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'Grown men look like they want to hit me' : Tony Blair's Muslim convert sister-in-law Lauren Booth speaks of her fear in wake of Lee Rigby killing

'Grown men look like they want to hit me' : Tony Blair's Muslim convert sister-in-law Lauren Booth speaks of her fear in wake of Lee Rigby killing | Focus World News - With Fillie Focus | Scoop.it

Lauren Booth said she has felt 'scared' in public after the Lee Rigby killing.

 

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Tony Blair's Muslim convert sister-in-law Lauren Booth said today she is scared of being attacked by men on public transport following the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby.

Miss Booth said that after the soldier was brutally hacked to death in Woolwich she has seen 'grown men looking like they want to hit Muslim women' when she is travelling in London.

The 45-year-old half-sister of Cherie Blair ventures out in traditional Islamic dress and wears a hijab head-covering.

She converted to Islam two years ago and married Sohale Ahmed, 49, in a Muslim ceremony earlier this year.

Miss Booth, wearing a patterned hijab, said on ITV's Daybreak this morning that when she converted two years ago she was not treated any differently.

But in the aftermath of the murder of Lee Rigby close to Woolwich Barracks in south-east London last month she said that has changed -- Well I'm sorry but what did the silly mare expect ffs???  

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Britain's foreign aid madness : Cuts at home, but we STILL hand out more than every other G8 countre

Britain's foreign aid madness : Cuts at home, but we STILL hand out more than every other G8 countre | Focus World News - With Fillie Focus | Scoop.it

Austerity-hit Britain is spending a larger share of its wealth on foreign aid than any other G8 member nation, despite making huge spending cuts at home, a report revealed yesterday.

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The G8 'accountability' review showed that between 2011 and 2012 several countries decided to rein in their foreign aid budgets. Japan, Italy and the US chose to focus on helping their own citizens, handing out a smaller percentage of their national income than the year before.

Italy was even given a 'red light' warning for failing to meet 'internationally agreed targets'. But cash-strapped Britain spent 0.56 per cent of national income on aid against 0.19 per cent in the US and just 0.03 per cent in Russia.

And we are now on course to spend 0.7 per cent of our national income on overseas aid by the end of this financial year, despite dropping a plan to enshrine that commitment in law.

The report, published as David Cameron hosted the G8 summit in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland, will renew complaints that Britain's aid commitments make us the 'soft touch' of the international community.

Nigel Farage, leader of the UK Independence Party, said: 'These figures prove that the Government wishes to burnish its moral credentials at the expense of ordinary taxpayers -- It just beggers belief that the government see fit to implement life changing austerity cutbacks that so badly affect Britain and the British people and yet are more than happy to sanction giving away billions of pounds of Britain's money to foreign countries in the 'guise' of 'foreign aid' - It just doesn't make sense and is sheer madness!!

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One in five offenders says crime DOES pay : Survey of 3,000 lawbreakers reveals three quarters don't think they are 'real criminals'

One in five offenders says crime DOES pay : Survey of 3,000 lawbreakers reveals three quarters don't think they are 'real criminals' | Focus World News - With Fillie Focus | Scoop.it

They say crime doesn’t pay, but it would appear the experts don’t agree.

One in five offenders have told an official government survey they agree with the statement ‘in the end crime does pay’.

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The Ministry of Justice survey of nearly 3,000 criminals on community service found one in five also accepted that crime ‘can be a useful way of getting what you want’.

And it revealed the extent to which law-breakers are in denial about their lives.

Three-quarters of those surveyed said they didn’t see themselves as a ‘real criminal’.

One in four said they thought many crimes were in fact ‘not really wrong’, and around same proportion said their crimes have ‘never harmed anyone’.

The vast majority also have high expectations for their ability to break their habit: nearly eight in ten disagreed with the statement ‘once a criminal, always a criminal’.

However, separate figures released yesterday by the same department showed the staggering extent of reoffending by prison inmates.

