Because The United Kingdom?

[Stuart Galbraith]

11 hours ago, seahawk said:

Freedom of speech

https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/teacher-banned-after-telling-muslim-child-that-britain-is-christian-country-5HjdP8X_2/

Nice quote:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/if-you-want-to-live-in-muslim-country-go-back-to-the-uk-brandon-gill-jabs-mehdi-hasan-after-he-says-your-wife-is-an-indian-american/articleshow/124736921.cms

Anyone got a name or a location for that teacher? So, how do I know they are not outright fabricating it?

[Ivanhoe]

https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/met-officer-grooming-gang-investigation-5HjdPBx_2/
 

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We have been told that two women who grew up in care homes in London made complaints about the officer within months of each other in 2012. But, we are unable to name him for legal reasons.

The Met launched a criminal investigation at the time into the allegations made by one of the complainants. She said the officer had abused her multiple times as a child and shared her with other “important men” at a hotel in Park Lane in central London. LBC understands the other men included an MP and a judge.

The victim also claimed that the officer targeted other “pretty girls” who were in the care system over several years.

LBC can reveal the officer was allowed to retire as a Custody Sergeant while under investigation. In 2012, officers under criminal investigation could only retire with permission from a senior officer.

 

The phrase "lack of evidence" comes up in the online article as rationalization for dropping the probe. 

[Stuart Galbraith]

Sadly, this fits in with other stories which have leaked out in the post saville years. In 2012 it was found that this, at the time famous, British MP was also a notorious paedophile.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/nov/13/cyril-smith-accused-abusing-boys

[Ivanhoe]

https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/palestine-action-activists-hunger-strike-5HjdPFZ_2/
 

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In a letter - seen by The Telegraph - sent by Imran Khan & Partners the lawyers have requested an immediate meeting with Justice Secretary David Lammy over the “increasingly likely” scenario of their client's death.

The lawyers said five of the eight Palestine Action activists on hunger strike had been taken to hospital, with one defendant losing 10kg after 37 days without food.

 

 

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Four of those on strike were allegedly involved in a raid on weapons firm Elbit Systems Horizon facility in Gloucestershire last year. They are to go on trial next May.

The other four are accused of taking part in a break in at RAF Brize Norton causing damage to military aircraft in a high-profile security breach at the UK’s largest airbase.

The attacks have cost the defence industry at least £30million.

 

lol

[TrustMe]

The courts in the UK have the ability to order them to be force fed if necessary.

[Stuart Galbraith]

Yeah. I think at least as far back as the suffragettes If I remember rightly.

[17thfabn]

8 hours ago, Stuart Galbraith said:

But here we go again. America is 20 percent less white than the UK. For all the dire predictions made about Britains pending Islamification, at the current rate of acvance, the US is going to end up Mexican decades before we turn St Pauls into a mosque. And no, for a lot of reasons I dont believe that is going to happen either.

 Remember Bladerunner? When they filmed that in 1981, the population trend said that california was going to go Chinese, and they reflected that with the cast and neon signs.

To your point about England being only 1 part of the UK. Yes, but it is economically far and away the most important. Also when I talked about % of muslims I referred to UK numbers. One of the issues in some areas of Europe is muslims concentrating and taking control. 

U.S. becoming more heavily Hispanic is much less problematic than the UK becoming islamic. 

IF and I understand it is an IF current trends continue the % of islamic growth in the UK will be a big issue. The % of muslims in the UK has doubled in 20 years.

The limiting figure in Asian population growth in the U.S. is there an unofficial  rule that 50 % of 2nd generation Asians in the U.S. have to marry white people. 

Channeling rmmagil: I notice you didn't deny being largely AI augmented! Are you controlled by ChatGPT, Gemini or other?  (intended to be humorous) 

[Ivanhoe]

https://www.popsci.com/environment/german-hairy-snail-london/

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However, the snail needs some extra support. The German hairy snail is one of the United Kingdom’s most endangered mollusks, with its original habitat along the river diminished to limited, disconnected areas. As such, rewilders, conservationists and citizen scientists in London have started conducting surveys to investigate the situation.

 

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According to the fossil record, the German hairy snail has existed in the UK at least since the Stone Age and perhaps even since the last Ice Age. At the time, mainland Europe was still connected to Britain, and the Thames was connected to the German River Rhine.

“This charming little snail has called our riverbanks and wetlands home for thousands of years – yet it is sadly now very rare in the UK, potentially restricted to just a few sites along the Thames,” Pecorelli added. 

The snail has been known to exist across Europe. An assessment from 2013 identified eastern Russia, islands in the Baltic Sea, and Germany—where the mollusk is considered endangered—as parts of its range. 

 

All I can say is, keep your German Hairy Snails the hell away from me.

 

[JWB]

[Stuart Galbraith]

Doesnt look that hairy. More a 5 o clock shadow really. I suppose German Six a Clock Shadow snails doesnt have as good a ring to it.

