For those unaware, despite the (awesome) sounding acronym, a COBRA is a meeting in the Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms.
They generally involve people at the top of the decision tree for the involved parties. The meetings for the foot-and-mouth outbreak for example brought in the highest levels of MAFF.
I hate that I have to share a country with these people.
The UK that I grew up in was multicultural, and proud of it. And now this.
So much misplaced anger. Yes the economy is fucked, and your life is probably in the shitter, but immigrants arenāt the ones to blame for this. Blame the 1%
So much misplaced anger. Yes the economy is fucked, and your life is probably in the shitter, but immigrants arenāt the ones to blame for this. Blame the 1%
Which doesnāt suit the 1% hence all the misdirection of peopleās anger. They learned their lesson during the French Revolution and the Russian Revolution drove home the fact that it can happen again and theyāve been running scared since.
Oh yeah, of course. The rich have done a very good job of deflecting blame and convincing people the blame lies elsewhere. Excellent marketing and diversionary tactics.
That is one if the most annoying aspects - theyāre being played and either donāt known or donāt care. Some people want to wreck things and arenāt that picky about the motivation.
You know, the funny thing is, that these Global South/Third World migrants, most of them have migrated mainly because the Global Northās countries decided to dominate these migrantsā countries through unequal exchange/resource and labor exploitation, such as the Philippines, which is the reason they came here in the first place; to escape poverty!
Donāt they just shed their human suits every now and again?
Joking aside, Itās never about the individuals, itās the system of greed and vested interests. Once the robber barons get their hooks in they can be difficult to shake off this side of the guillotine or firing squad.
The UK that I grew up in was multicultural, and proud of it. And now this.
Was it?
I fully support multiculturalism, but these cunts have existed for decades, whether itās the national front, Britain first, EDL, BNP, etc.
The only difference between then and now is that back in the early 2000ās we treated these cunts like nutters and didnāt entertain their delusions. They were treated like youād treat anyone with extreme views - with caution and distance.
I put the blame 100% on politicians and newspapers who pandered to the racists and dressed racism up as ālegitimate concernsā in order to stoke up anger and get votes. Their policies gave us Brexit and now this shit. Wankers.
They absolutely deserve the blame, but the point is that these people have always existed, and probably in much larger numbers than weād like to believe.
A lot of people seemingly believe that the UK went from a country that loves all immigrants to a hate-filled country in just over a decade of Tory rule, but all that has happened is the government and the media have informed the public that extreme views are welcome in society.
IMO what needs to happen is a swift push from the government to say āno, violent protest will result in prisonā AND actually fucking stopping them. The police know ahead of time where people are protesting, and the second so much as a can is thrown at a building the police should be making arrests - hundreds of them. Doing anything else sends a message that peaceful protest results in jail time, whereas torching an immigration law firm or hotel is fine.
Yeah, I grew up in East London. I remember clearly in the 80s my Sikh PRIMARY SCHOOL classmate, was beaten up by national front thugs. Yeah, primary school kids were fair game.
People like this have always existed. Make no mistake, they're always on the periphery, waiting for an excuse to use as the thinnest veneer of their main intention, just to come out and start a fight.
So much misplaced anger. Yes the economy is fucked, and your life is probably in the shitter, but immigrants arenāt the ones to blame for this. Blame the 1%
I think itās a misconception that these people are angry at immigrants for economic reasons. Theyāre angry at immigrants because theyāre racists.
They are without a doubt using whatever they can as an excuse to be their racist selves. Unfortunately the media and Facebook/WhatsApp echo chambers exacerbate the issue further, working these Neanderthals into a violent frenzy
Racist right wingers in the US: āWeāre not racist! You people call all Republicans (conservatives) racist! Also, Kamala is a DEI fake black person.ā
Most of the worlds conservatives: āFUCK YOU PEOPLE THAT ARE DIFFERENT FROM ME!ā
Itās almost like most āconservativesā are racist assholes no matter where theyāre fromā¦
According to the article he was sent the images by another man, he repeatedly asked the man not to send underage images, and he didnāt keep the images or forward them. He was charged with making indecent images of children and pleaded guilty. Does this mean that anyone who is sent such images can be legally guilty of this, even if they donāt request or want the images and delete them right away? Could malicious parties use this to get anyone they choose into trouble by sending them images? Or are there other considerations that go into making such a charge?
According to the Crown Prosecution Service, making indecent images can have a wide definition in the law and can include receiving them via social media.
Edwardsās barrister Philip Evans KC told the court: āThereās no suggestion in this case that Mr Edwards hasā¦ in the traditional sense of the word, created any image of any sort.ā
I suppose the facts that he a) retained some of the images, b) didnāt report having received them and c) continued talking to the man has some bearing on his charges.
These cunts are the ones that should be put on some disgusting prison barge before being forced onto an aeroplane and sent off to Africa not the poor people that risk their lives to try and come here to seek asylum.
See how long they last last over there with their pathetic way of thinking. We lost our membership in the EU because of ignorant fucking idiots like this, now we have to put up with this kind of bullshit. This country is a fucking joke, these ignorant white English cunts need to fuck off.
True. It was more a reference to them wanting asylum seekers shipped off to Rwanda (I think it was), but in reality I donāt wish these people upon anyone.
Malaysians residing in or travelling to the United Kingdom are urged to stay away from protest areas, remain vigilant and follow the latest updates and guidance provided by local authorities.ā
Considering that a whole bunch of EDL supporters and adjacent groups are involved, making brown people feel unwelcome in the country is absolutely the goal
Is there any outlet providing aggregated information about all the riots so far? Iād like to find out more but naturally " UK riots" just brings up the most recent event because of how media works
Thereās a lot of simmering anger, resentment and frustration in many communities in this country. Itās been building for years. The stabbing of those poor girls at their dance class by the son of Rwandan immigrants seems to have been the straw that broke the camelās back.
This isnāt just the EDL (an organisation which disbanded more than a decade ago), this is thousands of English people who are furious. We can try and understand the sources of that fury, and then begin the work to resolve it, or weāll keep getting these sorts of horrid outbreaks of ugly violence.
We donāt know the details yet. But, if this stabber was a white kid, weād all be talking about mental health. Non-white kids of immigrants can also have mental health issue. But the worse of the country jump straight to racism, blaming the culture of the immigrant. If this lad grew up here, he has been surrounded by our culture. If there is mental health issues, itās our fault it wasnāt caught in time. If he went mental for cultural reasons, we canāt wash our hands of that either. If we want assimilation, we canāt other people.
Itās all understandable - although the violence is relatively isolated, I imagine it can be tense on the streets at the moment. So I can see why anyone would be worried, especially if you are a woman of colour. Iām not sending her that report because I donāt want to add to her anxiety at this time.
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