The average prisoner, the figures revealed, has some 41 crimes to their name.

Chris Grayling published the data as he launched new plans to slash reoffending and end what he called the ‘depressing Merry-go-round’ of crime.

The Justice Secretary announced he wants more criminals to find jobs when they get out of prison. And he is considering setting an example by hiring one to work in his own office -- [The Justice Secretary announced he wants more criminals to find jobs when they get out of prison. And he is considering setting an example by hiring one to work in his own office] - What kind of a message does this give out to those people who do NOT break the law ffs??  

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Caught on camera, the 'carer' who showed nothing but contempt : Shocking neglect by workers could become next big health scandal, minister warns

Caught on camera, the 'carer' who showed nothing but contempt : Shocking neglect by workers could become next big health scandal, minister warns | Focus World News - With Fillie Focus | Scoop.it

* Home care worker caught disrespecting her elderly charge

 

* Muriel Price, 83, was also filmed in distress because carers failed to turn

  up

 

* Care MP says the sector could become the next health controversy

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The neglect of the elderly in their own homes by care workers could become the next big health scandal, a minister said yesterday.

The warning came after film from secret cameras showed carers treating an incontinent 83-year-old grandmother disrespectfully.

Muriel Price received help in her own home after the death of her husband, Les, who had been her primary carer.

But footage taken from cameras installed by her grandson recorded her distress after carers failed to turn up, or the lack of respect from some who did.

It captures a care worker, who appears to be aware of the camera, ‘mooning’ at the lens as she walks behind the pensioner.

Mrs Price is also seen sobbing as she waits for her carer to arrive after spending more than 13 hours in bed -- This just breaks my heart, the most vulnerable treated in this despicable manner, if this was one of my relatives I don't think that I would be responsible for my actions!! Fx : Read more @ : 

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Warning of a 'private army' running Britain after government increases spending on security firm G4S by £65million

Warning of a 'private army' running Britain after government increases spending on security firm G4S by £65million | Focus World News - With Fillie Focus | Scoop.it

Controversial security firm G4S has enjoyed a 20 per cent surge in government contracts despite a string of blunders, new figures show.

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The company - which failed to recruit enough guards for the London Olympics - earned £394million from the taxpayer in 2012-13, up from £328.5million a year earlier.

The revelation sparked claims it was becoming the 'private army' of the state.

With just weeks before the London Olympics opened in July last year, G4S admitted it would not be able to provide the thousands of guards it had promised.

Its reputation was severely damaged when 3,500 troops were called in to provide security at the biggest events.

In the wake of the debacle MPs called on the government to think again before awarding more lucrative contracts to the firm.

But it seems to have done little to dent its reputation in Whitehall, and next week it will provide security guarding the world’s most powerful men and women at the G8 summit at Lough Erne.

Labour MP Barry Sheerman, who obtained the figures on government spending with G4S, said he was worried about an increasing over-reliance on a small number of companies.

He warned: ‘The trouble is a lot of contractors are in a monopoly. They do seem to be swelling up and getting bigger and bigger and we are getting to the stage where the over-reliance on one company troubles you.

‘I am becoming increasingly worried about the monopoly position that G4S have in security services -- WHAT THE HELL IS THIS FCKING GOVERNMENT PLAYING AT???  

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Britain Heading Inexorably Towards A Civil War With Islam.

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You have been waned! - Fx

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Breaking - Queen's Portrait Defaced With Paint At Abbey

Breaking - Queen's Portrait Defaced With Paint At Abbey | Focus World News - With Fillie Focus | Scoop.it

The picture by artist Ralph Heimans had been on display at Westminster Abbey for a few weeks before it was vandalized.

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A man has been arrested after a portrait of the Queen was defaced with paint at Westminster Abbey.

The picture, which has been removed from public view, had been on display in the Chapter House for a few weeks before it was vandalized

Scotland Yard said the man was detained on suspicion of criminal damage.

