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| Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Treadway: 4:50pm On Sep 13, 2024 |
Goke7:mo ti gbo. |
| Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Treadway: 5:08pm On Sep 13, 2024 |
Koko iroyin mi ni pe It is factual to say, 'hey, I don't like this dude, I don't like him at all, he is just too rude, or over-the-top or any other adjective that is fitting' But don't say he is racist when you don't have evidence, only feelings Don't say he will be Armageddon to America/world, when as recently as 2016-2020 he was president, the world didn't end, and infact there was relative peace for all four years. Simple as A freaking B and C! |
| Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Goke7: 5:33pm On Sep 13, 2024 |
Treadway:abi na, racist comments don't make someone racist at all ![]() even Obama was also described as the antichrist that would bring about the mark 666, abeg rest no be today |
| Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by justwise(mod): 5:57pm On Sep 13, 2024 |
Goke7:They are now eating pets in Springfield, the dumbest president in American history repeated this false claim during the debate, I mean his hatred for immigrants is so extreme that he is willing to say just anything to make them look terrible |
| Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Treadway: 6:51pm On Sep 13, 2024*. Modified: 9:45am On Sep 14, 2024 |
Harris was referring to comments Trump made at a rally in Andalia, Ohio, in March. At the rally, Trump vowed there would be a “bloodbath” if he’s not elected in November — comments that came during a broader tirade that included his referring to the possibility of an increasing trade war with China over auto manufacturing. At the Ohio rally, Trump said: “If you’re listening, President Xi — and you and I are friends — but he understands the way I deal. Those big monster car manufacturing plants that you’re building in Mexico right now … you’re going to not hire Americans and you’re going to sell the cars to us, no. We’re going to put a 100% tariff on every single car that comes across the line, and you’re not going to be able to sell those cars if I get elected.” “Now, if I don’t get elected, it’s going to be a bloodbath for the whole — that’s gonna be the least of it,” he added. “It’s going to be a bloodbath for the country. That will be the least of it. But they’re not going to sell those cars. They’re building massive factories.” Later, Trump said, “If this election isn’t won, I’m not sure that you’ll ever have another election in this country.” Trump has continued to refuse to acknowledge that he lost the 2020 election. The doubt he cast on the results of the race helped sow the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection. In response to the comments in March, Trump campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt told NBC News at the time that “Biden’s policies will create an economic bloodbath for the auto industry and autoworkers. The media that can twist the above and sell it to GULLIBLES is not one to be trusted. Did he call for a bloodbath? How is such misrepresentation a good thing to do? Even you guys here are fine with it cos hey we don't like the guy. That's some weak punk ass shifty shittt , and I don't stand for it. Or this misrepresentation below https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/apr/26/context-trumps-very-fine-people-both-sides-remarks/ , ..both of which Kamala once again accused him of again on national TV, despite it being untrue. I have seen that she has been factchecked on some of her other lies, but none of those sites till now set these three lies straight, but they sure made sure they fact checked Donald's cat comment. Bunch of weak minded juveniles, the bunch of them. Same politifact factchecked the debate, but see them not factchecking madam 100%, but fact checking oga 100%. In this life ehn, I hate hypocrisy and unfair practices aka cheating. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/fact-checking-the-harris-trump-debate Thankfully other outlets still dey eg Skynews and Fox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=petsbG-UtUI?si=ypsmr9oFmaTIasu1 Just look at the CNN screenshot below, Two unnamed officials said this and so it must be true, since it is Donald Trump....and it goes viral on the internet, and people gobble all that up and add to existing internalised gobbled up trash, and all the while no evidence. I can just wake up one day and call someone on this group that I don't like a rapist and wife beater cos I don't like him, and y'all must believe me. That's how most of y'all sound, when you choose to keep badgering on without any evidence or even questioning the glaring unfairness I'm pointing out with my own evidence. E choke https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G0yUP9v-t4?si=MWQdR3FfO-FX4g4l
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| Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by directonpc(m): 7:05am On Sep 14, 2024 |
Treadway:You're a full-time MAGA cultist. Try to get your news from both sides. I've seen your masters in the US who have never been to Africa sharing comedy video as Africans eating pets in the US. |
| Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Treadway: 9:44am On Sep 14, 2024*. Modified: 12:51pm On Sep 14, 2024 |
