Preparedness for when

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jk0 wrote: »

He said that modern English is mostly 12th Century French. Interesting thought eh?

Oui en effet.

VJsmum

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

'S OK we're nice folks, we'll be able to live alongside 'em even if they don't want to be liberated, we've had 'em for a long old time (and not just as the united kingdom either) the rocks have been there for gazillions of years, we humings is just transitory!!!

Besides, they can't leave altogether or how are we going to post those Jelly Infants to MAR?

Don't start to divide us into leavers and remainers VJsMum, what we are is PREPPERS all of us!!! If we fragment then where is the hope for the future? We still have a police force, we still have laws, we still have an army and we are a civilised nation despite the lunatic fringe who are taking advantage of the disruption to be obnoxious. It WILL sort itself out, give us time to draw breath and get our balance back, these xenophobes won't be free to do and say their vicious deeds, there are controls and it will be stopped.

Apologies, I wasn't trying to divide, there's been enough of that (although there is a certain amount of glee on here regarding the result), I just wondered how the result is going to happen....

Never mind me, I'm a bit jetlagged. It may have only been Somerset, but it was half a world away...

VJsmum

On a prepping note, my Kelly kettle got loads of attention. I was better at lighting and using it too.

I think they may have a few more sales this week.

nuatha

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

I know!!! I was trying (as usual) to lighten the mood!!!

Apologies

Just found a very appropriate little quote

I have woven a parachute out of everything broken!

Don't tell me this isn't the time for levity, being able to find something to smile about is so much more restorative than brooding on things I have no control over!

There's always time for levity (unless you're making flatbreads)

mardatha

Haven't heard of any race hate incidents up here thank god. That stuff should be jumped on really heavily and they should get put inside.

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Bless you all, you're such a good bunch it's grand to have you to play with!!

milasavesmoney

I've been watching Sky news on YouTube. Is this a reputable news outlet to watch?

dandy-candy

milasavesmoney wrote: »

I've been watching Sky news on YouTube. Is this a reputable news outlet to watch?

Yes, I actually think it's better than the BBC

Karmacat

milasavesmoney wrote: »

I've been watching Sky news on YouTube. Is this a reputable news outlet to watch?

Mila, thats a help to me - I didn't know they were on there :o:o I just use youtube for cats and the odd music video :o:o

Saipan

mardatha wrote: »

Haven't heard of any race hate incidents up here thank god. That stuff should be jumped on really heavily and they should get put inside.

In the last couple of days a friend's colleague, walking home from work, was surrounded by a group of men she had never seen before and told 'We've got our country back now, you've got to **** off back to where you came from'.

This was in a quiet, pleasant and fairly affluent area in the early evening. My friend's colleague is a young woman of Asian heritage, whose parents were both born in the UK and own their own business employing several local people.

The men were not, as far as she knew, from the immediate area and were in their 30s/40s, of intimidating appearance. Their attitude and manner were threatening, although they did not touch her.

Neighbours who saw the incident were too scared to try to help, which the young woman says she completely understands because of how frightening the men were.

The police, sympathetic and supportive though they were, cannot do anything further as the young woman and her neighbours cannot identify the men. Government cuts to police numbers have also made it highly unlikely that any police force, anywhere in the country, can do much to stop this appalling, illegal behaviour without identification of the offenders, unless it escalates to the level of physical harm, pitched battles in the streets, vigilantes etc.

This is just one of the incidents that make up the 57% rise in hate crime over the last few days. My friend's colleague says, horrible though her experience was, she feels worse for the Polish children who have received verbal and written communications telling them that they have to leave the UK.

Government leaders need to make it very, very clear that a vote to leave the EU was not a vote to repatriate immigrants / migrants, that those who are here, or who arrive in the foreseeable future, do not have to leave, and that British people who are of a heritage or a faith or a culture that may not be the same as your own do not have to leave their own country following the referendum.

My friend and others in his office are driving the young woman to and from work, in case the men come back.