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A while back there was a thread about a Sri Lanken man who came to Britain and then refused to serve customers at his post office unless they spoke English.
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=587238

Now this man is going to stand for election as an MEP.

CONTROVERSIAL postmaster Deva Kumarasiri is to stand for election as an MEP.

The 40-year-old will be a candidate in June's Euro-elections for the UK Independence Party.

He was ordered to leave the Sneinton Boulevard Post Office after announcing he would not serve customers who could not speak English.

He then moved to a branch in Netherfield, but lost that job after a few days.

Today he said: "I want to get elected and speak up for Britain. There are only nine weeks before voting so there is a lot of work to be done.


"My priorities will be to save the pound and to push for British jobs for British workers.
That's a bit rich.
"I'll campaign for newcomers to Britain to learn English and seek to persuade them that integration is absolutely vital.

"It's a great opportunity to get my message across."

UKIP leader Nigel Farage said: "Deva is someone who has passion, belief and patriotism. This may be his first blooding in national politics, but he has struck a chord with many people in this country and is a guy who is going places."
What do you think?

What do you think?

I think he's an idiot.

I think he's an idiot.

I think that he has been chosen by UKIP due to his high public profile.

The man is a fool.

I think that he has been chosen by UKIP due to his high public profile.

The man is a fool.

Agreed. He is nothing more than a puppet for UKIP.

Agreed. He is nothing more than a puppet for UKIP.

I wonder how he'll do?

Londim? I thought you'd lost your account.

A while back there was a thread about a Sri Lanken man who came to Britain and then refused to serve customers at his post office unless they spoke English.
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=587238

Now this man is going to stand for election as an MEP.


That's a bit rich.

How do you figure?

What do you think?

Sounds like a decent guy trying to promote what is best for his country.

What's with the brackets?

What's with the brackets?

In the thread title? It's because the last thread about this guy was called "Best Immigrant Ever". I assume it's a play on that.

Londim? I thought you'd lost your account.

I did, but after much frustration it revived itself.

How do you figure?
Well, he's not from Britain, he took a "British job for a British worker" and now he's promoting "British jobs for British workers". He's a fucking hypocrite.


Sounds like a decent guy trying to promote what is best for his country.

Decent? How do you figure?

UKIP huh?

This is going to be hilarious.

Well, he's not from Britain, he took a "British job for a British worker" and now he's promoting "British jobs for British workers". He's a fucking hypocrite.

Unless you know, people can become British, and don't have to be born there. Maybe he deems that he has assimilated sufficiently.

Decent? How do you figure?

hes trying to promote what is best for his country. Whats with the emphasis on "you"?

In the thread title? It's because the last thread about this guy was called "Best Immigrant Ever". I assume it's a play on that.
It is.
I did, but after much frustration it revived itself.

Revived itself? How is that possible?

Bet you were well pissed off when you lost it, that's why I always login to my NS main page before going on NSG.

Unless you know, people can become British, and don't have to be born there. Maybe he deems that he has assimilated sufficiently.

It doesn't.

hes trying to promote what is best for his country.

He's trying to promote the best for my country. His country is(was?) at civil war.
He doesn't really know what he's doing anyway- he's a shop keeper.

It is.


Revived itself? How is that possible?

Bet you were well pissed off when you lost it, that's why I always login to my NS main page before going on NSG.

I'm going to assume it's a zombie or something. Or there was necromancy involved. Wasn't really pissed. Took 10 seconds to set up a new account and be on my merry way.

I'm going to assume it's a zombie or something. Or there was necromancy involved. Wasn't really pissed. Took 10 seconds to set up a new account and be on my merry way.

Yeah but you lost your post count for a while.

He doesn't really know what he's doing anyway- he's a shop keeper.
Shopkeepers are retards.

I'm going to assume it's a zombie or something. Or there was necromancy involved. Wasn't really pissed. Took 10 seconds to set up a new account and be on my merry way.