Edited December 12, 2025 by Stuart Galbraith

[JWB]

'People seeking cosmetic dentistry are rejecting a dazzling smile in favour of a perfectly imperfect set of gnashers – wonky-teeth icons rule' 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2025/12/11/bad-teeth-are-a-british-tradition-worth-fighting-for/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_tw_post

[urbanoid]

There's something similar in Japan, where some people consider crooked teeth to be cute and charming.

Weird islanders something something...

[rmgill]

Cute girl with the extra eye tooth? 

[urbanoid]

Not extra, just crooked. 

Obviously sometimes I agree, I'll fight anyone claiming that Ueshama (Ueda Reina) isn't absolutely cute.

There is (was?) also this yaeba trend, with some girls even undergoing dental procedures to make their fangs look like this.

https://www.beautylish.com/a/vxgxa/japan-tsuke-yaeba-trend

[rmgill]

Part of Japan's cunning plan to take over the world with Neko-Garu.

[Murph]

Terrifying for freedom:

 

[TrustMe]

There is no freedom of speech law in the UK  

[urbanoid]

Not only there are now articles about Poles leaving the UK en masse, it kinda turns out that... quite a lot of Britons are leaving the UK for Poland too?

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Poland has emerged as a top ten destination for Britons relocating abroad, with the number of UK residents in the country rising more than threefold over the past decade, according to United Nations data.

A study by Spanish real estate agency 5 Real Estate, drawing on UN figures, shows Poland ranked seventh among destinations chosen by UK citizens. The Briton population in Poland rose to 184,900 last year from 41,000 in 2015.

Australia tops the league with more than 1.1 million UK expatriates, or 23% of all departing migrants, followed by the United States with nearly 900,000 and Canada with over 400,000.

Millions of Britons have left the UK in recent years, often seeking warmer climates or lower living costs, the report said.

“Relocating can be daunting, especially in the post-Brexit era,” Cameron Hamilton of 5 Real Estate told the Daily Mail, which published details of the research.

While Australia, the United States and Canada remain the main draws—thanks to quality of life, predominantly English-speaking environments and generally higher pay—“we’re seeing a notable rise in European destinations, particularly in Eastern Europe,” he said.

Hamilton cautioned that gains in countries such as Romania and Poland may reflect return migration rather than a surge of UK-born movers.

Migration from those countries to the UK “has grown and far exceeds” flows in the other direction, suggesting some residents are returning after time in Britain, he added.

https://tvpworld.com/88698859/poland-ranks-among-top-10-destinations-for-british-expats-as-uk-minority-surges-340

[urbanoid]

Damn, I never thought Yookay was so based.

[Mr King]

9 hours ago, Murph said:

Terrifying for freedom:

 

Putin is letting a country the size of Florida outdo him for political oppression? 

 

[NickM]

3 hours ago, urbanoid said:

Not only there are now articles about Poles leaving the UK en masse, it kinda turns out that... quite a lot of Britons are leaving the UK for Poland too?

https://tvpworld.com/88698859/poland-ranks-among-top-10-destinations-for-british-expats-as-uk-minority-surges-340

They'd better show some spine to opposed the 3rd world scum incursions. 

[Stuart Galbraith]

11 hours ago, urbanoid said:

Not only there are now articles about Poles leaving the UK en masse, it kinda turns out that... quite a lot of Britons are leaving the UK for Poland too?

https://tvpworld.com/88698859/poland-ranks-among-top-10-destinations-for-british-expats-as-uk-minority-surges-340

Well if these are the same dozy bastards that voted for Brexit, good riddance to them. Maybe we will get the right result next time.

[Stuart Galbraith]

Ok, so lets talk about freedom of speech.

if I owned a newspaper, and I wrote an editorial calling for a violent riot, and for death to immigrants, Id be prosecuted, very likely jailed. Such a thing is not a 'personal opinion.' Its incitement. Even Enoch Powell with his 'rivers of blood' speech was very careful NOT to call for action against immigrants. Just that inevitably that would be the result from continued immigration by the pressure of society. Here we are 60 years later, and demonstrably he is wrong. Its gobshites posting what they like online, and inciting others to violence that is the real problem. 

Alright, so I dont own a newspaper. So I own a twitter account or a facebook account, and I do the same thing. Should that be judged differently? Im still publishing, im still inciting precisely the same thing. The only difference is that its digital and not paper, hence why our laws have languished keeping up with the digital revolution. You might say 'well he is just offering a personal opinion against Muslims.' Fine, si you dont like Muslims. What if its against Jews, does that make it ok? What about violence against Americans, or any other section of society you might care about, are the same actions then more or less acceptable? They are exploiting the same freedoms.

Ill be the first to admit its gone too far, that the police need a damn good kick up the arse and proper education on what constitutes personal opinion and what is incitement to violence. But thats on the police, and on society to do a better job of keeping the clueless bastards in their lane.

