UK far right trouble

Saddleworth2 said:
we have our own far right loonies and the question was genuine. You can keep your racists. We are open to overweight bald and middle aged.
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We do indeed, and I dread the day they come out. One day they will, and it won't really be a huge surprise, but till then we can take comfort in the fact the general overall mood is against it, and more open towards immigration. Top to bottom, and back.

We had a FM who was very pro immigration. Mostly in student form, to fund free university tuition, and stressed it often and showed a welcomeness. He turned to be a bit of an alleged sex pest, but the mood stuck. The next FM then really had it cut out for her, but went out her way to reassure the public often, in the build-up to brexit, the brexit vote, and the aftemath, and the public generally accepted that. And through covid too. She turned out to skim off the top, but the messge stuck. The next one was himself of an asian background and a muslim, and that was seem as welcome openess. He turned out to be useless, but the perception stuck. The current dude, who knows, but he has kind eyes and a pleasant demeanour, so can't mean much harm right?

Plus, all 4 party leaders recently got together when these riots happened and jointly addressed the public to assure people they should feel welcome and safe and there was no place for intolerance. Which I thought was a really admirable thing from all.

So yes, while without doubt have our nutters, they are kept at the fringes, where they belong. Both by the prevalent public mood of society, and that of the politicians, which is a significant contrast of the last couple of UK governments.

It is of course worth highlighting, there is a huge difference in scale and it is far easier for Scotland to have that attitude, without the numbers that big English cities see. I would like to think things wouldn't be too different with increased numbers particularly as we regularly acknowledge the country needs and relies on immigration, but who knows. It is easy for the politicians to also keep stressing that, when they know that makes them more electable, not sure what it would be like if the public mood was different.

I've been dreading seeing it break out here with the riots going on, and it's maybe too soon to speak, but what I say about the overall mood, I genuinely think/feel.
 
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blueinsa said:
To be fair your question was a tad shit stirring and probably deserves a bit of sarcasm in return mate :-)

To answer it though, it's because we have a lot of fat bald middle aged racists.

Swap for your drunken heroin addicts?
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All fair and apt, but who is the we and who the you in this context?

And by extension of that logic, are you yourself not then an immigrant?

Don't answer that btw, I am obviously being a wido.
 
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