A COBRA Emergency Meeting Is Held After Scores Of Officers Are Injured

Following riots in which hundreds of far-right thugs were arrested and buildings were set on fire, Downing Street convened an emergency Cobra meeting.

Did our government really believe that people were going to put up with migrants coming over to our country and setting up shop, especially when it was done on the taxpayers’ money? Do we, the British people look that stupid? Our government believe that we are.

It’s not that hard to understand. People do not want them here!

It’s not that we are racist, well some might be, but because we just don’t have enough room in the UK to house them all. It’s difficult enough housing our own, let alone migrants as well.

I know, they make very good slaves don’t they, and who said slavery had died, well it didn’t and never has. If a government can see a way of making money, then they will do it in whatever way they can.

Even in the face of the fact that they are enslaved to our government, they can still see that life in the UK is superior to their home country, but whatever way you look at it, it’s still slavery, just a better type of slavery. However, then that made me wonder, perhaps we are in a pecking order of slavery, and it seems that migrants are at the top of the pecking order and UK citizens who were born in the UK are at the bottom, because let’s face it, we are now a minority, not a majority.

As for our Prime Minister vowing that rioters would regret engaging in far-right thuggery and that they will face the full force of the law. What’s he going to do with them? Our prisons are bursting at the seams and not enough prisons have been built to detain them – what’s he going to do, send them all to a desert island and leave them there? Well, instead, why doesn’t he send all migrants to a deserted island and leave them there?

They would be fine. They would just build a couple of corner shops and they’d be on their way – problem solved!

While Stopping Traffic, Rioters Demand Drivers Reveal Their Ethnicity

Far-right mobs in Middlesbrough stopped people to ask them if they were ‘white and English’ before letting them through as vile riots continued to sweep the nation.

Unsettling video shows thugs standing at a crossroads and confronting drivers in cars as they tried to pass.

‘Are you English? Are you white?’ one could be heard shouting at a car trying to cross the intersection where hundreds marched with anti-immigration groups. 

‘Yes, he is!’ someone else was heard shouting back.

Two cars narrowly avoided colliding as they sped away from the mob, prompting one of the agitators to whine he had ‘nearly been run over’ and calling out ‘Where’s your police?’

Rows of officers wielding riot shields were seen near the commotion as thugs circled on BMXs and continued stopping cars, standing in the middle of the road.

Cleveland Police said this afternoon they are continuing to deal with ‘disorder’ in Middlesbrough, claiming to have arrested nine people ‘relating to violent disorder offences’.

‘We are urging members of the public to stay away from Middlesbrough while officers respond to violent disorder in the town,’ Assistant Chief Constable David Felton said in a statement. 

Police were only able to confirm that the violence in Middlesborough had ended in the early hours of Monday morning, adding that a police presence would remain throughout the night ‘and into tomorrow and the coming days’.

About the incidents, up to 43 persons have been arrested, and a thorough investigation is currently in progress.

The horrifying TikTok video of the ‘checkpoint’ on Linthorpe Road in Middlesbrough drew outcry as it was shared across social media. 

‘This is a pretty concerning development. I thought we were supposed to be moving towards a more inclusive and equitable society, not regressing back to the days of segregation,’ one user wrote.

‘So utterly disappointed with this country and this disgusting behaviour,’ another said.

‘This is beyond sad… what is going on fgs,’ a third user added.

Over the weekend, there was an extremely unsettling outburst of violence in Middlesbrough as far-right groups set cars on fire and threw bricks.

An anti-immigration crowd was later observed screening drivers along Linthorpe Road, the route of which was designated for a purported protest.

Buses announced they would change their schedules to avoid the disorder.

Hooligans set fire to cars and wheelie bins and pushed towards police trying to restore order.

While police cordoned off surrounding streets, over 300 people gathered in front of a mosque on the town’s Waterloo Road to guard it.

One resident told the PA news agency: ‘We’re going to be paying for this, and for what?

‘This has got nothing to do with three little girls that have lost their lives. They’ve used it to cause utter mayhem on our streets.’

