I noticed that today, 14th June, 2025, the Independent has published an article regarding the banning of the burqa, worn by Muslim women.
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/burqa-ban-muslim-women-reform-sarah-pochin-veil-b2766544.html
The article began by stating:
"It wasn’t surprising to hear newly elected Reform MP Sarah Pochin call for a ban on the burqa – such calls resurface from time to time.

What was surprising, however, was her decision to use her very first parliamentary question to raise this issue, rather than ask about pressing concerns such as the cost of living, NHS pressures or the rise in crime levels. Instead, she chose to single out and stigmatise Muslim women, making unfounded claims about public safety.

On reflection, though, Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) provided a high-profile national platform, making it an ideal stage to stir further negativity towards Muslims."

A statement by the Independent which resonated with me regarding Scooploop, was:
"Many people conceal their identities online to spread misinformation or abuse, yet this form of anonymity rarely provokes the same level of scrutiny by the same politicians."

Another interesting point made was:
"A burqa ban will not promote community cohesion and integration. It is likely to have the opposite effect
Claims that a burqa ban will promote community cohesion and integration are likely to have the opposite effect – deepening divisions instead. When any group feels threatened or pressured to conform through such hostile measures, they are more likely to become even more attached to how they express their identity.
For the small minority of women who wear the veil, it may bring personal, social or economic challenges, but it remains their choice. Meanwhile, the vast majority of Muslim women who do not wear the veil continue to face significant social and economic barriers that are often overlooked.

If concerns about integration and community cohesion were genuine, politicians would prioritise addressing the systemic discrimination and inequalities these women regularly experience.
Some argue the burqa should be banned because it is considered offensive. Not everything that is offensive is prohibited.

For example, in the UK, the right to offend is protected as part of freedom of speech, allowing the expression of unpopular or controversial views provided no harm is caused and laws are not broken.

Similarly, while some may find the burqa visually offensive, the right of Muslim women to express their identity in this way must also be respected, because their clothing does not harm anyone."

Moving along to my research:
27th April 2017 Channel 4 News researched and published and article after Paul Nuttall (UKIP) stated "If CCTV is to be effective, in an age of heightened terror, you need to see people’s faces.” – Paul Nuttall, 23 April 2017
https://www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/is-the-burqa-really-a-terror-threat
Unsurprisingly, when Channel 4 asked UKIP for their evidence, they failed to supply any.

The number of crimes reportedly committed by people wearing burqas is so few that in the research for Channel 4, David Videcette, a former officer with Scotland Yard’s Anti-Terrorist Squad who was at the centre of the 7/7 bombings inquiry, told FactCheck that he didn’t think burqas posed a particular security threat. In fact, he said he was only aware of two suspects who had used it to disguise themselves: one in 2005 and the other in 2010. I don't, at the moment, have any updated data on the subject, but I very much doubt that there is much change in the trend.

In 2016 there was a reported average of 22 crimes using motorcycles and helmets, per day in London alone. Nationwide that figure would have been huge. Crime figures have not gone down since then.
A YouTube video on the subject can be found here:
duck://player/qwuSshIlUL0

To my mind more crime could be prevented by banning motorcycles and crash helmets than could ever be prevented by banning the use of a burqa. I do question the motive of those demanding a ban in the light of genuine data available.

From the evidence I have seen, and I've researched this looking at Government PDF data, Police data and other sources, doubts about National Security issues are totally unfounded.

There is no justifiable reason to ban the burqa, other than on racist grounds, and I'm never going to agree to that!

What do you think?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8ylx534j0o How lucky we are to be having a British Sunday afternoon – perhaps a tedious one with a queue at a garden centre and some mundane errands to run, but with an expectation of some peace and justice in our lives . . .

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/iran-threatens-to-strike-american-french-and-british-military-bases/ar-AA1GKytb?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=e797205c8693405590a0e76c4395c126&ei=60

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/uk-store-closures-in-june-as-poundland-river-island-and-iceland-shut-shops-for-good/ar-AA1GK045

And about time a so-called civilised country like the UK banned this revolting practice of women walking about covered in black bedsheets.
This revolting practice may be accepted in uncivilised pox holes around the world but this is long civilised Europe, not a country for savages or regalia of ancient slavery.
What a disgusting tribal fetish we have allowed in our civilised society, a terrorists godsend.
The sooner it is banned the better. If the perpetrators of this revolting practice don't like it, then they can bugger off somewhere else.
I have just puked on my keyboard.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/lifestyle/lifestylegeneral/burka-ban-time-has-come-women-are-not-objects-to-be-owned-by-men/ar-AA1GwlGq

