| Right wing radicalisation of former veterans on 18:31 - Jul 23 with 3939 views | SpruceMoose |
| Right wing radicalisation of former veterans on 18:28 - Jul 23 by C_HealyIsAPleasure |
To a point but it’s not as linear than that. Schools being a simple example - if a school has a couple of children speaking a different language then the support needed for those children clearly disproportionate to the average child - and therefore more expensive
I think it’s rather odd to suggest that there are absolutely no problems anywhere that can be caused by immigration - in fact I think attitudes like that are part of the problem |
I keep seeing this different languages in schools being presented as problematic, but I've genuinely not seen any research that has suggested it is. Has anyone got any I can take a gander at? Serious question.
This is a couple of years old but an interesting counterpoint nonetheless.
https://theconversation.com/why-teachers-shouldnt-be-afraid-of-other-languages-b [Post edited 23 Jul 2020 18:34]
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| Right wing radicalisation of former veterans on 18:33 - Jul 23 with 3933 views | Herbivore |
| Right wing radicalisation of former veterans on 18:28 - Jul 23 by C_HealyIsAPleasure |
To a point but it’s not as linear than that. Schools being a simple example - if a school has a couple of children speaking a different language then the support needed for those children clearly disproportionate to the average child - and therefore more expensive
I think it’s rather odd to suggest that there are absolutely no problems anywhere that can be caused by immigration - in fact I think attitudes like that are part of the problem |
Of course you do. |  |
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| Right wing radicalisation of former veterans on 18:34 - Jul 23 with 3929 views | C_HealyIsAPleasure |
| Right wing radicalisation of former veterans on 18:26 - Jul 23 by itfcjoe |
Almost as though a national overview doesn’t tell you what is and isn’t going on at a local level |
Yes, but what’s the point in residents of Ipswich commenting on Ipswich when people that live in Norwich, New York and London can set them straight? |  |
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| Right wing radicalisation of former veterans on 18:35 - Jul 23 with 3917 views | Herbivore |
| Right wing radicalisation of former veterans on 18:31 - Jul 23 by SpruceMoose |
I keep seeing this different languages in schools being presented as problematic, but I've genuinely not seen any research that has suggested it is. Has anyone got any I can take a gander at? Serious question.
This is a couple of years old but an interesting counterpoint nonetheless.
https://theconversation.com/why-teachers-shouldnt-be-afraid-of-other-languages-b [Post edited 23 Jul 2020 18:34]
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I posted a couple of links earlier to articles where schools with multiple languages were doing well and had adjusted well. A school in Peterborough where all of the children spoke a different language at home had just had a very good Ofsted report and seemed to basically run like a fairly normal primary school. They employed some bilingual TAs to help with learning. No great dramas really. | |
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| Right wing radicalisation of former veterans on 18:37 - Jul 23 with 3903 views | footers |
| Right wing radicalisation of former veterans on 18:34 - Jul 23 by C_HealyIsAPleasure |
Yes, but what’s the point in residents of Ipswich commenting on Ipswich when people that live in Norwich, New York and London can set them straight? |
What troubles caused by immigration do you notice most frequently in Ipswich, Healy? |  |
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| Right wing radicalisation of former veterans on 18:40 - Jul 23 with 3895 views | C_HealyIsAPleasure |
| Right wing radicalisation of former veterans on 18:31 - Jul 23 by SpruceMoose |
I keep seeing this different languages in schools being presented as problematic, but I've genuinely not seen any research that has suggested it is. Has anyone got any I can take a gander at? Serious question.
This is a couple of years old but an interesting counterpoint nonetheless.
https://theconversation.com/why-teachers-shouldnt-be-afraid-of-other-languages-b [Post edited 23 Jul 2020 18:34]
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That link has nothing to do with the cost point - it’s just highlighting that it can be beneficial (which I agree with)
The cost point is just obvious common sense - clearly having a children/children that don’t have a grasp of English in a majority English class will need extra support etc to understand and learn
Schools was just one example but the same applies across the piece - services having to cater for different languages and provide support etc (and in a number of cases the support needed will be higher given the lack of understanding of the system)
And that’s before the other points raised around the type of work undertaken - eg. in London the net contribution figure will be skewed given city workers etc whereas your average immigrant in Thetford will be a factory worker with a small contribution and a higher burden of support | |
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| Right wing radicalisation of former veterans on 18:41 - Jul 23 with 3890 views | itfcjoe |
| Right wing radicalisation of former veterans on 18:31 - Jul 23 by SpruceMoose |
I keep seeing this different languages in schools being presented as problematic, but I've genuinely not seen any research that has suggested it is. Has anyone got any I can take a gander at? Serious question.
