Chomper Higgot

The fact you wish to frame the issue in terms of your own personal views on immigration is not addressing xenophobia in Japan. I could do a you say I say counter argument offering up my own anecdotal accounts from having lived and worked in Japan, I choose rather to go to the research: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/368363544_Racism_in_Japan_Critical_Analysis_on_Japan's_Xenophobia_and_Racial_Discrimination

How does that address the allegation of xenophobia?

Xenophobia as an argument in favor of Japanese xenophobia. That’s probably not new.

He’s not going to ever admit to being beneath the law.

It’s clearly not fake news if the veteran card was not accepted.

Correct. And the ‘acceptable’ documents are heavily weighted in favor of those commonly used by demographic groups who tend to vote Tory, while similar documents commonly carried by demographic groups who tend not to vote Tory are not acceptable. It’s gerrymandering, clear and simple.

I just gave an example.

Japan is struggling with a collapsing population unable to care for the millions of old. It’s not the idyl you imagine. How you got from Biden, through Japan to Islington is a mystery.

He’s right.

The Victorians, those people who rocked up in boats in other places around the world demanding a warm welcome and free access to what ever riches they found there? There is little evidence that the (western) Roman Empire was ‘rotten’ at its the time of its fall.

As do a number of eastern countries too.

It’s not. Things are simply changing, like they always have, like they always will.

This end of civilization as we know it thing isn’t actually a thing.

The following link will provide live updates of seats lost/gained/retained as the counts come in: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2024/may/02/local-elections-2024-full-council-results-for-england

They’ve been in Government for over 14 years. I’d start with that as a cause.

Maybe they should, but this is clearly rigged in the Government’s favor. The parallels between rightwing shenanigans in the U.S. and UK make discernment a challenge.

If any citizen was turned away from a polling station without being able to vote then they were denied their vote. The list is cooked in favor of Conservative voters. So by example, an OAP bus pass is acceptable but a student or young person’s bus pass is not. I’m sure the data will come in once the vote counts are over.

I’ve provided a link to Government data on voting fraud, it’s near non existent. What’s going on here is an effort disenfranchise citizens. The Government choosing the voters rather than voters choosing the Government.

Not calling you out Stoner, just a correction. The US dominates the topics and found easily be mistaken as there are efforts there, also by the political right, to use ID as a means to disenfranchise citizens without any evidence of significant voter fraud.

It looks like Larry has been a naughty boy… again This once could see him behind bars and perhaps placed on the sex offenders register too: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/02/police-investigate-laurence-fox-upskirting-tweet-narinder-kaur

It’s UK related. This makes interesting background reading: https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/research-reports-and-data/electoral-fraud-data/2022-electoral-fraud-data

The Government’s gerrymandering has done exactly what it was predicted to do, deny citizens their right to vote. But I wonder, was it this particular group of citizens the architects of the scheme to deny citizens their vote had in mind: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/02/minister-sorry-as-veterans-find-id-card-not-valid-for-english-elections

There’s gaping gaps between the two parties. Look at the state of the NHS now compared to 15 years ago. The current Government are making promises of unfounded tax cuts and spending approaching £100Billion. That on top of the highest tax take since WW2. Schools falling apart, public transport failing, rivers polluted, cronyism skimming billions, police failing to attend crime scenes, hospital waiting lists, dentists (if you can find one), and of course immigration out of control. Not in the news, near zero important checks on goods with the risk of disease to UK farming. Oh and trashing the UK’s tariff free access to EU markets, something nobody voted for I look forward to the election.

It makes a huge difference. Your crystal ball needs a clean.

What on earth are banging on about? If you’ve got a problem with immigrants in the UK take it up with the failing Tory Government, but don’t hang about, they won’t.