Civil unrest, what's really going on?

[Sadworld23]

My DH keeps chirping up with, there's riots here, protests there, immigrants have done assaults in xxx etc. He sees me as a bit of a do-gooder..

All UK places, but when I look at my regular news, there's very little reporting of it.

My DH has some MH issues currently and to confront him with 'what the heck are you reading?' isn't worth it right now.
I make comments such as, ooh that sounds grim and doesn't sound good, and that's very worrying, but I'd really like to know if it's really happening and where he's getting this info.

I do agree with you that it needs to be taken in hand and it should have been years ago.
We have to take some immigrants but Britain needs to quash the idea that the UK is the land of milk and honey.

@LivelovebehappyI totally agree with you. I live in a professional area up north, and have a business dealing with people who are probably a mainly ABC1 demographic - and they have had enough. Regardless of past political allegiances, they are sick and tired of woke; sick and tired of lying by both main parties, fed up of the UK’s own citizens not coming first. ‘S these are people who CAN put bread on the table.

Did that happen in Walsall?

We’re not far away and there was a protest outside the hotel being used in our town yesterday.

@Spookyspaghetti This is possibly what is being talked about.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crmzp21g9m7o

The BBC website had a story about the Nuneaton kidnap/attempted murder case then pulled it. I find that incredibly worrying as it's clear that someone in govt is exerting pressure on the national broadcaster. It's so stupidly counterproductive and just stokes people's fury. Nothing even on the local news page that I can see.

What made you swear at dizzy’s post?

Bloody hell. Was it archived?

I'd say it was more of a safety ruling in the interest of national security, for everyone's safety.

Riots damage people, livelihoods and communities.

Now why on earth would the media risk reporting and instigating the ridiculously violent rioting that happened this time last year?? Don't you remember the absolute bellends that came out onto the streets?

I think they are being cautious. For all your sakes.

How i wish that was the case

It’s a statement of fact that journalism no longer has the capacity to report in half of what goes on. Politicians have been expressing concern over the state of regional news for some years and that was before covid. Computers are being used to kill employment and there simply are not the numbers of people there were in the sector. Much news is recycled press releases, in other words, what they’re told to print.

It’s not that long ago that there were street battles being fought by gangs in little India, aka Leicester, that took 3 weeks to come to headlines. There’s a lot goes on that no one hears about.

All these crimes which are going unreported, how are you finding out about them?

All these crimes which are going unreported, how are you finding out about them?

@Showerflowers from your post, I assumed you were taking about a recent stabbing that was not widely reported. I remember reading in the news about the case that @MadisonAvenue links to here though. It was very sad and shocking, but it’s not recent and was widely reported - as it should be.

Yes, why tell the public the truth when they might get angry about small children being kidnapped, raped and murdered? That’s the real ‘national security’ dilemma.

@LivelovebehappyI totally agree with you. I live in a ‘nice’ area and have a business in an ABC1 area and believe me people are absolutely sick of both parties lying, wokeness in general and not looking after their own citizens first. And open borders are REALLY bothering people. I have men who are my customers who say they feel as a white British gentleman, they feel demonized in this country. It’s not good.

They are being reported but selectively and in smaller news outlets. You need to be careful to fact check (ie, don’t believe something posted on X unless a news source backs it up).

There's plenty of UK citizens killing, raping and murdering babies and children, every couple of months another story.

Why does no-one get angry and protest about that?

Really?? I saw it this morning just as it went on there.. also doesn't surprise me.

From where is the evidence that you are basing that statement on please? (Immigrants are less, not more, likely to commit crimes).

I think they are being cautious. For all your sakes.

That's where authoritarianism is born. You can fuck right off with that.

Because the decision to allow them access to their victims wasn’t one actively taken by our government?

If you want to know what is actually going on in this country - head to X. There were large protests on Saturday in London, Manchester, Newcastle and Waterlooville. There may have been others but that is just what I saw. There were issues in London today where dispersal orders were supposedly given.

General view = other countries view the UK as a laughing stock. General belief that we are living in a 1984esque era and the government is overstepping their mandates re free speech and our right to protest. A lot of anger towards censorship and lack of safety for women and children.

Hear hear.

I can't even find the evidence that I was reading about earlier @JamesMacGill Unless I am going cuckoo I did read this morning that the BBC had reported it then it had disappeared. Very odd.

"Look over here, not over there. Over here!"

You seem nice, but also fantastically naïve. I wish I could join you in your little bubble.