This is a couple of years old but an interesting counterpoint nonetheless.
https://theconversation.com/why-teachers-shouldnt-be-afraid-of-other-languages-b [Post edited 23 Jul 2020 18:34]
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From my understanding and experience of friends the parents are the bigger issue, the kids adapt and learn quite quickly and generally catch up. But issues when new kids coming into classes constantly as pace has to slow to drag them along.
The school in Ipswich oft talked about with 40+ languages offers free English lessons to parents to try and help but take up isn’t as good as hoped, most likely because parents are working.
But means that more focus has to go to kids who aren’t able to do reading etc at home, and there’s obviously a cost involved in the extra bits put on, plus teachers time is finite so if having to spend more time with students with language issues then that affects everyone |  |
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| Right wing radicalisation of former veterans on 18:41 - Jul 23 with 3886 views | SpruceMoose |
| Right wing radicalisation of former veterans on 18:34 - Jul 23 by C_HealyIsAPleasure |
Yes, but what’s the point in residents of Ipswich commenting on Ipswich when people that live in Norwich, New York and London can set them straight? |
Ok, if you want to go down that route I think it's fair to ask if you live in Ipswich and have always done so? I'd also be interested to know what experiences you have of these issues you're raising.
Personally I lived in Ipswich for 34 of my 38 years. For ten of those years I worked directly with various communities including those on Norwich Road which was referenced earlier. I was working in and with schools, senior centres, residents in council housing and so on. Daily.
For five of those years I also was involved in community matters on behalf of IBC.
The entirety of my UK family live in Chantry, and always have done. Even now I'm in Ipswich a minimum of four times a year. So, I think I have a fairly good appreciation of the challenges the town faces.
I also recall that Joe doesn't live in Ipswich proper either, so I'm not sure what relevance your point has there, although apologies if I'm wrong about that Joe.
Your statement is dumb either way, and makes you look pretty damn stupid. Whatever next? Needing to have Ipswich Hospital on your birth certificate in order to qualify as a Town fan? I'd expect my current overseas status to be flung in my face by such great thinkers as Grimboy and Pickles, but mistakenly I thought better of you. [Post edited 23 Jul 2020 19:55]
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| Right wing radicalisation of former veterans on 18:42 - Jul 23 with 3887 views | Darth_Koont |
| Right wing radicalisation of former veterans on 18:34 - Jul 23 by C_HealyIsAPleasure |
Yes, but what’s the point in residents of Ipswich commenting on Ipswich when people that live in Norwich, New York and London can set them straight? |
Arguably Ipswich as part of the South-East doesn't have anything like the problems facing most of the rest of the UK. Or at least anything like the same scale.
And there used to be a time when a well-funded local authority with local insight was there to take care of local needs.
Now we've got communities trying to get a central government to even listen, let alone help. Which, at best, they're only going to do for key marginal constituencies. |  |
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| Right wing radicalisation of former veterans on 18:49 - Jul 23 with 3854 views | itfcjoe |
| Right wing radicalisation of former veterans on 18:41 - Jul 23 by SpruceMoose |
Ok, if you want to go down that route I think it's fair to ask if you live in Ipswich and have always done so? I'd also be interested to know what experiences you have of these issues you're raising.
Personally I lived in Ipswich for 34 of my 38 years. For ten of those years I worked directly with various communities including those on Norwich Road which was referenced earlier. I was working in and with schools, senior centres, residents in council housing and so on. Daily.
For five of those years I also was involved in community matters on behalf of IBC.
The entirety of my UK family live in Chantry, and always have done. Even now I'm in Ipswich a minimum of four times a year. So, I think I have a fairly good appreciation of the challenges the town faces.
I also recall that Joe doesn't live in Ipswich proper either, so I'm not sure what relevance your point has there, although apologies if I'm wrong about that Joe.