Following an altercation at the Swatters Carr bar, someone was observed being stretchered into an ambulance.

At one point, a group of people wearing hoods and face coverings forced police in riot gear to retreat.

No matter how many people the authorities lock up, the issue will not go away. The influence that immigration is having on our daily lives is a very serious issue that our government now needs to address.

People who were born in the UK have had enough of being last in line in a country that they were brought up in, and I can understand people’s frustrations.

The problem is that individuals born in the United Kingdom have always been extremely carefree. We tend to take things for granted, thinking that our government would resolve the issue, even when they have no desire to do so.

Drones May Be Flown Over UK Bases By Russian Spies

It has been revealed that Russian spies could be flying drones over UK military bases to gain information about Britain’s secret training programme for Ukrainian soldiers.

Russian intelligence has shown ‘significant’ interest in Operation Interflex, the British-led multinational plan to train and support Ukraine’s armed forces, according to a guide handed out to British soldiers.

The Field Army Threat Handbook, published late last year, warns that Russian intelligence services ‘routinely employ’ reconnaissance capabilities to ‘collect on UK land activities, including the training of armed forces personnel from Ukraine’.

The handbook claims this involves the use of ‘remotely piloted aircraft systems, mobile and foot surveillance, virtual and physical approaches to training providers and interest from investigative journalists’.

‘This government takes the security of our military establishments very seriously,’ a Ministry of Defence spokesperson told The Times.

‘There are a range of robust measures to protect our people and sites.’

Since July 2022, the Ministry of Defence and the Ukrainian military have collaborated to train recruits in urban warfare as part of Operation Interflex.

The Army stated in June of last year that it was on schedule to train 37,000 recruits, despite the need for combat-ready personnel to restock frontlines due to the ongoing war effort.

Interflex, the successor to Operational Orbital, is similar in function and is billed as a five-week course designed to turn ordinary Ukrainian citizens into highly skilled warriors.

However, British soldiers have been warned to be wary of possible Russian eavesdropping after the Kremlin threatened Britain over its material backing and warned Ukraine’s Western allies not to meddle.

According to The Times, the guidebook provided to soldiers states that agents have previously approached trainers to obtain details about the initiative.

It also warns of ‘vulnerable locations’, including training areas and key logistical sites.

In May, then-Home Secretary James Cleverly revealed plans to ‘target and dismantle Russian intelligence-gathering operations’ in what was seen as one of the most significant steps of its kind since the end of the Cold War.

Cleverly exposed Russian defence attaché Colonel Maxim Elovik as a senior spy and threatened to have him banished from the United Kingdom right away.

Additionally, he declared that some diplomatic locations that were thought to be spy bases would no longer have their unique legal status.

In tit-for-tat retaliation, Russia sent the British defence attaché packing.

In recent weeks, Putin has become more aggressive in response to the West’s apparent backing for Ukraine. He even went so far as to suggest that the Kremlin may reevaluate its nuclear weapons strategy in the event of perceived Western aggression.

Speaking after a pair of state visits to North Korea and Vietnam, the Russian President accused Kyiv’s Western partners of raising tensions even further by greenlighting the use of NATO weapons against targets on Russian soil. 

Russian spies are watching us. Tell me something we are not aware of! Spying has been going on for hundreds of years, it’s hardly a surprise.

People are getting sick of all this propaganda. No one, with an IQ above 90 believes it anymore and that of course rules out the US who are brainwashed from birth.

Our UK government seemed to have involved itself in this war, so it’s hardly surprising that the Russians would respond in the same way, but there’s a simple question here, from a simple mind. We can stop a mobile phone signal, to prevent disturbance from them, but we don’t seem to have the ability to block a drone.

Girl, Nine, Is Fighting For Her Life After A London Bus Slams Into Her And Her Five-Year-Old Brother

A London bus collided with a nine-year-old girl and her five-year-old brother, leaving the girl fighting for her life in the hospital. The bus driver has been detained on suspicion of “drug driving,” according to police.

Following the incident in Bexleyheath, southeast London, the driver of the No 99 bus has been held on suspicion of inflicting serious injury through reckless and drug-driven driving, according to The Evening Standard.

