Caller claims 'friend told her' asylum seekers get given free cars | LBC

[@JohnSmall314]

The biggest con is from people earning £1,000/hour convincing people earning £15/hour that the reason for their hardship is people earning £10/hour.

[@TFx2TV]

The class system doing its job: deviding and conquering

[@zerosilver87]

Notice she didn't blame the tories for any of this. She didn't blame the super rich, the people in power, the people who continue to make life harder for her. Instead, she believe the rhetoric and the propaganda that we are being invaded and all these problems are coming from a source that we can't control. Absolutely brainwashed to the end of the hilt.

[@ao4514]

You've made a thoughtful point, John! However, who are those earning £1000/hour?

[@comparecards5688]

@@ao4514 the Likes of JRM for example which during the Brexit campaign said food would be cheaper outside of EU whilst moved most of his business in EU 😎

[@hypatia4754]

@@ao4514 Bankers, hedge fund managers, fat cats taking massive salary increases and bonusus off record company profits, Tories and their upper class backers, etc, etc.

[@ReductioAdNauseam]

The greatest trick ever played is convincing everyone that their problems are the fault of those below them, as opposed to those above them.

[@paulhynes170]

and idiots keep falling for it that is brexit happened

[@TheAmazingAdventuresOfMiles]

Personally I think my problems are either my fault or nobodies, except in very rare circumstances. Like the caller in this video, so many people's go-to mantre when they have a problem is to find someone else, maybe richer than them, maybe poorer, maybe from overseas, or not, blame it all on them, and get really angry about it. If we as a society put our energies into actual constructive problem solving rather than ranting and foaming at the mouth about everyone else, we'd all be in a better place.

[@antispindr8613]

@@TheAmazingAdventuresOfMiles So, no reactionary or emotionally-charged appeals to little Englanders? Sorry, but how are the Tories ever to be elected?

[@richardlyness]

What a beautiful collections of words

[@MikeLawtonUK]

My problems are my responsibility and mine to solve. Yes, life is frequently tough and unfair, but blaming others, especially the less fortunate is lazy and cowardly. If you feel the need to blame someone ‘lower’ than you, then you’re being played by those above you.

[@robmoore396]

Part of me thinks it wasn't even an asylum seeking family who moved in, with the 'cars and nice clothes and nice phones' - it was just a normal family who happen to be brown, so all the locals are like, 'they must be asylum seekers'

[@sareedoahmed1751]

How about they even have a bit of money, they want to buy nikes for the first time of their lives

[@teresawilliamson9377]

Preach, they are so busy looking at poor people & people drowning on sunken boats with their children, the rich are laughing their heads off. 🤣😂🤣😂😱😥😭🤑😤🥵

[@KalisFlame]

Still a valid concern, unless you're a supporter of dysgenics? Which is sick!

[@M414-q6o]

@@KalisFlame don't worry, nobody is forcing you to do reproduce. you can keep your snout

[@1inchPunchBowl]

@@KalisFlame Not really as its not based on reality. Do you also worry about dragons & goblins?

[@jocksterDJ]

I was a housing officer and support worker-and as a support worker I supported asylum seeker. Trust me when I say there is NOTHING truthful about this callers anecdotes.

[@kevinjohnson3782]

Probably read it in a right wing paper.😅

[@neeciedgm]

Thank you ! Anna really didn’t get it did she! They can’t have better housing than my dad cos that’s not fair, but they shouldn’t get the cheapest housing cos my sister wants one of those! Yeah I know my dad already has a house to live in, and I know my sister can afford private renting, but we think refugees are getting free stuff, and we want free stuff too. Jeez!😊

[@kelvinhunter5807]

You lie

[@Humanity101-zp4sq]

@@neeciedgm Reading between the lines quickly reveals that the caller was clumbsily attempting to explain that the country shouldn't be accepting refugees when there is insufficient housing stock for those who already live here. This is patently true. The social housing stock has been systematically diminished by demolition and private sales.

[@s.t3315]

Honestly it laughable, ive worked in the homeless sector and you can't get housed if they do not have the right to reside. I guarantee the people she speaks of have leave to remain, settled status or are uk citizen who are working and have bought thier own cars.

[@Dixie1sixty]

A classic case of "Look at them over there - they're the reason you're unhappy'.

[@stephenreeds3632]

1930s rhetoric from Germany.

[@leannetrotter4414]

THE FACT IS THAT NOBODY GETS A FREE CAR !!!

[@MrJonezy541]

"We have always been at war with Euroasia"

[@Humanity101-zp4sq]

A technique which has been well exercised throughout political history by those with power and control.

[@Humanity101-zp4sq]

@@leannetrotter4414 Read up about PIP payments.

[@CptCactus-11-20-6]

So she isn't angry that her father gets a pittance for a pension! Instead, she blames others for his situation! Doing exactly what the government wants everyone to do. Everyone blames everyone else in society for the government's failings, while they look after themselves. It's almost like they do it deliberately!

[@thomaspearson1919]

That's true.

[@jamiemclennan5826]

🎯

[@bereal6590]

That's the problem!👍

[@harrycallahan9143]

Well it does cost the government 7 million pounds a day housing all these asylum seekers so someone's got to pay for it.

[@jamiemclennan5826]

@@harrycallahan9143 It's closer to 4 actually which is a fortune. Not as much as the 60 billion the Tories have just lost in the budget and the 110 million and counting for the non existent Rwanda deal. Point the finger where it should be pointed.

[@EllieIbu]

If your Dad is struggling, then maybe do what the 'foreigners' do and look after him.

[@jaijai5250]

Exactly. Who would’ve thought something so basic and simple, could be so hard to comprehend.

[@johnjefferybikepacking]

Maybe because we "look after them" by being tax payers akin to what 1st world countries do. It's the countries coming here to spend that money and leave their families behind that is the issue.

[@Raven-nx8dr]

Hear, hear!

[@TheKhalidx]

Woah!...phew...mind blowing lol....unheard of

[@Deeejjj64]

Yeah everyone on benefits yay

[@Traitorman..Proverbs26.11]

One of the immigrants in my area have a very flashy BMW. It turns out that three families with a total of 8 working adults have bought it second hand as a share. Different men drives it on different days. My neighbour complains about them having this share car. The neighbour’s household has 3 cars for 2 people.

[@TalesOfWar]

The cognitive dissonance is painful there.

[@anthony342]

bet none have a driving licence ..or insurance

[@Traitorman..Proverbs26.11]

@@anthony342 Well. You would be wrong. As in your country, profiling is not unknown, and they are often checked.

[@JustDaniel6764]

And are they all insured to drive it or do they share 1 policy?

[@Traitorman..Proverbs26.11]

@@JustDaniel6764 In Denmark the insurance is typically taken out by the owner of the car. And the owner can allow anyone with a valid drivers license to drive the car. And furthermore. No insurance. No license plate.

[@glyngasson8450]

If her dad is struggling it's not an asylum seekers fault, it's the governments fault

[@starman9921]

How about the daughter helping her dad out and repaying for her childhood. Like a lot of foreign countries do

[@b0sH]

Or her dad's fault...

[@insertname2035]

@@starman9921 yep. That's one of the things Britain could learn from other cultures. Family values like looking after elderly parents

[@dm38london]

And not saving for retirement when younger.

