English Channel disaster
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Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Don't be stupid.
That says a few dickheads tried to block the lifeboat but were unsuccessful (how would they have know what the shout was for?) Other than that the people of Hastings have been welcoming and supportive.
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Tensions run high in Hastings over small boat arrivals
While many in East Sussex town have rushed to help when refugees arrive on the beach, some are less welcoming
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
I'm (optimistically) wondering if we might be looking at the final and terminal flounderings of a hopeless and impossible project, here...
But then I remember who we've got in charge, and how fucking appalling they are at looking out of the window to see which way the wind is blowing.
8ball
1,200 lights
I like your optimism about wind direction.
ska invita
back on the other side
Your record on attempting to downplay British racism is exemplary, well done.
Yes, a few people tried to block a lifeboat because the people it was going to save were non-British and these people would rather they die in the freezing sea. They are encouraged to act like this by the likes of Nigel Farage who endlessly appears on national media, television airwaves and print. Its a total disgrace. Artaxeres said "This country is sick". It is . Theres nothing "stupid" about that.
Carry on downplaying it all you like:: >>
Steel Icarus
ersatz maven
He's done no such thing. Ludicrous statements like "the country can burn" makes everyone out to be shitty and racist, which even in Hastings is blatantly untrue
Serge Forward
Just enjoyin' my coffee.
I spent some time down in St Leonards. Sure, it has its fair share of dicks but what place doesn't? This reads like a political action by a small group of far right bellends, and I doubt it is representative of Hastings and St Leonards. Far be it from me to back up Spymaster (who could have won awards for the worst politics on urban), but I don't think he's downplaying anything here and Artaxerxes earlier comment was a massive over-reaction that does the cause of anti-racism no favours.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Hysterical nonsense. I know you thoughtlessly lap this stuff up, Ska, but I’m afraid once again you’ve been taken for a ride.
The story is bullshit and the woman who called it into Talk Radio was either lying or mistaken. What actually happened was a row between the lifeboat crew and a local fisherman whose boat was blocking the launch accidentally. It’s been blown-up and contorted by people like you.
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cupid_stunt
Merry fecking Christmas.
It's not, as I pointed out in this post -
English Channel disaster
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Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
It was one man being a racist fuckwit:
Paul Joy, chairman of the Hastings Fishermen’s Protection Society, said the abuse had nothing to do with Hastings fishermen. He said the lifeboat decided to launch on the east side of the harbour arm - rather than the west side where it normally launches - and found a fishing boat was already there. This escalated into a “row”, but he said this had nothing to do with refugees being rescued in the Channel - it was the way the lifeboat crew spoke to the fisherman involved. He said there was a lorry driver on the beach who “had words about immigrants” to the lifeboat crew, but nothing was said about refugees by the fisherman.
Paul Joy, chairman of the Hastings Fishermen’s Protection Society, said the abuse had nothing to do with Hastings fishermen. He said the lifeboat decided to launch on the east side of the harbour arm - rather than the west side where it normally launches - and found a fishing boat was already there. This escalated into a “row”, but he said this had nothing to do with refugees being rescued in the Channel - it was the way the lifeboat crew spoke to the fisherman involved. He said there was a lorry driver on the beach who “had words about immigrants” to the lifeboat crew, but nothing was said about refugees by the fisherman.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
And HE wasn't blocking the launch.
You'd have to be a special kind of cunt to impede an emergency service shout to deliberately cause deaths. Even most fash would stop short of that, if only because it's an extremely serious offence that could see you doing proper time. And as I said at the time, people on the beach wouldn't know if the lifeboat was attending a refugee emergency or a local fishing boat, so the whole thing was immediately smelly.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Lifeboat station in relation to the harbour arm:
gosub
~#
Something went down for it require Police attendence.
As much as anyone doing that shitis an utter wrongun, they are not wrong on one thing , with Kabul airlift, and other stuff system must be bit stretched at mo. But there is scope for expansion.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
A single copper. And no arrests were made.
Sounds like handbags between the fisherman and a lifeboatman who shouted at him to get out of the way.
People onboard sinking Channel dinghy ‘tried to contact UK authorities’
Home Office acknowledges people involved in tragedy may have tried to call for help as investigations continue
gosub
~#
Hadn't seen the footage. Watch: Footage emerges of protesters blocking lifeboat heading out to rescue migrants
but yep, reckon you're closer to the money than UK what a bunch of cunts you are countering
ska invita
back on the other side
I didn't say it represents Hastings, it represents official government policy. It represents the action of the coastguard in refusing the sos call. It represents the popular media calls to act this way.
It represents this sick country.
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
These acts certainly represent something very dark within society and are dismissed at our peril.
little_legs
Поехали!
Tuesday, London
Yossarian
Get thee behind me, Santa
The debate's a bit "glass half empty or half full." except with the country instead of a glass and racist cunts instead of water.
Serge Forward
Just enjoyin' my coffee.
Them fuckers need panelling.Tuesday, London
ElizabethofYork
Old Crone
Protestors? bunch of cunts? It looked like one nutter shouting.
Serge Forward
Just enjoyin' my coffee.
Not so much a bunch of cunts but a monocunt.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
You said the boat was intentionally stopped from launching by people who wanted the refugees to drown in the freezing sea. It wasn't. Are you now saying that the lifeboat (or any others) have deliberately refused to answer refugee shouts? If so can you provide evidence of this?
Can you not see that this type of bullshit from you, when proved nonsense, isn't helpful?
Raheem
Well-Known Member
It does look like that's exactly what happened, even if the delay was virtually nothing.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Raheem
Well-Known Member
I've seen the video of the incident. It's on this thread somewhere, isn't it?
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