The girl was rushed by ambulance to hospital, where she is being treated for ‘life-threatening injuries’. Her brother was also taken to hospital as a precaution.

The incident occurred on Watling Street, close to the intersection with Halcot Avenue, and the siblings were accompanied by a family member at the time.

Officers have established police cordons and are providing support to their family while the incident scene is being investigated.

The crash happened early on Saturday morning, and the police are looking for witnesses.

An Arriva London route 99 bus was involved in the incident.

A statement from the Metropolitan Police said: ‘At 09.05 hrs on Saturday, 3 August, police were called to a bus in collision with two children on Watling Street near the junction with Halcot Avenue, Bexleyheath.

‘A nine-year-old girl was taken to the hospital by ambulance. Her injuries are being treated as life-threatening.

‘A five-year-old boy was taken to hospital as a precaution.

‘The children are siblings who were with a family member at the time of the collision. Officers are providing support to their family.

‘The male driver of the bus was arrested. He has been taken into police custody, where he remains.’

Rosie Trew, TfL’s head of bus service delivery, said: ‘Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the children involved in a bus collision in Bexley. 

‘This will be a distressing time for their family and we have support available for anyone affected. We are supporting the police and the bus operator’s urgent investigation into what happened.’

Anyone with information should call 101, quoting reference 2309/03Aug.

We all know that if you’re driving any vehicle, you should not be under the influence of drugs or alcohol and that it’s an offence to do so.

Drug-using drivers, particularly those who take drugs, can be violent and irresponsible on the road and should not be allowed anywhere near a vehicle, much less the general public.

Bexleyheath has seen a significant increase in police presence.

No Servants At Windsor For Prince William And Princess Kate

As the Prince of Wales, Prince William’s father was dependent on a large staff, which included five house managers, four cooks, a butler, three valets, dressers, and four helpers.

However, there is no way that the modern Prince and Princess of Wales’s household could be more different from the King’s.

After school, William and Kate would rather raise their children by themselves, although they might hire help during the day to help with their hectic schedules.

Getting George, Charlotte, and Louis to help with the housework is part of that. An insider revealed a little insight into the world beyond the royal curtain, saying, “I think it would surprise people to see how ordinary things are at home.”

‘The children help with laying the table, clearing their plates when they’ve finished eating and helping with tidying up. There’s no preferential treatment.’

The royal couple decided two years ago that Maria Teresa Turrion Borrallo, the family’s former live-in nanny, would not relocate with them when they moved to Windsor from Kensington Palace.

It has come to light during the princess’s cancer treatment and recovery that Kate is adamant about keeping her children’s home lives intact and trying to keep things as “normal” as possible for them—rather than turning to hiring more help.

Consequently, the kids have not received any preferential treatment and are expected to continue working around the house.

Adelaide Cottage is a four-bedroom country bolthole where they spend their evenings together, sharing the cooking duties among themselves.

The source said: ‘Catherine is very, very natural. She keeps the family down to earth.

‘Home is a safe haven. In a bid to keep things functioning as smoothly as possible, she has been keen for everything to carry on as normal for the children.’ The source added: ‘The children are still expected to do their chores and to muck in at home.’

The way the princess raises her children is a reflection of her own upbringing, which differs greatly from that of her husband William, who spent many mealtimes as a child with nannies.

The couple has a repertoire of dishes they enjoy cooking – from curries to teriyaki salmon – and when some help is required Kate can turn to her mother Carole for assistance.

The source added: ‘She has a lovely supportive family to turn to, which helps. But she wants to show her children the importance of being grounded and in touch with people.’

In the meantime, the King is posting job openings for two more chefs to work for the royal family at Buckingham Palace and other royal residences throughout the year.

It must be difficult to adjust to normal life when raised in a household of servants, but at least they can relax and have more privacy. It is also great that they can provide their kids with some normalcy, and it appears that William enjoys spending time with his kids outside of the stuffy and formal royal ways.

