Yeah, we dodged a big fucking bullet right there. Not stating the PM we have now is any good, but we were this close to finding out how it could be worse.
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Don't you wonder what is happening in the world?
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Yeah, we dodged a big fucking bullet right there. Not stating the PM we have now is any good, but we were this close to finding out how it could be worse.
southernhybrid
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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/01/world/europe/women-parliament-abuse.html
Wow! I didn't realize this was such a problem in the "mother country".
Threats of sexual violence. Death threats. Racist abuse.
Female members of Britain’s Parliament have long said that this type of vitriolic abuse, both online and off, is increasingly common. Now, several women who have decided not to run for re-election when British voters go to the polls next month say that abuse, threats and a culture of intimidation are a significant reason they are leaving Parliament.
“I am exhausted by the invasion into my privacy and the nastiness and intimidation that has become commonplace,” Heidi Allen, a member of Parliament, wrote in a detailed letter to her constituents explaining why she will not be on the ballot. “Nobody in any job should have to put up with threats, aggressive emails, being shouted at in the street, sworn at on social media, nor have to install panic alarms at home.”
Ms. Allen is among more than 50 members of Parliament, including 18 women, who have said they will not stand in the Dec. 12 election. And while that ratio roughly mirrors Parliament’s overall gender breakdown, women’s rights activists worry that this climate could deter other women from entering national politics, reversing a trend that had brought the proportion of female lawmakers in the House of Commons to an all-time high of 32 percent.
Rights groups also say that an increasingly bitter political climate surrounding Brexit has fueled the flames — as did recent remarks by Prime Minister Boris Johnson on the treatment of female lawmakers.
“Sexually charged rhetoric has been prevalent in the online abuse of female MPs, with threats to rape us and referring to us by our genitalia,” Caroline Spelman, a Conservative lawmaker who is stepping down after 22 years in Parliament, wrote in an opinion piece in The Times of London. “It is therefore not surprising that so many good female colleagues have decided to stand down at this election.”
The situation even prompted 72 female members of Parliament to sign a letter of solidarity to Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, who has spoken about the difficulty of public life in Britain.
Wow! I didn't realize this was such a problem in the "mother country".
I think we'd gain greatly by deporting some home born and trading them out for some hard working immigrants.
It is this sort of platitude that makes serious discussion impossible. The issue is not about not having any immigration, but about not allowing unrestricted mass migration like what is happening in Lesbos or via these trucks into UK.
The issue is not binary - either no immigrants at all, or letting everybody in.
Who said it was binary? And why do you think what I wrote is a mere platitude? I am serious. Just because a lazy ass is born here doesn't mean they should have a right to stay, especially in comparison to a hard working foreign applicant. I am well over nationalism or any allegiance to my neighbours merely due to us being born in the same town.
Yes, there should be strict immigration control, but also a swift immigration process and a far higher acceptance rates. I am even for inviting people who haven't even applied. Such add campaigns could be fruitful.
Thanks for your opinion. I really didn't know things had gotten quite that bad for Australia. Stephen Miller! Ouch! It don't get much worse that that.
Yeah, we dodged a big fucking bullet right there. Not stating the PM we have now is any good, but we were this close to finding out how it could be worse.
That is pretty scary. Here in Canada we had Bernier but he didn't get any real traction.