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Wicked Uncle Nigel - 19 Nov 2008 22:13 GMT
Dreadful. Simply terrible.

I can't find it anywhere.

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prawn - 19 Nov 2008 22:16 GMT
> Dreadful. Simply terrible.
>
> I can't find it anywhere.

1 google found this...
<http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4517770/British_National_Party_(BNP)
_membership_list_Nov_2008>

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ginge - 19 Nov 2008 22:17 GMT
>Dreadful. Simply terrible.
>
>I can't find it anywhere.

Yeah, and it'd be terrible if it has it's own website, They'd probably
call it something like http://www.bnpmemberslist.co.uk/

Blimey, they have.
Wicked Uncle Nigel - 19 Nov 2008 22:19 GMT
Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, ginge
<the.gingeREMOVE@THISgmail.com> typed

>>Dreadful. Simply terrible.
>>
>>I can't find it anywhere.
>
>Yeah, and it'd be terrible if it has it's own website, They'd probably
>call it something like http://www.bnpmemberslist.co.uk/

Christ, my Google mojo's crap.

Ta.

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Eddie - 19 Nov 2008 22:33 GMT
>> Dreadful. Simply terrible.
>>
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>
> Blimey, they have.

Good grief, one of them's very close to here.

<fx: looks at map>

Ah, doesn't surprise me.

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Nige - 19 Nov 2008 22:44 GMT
>>> Dreadful. Simply terrible.
>>>
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>
> Ah, doesn't surprise me.

s' not me ;)

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Eddie - 19 Nov 2008 23:45 GMT
>> Good grief, one of them's very close to here.
>>
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>
> s' not me ;)

Nearer than that. Much nearer.

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Krusty - 19 Nov 2008 22:49 GMT
> > > Dreadful. Simply terrible.
> > >
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>
> Good grief, one of them's very close to here.

One of them runs my nearest pub. It's a total shithole.

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Ben - 20 Nov 2008 09:52 GMT
>>> Dreadful. Simply terrible.
>>>
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>
>Ah, doesn't surprise me.

There's loads near me, but we unfortunately have a couple of BNP
councillors.
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Rope - 20 Nov 2008 11:41 GMT
Eddie spoke:
> > Yeah, and it'd be terrible if it has it's own website, They'd probably
> > call it something like http://www.bnpmemberslist.co.uk/
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
>
> Ah, doesn't surprise me.

There are *loads* in Nottinghamshire, a lot of them in ver posh areas,
including the owner of an up-market restaurant just down the road from me.

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Boots - 20 Nov 2008 11:54 GMT
> Eddie spoke:
>
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>
> There are *loads* in Nottinghamshire, a lot of them in ver posh areas,

Oxymoron alert.

> including the owner of an up-market restaurant just down the road from me.

Probably wants to put up a sign saying no blecks.

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Rope - 20 Nov 2008 12:48 GMT
Boots spoke:
> > There are *loads* in Nottinghamshire, a lot of them in ver posh areas,
>
> Oxymoron alert.

Cheeky!

> > including the owner of an up-market restaurant just down the road from me.
>
> Probably wants to put up a sign saying no blecks.

Just spotted another one, company director of an ex-client of mine (never paid
their bills) and he is a kike!  
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R D S - 20 Nov 2008 20:08 GMT
>>> Dreadful. Simply terrible.
>>>
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>
> Good grief, one of them's very close to here.

It's rife with them round here (Blackburn).

Though to be fair more people have been arrested on terrorism charges
than there are BNP members.
Champ - 24 Nov 2008 10:33 GMT
>Though to be fair more people have been arrested on terrorism charges
>than there are BNP members.

That's a very useful statistic.
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Veggie Dave - 24 Nov 2008 16:47 GMT
Champ <news@champ.org.uk> wrote the following literary masterpiece:

>>Though to be fair more people have been arrested on terrorism charges
>>than there are BNP members.
>
>That's a very useful statistic.

But how many terrorists have been arrested using terrorism legislation?

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Champ - 24 Nov 2008 21:10 GMT
>Champ <news@champ.org.uk> wrote the following literary masterpiece:
>>
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>
>But how many terrorists have been arrested using terrorism legislation?

Oh, almost none, I think.  I read somewhere that less than 1% of those
arrested under the legislation are eventually charged.  But it's still
an amusing stat.
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R D S - 24 Nov 2008 20:32 GMT
>> Though to be fair more people have been arrested on terrorism charges
>> than there are BNP members.
>
> That's a very useful statistic.

I don't get your point but mine is that if I am going to worry about any
section of society it will be those who would prefer me dead and might
actually do something about it than some middle aged bigots whingeing in
the corner of the pub.
Wicked Uncle Nigel - 19 Nov 2008 22:44 GMT
Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, ginge
<the.gingeREMOVE@THISgmail.com> typed

>>Dreadful. Simply terrible.
>>
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>
>Blimey, they have.

That's IT? That's all they've got?

There's hope for this country yet.

