UK Politics

5506 readers

261 users here now

General Discussion for politics in the UK.
Please don't post to both !uk_politics@feddit.uk and !unitedkingdom@feddit.uk .
Pick the most appropriate, and put it there.

Posts should be related to UK-centric politics, and should be either a link to a reputable news source for news, or a text post on this community.

Opinion pieces are also allowed, provided they are not misleading/misrepresented/drivel, and have proper sources.

If you think "reputable news source" needs some definition, by all means start a meta thread. (These things should be publicly discussed)

Posts should be manually submitted, not by bot. Link titles should not be editorialised.

Disappointing comments will generally be left to fester in ratio, outright horrible comments will be removed.
Message the mods if you feel something really should be removed, or if a user seems to have a pattern of awful comments.

founded 3 years ago

MODERATORS

tom@feddit.uk

GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk

flamingos@feddit.uk

frankPodmore@slrpnk.net

Calls for Barnsley Reform councillor to resign over apparent swastika tattoo (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 week ago by Veserr@sh.itjust.works to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

11 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] ladel@feddit.uk 6 points 6 days ago (2 children)

In response to the accusations, Theresa Arnold told the Sheffield Star that the tattoo had been “misunderstood” and was connected to her husband’s brief interest in Buddhism when he was younger.

“In his late teens, my husband briefly explored Buddhism and had a symbol tattooed on his arm during that period,” she said.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

There are zero people in this country that would get a Buddhist swastika-like symbol tattooed on them without fully understanding your average person is going to see it as just a swastika.

Given that, to then go ahead with it means you're okay with people thinking you've got a swastika on you

Especially when getting a tattoo after such a "brief [...] period"

Edit: typo

[–] saxicola@toot.community 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

@9point6 @ladel
I made a thing as kid,
With the Buddhist thing.
Father was not happy (WW2 veteran) .
I tried to explain.
Understanding arrived.

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 3 points 6 days ago

Well, that's great - he'll be able to tell us all about Buddhism in his next radio/TV interview, won't he?