[@daveruda]

@@starman9921 "repaying for her childhood" sound rather disturbing. As it was the child that made the desicion to be concieved and not the parents choice and responsibility to care for its child. Being chained to your parents bc you owe them something is very toxic and would hurt women a lot while the crooks that cut public services get richer

[@acerimmer1023]

It's so sad......her father's plight is a result of the wealthiest in Britain......and people believe it's the fault of the poorest in the world......

[@evolassunglasses4673]

Agree, but immigration is capitalism importing an over supply of labour in, which is a race to the bottom particularly for the working class. Oligarchs love immigration. Capitalism will never invest in training or increase pay and conditions if it can just fly in labour. The Left understood this back in the day, even Bernie Sanders was anti immigration.

[@mista4700]

@@evolassunglasses4673 What would be different in her father's life or hers if what she was saying was true? Nothing would. In America, we have a problem with Blaming the people that want a better life instead of Blaming the people that are giving it to them is the problem with talking about illegal immigrants here. I don't want to go Into or talk about a country I'm not educated enough about to tell my opinions about what's happening there when I've never been there, but it kind of sounds like the same thing.

[@Neil-qg9cw]

@@evolassunglasses4673 Mate, we literally have a labour shortage. We need immigrants if we want the UK to grow!

[@rasheedghannan5465]

Refugees and asylum seekers get the worse jobs that English people dont want work hard try to save

[@jimcourt9164]

@@Neil-qg9cw one of them can take your job. Or take a job in your sector and drive down the salaries in that sector . Stop talking nonsense

[@rodb9492]

Listening to Anna, something REALLY needs to be fixed in the Brit education system - particularly in the area of teaching pupils how to develop critical thought and not believe every piece of garbage they are fed so that when they 'grow up' and become 'adults' they have sufficient common sense to dismiss out of what hand that what 'friends at work in the local council' tell them is in this case complete and utter BS.

[@russellbiggs9594]

Exactly 100% correct Rob!! One of the best things I ever learnt whilst doing my Masters in sociology was to question everything around us, in particular so called statistics and facts, in particular their origins and who exactly commissions the initial survey???? Dare I say it but some peoples intelligence is soo poor that they labour under the pretence that if it’s on the news on the TV it must be true 🤷🏼‍♂️, alas sometimes there’s no educating pork!!

[@ecyor0]

In my experience that is mixed bag as well. I've seen so many self-proclaimed Critical Thinkers and Rationalists who got an overinflated sense of their intelligence from debunking creationists or whatever and then proceeded to uncritically parrot every "feminists seek to destroy white culture" argument they saw, spend 3 hours ranting about an imagined conspiracy based on a single deliberately misleading headline from an article that used 2 tweets with a combined 7 likes as evidence of a conspiracy against Doom players, or confidently declare that science doesn't support trans 'ideology' despite numerous biologists, anthropologists and psychologists explaining in detail why they're wrong. Critical thinking doesn't change anything if people aren't interested in changing.

[@bikepackingadventure7913]

The problem is, it’s not just the uneducated. I know a number of university educated as well as people with Phds and they still believe the same propaganda as fact. 😐

[@Mpayne1472]

The biggest thing on KZbin is people asking for a film name or song title when it’s clearly stated on the video. You tell them where to find it “oh yeah didn’t see it” it’s right in front of your face! No common sense whatsoever!

[@Ellzyboy]

Oh the irony in your comment. Incredible

[@modithorson7484]

"How dare you callenge my ill formed opinions! You're so condescending."

[@greattobeadub]

People who send their children to Eton at £55,000 a year on the other hand are on the side of the British working class.

[@rosem5041]

Well said👍or own hedge funds and profit from the financial crash in 2008. Watch Double Down news.

[@kelliehu8749]

Exactly, they know what it's like to struggle.

[@y_ffordd]

I dont think Eton is that cheap any more, the rich get richer so the future politicians will be even more rich and disassociated with the rest of us.

[@greattobeadub]

@willrose5055 Levelling up!

[@markcraine4213]

Yep the idiots think Rees Mogg, Farage etc are on their side 😂

[@obiwankenobi661]

i am an immigrant in the country i live in and i specifically moved to a "lower class neighbourhood" because the rent is cheap. i have a pretty well paying job but i am trying to be as frugal as possible and i dont feel particularly comfortable around rich "natives". but someone who doesnt know anything about me could easily think i mustve been given outrageous handouts even though i work in software development and i have bought everything i own. this is why you dont judge books by their covers - and even less by what friends tell you about books covers.

[@sharonbarlow2262]

The same people with these attitudes say the same about the unemployed having big tvs the facts that often they are rented or on credit is ignored.

[@suspendedtwice4sayingrasis261]

Did the government give you a car as well?

[@Sum3nglishKid]

Liar, bot.

[@mennoydema5222]

@@suspendedtwice4sayingrasis261 As well ? Who is getting cars from the government then ?

[@suspendedtwice4sayingrasis261]

@@mennoydema5222 Have you even watched the video?

[@StrongKickMan]

If a refugee without knowledge of your language is able to take your job, you might just be not as skilled as you thought.

[@ascend2luv]

Since google translator with free smart phone with contract they can get a job to declare to speak English smacks of RACISM

[@kc2724]

Well said

[@Outdoorshuntingshooting]

what a crass thing to say to someone who cannot get a job because of an influx of younger workers.

[@TestyCol]

What's crass about it? It raises a valid point. ​@@Outdoorshuntingshooting

[@TheKhalidx]

😂😂😂😂

[@thomostash]

The fact her Dad had to 'stand guard' is the most telling part of this conversation.

[@jinparksoul]

If that was a true account then he definitely had to be defending them from torch carrying villagers with some of the same concerns that are fomenting in her head lately.

[@justicedemocrat9357]

But according to the caller all the refugees had fancy cars and expensive houses wouldn't they be richer than her dad?

[@ObeMossop]

@@justicedemocrat9357 the argument falls apart the moment you start to analyse it

[@VINYLJUNKIE5623]

​@@ObeMossop the argument falls apart the moment she opens her mouth 🙄

[@ChantalAlba-r5p]

She said they were welcomed… in fact my dad stood guard .🙄🥴🤣

[@TheCasualObservers]

I work for a council. Spoiler: we don't give out free cars. To anyone. Regardless, councils have no money to do so, even if they wanted to.

[@applejuice5272]

Also work for a council. Same.

[@ErwinPommel]

But I heard from a bloke down the pub whose dad used to mow the lawn of a guy who worked in a company which the council contracted to do some work for them before he actually worked there that you do. What say you to that, eh?! Check and mate!

[@kaikai-pb7fh]

you mean you're employed by the council.. you certainly don't do any work.

[@kaikai-pb7fh]

don't you do the motability scheme anymore ?

[@njemilenantan2269]

@@applejuice5272 I also work for a council the same. My council has no resources to fund free cars. They are struggling to fund care for people who are British Citizens.

[@isolationnationn]

“I don’t get X, so why do others get Y” We’re the UK, the question people *should* be asking is why can’t we do *both* , because we *can* afford it if our elected officials had the right priorities.

[@douglashagedorn7717]

Absolutely

[@scottnejrup]

But we can't afford it!!

[@hayleyxyz]

​@@scottnejrup We can. What we can't afford is to keep indulging the Tories' depraved ideologies anymore.

[@tomgedney101]

@@scottnejrup you're right we can't. Because we allow the creation of loopholes that allow the wealthiest to avoid paying tax. Funnily enough they're the same wealthy people who own the newspapers that tell you to blame immigrants.

[@davidb5173]

Excellent comment

[@isaacbell2426]

The genius is how those at the top have managed to convince those at the bottom that those at the very bottom are the cause of all their woes!

