Uk newspaper protest

[Terminal Blue]

Shutting down the Sun won't stop climate change.

No.

But it will hurt or at least draw attention to News UK, which while not officially engaged in climate denial does have a fairly clear editorial stance of ignoring climate issues and dismissing environmental concerns, as per the wishes of its owner.

Also, I did not know Rebekah Brooks was reappointed as CEO of News UK. That is fucking horrifying, and once again goes to show what an incredibly fucked up place the UK newspaper industry is.

 

[Baffle]

Isn't that like a tabloid? THAT many people seriously read tabloids? WHY?! What is wrong with these people?!

The Sun is the most-read paper in the UK (apart from The Metro, which is free). It's because the British (and the English specifically) are a nation of jingoistic, xenophobic bootlickers, easily distracted (but also disgusted) by a pair of tits. We just cannot get enough of those delicious leathery boots and less leathery tits (which we are disgusted by).

I mean, we actually hate licking boots (and looking at tits), but not as much as we hate foreigners and poor people. And especially poor foreigners. To give you an idea of the kind of people we are, 27% of Brits have 'no sympathy at all' for asylum seekers crossing the channel in tiny boats (an additional 22% had very little sympathy). That is, they would be quite happy if those asylum seekers drowned, and some would like our navy to actively make them drown.

'They're not refugees', they say in their squeaky fuckface voices, 'they're just coming here to get benefits from soft-touch Britain.' Aye, sure they are you colossal shitsack, people are risking their lives for £37 a week. (Asylum seekers aren't allowed to work in the UK while their applications are processed, so they don't have a choice about working or not.)

Fuck you, Britain (and England specifically), you're a disgrace.

 

[Breakdown]

The Sun is the most-read paper in the UK (apart from The Metro, which is free). It's because the British (and the English specifically) are a nation of jingoistic, xenophobic bootlickers, easily distracted (but also disgusted) by a pair of tits. We just cannot get enough of those delicious leathery boots and less leathery tits (which we are disgusted by).

I mean, we actually hate licking boots (and looking at tits), but not as much as we hate foreigners and poor people. And especially poor foreigners. To give you an idea of the kind of people we are, 27% of Brits have 'no sympathy at all' for asylum seekers crossing the channel in tiny boats (an additional 22% had very little sympathy). That is, they would be quite happy if those asylum seekers drowned, and some would like our navy to actively make them drown.

'They're not refugees', they say in their squeaky fuckface voices, 'they're just coming here to get benefits from soft-touch Britain.' Aye, sure they are you colossal shitsack, people are risking their lives for £37 a week. (Asylum seekers aren't allowed to work in the UK while their applications are processed, so they don't have a choice about working or not.)

Fuck you, Britain (and England specifically), you're a disgrace.

If the UK is so xenophobic, why don't the asylum seekers seek asylum in other European countries instead? They literally have to cross Europe to get to the UK.

 

[Baffle]

If the UK is so xenophobic, why don't the asylum seekers seek asylum in other European countries instead? They literally have to cross Europe to get to the UK.

Maybe they speak English? Maybe they have family here?

 

[Agema]

If the UK is so xenophobic, why don't the asylum seekers seek asylum in other European countries instead? They literally have to cross Europe to get to the UK.

The UK is not that xenophobic: it's got its issues obviously, but it's actually relatively tolerant. The most likely reasons they want to reach the UK:

a) pre-existing immigrant communities from that country (even family and friends) in the UK
b) some familiarity with the English language so easier to get started
c) reputation that the UK is a better than average place to get to emigrate to and build a new life (I say reputation because I'm doubtful the UK is better than many other European countries nowadays, if it ever was).

 

[MetalHead]

The Sun is the most-read paper in the UK (apart from The Metro, which is free). It's because the British (and the English specifically) are a nation of jingoistic, xenophobic bootlickers, easily distracted (but also disgusted) by a pair of tits. We just cannot get enough of those delicious leathery boots and less leathery tits (which we are disgusted by).

I mean, we actually hate licking boots (and looking at tits), but not as much as we hate foreigners and poor people. And especially poor foreigners. To give you an idea of the kind of people we are, 27% of Brits have 'no sympathy at all' for asylum seekers crossing the channel in tiny boats (an additional 22% had very little sympathy). That is, they would be quite happy if those asylum seekers drowned, and some would like our navy to actively make them drown.

'They're not refugees', they say in their squeaky fuckface voices, 'they're just coming here to get benefits from soft-touch Britain.' Aye, sure they are you colossal shitsack, people are risking their lives for £37 a week. (Asylum seekers aren't allowed to work in the UK while their applications are processed, so they don't have a choice about working or not.)

Fuck you, Britain (and England specifically), you're a disgrace.

Wait what? Why would you hate looking at tits? They are fun for the whole family.

 

[Specter Von Baren]

Wait what? Why would you hate looking at tits? They are fun for the whole family.

I agree.

Just look at that beautiful bird.

 

[Shadyside]

 

[Terminal Blue]

If the UK is so xenophobic, why don't the asylum seekers seek asylum in other European countries instead? They literally have to cross Europe to get to the UK.

As Agema says, the UK isn't that xenophobic taken as a whole. Open racism is far less of a problem in the UK than in France, for example, although it does vary somewhat by region.

In major cities, where asylum seekers will usually end up, things are pretty okay. Around a third of the population of London was born outside the UK. It's very easy for people to just blend in, and the general culture of London kind of facilitates that. That said, London is such a huge city that it does vary even across boroughs and areas.

Print Newspapers like the Sun have had a declining and ageing readership base for a long time. A lot of people who traditionally read the Sun who live in urban areas have switched over to freesheet papers like the Metro. The editorial stance of the Sun has accordingly shifted to match the perception of its remaining audience. It's not particularly representative of the British population as a whole.

London is a very large city in a very small country. Depending on how you define London's borders, it houses somewhere between 1/7th and 1/4rd of the UK's entire population. When the right dismisses Londoners as the "metropolitan elite", it's important to bear in mind that they are describing a huge proportion of the country's population, including basically all the people who work in and write for tabloid newspapers.