If you think that the worst part of a grooming scandal is race or religion then yes you are racist.
88% of UK sexual offences are committed by White British men (despite white British men being 83% of total men)
This isn’t about race.
It’s about patriarchy and sexual predators.
After the proof of this week, can we all just admit it's racism.
The filth in Belfast are racist cunts.
Nigel Farage justifying them is a racist cunt.
Reform voters voting for him are racist cunts.
Stop. Pretending. Otherwise.
Know your enemy.
🚨🇬🇧 My fellow white people all over the world.
We are not oppressed because of our race. When we pretend we are, we look like idiots.
The evidence on policing shows the opposite. Stop and search. Use of force. The Lammy Review. Macpherson. The disparities are documented, and they don’t show anti-white bias. The training that followed didn’t turn the police into an anti-white militia. That’s a story, not a fact.
Here’s what is a fact. The police failed Henry. He told them he’d been stabbed. An officer said “I don’t think so, mate.” He died. Procedure wasn’t followed. That failure is real and it deserves answers.
It had nothing to do with his race, or yours.
Anyone telling you Henry died because the police have become anti-white is selling you something. Farage. Lowe. Braverman. Robinson. They need you angry, irrational, and not looking at the data - because persecution is the product. It keeps them relevant. They have no solution to a single real problem this country faces.
Henry deserved better than to die. He also deserves better than to be turned into a false persecution narrative, or a culture war martyr - his own grieving father explicitly warned against this.
We’re being desensitized.
Don’t lose your empathy.
Watching people die on your phone isn’t normal.
Remember to take breaks, take care of yourselves, your loved ones and your community.
Suicide.
I'm choosing to be deliberately blunt and provocative in this post because it's necessary. Government, charities, football clubs are all pushing water up a hill in highlighting what is undoubtedly a major health crisis.
You take a rope.
You put it up in a garage or a tree nearby or far away.
You're thinking about every loved one you'll leave behind as you put that rope around your neck.
Then you drop.
Some are decapitated.
Some aren't.
All are found by someone who has a lifetime of trauma that will never leave them.
A son.
A daughter.
A brother.
A sister.
A mother.
A father.
I know 2 men who hung themselves.
One was found by his Mom.
One was found by his brother.
Neither have recovered fully. 20 and 30 years on.
A life sentence for people who were already worrying, terrified their loved one may do something.
So just visualise the above and ask, "is there another way"?
A segway for a moment.
I do a few Q&A's every year. Tales of yesterday with a 99% male audience of my age group.
After the stories and fun, my last question back to the audience is..
"Hands up if you struggle with a mental health issue".
Nobody ever puts a hand up. Despite 1 in every 3 of 500 attendees statistically struggling.
"Ah, nobody, that's fucking brilliant! Well I do! ". I then graphically tell people, stunned into silence about how a rope around my neck in the middle of nowhere jolted me to go home and cry like a baby to my Mom.
After the Q&A has finished, something always happens. I'll be chatting to a few guys, saying bye and one by one, men will come over and whisper " I struggle".
Or my mailbox the next day will have 30 emails from guys, their partners or kids saying " Dad/Uncle /Brother was there last night and what you said hit them hard".
And that's how some people realise that it's time to speak to a pal or family member or even rant to me in an email. It works, I often get a follow up email a year or 6 later saying that they took responsibility for their suicidal feelings and are now flying.
Humans are programmed to want to live, to have families and to keep the species growing and thriving. So for a human to want to short circuit that desire isn't normal, and it should never be spoken of as normal. It's the ultimate red flag.
If you suspect your mate, Dad, Brother, Uncle is struggling mentally, they deserve your intervention.
They deserve a " are you OK, please tell me what's up".
They deserve an opportunity to get past wanting to hang a rope over a tree or in a garage and slowly struggle until they die and you find them.
If you've been there and trust me I have plenty, then you'll know that text out of the blue, or a footie mate or one of your kids asking jow you are can open the curtains to some sunshine.
Because when suicide is your only answer, the room is already dark, and you can't see a way out.
So please, fucking pretty please, ask that husband, Dad, Uncle, Cousin, footie pal TODAY how they are.
You may be shocked what comes back but extremely glad that you asked.
For those who struggle, you're not alone.
Remember watching Itauma box just over two years ago, can't remember the exact fight but remember seeing him knock someone out, then remember him going six rounds with another guy and just thinking he's gonna be the real deal. Been following ever since and my god, what a fighter.
Last night at Anfield will stay with me forever - not because of one person's words, but because of how the entire football family stood together.
To my @afcbournemouth teammates who supported me in that moment, to the @LiverpoolFC players and fans who showed their true character, to the @premierleague officials who handled it professionally - thank you. Football showed its best side when it mattered most.
Scoring those two goals felt like speaking the only language that truly matters on the pitch. This is why I play - for moments like these, for my teammates, for everyone who believes in what this beautiful game can be.
The overwhelming messages of support from across the football world remind me why I love this sport. We keep moving forward, together. 🙏🏾⚽
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