Britain ignored its far-right threat and demonized Muslims. Now racist mobs have spiraled out of control.
Britain ignored its far-right threat and demonized Muslims. Now racist mobs have spiraled out of control.
While a dangerous far-right movement was festering in the U.K., our media and politicians distracted us with the threat of “Islamist” extremism.
Did the author come from another reality or what? This is why we need media reform so publications like this can't stir the pot under the guise of "reporting".
The reality isn't even close to that. No one has ignored the far right, It's just they've simply been in charge for the last 14 years, so all the attempts to mitigate their damage have been somewhat lackluster. You might as well say that the Nazis ignored the far right, it doesn't make sense.
This title is total bollocks.
As for the opinion if the author, I can understand their frustration, but calling for bans and mandates for political opinions, however abhorrent they may be does not work.
That a group of people should be killed because of their religion is not a political opinion.
The thing is, there is always sort of a truth in the middle - there are communities suffering from mass and badly controlled migration, but whenever they raise their concerns, or hold a demonstration, racists are quick to hijack it and take the reigns. I once ran a Minecraft server which had a guy who was moderately right wing run a faction. However another guy joined and behaved himself, but invited tonnes of people who definitely couldn't, and suddenly we had a nazi bar problem at hand of racists flooding a Minecraft server.
How is migration the problem? Practically every issue in this country is because there aren't enough people to do the jobs either because there isn't enough people or because there isn't enough people willing to do them.
The NHS is falling apart partly because they can't get the staff, because they used to come from Europe, thanks to the bloody brilliant idea of brexit that's now not possible.
Oh and of course the whole thing about not having enough lorry drivers. If you will intentionally gut the workforce.
Then you've got all the seasonal workers that are necessary for things like fruit picking, they are no longer turning up.
This country 's built on immigration it's required in order for the country to function. But racist both in and out of government over the last couple of decades have decided to turn it into an issue. They've decided to tell people that the reason that they can't afford a house is because of immigrants rather than admitting this because they haven't built any for the last 25 years.
The suffering is real but the link to migration is entirely made up.
Not enough GPs for the population? They've retired.
Too much traffic? More and more people own cars and the entire country outside cities is designed to require them.
No home? Councils were banned from building them in the 80s of course we don't have enough housing.
giving an inch on the core anti migration argument is a mistake because it makes the action to actually fix these problems harder.
No action on migration can ever be enough because the racists want to kick every black person born here out, and the "legitimate concerns" crowd won't see any improvement in their lives and will keep demanding bigger and bigger action alongside them.there are communities suffering from mass and badly controlled migration
Communities are suffering from 14 years of misgovernment, that's what people should be angry at, blaming migration hands the tories a massive free pass.
seems to have worked pretty well for germany? considering that they are literally the origin of nazis and are now having about as many problems as the rest of europe.
The simple fact is that Muslims have made themselves very dislikable.
A majority is either disinterested in their wellbeing and waiting to see the far right make their move, or actively wanting to cause harm and joining the far right and preparing to make their move.
There are comparably few left who are actively protective of Muslims.
If action had been taken sooner or is taken soon to exile antagonistic immigrants from their host countries, the far right wave may be mitigated. The ethical arguments underpinning current immigration policy are not supported by democratic consensus.
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I've never heard of Anal Yst News so I'm going to assume it's ragebait bollox
Sounds Welsh.
You Brits can take a page from the Yanks.
Let them live peacefully so then they can quietly settle down.
Nah I'm just kidding we got Nazis literally parading in the streets.
These guys aren't even Nazis they're just brown shirts. Brown shirts that are far too stupid to recognize history when it's repeating itself.
If you're waving a Nazi flag... Why treat them as something different?
No one on this website what's to live in reality. Look you might want to disagree with peoples views but you can't disagree with what peoples views are.
Consistently since records began British people have wanted less immigration.
The way democracy works is the people get a say on their future. But consistently they have been ignored. For a lot of people Brexit was a vote on reducing immigration and that was ignored immigration went up.
People are obviously sick of being ignored they have consistently voted for the party talking the most about reducing immigration and they didn't do anything.
People are getting desperate that democracy isn't working.
People look at how certain cities have completed changed and they do not want that. People do not want Muslim values yet we have them. The influence of Islam in 2024 is way higher than anyone could have imagined from pre 2000. Britain somehow went from religion being less important to people to now it becoming more important.
Attacking people because they are X isnt right. But let's not pretend this has come out of nowhere. It's been bubbling for decades.
It's ironic you mention 'reality', since the hysteria surround immigration is largely based on misinformation and xenophobic propaganda being spouted by right-wing politicians and media for well over a decade. This has led to a highly distorted view of the scale and severity of the issue.
The mass migration of peoples seeking refuge from war and other geopolitical disasters is a global issue rather than something that is unique to the UK, but even then the UK has taken in far fewer asylum seekers relative to other EU countries.
For instance:
- When measuring the number of asylum applications per 10,000 citizens, the UK only ranks 20th when compared to other EU countries.
- In terms of migrants arriving by boat, the UK is well behind other EU countries like Italy, Greece, and Spain.