[@rosyapplekitchen635]

Yes and not their corruption

[@yarkahaji]

It’s very sad that grown adults actually believe this bs

[@maggieedward3951]

Pure lies she saying 😂

[@mikey1966able]

This ideology is to stir up hate & divide made up nonsense if she really wants to know ask the immigrants or government not friends & family

[@TheCatBilbo]

It's often simple lack of knowledge, or "this person told me". Too many don't research, they just assume. Extremists like that: they can fill the void with a poisonous narrative.

[@alberthawkins1240]

The maximum an asylum seeker receives is around thirty five pounds a week via something called an Aspen card. Also, please note, asylum seekers cannot work. It is only when a person gets leave to remain that they can work.

[@J.D.M2.1]

That's the main problem, they used to be able to work, but because that creates ties to the community (one of the conditions for asylum) Theresa May stopped it. So now the whole burden is on the government rather than shared with the person seeking asylum

[@silversurfer640]

Albert Hawkins The asylum system needs to be streamlined and sped up. I don't have any confidence in the government achieving this end.

[@newshades7009]

but can they was cars

[@op3129]

@@silversurfer640 sunak: asylum system is broken starmer: it IS broken. *_WHO BROKE IT?_* tories in power since 2010, yes? in US, republicans have purposely stymied immigration reform for 25+ years. they do that bc 1. their corporate overlords/donor$ like cheap labor, and 2. they need the fear/issue of "scary" immigrants ("invading") ... while refusing to solve immigration bc that's how they stay in power. tories have had 12 years to "streamline" anything.

[@davidgriffithsbjjcoach7207]

I met some asylum seekers in college one of whom spoke four languages and her first language was one the home office was short of interpreters for but she couldn't do that job due to the fact she wasn't allowed to work. She helped out on a voluntary basis because it helped people but I remember thinking this was madness.

[@jackn4853]

When I was worjking in Sheffield I was told by a native Sheffielder that every immigrant was given £500 and a rent free flat. Because of this he decided not to pay his council tax to teach the council a lesson. These people wholeheartedly believe whatever their mate in the pub tells them. Dismay comes nowhere near how I felt. Is it just an English thing or UK wide?

[@geoffmerritt]

World wide, certainly mates in pubs in Australia have the same authority.

[@sharonbarlow2262]

Well that person is a liar. They get a voucher for 36 quid for food if an asylum seeker. If they come through immigration route they have no recourse to public funds which means they are supported by their sponsor

[@grayb7420]

It’s worse in the states

[@shafffisher]

New Zealand has it share of these people. I was once told at a pub that immigrants are taking all the jobs then not 20 minutes later he told me there's waves of immigrants coming in and they don't work because they get "handouts".

[@nigelft]

​​@@geoffmerritt There's likely a shared saying between us two nations, which states something like this ... "An amazing number of problems were solved/fixed, by two blokes in a shed. A lot of problems/issues were caused by two blokes in a cheap, chain - owned/operated, pub ..." ... In our case, such pubs is usually Wetherspoons. For some reason they open their doors quite early (me thinks 9 - 9.30am ...). I used to meet up with a friend over their so-so breakfast, but having a pint of ale with it (I prefer wheat beers, as over-hopped ones are just too bitter), was the draw, especially at 11.30am ... But what was crazy is, by the time we would meet up, regardless of which Wetherspoons pub we would go to, we would see the same thing; groups of senior men, sitting huddled together, with at least four-five empties each, by their elbow, and clearly supping on their fifth/sixth ... I'll never know how long they would be there, especially as we would only stay until 2pm, if as late as that ... maybe their livers had gotten used to a steady consumption of alcohol, instead of binging over, say, three - four hours. Even so ... either their wives wanted them out for under their feet ... or, more tragically, it became a social clubs for widowers. But there was something a bit ... tragic ... seeing those men in their 70's and 80's, drinking from whenever the doors open, to whatever the time they leave ... likely easily after 8 pints ...

[@madebykiidd]

It's alarming that we live side by side with people who think like this

[@MM-mc2bf]

And these type think asylum seekers are the problem!

[@kaysussex4991]

So you can afford to live near JOB in Hampstead?

[@notknown5777]

So how's your comments holding up now. Get them out and out now

[@mazgilmour7734]

​@@notknown5777😅😅😅😅

[@bazmh1030]

JAMES you are a breath of fresh air because honestly speaking I WOULD NOT have the patience to deal with the insane amount of stupidity that the general public get drawn into. MUCH respect to you fella!!!!

[@carlsagan2371]

"You're being really condescending" *Proceeds to talk over James mid-sentence at every opportunity to say nothing*

[@lmusima3275]

She made that up about 3 cars. Then tries to evade the subject

[@tasscat]

Asylum seekers get about £40 a week, they can't work, and as for free cars....joke. As a benefits adviser, it still amazes me that people still think benefit recipients can claim money for their dogs!! Her only argument is that he is being condescending, when he is just telling her what the reality is.

[@Brian-om2hh]

Even if asylum seekers were given cars, how could they get insurance? A classic case of "I heard" or "someone told me"

[@tobyreed529]

Genuinely, you used to be able to claim for a dog, not now

[@Pordm]

Isn't it more so the fact they get free housing, access to our social services, as well as the £50 a week? I imagine this is more so the gripe?

[@UJSupanova]

​@@PordmIf it was, then people wouldn't make up all this nonsense about them getting free cars, designer clothing, iPhones and fancy houses for free.

[@ruthgiles8926]

I thought so. When she said "they're grafters" I immediately thought "Well, they can't be asylum seekers then, can they?" It is pure bigotry against brown people - people like her assume that everyone not as pale as them must be claiming benefits that they have somehow been denied. A moment's actual research would put them right, but instead they cling to their ignorance to the extent that they insist on calling in to public radio to humiliate themselves and call the presenter "condescending" because he is telling her facts she refuses to acknowledge.

[@JR-yd6ug]

Instead of being angry at the people that keep her area poor by not investing in it. She chooses to be angry at the people that come and improve their lives after suffering great hardship. Class system is so ridiculous.

[@Ellzyboy]

What great hardship?

[@c1p2d88]

Ah. I see. And they are contributing to society, yes? Paying their taxes, yes?

[@rajabuta]

Well hello there annas

[@oxymoron02]

@@Ellzyboy Fleeing persecution, war, general violence or an oppressive regime. I hope this answer helps, but I already know you'll ignore it because doesn't fit the narrative you've been programmed to believe.

[@djdrogs]

@@c1p2d88 more than any right wing kipper I know

[@HAli3291]

Don't drink alcohol. You'll be shocked at how much money you will save. And the nice stuff you can buy.

[@Oceans_Sail]

😂😂😂

[@metechsolutions]

Smoking too

[@zaki-t7p]

True, I bought a car cost 20 thousand pounds within 2 years

[@booboyBL]

@@zaki-t7pSo, you were spending £200 a week on alcohol? I think you had BIG problems, and I’m glad that you quit.

[@muslima33ful]

No just alcohol, cannabis too

[@urbanimage]

If only it would dawn on people like this caller that the problem with housing is the fault of the government for selling off most social housing and not building any replacements.

[@newshades7009]

they want social housing to be a thing of the past

[@abazely2743]

@@newshades7009 long ago it was alleged that some social housing was being declared unfit for human habitation by officials,taken off available stock awaiting 'repairs' and relet for the benefit of said officials.

