6 minutes ago, hotandsticky said:

 

 

To be honest i look up to the USA more now.

 

 

I would swap Starmer out any day.

 

 

I wonder if the thumbs down was from a Trump hater - or a Starmer fan.

 

 

 

I accept the latter is unlikely.

14 minutes ago, bannork said:

Wasn't it Thatcher, the person who didn't believe in 'society', who decided to release the mentally ill back into society?

 

So now this is Thatcher's fault... 😄

 

I don't think even James O'Brien or Gary Neville could claim that with a straight face. 

8 minutes ago, hotandsticky said:

To be honest i look up to the USA more now.

 

#metoo

 

8 minutes ago, hotandsticky said:

I would swap Starmer out any day.

 

#metoo

Just now, JonnyF said:

 

So now this is Thatcher's fault... 😄

 

I don't think even James O'Brien or Gary Neville could claim that with a straight face. 

No, I was just musing. But I believe I'm right in recalling it was her decision to release many mentally ill from institutions. 

 

2 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

 

#metoo

 

 

#metoo

You are lucky you're not in the US.

If that suspect had had a gun there would have been plenty of corpses on that train rather than just one very brave man fighting for his life 

3 minutes ago, bannork said:

You are lucky you're not in the US.

If that suspect had had a gun there would have been plenty of corpses on that train rather than just one very brave man fighting for his life 

 

Or maybe the suspect would be lying on a gurney with a bullet in the back of his head. 

 

Or maybe the suspect would still have used a knife like the guy who murdered the Ukranian girl Iryna Zarutska on the train in North Carolina.

 

It's all speculation. 

 

 

14 minutes ago, bannork said:

You are lucky you're not in the US.

If that suspect had had a gun there would have been plenty of corpses on that train rather than just one very brave man fighting for his life 

Guns on a crowded train are a tactical nightmare for an aggressor as long as the train isnt filled with sheeple. One or two you might get, but you cant shoot in all directions and your Glock with the switch just emptied into the ceiling because it isnt TV.

3 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Guns on a crowded train are a tactical nightmare for an aggressor as long as the train isnt filled with sheeple. One or two you might get, but you cant shoot in all directions and your Glock with the switch just emptied into the ceiling because it isnt TV.

 

Wasn't Bullet Train awesome? It showed that just about any offensive weapon on a crowded train (and some everyday household objects too) are a tactical nightmare.

3 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

 

Wasn't Bullet Train awesome? It showed that just about any offensive weapon on a crowded train (and some everyday household objects too) are a tactical nightmare.

Never saw that one.

 

Did you know Keanu Reeves and Halle Berry are world class shooters? Real shooters. Eye hand coordination and muscle memory to the max.

13 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

In Bangkok, assimilation between foreigners and Thais feels far more natural and fluid. Most Westerners I know here have genuine friendships with Thai people, built on mutual respect and shared experience rather than novelty or convenience.

because thais arent funding us through taxes, theres no resentment

21 hours ago, John Drake said:

Why don't people defend themselves, fight back. The guy had a knife, not a submachinegun. And they outnumbered him. 

 

So far, I've received five down votes for this comment. That's five cowards who would recommend sitting in place and being butchered like cattle, instead of fight for their lives. 

10 minutes ago, John Drake said:

 

So far, I've received five down votes for this comment. That's five cowards who would recommend sitting in place and being butchered like cattle, instead of fight for their lives. 

Ok Rambo. 

(Let me go and make it six)

15 hours ago, Bday Prang said:

Only in so much as nobody was heard shouting Ally akbar, I am sure most people on the train were pretty terrified at the time of this "isolated incident" as the "authorities" are describing it 

    It was obviously pre planned and intended to cause terror so as far as I am concerned it was a terrorist attack , it does not have to have an islamist involved, they do not have the monopoly on terror.

    Furthermore if it really was an isolated incident why the need for an increased police presence across the whole rail network ?    Might there be something they are not telling us?  

 

Terrorism in relation to incidents such as this, is defined as an act or acts designed to influence the government or to intimidate the public or a section of the public, and carried out with the intent of advancing a political, religious, racial or ideological cause.

 

As bad as it is that this attack occurred and people were terrified by it (and that many were seriously injured), that's not enough for it to be classified as an act of terrorism.

22 minutes ago, GroveHillWanderer said:

 

Terrorism in relation to incidents such as this, is defined as an act or acts designed to influence the government or to intimidate the public or a section of the public, and carried out with the intent of advancing a political, religious, racial or ideological cause.

 

As bad as it is that this attack occurred and people were terrified by it (and that many were seriously injured), that's not enough for it to be classified as an act of terrorism.

 

It's early days. Let's see what comes out in the fullness of time, they weren't exactly honest/forthcoming with the public following Southport. 

