody should be living in a country where they don't bother learning the language and become a drain on the system whilst staying in their self imposed groups.
Why would you want to live in a country where you make no effort to integrate and therefore contribute nothing?

Shabana Mahmood seems to manage fine without being called a racist.

No one wants uncontrolled immigration.

But also people aren't going to allow racists to attack immigrants with impunity.

What 'far left' are you referring to that 'should be listening'? There is no far left in the UK with any sort of political power. We have a moderate left leaning government who have recently introduced some policies to curb immigration. Who is it that you believe has the influence and authority to be turning decent people racist?

I was responding to the poster who seems to think asylum seekers are living a life of riley in the UK.

I'm pointing out that the £9.95 per week that asylum seekers get doesn't give anyone the life of Riley.

You've added all that crap about British taxpayers being a bunch of bastards who don't do enough all by yourself. Why do you see Brits see that way? That's awful.

Because many other communities were invited to share the festivities and food.

Muslims are damned if they do, damned if they don't.

It is bizarre how stating that we don't want thousands of young, fighting age men entering the country illegally from places full of warped ideology and extremists means we are racist.

Can you quote to where this was said in the thread? Because I've been here for the whole thread and I didn't see this at all.

The simple fact is even on this thread where some posters are bringing up the level of immigration and the problems its causing they are being called racist, far right reform voters etc.

Can you quote to where this was said in the thread? Because I've been here for the whole thread and I didn't see this at all.

They're not all welcome, the Spanish have had mass demos about Brits in Spain.

I was replying to a pp who said 'All to soon being called far right and/or racist become meaningless in the same way that transphobia has become a meaningless word as everything is transphobic'

It's all there in the posts you quoted. I don't think trans issues had been discussed either but here we are, threads develop and evolve.

Oh well they must be xenophobes/racists/haterz then if they're demonstrating about other nationalities, yes?

Nothing is there. The post you're referring to does not have any examples of people in the thread calling people racists for campaigning against immigration.

It's all smoke and mirrors from you and that poster, with no substance.

You'll have to ask Spaniards. Maybe they're just tired of hypocrisy.

Are you dismissing their concerns about immigration as simply being "tired of hypocrisy"?

Their concern about the effects British and German tourism and second homes are having on their housing supply and costs? No, I'm not dismissing it at all.

So you can understand how Spaniards may get tired of the influx of other nationalities who do not learn the language or integrate yet refuse to see how anyone in this country can feel the same way? Isn't that hypocrisy?

At least in Spain migrants are legal and have documents stating who they are.

Right so Spaniards concerns are valid. Brits are most definitely not. Got it.

So not being tired of hypocrisy then but having genuine concerns. Why didn't you say so rather than saying they were tired of hypocrisy?

Gloria, why are you repeatedly ignoring that I've repeatedly said that no one wants uncontrolled immigration in the UK?

Where have you got the idea that I'm a proponent of an open borders immigration policy?

Can you quote to where I have said this?

Because Spaniards were probably watching the videos of English men trying to burn down a hotel of asylum seekers and thinking WTF.

Which Spaniards? I thought you were keen on supporting evidence?

Certain parts of Spain had demonstrations due to housing concerns, which is why I said generally. Mostly Brits are welcome because they add to the economy and don't leech off the tax payers. If they haven't learnt the language they have to pay for their own interpreter when needed and rightly so.

We can make sweeping generalisations about some nationalities but not others it seems.

Oh, you're too funny! So now you're equating British, self supporting ex pats living in spain with asylum seekers in Britain?! Thanks for the chuckle.

The ones protesting against Brits and Germans making it difficult for Spaniards to buy homes.