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prawn - 19 Nov 2008 22:48 GMT
> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, ginge
> <the.gingeREMOVE@THISgmail.com> typed
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
>
> There's hope for this country yet.

6131 email addresses.

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Cab - 19 Nov 2008 23:00 GMT
> > Dreadful. Simply terrible.
> >
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>
> Blimey, they have.

Heheheh:

"member describes himself as a witch: potential embarrassment if active"
"Will not be renewing 07 ("Jehova God only real hope for mankind")"
"Activist: Defected from UKIP"

I got bored after that.

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Tosspot - 20 Nov 2008 06:16 GMT
>>> Dreadful. Simply terrible.
>>>
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> "Will not be renewing 07 ("Jehova God only real hope for mankind")"
> "Activist: Defected from UKIP"

Resigned 17/9/07 (confused re. Party policy on ethnicity). Was 27836
(07). Re-joined 26/11/07

*snort* I wonder who was confused.
guig - 20 Nov 2008 07:48 GMT
>>>> Dreadful. Simply terrible.
>>>>
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>
> *snort* I wonder who was confused.

Nick Griffin?
TOG@Toil - 20 Nov 2008 09:02 GMT
> >>> Dreadful. Simply terrible.
>
[quoted text clipped - 14 lines]
>
> *snort* I wonder who was confused.

That's got me giggling like a loon. I mean, what is there to be
confused about? Or maybe he's got an Asian wife and thought she might
be classified as an honorary white.
Tosspot - 20 Nov 2008 20:27 GMT
>>>>> Dreadful. Simply terrible.
>>>>> I can't find it anywhere.
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
> confused about? Or maybe he's got an Asian wife and thought she might
> be classified as an honorary white.

I thought he might be a "paki" with racist views.  Anyway you look at
it, it's very wrong.
ogden - 20 Nov 2008 09:58 GMT
> Resigned 17/9/07 (confused re. Party policy on ethnicity). Was 27836
> (07). Re-joined 26/11/07
>
> *snort* I wonder who was confused.

"I was never confused"

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fragmented - 20 Nov 2008 00:00 GMT
'ginge' wrote...>

> >Dreadful. Simply terrible.
> >
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>
> Blimey, they have.

Grr, there's 23 of em in Milton Keynes.

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Tosspot - 20 Nov 2008 06:14 GMT
>> Dreadful. Simply terrible.
>>
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>
> Blimey, they have.

Just had a quick perusal for my local area and they inhabit the
pikeyest areas of Pikeydom.  Who would have thought that?
YTC#1 - 20 Nov 2008 18:23 GMT
>>Dreadful. Simply terrible.
>>
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>
> Blimey, they have.

sh.t, lot of Porters on there !

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Brownz (Mobile) - 20 Nov 2008 20:17 GMT
>> Dreadful. Simply terrible.
>>
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>
> Blimey, they have.

Wow ! Small world.

The people that bought our old house in the Village I stil live in.

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Chris H - 20 Nov 2008 21:20 GMT
> Yeah, and it'd be terrible if it has it's own website, They'd probably
> call it something like http://www.bnpmemberslist.co.uk/

There's a couple of familiar names there and I can't say I'm surprised
having heard some of their more un-guarded comments.

One of the twats has even given his Rolls-Royce e-mail address.

Careless.

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Bear - 19 Nov 2008 22:25 GMT
> Dreadful. Simply terrible.
>
> I can't find it anywhere.

Ok, I'll ask.

Why would you want such a thing?
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Wicked Uncle Nigel - 19 Nov 2008 22:28 GMT
Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Bear
<bastardDOTbear@gmail.com> typed
>> Dreadful. Simply terrible.
>>
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>
>Why would you want such a thing?

Idle curiosity.

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Bear - 19 Nov 2008 22:47 GMT
> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Bear
> <bastardDOTbear@gmail.com> typed
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>
> Idle curiosity.

I'm not at all sure I believe you.

Why on earth would you want such a thing?

Do you have a product you can only sell to morons?
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Wicked Uncle Nigel - 19 Nov 2008 22:50 GMT
Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Bear
<bastardDOTbear@gmail.com> typed
>> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Bear
>> <bastardDOTbear@gmail.com> typed
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
>
>I'm not at all sure I believe you.

Heh. Believe me. I'm awfully shallow, really.

>Why on earth would you want such a thing?
>
>Do you have a product you can only sell to morons?

LOL. "New Blax-Aht! Gets everything whiter than white."

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Pip Luscher - 19 Nov 2008 23:03 GMT
>Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Bear
><bastardDOTbear@gmail.com> typed
>>Do you have a product you can only sell to morons?
>
>LOL. "New Blax-Aht! Gets everything whiter than white."

Hah.
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Nige - 19 Nov 2008 22:55 GMT
>> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Bear
>> <bastardDOTbear@gmail.com> typed
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>
> Do you have a product you can only sell to morons?

Engraved Nazi garmin zumo screws?

