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There is no population plan. Every country is trying including a lot of quite authoritarian ones trying things Brits wouldn’t be comfortable with. As income goes up the opportunity cost of children goes up with it and people have fewer kids. It’s happening everywhere peoples incomes have gone up...

Funny argument this cos it’s the same everywhere bar Africa. So either every country has to figure out an economy not reliant on an expanding population or we’re hoping Africans stay poor enough to repopulate everywhere.

Isn’t that just Swansea TBF?

There was a time when the BBC wouldn’t just uncritically platform conspiracy theorists yeah. I remember the debate around Nick Griffin on QT, or that MPs spouting nonsense would be ignored or ridiculed rather than given their own show. I’m a big believer in the idea that lack of gatekeepers has...

If you’re counting Off Topic that’s easy.

Can you elaborate? I think most immigrants over time do integrate. Even the Deliveroo drivers when I taught their kids they were pretty British. Watched football, drank in pubs, spoke with an accent exceedingly rare, etc.

Then call me David Cope-erfield

At some point though you’re telling people how to live. No don’t eat McDonalds that’s American, don’t watch Anime that’s Japanese, etc etc. I’ve been watching a lot of sixties stuff recently and the culture was much stronger but also more oppressive towards those who didn’t want to live like...

I’m not going to get into this cos it triggers too many people but that’s not quite accurate I think he said the players were talking about it (him and Vik going) on the coach back. He also said he was hopeful of him signing a new deal in August so it’s pays your money takes your choice I guess.

I mean on a level I agree. Being British is about culture more than birthplace and culture is passed down via majority really. But then I’d argue we’ve been doing a fine job of diluting our own culture voluntarily and immigrant ghettos or not these days most people don’t do the kinds of mass...

Now I’m sad cos we got rid of Hamer for no reason.

Populists are always going to exploit people’s understandable anger with easy answers. We used to have a media that didn’t assist them in their nonsense…

I just want housing and transport man and it feels like with many things immigration is used as an excuse as to why the government is failing there. I know we aren’t going to agree on the economics overall and I accept that the profile of immigrants has changed (fewer masters students more...

My first thing was to google the cast. They seemed happy and reading the interviews everyone seemed to get on well. The reviews did say it felt a bit patronising in places but I’m not sure I agree. Half of the Farrell brothers directed it and they’ve got a pretty good record with disability...

That’s not what terrorism is though. It’s specifically violence with a political end in mind. Which is why this attack wasn’t terrorism but ironically the riots in response to try and force government to change immigration policy was technically. This is the problem with terrorism as a crime...

Immigration is great from a public services standpoint. They pay tax and use fewer services generally as they’re healthy working adults on the whole. Infrastructure isn’t fixed. If we need more we can build more. It’s just we’ve pretended for 40 years we can’t. The only person stopping us...

Champions On Netflix. Woody Harrelson as a disgraced NBA coach sentenced to community service coaching adults with intellectual difficulties (eg Down syndrome). Team is played by actual disabled people. Very heartwarming, I enjoyed it.