Your statement is dumb either way, and makes you look pretty damn stupid. Whatever next? Needing to have Ipswich Hospital on your birth certificate in order to qualify as a Town fan? I'd expect my current overseas status to be flung in my face by such great thinkers as Grimboy and Pickles, but mistakenly I thought better of you. [Post edited 23 Jul 2020 19:55]
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I live in Rushmere but as close to Ipswich as is possible without being in the town boundaries | |
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| Right wing radicalisation of former veterans on 18:51 - Jul 23 with 3843 views | SpruceMoose |
| Right wing radicalisation of former veterans on 18:49 - Jul 23 by itfcjoe |
I live in Rushmere but as close to Ipswich as is possible without being in the town boundaries |
That's as good as Ipswich, but not exactly the kind of area my work experience was taking me.
Had relatives over on Humber Doucey Lane when I was a child. Always liked it over that side of town. | |
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| Right wing radicalisation of former veterans on 18:56 - Jul 23 with 3830 views | itfcjoe |
| Right wing radicalisation of former veterans on 18:51 - Jul 23 by SpruceMoose |
That's as good as Ipswich, but not exactly the kind of area my work experience was taking me.
Had relatives over on Humber Doucey Lane when I was a child. Always liked it over that side of town. |
I’ve worked through the postcodes
Ip2 Chantry until 20
IP3 Nacton until 25
IP4 Copleston until 30
IP5 Rushmere since
But work takes me across the whole town in one way or another and like to think I have a decent grasp of what is going on here, although I’m still often surprised by certain things I see going on | |
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| Right wing radicalisation of former veterans on 18:59 - Jul 23 with 3814 views | SpruceMoose |
| Right wing radicalisation of former veterans on 18:56 - Jul 23 by itfcjoe |
I’ve worked through the postcodes
Ip2 Chantry until 20
IP3 Nacton until 25
IP4 Copleston until 30
IP5 Rushmere since
But work takes me across the whole town in one way or another and like to think I have a decent grasp of what is going on here, although I’m still often surprised by certain things I see going on |
I know Chantry seems to always come in for some stick but I've always found it to be fairly quiet, a lot of self employed folk just minding their own business.
Before Thorington Park was built it wasn't too far a trip as a kid to get out in the fields and woods either. A lot of kids in council housing don't really have access to the outdoors, so that was always appreciated. | |
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| Right wing radicalisation of former veterans on 19:08 - Jul 23 with 3796 views | itfcjoe |
| Right wing radicalisation of former veterans on 18:59 - Jul 23 by SpruceMoose |
I know Chantry seems to always come in for some stick but I've always found it to be fairly quiet, a lot of self employed folk just minding their own business.
Before Thorington Park was built it wasn't too far a trip as a kid to get out in the fields and woods either. A lot of kids in council housing don't really have access to the outdoors, so that was always appreciated. |
I wasn’t in the heart of Chantry as was Gusford way, but never had any issues there and was there a lot - May be bias or familiarity but even now it seems streets ahead of Whitton/Westbourne way | |
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| Right wing radicalisation of former veterans on 11:17 - Jul 24 with 3683 views | ellerblue |
| Right wing radicalisation of former veterans on 18:41 - Jul 23 by SpruceMoose |
Ok, if you want to go down that route I think it's fair to ask if you live in Ipswich and have always done so? I'd also be interested to know what experiences you have of these issues you're raising.
Personally I lived in Ipswich for 34 of my 38 years. For ten of those years I worked directly with various communities including those on Norwich Road which was referenced earlier. I was working in and with schools, senior centres, residents in council housing and so on. Daily.
For five of those years I also was involved in community matters on behalf of IBC.
The entirety of my UK family live in Chantry, and always have done. Even now I'm in Ipswich a minimum of four times a year. So, I think I have a fairly good appreciation of the challenges the town faces.
I also recall that Joe doesn't live in Ipswich proper either, so I'm not sure what relevance your point has there, although apologies if I'm wrong about that Joe.
