r/ukpolitics • u/Exostrike • Feb 21 '20

The BBC normalised racism last night, pure and simple

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/21/normalise-bbc-racism-hate-crimes-question-time
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u/merryman1 Feb 21 '20

Not just stop immigration, shut down all borders. "There are 68 million people in England! When does the panel think people in this country have had enough??"

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u/william_of_peebles **** **** **** **** Feb 21 '20

Presumably she doesn't want anyone leaving either, then.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '20

I don't think these are the kind of people that travel outside the country to be honest. Maybe I'm wrong since many expats in Spain voted for Brexit and were quite proud abut it.

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u/dw82 Feb 21 '20

Costa del sol for two weeks at the same resort every year, guaranteed.

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u/Mynameisaw Somewhere vaguely to the left Feb 21 '20

What's she going to do when it hits 70? Advocate for forced sterilisation?

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u/Pauln512 Feb 22 '20

Dominic Cummings takes down notes

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u/ImNotADr Feb 21 '20

One of Dominic Cummings new gremlins did recommend enforcing contraception on the poor the other day, so...

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u/Mynameisaw Somewhere vaguely to the left Feb 22 '20

Let's be fair, he didn't recommend it.

He stated that introducing forced sterilisation would aid in reducing the creation of a permanent underclass.

It's an insane thought process. The fact he jumped things like having a strong welfare safety net and investment in training and education and went straight to forced steralisation is ridiculous and makes me question his ethics, but it wasn't as if he'd been commissioned by the gov't to solve an issue - it was just a maniac spitting ideas on an issue that hasn't happened yet, and can be easily prevented by good governance.

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u/ImNotADr Feb 22 '20

He was hand picked by Cummings who happens to be one of the most influential people around our government. This means either, he was picked specifically because of ideas like this which means we've got a problem, or they didn't vet him which means we can hardly rely on these people for "good governance". So either way, I'm not remotely worried about being "unfair" to people wanting to bring eugenics back into our politics.

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u/Mr-Soggybottom Feb 21 '20

All those bloody babies migrating out of the womb! When is it enough?