[@sharonramsey715]

@@newshades7009 This is the real truth, but few are looking at it.

[@rustyrocket8765]

or for blaming everything that's gone wrong in their lives on the government and how they didn't get a nice house for free... I mean its ridicoulus

[@StanleyKubick1]

the morning barely dawns on her

[@diallo1347]

As an American, it is always shocking to me how similar our countries are. Same tactics of pitting marginalized groups agaisnt one another in order to distract them from collective action.

[@ellarweegadsden8483]

They are the forefathers the US is always talking about...the Mayflower folks that so many people want to claim as their ancestors.

[@shaunakkulhalli]

I mean divide and rule was a British concept. They were the flag bearers of it

[@justicedemocrat9357]

You do realise that Rupert Murdoch owns all the conservative tv stations and newspapers in Australia, America and Britain? It's all controlled by a single person.

[@ramasv1521]

Where did you americans learn the trics from. Your initial mother land

[@sleepyearth]

Americans have been sponsoring or giving money to British organizations to spread their hateful ideology for decades.

[@markstewart7559]

The real danger with this believing what you’re told is true, is then acting on it and taking it out on the people they think are benefitting.

[@andyc9344]

Hats off to your virtually boundless patience James, you couldn't have tried any harder here

[@kevinshanahan6064]

James, how many council estates have you been brought up on? James said 2, so caller decides to keep talking so James can’t taker her on, in the very argument she knew she was going to be shot down in flames upon.

[@chatham43]

.....conversing with the working classes has always been difficult for James.😊

[@CountScarlioni]

@@chatham43 Talking to the working class is fine. James' patience is shining through when conversing with someone who would by some medical definitions register as brain dead.

[@vincentbrannelly8786]

Wish I was a quid behind you

[@nartali9683]

@@chatham43 talking with idiots is difficult for james. nothing to do with being working class or not.

[@Matthew-bu7fg]

I feel like I'm in a time warp These are the kind of debates that sparked the Britain First rallies 10-15 years ago ffs

[@patrickjordan2233]

And most sane, reasoning, logical people know exactly how that turned out...

[@op3129]

isn't she just a 10-15 yr long result of that tho?

[@imagecollections6665]

The truth you mean...I suppose you think all of these young Albanians are coming to work in the NHS.

[@blinkin78]

@@imagecollections6665 if the Albanians didn’t come who’s gonna sell the drugs the English love taking so much?

[@tofu-loving-wokerati5516]

@@imagecollections6665 If the Asylum system wasn't so dysfunctional under this Tory Government, processing only 1.3 applications a week, most of them would have been promptly returned back to Albania, it's just taking months or even years to get around to them.

[@janethompson5153]

This is exhausting, lack of education and understanding causes people like this woman to believe in nonsense that's harmful not just to outsiders but to our own people. 😔

[@johnpugh3348]

you are very condescending towards this lady, they do get help to start up a business.

[@jamiemclennan5826]

@@johnpugh3348 So do UK citizens. If you don't feel you get enough target the government not these people.

[@jaybee4288]

Why not? These people have broken the law coming here. They are supposed to go and stay in the nearest safe country and that’s NEVER Britain, unless Ireland suddenly has a refugee crisis. These people are leeches taking from our state funds that British people have paid for and that is intended for our use.

[@jamiemclennan5826]

@@jaybee4288 You know we take far less immigrants than a lot of other countries in Europe and I mean by percentage?? You're fed this BS so the Tories can score more votes. It prays on the bias you CLEARLY already have.

[@hayleyxyz]

​@@johnpugh3348 and if they didn't, you lot would be crying about them being unproductive leaches off the taxpayer. We cannot win with people like you.

[@jordinagel1184]

Woman: “Please, explain to me how I’m wrong” Host: “Gladly. You see-“ Woman: “Yeah but that’s not what I said” Host: “… It is, though. It’s what you’re basing everything on. When you-“ Woman: “See, THAT’s condescending” Pretty much how the whole call went. What an absolute earsore that woman is.

[@craftmatthew]

So brutal that yet again myths and rumours circulate and turn the gullible against the wrong targets.

[@silversurfer640]

craftmatthew Tory and their supporting press rhetoric, divide society and turn people against each other. They have been using these methods for so long, but many still fall for it.

[@andymuso53]

It's what the Tories do 😡

[@antispindr8613]

Did not the way she point-blank refused to listen to any reasoned replies point to her understanding far more than she dared admit?

[@pandorapiam3374]

That is the tactic the nazis used in germany. They used propoganda films and the radio to spread misinformation about the jews and other minorities. People fell for it and the end result was millions dying in concentration camps. In this modern era mis information spreads even faster through the internet and especially social media.

[@gchelem]

I arrived in 2003, am I still allowed to claim my free car. I did not know about this scheme!

[@TheKhalidx]

😂😂😂

[@sheebweeb]

Poor gullable daft Anna. So sad to hear her struggle when confronted with simple logic.

[@paulwood6048]

If they need a car visit relatives, they can apply for funds to buy

[@vincentblack7467]

So sanctimonious.

[@bradcobb3418]

is it sad though?,

[@ao4514]

@@bradcobb3418 Everybody seems to be blaming this lady but the opinion shapers!. What about sections of the media and the govt? Aren't the govt policies responsible for some of the community tension we've been witnessing for a few years now?

[@johnpugh3348]

@@vincentblack7467 he certainly was

[@Kimmy234L]

I grew up with people like her, and the best example I can give is one particular guy, who was married with 3 children, lived in a council accommodation.....from mid 70s to this present day has probably only worked, in total, maybe 3 yrs worth of employment...and they were Cash in Hand, whilst claiming benefits.....him and his wife also had 3 holidays abroad each year, whilst on benefits......BUT.....every single day, he'd be walking around running his mouth off about foreigners and Asylum Seekers taking his jobs, his money....if it wasn't so harmful/destructive it would be laughable 🙄 Troglodytes

[@ejhdbegbeidishdj9358]

It’s projection at its finest. They’re thieves themselves so everyone else must be, too.

[@notknown5777]

How's your comments holding up now. It's all true about them

[@Kimmy234L]

@@notknown5777 ...I bet you're trolling all the videos in a frenzy with the same comment ....WOW 😴

[@bbrs925]

@@notknown5777lol I don’t think so. I reckon his comment is holding up just fine thanks.

[@yaheardme111]

​@@notknown5777how many bags you sniffed to write that.

[@christopherdavis4135]

Notice how whenever there's economic turmoil, for example a recession, it's always immigrants and/or benefit claimants who become targets. Some people fall for this all the time, which is part of the reason our country has chronic division.

[@howardosborne8647]

And a very bleak future outlook whilst that mindset prevails.

[@thelaurels13]

You’re absolutely right, Christopher.

[@Jo-yp8wy]

Or minorities...

[@cl1cka]

The funny thing is, these same people blame immigrants, while turning around and saying that we need more cause there arent enough workers.

[@jacklambert5895]

as said in the last scene of The Big Short

[@SuperJralph]

In Ireland we give all Asylum seekers a new Bentley, a 6 bed house with a pool, Private Health Insurance, and Free Foreign holidays to all inclusive 5 Star resorts. Its a national disgrace. I am writing to the Government immediately.

[@Henknibbering]

Yes they do that in my country too🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@boogiebello9464]

When can I come over 😂

[@annbutler5549]

I’m on the ferry already ! 😂

[@stephenblanchard8973]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😊

[@lindasharp8523]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@arkanianthegreat]

Rather than blame asylum seekers, do something with your own lives people, if you were born in the UK its already like winning the lottery..

