# In the news thread
**URL:** https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17
**Category:** General
**Created:** [March 4, 2019, 3:57pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17 "2019-03-04T15:57:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 12
### Author:  [@shoebill](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/shoebill)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2019, 3:50pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/232 "2019-07-11T15:50:48Z")
> **[A Prison Guard Debunks Tommy Robinson's ‘Muslim Gang’ Claims](https://www.vice.com/en/article/stephen-yaxley-lennon-tommy-robinson-muslim-prison-guard-gang-claims/)**
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> Robinson (real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon) faces a new contempt of court charge hearing – a guard fact-checks his fear of 'Muslim gangs.'
Vice piece but worth a read
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### Author:  [@Mark](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Mark)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2019, 5:10am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/233 "2019-07-12T05:10:18Z")
They always get in somewhere ‘Tommy Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon’ like with Gary Glitter (real name Paul Francis Gadd). I wonder if it’s a requirement, or if it’s just a passing fact they always include, or if they only do it for people who use a pseudonym and are bell ends, or some other reason.
Makes the person who changed their name sound kind of withering, I’m backing it.
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### Author:  [@Garlicnaan](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Garlicnaan)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2019, 6:40am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/234 "2019-07-12T06:40:28Z")
I wonder if he’s changed it legally?
I was driving yesterday and on the radio they referred to him as “Stephen Yaxley Lennon, who calls himself Tommy Robinson”
It’s like when they refer to ISIS as “the so called Islamic state”
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### Author:  [@Les\_Zeppelin](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Les_Zeppelin)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2019, 8:20am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/235 "2019-07-12T08:20:42Z")
Because if they had to call him by what he actually is only the news at ten could use it.
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### Author:  [@Mush](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Mush)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2019, 12:29pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/236 "2019-07-12T12:29:13Z")
Didn’t we, the UK, recently say that we were not going to involve ourselves with following the US with this tension with Iran?
I suppose in part that’s true as we seem to be the agitators and not the followers.
> **[Britain sending second warship to Gulf amid rising tensions with Iran](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/gulf-of-iran-uk-military-presence-warship-latest-royal-navy-a9002061.html)**
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> Type 45 destroyer HMS Duncan will operate alongside HMS Montrose which was forced to intervene when Iranian boats attempted to impede UK tanker on Wednesday
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### Author:  [@Dent\_Face](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Dent_Face)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2019, 1:31pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/237 "2019-07-12T13:31:43Z")
NASS festival sounds so shit:
> **[NASS Festival in Shepton Mallet forces school closure](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-48963225)**
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> Mendip School says it is unable to ensure an "appropriate and protective" environment for pupils.
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### Author:  [@Load](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Load)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2019, 5:55pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/238 "2019-07-12T17:55:07Z")
People do it with Blondey when he’s doing some questionable stuff too.
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### Author:  [@ultimateLAD](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/ultimateLAD)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2019, 6:39pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/239 "2019-07-12T18:39:55Z")
Woah yeah I remember him! He used to skate for Palace.
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### Author:  [@Load](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Load)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2019, 8:39pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/240 "2019-07-12T20:39:29Z")
No, I’m talking about the artist.
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### Author:  [@voodoo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/voodoo)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2019, 9:43pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/241 "2019-07-12T21:43:33Z")
The media certainly don’t do it for Boris Johnson (real name Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson).
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### Author:  [@Load](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Load)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2019, 10:14pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/242 "2019-07-12T22:14:54Z")
de pfeffel? fuck that’s hilarious. I wonder who has the most pretentious name that they’re attempting to hide…
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### Author:  [@Garlicnaan](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Garlicnaan)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2019, 6:44pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/243 "2019-07-14T18:44:36Z")
> **[Trump hits back after accusations of racism over 'go back' tweet](https://news.sky.com/story/donald-trump-tells-congresswomen-to-go-back-to-their-original-countries-11763075)**
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> The president had told four politicians to "go back" and fix the problems in the "crime-infested places from which they came".
Maybe this is the default response we should be giving trump anytime he criticises the UK.
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### Author:  [@ihatethegeneralpublic](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/ihatethegeneralpublic)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2019, 9:23am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/244 "2019-07-15T09:23:28Z")
In other news:
> **['Gimp suit' man terrifies woman in Somerset village](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-48982140)**
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> A man in a "full black rubbery suit" ran up to the woman as she was walking in Claverham, Somerset.
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### Author:  [@voodoo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/voodoo)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2019, 10:18pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/245 "2019-07-15T22:18:25Z")
A lot of people are going to be shot, if they’re stupid enough.
> **[US Air Force vows to shoot anyone who storms Area 51](https://metro.co.uk/2019/07/15/ufo-hunters-storm-area-51-see-aliens-shot-us-airforce-10316421/)**
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> And that's not the only risk truth-seekers face if they decide to form a mob and infiltrate the high-security secret military base.
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### Author:  [@buildafire](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/buildafire)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 8:10am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/246 "2019-07-16T08:10:17Z")
Everybody knows Area 51 is only there to divert attention from Area 52.
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### Author:  [@jimvo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/jimvo)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 8:23am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/247 "2019-07-16T08:23:31Z")
The idea of flying saucers was put about to throw people off the scent of the stealth bomber that was in development. Associating this shape with a disk rather than a wing. Also to shit the enemy up that they had alien tech
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### Author:  [@ihatethegeneralpublic](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/ihatethegeneralpublic)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 10:01am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/248 "2019-07-16T10:01:18Z")
> [@jimvo](#):
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> The idea of flying saucers was put about to throw people off the scent of the stealth bomber that was in development. Associating this shape with a disk rather than a wing. Also to shit the enemy up that they had alien tech
I’d agree that 99.99999% of ‘sightings’ are just various types of military aircraft, there are some genuinely mysterious cases though of things that have been seen by pilots etc that just don’t add up. I wouldn’t even suggest they’re aliens, just odd.
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### Author:  [@voodoo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/voodoo)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 11:10am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/249 "2019-07-16T11:10:45Z")
UFO sightings have been going on way before radar, so before the stealth bomber could of even been a concept. I believe there has been a lot of disinformation too, to keep people looking in the wrong direction. If you think it is hard to fool entire populations, just look at religion. Usually based around one very vague book, with very little really known about it, the people or a lot of it provable (places, times, dates, etc), look at all the different religions that contradict each other, yet they are followed by billions (based on Earths population being 7.53 billion).
UFOs could be time travellers or Lizard overlords for all we know. There are more things in heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy. Human knowledge is still very limited, future generations will look back at us, as living in the dark ages now. I also believe there has been a massive step taken in technology over the past century that seems to have come from nowhere at times.
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### Author:  [@ciaran](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/ciaran)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 11:36am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/250 "2019-07-16T11:36:37Z")
And then there’s the Fermi paradox - if the universe is so large, why haven’t we discovered extra terrestrial life yet? My guess is we’re probably just not interesting or intelligent enough - as a civilsation, we’re not even at 1 on the Kardeshev scale and there’s definitely a couple of filters to get through, like ecological or military self-destruction. [Useful infographic here…](https://9gag.com/gag/arOZYNX?ref=ios.s.others)
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### Author:  [@jimvo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/jimvo)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 11:44am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/251 "2019-07-16T11:44:42Z")
I personally don’t think aliens have been here or ever will and it’s basically all bollocks, wishful thinking etc. And I used to cane the X Files.
I’d like to believe it though. Would be cool if they intervened and saved us.
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