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Bear - 19 Nov 2008 22:58 GMT
> >> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Bear
> >> <bastardDOTbear@gmail.com> typed
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>
> Engraved Nazi garmin zumo screws?

Fat necked coon T-shirts?
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Nige - 19 Nov 2008 23:19 GMT
>>>> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Bear
>>>> <bastardDOTbear@gmail.com> typed
[quoted text clipped - 17 lines]
>
> Fat necked coon T-shirts?

'I'm not a fat necked coon' now this could catch on. Along with 'I'm the
stig' or 'hypocrysy rules'?

'Bear, best be a grizzly than a Koala'

;)

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Bear - 19 Nov 2008 23:26 GMT
> 'Bear, best be a grizzly than a Koala'

Works for me.
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Nige - 19 Nov 2008 23:29 GMT
>> 'Bear, best be a grizzly than a Koala'
>
> Works for me.

:)

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Bear - 19 Nov 2008 23:34 GMT
> >> 'Bear, best be a grizzly than a Koala'
> >
> > Works for me.
>
> :)

In the words of the great philosopher Frank Zappa:

#Do you know what you are?
#You are what you is
#You is what you am
#(A cow don't make ham...)
#You ain't what you're not
#So see what you got

Took me *ages* to learn the truth of that ...

... silly me.
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Nige - 19 Nov 2008 23:38 GMT
>>>> 'Bear, best be a grizzly than a Koala'
>>>
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>
> ... silly me.

Life is truth & truth is life, misguided, but very true.

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ogden - 20 Nov 2008 00:15 GMT
> 'Bear, best be a grizzly than a Koala'

The line, and it's from Cannonball Run, is "If you're gonna be a bear,
be a grizzly."

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Champ - 20 Nov 2008 00:16 GMT
>Dreadful. Simply terrible.
>
>I can't find it anywhere.

I know a man what's got it.
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sweller - 20 Nov 2008 08:44 GMT
> > I can't find it anywhere.
>
> I know a man what's got it.

... and he's having a lot of fun.

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M J Carley - 20 Nov 2008 09:23 GMT
In the referenced article, "sweller" <sweller@mztech.fsnet.co.uk> writes:

>... and he's having a lot of fun.

It is entertaining, is it not? Allegedly.
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Wicked Uncle Nigel - 20 Nov 2008 10:08 GMT
Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, sweller
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>> > I can't find it anywhere.
>>
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>--
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Cane - 20 Nov 2008 07:55 GMT
On Nov 19, 10:13 pm, Wicked Uncle Nigel <w...@wicked-uncle-
nigel.me.uk> wrote:

> Dreadful. Simply terrible.
>
> I can't find it anywhere.

ffs, it's like America in the 40s & 50s

"OMG, there's someone over there with diferent views to me!"
M J Carley - 20 Nov 2008 09:25 GMT
In the referenced article, Cane <CaneUKRM@gmail.com> writes:

>ffs, it's like America in the 40s & 50s

No, it's not. Nobody is being hauled up in front of a committee and
forced to state their affiliations.

>"OMG, there's someone over there with diferent views to me!"

The people who brought us Redwatch should not be complaining about
this.
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Cane - 20 Nov 2008 09:52 GMT
> > ffs, it's like America in the 40s & 50s
>
> No, it's not. Nobody is being hauled up in front of a committee and
> forced to state their affiliations.

Really? What about the policemen or soldiers on the list?

> > "OMG, there's someone over there with diferent views to me!"
>
> The people who brought us Redwatch should not be complaining about
> this.

Indeed, extremists eh.

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Ace - 20 Nov 2008 10:00 GMT


>> > ffs, it's like America in the 40s & 50s
>>
>> No, it's not. Nobody is being hauled up in front of a committee and
>> forced to state their affiliations.
>
>Really? What about the policemen or soldiers on the list?

What, the same ones that have already lied to their employers?

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Cane - 20 Nov 2008 10:02 GMT
> >> > ffs, it's like America in the 40s & 50s
> >>
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>
> What, the same ones that have already lied to their employers?

Possibly, I don't know their individual circumstances.

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M J Carley - 20 Nov 2008 10:14 GMT
In the referenced article, "Cane" <caneUKRM@gmail.com> writes:

>> No, it's not. Nobody is being hauled up in front of a committee and
>> forced to state their affiliations.
>
>Really? What about the policemen or soldiers on the list?

What about them? If they have broken Queen's Regulations, they should
be dismissed. If not, they shouldn't.

>> The people who brought us Redwatch should not be complaining about
>> this.
>
>Indeed, extremists eh.

The BNP membership list seems to have been leaked by a disgruntled BNP
member, not by anyone on the left. As for `extremists', nobody on the
left has published this list with the implication that you should use
the information to intimidate people, as Redwatch does.
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Cane - 20 Nov 2008 10:27 GMT
> >> No, it's not. Nobody is being hauled up in front of a committee and
> >> forced to state their affiliations.
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
> left has published this list with the implication that you should use
> the information to intimidate people, as Redwatch does.

