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[–] DakRalter@thelemmy.club 4 points 3 hours ago

I love the irony of "not stopping determined British residents from crossing the channel" bit. Stop the boats! Stop the boats! Farage not up for a bit of target practice anymore?

[–] Iceman@lemmy.world 9 points 8 hours ago

What part of "me" in the "thee rule" don't you understand?

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 3 points 8 hours ago

90 day what now?

They don't hate illegal immigrants, they hate the poors

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 133 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

But if they speak english they aren’t immigrants, they are “expats”.

Ah, casual racism.

[–] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 14 points 9 hours ago

I hate the word expat for this exact reason.

When you're overseas you're a foreigner by definition, but they see this as a dirty word.

Ridiculous.

Funny side-note, when Chinese people are overseas speaking Chinese, they refer to local people as "foreigners", which I think is an interesting language quirk. So instead of changing the words they use based on where they are (which I believe is the actual literal meaning of the word they use, "外国人" means "outside country person) they're instead using it from the perspective of someone who is outside their national identity.

Disclaimer, I do not speak a high level of Chinese.

[–] BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world 97 points 22 hours ago (5 children)

The Telegraph that was heavily pro-brexit. It's a shit newspaper, so extremely biased it's derisorily called the Torygraph. It's a tabloid newspaper in broadsheet clothes and continues to influence the opinions of it's elderly readers.

The only good news is that said readers are dying off due to old age.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 3 points 8 hours ago

I was happy about the GOP dying off due to old age, but then shit like PragerU created Gen Z Right Wingers....

[–] WeUnite@lemm.ee 10 points 17 hours ago

I just read about them on Wikipedia. I wanted to see if they were a Murdoch rag and the answer is it's not owned by Murdoch but it's all the same garbage in terms of editorial content. They used to carry literal Chinese and Russian government propaganda and they almost got bought out by the UAE. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph#2023%E2%80%932024_takeover_bid I hope that if they try selling again that it could be sold to someone who will turn it into an unbiased source of news.

[–] lemmyman@lemmy.world 17 points 20 hours ago

The only good news is that said readers are dying off due to old age.

I've been hearing this sentiment all of my 40ish years and yet here the world is.

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 23 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

This is exactly the kind of article you’d expect them to write after promoting brexit. They are following the ABCs of shite journalism, “Always Be Grifting."

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 17 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

the ABCs of shite journalism, “Always Be Grifting."

C'mon, it was right there: "Always Be Conning"

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

"Never Don't Be Flim-flamming."

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, I'd like to purchase two shirts with this phrase

[–] WrenFeathers@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago

I’ll take a few as well. Size M.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

Tea is for closers.

[–] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 21 hours ago

The Telly is devoured by WHITE Brits who could never be lowly immigrants anywhere - they're colonists!

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 43 points 21 hours ago

The only ethical illegal immigration is MY illegal immigration!

[–] sirico@feddit.uk 23 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)
[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 6 points 21 hours ago

Rules for thee.

[–] annoyed_onion@lemmy.world 5 points 22 hours ago
[–] daveywaveyboy@feddit.nl -4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Article dated 9 July 2023. Clickbait

[–] Exusia@lemmy.world 20 points 20 hours ago

Brexit was in 2020.. Yes, it's been that long.