Of course, William didn’t choose to be born into a Royal Family, even though it has huge benefits, but on the other side of the coin, I’m sure he also enjoys the middle-class family benefits as well, and the comparison was no contest to him.

Neither William nor Harry chose to be born into a Royal lifestyle, and both have chosen to live their lives differently, as is their right and choice to do so.

Although I acknowledge that the Monarchy needs some upgrading, I think William and Kate will modernise it after King Charles passes away. Unlike 1824, we live in 2024!

An Attack By A ‘Gang Of Feral Children’ Knocks A Man To The Floor And Stamps On His Head

This is the startling scene as a group of “feral children” drag a man to the ground and stomp on his head after they seem to throw punches at him.

The horrifying viral video, which showed scenes shot at Cowgate, Newcastle Upon Tyne, only a few feet away from Zandi Barbers, debuted on X on Saturday night.

In the 25-second clip, a group of youths can be seen congregating around a man and hurling punches at him.

A man wearing a red top is dragged away from the group by a second man wearing light-coloured trousers and a dark top.

The brutality persists between a youth wearing a blue hoodie and a third man wearing a red top and black trousers.

As the pair fall to the ground, the youths clamber around them and shout to one another.

Several of the youths then appear to kick at their prey repeatedly, at least five times.

A voice off-camera shouts, ‘That’s enough, enough!’ before the clip finishes.

The owner of the Ponteland Road barbershop denied to MailOnline that any of his coworkers were involved in the brawl.

He added that it happened ‘a couple of days ago’.

A string of social media posts on Facebook commenting on the video indicate that the youths had just moments before had an altercation with workers at a nearby pizza shop.

According to a woman who saw the incident, the youngsters boarded a bus at a stop just outside the barber shop.

They were then pursued by two men wearing red tops who ‘stormed’ onto the bus.

It is alleged the men began ‘punching the young boys’ before turning on the partner of the witness, who had asked them to exit the bus.

The witness claimed that while the police were being called to the site, the bus driver stayed at the stop.

The video has drawn thousands of views across social media platforms, with many calling out the behaviour of the young boys.

One described their behaviour as ‘disgusting’, while another said they were ‘wrong, so very, very wrong’. 

Another said, ‘I’d be ashamed if they were my kids; I’d hand them into the police myself; there’s just no need for this kind of behaviour’.

A fourth said, ‘Feral and absolutely shocking behaviour’. 

Northumbria Police has been contacted by MailOnline for additional comments.

Regrettably, the elite (our government) removed discipline from our homes and schools years ago, and now we are witnessing the outcome of yet another failed social experiment.

There was simply nothing wrong with discipline in schools by teachers and also at home. Children respected their elders and their teachers. Discipline has been made obsolete, along with the cane in schools, and now we couldn’t even bring it back, even if we wanted to because the children of today and their parents would not allow it. For discipline to be installed again in school and at home, boot camp would be the best deterrent – if a child does something that is against the law, then it should be off to military boot camp you go because we now have feral children on the streets and it will only get worse!

And now our police on the streets are losing control and our politicians are losing control of their senses.

The trouble is we have had a generation of poorly disciplined children, and now their children and this entire problem began with the end of discipline in schools, and it’s steadily continued to the point of, this is where we are now. Where it has become an offence to chastise your own children even in your own home. The justification was that some people might go too far with the discipline. Well, believe me, those who would go too far would do so whether it be legal or illegal!

You can’t even smack your child without fear that the police and social services might end up at your doorstep, therefore, parents literally have no control over their children, and the children know this and use it against them, ‘saying if you touch me, I’ll get the police and social services onto you and you’ll get arrested.’ When my children were younger, if they threatened me, I would just give them the phone and say ‘Of you go then, phone them.’

Children are becoming feral and attacking people on the streets because parents no longer have the means to discipline them. This is also the reason that many young couples decide against starting a family since they understand that this is not the right environment in which to raise kids. An increasing number of couples that I see do not want to have children because they do not want them to grow up in a violent society. Once upon a time, domestic violence was a common occurrence; today, it is not only in the home but on the streets as well, and it is accepted as a normal aspect of life and society!

