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‘Trump thinks of London as white and when he sees non-white people he associates them with crime’
So, Donald Trump wants to withdraw support for Ukraine because Europe is too ‘weak’ for taking in too many migrants (Metro, Wed)? But if Ukraine falls without US support, surely then we would have to take in more refugees?
Of course, it doesn’t work like that in Trump’s mind, because when he says ‘migrants’ what he really means is non-white migrants and ethnic minorities in general.
Hence he says that London mayor Sadiq Khan ‘has done a terrible job’ and ‘London’s a different place’ because ‘so many people have come in’.
No, London has always been ethnically diverse, and that diversity has always enriched our city. It’s just that Trump thinks of London as white and when he sees non-white people he associates them with crime, decay, and inferiority, even subconsciously. He’s completely wrong, of course, but that’s racism for you. JWA Caley, St Pancras
The Trump Effect on the World Cup…
I’ve just read about ticket prices for the World Cup in the US next year (Metro, Fri). Seats at the final are going for more than £3,000, five times as much as in Qatar in 2022. If the pin-heads who gave Tango-Man a medal sanctioned these rip-offs, there is a simple solution – boycott the whole fiasco and teach them an economic lesson. Tony, Chatham
Has Trump ‘done a lot of good for the world’?
So Sidney Sands (MetroTalk, Thu) says Trump has done a lot of good for the world?
In just the days before writing, the president has suggested the US could scale back support for Ukraine and made blatant racist remarks about Somalis to the world on live TV. Brian, London
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I am happy to read his deluded viewpoint but, like his hero president, he wants to deny anyone else the right to give theirs. Des Platt, Liverpool
Is Labour ‘wearing Reform’s racist clothes’?
Are all asylum seekers ‘illegals’? It started with Reform calling ‘boat people’ ‘illegal immigrants’, now they make general references to asylum seekers in general as being ‘illegals’.
It seems to have spread – with the Tories jumping on the Reform bandwagon.
International law respects the right of asylum seekers to make a claim in the country of their choice and in the case of the UK that included continental UK consulates on previous ‘safe routes’.
A claim is currently not invalidated by the mode of entry. Hence the ‘boat people’ are not ‘illegals’ unless their claim is not granted or found to be invalidated by a criminal conviction.
Prior to the General Election, Labour pledged to protect asylum seekers’ rights to make their legal claim on UK soil through creating new safe routes whilst committing to ‘stopping the boats’.
Now, in a total about-turn, Sir Keir Starmer is pushing to get the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on board for radical changes to their rules.
Clearly, it is only a matter of time before Labour continue their unprincipled wearing of Reform’s racist clothes. Clive Alexander, Sheffield
Men who encourage young girls to self-harm are vile creatures who ‘should never be released’
I was horrified to read about Charlie Johnson and Prince Singh encouraging young girls to self-harm (Metro, Thu).
These vile creatures should never be released – but they will be and I hope anyone they meet will be made aware of what they did.
While reading that story I heard on the news about a man trying to set fire to a woman’s hair on a train. Fortunately another man stopped him. Another man urinated on a woman’s mobility scooter while she was in a shop.
I know that most men are good people but it’s frightening to hear stories about these disgusting incels. Lizzie, Liverpool
Are we in need of a geeky Christmas story?
Thank you for the heart-warming story about US Navy veteran Mike Tindall who received an upgraded robotic arm from a British firm so that he can be Santa this year (Metro paper, Fri).
Surely this could inspire the Christmas movie we need for these troubled times: Bionic Santa vs Krampus?
I’m sure millions of my fellow geeks would join me in paying good money to watch that. Fin, Manchester
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