I understand bias Pooch and I understand reliability. If you quote a source as though it is proving something to us it should be a source we can trust. It shouldn't be a source that features a known racist and xenophobe on its home page. AND that alone should tell you not to trust, or believe it either. It was the equivalent of saying, hey look at this great painting and handing me something by a chimp.
Even to bother comparing to-the-right-of-UKIPers with the BBC and ITV just shows how much you are struggling. If you mix outright lies, prejudice, bollocks and the odd dash of fact and a sprinkling of truth all you do is create an even wider group of people who'll believe anything than the apparently more respectable media have already done.
Donald Trump should stand as a warning to Europe and "democracies" worldwide. And Hilary and Bill and even nice Mr Obama should be seriously questioning the political establishment/s that allowed him to win, the media that now is widely protesting about him, and the economy, legal system and power brokers that created a society in which America's ever-growing rust-belt would make a hero out of a man so ill-suited to the role.
When I used to work in university applications the broadest Yorkshire accents turned out to be from applicants called Mohammed and much the same seemed to apply to Glaswegian spoken at a high speed.
We hear every example of failure to integrate, but when integration is happening it just isn't news. And how little do we hear of the failure of white people to make positive moves towards black, brown and yellow people? But then we hear nothing of successes, because they are quiet things, they just happened and people got on with their lives and appreciated each other for what they were.
A black work colleague of mine told me a man once aggressively asked her why she didn't go back to where she came from. So she asked him why he wanted her to go back to Handsworth .......
Even to bother comparing to-the-right-of-UKIPers with the BBC and ITV just shows how much you are struggling. If you mix outright lies, prejudice, bollocks and the odd dash of fact and a sprinkling of truth all you do is create an even wider group of people who'll believe anything than the apparently more respectable media have already done.
Donald Trump should stand as a warning to Europe and "democracies" worldwide. And Hilary and Bill and even nice Mr Obama should be seriously questioning the political establishment/s that allowed him to win, the media that now is widely protesting about him, and the economy, legal system and power brokers that created a society in which America's ever-growing rust-belt would make a hero out of a man so ill-suited to the role.
(26-10-2017, 09:48)Dancingwilldoit Wrote: Just an aside, a couple of months ago I had to call in at a company in Bradford it was a family company and had been in business 50 years according to the blurb on their website. When I got there the family were Indian Sheiks and the office had about 10 of the family working away on phones and computers complete with turbans. The strange thing to me was that they all spoke with such broad Bradford accents it just seemed a bit surreal. Most ethnic people at least retain some kind of accent or twist on their English vocabulary but these guys were just so naturally broad Yarkshire it really brought a smile to my face.
It might take while Blue but the children of immigrants today will integrate and fit in as you put it to the English way of life whatever that is. We have always been a mixed society going all the way back to Anglo Saxon days. What is the English way of life? Ask the guys up in Bradford and they will have different view to you because of their religion but they are still English or British. Society is a moving monumental mass that changes direction every now and then, determined by its members or the majority. It will always encompass extremes in all areas, wealth, health, opinions, and beliefs. It isn't going to change anytime soon so just enjoy the curries, kebabs or even Chinese (who according to my Grandad when he was alive will end up ruling the world - he was probably correct).
When I used to work in university applications the broadest Yorkshire accents turned out to be from applicants called Mohammed and much the same seemed to apply to Glaswegian spoken at a high speed.
We hear every example of failure to integrate, but when integration is happening it just isn't news. And how little do we hear of the failure of white people to make positive moves towards black, brown and yellow people? But then we hear nothing of successes, because they are quiet things, they just happened and people got on with their lives and appreciated each other for what they were.
A black work colleague of mine told me a man once aggressively asked her why she didn't go back to where she came from. So she asked him why he wanted her to go back to Handsworth .......