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Rise of the far right

321 replies

BardsAreAssholes · 10/06/2024 11:21

I am watching election news with increasing fear. The deranged Trump conspiracy theorists supporters in the US, overturning Roe Vs Wade, the far right gaining traction in Europe, some of the rhetoric here. Hell, the fact the Rwanda idea was not immediately dismissed as insane.

Then outside the West there’s the threat to women’s lives in Afghanistan, Iran…

How does this end? How does it reverse? Other than a WW2 scenario, how do we secure the safety and freedom of women and girls?

I want to be optimistic, but I’m struggling to see a route to progress. I’m hoping the much more knowledgeable souls of FWR will know.

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Meetingofminds · 14/06/2024 13:51

cupcaske123 · 14/06/2024 12:45

They'll be full up on crayons.

Still waiting cupcake…

Meetingofminds · 14/06/2024 13:52

TooBigForMyBoots · 14/06/2024 13:15

It's not that nothing has worked so far. Back in the day we used to process applications. Some people got to stay, others were removed.

Then we got this Tory government who were too lazy/busy doing other things (partying, wrecking our economy, sending dick pics, increasing their personal finances, fighting like rats in a sack etc) to actually do the work of running the country properly.🤷‍♀️

Edited

So remind what is labours solution to this? <tumbleweed>

TooBigForMyBoots · 14/06/2024 13:56

So I googled it and apparently Labour are going to process applications and return those who fail the process.

They're going to do the work of running the country.

Meetingofminds · 14/06/2024 14:00

TooBigForMyBoots · 14/06/2024 13:56

So I googled it and apparently Labour are going to process applications and return those who fail the process.

They're going to do the work of running the country.

Ummm return them where exactly??? This is total pie in the sky - they have zero immigration policy that is workable because everyone will ‘lose’ their passport and say they come from France - where they will relaunch the boats and be back the next day. It’s entirely unworkable.

TooBigForMyBoots · 14/06/2024 14:04

Return them to their country of origin. Like we used to. Even those who lose their documents can be processed and deported.

I think many people in the UK have lost sight of what functional government can do because of the deep dysfunction of the past 14 years.

TooBigForMyBoots · 14/06/2024 14:15

Meetingofminds · 14/06/2024 09:50

I’m still waiting your magical solution to immigration so you can share it with the rest of us. Given nothing has worked so far.

What's your solution @Meetingofminds and @AlisonDonut?

Meetingofminds · 14/06/2024 14:26

TooBigForMyBoots · 14/06/2024 14:04

Return them to their country of origin. Like we used to. Even those who lose their documents can be processed and deported.

I think many people in the UK have lost sight of what functional government can do because of the deep dysfunction of the past 14 years.

Processed and deported where exactly? They don’t have any documentation that’s the whole point! Where do you send them?

TooBigForMyBoots · 14/06/2024 14:38

I'm sure if you wanted, you could easily discover how people without passports are processed and deported. We've been doing it for decades. Admittedly not sp much in the last decade, but that's the Tories for you. Lazy fuckers.🙄

What's your solution to our immigration woes @Meetingofminds?

Meetingofminds · 14/06/2024 16:19

TooBigForMyBoots · 14/06/2024 14:38

I'm sure if you wanted, you could easily discover how people without passports are processed and deported. We've been doing it for decades. Admittedly not sp much in the last decade, but that's the Tories for you. Lazy fuckers.🙄

What's your solution to our immigration woes @Meetingofminds?

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No, there is no way to second guess where someone is from! Would you care to explain how that happens, in full with someone unwilling to share the details.

I work in Justice and see the same Albanian gang members arrested time and again all under different names and passports. We can give them custody - they come out - get a new identity and start again.

We don’t have a worldwide database of DNA or other forms of identification and it certainly isn’t linked with origin of birth - nor is there any way to ‘prove’ where someone is from.

So unless the migrant is honest - and many aren’t - where exactly are you going to deport them to? Answer the question.

TooBigForMyBoots · 14/06/2024 17:04

Answer the question.
Calm down, you're not working for our far-right overlords yet.🤣🤣🤣

If you want to know the deportation process for those with no identity documents, you can look it up. You might find it interesting.

You still haven't proposed any ideas for the immigration issues yourself. How come?

Meetingofminds · 14/06/2024 17:07

TooBigForMyBoots · 14/06/2024 17:04

Answer the question.
Calm down, you're not working for our far-right overlords yet.🤣🤣🤣

If you want to know the deportation process for those with no identity documents, you can look it up. You might find it interesting.

You still haven't proposed any ideas for the immigration issues yourself. How come?

