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A lot of churches act as social venues now: I was part of a model railway exhibition in the church at Isleham, for example. The Methodist Chapel in the village I grew up in is now the village hall.

I think the last line is key; "- Launch outreach programme encouraging expats in Dubai and Singapore to return by pledging lower taxes"
Sounds like Tice and Oakshitt are feeling homesick

Boiler wrote: ↑Mon Feb 23, 2026 2:03 pm A lot of churches act as social venues now: I was part of a model railway exhibition in the church at Isleham, for example. The Methodist Chapel in the village I grew up in is now the village hall.

Lots in cities are flats. 2 within a 10 minute walk of my flat in Bethnal Green.

Oboogie wrote: ↑Mon Feb 23, 2026 2:05 pm I think the last line is key; "- Launch outreach programme encouraging expats in Dubai and Singapore to return by pledging lower taxes"
Sounds like Tice and Oakshitt are feeling homesick

And give big tax cuts to people who haven't moved.

This is what they really want in Stoke, Hartlepool etc. (As I always say).

The author Robert Rankin had a point when he said that deconsecrated churches and chapels make for great auction houses and furniture showrooms.

We got lots of our nice furniture from a deconsecrated chapel showroom, now you mention it, in Pendryn, where they also make whiskey.

I would bank on at least one former church being a Wetherspoons nowadays, unless he doesn’t go into that area.

We definitely had one in Lancaster - closed down for a few years now.

The Wesleyan chapel at the end of the road became a porno VHS warehouse. The local community hall has become a mosque. The Catholic church has opened a new hall. Funny that. The incomers are keeping religion alive.

They're banning scarves now.

Reform UK's Zia Yusuf unveils plans to ban all face coverings including the burka in public

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... burka.html

The imaginary US group has spread to the UK via Farage's arse.
Are Slipknot still touring?

Reform leader Nigel Farage also criticised face coverings. He told a story about how an Antifa mob wearing face masks allegedly started breaking windows during an event in Newcastle.

These far right yob marches tend to have face coverings in abundance then again one had waving of right arms this weekend.

As they often said wouldn’t it be better for the police to go after real criminals not just some woman in a Burkha?

Will it apply to flagshaggers and hotel burners?

davidjay wrote: ↑Mon Feb 23, 2026 9:07 pm They're banning scarves now.

Reform UK's Zia Yusuf unveils plans to ban all face coverings including the burka in public

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... burka.html

So, when Covid-32 (or whatever) rears its ugly head, the sensible majority are going to be criminalised for taking sensible precautions. Yes?

The Weeping Angel wrote: ↑Mon Feb 23, 2026 10:39 pm

On the side of the working class again.

Anyone else noticed a sudden widespread attack on the minimum wage? Its too high apparently and a cynical ploy by governments to put more money in people's pockets without increasing public spending. Bastards! And at the same time our people aren't earning enough because of immigrants.

It's being blamed for an increase in youth unemployment.

Yug wrote: ↑Tue Feb 24, 2026 8:30 am

davidjay wrote: ↑Mon Feb 23, 2026 9:07 pm They're banning scarves now.

Reform UK's Zia Yusuf unveils plans to ban all face coverings including the burka in public

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... burka.html

So, when Covid-32 (or whatever) rears its ugly head, the sensible majority are going to be criminalised for taking sensible precautions. Yes?

And motorcyclists

It’s quite difficult to work out the motivation for someone like Yusuf. He’s not unintelligent, and is obviously of ethnic minority heritage himself, and therefore must have personal experience of racism. He cannot be unaware that Farage is someone with a track record of racism and xenophobia, and that Reform UK is basically a racist outfit.

And yet, he is on Reform UK’s front line. A brown person. Is he really prepared to disregard all that because he sees Farage’s latest grift as the right vehicle for him to achieve some sort of power and influence?

Or is he simply a massive cunt ?