Racism, being a Tory, and Mo Farah

[Nearly Sane]

Almost shocking

[jeremyp]

I thought they gave him the knighthood for services to athletics. How does the means by which he entered the UK affect that?

[Nearly Sane]

I thought they gave him the knighthood for services to athletics. How does the means by which he entered the UK affect that?

Fucked if I know

[ProfessorDavey]

I thought they gave him the knighthood for services to athletics. How does the means by which he entered the UK affect that?

I guess if someone is found to have acted in a clearly criminal manner which wasn't clear at the time when the honour was bestowed then there is a case for reassessment of honours - this has happened for some others (e.g. Anthony Blunt, Lester Piggott, Harvey Weinstein). But this isn't the case here - Farah, as far as I can see, was the victim of criminal activity not the perpetrator.

[SteveH]

What criminal activity? As far as I can see, the whole thing is a joke about his name.

[ProfessorDavey]

What criminal activity? As far as I can see, the whole thing is a joke about his name.

Not sure it is a joke. Clearly this person somehow thinks that Farah had no legal right to be in the UK - that may indeed be true, but that wouldn't be his fault as the victim of people traffickers, but due to the traffickers themselves.

[Maeght]

What criminal activity? As far as I can see, the whole thing is a joke about his name.

Where's the joke?

[Aruntraveller]

Where's the joke?

There isn't one. The woman in question is involved or responsible for this:

https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/

Read the website if you must, but be prepared to have some mental hand sanitiser ready to use.

[Maeght]

There isn't one. The woman in question is involved or responsible for this:

https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/

Read the website if you must, but be prepared to have some mental hand sanitiser ready to use.

I didn't think there was one, hence my question. Don't intend reading the website.

[Aruntraveller]

Don't intend reading the website.

A wise decision, I feel.

[Harrowby Hall]

Why are we concerned about what some small-brained half wit has written on Twitter?

Mo Farah has overcome terrible experiences as a child and has brought honour to the country which he now considers to be his home.
His present identity was given to him by his trafficker but his ability was recognised by a teacher who gave him the encouragement needed to achieve success.

Mo Farah is a living testament to some of the best aspects of British tolerance and acceptance.

[ProfessorDavey]

Why are we concerned about what some small-brained half wit has written on Twitter?

Mo Farah has overcome terrible experiences as a child and has brought honour to the country which he now considers to be his home.
His present identity was given to him by his trafficker but his ability was recognised by a teacher who gave him the encouragement needed to achieve success.

Mo Farah is a living testament to some of the best aspects of British tolerance and acceptance.

Why are we concerned - well because this woman won't be the only person coming out with similar 'are you thinking what I'm thinking' dog-whistle' comments.

And on the news just now it is being reported that 'the Home Office will not take action against him after he revealed he was trafficked into the UK' - well obviously that's good news, but in what f***ed up world are we living in when there has to be confirmation from the Home Office that they won't take action against the victim of a crime and not just a victim, but a child victim.

[Harrowby Hall]

but in what f***ed up world are we living in when there has to be confirmation from the Home Office that they won't take action against the victim of a crime and not just a victim, but a child victim.

In the same fucked up world where, due to police and social services incompetence, girls living in Telford who were subject to repeated sexual assault and abuse acquired criminal records as "child prostitutes".

[ProfessorDavey]

In the same fucked up world where, due to police and social services incompetence, girls living in Telford who were subject to repeated sexual assault and abuse acquired criminal records as "child prostitutes".

True.