General Election 8th June – Who on earth do landlords vote for?

And you are entitled to your opinion, but like Gary was saying, it's like I'm not allowed to have mine by similar liberal thinkers to yourself (I'm referring to the 'Get used to it' comment).

I like London too, that's because multiculturalism works -there's a fantastic transport system, you can get every kind of food from every country at 3am if you want it, there are enclaves of particular cultures as well as good integration.

Move further north and you find that we do not have the infrastructure to support an increase in the number of people and 'cultural ghettos' where people do not mix, nor want to mix. I often find with those from the south of the country that whilst I have an idea about what goes on down there, they have not a clue what the north is like, or to live in.

Reply to the comment left by "Luke P" at "02/06/2017 - 16:25":

I agree, there does need to be more thought, budget and energy put into cultural integration and I do take your point that London is very different to the rest of the UK.

But, the solution to terrorists who claim to be acting in the name of Islam is not the complete annihilation of the British Muslim communities, whether you want them there or not. We need to integrate not divide, the answer is to join forces not to separate. And to assert that Katie Holmes is voicing the opinion of the silenced minority is, at best ignorant and at worst dangerous. I've never met anybody who has studied the holocaust and thought 'You know what, that looks like a great idea, why aren't we doing that here?'.

Cloud cuckoo land.

ps. I'm from Liverpool by the way.

Reply to the comment left by "Pamela Potter" at "02/06/2017 - 16:35":

Katie did not reference anyone -that is your inference and insistence.

Reply to the comment left by "Luke P" at "02/06/2017 - 16:37":

She was sacked. I don't think I was alone.

Reply to the comment left by "Pamela Potter" at "02/06/2017 - 16:19":

Pamela,

You can and should say anything you like.
It is not a crime to cause offense, it should be celebrated.

The real offender is the bomber, not the opinion being spoken or tweeted.

Katie Hopkins is not a vile individual, you are going along with the "narrative", to believe the media sausage machine.

The same applies to Jeremy Corbyn, he's undergoing the same process, so did nick Clegg, Michal Barrymore, Michael Jackson, Britney Spears, Bankers it never ends.

1. Build them up
2. Criticize
3. Destroy them
4. Let them be exiled for a decade and throw them a bone.

What is really wrong is when you can't criticize.
That's North Korea policy.

You should consider allowing controversy to occur so that a society can move forward and grow.

The U.K. In the seventies was a hot bed of rampant prejudice and it was challenged.
My father was an Irish immigrant and the IRA was leaving explosive devices, such as in Warrington and blowing kids up.

Not a fun time for my family.

If a Muslim said the phrase final solution, great - bring it out into the open and debate it.
Don't bury it and let it fester, it doesn't go away.

Article 10 of the Human Rights Act safeguards the right to free expression but it does come with some limits. In 2006 the Racial and Religious Hatred Act amended the POA to make it an offence punishable by up to seven years imprisonment, to use threatening words or behaviour intended to stir up religious hatred". It is extremely specific.

It is the opinion of many (she was sacked remember), including myself, that the words she used were intended to stir up religious hatred. Nobody was talking about being offended. What she did was irresponsible, unhelpful and downright dangerous.

As far as I'm aware we are all free to criticise who we like. She wasn't sacked for her offensive opinion, she does that every day without consequence, she was sacked for inciting hatred. Different thing.

I said she was vile, that's an opinion. I said she should have been sacked. Another opinion. I wasn't offended by what she said but I feel strongly that these comments should not be allowed - as do the majority otherwise there wouldn't be the Racial Hatred Act.

She wasn't sacked because she offended anybody, she was sacked because she was inciting hatred. Not the same thing. There I've said it again.

Have a good weekend everyone.

Reply to the comment left by "Pamela Potter" at "02/06/2017 - 18:17":

Incited hatred?

Rubbish,

Were you incited?
No your too intelligent aren't you?
So was the bomber?
Yes,
But not by Katie Hopkins

She stirred up her 70,000 tweeterati at best.

If she is prosecuted and found guilty, then she has incited hatred.
Until then it's a controversial event.

Isn't that what LBC all about?
(Shame on LBC), how far can a radio shock jock push and pull?

Not an excuse to bully into submission.

Political debate BBC style
Take 2 opposing views, have an argument and have a biased presenter.

For example: Does God exist?

Billions think so, Billions don't.
Thanks for watching
Next on BBC 1 another chance to see .......

Talk, shout, offend, agree, disagree and communicate, but don't suppress by proxy.

Please very off topic now

I did see the KH tweet and perhaps I'm a bit dim but I understood her to mean a 'Once and for all' solution meaning for everyone to get their heads together to come up with ideas, and I didn't even think of the other meaning of it.

I think one of the issues of the last 20 years has been political correctness, people have been frightened of saying what seems to be obvious, it then becomes racism or hatred.....
In all my travels around the world there is racism, it is but a fraction of any community, one thing that seems obvious i think, and i have friends all over the world, is that Islamic fundamentalism is a Muslim problem.
I was finally heartened, through force maybe or better coverage that true Muslims have spoken out so strongly for Manchester. I know in their hearts they are against it, but this time they are uniting and proactively marketing that hatred of such acts....i think this is long over due and that needs to be done in mosques and temples and really any opportunity to remove this stain in society.
The problem of segregation is a massive problem, if you enter a new country, maintain your views, lifestyles, and cultural thinking when living in a different community, then you'll always be an outsider. That goes for beliefs, dress and laws / morals and standards.
I had alot of adjustment to do when living in China, but it wasn't my country and i respected their way of life. I even brought suitable dress cloths, as i also did in India....Integration is important, societies dislike people who are different and distrust them, and in time and dialogue views and learning can be gained on both sides and appreciated.
I have to say the human rights laws are nonsense, this is common sense, and more bad people have used this law for their benefit than sensible open minded people. That's why it becomes into disrepute, normal sensible people think its nonsense!!
I'm a global citizan, but i would also say in common sense, that you just can't have 300,000 people coming into the UK every year, it take 7 yrs to train a doctor, that's nearly 2 million extra people in the same time.....Planning, is why the NHS has problems, you just can't leave the doors open and Not expect issues!