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Post by bigmartin on Aug 2, 2024 16:52:49 GMT
In a week where a town which has had 3 kids murdered and numerous others injured has to face rioting from morons stirred up by false, racist internet claims , to come on here with invented 'illegal boat people amnesty' bollocks, there should be legal consequences to this stuff, never mind forum bans. Fair point, so many obnoxious people are using a tragedy to push their agenda it's sickening, I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and say he's not considered this even though he's clearly not an idiot. Let's wait for the apology before we cast judgement. Like I immediately did for my ill-advised Trump comment where I was alerted, by his post on the other board, to how off-colour it was. Eh. Eh?
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Post by bigmartin on Aug 2, 2024 16:56:40 GMT
Don't ban him, I genuinely think we're educating him and surely that's a worthy cause. I agree. Please don't ban him. It's important people are allowed to express opinions different from the majority, even if what they're saying is absolute piffle! There are plenty of people on here who can counter with well thought out & substantiated arguments. I agree. But I'd draw a line at stuff that's literally illegal. And I'm convinced he knows precisely what he's doing.
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Post by suedehead on Aug 2, 2024 17:04:23 GMT
Don't ban him, I genuinely think we're educating him and surely that's a worthy cause. I agree. Please don't ban him. It's important people are allowed to express opinions different from the majority, even if what they're saying is absolute piffle! There are plenty of people on here who can counter with well thought out & substantiated arguments. To be clear, if he goes it’s not because he has a difference of opinion. It’ll be because he’s posting outright lies, refusing to engage and just posting provocative stuff, putting us on dodgy ground with posts about China and outright ignoring requests to curb that behaviour - and being proud of ignoring them. He can be the biggest Reform/Tory/Labour/whoever voter and have whatever views he likes, but he has to play the game on here.
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Post by bigmartin on Aug 2, 2024 17:06:39 GMT
I agree. Please don't ban him. It's important people are allowed to express opinions different from the majority, even if what they're saying is absolute piffle! There are plenty of people on here who can counter with well thought out & substantiated arguments. To be clear, if he goes it’s not because he has a difference of opinion. It’ll be because he’s posting outright lies, refusing to engage and just posting provocative stuff, putting us on dodgy ground with posts about China and outright ignoring requests to curb that behaviour - and being proud of ignoring them. He can be the biggest Reform/Tory/Labour/whoever voter and have whatever views he likes, but he has to play the game on here. As do we all in fairness to you.
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Post by suedehead on Aug 2, 2024 17:09:21 GMT
To be clear, if he goes it’s not because he has a difference of opinion. It’ll be because he’s posting outright lies, refusing to engage and just posting provocative stuff, putting us on dodgy ground with posts about China and outright ignoring requests to curb that behaviour - and being proud of ignoring them. He can be the biggest Reform/Tory/Labour/whoever voter and have whatever views he likes, but he has to play the game on here. As do we all in fairness to you. Yep, totally. Everyone is held to the same standard.
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Post by stalybridgehatter on Aug 2, 2024 17:11:56 GMT
I mean, I've done my research and I haven't found anything in my inbox or my workplace intranet about any changes ... Best give everyone a heads-up in the morning briefing. I'll my best, but usually, we tend to listen to the Home Sec on matters like this so it'll be a tough sell!
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Post by nelly on Aug 2, 2024 17:57:11 GMT
I agree. Please don't ban him. It's important people are allowed to express opinions different from the majority, even if what they're saying is absolute piffle! There are plenty of people on here who can counter with well thought out & substantiated arguments. To be clear, if he goes it’s not because he has a difference of opinion. It’ll be because he’s posting outright lies, refusing to engage and just posting provocative stuff, putting us on dodgy ground with posts about China and outright ignoring requests to curb that behaviour - and being proud of ignoring them. He can be the biggest Reform/Tory/Labour/whoever voter and have whatever views he likes, but he has to play the game on here. Is this Tory Villain Or Racist again ? He needs to get a life FFS.
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Post by Nik on Aug 2, 2024 18:23:06 GMT
Best give everyone a heads-up in the morning briefing. I'll my best, but usually, we tend to listen to the Home Sec on matters like this so it'll be a tough sell! Maybe Yvette missed tvor's All Colleague call.
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Post by nelly on Aug 2, 2024 18:32:47 GMT
I'll my best, but usually, we tend to listen to the Home Sec on matters like this so it'll be a tough sell! Maybe Yvette missed tvor's All Colleague call. English, Irish, French, German, Scandinavian and 0.1% West African until I die.
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Post by herbiedumplings on Aug 3, 2024 8:03:48 GMT
Today’s Express:
“Britain Cannot Let The Rioting Thugs Win!”
The lady doth protest too much, methinks…
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Post by tvor on Aug 3, 2024 8:04:55 GMT
As do we all in fairness to you. Yep, totally. Everyone is held to the same standard. Good morning all. I'd firstly like to point out that just like many of you I voted against Rishi Sunak in the last General Election. Quite ironic really, as he is the only person in government who has given me anything during my working life and that was £2,500 a month for a few months during furlough. I do get the impression (rightly or wrongly) that this is a pro-Labour only board. This has also been mentioned to me by others by direct message. If that's what you want then maybe consider making it a closed group by invitation only? As stated previously, I have never posted any bad language, abused other posters, posted nothing racist or sexist, not posted any questionable pictures. I managed to keep out of the thread about shooting Donald Trump which was in very poor taste. So I wouldn't agree that "Everyone is held to the same standard". After the dreadful scenes at Southport earlier in the week, this past week for me has been a period of contemplation and reflection, particularly as I have six grandchildren aged between two and twelve. We were planning to go to Manchester this morning but have decided to give that a swerve just in case. Have a good day.
