Chomper Higgot

Well yes, I don’t feel the need to defend Powell, his views or those who admire him and his views.

I draw the line at calling anyone here in this discussion a racist, unless of course they, like the racist Powell overtly express racist views. I do however observe that Powell is admired and defended by many racists. There’s a enough wiggle room in that to afford a modicum of plausible deniability to those who feel the need to avail themselves of the opportunity.

And the precipitators of the Brixton Riots where? Or do you pretend not to know because you personally were not subjected to abuse by a systematically racist police force? Read some history.

Odd the Racist Powell never predicted better food, better music, better athletes and better everything really. Going back to live in early 60s UK would be a nightmare. All those women in head scarves and men smelling of Woodbines. Nah, leave the Racist Powell where he belongs, in a long dead history.

Odd you should mention Bradford, with your snide dig. I recommend watching the TV series ‘Bradford on Duty’. It’s a fly on the wall look at people in public service working for the good of the Bradford community. It’s an excellent look at Bradford people from a wide range of ethnic and religious backgrounds demonstrating the very best values of community, real British values. You of course might not like it.

He was wrong about that too.

His point was attacking immigrants. Some thought that a valid point.

Powell’s words were not prophetic, they were racist.

Is he interviewing Powell?

Let’s see if you can work it out, there’s a clue somewhere.

At the time of Powell speaking the only significant immigration to the UK was from the Caribbean (The Windrush Generation). Powell lies when he says these people were not invited, he fails to mention the ‘British Nationality Act 1948’ or the recruitment of people in the Caribbean to fill jobs in the UK. These people were invited to come to the UK, they contributed immensely to the economy and the culture of the country. They were treated abysmally, up an until the modern day. The racist Powell climbed on his soap box to stoke fear and hatred for his own political objectives. The immigrants where his target and the immigrants suffered. He was a despicable man. And yes, a racist, admired then as now by racists.

He was way off. I was recently in a northern English town, full of the people this racist Powell was inciting fear and hatred of. The people of that town share far more things in common than the colour of their skin. The century has turned, that town, like others across the country have proven Powell wrong, the vast majority of people living there were born there, raised there, educated there, work there, and very rightly consider themselves British.

Nah he was a racist, admired by racists.

Neither have answers for the problems the nation is facing, though both have played an active roll in creating many of those problems.

Excellent news.

Yes, sorry I did.

Clearly, if Government help workers, workers are going to help workers. The time for unions has returned.

He’s not wrong: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/aug/22/average-pay-ftse-100-chiefs-jumps

I think the explanation of how they chose their name is a lot more simple. It sounds like a ‘boy band’ and I think that was the attraction.

It has one under the banks.

What truth Mac? Carefully worded statements from the Kremlin, truth?

I don’t feel the need to defend Putin.

Try to focus. It’s about Trump. It’s Trump who is under criminal investigation. Focus now…. Focus!

If a member of your family crossed a border to get into the US, they are an immigrant.

Immigrants are good for the economy. America is a nation of immigrants.