RalphJean: I think it was Chimamanda Adiche that captured me with her speech about the Dangers of a one sided story.
After watching more and more footages of the events at the Manchester airport, I have resolved further to always try and hear/see/watch the other side of a story before reaching conclusions.
As an aside: Why do/would someone want to join the police in this UK? The way I have seen silly kids abuse and insult the police is crazy. And as a police man, if you want to carry out your lawful duty, people will just bring out phone and record full length videos but post 20 seconds clips on social media.
I think the UK public needs to always wait to hear the 2nd side of any police issue story.
Good afternoon my Naija people I’m the UK.
I was saying that at the moment that the man was kicked in the head and stamped on with jack boots, he was already prone and not resisting.
That was excessive force even deadly force and that's why the police officer was suspended .
Policing is an honorable profession especially in the UK where they police by consent. They ve taken a hit in recent years but are trying to build back up a reputation. Videos showing unwarranted use of force only undermines that.
Lexusgs430: Some of us are very worried about inheritance and capital gains tax ..........😞
You see so, Labour go show some of us shege........🤣😂
No CGT on sale of your primary residence. No IHT on first 325000 or first 500000.
If you have more than that,then you should be taxed. Nobody likes taxes but it's the price we pay to live in a working society. N:B I will also be hit by IHT eventually but I do not mind it in the slightest. It's Tax. It's inevitable
jedisco: Lol... my mental health crew... no be so? Work in many times is therapeutic or at least less harmful that sitting indoors all day except you're smoking crack. .
I find this to be a bit ableist. I do not have mental health issues just at the minute. But there are no guarantees. Tomorrow I may be so anxious or depressed that I ll be unable to leave the house. Work isn't what I need in that condition, I need treatment. That's 1. 2 the treatment for crack addicts isn't work,it's still treatment.
I m sure there are benefit cheats and liars but only a psychiatrist can make this call. I can't.
A GP told me that he keeps giving out sicknotes to people who don't need them to get some peace. I closed an ear to that with the tories because there was nowhere to refer the patients to for assessment but I m not closing an ear anymore.
GPs shouldn't be lazy. They should refer those patients on to specialists instead of handing out sicknotes like candy and blaming the government. They should probably do their jobs
kwakudtraveller: This is doing my head in. Labour had better not raise taxes, as I’m currently paying a shit ton, and I wouldn’t want my wallets to start leaking.
jedisco: Lol... after blaming 14 years of Tory government and the NHS for not babysitting them, they ran to Labour not expecting this. Afterall, Kier Stammer had mocked Rishi at the idea of 'British fruit pickers'. One wonders who'd pick our fruits then.
All this while, the correlation between the number of folks on longterm sick and immigration has not stuck. The entitlement is mind boggling. A growing number want to be on benefits for a good chunk of their working life, make kids, get housed by the council, and in old age get prenuim care off other people's taxes.
He is not a member of the current government. You cannot force sick people into work. This government ll make inroads into the wait list, reform mental health services before hoping to get anyone off benefits. They ll continue to crack down on benefit cheats. We can all help by sending anonymous tips to DWP
Goodenoch: Don the con has been looking awfully harrassed (or harrised?) these past few days.
Just read he's running away from a debate after declaring 'any time, any place' just the other day.
Hahaha...I don't like vance against buttigieg either or beshear( wouldn't be a fair debate). He is a thoroughly nasty human being IMHO much like trumpity himself
What really is the deal with JD Vance? Why does he brag so much about having children and seek to demean the child free? Dude has never heard of hubris
Trump supporters, how far? Una de support this kain thing?
Lolli2pop: I don’t really the tax receipts are necessary ohh.. my mum has visited the uk twice to pay me a visit. Shes a business owner. On both occasions i declared her business and claimed she was paying hereelf like 300k every month. The only SOA i had to submit on her part was the account where she was receiving 300k monthly. I have never included an account of the business nor any tax receipts.
Lastly after all the above, i always add my statements because i always let the ECO know that i am sponsoring her fully.
Very good angle. If he starts paying himself then Op sends a stipend, it ll build up and he ll be able to sponsor himself. Then he can use his business and his family as ties.
As for coming during winter. Have you told him that everything interesting is shut during winter, that there's no sun and bitterly cold. He may end up always indoors running up the gas bill
Spring and Fall are the best seasons, there's glorious flowers in spring and stunning leave colours in fall.
AgentXxx: As for the ties, we have evidence that would cover like his business as you suggest plus properties, and also I have a step sister (who is just 2yrs) and step mother who I believe should strengthen his tie back home. Won’t they be an enquiry to his savings? Also what is needed to prove his business? Like how much would I need to show to to be submitted and would it be in form of a statement of account? If Yes, how many months?
For his business, he needs tax receipts,financial statements that show enough turnover to justify his salary from his business. Have you got those?then don't mention his business.
2nd way is to sponsor him. His ties in that case will be his young family. He is retired and focused on parenting his toddler while his wife works outside the home. He is family focused and keeps an eye on all his children even the adult ones. Thats how I would sell it to the EO to come over in December which is just 4 months away.
While this arrangement is common here,it's unusual at home and you would need to sell it very hard to the EO who may not buy it.
3rd and best option: postpone till spring. He should register his business and pay tax then pay himself a salary. You pay him a stipend regularly. Enough for him to sponsor himself .
toughest007: ...and you know better than the founding fathers?
This is exactly what I keep pointing out! Trying to sound politically correct and woke!
They wrote explicitly that there will be no state religion. Their ancestors had fled religious persecution in England . They wanted no more of the snakeoil
Gerrard59: Tell that to Europeans who support right-wing parties because left-wing parties have failed to curtail immigration issues from mostly Muslim countries.