The oil on canvas piece, that was sprayed with paint in the attack, measures 9ft by 11ft and depicts the monarch in the Sacrarium of Westminster Abbey, also known as the Coronation Theatre.

The Australian-born artist Ralph Heimans had a sitting with the Queen at Buckingham Palace on March 21 last year, but the scene is an imagined one, set at night in the Abbey.

The work depicts Her Majesty in a moment of solitary reflection, standing at the centre circle of the Cosmati pavement, on the exact spot she was crowned.

An Abbey spokesman said: "In an incident at lunchtime today, a visitor to the Abbey sprayed paint on the Ralph Heimans portrait of the Queen presently on display in the Chapter House.

"Until work can be done to remedy the damage it will, very regrettably, not be possible to have the painting on public view" -- I'm 'saying nowt' - but I hope I'm wrong!  

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Bradford Imam Alyas Karmani drafts sermon to condemn grooming

Bradford Imam Alyas Karmani drafts sermon to condemn grooming | Focus World News - With Fillie Focus | Scoop.it

Bradford Imams are spearheading national condemnation of sex grooming by Muslim men by issuing a special sermon to be read in mosques across Britain this month.

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The hard-hitting Islamic message, called a Khutba, has already been sent to 50 local Imams to be delivered during Friday prayers on June 28.

It forcefully demands all men obey strict Koranic teaching on respectful behaviour to women and children and behave with the highest morality.

Muhammad Mustaqueem Shah, general secretary of Bradford Imams’ Forum, said the sermon was being sent to religious leaders across the country.

“The target is to have it read out in a minimum of 500 mosques,” said Mr Shah.

Drafted by Imam and Bradford council Respect councillor Alyas Karmani, the title of the sermon is Tackling Street Grooming in the UK and it begins with the following sacred verse from the Koran :

“Verily Allah enjoins justice and excellence, giving assistance and support to your family.

“And forbids sexual indecency, wickedness and oppression of others – He admonishes you that you may  you that you may take heed” -- If a Muslim Imam can ADMIT that Muslim 'child grooming gangs' DO EXIST and will continue to do so then why can't the fcking GOVERNMENT??? - Fx : Read more @ : 

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So much for British jobs for British workers! Foreign-born men have higher levels of employment since the financial crisis struck

So much for British jobs for British workers! Foreign-born men have higher levels of employment since the financial crisis struck | Focus World News - With Fillie Focus | Scoop.it

Male migrants in UK have reversed pre-crisis shortfall in employmentThey are now doing better than men who were born in the countryMale migrants have had higher level of employment since 2007Figures feature in the OECD's 420-page International Migration OutlookReport also found that the UK and Germany are the biggest recipients of migrants fleeing countries most affected by the financial crisis

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Male migrant workers have found it easier to find employment than 'native-born' men since the economic downturn, an international think-tank has found.

A higher percentage of foreign-born men have been in employment since 2007 despite a drop overall, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

While the employment rates of British-born men have fallen since 2001, the situation has improved for migrants, as foreign-born men have reversed a pre-crisis shortfall in employment and are now doing better than men who were born in the country.

The findings feature in the Paris-based think-tank’s 420-page International Migration Outlook report for 2013, which also reveals that in 2011, total permanent immigration rose in the 34 OECD countries from 2010.

Looking at whether the financial crisis reversed progress made by migrants over the past decade, the report said: 'Despite a decline in their employment rates during the crisis, male migrants in the United Kingdom had higher levels of employment than native-born men from 2007 onwards' -- What a disgraceful state of affairs - This is Britain and jobs should go to British people first and foremost, otherwise there is no hope for our and our children's future!!  

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Fox News host tells EDL’s Tommy Robinson : ‘We got your back’

Fox News host tells EDL’s Tommy Robinson : ‘We got your back’ | Focus World News - With Fillie Focus | Scoop.it

English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson has won the endorsement of a Fox News host who said he ‘had his back’ and thought it ‘great’ what the head of the far-right group was doing.

