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Reply | Early release prisoners
at 19:53 18 Oct 2026
Latest batch just let out, and I came across this post on Facebook (canlt copy photo). Can it be true?
"This is absolutely INSANE! Meet Mohammed Yaseen. He was a member of an Al Qaeda group that beheaded Brit Ken Bigley.
He then joined ISIS where he worked as a guard at two mass killings and a deadly public stoning. He was arrested in Germany and served nearly 5 years in prison for being a member of Isis.
After he was released, Germany didn't deport him, so he broke into our country on a small boat because he heard we 'accept everyone'.
He was jailed for 2 years for illegal entry, then released early after 6 months. This is despite hearing in court that he 'posed a danger to the whole of the UK' and he had a 'deep and lengthy involvement in terrorism and Islamic extremist ideology'.
He's eligible for deportation, but the Foreign Office raised concerns that if we deport him to Iraq he could face 'mistreatment' for being a terrorist.
He has reapplied to stay in the UK, which halts any deportation proceedings and it will cost taxpayers' £85,000 a year to keep him here.
It get's worse... if and when he uses the ECHR to fight his case, we are potentially on the hook for another *£500,000* in legal aid.
He's been put in a bail hostel in Windsor and able to walk the streets.
WHAT TF ARE WE DOING TO OURSELVES?!
This country is utterly broken."
Edit: More on story:
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news [Post edited 19 Oct 2:20]
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Reply | Putin and his butty Trump
at 18:31 17 Oct 2026
Unfortunately, this is the MAGA mindset that we absolutely do not want on this side of the Atlantic. The key point is that we cannot be confident that Putin will be content with Ukraine. He wants to re-create the Soviet Union (or if you prefer, the old Russian empire, which isn't greatly different). If Ukrainians feel betrayed then some will join his army, along with theiir technology. Apart from the potential negative consequences for us, there is morality - something the Russians don't seem to have. |
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Reply | Swansea City v West Ham United : Match Thread
at 17:35 17 Oct 2026
Quite some way off our best today, though we could easily have come away with a point. I do wonder if we have regressed a bit in the last few games in terms of forward momentum and penetration, even though we had come off two wins. Hopefully, Matos can get us back on the front foot. Cardiif did us a favour today so that Boro won't be feeling much better than us. [Post edited 17 Oct 17:40]
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Reply | Putin and his butty Trump
at 14:33 17 Oct 2026
New twist on the situation at the end of WW2 when many Germans were hoping the USA got there before the Russians? |
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Reply | Putin and his butty Trump
at 11:36 17 Oct 2026
I agree that Europe is highly culpable for under-investing in defence, but it is incorrect to say that the US would be stronger without Europe. Even in terms of what the US gains in miltary terms, the use of airfields in Europe is important for global l reach. Trump is looking more and more like a Russian asset, and what worries me is that checks such as the NDC, the Supreme Court and the FBI may already be compromised because of Trump appointees in key positions. [Post edited 17 Oct 11:37]
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Reply | The Just Non-Football Forum Daily Dose of Insanity
at 16:48 15 Oct 2026
Sometimes, when the judge is named in these cases, I (fooolishly) day-dream of sending them a polite letter of dissent, but obviously this wouldn't do much good with Mo. |
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Reply | US Public Execution?
at 16:40 15 Oct 2026
Agree this is welcome, but the about turn is typical of Trump's history of vacillating on key decisions. His supporters say he is playing 3-D chess.  |
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Reply | Millwall v Swansea City: Match Thread
at 21:44 13 Oct 2026
Not at our best, but a really gritty three points. Well done Ronald! Is he building a new role as an impact sub? The downside is that we could be light in central defence after the injury and 5th booking. Must be a great day out for the travelling Jacks - safe journey home boys. |
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Thread | Resolution Foundation tax recommendations
at 07:07 13 Oct 2026
Pensioners in the cross hairs. If you are a Swansea West voter then this is what your MP probably thinks.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news
Policy Brief here:
https://www.resolutionfoundati
Main proposal that would disadvantage OAPs is to cut NI and raise income tax.
"Despite rhetoric to the contrary, we do not have a ‘runaway’ benefits bill in the UK. (…) There is little fat to trim from the overall spend without damaging living standards, risking a political backlash (…) … larger sums will be needed, and the natural place to look is the tax that raises the most revenue: Income Tax. Employed workers face a specific tax premium… (…) Because Income Tax also applies to self-employment, pension and rental income, the switch [NI down and income tax up] raises revenue by asking more of the self-employed, landlords and pensioners with taxable income, all of whom currently face lower tax rates than employees on the same income." [Post edited 13 Oct 12:00]
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Reply | Planned invasion
at 11:43 11 Oct 2026
The most likely scenario is that the ethnic groups who occupy particular areas of a city will themselves become more visibly stratified by social class. For example, in Leicester there are muslim middle-class areas with impressive up-market houses. I 'm unsure whether South Asians who make up much of the Leicester population mix freely or if there are separate enclaves of Indian, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi residents. Sketty-Tycoch would be my guess if I had to predict where upwardly mobile Asians in Swansea will cluster. The reactions of indigenous neighbours will vary.
Edit. There was a radio report today saying that a recent survery found that 37% of respondents believed that European elites are deliberately allowing muslim populations to grow - which the pollster interviewed described as an obviously untrue conspiracy theory. I suppose that the Labour policiians of 1980 said something similar about people who predicted that the "Commonwealth and Pakistani" population of some large British cities would rise to around 30%.
Report here: https://www.theosthinktank.co. [Post edited 11 Oct 12:28]
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Reply | Planned invasion
at 19:46 10 Oct 2026
The areas that I have noticed changing most are St Helen's Road/Sandfields and the Hafod, but apart from mosques/Islamic centres in those two places, there are those in Sketty, Brynhyfryd.and the Singleton Park University campus. |
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Reply | Swansea City v Norwich City : The Indy Match Thread
at 14:37 10 Oct 2026
Much better second half and two excellent goals. My only moan is that I get worried when in a period when we are well on top we switch to a defensive mode and end up conceding chances, Norwich had two very good opportunities in the final minutes. |
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Reply | Pro-Palestinians march on the anniversary of October 7th 2023
at 13:31 10 Oct 2026
What stood out was that the police arrested the single joke offender at a recent anti-illegals demo - the man wearing the niqab - but didn't seem to arrest any of the several masked persons in the violent pro-Palestine disturbances in the video posted earlier in the thread.. The man restrained on the floor wasn't masked. [Post edited 10 Oct 14:44]
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Reply | Swansea City v Norwich City : The Indy Match Thread
at 13:24 10 Oct 2026
Disjointed was the word that I had in mind as well. We've had our chances, but also a lot of good positions where a sensible final ball would have produced a chance. Idah seems to be having one of those days and I expect an early substitution. Widell has lost possession in dangerous positions a few times in earlier matches and needs to learn not to overplay deep in his own half. Nether of our wingers has really looked teh part and that could be another area for changes. Great opportunity today to cement our position at the top, but we may well blow it. |
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