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cvgv4y99n7rt

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/top-10-largest-economies-in-the-world-in-2025/ar-AA1GHew0?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=dcfaa68d956a49a297cc0f54a499657b&ei=51

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/russian-threat-extends-to-british-shores/ar-AA1GHMZE?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=b387ae7001f34d6a99823d0c9c0b51d2&ei=12

There will not be one missile, but several and 3 high yield modern nukes would send the UK back to the Stone Age.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/this-is-what-will-happen-if-putin-attacks-the-uk-with-a-nuclear-missile/ss-AA1GuIsh?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=5bdfdc9f58d240b38fb9e36cba48140d&ei=15

Now that 2TK and the Mastermind champion have given away the Chagos and Gibraltar, what next??, Isle of Wight, Jersey, Isle of Dogs, Lundy Island???

For the shooting and killing of two men in Spain

https://news.sky.com/story/man-arrested-in-uk-after-two-people-shot-dead-in-spain-13383513

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/35371859/india-plane-crash-boeing-london/

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/company-ppe-michelle-mone-government-high-court-b1232378.html

Please note this is a neighbour lol

This is the state of the seats on the Northern line, NEVER cleaned, WHY, maybe SIR sad dick should spend money on this kind of thing, instead of the stupid vanity projects he plasters all over Facebook!!

Just watched this complete farce again!!, what an effin joke, 2TK NEVER answers a question, just jabbers on about the last 14yrs and the non existent black hole!!, when oh when will we be rid of this complete BUFFOON??

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If you want to live in the UK, you should speak English. That’s common sense.

So we’re raising English language requirements across every main immigration route.

Admits he went to far

https://youtu.be/H7vmtBeh5AM?si=LPdRmjBMxqAeYzPD

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/boil-in-a-bag-funerals-where-bodies-are-liquified-and-flushed-down-drain-could-get-go-ahead/ar-AA1GrJN3?ocid=socialshare

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/uk/alex-eastwood-kickboxer-boxing-death/

Dale Vince(From his FB page)
Labour’s 1.5m new home target is vital but we don’t need new planning laws to achieve it. Bats and newts are not the blockers - property developers are. There are 1.4m homes consented and waiting to be built in Britain right now - why?. Property developers operate like the oil and gas cartel OPEC - which restricts supply to keep the global price of fossil fuels high - exactly the same is happening in house building. We need to end it. Here’s how - charge local authority rates on land with permission for new homes - as if those homes have been built. This will impose a significant cost on land banking (which is currently free) - and incentivise building. What’s the point of tearing up environmental protections, to consent more homes that developers can simply add to their land bank. The rules we need to change are ones that will get more homes built - not consented. Planning rules are fine (1.4m homes consented says so) we need changes that will oblige building. Make the developers build or pay. And they will surely build.
Dale Vince

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jun/04/labour-mps-poised-to-rebel-over-planning-bill-amid-concerns-for-nature?fbclid=IwY2xjawKznWRleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFOamdwOEgzNFRoTHFOUHBlAR4Qhwk268KUyskj41klkabaaM7BEr5SPrPldSWQnYSBBnIE135kkjfFfontjA_aem_AWi0K2JN6_Nbf017mTDwhw

Some people feel that as we are no longer members of the European Union, the European Court of Human Rights should/does not apply to citizens of the UK.

That is total ignorance. The ECHR was set up post World War 2 by the Council of Europe, way before the EU was thought of. It is not and never has been an EU initiative, although it has been incorporated into EU law, as it has within the UK.

This means that everybody in the UK is covered by the laws, regardless of origin, nationality, sex, ability, colour or any other difference or similarity to you and I. Nobody is exempted by anything.

Everybody, therefore, has the right to a fair trial, whatever the cost involved.

https://fullfact.org/online/european-court-of-human-rights-not-eu-court/

https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/what-is-the-echr-and-why-does-it-matter/

Whatever next.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/uk-households-urged-to-stockpile-tins-of-food-as-soon-as-possible/ar-AA1GjOCf

The poor Elephant is already on the path of extinction and now these disgusting bastards are going to kill 50 of these beautiful creatures. I am gutted with hate.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/society-culture-and-history/social-issues/zimbabwe-to-cull-50-elephants-distribute-meat-to-locals/ar-AA1GjrMj

A female reporter broadcasting live to Australia from Los Angeles was shot in the leg by a rubber bullet. A puff of smoke can be seen to the left of the attached photograph (taken from a video of the broadcast), clearly demonstrating that the reporter had her back to the officer and was not in any way threatening anybody. There was a camera operator with her while her broadcast was underway, which clearly demonstrated they were not a danger to anybody. So why fire at her?