IMO you're both as bad as each other.

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M J Carley - 20 Nov 2008 10:38 GMT
In the referenced article, "Cane" <caneUKRM@gmail.com> writes:

>> The BNP membership list seems to have been leaked by a disgruntled
>> BNP member, not by anyone on the left. As for `extremists', nobody
>> on the left has published this list with the implication that you
>> should use the information to intimidate people, as Redwatch does.

>IMO you're both as bad as each other.

So I often hear people say: the people who publish people's personal
details with incitments to violence are just as bad as the people who
snigger at the publication (by a disgruntled Fascist) of the names and
addresses of Fascists. As for actual violence, rather than incitement
to it, the Fascists are a long way ahead on that one.
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ogden - 20 Nov 2008 10:51 GMT
> In the referenced article, "Cane" <caneUKRM@gmail.com> writes:
>
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
> addresses of Fascists. As for actual violence, rather than incitement
> to it, the Fascists are a long way ahead on that one.

I was slightly tickled to see one of the members on the list described
as "Former Policeman. Lecturer in human rights/data protection"

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Hog - 20 Nov 2008 11:15 GMT
> In the referenced article, "Cane" <caneUKRM@gmail.com> writes:
>
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
> addresses of Fascists. As for actual violence, rather than incitement
> to it, the Fascists are a long way ahead on that one.

In that you are wrong IMHO.

Most public order type violence, these days, arises from Anti
Globalisation and ANL protesters.  I'm suspecting them to be roughly the
same people in both instances.

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Bear - 20 Nov 2008 11:35 GMT
> Most public order type violence, these days, arises from Anti
> Globalisation ... protesters.  

On the bright side, they keep Bill McKinnon in beer vouchers [1]

[1] remember that one in the city a few years back, where they smashed
up some merchant bank or insurance company HQ, and stuck a chair through
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Champ - 20 Nov 2008 11:48 GMT
>>>> The BNP membership list seems to have been leaked by a disgruntled
>>>> BNP member, not by anyone on the left. As for `extremists', nobody
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
>Most public order type violence, these days, arises from Anti
>Globalisation and ANL protesters.  

'Public order' violence, as in the anti-globalisation demos, is a
completely different thing to violence and intimdation aimed at
individuals for their beliefs.

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Hog - 20 Nov 2008 18:30 GMT
>>>>> The BNP membership list seems to have been leaked by a disgruntled
>>>>> BNP member, not by anyone on the left. As for `extremists', nobody
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> completely different thing to violence and intimdation aimed at
> individuals for their beliefs.

You kinda lost me there TBH

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M J Carley - 20 Nov 2008 12:29 GMT
In the referenced article, "Hog" <hogSPAM@freenetCHIPS.co.uk> writes:

>> So I often hear people say: the people who publish people's personal
>> details with incitments to violence are just as bad as the people who
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>
>In that you are wrong IMHO.

>Most public order type violence, these days, arises from Anti
>Globalisation and ANL protesters.  I'm suspecting them to be roughly
>the same people in both instances.

Most public order type violence, in my limited experience, arises
because the police decide they want a fight (c.f. hunt protestors).
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Pip - 20 Nov 2008 17:48 GMT
>Most public order type violence, in my limited experience, arises
>because the police decide they want a fight (c.f. hunt protestors).

<proffers dent in head, baton-sized, from the days of
anti-otter-hunting>

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M J Carley - 20 Nov 2008 17:53 GMT
In the referenced article, Pip <gingerblokeNOSPAM@NOSPAMgmail.com> writes:

>>Most public order type violence, in my limited experience, arises
>>because the police decide they want a fight (c.f. hunt protestors).
>
><proffers dent in head, baton-sized, from the days of
>anti-otter-hunting>

I was actually thinking of the pro-hunt lobby getting a kicking from
the Met.
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Pip - 20 Nov 2008 18:37 GMT
>In the referenced article, Pip <gingerblokeNOSPAM@NOSPAMgmail.com> writes:
>>
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>I was actually thinking of the pro-hunt lobby getting a kicking from
>the Met.

It started a long time before that, sonny.  And the Size 12 issue boot
was not only on the other foot, it was sometimes in the head too.

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M J Carley - 21 Nov 2008 08:38 GMT
In the referenced article, Pip <gingerblokeNOSPAM@NOSPAMgmail.com> writes:

>>I was actually thinking of the pro-hunt lobby getting a kicking from
>>the Met.

>It started a long time before that, sonny.  And the Size 12 issue
>boot was not only on the other foot, it was sometimes in the head
>too.

I know it started a long time before that. It was just amusing to see
respectable people claiming police violence and saying they knew how
the miners felt.
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Cane - 21 Nov 2008 12:59 GMT
> > > I was actually thinking of the pro-hunt lobby getting a kicking
> > > from the Met.
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> respectable people claiming police violence and saying they knew how
> the miners felt.

I think you'll find most of the miners were respectable people too.

