The refugee crisis.

[JayBox325]

#POWEROUT.

I saw Nicky Ajose in the county ground car park the other day.

[horlock07]

Has the Daily Mash launched a serious news service? Only that entire article appears to be spot on. Honestly, the number of people saying "charity begins at home" with the clear subtext that it should finish there too is depressing as anything.

The Mash has been scarily real on any number of stories recently - just goes to show how frankly ridiculous this country is becoming....

Has anyone stopped to think whether any of the refugees/economic migrants (delete depending on what side of the political or social spectrum you stand) would want to come to Swindon - I suspect inflicting 5 years of watching Town on them would be as bad as anything they will endure elsewhere!

[Skinny Pete]

Oh, I don't know. Bahgdad Rovers and Damascus United are pretty shite.

As with migrants of any kind they would want to be accommodated with their own people - wherever that may be.

No different to the Brits taking over various towns in Spain.

[Reg Smeeton]

As with migrants of any kind they would want to be accommodated with their own people - wherever that may be.

Not so sure about that....the migrant ladies from Eastern Europe who I've accommodated, have all been very much for getting to know the local culture and fitting in.

In fact, being I suppose fairly ancient, I know shed loads of people from various immigrant communities, many of whom try very hard to avoid people from a similar background.

[Skinny Pete]

Cameron is announcing just how many refugees Britain will accept this afternoon.

Strangely, they will only be people who are in camps in Syria at the moment - not any that are presently in Europe.

If the number is somewhere around 20,000, how much is it going to cost just to transport them here.

[horlock07]

Cameron is announcing just how many refugees Britain will accept this afternoon.

Strangely, they will only be people who are in camps in Syria at the moment - not any that are presently in Europe.

If the number is somewhere around 20,000, how much is it going to cost just to transport them here.

Not really strange - those in Europe have escaped where they felt threatened and thus really are migrants.

[Amir]

To go back to the original point....would it be appropriate at a Help For Heroes charity fundraiser the like of which we've had at the CG, for someone in the TE to raise a lets wipe out ISIS banner, as the former Archbishop of Canterbury was asking for yesterday?

That's a good comparison, for a different reason. Say people wanted to hold a Help For Heroes banner in the town end, and a load of people didn't agree because they thought we should first help innocent victims of our military action. They might have a point, but they'd still be moaning moronically about what is essentially a humanitarian message.

[BruceChatwin]

We could house some in the Stratton Bank, though even they would probably be appalled at the facilities.

[Reg Smeeton]

We could house some in the Stratton Bank, though even they would probably be appalled at the facilities.

The CG has already been used as a POW camp....hopefully it won't be needed again.

[Reg Smeeton]

Cameron is announcing just how many refugees Britain will accept this afternoon.

Strangely, they will only be people who are in camps in Syria at the moment - not any that are presently in Europe.

If the number is somewhere around 20,000, how much is it going to cost just to transport them here.

20,000 it is then.....a town the size of Chippenham.

[Skinny Pete]

Shunt the population of Chippenham to Syria and problem solved!

[Ironside]

Thanks. I'm aware of that, cause I live here. We have had some projects running recently to help the situation. So you're saying that I'm not allowed to try and do what I can to help the refugee crisis because the city I live in has some homeless people?

I don't see what the problem is? It's just a banner. It's not hurting a single person. It's doing no harm whatsoever.

What it's failing to do is actually help anyone. How people will it feed? How many people will receive medical treatment? How many lives will be saved as a direct result of this banner?

None.

So ultimately, why are you doing it?

'Raising awareness' I hear you shout. Switch on your TV or buy a paper, log on to facebook or twitter, it's all over it and your banner changes nothing.

If you were actually as clever as you think you are, you would see that you are not directing your efforts sensibly at all.

If you really wanted to help make a difference, there are many ways you could do it. This isn't one of them.

[DRS]

What it's failing to do is actually help anyone. How people will it feed? How many people will receive medical treatment? How many lives will be saved as a direct result of this banner?

None.

So ultimately, why are you doing it?

'Raising awareness' I hear you shout. Switch on your TV or buy a paper, log on to facebook or twitter, it's all over it and your banner changes nothing.

If you were actually as clever as you think you are, you would see that you are not directing your efforts sensibly at all.

If you really wanted to help make a difference, there are many ways you could do it. This isn't one of them.

On a scale of 1-10 how much does it bother you?

[Amir]

What it's failing to do is actually help anyone. How people will it feed? How many people will receive medical treatment? How many lives will be saved as a direct result of this banner?

None.

So ultimately, why are you doing it?

'Raising awareness' I hear you shout. Switch on your TV or buy a paper, log on to facebook or twitter, it's all over it and your banner changes nothing.

If you were actually as clever as you think you are, you would see that you are not directing your efforts sensibly at all.

If you really wanted to help make a difference, there are many ways you could do it. This isn't one of them.

If nothing else it might make a few people, who've been through a terrible ordeal, feel like there are people in the World who care about what they've suffered. I thought the displays in Germany and people applauding at the train station was heartwarming. You do need a heart in the first place to feel that emotion though.

It's forty quid and a banner, FFS.

[Berniman]

And how much of a problem do you have with Jay in particular?  You seem to have a strange level of angst towards him with the name calling and put downs you are throwing his way.

I understand that everybody has there opinions, but just because somebody's opinion differs to yours is there any need for it?  At least he is backing his opinion up with some sort of action..