[@catcoffee7958]

No they don't want to work hard or go to school,,,they just want to hate people who don better

[@newwineskin5494]

Thank you.

[@macfizzle83]

Caller: “I do find sometimes that you’re quite condescending…” James: “I’m sure I am” 😂😂😂😂😂 savage

[@bobadams7654]

"Bless"

[@thomashardy671]

In her defence that was a super condecending response.

[@markoshun]

@@thomashardy671 That's the joke..

[@thomashardy671]

@@markoshun I'm sure it is

[@Robert-hz9bj]

It is truly distressing how often people conflate someone saying "you are wrong" with being condescending...

[@upendasana7857]

She always calls him condescending everytime he simply challenges her or calls her out on things which simply aren't true.

[@peterah7957]

Yep I noticed that... He held his tongue the best he could.. Annoying ignorant woman... She didn't come off well at all.

[@jenh9252]

It is the sparky awful tone of his voice and his attitude that no 9ne can measure up to his brain power....very condescending

[@gHGhej]

Please tell a 5 year old that they will not get presents this year due to Santa not being real. What I heard is she agreed it may not be true how they got a car but people believe it was given for free. That makes people angry and anger clouds reason.

[@jacksansom1012]

I might be mistaken but i believe she only said he can be condescending sometimes at the very beginning. He kept repeating it, not her

[@bunclodyboy8968]

they get prison food, they are alloted time to bed down, they share toilets etc,they are refused smoking requisites, they are told what and when they can do anything, they have been imprisoned for nothing,its becoming the norm to turn the people against in particular, albanians, romanians, and bulgarians, actively encouraging racism, shut up pet, your not educated enough to comment

[@soaringturkeyvulture7506]

To everyone who's concerned about James interrupting her/ not letting her speak/ coming back to the 'free cars' over and over: Yes, he did keep going back to that point. Because it untrue and inflammatory. If he just glossed over it and let her carry on, there'd be plenty of people listening who would cherry pick that point and go and tell it to all their mates down the pub etc, just like her friend who works on the council. Also, anytime she was speaking, she was just repeating the same point over and over, which James called out each time as being untrue or simply just a bad argument. If he didn't call out the false arguments and just entertained the conversation as if her points were valid, and he just 'respectfully disagreed', it'd just be 10 minutes of listening to anti- immigrant propaganda, and all the people who believe that kind of tripe would eat it up regardless of what the counter- arguments were. You can't let people prattle on about he- said she- said and complete fabrications without being challenged; we've got enough tories doing that already.

[@markoshun]

Totally agree. I doubt she even realizes how manipulating her tactics are because she is sweet and 'being polite'. Accusing him of not letting her speak was pretty rich. 😃

[@rachelk4805]

People mistake the freedom to speak for the freedom to speak without challenge.

[@DeliMeatTree]

I live by a hotel housing immigrants and they are some of the nicest people I've ever met. I wish people would actually get to know people instead of hating them because they've been told to

[@1inchPunchBowl]

Its not a hotel. Its building that used to be a hotel.

[@missb8652]

​@@1inchPunchBowlPlease explain why the hotel is no longer a hotel.

[@IBIZABIKE]

I tried that and the security guards told me it was private property and called the police who arrived in a few minutes with sirens on

[@andyfreeman2588]

​@missb8652 because neither you or me can book in there

[@robsims6352]

@@missb8652 Because it wont have any of the usual hotel services - reception desk, concierge, daily turn downs, bathroom toiletries, wake up calls, newspaper delivery, waited breakfast service etc - you know, all the things that make a building with bedroom an actual hotel.

[@ianscarb88]

She should be angry at the government for not helping poor people in general, if she claims she wants to still help

[@newshades7009]

when did a government worry about poor people

[@Ellzyboy]

@@newshades7009 when they are brown

[@SheeplessNW6]

Thatcher introduced the "right to buy" programme, depleting the council housing stock, and subsequent governments have cut way back on council house building. If you're struggling to find a place to live, don't blame people even worse off than yourself, blame the government. Tories love to see working class people fighting among ourselves, instead of fighting them.

[@mattwilliams5386]

Here here 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@carolewynn9407]

When council houses were sold off, the money was supposed to build more, blame Labour councils for not.

[@shayneyne]

I remember in my old workplace there was a guy who came to England 3 decades ago or sth. He owns now 3 council flats/properties, ofc he bought them. And lives in one where rest are rent out. He been saying back in the day, laws and rules in England were weird but allowed him to own those properties. He said, in his days a lot of people came here to abuse rules and build small wealth. How much of truth it is, I don't know. I just telling it as form of interesting story.

[@nigeh5326]

@@carolewynn9407 When the tories allowed people to buy their council homes they also told the councils they could not use the money to build new homes. Instead it was used to keep the council tax low. Maggie wanted a Britain of homeowners as they were more likely to vote Tory in future elections. She saw those who rented council homes as not worth bothering about.

[@ericdavies1040]

@@carolewynn9407You are wrong. You should really take time to educate yourself before posting anything on here.

[@andrewwarmington]

This, sadly, is how many people's minds work. Either a friend or family member tells them something, or they observe an individual and generalise that to infinity. The results of not teaching how to think.

[@mckymcobvious3043]

it is really hard to deal with some of my family members. i ask them to explain themselves and they gaslight me abt the things that I said!

[@ellarweegadsden8483]

That's the basis of profiling. To which the answer is, "Just comply." Which is hard because even if you're homeless and sleeping on the street, we think they're getting too much. So much that there are places in the US where if you're jailed for vagrancy you have to pay for your own incarceration. Because to stay in jail without paying is considered to be giving them too much.

[@lmusima3275]

It’s all hearsay and no factual information

[@damianjblack]

​@@ellarweegadsden8483"YOU MUST COMPLY" - the Borg

[@engledelaffety4380]

You best believe if Asylum seekers got "free cars" the Daily Mail would have it on their front page every day of the week.

[@brianshaw7078]

They don't need free cars,as they are in hotel accommodation in major cities and places of interest all over UK

[@ryannoble4789]

Because of the processing backlog

[@slinkiegirl2001]

It would have been on a loop 24/7

[@gtully40]

Change Asylum seeker to Foreign skin and you've broken through the rhetoric

[@evolassunglasses4673]

In group preference is completely normal around the World. From China to Israel to India. Only the West brainwashed inside the Liberal paradigm doesn't think like that. That's why we are being demographically replaced.

[@gtully40]

@@evolassunglasses4673 speak for yourself. I don't see anyone being replaced. That's a lazy excuse for feeling useless. You can get help for that.

[@twisteddancer7773]

@@gtully40 He's right though. But by the time you realise it. It will be too late.

[@gtully40]

@@twisteddancer7773 judging others by the standards of your own isn't real life it's a guilty complex

[@twisteddancer7773]

@@gtully40 Oh and you should know lol

[@martin2289]

Fairly certain this caller still actually believes that "asylum seekers" are getting free cars, etc.

[@op3129]

@Welshwazza except they don't (y'all lie a LOT. it's weird how much you HAVE to lie.)

[@imagecollections6665]

Just free houses & hotel stays....oh and free money because they pretend they can't speak English.

[@Martin-bx1et]

Did you miss the bit where she said that she accepted it was a lie?

