UK The UK Thread feat. Race Riots x PM Keir Starmer - How long?

[Crankyhawk]

Peta Credlin has her finger on the pulse:

Consider the different handling here in this country of the Black Lives Matter protests and the freedom rallies during the pandemic. Both were in defiance of pandemic rules but one was essentially tolerated and the other ruthlessly repressed, both under a Labor government in Victoria and also under a Coalition one in NSW.

Throughout the Western world, there are now acceptable and unacceptable disruptions; there’s tolerable and intolerable law-breaking. The former include protests against racism, colonialism and climate inaction; the latter include protests against heavy-handed government, the gender fluidity push and out-of-control immigration.

I wonder if there is anyone here who would concede that the above is an accurate reflection of the situation. My guess....probably not.

Well it’s inaccurate in that there were different pandemic rules between blm and the freedumb anti vac marchers
Credlin just making dough off spinning shit.

 

[Crankyhawk]

Of course there isn't. Those "freedom rallies" are still going on now, they're not ruthlessly repressed. It's a pack of losers (maybe a dozen or twenty wandering down Collins Street every Saturday with a speaker on a trolley.

Climate protesters in the UK got 4 years for planning a protest.

What Peta Credlin said is nonsense.

If you think the right are the ones protesting and the major victims of heavy handed govt/policing, you've got no idea what you're talking about.

The anti-trans protest was joined by literaly nazis and were allowed their little chat out the front of Parliament, protected by police.

What planet do you and Peta get your news from?

Planet “feelings”

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

Of course there isn't. Those "freedom rallies" are still going on now, they're not ruthlessly repressed. It's a pack of losers (maybe a dozen or twenty wandering down Collins Street every Saturday with a speaker on a trolley.

Last I saw one of those rallies they were being chased by a W class tram down Flinders Street

 

[DangerousD]

It's a common thread across the world.
The less well off in society being ignored, along comes some characteristic person who rallies these people and eventually we end up where we are now.

As there are an increasingly amount of 'have nots' in the world something is going to give eventually.

I doubt these people are rioting if they were on a good wicket so to speak.

Perhaps they could actually riot against government policies instead of getting sucked in to blaming immigrants for their countries problems.

Blaming immigrants has been a tool of political parties the world over to cause division.

 

[liz]

Perhaps they could actually riot against government policies instead of getting sucked in to blaming immigrants for their countries problems.

Blaming immigrants has been a tool of political parties the world over to cause division.

It’s the big con of our age (and other ages before). And those who perpetrate it - the people who are actually screwing the ordinary bloke out of any share in economic prosperity - don’t even try to hide what they’re really about. How long did it take Trumo to slash taxes for the richest once he gained power?

And then you have one of the contenders for the greediest, most despicable person in the western world cheering on the racist rioters from the safety of his keyboard.

 

[DickieKnee]

Perhaps they could actually riot against government policies instead of getting sucked in to blaming immigrants for their countries problems.

Blaming immigrants has been a tool of political parties the world over to cause division.

 

[Carn The Berries]

Peta Credlin has her finger on the pulse:

Consider the different handling here in this country of the Black Lives Matter protests and the freedom rallies during the pandemic. Both were in defiance of pandemic rules but one was essentially tolerated and the other ruthlessly repressed, both under a Labor government in Victoria and also under a Coalition one in NSW.

Throughout the Western world, there are now acceptable and unacceptable disruptions; there’s tolerable and intolerable law-breaking. The former include protests against racism, colonialism and climate inaction; the latter include protests against heavy-handed government, the gender fluidity push and out-of-control immigration.

I wonder if there is anyone here who would concede that the above is an accurate reflection of the situation. My guess....probably not.

Didn't have anything to do at all with the "Freedumb" campaigners actively taunting police at all... 'course not...

 

[spinynorman]

Starmer is committing to austerity and giving the exact same speeches as Cameron and Osborne in 2010.



And the British people are showing what they think of him.



In his defence, it's not Liz Truss numbers. A new book also shows the...wild plans she had to try to turn around her fortunes during her wild 49 days as Prime Minister.

 

[spinynorman]

 

[Chief]

A new book also shows the...wild plans she had to try to turn around her fortunes during her wild 49 days as Prime Minister.

If you lucked into a job like that you may as well keep rolling the dice... was her thinking?

 

[Cap]

Starmer is committing to austerity and giving the exact same speeches as Cameron and Osborne in 2010.



And the British people are showing what they think of him.

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In his defence, it's not Liz Truss numbers. A new book also shows the...wild plans she had to try to turn around her fortunes during her wild 49 days as Prime Minister.

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The last UK election was always about rejecting the Tories (like ours was about rejecting the LNP and i reckon the US election is about rejecting Trump)

Like Albanese has learned and Starmer is learning, you then to prove why you are better .

 

[liz]

Prince William: ‘I’ll show people how to prevent homelessness’

Heir to the throne responds to criticism about his Homewards programme in two-part ITV documentary

www.theguardian.com

This is so touching. Prince William has explained to his kids what homeless people are, as he drives them between their own three mansions. And he knows how to fix it too. He's building 24 homes himself.

If only we had our own crown prince, rather than having to borrow one from a country on the other side of the world. Then maybe our own homelessness problems could be solved by the flick of a prince's wand.

 

[spinynorman]

What a waste of such an enormous election victory.

 

[Seeds]

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The irony is ive seen other people post this meme and then later blame immigration on the housing problem. People get easily sucked into blaming immigrants.

 

[MrKK]

What a waste of such an enormous election victory.

Enormous in terms of seats but the actual Labour vote barely moved from the previous election even though everyone was sick to death of the Tories. The actual popularity of Labour was greatly overstated by the seat results.

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

What a waste of such an enormous election victory.

Making the same mistakes so many a progressive government are. None seem to be learning

 

[peetoo]

Making the same mistakes so many a progressive government are. None seem to be learning

Mistake as in not being Tories?

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

Mistake as in not being Tories?

Getting in power and sitting on hands for too long before doing something

 

[10571z]

I keep seeing posts about people being arrested and jailed for social media posting? Is this real

 

[Chief]

I keep seeing posts about people being arrested and jailed for social media posting? Is this real

Is it the same person?

 

[10571z]

Is it the same person?

No, different people

 

[GrayRanga]

I keep seeing posts about people being arrested and jailed for social media posting? Is this real

Well, where's the rest of the story?

What have they been charged with?

Are they recidivists that are known to the Police and the Courts?

Without any further information, they been uttering threats against people or a particular race, ethnic grouping or religion? Have they previously acted on the threats?

If they're going to Gaol, they have been charged for breaching the at least one or more Laws of the Country and they have stood before a Magistrate or Judge and have the ability to argue their innocence of the crime (probably defended by Legal Aid) and have their reasons and mitigating factors taken into consideration by the Court before imposing a custodial sentence

Without giving some of this background, you are promotimg misinformation

By the way, posting to social media dors not absolve the offender for their personal responsibility for uttering or writing the words