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Brian Kilmeade was interviewing Mr Robinson for his show on Fox radio and welcomed him with the words: ‘When I saw him interviewed and heard about his organisation I just had to talk to him.’

During the 15-minute discussion Robinson told him he formed the EDL because of the government and police’s inability to tackle radical Islam.

He claimed ‘there was a two-tier policing system’ and ‘two-tier funding system’ in which Islam is treated as ‘part of the race’.

Mr Robinson then spoke about the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby and the plot by Islamists to attack an EDL rally in Dewsbury.

He said: ‘I’m talking to listeners in America. What’s happening here is going to happen there. It’s the same Islam.’

Mr Robinson then complained the media in the UK don’t use the words ‘Jihad or Muslim or Islam’ -- I just hope that Mr Kilmeade isn't a 'smoking gun' that Tommy and the English Defense League could do without - Fx : Read more @ : 

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Meet the Manchester cavemen : Homeless men and women are forced to live in CAVES as charities report surge in destitution

Meet the Manchester cavemen : Homeless men and women are forced to live in CAVES as charities report surge in destitution | Focus World News - With Fillie Focus | Scoop.it

* Homelessness across Britain has risen by a third over the past three

  years

 

* Those who have lost their homes include middle classes hit by downturn

 

* Destitute people found living in squalid network of caves in Stockport

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It is a haunting image of destitution which should have no place in 21st century Britain - a homeless man sitting in a cave with his meagre belongings and rubbish strewn around him.

But the issue of men and women seeking refuge in cave systems such as this one in Stockport, Greater Manchester is worrying campaigners as figures show homelessness continues to surge in the economic downturn.

Across the country, homelessness has risen by six per cent over the course of the past year, soaring by 34 per cent compared to three years ago.

In some areas, cave formations provide the only location for a shelter which is dry and safe - leading the destitute to scratch out a squalid existence in the wilderness.

One of the hardest-hit areas has been Stockport - and a network of sandstone caves near the town centre has been playing host to a number of homeless people.

Up to four people at a time sleep rough in the secret warren, perched on a 20ft precipice overhanging the River Mersey -- Easy solution - Stop giving Britain's housing to immigrants Cameron, the people of Great Britain SHOULD NOT have to live like this!!  

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Exclusive : UK is losing fight against human trafficking because it has no unified law to deal with it, warn experts

Exclusive : UK is losing fight against human trafficking because it has no unified law to deal with it, warn experts | Focus World News - With Fillie Focus | Scoop.it

Report finds evidence many victims are prosecuted for crimes they are forced to commit, while criminal bosses who enslave them go unpunished.

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Britain risks “losing the fight” against human trafficking unless the criminal justice system urgently improves its response to the crime, a major study will warn.

The report, seen by The Independent, comes at a time when the number of trafficking victims identified is soaring and criminal convictions for the offence have plummeted. It is published by the Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group (ATMG), a coalition of organisations established to scrutinise the government’s progress in tackling modern slavery.

The group is calling for a unified law on the crime to make it easier to prosecute - something the Government is understood to be considering.

It found “widespread” evidence that many trafficked people are prosecuted for crimes they are forced to commit, while the criminal bosses who enslave them go unpunished. Despite legal protection for victims, the ATMG says the practice of unlawfully punishing them is common -- [“Human trafficking is abhorrent and we are committed to combating this crime in all its forms. We have already made significant progress in the fight against trafficking] - Really, you could have fooled me! - Fx : Read more @ : 

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EDL leader denies Islamic centre arson attack

EDL leader denies Islamic centre arson attack | Focus World News - With Fillie Focus | Scoop.it

The leader of the far-right English Defence League has denied his group is behind an arson attack at an Islamic centre, which was daubed with the letters EDL.