I do object to the observation, so common around here, that if people are being arrested for online posting its,

1 Demanded by the Government, when very clearly it is not. Indeed that I see lack of subsequent successful prosecutions against people arrested for posting their opinion, to me illustrates that the laws of this land, that are after all written by westminster, are not pointed that way. 

2 That EVERY personal comment posted online is of the same value, and inherently 'innocent', when clearly it isnt.

Many of you happily jump onboard this bandwagon, accepting the comments of the likes of Lucy Connelly or Tommy Robinson that they didnt really do anything wrong, and compound the issue by refusing to examine the facts, and accepting their explanations without criticism. 

My personal view, if I spread misinformation and incited a violent riot through my clueless comments, I hope I too would face prosecution for being so goddamn clueless. 

Yes, everyone has an absolute right to freedom of expression. But more than that, society has a right to truth, and a right to not having gobshites upsetting the stablity of that society for their own personal selfish amusement. If you go round posting misinformation and someone gets killed, zero fucks given here, because as far as Im concerned, thats on you.

[rmgill]

Ok.  Now. Have the same newspaper and advocate for the mutilation of children. Call it trans rights. 
 

Or be a government functionary and advocate for same. 
 

Or advocate for the ongoing rape of same children by immigrant men. 
 

Who was prosecuted for the Muslims who rioted?  Anyone? 

 

Now. Can you write that article and demand that invading Germans, you know ‘the hun’, be killed and driven from the nation? was that also not incitement to violence? 
 

 

Edited December 14, 2025 by rmgill

[urbanoid]

Damn

"Why does a country become an empire?

It sometimes happens by mistake, in certain cases by accident, often by stupidity, and most frequently because there is no other choice. In reality, most empires are the geopolitical equivalent of a man going to the grocery store for a pint of milk and returning with a live ostrich, a timeshare in Florida, and custody of three children he didn't have when he left. He doesn't know how it happened, but he’s pretty sure it started because he took a wrong turn at the dairy aisle.

Consider the "accidental" empire.

This usually begins with a trade dispute over something incredibly trivial, like nutmeg or beaver pelts. A nation sends a gunboat to protect a warehouse, the captain gets bored and annexes a port, and suddenly the Home Office in London or Rome receives a letter saying, "Good news, we now own a jungle the size of France. Please send administrators, soldiers, and a very large rug to sweep this under."

It is the imperial version of the sunk cost fallacy: you invade a place to protect your trade interests, but then you have to invade the next place over to protect the first place, until eventually, you accidentally rule half the globe simply because you were too awkward to stop marching.

The British acquisition of Hong Kong is essentially the story of the world’s most aggressive drug deal.

In the 1830s, Britain had a problem: they were addicted to Chinese tea, but the Chinese were notably un-addicted to British wool. Facing a trade deficit that threatened to empty the national piggy bank, the British decided the solution was to become the world's premier cartel and flood China with opium. When China politely requested that Britain stop poisoning its population, the British Royal Navy responded by blowing things up in the name of "Free Trade."

During the chaos, Captain Charles Elliot seized Hong Kong Island, mostly because he needed a place to park his boats that wasn't currently on fire. The British Foreign Secretary, Lord Palmerston, was furious. He famously dismissed the island as "a barren rock with nary a house upon it" and promptly fired Elliot for lacking ambition. Britain didn't want a colony; they wanted a warehouse. But once they had the rock, they had to build a dock, then a police station, and then a racecourse (priorities). Before long, they had accidentally founded a global financial hub, purely because they refused to pay for their Earl Grey with cash.

Then there is the motivation of "stupidity" and "no other choice," which are often indistinguishable.

This is the defensive paranoia strategy. A country convinces itself that the only way to be safe is to conquer its neighbor. But once that neighbor is conquered, you have new neighbors who look suspicious. So, you must conquer them too. It is a pyramid scheme of security where the only way to sleep at night is to ensure that everyone else is awake and paying you taxes. Before long, you are an Emperor, sitting on a throne of bayonets, exhausted, wondering why you couldn't have just built a slightly higher fence.

The Roman Republic is the gold standard for "I didn't mean to conquer the world, it just sort of happened while I was defending myself."

The Romans suffered from a chronic case of geopolitical anxiety; they were convinced that unless they controlled the neighbor's yard, their own house was in mortal danger. This led to a strategy historians call "Defensive Imperialism," which is a polite way of saying "preemptive mugging."

It usually started with a minor ally asking for help. Rome would send a legion to "restore order." Once order was restored, they’d look at the next tribe over and think, "Well, they look a bit shifty, better annex them just to be safe." They went to Sicily to help some mercenaries and "accidentally" ended up owning the island. They fought Carthage to protect trade routes and "accidentally" acquired Spain. By the time Julius Caesar rolled around, Rome had "defended" itself all the way from Portugal to Syria. They were the neighbors from hell who call the police on you for a noise complaint and end up legally acquiring your property through a series of zoning disputes."

https://x.com/Arrogance_0024/status/1999983839699927282