Current Affairs 2024

[Onelife]

In light of Israel’s accusations about UN workers involvement in the Oct 7th massacre… should or shouldn’t the UK, US, Australia, Italy, Canada, Finland, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Germany have suspended additional funding to the UN agency.?

Yes, regardless of numbers involved, taking part and celebrating the Hamas attacks should be fully condemned and funding withdrawn.

This highlights how difficult it is for Israel, Hamas supporters infiltrating UN agencies and the like makes it all the more obvious why many innocent civilians are killed.

My thoughts exactly...

[Onelife]

All of our humanitarians are a bit scarce on the board today…perhaps it’s the thought of the UN humanitarian workforce being involved in terrorist attacks that has left them speechless?
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Let’s just hope some of those sacked didn’t work in the UN financing department.

[Mervyn and Trish]

We should treat this news with extreme caution. Seious if accurate. But Israel has long criticised the UN as bring anti semitic. The UN provides Isreal with a list of those it employs in the region and they've not previously objected. So what do we read into this?

[Ray B]

Is there no one going to hand a hanky to Mrs Cranky?

[Onelife]

She could do with booking herself into RADA for a week…awful acting in my opinion.

[towny44]

I never agreed with her politics, and didnt really like her as a person, however unless she deleted her WhatsApp messages recently and as a deliberate act to conceal possibly embarrassing ones, then I think she might be telling the truth.

[Mervyn and Trish]

I never agreed with her politics, and didnt really like her as a person, however unless she deleted her WhatsApp messages recently and as a deliberate act to conceal possibly embarrassing ones, then I think she might be telling the truth.

I rarely believe a word she says. Her entire handling of Covid was to try to outdo the UK government to make her case for independence. But who funded the various Covid support schemes? Not the Scottish parliament.

[Mervyn and Trish]

This horrendous corrosive liquid attack highlights the complete nonsense that is our immigration and asylum policy. The attacker had committed a sex offence in this country. He had been rejected for asylum twice. He then tried a third time. Claiming he was at risk if sent back because he had converted to Christianity. And asylum was granted. Now innocent people have life changing injuries as a result. What a load of bo##ocks. My view is simple. Committing criminal acts is a choice. Anyone who does so should be automatically deported back to where they came from. I don't care if that puts their life at risk. Their choice. And I'd apply that before or after asylum (or any other sort of citizenship) is granted. If they want to live here they obey our laws. Or bu##er off!

[oldbluefox]

Apparently he cannot be extradited to Afghanistan because he has converted to Christianity and would be persecuted. How convenient. I wonder where he got that idea?
I suggest his conversion is reversed and his bags are packed for a one way flight back home after serving his sentence....and no appeals.

[david63]

one way flight back home after serving his sentence

Why should we pay for him to be in prison for a few years when the Afghans and/or Taliban can look after him for us?

[Stephen]

Agree Merv.

[towny44]

one way flight back home after serving his sentence

Why should we pay for him to be in prison for a few years when the Afghans and/or Taliban can look after him for us?

Great idea David, that would get my support.

[towny44]

Apparently he cannot be extradited to Afghanistan because he has converted to Christianity and would be persecuted. How convenient. I wonder where he got that idea?
I suggest his conversion is reversed and his bags are packed for a one way flight back home after serving his sentence....and no appeals.

This is yet another example of clerics getting too involved in what they consider to be social injustices, they should stick to their pastoral duties within the limits of their diocese and cease trying to influence public opinion in their pet concerns.

[david63]

Seems simple to me - if he does not want to be persecuted then change back to whatever he was before

[Stephen]

….or just string the sh*t up for what he’s done.

[Slapstick]

….or just string the sh*t up for what he’s done.

Plus 1.

[oldbluefox]

Why are they allowed to keep appealing their cases? If they are refused entry they should be deported. What a ridiculous situation that they can continue appealing until they get the outcome they want.

[oldbluefox]

one way flight back home after serving his sentence

Why should we pay for him to be in prison for a few years when the Afghans and/or Taliban can look after him for us?

I would tend to agree but I see no way they would allow that to happen and if we just deported him he would just make his way back. We cannot impinge on his human rights can we......

[david63]

We cannot impinge on his human rights can we.

Oh yes we can

Somebody that does what he did cannot be considered human therefore he has no rights, only my opinion of course!

[Chalgrave4]

In my view all rights come with responsibilities.
If you don't accept the responsibility to act within the rules of society you don't have any rights.

[oldbluefox]

I agree wholeheartedly but our judicial/immigration system is so pathetically weak and dominated by refugee supporters that it would never happen. These people have relinquished their rights.
You only have to look at the Rwanda situation to realise what a joke it is.

[Onelife]

In recent decades the UK probably has some of the best human rights records (especially when compared to many countries) so why do we need to affiliate ourselves to an act that won’t allow us to use our own judgment to determine who should stay and who should go without having the fallout from the (ECHR)
This country is moving further and further into a deep hole by allowing all of these criminals/illegal economic migrants into this country…give it ten years and we will look back and rue the day we allowed this to happen.

[Slapstick]

Strange that all the do gooders and lawyers who support these asylum criminals have been very quiet on this one, they should hang their head in shame.

This disgraceful and shameful act simply highlights that this country has totally lost control, this to55er sought asylum, committed a sexual offence, was convicted, refused asylum twice but then changed religion and was allowed to stay so he wouldn't be persecuted in his own country.

Words fail me, countless numbers staying in this country with no background history, mainly men between 18 to 30 allowed to walk the streets without no real restrictions.

Despite all those against detention centres, this is the only way we can ensure safety of our families, if they are so scared to be in their homeland they should have no complaints about being legally detained until they are processed.

To be clear in all in favour of asylum for genuine cases, but due process needs to be completed first.

[Ray B]

Putins contender in the forthcoming election told he can not stand.
No surprise there then.
Kim Jong Un just kills them.

[Onelife]

Being told he can’t stand seems to be a fair compromise considering the alternative of being politically assassinated of thrown into prison for 30 years. Russia and the world has become a far more dangerous place with the passing of Gorbachev.