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The fire in London's Muswell Hill last week came amid heightened tensions in the wake of the killing of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich, with an increase in the number of attacks on mosques and Islamic centres.

EDL leader Tommy Robinson told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme: "If something was set fire and someone wrote David Cameron on the side of it, does it mean he did it? -- Tommy comments on The fire in London's Muswell Hill last week.  

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Outrage over porn laws that protect animals and corpses better than women

Outrage over porn laws that protect animals and corpses better than women | Focus World News - With Fillie Focus | Scoop.it

SKEWED porn laws give animals and dead people better legal protection than women and girls.

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Outraged women's groups are now calling on the Prime Minister to close a legal loophole that promotes sexual violence against women and girls. 

Depections of rape scenes are legal as long as the actors involved are over the age of 18, the groups warn in a letter.
Yet the same law makes possessing images of bestiality or necrophilia illegal – meaning animals and corpses have more rights than women and girls.
The letter, signed by Mumsnet, the National Federation of Women's Institutes, the Trades Union Congress, rape crisis centres and academics at Durham University, calls on the Government to "take urgent action against violent and misogynistic pornography online".
"We specifically want the Government to close a loophole in the pornography legislation that allows the lawful possession in England and Wales of pornographic images that depict rape, so long as the actors are over 18," the letter says.
"This means that images titled 'teen slut rape' and 'schoolgirl rape' are lawful to possess. 
"Depictions of necrophilia and bestiality are criminalised by the same legislation, meaning that animals and dead people are better protected than women and girls -- Damn fcking right enough is enough!! - Fx : Read more @ : 

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'Don't come to Britain. You'll end up jobless, homeless and set alight by yobs' : The stark government warning to Poles about what will happen if they move here unprepared

'Don't come to Britain. You'll end up jobless, homeless and set alight by yobs' : The stark government warning to Poles about what will happen if they move here unprepared | Focus World News - With Fillie Focus | Scoop.it

* Three-minute Polish-language film warns of dangers of moving to UK

* Urges immigrants to secure a legal job, home and £600 back up plan

* Shows story of out-of-work builder set on fire while sleeping rough

* Video funded by UK and Polish governments

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Polish people have been warned that if they move to Britain unprepared they risk being ripped off, made homeless and even set alight.

A dramatic new advice video funded by the UK government and supported by the Polish Embassy in London seeks to deter people from Poland moving to the UK without a job and somewhere to live.

Ministers say they want to make immigrants aware of the ‘risk’ of ending up on the streets.

The Polish-language video entitled Before You Go aims to reverse the growing trend of economic migrants ending up homeless on Britain’s streets.

It features acting telling the story of what can happen if people do not have a job or accommodation when they arrive from overseas.

Recent figures suggest one in three people sleeping rough in London are from eastern or central Europe, while one in 10 is from Poland.

The dramatic three-minute film tells the story of Jacek who moves to Britain for a ‘better life’.

He gets a job working on a building site, cash in hand.

But when he falls and hurts his back he cannot work and loses his job, and then his home.

He is beaten up by thugs and then, when sleeping on a pavement, two hooligans set fire to him and he is badly burnt -- Let's hope that they take heed and this puts the buggers off!!  

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Britain ignored warnings of Indian whistleblower at heart of drugs scandal

Britain ignored warnings of Indian whistleblower at heart of drugs scandal | Focus World News - With Fillie Focus | Scoop.it
Britain's drugs regulator spurned offers of help from a whistleblower whose claims of malpractice at India’s biggest supplier of cheap medicines led to one of the biggest fines in US medical...
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Typical, stick your head up your arse and pretend there's nothing wrong and to hell with the consequences!! - Fx

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US to send weapons to Syria rebels

US to send weapons to Syria rebels | Focus World News - With Fillie Focus | Scoop.it

President Barack Obama has authorized sending weapons to Syrian rebels for the first time, US officials have said.

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They spoke after the White House disclosed that the US has conclusive evidence that President Bashar Assad's government used chemical weapons against opposition forces trying to overthrow him.

