This is just an observation:

If Muslims are currently 5% of the population in Australia (7% in UK)
Then a dictator would simply see that as a small minority.

Under democracy, when Albo wins with 33% or Starmer with 18%
Catering to the concerns of that minority can be a game changer come election time.

Does that mean democracy makes things worse?
That these people are given more consideration in a democracy than would otherwise be given under a dictatorship?

Hi ttbn,
"Leaders of the Christian, Muslim and Jewish religions in Queensland..."
- This could be a double edged sword.
It may mean Christians can have Christian staff who have total allegience to that religion, but it also means Islam too are free to also hire their staff who have total allegience to that religion.

Like Albanese is the most Left wing PM ever in Australia, Starmer is the most Left wing ever in the UK, fear mongering about “far right”, instead of acknowledging that the reaction to multiculturalism and mass immigration is the fault of his sort, who are responsible for the foreign threat.

Commentator, Ron Lampard, says Starmer is “startled and stupefied”.

“Instead of addressing Islamism and the apparent failure of multiculturalism, or even the genuine safety concerns of citizens, Starmer has been smack-talking the British working class”.

Familiar to Australians.

Labour has no idea how to deal with radical Islamism.

Familiar to Australians, whose government is too cowardly to invoke perfectly reasonable hate-speech laws, to deal with Mad Mullahs and Palestinians they brought into Australia - and are bringing more.

Lampard further says: “Labour have been politely feeding the radical crocodile for decades, hoping it would never eat them”.

Familiar to Australians.

Starmer is blaming the victims.

Familiar to Australians.

Albanese is as “wilfully ignorant” as Starmer; we haven't seen anything here yet. It's coming unless we change the government at the looming election.

"Would halting Muslim migration really solve the UK's problems?"

It would stop the problem getting worse which is where its headed now.

"The entire history of the UK has been involved with
multiculturalism for centuries. "

The last invasion was close on 1000 years ago. I think those people have integrated by now. </sarc> The idea that England was anything other than a monocultural nation up to the last 70 years is just so historically ignorant as to be laughable. The Britain that fought the Battle of Britain was a fully integrated whole. Sure there were small, very very small, pockets of immigrants but they were a curiosity not a feature of the nation. Thinking anything else utterly fails to understand the history on England.

It was only after the war and particularly after Blair opened the floodgates to non-European invaders, did Britain start to change. The English have consistently voted against it and been ignored by the major parties. (Just as Australians have never voted to accept vast numbers of immigrants and given the chance - eg the Stop the Boats election- have voted against it, only to be ignored by both majors.)

Whatismore, England never had a policy of multiculturalism until the late 20th century. Again a policy that the English were never asked to endorse or accept. Multiculturalism claims that all cultures are equal and equally deserving of government support. Now that the English have decided to see themselves as a culture, the elite are suddenly telling them that their culture is invalid and must be suppressed.

The best summary I've seen of this since the English revolt... http://im1776.com/2024/08/06/the-disunited-kingdom/

How much more British can you get than Jeremy Clarkson?
http://x.com/UKUpdates_co_uk/status/1820855416303038683

I try to stand back and look at the bigger picture, and if I'm not mistaken, it seems to me that all the white Australians that I knew this country to be not so long ago, (QLD) well if we say anything about anything, well we're all effectively terrorists now.

That's the feeling I get from these articles.
And they're not giving the full story.
These articles are more narrative than truth to inform.

‘Sinister influence’ behind UK riots revealed as 500 extra prison spots ‘freed up’ as violence escalates
http://www.news.com.au/world/europe/uk-politics/sinister-influence-behind-uk-riots-revealed-as-500-extra-prison-spots-freed-up-as-violence-escalates/news-story/4965b22366eb43b572e60bf6fb402aef

British police prepared for far-right agitators. They found peaceful anti-racism protesters instead
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-08/uk-anti-racism-protests/104197822

Not only that it seems that in the UK, the illegal immigrants which are actual terrorists, well they're citizens now.

It feels like someone has played some kind of sick joke?
The normal people are now the terrorists.
And the terrorists are now citizens.

Seems to me as though traditional white populations in the west are being systematically exterminated.
It may seem extreme, but I'm not sure its that far from the truth.

HI mhaze,
Yes I had a crush on Chrissy too, I was still in primary school I think, maybe grade 5 or 6.
Funny though, I was watching some episodes a few months back, and I was thinking to myself I think I like Jo better now,
- I don't know why, she really is a 'dumb blonde' if ever there was one.
Maybe I'll watch some more episodes and switch back.
There must've been hundreds of thousands of blokes just like us with a thing for Chrissy.

The riots in Britain were triggered by false information.
Bezza,
Well, simply ill-logic & un-reason compounded by very poor mentality was what really set it all off. These riots had nothing to do with grief whatsoever. Brainless hot heads let down by dumbed-down teachers & hand-tied Law enforcement are what Democracy is all about.

ttbn said "While they are punching it out in the UK, Sir Mark Rowley, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, is also getting physical, snatching the microphone off a SkyNews reporter and throwing it to the ground".

Answer- Not that it makes much difference but what I saw on the video was Rowley grabbing the top and snapping the top off the microphone with a snap of his wrist, sort of a whip motion. I didn't see him throw the microphone to the ground. But the microphone was obviously broken at the top and hanging by the wires as Rowley J walked across the road, turning back and contemptuously looking at the damage he had done.