Keir Starmer, you must act immediately on this if you are reading this! Before the beautiful scenery surrounding you turns into a jungle.

Manchester Protests Turn To Trouble In Minutes

Protests in Manchester have turned to trouble in only a few minutes with one man arrested for a public order offence, as tinderbox Britain braces for further devastation.

More than 35 ‘Enough is Enough’ demonstrations were scheduled across the UK this weekend, with several counter-protests by groups such as Unite Against Fascism and Stand Up to Racism also set to take place.

Today, 24 rallies were expected –  22 of which were Enough is Enough protests, one an anti-racist protest and one was said to be a peaceful vigil.

Hundreds of protesters on both sides of railings set up to separate them could be seen in Manchester’s Piccadilly Gardens at 9.30 this morning.

There was a heavy police presence in place, with officers swiftly intervening and detaining one man after a verbal altercation, with chants of ‘Nazi scum off our streets’ heard from the masses.

Across-the-board disorder has ripped through the country this week in the wake of the Southport stabbings, where three little girls were tragically killed.

The riots in cities including London, Hartlepool and Manchester are thought to have been triggered by misinformation circulated online as to the identity of the teenager suspected of killing Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine.

Axel Rudakubana, 17, who was born in Cardiff to Rwandan parents, was finally named as the suspect in a bid to stop the chaos.

Southport locals – including Elsie’s mother – have desperately pleaded for the violence to stop to no avail.

The Enough is Enough demonstrations have seen members of the far right among the protesters including one man with a swastika tattoo.

Pictures show people holding signs reading ‘no to racism, no to fascism’ signs in the counter-protest in Manchester, where an estimated 500 people had turned up.

There are chants of ‘Tommy Robinson’ heard from the protesting group – calculated to have about 150 activists – and ‘whose streets? our streets’ from the counter side, of about 350 people.

Others show people with hoods up and masks covering their faces – except for one man who posed for the camera as he was detained by the police.

There is also a scattering of protesters in front of Portsmouth’s Guildhall after the Enough is Enough protest kicked off at 10 am.

At 11 am, Manchester Police put a Section 34 dispersal order in place for the city centre for today.

Why are these demonstrations considered far right? These protests are mainly ordinary people who have had enough of poor government and poor policing as well as soft justice.

We are now living in a civilisation that is controlled by the internet and TV media, and protestors are now having to take immediate steps to protect their country. This could be dealt with in a second by expelling millions of migrants who now inhabit our British soil.

These are hard-working, ordinary people who are concerned. Concerned about the safety of their children and their elderly.

Keir Starmer, I hope you’re listening now because the silent majority is now gradually waking up. We’ve also had enough of the lies from our government. It’s all lies, lies, lies and people are just sick to the back teeth of it!

Message to our government – stop importing immigrants and the riots will stop, it really isn’t that difficult to comprehend.

Of course, brutality isn’t the solution, but it just illustrates how desperate and let down people feel by our government. Everyone who criticises or doesn’t agree with migrant policy is labelled a bad person, and that makes people extremely frustrated.

A ‘Ghost Disease’ Is Causing Children To Be Born Without Anuses, Toes, Or Hands

North Korean children are being born without anuses, toes, or hands, as a bizarre illness dubbed ‘ghost disease’ spreads near Kim Jong-un’s nuke testing site, according to a North Korean defector.

Youngran Lee, who lived near the Punggye-ri test area before she escaped in 2015 said in a chilling first-hand testimony that a horrifying disease has swept the region, killing and deforming infant children with doctors powerless to diagnose or treat it.

Mrs Lee said: ‘In Kilju County, civilians are suffering from diseases, not knowing why. In hospitals, doctors cannot diagnose it, and the patients are dying slowly with lingering illness.

‘It is not too drastic to say that having a child without an anus, toes, or hands was normalised in Kilju. There are patients with various cancers in every other house.’

The defector shared a rare insight into life inside the ‘Hermit Kingdom’, voicing concerns about living so near to a nuclear testing zone. She described her house shaking, and furniture falling from the walls as the military tested its weapons. 