[@Dannydurangi]

@Welshwazza Thing I don't get about people spreading this lie is that you KNOW it's a lie. If you have to lie about asylum seekers in order to present them as a problem, maybe they're not the problem you pretend they are.

[@teggyegg]

​@@Martin-bx1et I think people are only hearing James. Its a rare case where the caller was actually someone you could reason with and James kept putting words in her mouth. James told the most lies here (saying she said things she didnt).

[@userasofnow7371]

They do not get given cars....it's a shame that people think that...

[@50stuart1]

Tthey get 3 meals a day,weekly cash allowance,and mobile phone

[@meltimmins6368]

Worked in social housing where emergency/temporary housing was provided for those coming from war torn areas. The families were coming with nothing. Items were provided but they were the most basic(budget toaster/fridge/beds/settees etc. And the items were to the house and not tenant. So on leaving the items were left behind to be reclaimed by the local authority. As for cars!!! Where do people think councils get a budget to provide cars with!! Especially with the cuts to budgets!..

[@paulwood6048]

Albania isn't war torn .

[@HarvesterYT]

@@paulwood6048 last time I checked Paul matey migration (either for economic reasons or to flee war and turmoil) to the UK isn't solely made up of Albanians.

[@localreviewking134]

well said; any baby or child who goes hungry or homeless regardless of race or colour is heartbreaking

[@meltimmins6368]

at which point did I mention Albania?

[@paulwood6048]

@@HarvesterYT So what percentage of illegal immigrants are illegal

[@FreakinSweet86]

"It's not that I don't want them in the country, I just don't want them in my street" Yeah, sounds to me you don't want them here at all Anna

[@Marcussucram_]

OK, her sister has three kids and no home? And that's the fault of asylum seekers?.

[@superbantem7522]

I don't know where James gets the patience to engage with absolute ignorance.

[@CountScarlioni]

Me neither. There need to be medals for enduring this kind of dumbery.

[@steveb951]

It’s his job and he gets paid a lot of money to do it.

[@Arltratlo]

Drugs, a lot of drugs...

[@someguy7842]

There is an uncomfortable imbalance here though... its like when ben shapiro debates college students. She isnt the best representative of her side of things, where as james is eloquent and comfortable. Not necessarily a way to resolve anything. More likely just polarising.

[@RN0010]

@@someguy7842 any caller who says " i heard from somebody".. they better be prepared...🤣🤣

[@JellyLancelot]

ffs people, stop arguing over the scraps whilst there are plenty of people gorging themselves at the table with enough left over for all of us. Ask yourselves why your own government has let you get into this mess instead of pointing at someone worse off than you are.

[@therealjetlag]

THIS!

[@NDB060209]

What an intellectual powerhouse this woman is. Incredible.

[@lindsayives4915]

Mocking is catching be warned it happens

[@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095]

Her friends who work in the local council must be cleaners. {:o:O:}

[@newwineskin5494]

I bet 100% right..Washing toilets,hoovering offices after dark.

[@newwineskin5494]

I bet 100% right..Washing toilets,hoovering offices after dark.

[@Grim_Beard]

The fact that this person from a working class family differentiates between 'working class' and 'nice' is pretty depressing.

[@op3129]

I missed that first time (so thx) ... bc distracted from her concussive patter of insane premises

[@genabrianna7267]

The blatant lies from these people is disgusting.

[@chatham43]

....these people?....oh you mean the working classes...

[@tofu-loving-wokerati5516]

@@chatham43 I think he was just refering to thick people. Lots of working class people are intellingent, definitely not the working class.

[@karmaascendant3936]

@@chatham43 anyone from any class who lies is disgusting

[@Anon-xd3cf]

It's not a lie if you believe it.

[@genabrianna7267]

@@Anon-xd3cf then that would be you believing lies

[@eChuckNorris]

I once had a conversation with my brother-in-law about housing, where he blamed *expletive regarding foreigners* for taking all the houses. It felt crazy to me to have to remind a man that has 6 children between two women that foreigners were not the reason for accommodation shortage...

[@arbjful]

6 from two women, now that’s hard work…😂😂

[@MCDONALD6969]

Another immigrant in a house is another house not available for a Brit That's just a fact

[@t-o-m-m]

​​@mikecook1537 A council house that's not built is a council house not available for another brit. Asylum seekers or immigrants aren't the reason there's not enough housing mate, there wouldn't be enough anyway because the government hasn't built anywhere near enough for the last 10 years at least.

[@arbjful]

@@MCDONALD6969I want free car and housing too

[@MCDONALD6969]

@@t-o-m-m but you need to accept the point that the illegals are taking the limited houses we have so if they wasn't here there would be more houses available

[@KarlUrbahn]

Honestly, I would be terrified to call this man live on air.

[@an9886]

They’re so deluded to think that they can roast him😂

[@shumble69]

Apart from frank lampard who destroyed him. Only time I’ve heard him ever apologise.

[@krisradjpaul278]

@@an9886 I’ve tried several times you get vetted by a producer first and than I waited hours for a call back never happened.

[@shibbymiyah6614]

Why? He's calm he's pleasant he let's you speak and he speaks the truth

[@dunia9334]

I am an immigrant who moved to the UK 11 years ago and I never asked the government for benefits neither universal credit or any help. I started as a waitress till I made it to Tech, from a council flat who’s British landlord subletting to Spanish immigrants in Clapham till I move to Brixton and Chelsea Belgravia. I love how people think how easy things are for immigrants

[@dunia9334]

Not just surprises me her comment, but did you see the size of the cup 😅

[@BeeBeeCJr]

I don’t love it. Its unsophisticated and immoral. You deserved better and still do.

[@julielevinge266]

Far from reality, we take far fewer refugees than other European countries, Home Secretary just admitted its almost impossible to claim asylum from outside the UK. Our establishment run media, full of propaganda is responsible for a lot of this ignorance!!

[@carefreemc1445]

My father came here as a Refugee in the 70s! On arrival he received £10 and sent on his way! No free fully furnished flats! No free driving lessons and free car! No government handouts to pay the bills! He received £10 and to this woman and her ilk thats still to much! My father has since dedicated his life to founding and running childrens charities and has raised literally millions of pounds in the process x

[@starman9921]

My mum told me that s man down the pub has a friend who knows someone who knew about something. The trouble is there are people that think they know something when they know nothing

[@dominicparker6124]

That's just the modus operandi of all comment sections everywhere.

[@howardosborne8647]

Far too many of them,sadly.

[@James_Doyle83]

Ann would defend the white bloke taking pictures of women in the pub on a Karen and Kevin channel

[@ellismeah8110]

1,000s of illegals arriving at Dover , were do you think their living. their not homeless

[@alanthomson1227]

Her “friend” needs urgent medical help . And so does she for believing her .

[@peterah7957]

She made it up about her friend I believe.

[@ThatDogBarkz]

I'm calling an ambulance 🚑

[@rosem5041]

😂

[@alanthomson1227]

@@peterah7957 I thought that but I felt so sad she has no friends .

[@paulbird3235]

She makes lizz Truss look intelligent, FFS.

[@chad0x]

She knows a lot of things for a fact, doesn't she.

[@vultan2000]

Asylum seekers being housed has no bearing whatsoever about social support for local residents. Anyone who says otherwise is a liar.

[@khadsykoo2528]

Well they think the money meant for them is given to asylum seekers.

