Politics

[Spider]

And this is probably because Reform won the election recently:

 

 

[BobyBrno]

10 minutes ago, Spider said:

@Boby Brno is Gonzo correct about the Tories being at fault?

I’ve promised to shut up. 🤷‍♂️

Theres a developing story about election fraud in Tameside though.😉

[kent_white]

4 minutes ago, Spider said:

And this is probably because Reform won the election recently:

 

 

Some people won't be happy until they start to see brown people disappearing from their high street. 

That will be their benchmark.

[Spider]

1 hour ago, BobyBrno said:

I’ve promised to shut up. 🤷‍♂️

Theres a developing story about election fraud in Tameside though.😉

Don’t get pushed around Boby it’s not your style 😊

Great to see Labour clearing that asylum backlog and at the same time dismissing the narrative that they actively want piles of illegal immigrants to do all the shit jobs.

Unless it’s a bad thing that the backlog is being cleared for reasons I’m unaware of?

[jmjhb]

1 hour ago, BobyBrno said:

I’ve promised to shut up. 🤷‍♂️

Theres a developing story about election fraud in Tameside though.😉

Surprised they bothered for local elections

[gonzo]

1 hour ago, kent_white said:

Some people won't be happy until they start to see brown people disappearing from their high street. 

That will be their benchmark.

 Less Turkish Barbers/Vietnamese Nail Salons/Albanian Vape shops or any other money laundering operation the better.

Less gangs of Romanians hovering outside grocery shops all day too that sell dodgy fags and run passport rackets in the back.

Maybe there is a benchmark.

Edited Thursday at 18:27 by gonzo

[royal white]

40 minutes ago, Spider said:

Don’t get pushed around Boby it’s not your style 😊

Great to see Labour clearing that asylum backlog and at the same time dismissing the narrative that they actively want piles of illegal immigrants to do all the shit jobs.

Unless it’s a bad thing that the backlog is being cleared for reasons I’m unaware of?

Backlog appeals up 100% so it looks like a lot of their hard work hasn’t really achieved much 

[Dimron]

We've had "eat out to help out"

Now we've got "play out to help out"

Thanks Rachel

[Tonge moor green jacket]

Hadn't heard about this speech before. 

Says everything about government/civil service.

 

 

[dazl1212]

On 20/05/2026 at 15:16, Dimron said:

I have long been an advocate of "Deliberative Democracy", research shows it produces the the best decisions and better support across diverse communities.

For democratic decisions to be legitimate they must be independent and free of influence caused by uneven power or financial gains.

Citizens Groups should be able debate locally and offer opinions to the central government, maybe central government should be more AI driven processing the devolved wishes.

I'm of the opinion that things like critical thinking, checking sources and learning what propaganda is should be taught at schools.

[BobyBrno]

1 hour ago, Spider said:

Don’t get pushed around Boby it’s not your style 😊

 

😅

I’m still here!👍

I’ll let the news do the talking. 
 

[gonzo]

13 minutes ago, dazl1212 said:

I'm of the opinion that things like critical thinking, checking sources and learning what propaganda is should be taught at schools.

Think they do tbf. Social media is the killer. 

I saw a screenshot of a random news report on about Belgium reporting of waves of military trained Afghan makes heading over like a swarm of locusts within the next weeks.

[Dimron]

39 minutes ago, dazl1212 said:

I'm of the opinion that things like critical thinking, checking sources and learning what propaganda is should be taught at schools.

Agreed 

Education needs to evolve from learning facts to how to filter and use information, why learn the kings and queens when the likes of google and next, quantum computing, can supply the information in an instant?

[Spider]

45 minutes ago, BobyBrno said:

😅

I’m still here!👍

I’ll let the news do the talking. 
 

Person denies thing.

Slow news day?

[Not in Crawley]

5 minutes ago, Spider said:

Person denies thing.

Slow news day?

He's funny.

I quite like his dedication to be honest.

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

1 hour ago, dazl1212 said:

I'm of the opinion that things like critical thinking, checking sources and learning what propaganda is should be taught at schools.

It's a good idea but the generations most susceptible have long since left

[royal white]

6 hours ago, Not in Crawley said:

And this is why we can't have nice things.

Who is we and why can’t they have nice things? 

[Not in Crawley]

1 hour ago, royal white said:

Who is we and why can’t they have nice things? 

Its just a phase, talk to the kids.

[royal white]

12 minutes ago, Not in Crawley said:

It’s just a phase, talk to the kids.

NIC waffling shite shocker 

[Not in Crawley]

Just now, royal white said:

NIC waffling shite shocker 

Nope. Honestly its a common phrase.

RW in over his basic head shocker.

 

[jmjhb]

3 hours ago, Dimron said:

We've had "eat out to help out"

Now we've got "play out to help out"

Thanks Rachel

We're such a miserable nation 

[mickbrown]

2 hours ago, Not in Crawley said:

He's funny.

I quite like his dedication to be honest.

Dogged. Or is it dogger?

[royal white]

5 minutes ago, Not in Crawley said:

Nope. Honestly its a common phrase.

RW in over his basic head shocker.

 

Is it as common as 30 years olds should be richer than 60 year olds? Or is that more of NICs waffling? 

[Not in Crawley]

1 minute ago, mickbrown said:

Dogged. Or is it dogger?

Doggerland? 

God bless Radio 4

[Not in Crawley]

3 minutes ago, royal white said:

Is it as common as 30 years olds should be richer than 60 year olds? Or is that more of NICs waffling? 

And this is why we can't have nice things.