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Hog - 20 Nov 2008 18:29 GMT
> In the referenced article, "Hog" <hogSPAM@freenetCHIPS.co.uk> writes:
>
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> Most public order type violence, in my limited experience, arises
> because the police decide they want a fight (c.f. hunt protestors).

Hmm I will agree to disagree on that then

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M J Carley - 21 Nov 2008 08:39 GMT
In the referenced article, "Hog" <hogSPAM@freenetCHIPS.co.uk> writes:

>> Most public order type violence, in my limited experience, arises
>> because the police decide they want a fight (c.f. hunt protestors).

>Hmm I will agree to disagree on that then

Off hand, I can think of the miners' strike, the poll tax riot and the
pro-hunt protest at Parliament. In each case, there was violence
because the police wanted it.
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fragmented - 21 Nov 2008 09:11 GMT
'M J Carley' wrote...>
> In the referenced article, "Hog" <hogSPAM@freenetCHIPS.co.uk> writes:
>
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> pro-hunt protest at Parliament. In each case, there was violence
> because the police wanted it.

Do you believe that it was only the police who wanted the violence, and
that there were absolutely no people taking part in the protests/demos
who were just there to kick off fights?

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M J Carley - 21 Nov 2008 09:19 GMT
In the referenced article, fragmented <news4@ukrm.co.uk> writes:
>'M J Carley' wrote...>

>> Off hand, I can think of the miners' strike, the poll tax riot and
>> the pro-hunt protest at Parliament. In each case, there was
>> violence because the police wanted it.

>Do you believe that it was only the police who wanted the violence,
>and that there were absolutely no people taking part in the
>protests/demos who were just there to kick off fights?

There is always a small number of people who want to break things or
throw stuff. If the police don't want a fight, they can easily isolate
them or, more often, let the stewards and the rest of the crowd get
them in order.

You only get a big fight or riot if the police want it. Most people on
a demonstration do not want trouble and will usually look for a way
out. The poll tax riot started because the police attacked the crowd.
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fragmented - 21 Nov 2008 09:52 GMT
'M J Carley' wrote...>

> There is always a small number of people who want to break things or
> throw stuff.

And sometimes there are a number of organised people planted with the
intention of simply kicking sh.t off.

> If the police don't want a fight, they can easily isolate
> them or, more often, let the stewards and the rest of the crowd get
> them in order.

*Most* people in a crowd do not want to fight, but there's always some
that are susceptible to the sh.t stirrers. It doesn't take that many of
them before things get out of hand.

From what I've seen you can always tell the situations where people are
there just to cause trouble, 'isolating' them just doesn't work because
they know if they go completely ballistic when the police try to isolate
them, their mates, and some people in the crowd will join in, and then
its too late to isolate anyone.

> You only get a big fight or riot if the police want it.

You can believe that if you want but its not 100% true. I've seen riots
start and carry on for hours and all the police were trying to do was
disperse people to start with.

(Carlisle riots, 1980s. Multiple fighting kicked off in a few places
round town more or less at the same time, police broke up the fights,
people ran, see people from other fights running towards them, more
random fights, ended up with mass battles drifting up and down the main
high street and square. Police completely clueless for quite a few
hours. Couple of the fighters rolled right over the bonnet of my car as
I was sitting at lights trying to get out of the area)

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M J Carley - 21 Nov 2008 11:10 GMT
In the referenced article, fragmented <news4@ukrm.co.uk> writes:
>'M J Carley' wrote...>

>> There is always a small number of people who want to break things or
>> throw stuff.

>And sometimes there are a number of organised people planted with the
>intention of simply kicking sh.t off.

Where and when has this actually happened? I'm not saying it has never
happened, but where and when?

>*Most* people in a crowd do not want to fight, but there's always some
>that are susceptible to the sh.t stirrers. It doesn't take that many of
>them before things get out of hand.

That is actually very rare.

>From what I've seen you can always tell the situations where people
>are there just to cause trouble, 'isolating' them just doesn't work
>because they know if they go completely ballistic when the police try
>to isolate them, their mates, and some people in the crowd will join
>in, and then its too late to isolate anyone.

It does work. I've seen it done.

>You can believe that if you want but its not 100% true. I've seen
>riots start and carry on for hours and all the police were trying to
>do was disperse people to start with.

It might not be 100% true, but it's true often enough to be the rule.

>(Carlisle riots, 1980s. Multiple fighting kicked off in a few places
>round town more or less at the same time, police broke up the fights,
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>few hours. Couple of the fighters rolled right over the bonnet of my
>car as I was sitting at lights trying to get out of the area)

What happened in the Carlisle riots? What were they about?
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fragmented - 21 Nov 2008 12:44 GMT
'M J Carley' wrote...>
> In the referenced article, fragmented <news4@ukrm.co.uk> writes:
> >'M J Carley' wrote...>
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> Where and when has this actually happened? I'm not saying it has never
> happened, but where and when?