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/06/09/tv-reporter-lauren-tomasi-shot-in-leg-by-police-la-riots/

I just saw a report which stated we are now paying more the ONE MILLION POUNDS per week to give the illegals legal assistance to avoid deportation etc!!, ONLY in this crazy country!

If we are not careful by following the right wing we will be back in that position again

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I hope he gets 1,000's of violent protests to muck up his unwanted visit.
He won't see out his 4 years, he's a dead man walking.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/tensions-over-donald-trumps-state-35356636

Sir David and Lady Spice

A man and his wife were driving through Arkansas on their way from New York to California. Looking at his fuel gauge, the man decided to stop at the next gasoline station and fill up.
"What can I do fer y'all?" the attendant asked.
"Fill it with supreme, " the man said.
While the attendant was filling the tank, he looked the car up, down and sideways. "What kinda car is dis here?" he asked. "I never seen one like it before."
"It's a brand new Cadillac, " the driver said proudly. "It has power steering, power seats, power sun roof, power mirrors, AM/FM radio with a CD player, an 8-speaker stereo, rack and pinion steering, disk brakes, leather interior, digital instruments, a DVD player in the dash, etc...."
"Wow, " said the attendant. "That there's the fanciest car I ever did see."
"How much do I owe you?" asked the driver when the attendant had finished.
"That'll be $30.25, " he replied. The driver pulled out his money clip and peeled off a $20 and a $10. Then he went into his pocket and pulled out a handful of change. Mixed in with the change were a few golf tees.
"What're them little things there?" asked the attendant.
"That's what I put my balls on when I drive, " said the man.
"Goodness, " said the attendant. "Them Cadillac people think of everything."😃

The language of prejudice- quite long but worth waiting until the end

https://youtu.be/KVN_0qvuhhw?si=gIDxHbzkpXm8yBV_

That new Reform councillors had no idea what they’d signed up and now they find out no one wants to work with them

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c365y0190l7o

IMO if they pissed around for 37 years not executing the guy, he certainly should not be executed now at 67 after having contracted serious Dementia and is wheelchair bound.
If American justice cannot carry out the sentence for 37 years then American justice is utter crap and inhuman. A death sentence should be carried out relatively quickly.
37 years is a lifetime. 25 years is a "life" sentence !!!

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/utah-judge-rules-a-convicted-killer-with-dementia-is-competent-to-be-executed/ar-AA1GfpKR

That's what we get for poking our tiny nose in.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/we-re-in-pretty-big-trouble-russia-is-at-war-with-the-uk/ar-AA1Ggx22

The military don't need freaks. Well done Trump.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/transgender-troops-face-a-deadline-and-a-difficult-decision-stay-or-go/ar-AA1GeeTL

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/techandscience/brand-new-spacex-crew-dragon-capsule-arrives-at-pad-for-june-10-astronaut-launch-photo/ar-AA1GaRvq

Click on

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdSBKwye/

Nothing is quite what it seems

https://youtu.be/e_vGqs6n19Q?si=kXFSG0OY8AHHWd5x

Maybe the truth about the election result will come out soon 😉

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yg98rl717o.amp

Personally I wouldn’t want it in the house

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdSjudcn/

Sitting in the pharmacy waiting for anti viral meds after another shingle flare up..I'm amazed at how many people
1) have their repeats not sent through from the gp correctly and have to sort out getting vital meds
2) turn up with a repeat and expect it to be filled by the morning even though the sign says 48 hours.
These pharmacists are getting serious stick for things that aren't their cock up!

I thought it was odd that they had ‘suddenly declared bankruptcy’ as I had only just been in there and staff seemed happy, shop well stocked and no sign of closing.

It appears thousands of people have been scammed on Facebook

Pathetic sentences

An insult to his family and his memory

https://news.sky.com/story/teenage-boy-jailed-for-seven-years-for-killing-80-year-old-dog-walker-as-13-year-old-girl-escapes-jail-sentence-13378673

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq54p9epdg6o.amp

You couldn’t make their incompetence up!