[@StokeseyHD]

I get what this woman is trying to say. (Most) people wouldn’t be fussed about refugees and asylum seekers if the state did its job by having proper social housing and benefits system, but the government and media have hoodwinked the public that immigrants are taking the scarce resources that we have in this country. It’s clear to me that a failure to build social housing and provide a decent social safety net due to years of austerity is the problem. And then when we do our duty for refugees, local residents can only look on with envy.

[@bereal6590]

Spot on but she is a bit thick, one of the sheeple. I know ppl just like this and they've been conned but don't ever get it

[@Iyerbeth]

This, exactly this.

[@Spanner1971B]

Wow thats literally what I've just commented. The system is broke, and it cannot really be fixed.

[@jmole28]

*artificially scarce resources

[@vincentblack7467]

Best comment for me so far, 👍

[@jomorken4853]

"They shouldn't be working hard to support themselves that well"

[@kenfox7007]

The fact that there are ppl like this who characterise themselves as 'lower class' and harbour feelings of jealousy towards refugees who have fled war zones is a disgrace for this country and the Tories

[@nickcoppard5335]

I hear what your saying , but I went to France last week and never saw any war

[@Ellzyboy]

France is a warzone?

[@honeybunch6473]

Shall we bring the entire war zone population to Britain? Can you take 20 of them?

[@kenfox7007]

@@honeybunch6473 My comment was more about the class system in this country, you and the others who have responded are missing the point. Try to keep up.

[@retnaverutharajah6346]

Every where is being made a war zone

[@kevinshanahan6064]

Lady should choose friends who don’t spread malicious lies.

[@burropoco]

So Anna's basically envious that people who've been in the country all of 5 minutes are now working and have managed to uplift themselves beyond her and her friends and family. Don't worry Anna! you can soon have your Council estate back, these Syrians have more drive and ambition and will soon be long gone.

[@frafoz]

Omg you are sooo right about this! 👍

[@kaikai-pb7fh]

but they couldn't be successful in their own country.. maybe it's not the get up and go mate.. but all that free money they get every week.

[@thecarpetman7687]

@@kaikai-pb7fh so basically the native people have no get up and go and all they have is the free money!

[@stingersplash]

@@kaikai-pb7fh it is hard to be successful in places like Syria. And what do you mean all the free money? They were working. That's not free money it's called wages you prat.

[@bobguy3939]

she wants them to be helped silently where she can't see them and dosen't have to think about it.

[@Grim_Beard]

Maybe in some kind of 'help camps'.

[@kanedNunable]

@@Grim_Beard yup, maybe they can wear badges to help identify them too ;)

[@ajayramesh7645]

@@kanedNunable maybe we can get the army to guard these camps (for their own safety ofc) and we can set up some factories in these camps where they can work in exchange for the accomodation and food provided

[@itinkthereforeiiz]

@@ajayramesh7645 brilliant haha :)

[@smon4164]

She wants them to be helped but only when all the people she knows have had all their problems (or other general inconveniences) resolved.

[@tavishurn2585]

Similar happened to me while I was out on an anti-Brexit stall a few years ago. Someone came up, straight-faced, and assured me that immigrants each get given a free house. She knew because her friend told her. AKA "My mate Dave, right, .....".

[@sebraven]

People in the UK are lucky to get free houses , come to America , NOTHING IS FOR FREE

[@tavishurn2585]

@@sebraven I'm not sure you got the gist. The lady was repeating a complete lie.

[@HA05GER]

​@@sebravenno one gets free houses. People get council houses which you have as well low income housing. I believe it used to be 40% of people had one now it is more like 8% and millions on waiting lists. Where I am I have a council property the rent would probably be around £900-£1000. Bare in mind someone working full time on minimum wage which is very common would earn maybe £1300 a month. I pay £500 you can see why people want council homes. They turn a profit after about 30 years my house was built in the 60s so probably far quicker as it would have been far cheaper than that to build than current costs. The problem we have is once you live in it 3 years you can buy it at a huge discount and then after 5 years you can sell it. What tends to happen is people selling them and move and they are bought up by private landlords and double the rent or people remortgage them and buy another property and again rent privately.

[@vultan2000]

Her Dad ‘stood guard outside their house’. I wonder if it felt like that to the people inside the house.

[@Bobbibouchersmumwasright]

Caller … “I think you’re condescending” .. James… “ I’m sure you do” ( in the most condescending voice he can)

[@michaelhaslam6089]

Bring back Brian Hayes if you want true condescension.

[@tomgedney101]

The anger this caller has is justified. She's just directing it in the wrong place

[@op3129]

no free cars = not "justified" her dad's pension/housing has NOTHING to do with asylum seekers

[@debbieharper4019]

How is it justified she claims asylum seekers get free cars, which is quite ridiculous

[@tomgedney101]

@@debbieharper4019 I didn’t say her words were justified. I said her anger was justified

[@tomgedney101]

@@op3129 I didn’t say anything she was based in fact. I said that she has a right to be angry but the solution is not to blame innocent people, it’s to direct that anger at the politicians who haven’t built enough social housing, mechanisms for safe transit and housing of asylum seekers and who blame the problems of the country on the worst off in society.

[@stepheng8779]

@@debbieharper4019 You see you didn't listen either

[@boo4677]

I came back from Spain after running with my children from a violent relationship, I got assistance to furnish my property and got benefits and all sorts of help. I know that if you need help there is it there it’s not only for asylum seekers or refugees you just need to approach the right charities that can point you and help you apply for the government assistance.

[@WeeleyTube]

I'm glad the help was there and you took it. It's a shame that charities do the heavy lifting in these cases but that's sadly just a consequence of 14 years of the "Tories gut Britain project" being on place.

[@cardwitch91]

That’s just it. Anna doesn’t seem to realise that this help is provided to people who have absolutely nothing, and particularly if they have children. But it’s not all government help - a lot of it is charity.

[@IshtarNike]

@@cardwitch91 and the assumption is always that somehow the asylum seekers get it first. No, it's assigned based on need which is the only fair way to do it.

[@IsaacLungu]

Curious but did you get car?

[@laurahodgson6531]

The most vulnerable don't know where to turn or how to advocate for themselves and this is the problem. Those who shout loudest tend to get the most.

[@Parallelwurlds]

I got a free Lamborghini as an asylum seeker in the uk. I’m not impressed. I expected more wing on it as without the extra downforce it’s just a crash waiting to happen.

[@ckg1665]

This woman’s view is similar to the views in a lot of views in other western countries including here in the U.S and I think she should be listened to because of a demagogue shows up and tells her he is going to kick them all out guess who she will be voting for?

[@TheSurrealWolf]

Love it when a caller rings in and knows they're going to get torn to shreds but goes ahead anyway.

[@steveliversidge7357]

Game James becoming a lefty Art college pric but he stated his father was intelligent. What happened was his mother a clown?

[@ReelityEngine]

A large part of the population are simply incapable of critical thought, their minds have been dissolved by doublethink and reality tv, among other things...

[@mista4700]

I sure tune in for it. I wouldn't call in even if I agreed with everything he said. Haha. He would still somehow show I'm uneducated about what I'm talking about.

[@bloodtobleed]

Don't think it necessarily had to happen that way. I think James took a bit of a rough approach to handling her. Focussing specifically on the housing point I think he just needed to redirect her anger towards a government that hasn't built a single council house in the last however many years.