Mrs Lee counts her only son among the victims of ghost disease.

She said that in North Korea, medication supplied by the UN is hoarded by senior government officials, and despite the promise of free healthcare, ‘the shelves are empty in pharmacies’.

So when her son developed a mild fever in October 2014, aged 27, she turned to black-market medication, smuggled in from China, but it failed to help and she took him to the hospital.

She said: ‘A tuberculosis doctor told us that my son had holes in his lungs, measuring as big as 1.5cm and 2.7cm.

‘She also said he did not know why an increasing number of young adults were coming to the hospital.

‘I could not understand why this had happened to my son and felt so helpless.

‘Furthermore, she had eight close friends, and they were all diagnosed with tuberculosis one by one from 2012, and died within four years.’

Mrs Lee spent her life savings purchasing medications for her son, before fleeing to China in February 2015, hoping to find employment to send more money home.

By August of that year, she’d arrived in South Korea, where she underwent mandatory training to prepare her for life in a free society.

She said: ‘As soon as I was released, I contacted my son to tell him to go to Pyongyang Hospital.

‘But the next day, he called back and said there had been official instructions to stop Kilju County tuberculosis and hepatitis patients from entering Pyongyang.

‘The only reason given was that this was for Kim Jong-un’s safety, and there was no proper explanation.’

She continued: ‘For two years, I transferred money to my son through brokers, believing that he was getting adequate care.

‘However, in May 2018, I lost my boy, my pride and joy.

‘My son died without ever reaching the hospital to receive a proper diagnosis.’

Mrs Lee said she had lived near a nuclear testing site before its demolition in 2018.

She said: ‘On the day the third nuclear test took place, a wall clock fell, and light bulbs shook. I thought it was an earthquake and ran outside.

‘All my neighbours were out as well. Shortly after that, at midday, the main broadcasting system announced that the third nuclear test was successful.

‘Then we realised that the military-controlled area in Punggye-ri was a test site.’

Locals danced in the street in celebration, but they would be among the first victims of North Korea’s nuclear programme.

Experts think that radiation is the real reason for what’s been dubbed ‘ghost disease’.

Nuclear scientist Joohyun Moon of Dankook University, in South Korea, described how radiation from the underground blasts could reach local communities.

He said: ‘As shock waves travel, they break the layers of the earth or create cracks.

‘After a while, a mixture of melted rock and radioactive material will cool down and solidify.

‘Radioactive materials contained in this compound can infiltrate into gaps or cracks caused by the explosion and flow to the surface, soil or groundwater.

‘If it rains near the test site, the rain can carry these radioactive materials into the groundwater.

‘Groundwater is connected to rivers, streams and surface water, releasing these radioactive materials into the outside world.

‘As it is part of natural circulation, it is very difficult to intervene and prevent it.’

Dr Moon said there were a number of ways for radioactive materials to then infiltrate the food chain.

People could drink the irradiated water or eat seafood from it, eat crops grown with the water, or consume milk or meat from cattle fed by contaminated grass.

The nuclear test site sits on the banks of the Changhung River, which itself feeds the Namdae River – the main water source for Kilju County.

‘Every household in Kilju gets their water supply from there,’ said Mrs Lee.

Dr Moon calculated over a million inhabitants within a 40km radius of the test site could be affected.

He said: ‘It is safe to say that the residents near the test site will be under the influence of radiation for about 200 years.

‘The time period will increase if more nuclear tests are conducted in the same location.’

He added: ‘If the situation continues without adequate protection, these people will have a higher chance of having cancer, leukaemia, chromosomal aberration etc. than people in other regions.’

Youngran still lives with the damage in South Korea.

She was one of five North Korean defectors from Kilju County tested for radiation in the South in 2016.

She said: ‘The test showed that the exposure level was very high, and the white blood cells were very low.

‘One of the group had an unbearable headache – they could not even lift their head, but in every test carried out in A&E, no cause was found.’

Her own situation is no better.

She continued: ‘I feel aches everywhere and cannot walk very well due to pain in my legs, and I was hospitalised six times in a year because of headaches.