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Post by Nik on Aug 3, 2024 8:12:23 GMT
Yep, totally. Everyone is held to the same standard. Good morning all. I'd firstly like to point out that just like many of you I voted against Rishi Sunak in the last General Election. Quite ironic really, as he is the only person in government who has given me anything during my working life and that was £2,500 a month for a few months during furlough. I do get the impression (rightly or wrongly) that this is a pro-Labour only board. This has also been mentioned to me by others by direct message. If that's what you want then maybe consider making it a closed group by invitation only? As stated previously, I have never posted any bad language, abused other posters, posted nothing racist or sexist, not posted any questionable pictures. I managed to keep out of the thread about shooting Donald Trump which was in very poor taste. So I wouldn't agree that "Everyone is held to the same standard". After the dreadful scenes at Southport earlier in the week, this past week for me has been a period of contemplation and reflection, particularly as I have six grandchildren aged between two and twelve. We were planning to go to Manchester this morning but have decided to give that a swerve just in case. Have a good day. The thread where practically everyone immediately condemned the attempted assassination?
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Post by timberwolf on Aug 3, 2024 8:18:09 GMT
Sorted the junior doctors strike, there were no hospitals being built it was just Johnson's waffle, the boat crossings always increase when the weather's good, VAT on private schools is the right move we shouldn't subsidise them, I've lost my winter fuel allowance because Gove gave it to Michelle Mone and it's your lot rioting as a show of respect to 3 murdered children, please tell us more about this amnesty even the Telegraph don't seem to have picked up on this. You would think people expected things to be clear sailing with a new government. The biggest shock would have been if they had never had a problem. If that happened you could easily post that the job the tories did could not have been that bad. Have lost my winter fuel allowance as many have but doubt many used it fully or slightly on the extra fuel bills they received. I have heard somewhere myself about the amnesty but think its about those who entered illegally before the present boat people and possibly those who entered different ways.
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Post by timberwolf on Aug 3, 2024 8:26:19 GMT
Good morning all. I'd firstly like to point out that just like many of you I voted against Rishi Sunak in the last General Election. Quite ironic really, as he is the only person in government who has given me anything during my working life and that was £2,500 a month for a few months during furlough. I do get the impression (rightly or wrongly) that this is a pro-Labour only board. This has also been mentioned to me by others by direct message. If that's what you want then maybe consider making it a closed group by invitation only? As stated previously, I have never posted any bad language, abused other posters, posted nothing racist or sexist, not posted any questionable pictures. I managed to keep out of the thread about shooting Donald Trump which was in very poor taste. So I wouldn't agree that "Everyone is held to the same standard". After the dreadful scenes at Southport earlier in the week, this past week for me has been a period of contemplation and reflection, particularly as I have six grandchildren aged between two and twelve. We were planning to go to Manchester this morning but have decided to give that a swerve just in case. Have a good day. Keep on posting as at least it gives the majority of this board a reason to read your stuff. As a minority you should really receive status higher than you really should by just being that on this board. For years many have promoted the ideals and views of minority groups and rightly so. However in the same way a minority they do not agree with should be treated exactly the same. Need a broad back and a thick skin though to go against what feels like a voice on here whose views are underlined by most of the rest.
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Post by Nik on Aug 3, 2024 8:31:02 GMT
Good morning all. I'd firstly like to point out that just like many of you I voted against Rishi Sunak in the last General Election. Quite ironic really, as he is the only person in government who has given me anything during my working life and that was £2,500 a month for a few months during furlough. I do get the impression (rightly or wrongly) that this is a pro-Labour only board. This has also been mentioned to me by others by direct message. If that's what you want then maybe consider making it a closed group by invitation only? As stated previously, I have never posted any bad language, abused other posters, posted nothing racist or sexist, not posted any questionable pictures. I managed to keep out of the thread about shooting Donald Trump which was in very poor taste. So I wouldn't agree that "Everyone is held to the same standard". After the dreadful scenes at Southport earlier in the week, this past week for me has been a period of contemplation and reflection, particularly as I have six grandchildren aged between two and twelve. We were planning to go to Manchester this morning but have decided to give that a swerve just in case. Have a good day. Keep on posting as at least it gives the majority of this board a reason to read your stuff. As a minority you should really receive status higher than you really should by just being that on this board. For years many have promoted the ideals and views of minority groups and rightly so. However in the same way a minority they do not agree with should be treated exactly the same. Need a broad back and a thick skin though to go against what feels like a voice on here whose views are underlined by most of the rest. If he actually did that then it'd be fine, but he doesn't. He posts made up nonsense he's seen online somewhere; never actually expresses an original viewpoint on anything and when anyone points this out or raises a counterpoint he just ignores it and moves onto the next piece of nonsense, all the while thinking he's owning the lefties. There are already voices in this thread that challenge the perceived 'Labour-only' atmosphere but they do it coherently and without being a WUM.
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