Woke watch.

[The Mindsweep]

https://bsky.app/profile/lbc.co.uk/post/3lba2itzvpk2s

Woke sandwiches

[EastDerehamO]

Not sure if this needs it's own thread, but can't help but feel Bentancur's 7 match ban is on the excessive side. Is a ban of that length 'woke' or just a sign that anything other than incredibly harsh repercussions will be taken as evidence that bodies like the FA aren't 'taking racism seriously'?

Breaking someone's leg deliberately in a match would be unlikely to incur that kind of ban, something seriously wrong somewhere.

[Proposition Joe]

https://bsky.app/profile/lbc.co.uk/post/3lba2itzvpk2s

Woke sandwiches

Tbf I did not have "eating chicken is woke" on my bingo card.

[faldO]

Not sure if this needs it's own thread, but can't help but feel Bentancur's 7 match ban is on the excessive side. Is a ban of that length 'woke' or just a sign that anything other than incredibly harsh repercussions will be taken as evidence that bodies like the FA aren't 'taking racism seriously'?

If you think that's excessive spare a thought for the 17 year old girl who has been banned from playing by the FA for six games (4 suspended) for asking a "bearded" transgender opponent “Are you a man?”, an action that has provoked growing outrage and a protest outside Wembley ahead of England’s Nations League victory against Republic of Ireland on Sunday.

https://www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/views/six ... sociation/

(it's a month-old story but back in the news because of the appeal and the protest yesterday)

[Hoover Attack]

Not sure if this needs it's own thread, but can't help but feel Bentancur's 7 match ban is on the excessive side. Is a ban of that length 'woke' or just a sign that anything other than incredibly harsh repercussions will be taken as evidence that bodies like the FA aren't 'taking racism seriously'?

If you think that's excessive spare a thought for the 17 year old girl who has been banned from playing by the FA for six games (4 suspended) for asking a "bearded" transgender opponent “Are you a man?”, an action that has provoked growing outrage and a protest outside Wembley ahead of England’s Nations League victory against Republic of Ireland on Sunday.

https://www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/views/six ... sociation/

(it's a month-old story but back in the news because of the appeal and the protest yesterday)

The lbc article mentions this case in the title and opening paragraph, then goes on an angry rambling rant about I don’t know what. Come on lbc. What am I supposed to be getting angry about ffs?

[Dunners]

Now this is more like it!

"A paedophile convicted of sexually assaulting his stepdaughter has been allowed to remain in the UK as deporting him would breach his right to a “family life”...

...Because of the severity of his offences, he was ordered to be deported back to his African homeland....

However, he successfully appealed against the sanction, with an immigration judge ruling deportation would “negatively impact” the “wellbeing” of his wife and three biological children..."

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/1 ... -scotland/

Marvellous stuff.

[Proposition Joe]

Not sure if this needs it's own thread, but can't help but feel Bentancur's 7 match ban is on the excessive side. Is a ban of that length 'woke' or just a sign that anything other than incredibly harsh repercussions will be taken as evidence that bodies like the FA aren't 'taking racism seriously'?

If you think that's excessive spare a thought for the 17 year old girl who has been banned from playing by the FA for six games (4 suspended) for asking a "bearded" transgender opponent “Are you a man?”, an action that has provoked growing outrage and a protest outside Wembley ahead of England’s Nations League victory against Republic of Ireland on Sunday.

https://www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/views/six ... sociation/

(it's a month-old story but back in the news because of the appeal and the protest yesterday)

Are you sure she's been banned? The article says the local FA's case was dismissed?

[Proposition Joe]

Now this is more like it!

"A paedophile convicted of sexually assaulting his stepdaughter has been allowed to remain in the UK as deporting him would breach his right to a “family life”...

...Because of the severity of his offences, he was ordered to be deported back to his African homeland....

However, he successfully appealed against the sanction, with an immigration judge ruling deportation would “negatively impact” the “wellbeing” of his wife and three biological children..."

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/1 ... -scotland/

Marvellous stuff.

