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!ukpolitics@lemm.ee appears to have vanished! We can still see cached content from this link, but goodbye I guess! :'(
Outrage bait like this is just stupid.
The people fuelling the outrage (e.g. the South African billionaire and the Reform MP mentioned in the article) don't care about you and never will. They are only stoking outrage for their own amusement or gain.
If there's one foreign influence we don't need, it's Elon Musk's apartheid nostalgic nonsense. The sooner he blows himself up the better.
His opinion is irrelevant and should be treated as such, now his attempts to weasel into our politics should be seen as international interference and anyone culpable in a position of power should be having some interesting interviews in a white room with a mirror
His opinion is irrelevant and should be treated as such
Unfortunately, they aren't. Even a very brief comment like this can drive the debate and you'll often find things he's flagged up becoming Tory talking points.
Bangladeshi signs have been triggering racists since the 1990s.
In this case we need more of them 😂
Fucking hell, just learn Bengali you idiots! The state of education in this country FFS.
People should be able to learn Bangladesh in schools though, or Hindi or Punjabi or Polish or one of the many other widely spoken languages in the UK.
There are some places where you can take Urdu as a GCSE, but only if you already speak it at home. Nowhere AFAIK teaches it from scratch in the way French or German is taught.
I'm not saying every school should teach every possible language, I'm saying it should be an option for any school to offer if they choose and it should be considered just as valid and worthwhile as learning a European language.
Who give a shit what musky billionaires think.
The more worrying thing is we have a UK MP who actually considers inclusive signage in our capital city. And largest tourist destination. Offensive.
Why the fuck would anyone give a crap about extra languages on signage. How the hell dose it harm anyone.
fuck off musk. no one wants your opinion
degenerate Nazi piece of shit, FUCK OFF!
leon skum, the well known UK signage enthusiast.
Rupert.
I bet he owns several pairs of red trousers.
imagine visiting Tokyo or Shanghai and not a single sign was written in English?
Wouldn't expect there to be tbh
You should. Road signs, in particular, are written in English all across Japan. It's very helpful.
In America they're just in English and don't even adhere to the Vienna convention 😂
It's a courtesy and so is a nice thing to do.