What happened?

Joe the Plumber UK Edition. :p

What happened?

Just forgot to log in to my nation page. Some reason it wouldn't revive, then it magically did.

Shopkeepers are retards.

That's a bit harsh. Not all of them are retards.

That's a bit harsh. Not all of them are retards.
Oh, I see.

He's trying to promote the best for my country. His country is(was?) at civil war.

Can an individual not change their nationality/citizenship these days.

Otherwise your clauses look xenophobic and exclusionary :confused:

It's like they're turning him into a combination of Joe the Plumber and Clayton Bigsby (http://www.metacafe.com/watch/291638/clayton_bigsby/).

A while back there was a thread about a Sri Lanken man who came to Britain and then refused to serve customers at his post office unless they spoke English. Now this man is going to stand for election as an MEP.

What do you think?

1.By his very own "British jobs for British people" rule, he wouldn't even have got a job when he came to Britain.
2.He cannot even be a postmaster (got fired!) and cannot follow the regulations of the Royal Mail... how can anyone think he can understand the internal regulations of the EuroParliament, let alone understanding the legal framework linking the EU to the 27 member countries?
3.Sooo Euroskeptical, but he doesn't mind being paid to be a MEP, I guess.
4.To sum it up: another incompetent hypocrite who wants to become a MEP because he's lost his job.

I'm going to assume it's a zombie or something.

Fuck, they're onto me! :mad:

*burns voodoo book, walks away innocently whistling "Strangers in the Night"*

1.By his very own "British jobs for British people" rule, he wouldn't even have got a job when he came to Britain.
2.He cannot even be a postmaster (got fired!) and cannot follow the regulations of the Royal Mail... how can anyone think he can understand the internal regulations of the EuroParliament, let alone understanding the legal framework linking the EU to the 27 member countries?
3.Sooo Euroskeptical, but he doesn't mind being paid to be a MEP, I guess.
4.To sum it up: another incompetent hypocrite who wants to become a MEP because he's lost his job.

My feeling of him is that he quickly changed from a decent liberal kinda guy who felt it be better for immigrants to learn the local language (after all, he was a member of the Liberal Democrats) - to a zealot who took it upon himself to (ab)use his position to enforce his view - to a useful idiot for political pond life

Though I find you point #3 odd. Since you seem to imply that Euroskeptics shouldn't seek election to the EU parliament, and, by extension you could say, asking them to disenfranchise themselves too.
I'm not euroskeptic, nor "pro-Europe," but I've always found that an odd view to take when I've seen it expressed elsewhere.

Corect me if I'm wrong of course

Corect me if I'm wrong of course

Your wrong.

Your wrong.

How?

Though I find you point #3 odd. Since you seem to imply that Euroskeptics shouldn't seek election to the EU parliament, and, by extension you could say, asking them to disenfranchise themselves too.

Yes. Exactly. I find hypocritical that people who protest against an institution want to be paid members of it.

I could change my mind if they gave let's say 90% of their wages as MEPs over to some charity or to their party... but I somewhat doubt it (at least, the MEPs for Lega Nord - the italian equivalent of UKIP about Euroskepticism - don't).

Yes. Exactly. I find hypocritical that people who protest against an institution want to be paid members of it.

I could change my mind if they gave let's say 90% of their wages as MEPs over to some charity or to their party... but I somewhat doubt it (at least, the MEPs for Lega Nord - the italian equivalent of UKIP about Euroskepticism - don't).

Isn't Lega Nord part of Berlusconi's coalition government?

Yes. Exactly. I find hypocritical that people who protest against an institution want to be paid members of it.

I could change my mind if they gave let's say 90% of their wages as MEPs over to some charity or to their party... but I somewhat doubt it (at least, the MEPs for Lega Nord - the italian equivalent of UKIP about Euroskepticism - don't).

Should Euroskeptics vote?