directonpc:and you are mindless and gullible. Not interested in these baseless infantile epithets wey you dey yarn. If you have facts to counter my submitted facts so far, submit them. If not, shut up, take a back seat and let those who are sound and logical enough to research and provide those facts do so. Bring facts la so, o nsoro ti o lori, ti o nidi Translated: we say make you come with your facts, na more silly unrelated babble this one bring come (before una try misrepresent me like CNN) ![]() Ps: For those who enjoy/are not averse to reading https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/why-trumps-alarmist-message-on-immigration-may-be-resonating-beyond-his-base Big surprise, in 2016 i was fully in support of Hilary Clinton (cos na strong woman, given her known history with Bill), and was also worried about Trump when he won cos of the 'nasty online reputation', not until others opened my eyes to see the games being played, and truly i saw the games, and i have kept my eyes peeled since then. I dont excuse his stupid shitty language or behaviour, and i certainly dont agree with Trump on things 100%, and i have put that on display here in my own words many times, but as per keeping it about the meat of the matter, i still like to stay on point/facts. The facts are the two biggest issues in America today that resonate with majority of the people are uncontrolled illegal immigration, and state of the economy. This isnt about niceties. Undoubtedly, the two parties are selling themselves and their proposed solution very differently. |
| Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by directonpc(m): 10:45am On Sep 14, 2024 |
Treadway:LOL ! Did immigrants eat your cat too? |
| Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Solop5: 12:15pm On Sep 14, 2024 |
Good morning all. Please who is staying in Edinburgh Scotland. Lets connect. |
| Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by giselle237: 1:00pm On Sep 14, 2024 |
. A plea…. Pls folks. Let us keep it living in the ‘UK’ a little.. just a little… sometimes I come on here and wonder what thread I have landed on. TIA. |
| Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by jedisco(m): 1:13pm On Sep 14, 2024*. Modified: 1:58pm On Sep 14, 2024 |
Treadway:Hehe.. I see your point. Let's not too belabour it so you don't finish me with too much 'research'. Looked up the video of Biden making that statement to appreciate the context. ( https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2020/may/22/joe-biden-charlamagne-you-aint-black-trump-video ). I saw your post defending Trump against unfair media reportage between him and a black reporter and compared that to the statement Biden made jokingly to an interviewer at the an informal interview. Racism has far evolved beyond overt barndoor seperate public spaces ish we had decades ago. So asking for proof (I.e waiting for him to call a black person a n**ga) is only a tip. What's more telling is to recognise whats unsaid, the true meaning of whats said, underlying nuances and patterns. It's like asking me for evidence on Nigel Farage or painting him as a defender of migrants. Even in Nigeria with tribalism and Buhari's history, many didn't bother and still voted him- they said afterall his supposed cook was from another part of the country. I see you dodged the lgbtq and anti-abortion stance. Don't you consider those important? |
| Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by lavida001: 1:20pm On Sep 14, 2024 |
jedisco:Na wa oo 😭😭 |
| Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Treadway: 1:31pm On Sep 14, 2024*. Modified: 1:59pm On Sep 14, 2024 |
jedisco:lol OK. Respond truthfully as God is your witness, Yes or No bro. If Trump, had said on a podcast that 'if you dont vote for me, you aint white or christian enough' would you have considerd that just playful informal talk, or would you have once again heard another reason why the guy is a no-good divisive piece of shittt? The anti-abortion stance? About LGBTQ, i merely said she is very passionate about those for sure, compared to the border crisis (as border czar wey she be) or the 'black community' |
| Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by AgentXxx(m): 1:32pm On Sep 14, 2024 |
Make Una help me jubilate oo, After 3 theory test attempts , 5 practical test attempts, Over 2k£ spent between booking test dates, a car for each tests and driving lessons, I have finally passed today 🍾🥳 Despite having 14yrs experience of driving through the nook and crook of Nigeria thinking I was a professional driver, my doubt was cleared and I had to relearn and throw a way the bad habits . As Oga Lexus once said “the more years you spent driving the Nigeria roads, the more lessons and trainings you would need to pass unless you are among the few lucky ones. 😂 |
| Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by jedisco(m): 1:56pm On Sep 14, 2024 |
Interesting article for a weekend read. ( https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/09/12/low-skilled-migrants-cost-taxpayers-150000-each/ ) Not a fan of grading humans according earning but putting numbers might help adress the often regurgitated tripe against us. Need to look beyond the initial clickbaity anti-immigrant Telegraph heading Fist oddity is the representation of the low wage migrant worker but none for the low-wage British worker. I assume it was too gory to include on the graph. The average Brit has already costs the state almost 500k by the time they get to their mid-20's. Goes to butress a point I made earlier that in assessing the benefit of a low wage immigrant, one needs to also factor in the cost for the nation to produce an equivalent replacement (if available) or additional costs of labour shortage to the system. An average earning migrant coming in at 25y is like handing the UK a cheque of £450k (equivalent replacement) + >12k (visa fees) + ? 20-50k (uni fee if a student) + benefit of that person not being able to claim public funds for at least 5 yrs during which they must work and keep contributing.
