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Quoted from Gaffer58

So is Tony Woolley, a previous leader of the Unite trade union, a left winger, he had twice refused to accept a peerage but had now decided to accept one and become Baron Woolley. That great Labour politician from across the Humber John Prescott accepted his peerage, funny how socialists, Marxists or whatever left wing agenda they follow can nearly all be bought with a gong eventually.

I am told that the food and drink in the House of Lords is excellent

Also the expenses are rather nice. Don’t know how to spell hip o crit.

Quoted from BobbyCummingsTackle

Yes, you're right. I have mixed up BLM and antifa. I apologise.

Get off the Bong Jeremy

Quoted from TAGG

Where did I say antif had a mission statement or recognised leaders???
Like all you left wing ding bats just carry on blerting excrement to suit your agenda.

Antifa is a  group of violent thugs.
Why don't you denounce them and there violence????

My Grandad fought in a War which we commemorate today, my great uncle was wounded in it and suffered after effects so severe he spent the rest of his life in hospital he died in 1994, both fought facism and both were proud to do so.
When you want to call people for standing against fascists you only have look back a short space to see Were appeasement leads.
We should stand against facism at every opportunity, we should all be proud to be Antifa despite demonisation from the far right who do not like the spotlight on them because evil flourished when decent people do nothing

Quoted from friskneymariner

Sure this board is populated by Daily Mail readers.

And a few racist, who will  use PC gone mad to hide behind.

Quoted from Gaffer58

So is Tony Woodley a previous leader of the Unite trade union, a left winger, he had twice refused to accept a peerage but had now decided to accept one and become Baron Woodley.That great Labour politician from across the Humber John Prescott accepted his peerage, funny how socialists, Marxists or whatever left wing agenda they follow can nearly all be bought with a gong eventually.

You're absolutely right. And there is no evidence of any type of nepotism, jobs for the boys or old school tie going on in the current government.......

Quoted from codcheeky

My Grandad fought in a War which we commemorate today, my great uncle was wounded in it and suffered after effects so severe he spent the rest of his life in hospital he died in 1994, both fought facism and both were proud to do so.
When you want to call people for standing against fascists you only have look back a short space to see Were appeasement leads.
We should stand against facism at every opportunity, we should all be proud to be Antifa despite demonisation from the far right who do not like the spotlight on them because evil flourished when decent people do nothing

Ive had family members as well that have fought for their country  and died for it. Similarly being a big lover of all things military I have huge admiration for anyone who serves their country for the benefit of mankind .The extreme left and extreme right though are both unhealthy viewpoints.  You only have to look at nature for one to realise balance is key to all.

Quoted from codcheeky

My Grandad fought in a War which we commemorate today, my great uncle was wounded in it and suffered after effects so severe he spent the rest of his life in hospital he died in 1994, both fought facism and both were proud to do so.
When you want to call people for standing against fascists you only have look back a short space to see Were appeasement leads.
We should stand against facism at every opportunity, we should all be proud to be Antifa despite demonisation from the far right who do not like the spotlight on them because evil flourished when decent people do nothing

Shouldn't we stand against far left as well?

Quoted from codcheeky

My Grandad fought in a War which we commemorate today, my great uncle was wounded in it and suffered after effects so severe he spent the rest of his life in hospital he died in 1994, both fought facism and both were proud to do so.
When you want to call people for standing against fascists you only have look back a short space to see Were appeasement leads.
We should stand against facism at every opportunity, we should all be proud to be Antifa despite demonisation from the far right who do not like the spotlight on them because evil flourished when decent people do nothing

We are heading into the realms of non-footy here but the attempt to portray society as left and right being good and bad is futile. Look at the Balkans for example. Were the Serbian nationalists fascists? They were supported by the USSR. Croatia was supported by the Nazis. Yet both end up as nationalist and both participate in genocide. The concern I have about organisations like Antifa and BLM is how easily they become a cover for anti-democratic activity.

And then again this sort of simplistic definition does not even begin to cover the religious terrorist. Is he/she left or right? What does that make a Palestinian who is supported by Corbynites? Why is Israel regarded as right wing when it is doing much the same as its enemies? Where do we place the terrorists in Indonesia or Sri Lanka. Were the Rwandan combatants left or right or just Hutu and Tutsi?

I am not aiming directly at you here CC, all I want to do is point out that life is not as simple as waving a banner on the streets. It is democracy we need to defend, not races or parties or factions.

For those who need a little education
Colored or coloured, is an ethnic descriptor historically used in the United States (predominantly during the Jim Crow era) and other European-settled countries and their former colonies. In many of these places, it is now considered an ethnic slur. Historically, the term denoted non-white individuals generally.
The  term has historically had a variety of connotations. In British usage, the term refers to "a person who is wholly or partly of non-white descent" and its use may be regarded as antiquated or offensive, and other terms are preferable, particularly when referring to a single ethnicity.

Quoted from TheRonRaffertyFanClub

The concern I have about organisations like Antifa and BLM is how easily they become a cover for anti-democratic activity.

Like what?

I assume you’re opposed to the Covert Human Intelligence Sources Bill then, which gives the Food Standards Agency the power to legally torture people?