Because I might need to rush off at any minute I'll try and preempt your answer to the above.

if yes - Is it them not hypocritical to the suggest the parties they would vote for keep themselves to a higher moral code to the pro-EU. I can see where you are coming from though. But at the end of the day, the set up of the situation necessitates that they enter the belly of the beast, and because their hand is forced by their opponent, why should they not received roughly the same net income as their peers? I just don't feel that the "euroskeptic as hypocrite" argument holds water.

if no - why?


Don't get me wrong though, UKIP are vile, and they are hypocrites, just not for seeking election in the EU

Bet he doesn't get in. He'll be at the bottom of their list, and there isn't a cat's chance in hell UKIP will win enough seats to get him elected.

A while back there was a thread about a Sri Lanken man who came to Britain and then refused to serve customers at his post office unless they spoke English.
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=587238

Now this man is going to stand for election as an MEP.


That's a bit rich.

What do you think?

I think he's a joke.
But he'll be popular as a puppet for certain brainless elements, so if he wants to let them use him, that's his right.
I'm actually more worried about the idiots that might go and vote for him.

I wonder how he'll do?
The UKIP does something in the European Parliament? :eek:

I think he's a joke.
But he'll be popular as a puppet for certain brainless elements, so if he wants to let them use him, that's his right.
I'm actually more worried about the idiots that might go and vote for him.

What do you have to worry about? (with the voters I mean)

What do you have to worry about? (with the voters I mean)

That they might actually hand this guy some - however small - power over others?
He had it before and abused it, after all.

Yes. Exactly. I find hypocritical that people who protest against an institution want to be paid members of it.

I could change my mind if they gave let's say 90% of their wages as MEPs over to some charity or to their party... but I somewhat doubt it (at least, the MEPs for Lega Nord - the italian equivalent of UKIP about Euroskepticism - don't).

Not a fan of changing something from within?

Shopkeepers are retards.
Ya, no shit. This is why caste systems are good, retard shopkeepers continue to keep shop and not change professions. Politicians are BORN politicians; they pop out wearing a suit and chanting a slogan, they shit policies and, when they actually do sleep, dream only of reforming taxes. There is no possible way someone who did not start explicitly in politics could EVER be qualified to do anything involving the political system.

*Note: I'm not saying this particular guy is qualified, but saying "he's a shopkeeper!" is empty nonsense at its best. It is similar to assuming that simply because a person is literate (at least, relatively so), they are thus skilled at rhetoric and argumentation.

**I also realize Great Void was likely posting in sarcasm, my response was obviously in the same tone but directed at the OP, rather than what I specifically quoted.

Ah UKIP. They are a backwards-ass group.

The UKIP does something in the European Parliament? :eek:
Yep, it turns up then expresses its disgust at having to be there.

It doesn't.

that didn't answer my question, so I'm going to go ahead and assume you meant no, people can't change their culture/citizenship, or that such changes are insufficient. Which is kind of cute and probably racist.

He's trying to promote the best for my country. His country is(was?) at civil war.

you mean his old country.

He doesn't really know what he's doing anyway- he's a shop keeper.

What Post Liminality said...

That they might actually hand this guy some - however small - power over others?
He had it before and abused it, after all.
That bit of power is so small it makes little difference.
that didn't answer my question, so I'm going to go ahead and assume you meant no, people can't change their culture/citizenship, or that such changes are insufficient. Which is kind of cute and probably racist.
Um... Cute? Racist? I don't see how it can be both.


you mean his old country.
The place he was born.

Um... Cute? Racist? I don't see how it can be both.
It was obviously used pejoratively.


The place he was born.

That isn't the place he lives and claims residency in, though. Didn't you get thoroughly slapped around, in the intellectual sense, in a thread regarding this very same issue?

That isn't the place he lives and claims residency in, though. Didn't you get thoroughly slapped around, in the intellectual sense, in a thread regarding this very same issue?

Not that long ago, and thoroughly trounced for the racist bigot he is.