 

19 hours ago, proton said:

If they are muslims it is terrorism

 

Only if it was carried out with the aim of advancing (what the perpetrator thinks is) the cause of fundamental Islamism. 

 

In any event, as things stand right now, there is no indication that the lone attacker (it turns out the second man arrested was not involved) is Muslim.

18 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

It's early days. Let's see what comes out in the fullness of time, they weren't exactly honest/forthcoming with the public following Southport. 

 

According to multiple newspaper reports, the words the attacker used were, "The devil is not going to win."

 

Doesn't sound too much like an Islamic slogan, as far as I'm aware.

For reference, especially all of you wrongly suggesting Islamic involvement;-

 

(various Google search results and You Tube video clips)

 

 

• A 32-year-old black man who was arrested in connection with the Huntingdon train knife attack is now being treated as the only suspect, British Transport Police (BTP) said. The man, from Peterborough, boarded the train at Peterborough station.

.......police later said there was nothing to suggest that the incident was terrorism.

 

 the suspect in the mass stabbing .............was not known to counter-terrorism police or MI5.

 

Asked if the suspect was known to mental health services, she said: “I’m not in a position to share any more information about the individual,

 

 

1 hour ago, josephbloggs said:

Ok Rambo. 

(Let me go and make it six)

 

Want a cookie?

It's been a sad day for racists that the attacker was not muslim or a migrant. Hopefully you can wipe yourself down.

 

My thoughts at this time are with the victims and those impacted by this horrific act by an idiot. 

3 minutes ago, DonniePeverley said:

What about shooters ? What civilizsation are they from?

We don't have them in the UK.

3 hours ago, mordothailand said:

because thais arent funding us through taxes, theres no resentment

 

 

Oh deep down there is resentment. That foriegn men come to pray on their older ladies. It's no different to what you claim men from other cultures do in the UK. 

 

Furthemore, the governments own statistics in the UK say migrataion brings in more money than takes out. You are getting confused by the governments asylum seeker policy (that all of Europe has - due to the nature of wars around the region, and of course is clearly being abused). Nurses, doctors, business owners, care workers - migrants bring in so much.

 

The British migrants in Thailand are probably the worst of the worst i've seen anywhere in my life. 

3 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

We don't have them in the UK.

 

Ironically crime in London (such a huge metropolis) is lower than Bangkok and Pattaya. 

 

London is targetted on social media and by the political class because it has a muslim mayor. New York is going to  see a similar fate. 

 

Both are amazing cities. 

 

Don't forget many Indians (including muslims) gave up their lives for the British in both world wars (more died than native Brits), but they don't teach that in council estate schools in the UK. 

 

Continue your vile racism. 

 

The Pound is already sinking. It sank after Brexit. 

 

What these British racists don't realise if Farage gets into power, and dealigns further from the biggest export market (the European Union) the pound will fall further. If he carries out further dealignment and pulls out of the ECHR (which is baked into the Irish peace process, and European laws) you will see a further fall in the pound. 

 

Racists ironically just end up punishing themselves.

6 minutes ago, DonniePeverley said:

 

Ironically crime in London (such a huge metropolis) is lower than Bangkok and Pattaya. 

 

 

 

 

 

I don't believe that.  In fact it is BS.

 

 

1 hour ago, JonnyF said:

It's early days. Let's see what comes out in the fullness of time, they weren't exactly honest/forthcoming with the public following Southport. 

 

Not totally definitive but again, not sounding too much like a Muslim. 

 

Quote

Anthony Williams, 32, from Peterborough, was arrested on Saturday evening following an attack on the Doncaster to London King's Cross LNER service.

 

https://news.sky.com/story/man-32-charged-with-10-counts-of-attempted-murder-after-train-stabbings-13462394

54 minutes ago, DonniePeverley said:

Don't forget many Indians (including muslims) gave up their lives for the British in both world wars (more died than native Brits), but they don't teach that in council estate schools in the UK. 

Who gives a flying one?

 

 

On 11/2/2025 at 12:29 PM, BritManToo said:

If it was a white Christian, we would have already been told.

 

 

He was Black, a second-generation immigrant. Although some media outlets only highlight that he had British nationality.

 

 

1 hour ago, DonniePeverley said:

 

Ironically crime in London (such a huge metropolis) is lower than Bangkok and Pattaya. 

 

 

 

 

Total cr4p. If you had any credibility (which you didn't on my eyes), that has now gone.

 

 

Presumably you ignored these stats because they didn't suit your narrative:-

 

https://www.numbeo.com/crime/compare_cities.jsp?country1=United+Kingdom&city1=London&country2=Thailand&city2=Pattaya

 

 

https://www.numbeo.com/crime/compare_cities.jsp?country1=United+Kingdom&city1=London&country2=Thailand&city2=Bangkok

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

Who gives a flying one?

 

For someone who is very nationalistic - you don't care about how many people sacrificed themselves so you could go drink in Pattaya ?