Mr Obama has repeatedly said the use of chemical weapons would cross a "red line", suggesting it would trigger greater US intervention in the two-year crisis that has killed 93,000 people.

Senator John McCain, one of the strongest supporters of US military action in Syria, said he was told on Thursday that the president had decided to "provide arms to the rebels", a decision confirmed by three US officials.

The officials cautioned that decisions on the specific type of weaponry were still being finalized, though the CIA was expected to be tasked with teaching the rebels how to use the arms the White House had agreed to supply.

Still, the White House signaled that Mr Obama did plan to step up US involvement in the Syrian crisis. "This is going to be different in both scope and scale in terms of what we are providing," said Ben Rhodes, Obama's deputy national security adviser -- Oh Lord, looks like it's 'wagons roll' - Fx : Read more @ : 

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BBC used licence fee like a never-ending cash machine, Lord Patten admits

BBC used licence fee like a never-ending cash machine, Lord Patten admits | Focus World News - With Fillie Focus | Scoop.it

* BBC Trust chairman says staff used public's money 'as we wanted'

* Warns trust in the Corporation depends on not wasting cash

* Reveals there will be more revelations about big severance payouts

* Defends moving sport and children's TV to 'fantastic' Salford

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The BBC treated the licence fee like money from a cash machine which they could spend ‘as we wanted’, the Corporation’s chairman admitted today.

Lord Patten said the public’s trust in the BBC had been rocked by revelations about financial largesse and was braced for more damaging headlines over vast severance pay deals to departing executives.

But the BBC Trust chairman defended the cost of moving staff to the a new £1billion headquarters in Salford, insisting the only mistake was not keeping checks on how money was spent furnishing the new homes of employees who made the move north.

The licence fee has been frozen at £145.50 until 2015, and Lord Patten warned that if it did not rise in future there would be a ‘storm’ of protest as services are switched off.

But he lifted the lid on the attitude of staff towards spending the public’s money.

Speaking at a lunch in Parliament, he said: ‘I think there are particular challenges for us in the BBC because we depend above all else on trust and the trust people have in us’ -- Ha! - The truth about the TV Licencing Fee! - This is what they spend your hard earned money on folks!! - Fx :  Read more @ : 

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Police probe ‘racist’ cadet incident at army barracks

Police probe ‘racist’ cadet incident at army barracks | Focus World News - With Fillie Focus | Scoop.it

A disgusted father has told how a group of young air cadets were racially abused by a gang who waited outside Preston’s Territorial Army barracks.

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Police were called on Tuesday night after one cadet was allegedly chased towards Preston north End’s stadium from Kimberley Barracks on Deepdale Road, following a training session.

On Tuesdays the barracks is used by the 341 Air Squadron, but it is also understood a group of army cadets may have been verbally abused on the same evening.

Today, Det Chf Insp Ian Dawson of Preston Police said there were no security concerns at the barracks and said it was a minor incident.

He said: “ we are aware of a minor incident at the barracks and believe it was isolated. We have close links with the barracks and are working,through our diversity team, to establish who the youths involved are.

“Preston has a diverse community and we are not aware of any problems.

“We are working closely with community leaders -- This must have slipped through the net of the 'PC press' - ["The youngsters were advised not to walk home alone"] - Disgusting!!, why the hell should they be made to feel afraid of walking their own streets ffs??  

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Oxford grooming gang : We will regret ignoring Asian thugs who target white girls

Oxford grooming gang : We will regret ignoring Asian thugs who target white girls | Focus World News - With Fillie Focus | Scoop.it

What a God-awful mess this country has got itself into over multiculturalism, and once again our fear of racism will lead to the betrayal of hundreds of young girls.