You can’t send a person back to a country that doesn’t exist, so where are you sending them??

Meetingofminds · 14/06/2024 17:07

You have not answered the question.

TooBigForMyBoots · 14/06/2024 17:17

Meetingofminds · 14/06/2024 17:07

You can’t send a person back to a country that doesn’t exist, so where are you sending them??

Countries don't cease to exist because someone loses their passport.

Meetingofminds · 14/06/2024 17:19

TooBigForMyBoots · 14/06/2024 17:17

Countries don't cease to exist because someone loses their passport.

So how do you deport someone with no papers and convenient amnesia as to where they are from?

Northernnature · 14/06/2024 17:30

There are plenty of countries without Europe' and America's problems with illegal immigration (Japan, Singapore, Australia) - why don't we ask them? Although unfortunately Cameron bombing Libya meant it was alot easier for people to sail over from Africa -maybe those other countries have the right idea not bombing countries that are no threat to them too?

TooBigForMyBoots · 14/06/2024 18:19

You seem to be labouring under the misaprehension that the UK is full of foreign amnesiacs wandering around pretending they don't know who they are @Meetingofminds. It's not true. Nor is it true that if someone loses their documentation they get to stay here. That has never been true. You also seem a bit wedded to the idea that because you don't know about something, it mustn't exist.

Take a deep breath and let it go. Heed the call of information. Find out how the Home Office deals with those without documents. You can do it on the internet. You have a world of knowledge at your finger tips.☺️

Meetingofminds · 14/06/2024 18:37

TooBigForMyBoots · 14/06/2024 18:19

You seem to be labouring under the misaprehension that the UK is full of foreign amnesiacs wandering around pretending they don't know who they are @Meetingofminds. It's not true. Nor is it true that if someone loses their documentation they get to stay here. That has never been true. You also seem a bit wedded to the idea that because you don't know about something, it mustn't exist.

Take a deep breath and let it go. Heed the call of information. Find out how the Home Office deals with those without documents. You can do it on the internet. You have a world of knowledge at your finger tips.☺️

You still haven’t answered the question where do you deport a migrant if there is no documentation and they won’t state their country of origin?

TooBigForMyBoots · 14/06/2024 19:07

Do you know what immigration officers at the Home Office do @Meetingofminds?

Neverwithasoftmint · 14/06/2024 19:23

*in common

Neverwithasoftmint · 14/06/2024 19:27

Can I just say that the past couple of weeks ,I have seen the most depressing and repellent discussion on this forum. I cannot believe the pathetic weasly attempts to normalise and excuse the Far Right and Tommy Robinson. I thank the very few women who called these pathetic excuses out /friends of Posie Parker out. I was unable to reply as not an actual member of mumsnet anymore. However, I couldnt't let it go. Absolutely shameless.

1Week · 14/06/2024 21:38

Neverwithasoftmint · 14/06/2024 19:27

Can I just say that the past couple of weeks ,I have seen the most depressing and repellent discussion on this forum. I cannot believe the pathetic weasly attempts to normalise and excuse the Far Right and Tommy Robinson. I thank the very few women who called these pathetic excuses out /friends of Posie Parker out. I was unable to reply as not an actual member of mumsnet anymore. However, I couldnt't let it go. Absolutely shameless.

Deep breathe love.

People think differently to you - you're simply going to have to

  1. accept it and vote your own way
  2. disappear wrongthinkers
TooBigForMyBoots · 14/06/2024 22:00

Neverwithasoftmint · 14/06/2024 19:27

Can I just say that the past couple of weeks ,I have seen the most depressing and repellent discussion on this forum. I cannot believe the pathetic weasly attempts to normalise and excuse the Far Right and Tommy Robinson. I thank the very few women who called these pathetic excuses out /friends of Posie Parker out. I was unable to reply as not an actual member of mumsnet anymore. However, I couldnt't let it go. Absolutely shameless.

Deny, minimise, normalise. It's the script of extremists and abusers.Sad

1Week · 14/06/2024 22:49

Again, what's the Far Right?

Is it
Curb current levels of immigration, but still allow legal immigration within defined limits?
Deport illegal immigrants who committed crimes?
Deport illegal immigrants, full stop?
Round up all foreigners onto death camps?

Because there's massive gaps between those positions but I keep hearing them all lumped together as Far Right.

TooBigForMyBoots · 14/06/2024 23:44

Is it
Curb current levels of immigration, but still allow legal immigration within defined limits?
No.

Deport illegal immigrants who committed crimes?
No.
Deport illegal immigrants, full stop?
Possibly.
Round up all foreigners onto death camps?
Yes.