Sorry, I don't take notes of this kind of news, I just hear it on
TV/radio/the press. When I hear follow up news saying that some of these
kind of people have been prosecuted for inciting violence and have links
to BNP like groups it sinks into memory.

I'm sure others with access to the relevant reports / better memories
than me can quote instances.

> >*Most* people in a crowd do not want to fight, but there's always some
> >that are susceptible to the sh.t stirrers. It doesn't take that many of
> >them before things get out of hand.
>
> That is actually very rare.

Have you never been in a group and done things you normally wouldn't do?
Vandalism, broke into building sites, trashed some w.nkers car? Depends
how old people are, but young people seem to be exceedingly easy to lead
astray and put their individual morals aside.

Was watching something on that "Living History" torture re-creation
program on Sky last week where they build some stocks and put a team
member in them. Ok, its only throwing rotten tomatoes but everyone in
the team who build it was suprised at how easily the public joined in
throwing things at a complete stranger, just because others were doing
it.

It seems once people in a crowd see a few members of that crowd doing
something, they just take those individuals moral judgement as their own
and join in.

Scary.

> >(Carlisle riots, 1980s. Multiple fighting kicked off in a few places
> >round town more or less at the same time, police broke up the fights,
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>
> What happened in the Carlisle riots? What were they about?

From
http://www.carlislehistory.co.uk/carlislehistoryr1.html

CN 27.01.1989 p1 City riot case 4 found guilty
CN 03.02.1989 p4 Rioters took over the Market Place
CN 03.02.1989 p10 Keeping law and order
CN 03.02.1989 p14 Crackdown on the city rioters
CN 05.05.1989 p11 City police heroes are honoured
CN 20.04.1990 p4 Police were targets of rioting city mob

Which doesn't help a lot!

I can't remember personally what they were about, I know about then
(1989ish) there were a lot of problems with all the clubs closing at the
same time (there are a lot of nightclubs in Carlisle for the size of the
city center), the drunks pouring out at 2am and usually quite a few
fights.

It was strange as I remember seeing the usual crowds milling around,
staggering into the road, then one small crowd running one way, another
running the other way, the first spotting the second and doing a U turn
and fighting started, then individuals spotted the fight and just
launched themselves into it, Then more crowds spotted each other, more
fighting, then the police started being targeted, but mostly just
infighting.

IIRC after this the council experimented with different closing hours,
moving the taxi ranks, relaxing taxi pickup laws, etc, in an attempt to
get people out of the city centre ASAP.

DR, do you remember any more about this lot?

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des - 21 Nov 2008 12:50 GMT
> Was watching something on that "Living History" torture re-creation
> program on Sky last week where they build some stocks and put a team
> member in them. Ok, its only throwing rotten tomatoes but everyone in
> the team who build it was suprised at how easily the public joined in
> throwing things at a complete stranger, just because others were doing
> it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment

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M J Carley - 21 Nov 2008 12:51 GMT
In the referenced article, fragmented <news4@ukrm.co.uk> writes:
>'M J Carley' wrote...>

>> That is actually very rare.

>Have you never been in a group and done things you normally wouldn't
>do?  Vandalism, broke into building sites, trashed some w.nkers car?

No, I haven't. I have done things I wouldn't normally do but I haven't
done things like that.

>Was watching something on that "Living History" torture re-creation
>program on Sky last week where they build some stocks and put a team
>member in them. Ok, its only throwing rotten tomatoes but everyone in
>the team who build it was suprised at how easily the public joined in
>throwing things at a complete stranger, just because others were
>doing it.

>It seems once people in a crowd see a few members of that crowd doing
>something, they just take those individuals moral judgement as their
>own and join in.

Depends on the crowd, depends on whether or not some individuals take
responsibility for keeping things under control.

>I can't remember personally what they were about, I know about then
>(1989ish) there were a lot of problems with all the clubs closing at
>the same time (there are a lot of nightclubs in Carlisle for the size
>of the city center), the drunks pouring out at 2am and usually quite
>a few fights.

So nothing to do with left-wing (or right-wing) political groups.
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fragmented - 21 Nov 2008 14:32 GMT
'M J Carley' wrote...>

> No, I haven't. I have done things I wouldn't normally do but I haven't
> done things like that.

# I would do anything for Politics, but I won't do that...

> >I can't remember personally what they were about, I know about then
> >(1989ish) there were a lot of problems with all the clubs closing at
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>
> So nothing to do with left-wing (or right-wing) political groups.

Nope, but neither was your assertion that its always the Police who
start riots, just because they fancy a fight.

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M J Carley - 21 Nov 2008 14:37 GMT
In the referenced article, fragmented <news4@ukrm.co.uk> writes:
>'M J Carley' wrote...>

>> So nothing to do with left-wing (or right-wing) political groups.

>Nope, but neither was your assertion that its always the Police who
>start riots, just because they fancy a fight.

