

I think Belfast is cool as it has a lot of the stuff that capital cities typically have but most of it is within walking distance of each other
A sinner and a Fediverse Advocate.
I hate strawmen.


I think Belfast is cool as it has a lot of the stuff that capital cities typically have but most of it is within walking distance of each other


GOD SAVE THE KING! 👑🇬🇧


I hope it’s effective.


For some reason, the UK’s NS&I bank app doesn’t even work if you have a non default keyboard turned on or developer options. The real kicker is that the app doesn’t even have functionality to remove money from your account! Just to view your balance


Can you use banking apps with this


The thing is, they’re pulling up the bridge because someone pointed out that it’s easier for refugees to bring their immediate family into the country than other legal migrants. Because they make it a headache for a british citizen with a foreign spouse or children to actually bring them in - which should just be an automatic right. Instead of making it an automatic right for everyone which would have been the good and noble thing to do, she just does this…


Is driving a train actually harder than a car? More specialised, sure, but my impression is that you’d just need to be able to take signals, operate communications and work the throttle


From what I gather, MI6 actually want it there because right now, the Chinese embassy is spread across London in various different buildings. The new embassy would have them all in one place


It was really bad with the new train/bus station being worked on


Just a reminder that this forum is non-political, this question might be better suited to !unitedkingdom@feddit.uk if you’re looking to get political.
You can talk about Northern Ireland itself, just not go deep into the politics of it. It really is a lovely place generally with nice people. Although it’s been raining non-stop for the past month 😭


Gordon Brown jumpscare


Hopefully Northern Ireland stays the same or gets cheaper…


And nothing will be done about it


There is. I’ve known a few people personally in fact who were from places like Iran who had entered the UK legally, and then their personal situation changed and they couldn’t return home, thus they applied for asylum. And got accepted as well.
I also want to stop the boats and the exploitative gangs doing this, but any approach that isn’t opening up safe and legal routes for applications to be made is just advocating for everyone else to bear the burden of global instability the UK played a disproportionate role in creating.
Sounds like we’re more in agreement than disagreement then?
I assume you mean there hasn’t. I think it’s a pretty apt way to describe a mob descending on a hotel to try and burn it down because asylum seekers are inside.
No? There has. People in the UK have attacked migrant hotels and even a few got attacked in Larne a while ago during the summer.


Is it much worse than the rest of Europe? Basically every european country seems to have a populist right wing anti immigration movement


A lot of people probably could be rehabilitated through either rehab programmes or adequate mental health support. Possibly the majority if not all.
it doesn’t come anywhere close to the exploitation that the ruling class subject us to.
Facts.


I’m not anti asylum seeker. I’m anti people taking advantage of the system for legitimate asylum seekers. There are people coming over from France. France isn’t that bad. Also in addition, there’s been attempted pogroms here.
I can’t remember the statistic, but the majority of asylum seekers don’t even come over in small boats. They’re typically legal immigrants who cannot return home or extend their visa. I’m talking about the widely condemned human trafficking industry that takes advantage of our system to make a business of bringing people across the channel.


The truth is in the middle. I know someone who works in the hospital, a lot of the rough sleepers they come across aren’t really helping themselves nor extremely interested in actually getting help. Some people do just take advantage of the system as in our culture we tend to give people the benefit of the doubt. This is why people come over in small boats from France, because they see our empathy as something to be taken advantage of. And it works for them.
I am in basically the same situation as you and my single asian user has no issue with it
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!