Your statement is dumb either way, and makes you look pretty damn stupid. Whatever next? Needing to have Ipswich Hospital on your birth certificate in order to qualify as a Town fan? I'd expect my current overseas status to be flung in my face by such great thinkers as Grimboy and Pickles, but mistakenly I thought better of you. [Post edited 23 Jul 2020 19:55]
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I along with you live overseas but was born and bred in Ipswich and have family and friends who still reside there. I often visit and have noticed how relationships within the larger community have suffered. In regards to 40+ languages being spoken within schools, good may it long continue as long as it is realized that it is a teaching centre based on the use of the host countries language, and this must be funded correctly you cannot and should not remove a childs mother tongue but add to it. The town has always had a good acceptance of immigrants fron the Ukranians after the second world war( club in Nelson rd) , 1950s caribean(also another club woodbridge rd) you might also class the Americans from Woodbridge/ Bentwaters, then the polish and Portugese, these were all regarded as immigrants and the one common denominator in the main was INTEGRATION, then prior to the brexit vote we open our borders to Romania etc, the people of the town see a group of people who in the main do not want to integrate but are here only to take and not give as has been the case of previous groups,they want to act and behave as they would in their own country having no regard to the culture of the host country. Did this make the voters of Ipswich vote in favour of Brexit maybe its a thought. I am in favour of immigration but it has to be in line with integration you put something in you will be rewarded. The town of Ipswich is in no way racist just the majority are fed up with all take and not wishing to embrace the host country behaviour. I base this on my own experiences when returning home, i came over with german football fans and the reaction to Norwich road was why are you letting these people behave like this in your town. I hope this has not deviated to far from the post but is in reference to the mention in earlier post regarding education and Norwich Rd. |  |
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| Right wing radicalisation of former veterans on 05:31 - Jul 25 with 3559 views | SpruceMoose |
| Right wing radicalisation of former veterans on 18:41 - Jul 23 by SpruceMoose |
Ok, if you want to go down that route I think it's fair to ask if you live in Ipswich and have always done so? I'd also be interested to know what experiences you have of these issues you're raising.
Personally I lived in Ipswich for 34 of my 38 years. For ten of those years I worked directly with various communities including those on Norwich Road which was referenced earlier. I was working in and with schools, senior centres, residents in council housing and so on. Daily.
For five of those years I also was involved in community matters on behalf of IBC.
The entirety of my UK family live in Chantry, and always have done. Even now I'm in Ipswich a minimum of four times a year. So, I think I have a fairly good appreciation of the challenges the town faces.
I also recall that Joe doesn't live in Ipswich proper either, so I'm not sure what relevance your point has there, although apologies if I'm wrong about that Joe.
Your statement is dumb either way, and makes you look pretty damn stupid. Whatever next? Needing to have Ipswich Hospital on your birth certificate in order to qualify as a Town fan? I'd expect my current overseas status to be flung in my face by such great thinkers as Grimboy and Pickles, but mistakenly I thought better of you. [Post edited 23 Jul 2020 19:55]
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| Right wing radicalisation of former veterans on 07:16 - Jul 25 with 3528 views | Herbivore |
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Don't expect him to get his arse off the fence again within the space of one thread. [Post edited 25 Jul 2020 7:28]
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| Right wing radicalisation of former veterans on 08:54 - Jul 25 with 3484 views | C_HealyIsAPleasure |
| Right wing radicalisation of former veterans on 18:37 - Jul 23 by footers |
What troubles caused by immigration do you notice most frequently in Ipswich, Healy? |
There are probably 3 big anti social issues in Ipswich currently:
1) County lines dealing - this has had a huge impact on a couple of areas of Ipswich. Both with the drugs/dealing themselves and attitudes of those involved leading to turf wars and ultimately a spate of stabbings. Whilst the attacks died down after a 17 year old was stabbed to death in broad daylight a couple of years ago this is certainly still a massive issue and shows signs of flaring up again - just a couple of weeks ago there was a pretty sickening video doing the social media rounds of some young lads battering a 15 year old lad, seemingly along these lines. However, whilst a lot of the people caught up in this are often immigrants or of foreign heritage, and some of the people mentioned in point 3 will jump on this as such, I don’t believe this to be an immigration problem at all - and would put the blame firmly at the door of societal failures and the poverty created (although not all the perpetrators come from poor backgrounds)
