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Samanfur wrote: ↑Wed Feb 08, 2023 4:47 pm Ben Bradley has a history of being outspoken/pointlessly offensive. He tends to make good TV talking head fodder for that reason.

Watchman wrote: ↑Wed Feb 08, 2023 5:29 pm Seems a bit of a cunt to me

satnav wrote: ↑Wed Feb 08, 2023 10:34 pm Sadly Mansfield is just the kind of place where Bradley's style of politics is likely to flourish. Ironically as a town it has probably benefitted from immigration in recent years Mike Ashley's Sports Direct business is based close to Mansfield. The business was attracted to the area because lots of grants were made available after all the pits closed. With very few locals interested in working at Sports Direct, Mike Ashley brought in a lot of workers from Eastern Europe. Shirebrook where the business is based was almost a ghost town 20 years with lots of boarded up shops etc. But now it has two big new supermarkets and lots of new businesses like Polish bakeries etc springing up. Whilst many local markets have died a death markets in Shirebrook and Mansfield are really thriving.

Instead of acknowledging the fact that immigration has helped his local area Ben Bradley seems to be fermenting ill feeling towards immigrants by blaming them for the lack of affordable housing in the area and the lack of doctors and dentists rather than admitting that these things are down to lack of investment from central government. His biggest fanbase are probably people over 50s who have not worked in years but who are happy to blame immigrants for the fact that they haven't got jobs.

Malcolm Armsteen wrote: ↑Wed Feb 08, 2023 7:16 pm

Watchman wrote: ↑Wed Feb 08, 2023 5:29 pm Seems a bit of a cunt to me

Just a bit? You're going soft...

davidjay wrote: ↑Wed Feb 08, 2023 11:18 pm
It's like people saying that inner-city areas are terrible these days, when they're full of thriving independent businesses while many shopping areas in predominantly white areas are turning into ghost towns.

Andy McDandy wrote: ↑Thu Feb 09, 2023 9:57 am

davidjay wrote: ↑Wed Feb 08, 2023 11:18 pm
It's like people saying that inner-city areas are terrible these days, when they're full of thriving independent businesses while many shopping areas in predominantly white areas are turning into ghost towns.

Reminds me of a friend of my mum's, who was appalled that a Polish deli had opened in Kidderminster, and was adamant that she'd never shop there. FFS, it's not as if they were injecting any Brit who went in with Tyskie lager and force feeding them kabanos.

Youngian wrote: ↑Sat Feb 25, 2023 9:52 am One of those ‘is it a spoof or not’ accounts. Highly entertaining with some fresh angles

A Romanian court has rejected an appeal by Andrew Tate against his continued detention, ruling that he should remain in custody until 29 March.

The controversial influencer's brother Tristan will also remain in detention.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64789944