‘The hospital could not find any reason behind it, but I cannot even open my eyes when I have a headache; I feel restless and suicidal.

‘I know many people from Kilju who are experiencing the same symptoms as me.’

Allegedly, this was near a nuke testing site, so it’s not much of a mystery then, is it? Nevertheless, they will continue to test nuclear weapons and show scant respect for their citizens, and the world is still sending aid and their government is hoarding it for themselves.

There is no mystery here, I’m afraid, just experimentation with nukes, and what a dreadful country North Korea is, and so sad for the citizens living there, but most dictators don’t give a damn about the country, the world or the people, all they care about is amassing money for their own benefit.

The head of this country has no regard for his people, and no one is safe under his leadership.

This is all extremely cruel, but nobody cares about what’s going on, and if this story is correct, it will be forgotten by lunchtime.

Shocking Moment: A Jewish Man Is Denied Service At Officeworks

A shocking video has revealed the moment an Officeworks manager declined to laminate a Jewish man’s newspaper because she is ‘pro-Palestine’.

The customer, who was sporting a yarmulke at the time of the happening, took an article from the Australian Jewish News newspaper to an Officeworks store at Elsternwick, in Melbourne’s east, on March 4.

The article was titled ‘The indomitable spirit of our people’, and featured a picture of a group holding Australian and Israeli flags.

After seeing the newspaper, the Officeworks manager declined to serve the Jewish man, stating: ‘I’m pro-Palestine.’

She argued Officeworks’ policies gave her the right to refuse the man service based on her political views. Officeworks has since clarified that this is inaccurate.

‘I’m not comfortable proceeding with it (the job),’ the manager told the man.

The customer asked: ‘Maybe there’s another staff member that’s comfortable doing it.’

The employee replied: ‘You can wait for another staff member and see if she’s comfortable doing it, but I know I’m not.

‘I’m pro-Palestine and, for political reasons, I’m not comfortable.’

The customer asked whether Officeworks’ policies gave employees the discretion to decline service based on their personal views. 

Embarrassingly, the staff member failed to find the words to explain her position when asked to clarify her actions. 

‘We have the right to deny jobs because I’m not comfortable proceeding with it,’ she said.

‘Israel and Judaism can be completely separate.

The customer asked: ‘From what?’

The employee answered: ‘From religion and … um, I can’t find the word right now but you can separate the two.’

The employee then asked if she was being recorded by the man and threatened to call the police if he did not leave the store.

The customer has since lodged a complaint with the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, claiming Officeworks discriminated against his ethnicity and faith by denying him service.

‘This incident has caused my family and me significant distress and has raised concerns about whether it is safe to visit our local stores and conduct our usual activities,’ he stated.

‘None of the staff intervened during the situation with the manager, and the embarrassment and harassment we experienced have left a lasting impact.’

Officeworks has since apologised but will not sack the manager, instead sending her for ‘education and training’, including a stop at the Melbourne Holocaust Museum.

‘We can confirm that we have taken this matter extremely seriously and, since the matter occurred, have investigated internally and taken the appropriate action to ensure this doesn’t take place again,’ they said.

‘In this particular incident, our policies were incorrectly applied and in accordance with our Officeworks’ policies, the laminating should have taken place.

‘Additionally, we have provided ongoing training and education to our team members so they are aware of the legal requirements in respect of discrimination and of Officeworks’ policies and procedures.’

Dr Dvir Abramovich, Chairman of the Anti-Defamation Commission, slammed the worker.

‘Who would have thought that in Melbourne 2024, people would be denied a service because of their faith and for Israel?’ he stated.

‘We should have zero tolerance for this kind of profiling and indefensible prejudice.

‘No one should be singled out or denied service because of their ethnic origin, the country they support, gender, creed, faith, or sexual orientation.

‘Being different should be a cause for celebration, not a liability that makes one subject to bias.’

Under the circumstances, the company should feel ashamed paying the workers wages, and I do not doubt that there will be an abundance of people who will not shop at Officeworks ever again, as there are plenty of other options.