2) An element of the Romanian community which, as highlighted earlier in the thread. In addition to the anti social issues already raised this has also seen a spate of assaults on women in the past few years, and other criminal activity (burglaries, drugs etc). Norwich Road is often cited but isn’t the only area impacted by this issue - Alexandra Park/Foxhall Road area being another that has suffered, although Norwich Road is certainly the most visible and did have the small matter of a 40 man armed brawl on a Saturday afternoon a few months back. This firmly is an immigration issue with the culture (or let’s be frank here, lack of culture and respect) with this particular part of the Romanian community, however anyone highlighting this is immediately jumped on as racist - preventing any real debate on the subject and leading those that are affected or concerned by it into the arms of those that will discuss it
3) A rise in underlying racism, which I believe is both a result of the issues in point 2 and emboldening from Brexit and current rhetoric. This is mostly visible via social media but there has certainly been a massive rise in rhetoric on local Spotted-type pages on these channels, and recently saw Ipswich seemingly viewed as a fertile recruiting ground for the Hundred Hands group, which is a huge worry. Clearly like point 1 this is a societal problem rather than an immigration one - however as noted it is also in part a symptom of the issue in point 2
Finally on top of that there are more general ongoing issues that towns the size of Ipswich are facing - service cuts, rundown facilities (although actually I tend to go against the usual Ipswich is getting worse crowd), employment etc, which are certainly in part down to government cuts however are also areas which are strained as a result of immigration, as covered earlier | |
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| Right wing radicalisation of former veterans on 09:03 - Jul 25 with 3460 views | C_HealyIsAPleasure |
| Right wing radicalisation of former veterans on 18:41 - Jul 23 by SpruceMoose |
Ok, if you want to go down that route I think it's fair to ask if you live in Ipswich and have always done so? I'd also be interested to know what experiences you have of these issues you're raising.
Personally I lived in Ipswich for 34 of my 38 years. For ten of those years I worked directly with various communities including those on Norwich Road which was referenced earlier. I was working in and with schools, senior centres, residents in council housing and so on. Daily.
For five of those years I also was involved in community matters on behalf of IBC.
The entirety of my UK family live in Chantry, and always have done. Even now I'm in Ipswich a minimum of four times a year. So, I think I have a fairly good appreciation of the challenges the town faces.
I also recall that Joe doesn't live in Ipswich proper either, so I'm not sure what relevance your point has there, although apologies if I'm wrong about that Joe.
Your statement is dumb either way, and makes you look pretty damn stupid. Whatever next? Needing to have Ipswich Hospital on your birth certificate in order to qualify as a Town fan? I'd expect my current overseas status to be flung in my face by such great thinkers as Grimboy and Pickles, but mistakenly I thought better of you. [Post edited 23 Jul 2020 19:55]
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I would point you towards my response to Footers - most of those issues have got significantly worse in the past few years so I would maintain that not living here currently means that you won’t have the same insight as people that actually live in the town currently. That has also been apparent in some of your other posts on Ipswich in the past - I recall you mentioning the Buttermarket as being dead on Saturday nights seemingly oblivious to it having been regenerated and now firmly one of the spots where people do go to
You’ve also previously mentioned about your family back here sitting on the wrong side of this particular fence
Your final paragraph is rather odd - I haven’t suggested anyone needs to be born anywhere to do anything however on this subject it’s clearly a relevant point that those living in Ipswich will have a better grasp on issues in the town than those that don’t. It’s also exactly the same logic you used when putting people straight (quite rightly) re BLM protests in the US | |
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| Right wing radicalisation of former veterans on 09:12 - Jul 25 with 3442 views | Herbivore |
| Right wing radicalisation of former veterans on 08:54 - Jul 25 by C_HealyIsAPleasure |
There are probably 3 big anti social issues in Ipswich currently:
1) County lines dealing - this has had a huge impact on a couple of areas of Ipswich. Both with the drugs/dealing themselves and attitudes of those involved leading to turf wars and ultimately a spate of stabbings. Whilst the attacks died down after a 17 year old was stabbed to death in broad daylight a couple of years ago this is certainly still a massive issue and shows signs of flaring up again - just a couple of weeks ago there was a pretty sickening video doing the social media rounds of some young lads battering a 15 year old lad, seemingly along these lines. However, whilst a lot of the people caught up in this are often immigrants or of foreign heritage, and some of the people mentioned in point 3 will jump on this as such, I don’t believe this to be an immigration problem at all - and would put the blame firmly at the door of societal failures and the poverty created (although not all the perpetrators come from poor backgrounds)