[@TheSurrealWolf]

@@bloodtobleed james used a feather duster compared to the forced used to shove those lies down her throat

[@jamest5149]

Its like talking to my brexiteer, Tory father-in-law… the nonsense, lies, tropes, propaganda, xenophobic racism and total idiocy means any conversation just goes down hill and is meaningless and mind-bendingly. To be avoiding at all cost if you value your brain cells and stress levels. I just don’t understand how people can so easily be led and be so evil to each other

[@Applepie409]

There’s nothing wrong with being a brexiteer…

[@bandit2048]

I have a mother in law of the same ilk - commiserations.

[@firstname4865]

That's how he feels for 20 years having mass immigration

[@NeilCWCampbell]

​@@Applepie409 certainly if you can rationally justify it 🤣🤣🤣

[@NeilCWCampbell]

​@@firstname4865 incorrect that how he feels been told his plight is caused by that.. I personally can't wait until we get an education standard before voting

[@csharpe5787]

It amazes me that people can come onto a talk show and not have done the basic research to find out the truth, rather than hearsay. When they're grafting then they should be able to spend their money as they please.

[@BigBroTips]

Problem is a lot of people are just plain thick as two planks of wood.

[@EggchaserNZ]

Her claims are completely unfounded. Local authorities place people on waiting lists based on criteria and being an asylum seeker isn’t one of them. If her friends are telling her and they work in local authorities then they are most probably a receptionist, security guard, or cleaner as they are so far from the truth.

[@David-bi6lf]

I gonna hazard a guess it was through and friend of a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend that works in the council and started out as "they get help with advice on how to finance a car", you know because being from another country they will find that difficult and there are lots of people who might take advantage for financial gain. Once it reached her it morphed into a load of bile.

[@TheOrlandoTrustfull]

Someone just learned the word Condescending and is throwing it around like Mike Tyson and a left hook. Being told that you are objectively wrong isn't condescending.

[@friendgray1]

Inb4 someone says you are being condescending

[@JoshSweetvale]

@@friendgray1 That'd be condescending. Actually no, it'd be snide. I like that word. "Snide." It sounds like shiv and Stab and Sneak and Snickersnack.

[@cinderball1135]

I have two questions for Anna: 1 - What do you want to happen? 2 - Who do you think is upset? Because I'm pretty sure that the only people who are upset are her and her Dad. But she can't say that, so she insists that she's speaking on behalf of other people. And what she wants to happen is either that these "asylum seekers" (who sound more like they're happily and productively settled in the area, having started to make their own way in this country, paying for their own keep) is that they get booted out, or that they have their cars taken from them. (Which, in all likelihood, they paid for themselves). When she says that they have phones and cars, well, how else are they expected to be able to get to work? If you take these things away, they'll be costing the state even more, meaning there's even less left over for her Dad. Her logic falls apart if you follow it through, and I suspect that on some level she knows this.

[@howardosborne8647]

I have a 3rd question.....does Anna know what day it is?

[@taras6806]

@@howardosborne8647 ☺😛☺ Or year. And the poor love wouldn't know the truth if it slapped her in the face like a wet fish.

[@ErwinPommel]

I suspect she doesn't know this, on account of being as thick as a plate of mince.

[@kaikai-pb7fh]

I'm.unhappy . east london has turned into a toilet .

[@cinderball1135]

@@kaikai-pb7fh And what is it you don't like about East London now, eh?

[@jezcorrigan651]

It’s Asylum Seekers fault that: £9bn wasted on unusable PPE £2.6bn on items not suitable for NHS £37bn on Test & Trace that made “no measurable difference" £42bn on Brexit divorce bill £32bn on lost taxes due to Brexit trade hit If only we had 100billion to put towards affordable housing for everyone

[@Ajs_1988]

That doesn't change the fact that there aren't enough schools, doctors, or homes to support these people arriving in the numbers they are. So what is the solution? For now we have to shut up shop, because it's going to get worse

[@ryank3321]

So you didn't utilise any of that "test and trace" budget then? By, you know, getting a free coronavirus test? Because I did, multiple times. It kept tens or hundreds of thousand in employment during a pandemic also, people manning the testing centres. If we'd been charged for that testing then you'd have accused the government of privatising essential healthcare. Actual cost was £29.5bn by the way, of Test and Trace, £37bn was the budget not the bill. Lets keep things factual shall we?

[@jaykay1848]

LOL

[@jezcorrigan651]

@@ryank3321 No measurable difference arn’t my words sweetheart. It’s from a report by the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee. I’ll take your word for the 8 billion difference but perhaps I’ll add this: A Bank of England policymaker stated that Brexit has cost the UK at least 80 billion. Are you smarter than the Bank of England too?

[@sasserine]

​@@ryank3321 None of what you described was a result of the £37billion spaffed to Dido Harding, the ex-jockey whose previous successes including losing the personal data of millions of Talk talk customers. All the money given to Harding disappeared, after which the government, still needing tools to fight COVID, threw in EXTRA funds, on top of the ones they'd already written off as a gift to their mate.

[@casmartin790]

With people like this, you just have to ask them "So what do you think the solution is?" And see them malfunction

[@randyvalantino6850]

I would build apartments in every part of the country and spread the people who come to this country around . That way hospital dentists houses etc can cope . Even wealthy areas .

[@TheHestya]

@@randyvalantino6850 I mean that's literally what is needed even without asylum seekers. Because the rich have bought out all the council housing when the government made it possible.

[@paulmcgrath3248]

We joke about it but ignorance is not funny

[@userasofnow7371]

no, ignorance is not funny.........Ignorance is Strength, War is Peace, Liberty is Slavery... and these are the three maxims of the Ministry of Truth G Orwell 1984 ( nothing to do with the caller I'm afraid..... just that the book's been on my mind a lot, in view of recent events )

[@spleenal]

"That migrant has your council house." Said the guy who sold all the council houses.

[@Emperorhirohito19272]

Saying “I’m sure I am” in response to someone calling you condescending may be the most condescending thing you could possibly say😂

[@youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan8419]

I think because I work in a decent job, live in a nice area, keep my social circle small and have a massive dislike of strangers I sometimes forget people like this lady exist. She’s so convinced she’s right that she didn’t stop to fill in the logic holes. I feel bad for her dad, he wakes up every day knowing his daughter is a bit of a thicky.

[@sempressfi]

Seems like he may be where she got it from lol

[@johnpugh3348]

thats a very nasty thing to say

[@souralba2727]

@@johnpugh3348 yeah because she was being so nice. It's in the name really "asylum" seekers as in seeking asylum. They're not here for the 1 bed flat and a free beko washing machine. We are lucky to have lived in peace for so long. My wife worked for the council interpreting services. One of the Kurdish clients was actually a doctor. He had a house, car the lot just like us but his wife and kids were murdered by security forces while he was at work, he was next so he had to flee. Hurt feelings, give it up.

[@johnpugh3348]

What a nasty arrogant man you are to insult her like that, i think you should get out more from your circle of friends

[@Esta-Beed]

@@johnpugh3348 as opposed to blatant xenophobia

[@juliestone9371]

Apart from the lies that have been fed to this girl, the underlying problem is the lack of affordable, decent housing.

[@mbarker1958]

Sounds like a conversation I have with mother, who is 89 and reads the Daily Telegraph....

[@Jay-ez1xb]

I don't think condescending means what Anna thinks it means 🤔

[@lancehill9971]

The one thing that these callers don't get is that while they talk they are not listening!

[@edwardbrady5843]

It is known as the peasant or bully mentality, you only have to offer them someone poorer or weaker than them to hate on, they don't realise that it's the government who is the cause of all their ills.

[@kanedNunable]

'everyone needs a cat to kick'