I was talking about demonstrations: football hooligans and pissed-up
halfwits outside nightclubs don't normally steward their gatherings.
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Cane - 21 Nov 2008 14:49 GMT
> >> So nothing to do with left-wing (or right-wing) political groups.
>
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> I was talking about demonstrations: football hooligans and pissed-up
> halfwits outside nightclubs don't normally steward their gatherings.

Then you no absolutely nothing about football violence.

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M J Carley - 21 Nov 2008 14:54 GMT
In the referenced article, "Cane" <caneUKRM@gmail.com> writes:

>> >> So nothing to do with left-wing (or right-wing) political groups.
>>
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>
>Then you no absolutely nothing about football violence.

Why would I?

<pedantry>

I was talking about demonstrations: football hooligans and pissed-up
halfwits outside nightclubs don't normally steward their gatherings
with the intention of maintaining order.

</pedantry>
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Cane - 21 Nov 2008 15:10 GMT
> >> >> So nothing to do with left-wing (or right-wing) political
> groups.  >>
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>
> Why would I?

Oh, sorry, I thought you knew what you were talking about ;-)

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CT - 21 Nov 2008 15:11 GMT
> In the referenced article, "Cane" <caneUKRM@gmail.com> writes:
> >
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>
> </pedantry>

Football *crowds* get stewarded in *exactly* the same way that
political demonstrations get stewarded.  However, violence often breaks
out in both cases.  Sometimes the police can be to blame.

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M J Carley - 21 Nov 2008 15:27 GMT
In the referenced article, "CT" <me@christrollen.co.uk> writes:

>Football *crowds* get stewarded in *exactly* the same way that
>political demonstrations get stewarded.

Exactly wrong. Political demonstrations are stewarded by the
organizers of the demonstration; football crowds aren't.
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ogden - 21 Nov 2008 15:36 GMT
> In the referenced article, "CT" <me@christrollen.co.uk> writes:
>
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> Exactly wrong. Political demonstrations are stewarded by the
> organizers of the demonstration; football crowds aren't.

Football crowds may be stewarded by the police, but football *hooligans*
are arguably stewarded by the organisers of the violence.

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Cane - 21 Nov 2008 15:37 GMT
> > > Football crowds get stewarded in exactly the same way that
> > > political demonstrations get stewarded.
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> Football crowds may be stewarded by the police, but football
> hooligans are arguably stewarded by the organisers of the violence.

*ding*

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M J Carley - 21 Nov 2008 15:41 GMT
In the referenced article, ogden <ogden@pre.org> writes:
>> In the referenced article, "CT" <me@christrollen.co.uk> writes:
>>
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>Football crowds may be stewarded by the police, but football *hooligans*
>are arguably stewarded by the organisers of the violence.

(a) He said football *crowds*; (b) hooligans are not so much
`stewarded' as `directed', `pointed in the right general direction' or
`unleashed'.
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CT - 21 Nov 2008 15:41 GMT
> In the referenced article, "CT" <me@christrollen.co.uk> writes:
>
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> Exactly wrong. Political demonstrations are stewarded by the
> organizers of the demonstration; football crowds aren't.

OK - football *matches* are stewarded by the organizers of the football
*match*.  For the sake of this discussion, "match" is the same as
"demonstration" and they both attract crowds.

Sometimes there is violence.

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Hog - 21 Nov 2008 16:08 GMT
> In the referenced article, "CT" <me@christrollen.co.uk> writes:
>
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> Exactly wrong. Political demonstrations are stewarded by the
> organizers of the demonstration; football crowds aren't.

Getting back to the point. When the BNP or the like arrange a march or
demo the ANL et all arrange a counter demo and ALWAYS kick off as much
trouble as possible.  It just a fact. Those are the tactics.

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M J Carley - 21 Nov 2008 16:12 GMT
In the referenced article, "Hog" <hogSPAM@freenetCHIPS.co.uk> writes:

>> Exactly wrong. Political demonstrations are stewarded by the
>> organizers of the demonstration; football crowds aren't.

>Getting back to the point. When the BNP or the like arrange a march
>or demo the ANL et all arrange a counter demo and ALWAYS kick off as
>much trouble as possible.  It just a fact. Those are the tactics.

Actually ANL don't: they shout a lot, but that's about it. I think
you're thinking of Antifa.
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Hog - 21 Nov 2008 16:47 GMT
> In the referenced article, "Hog" <hogSPAM@freenetCHIPS.co.uk> writes:
>
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> Actually ANL don't: they shout a lot, but that's about it. I think
> you're thinking of Antifa.

I don't care enough to make divisions between them. They are a huge
waste of time/effort.  Who *really* think the BNP are or will ever be a
Force To Be Reckoned With.  I'm sure there are Enemies Within.  It isn't
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Rope - 21 Nov 2008 21:19 GMT
Hog spoke:
> I don't care enough to make divisions between them. They are a huge
> waste of time/effort.  Who *really* think the BNP are or will ever be a
> Force To Be Reckoned With.  I'm sure there are Enemies Within.  It isn't
> those sad fools.