2) An element of the Romanian community which, as highlighted earlier in the thread. In addition to the anti social issues already raised this has also seen a spate of assaults on women in the past few years, and other criminal activity (burglaries, drugs etc). Norwich Road is often cited but isn’t the only area impacted by this issue - Alexandra Park/Foxhall Road area being another that has suffered, although Norwich Road is certainly the most visible and did have the small matter of a 40 man armed brawl on a Saturday afternoon a few months back. This firmly is an immigration issue with the culture (or let’s be frank here, lack of culture and respect) with this particular part of the Romanian community, however anyone highlighting this is immediately jumped on as racist - preventing any real debate on the subject and leading those that are affected or concerned by it into the arms of those that will discuss it
3) A rise in underlying racism, which I believe is both a result of the issues in point 2 and emboldening from Brexit and current rhetoric. This is mostly visible via social media but there has certainly been a massive rise in rhetoric on local Spotted-type pages on these channels, and recently saw Ipswich seemingly viewed as a fertile recruiting ground for the Hundred Hands group, which is a huge worry. Clearly like point 1 this is a societal problem rather than an immigration one - however as noted it is also in part a symptom of the issue in point 2
Finally on top of that there are more general ongoing issues that towns the size of Ipswich are facing - service cuts, rundown facilities (although actually I tend to go against the usual Ipswich is getting worse crowd), employment etc, which are certainly in part down to government cuts however are also areas which are strained as a result of immigration, as covered earlier |
I'm not sure why, when asked about problems caused by immigration, you've gone on to list problems that you acknowledge aren't related to immigration but are social issues. Even your final point about services you acknowledge underfunding as a big issue (I'd argue it's the crux of the issue).
The main gripe is antisocial behaviour from elements of the Romanian community, which is fair enough but the suggestion this is cultural is somewhat offensive. I've been to Romania and antisocial behaviour certainly didn't seem to be the normm there. In fact the people I met there and Romanians I've met in the UK have been thoroughly decent folk. The likelihood is that these individuals are wrong uns who would also be wrong uns in Romania. If we had ever bothered to track who was coming into the country and to use certain powers available to us I suspect a lot of the problematic people in this community would have been sent back by now. It's a shame some bad apples are tarring people's perception of immigration more widely. | |
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| Right wing radicalisation of former veterans on 09:24 - Jul 25 with 3414 views | pointofblue |
| Right wing radicalisation of former veterans on 09:12 - Jul 25 by Herbivore |
I'm not sure why, when asked about problems caused by immigration, you've gone on to list problems that you acknowledge aren't related to immigration but are social issues. Even your final point about services you acknowledge underfunding as a big issue (I'd argue it's the crux of the issue).
The main gripe is antisocial behaviour from elements of the Romanian community, which is fair enough but the suggestion this is cultural is somewhat offensive. I've been to Romania and antisocial behaviour certainly didn't seem to be the normm there. In fact the people I met there and Romanians I've met in the UK have been thoroughly decent folk. The likelihood is that these individuals are wrong uns who would also be wrong uns in Romania. If we had ever bothered to track who was coming into the country and to use certain powers available to us I suspect a lot of the problematic people in this community would have been sent back by now. It's a shame some bad apples are tarring people's perception of immigration more widely. |
I don’t want to go too deep into this thread because, quite frankly, the bigger the gap I can keep between offline and online life the better, but just to say I think there can be confusion between the Romanian community and the Roma community. I know professionals are trying to work closely with the latter in terms of social integration and cultural understanding. | |
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| Right wing radicalisation of former veterans on 09:30 - Jul 25 with 3397 views | Herbivore |
| Right wing radicalisation of former veterans on 09:24 - Jul 25 by pointofblue |
I don’t want to go too deep into this thread because, quite frankly, the bigger the gap I can keep between offline and online life the better, but just to say I think there can be confusion between the Romanian community and the Roma community. I know professionals are trying to work closely with the latter in terms of social integration and cultural understanding. |
That's an important point and there is very much a distinction between the two. | |
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| Right wing radicalisation of former veterans on 09:38 - Jul 25 with 3374 views | witchdoctor |
| Right wing radicalisation of former veterans on 11:50 - Jul 21 by GlasgowBlue |
I have this poster on ignore. He exists for no other reason that following me around. His obsession extends to having avatars designed purely to bait me. Two of which Phil asked him to remove as they contained racist messages.
Normally, after a period of being in ignore, he stops posting. |
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