Again, lovey-dovey folks who fail to realise that humans are tribal beings,
I will be here to gloat to high heavens when Donald wins. What I pray for is a resounding victory. Audible to the deaf, visible to the blind and vocal to the dum.b. I want a victory that will be devastatingly brutal!
And you shall have it! 7 million more votes in 2020. 14 million more in 2024 for dems.
You're right, experiences differ, nevertheless progress should be celebrated and having a person of colour/descendant of immigrants as the premier of all 4 countries in the UK is a major achievement (not replicated elsewhere) on the journey to a perfectly inclusive,colour blind society.
(Unless you're waiting for the the UK Crown to become more diverse e.g. rotate between Charles and all the commonwealth nations....imagine the Oba of Ibadan on the throne 😂)
Why did she add this phrase? Because she isn't.
I have just called myself a 1st gen immigrant without any fancy schmancy phrases. Her parents emigrated. She was born to uk citizens. We are not the same.
She only says that to legitimise her anti immigrant rhetoric.
If they start locking up 1st gen emigres now, she ll run away.
justwise: Apparently if they want to remove Kamala money donated to Biden $ Kamala pack will not be transferred to the new person and so many other issues AOC explained in a video
I see. Is this the new parliamentarian excuse? Will this be a good excuse when Emperor Trump crowns himself and jails all of them? I don't think it is I m literally biting my fingers in anxiety
Zahra29: It may not feel like that to you. But many others, including the last PM of the UK and Badenoch who is a 1st gen Nigerian immigrant, would beg to differ.
Badenoch is definitely not a 1st generation immigrant. She is 2nd generation.much like you,I suppose.
Our experiences are not the same and we can only really speak to our experiences and thats okay. While it feels inclusive to you, it doesn't to me. It feels even worse after 2020
Zahra29: It was well known right up to the coronation that Charles wanted to be styled King of the Faiths. His views haven't changed. That he was denied his choice - despite other changes the RF have made in recent years such as allowing him to marry a divorcee - shows that there are certain red lines that even the King would struggle to change. Which is a good thing. It shows that the institution is bigger than one individual.
And yes, we'll wait and see how it turns out. William's coronation will take place in our lifetime.
Will it now? Only if he starts paying his taxes. I hear that crown they wore on Wednesday cost 1 billion pounds. Obscene really.
justwise: This is interesting, i doubt Americans are ready for a woman of color to become a president and the Dem can not change her because of legal issues
What legal issue?wasn't aware of any. They better fight for that seat. I don't understand how they can't beat a frail fraudster and s*x pest
Zahra29: The UK is already extremely inclusive,it does not mean that the title of the King/Monarch has to change from the central tenets, faith and traditions that it and the country was founded on. Embracing other cultures and religions does not mean you have to lose sight of, or water down, your own.
No it isn't. Extremely? Not at all. It does not feel like that at all. Has anyone actually polled 1st generation Nigerian immigrants to the UK?
Feels like you may just be repeating right wing talking points
justwise: Yea the same person that banned Muslims from coming to USA, that is the same person that care so much about religion
They like him being islamophobic. Because na only Christianity be the one true religion. They can never just live their lives. They want to control others too
Gerrard59: Whether Nigeria is a toilet or not is a different issue. You seem angry a White man called Nigeria a toilet. Maybe if it were not, you would be residing in Nigeria instead.
As for Trump and Christians in Nigeria, his administration enlisted Nigeria as one of the countries where religious prosecution goes on endlessly. Nigeria has more slain Christians than anywhere else. More than China and North Korea combined.
Who removed Nigeria from the list? Your lovey-dovey Biden, who worked with Buhari to install him as president in 2015. How did Buhari's administration go for Nigeria?
but hey, rAcISm yada yada yada
I do not pretend to speak for everyone with Nigerian roots as I understand some people may feel,like you so clearly do, that your particular home,town,state,region is a loo.
I really can only speak from my background which is definitely of better quality and morals than 19 practitioner Trump and his supporters e.g you
Gerrard59: This is what most of these people don't seem to understand - humans will support the party that protects their interests even if the candidate might not be the "cleanest" person. A black African family who escaped religious persecution from Plateau State will be okay with voting for Trump because that is the candidate and party who has shown support to slain Christians in his region. An Indian family that wishes to have their daughter participate in sporting competitions in actual women categories will rather vote for a party that is vehemently against the mumbo-jumbo transgenderism ideology.
Well, she is not going to win. And yes, women will vote against her. I hope she gets nominated. The easier it is for Trump to win, the better.
When did this happen? He called Nigeria a toilet. Why would he care about the inhabitants of a toilet?
What Christian calls 2nd corinthians "2 corinthians"?
Zahra29: The family is said to be Roma but the protests of the Roma community were largely peaceful allegedly until it was hijacked by others.
There was really no call for protest. If you endanger your children, the state ll take them off you,chikena. Why exactly were they protesting? The parents should pray the baby doesn't die.
NB:Kudos to the councillor of the ward and other saner people who talked down the hotheads and helped put out the fires. It was a good lesson in community spirit . Because the police left them to it and just cordoned off the area.
ehizario2012: Yeah possibly. But what could have sparked such a reaction? Possibly the social workers didn't follow due process or were high-handed.
In Leeds,A 7 month old infant fell from a 1st floor window and suffered severe head injuries. He/she are still in hospital
Of course at the hospital, Child safeguarding swung into action( they don't play) and visited the child's home. They found minors at home without any adult supervision.
They called the police who can remove children without a court case under an Emergency Protection Order. The police successfully removed the children
The community was in the wrong here 100% . This is standard practice all over the UK. Do not leave minors without adult supervision
There will be a nice criminal neglect charge against the parents,too. DONT DO THIS ,EVER