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Rochdale, Rotherham, Derby, Oxford. The towns change, but the pattern is always the same. Gangs of men, mainly of Pakistani Muslim heritage, lure white girls as young as 10 with gifts and displays of affection. Next, the girl is raped as a way of “breaking her in”. Once the child’s spirit is subdued, and her mind fogged with drugs, she is sold for sex to multiple men at £200 a time. If the girl tries to break away, a gang member might threaten to behead her or firebomb her home. Mohammed Karrar, who was found guilty in the Oxford sex-grooming case this week, took a scalding hairpin and branded one girl so she would know she was his property. Later, the gang gave the same girl a DIY abortion. She was 12 years old. And this, all this, is happening in Britain now.In a particularly warped twist, the pimp will teach his victim that her parents are racist towards Asians, which is why they disapprove of their relationship – absolutely nothing, of course, to do with him being a violent, controlling thug. Gang members have grown wise to the wimpy ways of Western society. They exploit the fact that police, newly trained in “cultural sensitivity”, are terrified of being accused of racism. So the pimps operate with impunity until, years later, the slave girls find the courage to testify in court against their masters.We all know what happens next, don’t we? -- "What a God-awful mess this country has got itself into over multiculturalism" - Couldn't have put it better myself!!  

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The shaming of Nick Clegg : Deputy PM humiliated as inquiry rules he failed dozens of women victims of Lib Dem sex predators

The shaming of Nick Clegg : Deputy PM humiliated as inquiry rules he failed dozens of women victims of Lib Dem sex predators | Focus World News - With Fillie Focus | Scoop.it

A humiliated Nick Clegg last night admitted he failed to respond vigorously enough to a series of sexual harassment complaints about his party’s former chief executive.

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The Deputy Prime Minister ‘made mistakes’ over the allegations against Lord Rennard, according to a highly critical report into attitudes to women among senior Liberal Democrats.

Mr Clegg conceded that ‘women had been let down’ after the independent report said he should have ‘asked more questions’ when the claims – which Lord Rennard denies – arose five years ago.

There were several missed chances to hold an investigation, the report added.

The inquiry into the wider culture of the Liberal Democrats spanning two decades was launched after the Rennard claims surfaced earlier this year.

Aside from the complaints by four women against the peer, witnesses reported 32 other sexual harassment and discrimination incidents – including one where a male parliamentarian had made inappropiate advances to a very young male worker.

City fund manager Helena Morrissey – who wrote the report – yesterday admitted she was ‘shocked’ at the party’s failure to live up to its ideals of equality and liberty, adding: ‘You have got to practise what you preach’ -- What a shower of fcking cretins we have running this country - there's no wonder Britain is in the sorry state that it's in ffs!! -- Fx : Read more @ : 

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Schoolgirl, 9, passes through Turkish customs with toy passport identifying her as a UNICORN

Schoolgirl, 9, passes through Turkish customs with toy passport identifying her as a UNICORN | Focus World News - With Fillie Focus | Scoop.it

A nine-year-old schoolgirl has managed to enter Turkey using a passport that identified her as a pink unicorn.

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Officials at Antalya airport even stamped Emily Harris's travel documents before waving her through customs despite the official photograph showing the face of her favourite stuffed toy.

Her mother and father today admitted they were left stunned after they handed their daughter the wrong passport when they landed to start a week's holiday in the country.

The document young Emily handed over was a Bear Factory passport for a Unicorn toy called Lily Harris.

Her mother Nicky, 43, from Cwmbran, South Wales, said: 'I didn’t realise until I was putting the passports away. There was a moment of panic when I thought someone would come chasing after us, but nothing.

'The passport doesn’t even look real - it’s got gold teddy bears on the front and was a completely different size from mine and my husband, Allen’s.

'The man even asked Emily how old she was, and she told him nine, before he stamped it' -- It would seem that Turkey is the same as Great Britain - not fussy who they let in! - Fx  

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You couldn't rake it up! Council spends £150,000 on nine-month project to measure the height of GRASS

You couldn't rake it up! Council spends £150,000 on nine-month project to measure the height of GRASS | Focus World News - With Fillie Focus | Scoop.it

Town hall chiefs spent £150,000 on accurately measuring the height of grass, shrubs and hedges in all of their green spaces, it was revealed today.