Well recounting what I've been told about a lot of employer strategies
around this neck of the woods regarding Polish immigrants, they seem to be
able to walk into jobs at will.  They are often paid more than their
English 'competitors',  often English people will only be employed on
short-term contracts via agencies (usually at exorbitant commissions) while
Poles are offered direct employment.

While I can appreciate the argument that Polish people have a different
(better?) work ethic than your run-of-the-mill English hoodie, this is also
a recipe for generating much racially motivated violence, vandalism etc.,
and plays into the hands of the likes of the GNP in recruiting members and
attracting voters.

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Hog - 21 Nov 2008 21:21 GMT
> Hog spoke:
>> I don't care enough to make divisions between them. They are a huge
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> violence, vandalism etc., and plays into the hands of the likes of
> the GNP in recruiting members and attracting voters.

Talking of utter f.cking gutless c.nts
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7743081.stm

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Andy Bonwick - 22 Nov 2008 09:36 GMT
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>Well recounting what I've been told about a lot of employer strategies
>around this neck of the woods regarding Polish immigrants, they seem to be
>able to walk into jobs at will.  They are often paid more than their
>English 'competitors',  often English people will only be employed on
>short-term contracts via agencies (usually at exorbitant commissions) while
>Poles are offered direct employment.

That's strange because everywhere I've worked it's been agencies
supplying the Polish labour rather than them being employed direct.

It's not unknown for agencies to be renting large houses and a
condition of  employment (1) is that the workers rent rooms off the
agency. They won't get away with that sort of stunt if they try it
with local labour so the locals miss out.

>While I can appreciate the argument that Polish people have a different
>(better?) work ethic than your run-of-the-mill English hoodie, this is also
>a recipe for generating much racially motivated violence, vandalism etc.,
>and plays into the hands of the likes of the GNP in recruiting members and
>attracting voters.

My experience of Polish labour is that they'll work hard for a limited
period of time (2) and then it'll tail off gradually, often reaching a
low point where they get kicked into touch. There's also the problem
that with the type of work I'm involved in they're more often than not
crap.

(1) "If successful in your application would you like to use our
accommodation service?"  

(2) Usually long enough to get a few of their mates in the door.
Rope - 22 Nov 2008 14:39 GMT
Andy Bonwick spoke:
> >Well recounting what I've been told about a lot of employer strategies
> >around this neck of the woods regarding Polish immigrants, they seem to be
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> That's strange because everywhere I've worked it's been agencies
> supplying the Polish labour rather than them being employed direct.

That is often the case around here, but where my Son works he reports the
opposite - mostly English through agencies at £6.60/hr with the agency charging
more than double that, and a lot of Polish people on direct contracts on
£11.70/hr

B&Q & Wilkinsons warehouses in Worksop are practically Polish Ghettos, as is a
large logistics operation in Boughton which distributes to Woolies.

> It's not unknown for agencies to be renting large houses and a
> condition of  employment (1) is that the workers rent rooms off the
> agency. They won't get away with that sort of stunt if they try it
> with local labour so the locals miss out.

Not so much of this around here - a large Polish community, but they tend to
own or rent their own houses.

> >While I can appreciate the argument that Polish people have a different
> >(better?) work ethic than your run-of-the-mill English hoodie, this is also
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> that with the type of work I'm involved in they're more often than not
> crap.

My only direct experience was with my Polish assistant - he was employed as a
line-marker, but is doing an OU computer science degree.  

He was OK, enthusiastic and hard working, but his Linux and OS tendencies had
to be kept in check.  His problem was that he was on basic hourly pay, but the
operatives can earn £40k with bonuses & overtime - he wanted to work in IT, but
while he was working with me he wasn't earning any bonus or overtime.

He left on a Friday, and started as a fork lift driver the following Monday.  
Still looking for an IT role, but his english is abysmal, and he has little
practical experience or qualifications on his CV, so we fully expect him to be
back with us in the not to distant future.

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deadmail@burnt.org.uk - 22 Nov 2008 16:26 GMT
Rope <spam@ukrm.net> wrote in message <VA.00002aa1.0b8d085d@ukrm.net>:

>That is often the case around here, but where my Son works he reports the
>opposite - mostly English through agencies at £6.60/hr with the agency charging
>more than double that, and a lot of Polish people on direct contracts on
>£11.70/hr

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Rope - 22 Nov 2008 18:52 GMT
spoke:
> >That is often the case around here, but where my Son works he reports the
> >opposite - mostly English through agencies at £6.60/hr with the agency charging
> >more than double that, and a lot of Polish people on direct contracts on
> >£11.70/hr
>
> Were you on the membership list?

You are either
a) A thick c.nt
or
b) A Troll

Here, I'll put back a part of my post that you snipped

"While I can appreciate the argument that Polish people have a different
(better?) work ethic than your run-of-the-mill English hoodie, this is also
a recipe for generating much racially motivated violence, vandalism etc.,
and plays into the hands of the likes of the GNP in recruiting members and
attracting voters."

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