Johnny Rotten
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Typical confused old bloke and he's clearly not well. This country is full of them. He should stick to flogging butter. That's all that he's good for these days.
Same Lydon who was tutting at archive footage of a confused old racist in The Filth and the Fury. Now he's saying exactly the same things as that bloke was back then. All a bit sad.If he's an example of the indigenous race, he looks like an inbred from outer space.
Capybara
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'Typical' eh? Well I'm his age and he doesn't speak for me.
I disagree with a lot of what he is saying but some of it is true.
Immigrants are being forced into ghettos in certain areas and it does create a lot of tension, locally. They're being disproportionally housed in poorer, northern areas but I believe this is entirely deliberate and is designed to do exactly what he said - create tension so that more and more right wing policies can be brought in to get rid of this demonic invasion. These are exactly the responses that right wingers want to hear while they cut taxes and decrease public spending.
We seemed to be sliding towards fascism all over the western world.
But just as steadily, the real problem of inequality gets worse and worse. The rich are getting richer as the poorer get poorer but the ruling classes sit pretty as those at the bottom stay brainwashed to believe that their problems are caused by immigration.
Immigrants are being forced into ghettos in certain areas and it does create a lot of tension, locally. They're being disproportionally housed in poorer, northern areas but I believe this is entirely deliberate and is designed to do exactly what he said - create tension so that more and more right wing policies can be brought in to get rid of this demonic invasion. These are exactly the responses that right wingers want to hear while they cut taxes and decrease public spending.
We seemed to be sliding towards fascism all over the western world.
But just as steadily, the real problem of inequality gets worse and worse. The rich are getting richer as the poorer get poorer but the ruling classes sit pretty as those at the bottom stay brainwashed to believe that their problems are caused by immigration.
I'm glad to hear it. I wasn't trying to offend you and I'm sorry if i did.
His parents were famously Irish immigrants hence his autobiography being titled 'no blacks. no dogs. no irish' from the signs on the boarding houses.If he's an example of the indigenous race, he looks like an inbred from outer space.
The ignorant irony of what he is saying is clearly lost on him. But then the tory government is full of second generation immigrants hell bent on pulling the ladder up.
sweet_left_foot
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He is not correct but when he says they prospective immigrants "are not being cared for properly" and that they will "bring their problems with them" is correct. This nation needs to do better to address what is obvious and not shy away because it doesn't want to face the truth.
Pity he formed those nuggets in a world of "alleged" and the inference it should be a British issue. Especially as a child of Irish immigrants.
Pity he formed those nuggets in a world of "alleged" and the inference it should be a British issue. Especially as a child of Irish immigrants.
grumpyoldgit
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Born of Irish immigrant parents, wasn't he?
sweet_left_foot
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I should have waited for mogga's dog's response. Bang on
atypical_boro
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You’re 100% right. What a hideous haircut!
Haven’t watched the video. Does he say anything bad in it?
Gunslinger
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It's the immigrants fault the countries gone to ****
Deflection as usual
Deflection as usual
Fattyfoggon
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I think to say he has no talent is pretty harsh considering the the impact of the original Pistols album and some of the PIL stuff is really good also, but it is a shame in a similar way to Morrisey some of his political views are awful
JonJon
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It's just age, that's all. We were all cool in our youth, but some of us lose our way and some more than others.
I feel a bit sorry for these guys. As my old Mam used to say "there's no fool like an old fool", but the luckiest old fools are the ones who don't have the 24-hour glare of international media exposure.
I feel a bit sorry for these guys. As my old Mam used to say "there's no fool like an old fool", but the luckiest old fools are the ones who don't have the 24-hour glare of international media exposure.
Child of Irish immigrants and an immigrant himself in the USA now.
He was always a fan of sarcasm, but he doesn't seem to have the same handle on irony.
He was always a fan of sarcasm, but he doesn't seem to have the same handle on irony.
And that observation takes us back to Morrissey again. I'm talking about the singer here, not the FMTTM poster.