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Basildon Council in Essex said it needs the nine-month exercise ahead of a re-tendering next year - with English Landscapes, which has cut the grass since 2010, coming to the end of its contract.

Land surveying firm Atlantic Geomatics, based in Penrith, Cumbria, has now been hired to measure the borough’s greenery so the council can specify the height at which it must be mowed.

Nigel Smith, leader of Basildon’s opposition Labour group, which opposed the council privatising the service in 2010, said the expenditure ‘does sound like a bit of a shambles’.

He added: ‘We opposed the privatisation of the contract in the first place, and I think we have been proved right. It would have been so much better if it was council staff carrying out these jobs. 

‘One hundred and fifty thousand pounds is a load of money to be paying out on top of a contract to another company afterwards and you need to wonder about the competency of the council’ -- If this wasn't so 'bizarre' it would be fcking laughable!!  

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Outrage as new European Union immigration guide helps migrants claim British benefits

Outrage as new European Union immigration guide helps migrants claim British benefits | Focus World News - With Fillie Focus | Scoop.it

A EUROPEAN UNION handbook setting out migrants’ rights to benefits, asylum and avoiding deportation was last night condemned as a “disgrace”.

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The taxpayer-funded document – free on the internet – was published yesterday as the “first comprehensive guide” to border and immigration rules across the EU.

It details the rights of asylum seekers and other migrants to enter and settle in EU nations including Britain and how to go about launching legal action against removal attempts by national authorities.

In a list of examples of past cases, it even cites Islamist cleric Abu Qatada’s successful ­challenge under human rights laws against Home Office attempts to send him back to ­Jordan to face terror charges.

Tim Aker, of the anti-Brussels campaign group Get Britain Out, said: “This booklet is a disgrace. We are facing cuts and yet the EU gives EU migrants a handbook on how to settle in the UK and claim from the welfare state according to human rights and EU legislation. It’s not on.

“Obviously this will encourage more uncontrolled migration to the UK and inflate the numbers we can expect from Bulgaria and Romania next year. The only way to regain control of our national borders and control immigration is to leave the EU as soon as we can” -- Bloody hell, how much easier are they going to make it for immigrants to avail themselves of Britain's hospitality ffs? And why go the 'undisclosed' expense of producing a booklet anyway - for heavens sake they already know more about bleeding this country dry than they bloody well should do!! - Fx : Read more @ : 

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Islamic group shoot dead Syrian 14-year-old boy in front of his parents for blasphemy after saying 'he wouldn't even give the Prophet a free coffee'

Islamic group shoot dead Syrian 14-year-old boy in front of his parents for blasphemy after saying 'he wouldn't even give the Prophet a free coffee' | Focus World News - With Fillie Focus | Scoop.it

An Islamic group shot dead a Syrian 14-year-old boy in front of his parents for blasphemy after overhearing him say he 'wouldn't even give the Prophet a free coffee.'

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Mohammad Qataa was shot in the face and neck a day after being seized by members of an Al Qaeda-linked Islamist group in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 

A photo released by the Observatory showed Qataa's face with his mouth and jaw bloodied and destroyed as well as a bullet wound in his neck.

Today it emerged Qataa was working as a street vendor in the al-Shaa district of Aleppo when three members of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, a militant group that started off known as the Nusra Front, overheard him arguing with a friend over a bill.

It is thought the boy had given his friend a coffee which the friend wanted to pay for later.

'Mohammad Qataa was working at his street trolley and remarked to his friend that even if the Prophet Mohammad came down he would not give him credit,' said Rami Abdulrahman, who heads the UK-based human rights group, told reporters -- The 'religion of peace' at it's best - B..tards!! - Fx : Read more @ : 

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