Her racist disgust for the man was fairly evident. For Officeworks to favour this conduct by continuing to employ her is appalling.

If this is their mindset, then I too wouldn’t feel very uncomfortable shopping at one of their stores.

Both Officeworks and this employee need to be sued for discrimination since this employee has not lost their job. This is racist and religious bigotry. She stated in the video she doesn’t like Jewish culture. How is this acceptable?

Tears Shed By Gay Waiter

A Kansas waiter has told how a slur scribbled on a receipt instead of a tip raised thousands of dollars.

Noah Bierig, a 19-year-old waitperson at Bubba’s 33 in Wichita, said the incident happened on a Sunday two weeks ago.

He was serving a group of young men when he felt at least one seemed like he was staring at his painted nails and pride bracelet, giving him glaring looks.

But it was what occurred when they left that left him in tears: not only did they not tip, but one wrote a homophobic insult instead of an amount.

One of Bierig’s friends shared the receipt online, setting off a dramatic chain of events. Emblazoned with the man’s name in print and script, it prompted a full-blown apology.

‘The first time I went up to the table, they were just shooting me a couple dirty looks,’ Bierig told KAKE News of the initial encounter. 

‘And every time I would walk away, they would kind of just start laughing a little bit.’

He said it was one man in particular who seemed put off by his painted nails—a gift from his mum when he came out. 

He said he felt like the customer and his party were not friendly. It did not bother him though, he told the local news station, sitting down with them at the eatery as he worked another shift.

He recalled how he did his best to serve the table like any other, despite being uncomfortable.

After they left, he was astounded to discover one of the group’s receipts had no tip and that the line was instead filled in with the word ‘f*g’.

He said the slur left him beside himself, even as he did the best he could to contain it.

‘That hurt me a lot,’ he said. 

‘I’m not the type to cry at work, but I got to say—that was definitely the first time that had happened to me.’

But after the bill got posted by one of his friends, with the offender’s name in full view, some peace came when a flock of outraged observers attacked the customer with messages that circulated their distaste.

Befuddled, the customer came forward to apologise but also said he did not receive good service.

‘I know it was wrong of me to write what I did,’ James Blick wrote on Facebook before deleting his accounts. ‘[A]nd for that, I am very sorry.

‘The overall dining experience wasn’t that great,’ he added.

‘I shouldn’t have dealt with it by saying what I did.

‘I did try to call the restaurant to apologise to the guy but couldn’t contact him. I am very sorry to anyone who was affected or hurt by my words.

‘I have learned a valuable lesson in all of this and nothing like this will ever happen again.’

The man went on to complain about the ‘hateful comments, messages, and phone calls’ he and his spouse have received since, before scrubbing himself from social media.

But not before something good came from all the attention garnered by the incident.

Bierig’s friends set up an online fundraiser through the town’s LGBTQ+ chamber of commerce that’s raised thousands of dollars.

There, anyone can contribute an amount that’s treated and tabulated as the appropriate tip he should have received.

‘Whatever comes out comes from that; it’s going to be donated,’ Bierig explained as the tips continue to come in.

Of the support he’s seen, he added, ‘It’s absolutely insane. I never thought anything like this would happen based off just a couple Facebook posts from my friends and family.’

He said Bubba’s 33 is matching his donation going to GLSEN, a firm that works to stop discrimination, harassment, and bullying towards those with different sexual orientations.

This guy was not broadcasting his sexuality. He might have had black nail polish on, but he might have been a Goth or into Heavy Metal. He was just assumed to be gay, which was their folly. I wonder if they think about if they had somebody they loved being dissed like that, no they wouldn’t like it either.

Nobody would say anything about a woman having painted nails and jeans, but if a man does it, then it’s shunned. Does this mean that women should no longer where jeans or trousers because they are deemed only suitable for a man? It’s a free society, well evidently it is, and you should feel free or wear or dress however you want. I bet if the server had been female with her knockers out nothing would have been said, and she would have definitely been given a tip!

What is good enough for the goose is good enough for the gander!

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