- Despite the obsession with small boat crossings, they represent only a tiny fraction of overall arrivals. The vast majority of immigrants still come through official channels for work, study, etc.
Also, the UK population is actually pretty positive when it comes to immigration:
- In a global survey, 55% of UK citizens said immigration was a net positive, and only 30% were in favor of strict limits.
The paranoia about immigrants causing higher crime rates is also based on a myth:
- The overall rates of violent crime has been steadily falling for decades despite a steady rise in the number of foreign-born citizens.
- There is no evidence that an increase in the rate of foreign-born citizens even correlates with a rise in burglaries, thefts, and other property crimes.
All this is to say that a lot of the anger inflaming these racists riots come from a combination of political and media misinformation and many people's innate prejudice towards non-Europeans.
I'm not denying this isn't a problem all across Europe. A united front on this matter is the only way to solve it.
You are just taking asylum and illegal migration. Legal migration is a huge issue also. But I agree the media focuses on this a lot less and it spinning the narrative. But people want less legal and illegal migration. Legal migration is numerically the larger of the two.
Grouping immigration as all the same is problematic. Separate it by things like country and education and I bet the picture changes entirely.
But everything you said is not the whole picture. People do not want immigration they may produce less crime you might be right. But that's not the whole picture. It doesn't mean people want Muslim culture in the UK they want British culture. Immigrants coming over and integrating completely is not the same as generations of people coming over and not integrating.
Consistently since records began British people have wanted less immigration.
Immigration laws only applied to the UK from the 1970s.
And even at that point it was never a majority that rejected immigration. There was a high anti German immigration movement before the first World War. But far from a majority of people cared.
And at every point where attitudes to immigration was increasing. Economic issues were also connected.
The majority of anti immigration event in UK history can very easily be linked to increases in the opinions being shared by newspapers owned and funded by wealthy production owners trying to silence working/poor people showing opposition to them.
You know that immigration is the only thing that's preventing a population decline in America and mitigating or demographic deterioration. How's England doing on that front? Let's see:
Official figures projected that the UK’s population would grow from 67 million in 2021 to 77 million in 2046, and that net migration would account for 92% of this growth. In an alternative variant where net migration was zero, the population would be lower in 2031 than it was in 2021.
So unless they want to stare down the barrel of demographic collapses like China, Japan, and South Korea currently are, the right-wing Brits better suck it up and welcome their new neighbors. Otherwise the economy and all the government services that if pays for are going to collapse under the load of too many pensions and medical expenses, and not enough tax revenue to pay for them.
We are talking about the UK here not England, so let's get that right. You even linked to a study about the UK! Or would you like to talk about England? But it doesn't have it's own immigration policy. Bad start, really doesn't look like you know anything.
Do you know how overpopulated the UK is? I don't think people want it increasing by 10 million in 25 years. If it increased by 800,000 I'm sure people would prefer that.
This is so much money held up in housing that a population decline would free up discretionary income. Reduced immigration could instead cause increased wages and force businesses to train more local workers which would take strain off government services.
Don't for a moment think I don't understand there is pros and cons to immigration. But I don't think the UK wants 9 million immigrants from the 3rd world. Is if had a choice between reducing GDP (which is actually not the be all and end all) and decreasing immigration, or increasing GDP by reducing wages and increasing housing by immigration. I'll take the first one.
Give the UK a choice. I'll be poorer for less immigration because culture, housing, safety more space is more important to me than GDP growrh
There is nothing more British than having their Island invaded, conquered, and foreign culture imposed.
The Anglos, Saxons, and Jutes, were German. The Normans were French Vikings. You know the reason William had a claim is because he was related to the very British King named Cnut.
I would advise British people concerned about immigration to look to the example of Ireland, India, Pakistan, Palestine, and South Africa who maintained a distinct national culture despite being colonized by a violent and criminal nation bent on imposing it's own culture.
That's probably why there are so many countries in the UK isn't there? Because of a long history going back 1000's of years. Maybe that's entirely different to 1's of years don't you think?
I think most people think French and Germans integrate a lot better into the UK than people from the third world. We don't have cities that are know for all speaking French, or other cities where people walk around in Lederhosen. Not all immigration is the same.
Need to look at Ireland really? No countries within the UK need to be looked at. Ireland is completely distinct from all other counties in the UK?
Ireland, India, Pakistan, Palestine. What percentage of foreign born people live there? Even south Africa will have low foreign born population right?
Ireland had riots about migrants last year didn't they?
You think Palestine and South Africa are good examples of what a country should want to become?
Wasn't the UK one of the founding members of the EU?
No it wasn't.
100% agreed. You are being down voted by smoothbrain Lefties who don't understand reality anymore. And as for religion being less important, you've got that all wrong.....only White, Conservative religions is Christian and Catholic, are becoming less important. In my town, the are literally bulldozing churches to build condos, while building mosques. They are eliminating the White race in our own countries, and drooling Lemmyites are cheering for it.
🎶White Genocide🎶
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🎶Good times never seemed so good🎶