Glad you didn't c&p the whole thing so zingers like this could still be appreciated:

"The decision was made despite the tribunal accepting that the man “continues to pose a risk to the community, in particular children”."

[faldO]

Not sure if this needs it's own thread, but can't help but feel Bentancur's 7 match ban is on the excessive side. Is a ban of that length 'woke' or just a sign that anything other than incredibly harsh repercussions will be taken as evidence that bodies like the FA aren't 'taking racism seriously'?

If you think that's excessive spare a thought for the 17 year old girl who has been banned from playing by the FA for six games (4 suspended) for asking a "bearded" transgender opponent “Are you a man?”, an action that has provoked growing outrage and a protest outside Wembley ahead of England’s Nations League victory against Republic of Ireland on Sunday.

https://www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/views/six ... sociation/

(it's a month-old story but back in the news because of the appeal and the protest yesterday)

Are you sure she's been banned? The article says the local FA's case was dismissed?

Yes. The article is mostly about something else, except the headline and first para.

A female footballer with suspected autism has been hit with a six-match ban after asking a “bearded” transgender opponent: “Are you a man?”

The 17-year-old cried as she was found guilty of “discrimination” by a national serious case panel over remarks made during a match against a trans-inclusive club.

[Long slender neck]

Is this woke?

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/ ... -christmas

Basically saying that raising money to combat poverty and famine in Africa = bad.

[Max B Gold]

If you want it to be woke then it is. The word woke has no meaning that anyone understands.

[Stamford O]

If you want it to he woke then it is. The word woke has no meaning that anyone understands.
[/quote

I take it as if somebody doesn't agree with something let's call it woke

[Currywurst and Chips]

Is this woke?

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/ ... -christmas

Basically saying that raising money to combat poverty and famine in Africa = bad.

It is actually an example of virtue signalling

[Proposition Joe]

Is this woke?

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/ ... -christmas

Basically saying that raising money to combat poverty and famine in Africa = bad.

"Fuse ODG said he wanted to “reclaim the narrative … today, the diaspora drives the largest flow of funds back into the continent, not Band Aid or foreign aid, proving that Africa’s solutions and progress lie in its own hands”."

But the main solution he seems to refer to is Africans...leaving Africa?

[Currywurst and Chips]

Thank f*** for that, I’ll cancel my Oxfam direct debit

[Dunners]

Is this woke?

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/ ... -christmas

Basically saying that raising money to combat poverty and famine in Africa = bad.

"Fuse ODG said he wanted to “reclaim the narrative … today, the diaspora drives the largest flow of funds back into the continent, not Band Aid or foreign aid, proving that Africa’s solutions and progress lie in its own hands”."

But the main solution he seems to refer to is Africans...leaving Africa?

Blimey. Progress is progress. But even I didn't have PJ hitting the "send them all home" stage before Christmas on my prediction card.

[BoniO]

Is this woke?

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/ ... -christmas

Basically saying that raising money to combat poverty and famine in Africa = bad.

It is actually an example of virtue signalling

Add “virtue signalling” to “woke” as another meaningless description used when you disagree with a comment or action.

[Currywurst and Chips]

Ok boomer

[Dunners]

Finally, a rebranding of the various Overground lines, using names that will unite the nation's capital. I'm looking forward to when trains on the Windrush Line are delayed due to virtue signalling faults.

https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/london-overgro ... ine-naming

[Proposition Joe]

Baffles me how you can have a line that has a legitimate nickname like GOBLIN and think you can improve on it with whichever one of these garbage ones they chose (is it Weaver? Or is that the one to Chingford?)

[Proposition Joe]

Ah, apparently we're now on the Suffragette line. Good to see in the explanatory notes that they cite the Fawcett Society in Bethnal Green which, while no doubt a worthy institution, is not really anywhere near any of the stops between Gospel Oak and Barking.

[Dunners]

Yeah, the Goblin Line was fine. in fact, it was more than fine. It was a great name that could really have stuck. But now it's the Suffragette Line.