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| Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by jedisco(m): 2:01pm On Sep 14, 2024 |
AgentXxx:Hehe.. Big congrats. Forget luck, lemme ask, what caused the 5 failed practical attempts? You wouldn't blame 9ja for the faild theory attempts. |
| Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Treadway: 2:05pm On Sep 14, 2024 |
jedisco:the whining continues🤣..seems like, not much has or will change in this regard, despite the switch from conservatives to labour. I'll borrow a phrase lexus used once, as it pertains to immigrants vs citizen, as immigrant you must pay to play o😀...and gofament on both conserv and labour side both agree that immigrants aint paying enough for the play you are enjoying. |
| Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by jedisco(m): 2:20pm On Sep 14, 2024 |
Treadway:Hehe.. would add to the long list of other sly and despicable remarks he's made and be more difficult to forgo. Just like Nigel Farage calling Kamela a 'black-African woman' or Buhari and his 'dogs and baboon' statement. Forget talk. Do you support Kamela's stand on LGBTQ issues or Tim W's stand on abortion issues? |
| Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by AgentXxx(m): 2:22pm On Sep 14, 2024 |
jedisco:First one ( decided to try myself on without prior lessons, failed in my observation as we do not have the 6points check in Nigeria driving and also failed at the roundabout) as we don’t have the give way to right issh in Nigeria, na who fast pass 😂. Second one (after 6hrs lessons, I didn’t position well at the roundabout again as I was turning third exit at the right and I was meant to be positioned inside more) this isn’t also taught in Nigeria driving. Third one after 6hrs lesson again( very silly mistake and I failed from the beginning, we parked on the right side of the road at the driving centre. When we were about to move, for a seconds I forget it is left hand driving so I moved out while being on the right before I could swap to left, dem press break. Fourth one after 2hrs lesson, (was also silly just as the third one and it was close to the end of the test, I got to a junction to go right and I forgot to keep left for a seconds and started moving right before I knew it, dem hammer break) Fifth one was today Didn’t take any lessons and it was smooth and came out with three minors. NB: I never drove with my Nigeria license when I got here. Observation, Roundabouts, Owning the road over those coming from side roads, pedestrian crossing etc are not a common knowledge in Nigeria driving oo. |
| Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by jedisco(m): 2:28pm On Sep 14, 2024 |
Treadway:The general narrative would only take time and concerted effort to change. Wouldn't happen soon. What the last 10 yrs did was to elevate such rhetoric to the front of our national discourse with government ministers saying the worst which ultimately culminated in the riots. Hopefully, the governments response should help cause a reset. Labour would likely let in much less people and might even be 'tougher' on immigration but the difference I hope is that such rhetoric is not kept at the fore and the country can start looking in to solve its issues and ultimately appreciate immigrants for what they bring. |
| Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Cyberknight: 2:35pm On Sep 14, 2024 |
AgentXxx:Congrats. "Traffic on the road has priority over traffic joining the road", and "Give way to traffic on your left at roundabouts" are rules of the road in Nigeria o . We do have rules, even though few obey them. |
| Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Treadway: 2:38pm On Sep 14, 2024 |
jedisco:i dont care about their stance really. I think her ginger on top lgbtq just shows how grossly misplaced her priorities are. Also, she didnt even have the balls (or in this case cooch) to state her stance on abortion at the debate, much less defend it. The people in the respective states are deciding their stance clearly below, and here is where they are so far. So Jedisco, will you say this is commendable or nah? https://www.google.com/amp/s/abcnews.go.com/amp/US/state-state-breakdown-abortion-laws-2-years-after/story%3fid=111312220 😎
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| Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by jedisco(m): 2:38pm On Sep 14, 2024 |
AgentXxx:Lol... it was a comedy of basic errors. For most, it's anxiety which didn't appear to be an major issue with you. I think you were being over-confident and undermining the test cos its straightforward. Confidence should come from knowledge no be only bravado. Perhaps, if you had settled down, taken 10 - 20hr spaced-out lessons, you might have pulled through on your first attempt. |
| Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Cyberknight: 2:41pm On Sep 14, 2024 |
jedisco:Stupid headline, but if you read the article, the Telegraph did make some admissions, such as that the average migrant worker pays more in tax than they receive in public services throughout their lives. It left some glaring omissions, such as the fact that a) both low-waged native born and migrant workers all are a cost to the exchequer when they are low-earning, b) this reported cost of £150,000 is over 40 years, which means it assumes that the hypothetical low-earning worker earns half the average wage for their entire working life, something which is not always the case - the whole ethos of immigration is the acknowledged drive that most immigrants have to better their circumstances, which was what made them leave their native countries in the first place. |
| Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by jedisco(m): 2:56pm On Sep 14, 2024*. Modified: 5:02pm On Sep 14, 2024 |
Cyberknight:True... or even tuition fees paid for those who come as students etc. Fact is the article is mainly about how low wage earners (immigrant or not) supposedly take more than they contribute which is significantly worse with lower earning Brits. It always amuses me how UK media houses drive the narrative with the heading and the opening line/paragraph. To many readers that determines most of what they take in. Imagine the heading and first paragraph whereas that same article goes on to give the quoted. Just like with certain racial issues, you can't accuse them for lying. They have reported thesame fact in a way to siut their narrative which ultimately defeats its purpose. All you need do is look at the comments that follow. While low-paid migrants are a drain on public finances, the OBR found that the average migrant worker pays more in tax than they receive in public services throughout their lives compared to British-born workers. This is mainly because they are not educated in the UK. Migrants also pay visa fees and health care charges, which the OBR estimates at around £12,500 for a migrant on a Skilled Worker visa who settles in the UK. Most migrants are also not eligible for welfare benefits for the first five years of their stay.
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| Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Goodenoch: 3:13pm On Sep 14, 2024 |
jedisco:I always do this, especially on Telegraph, Spectator, Daily Mail etc. One of the effects of the riots on me was thoroughly disabusing me of the ideas of how most people here are, that I had formed based on my interactions that have mostly been with urbane, highly-educated/qualified people. The riots themselves and all the roundabout justifications in the aftermath made me realize that the far-right are actually far and wide, although they're most active when they can be anonymous or in mobs. Reading those comments now keeps me grounded and in full conciousness of the fact that a large proportion of the population actually holds those kinds of views, even when evidence is freely available to disprove their assumptions. They will happily read the headlines and first paragraphs and go off spreading fake news to strenghten their racist and anti-immigrant arguments even when the reality is just a few paragraphs down - which, BTW, is exactly what the publication wrote the article that way to achieve. |
| Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by AgentXxx(m): 3:19pm On Sep 14, 2024 |
Thanks bro 🙏🏾 , Rules wey dem no dey follow, that one na rule? 😂 everything in Nigeria is about who is faster 😂 Cyberknight: |
| Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by AgentXxx(m): 3:21pm On Sep 14, 2024 |
Exactly, this whole thing taught me knowledge should take precedence before action. Which is the other way round in Nigeria. They would tell you you will catch up while doing the action 😂 jedisco: |
| Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Jamesclooney: 6:13pm On Sep 14, 2024*. Modified: 12:33pm On Sep 15, 2024 |
jedisco:💯 agree. It was all this scare mongering that made me overthink the test with my many years of driving in Nigeria. The UK driving test is so basic, it’s beggar’s belief the hype around it (maybe if you’re a new driver without prior experience in moving a car). I did mine just once (manual test with only one minor). With the plethora of information online in 2024 (YouTube & TikTok especially), plus 3 sessions with driving instructor and endless practice on my own (one year intl driving licence), there’s really no excuse to throw away money more than two times (maximum). |
| Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by justwise(mod): 6:21pm On Sep 14, 2024 |
AgentXxx:Congrats! definitely understand the feeling as a family member went through the same experience and it wasn't funny. |
| Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by directonpc(m): 9:41pm On Sep 14, 2024 |
Treadway:This is what you support? Your MAGA gods think some black people are committing genocide against them. As for this incident, the police report says it was on a dark road and the victim was in the middle of the road on a rainy early morning. Maybe since the law isn't different for black persons yet, they couldn't jail the black man without him getting a proper trail. https://cwcolumbus.com/news/local/despite-migration-surge-springfield-reported-fewer-crashes-last-year-over-past-years
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| Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 3) by Hkana: 9:59pm On Sep 14, 2024 |
AgentXxx:Congratulations. Your post has given me a bit of hope. I'm currently learning to drive using a manual and I'm almost at my wits end. Lol. Was yours a manual test? |
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. We do have rules, even though few obey them.