Ben Goldsmith said this about immigration and the tube and these takedowns are very satisfying indeed
Here’s Ben Goldsmith, financier, environmentalist, brother of Tory MP Zac Goldsmith, on what precisely the state of the London Underground has to say about immigration and Britain’s future.
Now we wouldn’t ordinarily bother to share it (and now it appears to have been deleted) but as this person helpfully pointed out …
The replies are a treat, mind you. https://t.co/C0pkeOhY5U
— jon henley (@jonhenley) November 6, 2018
… So here are our favourites.
1.
I remember back in 1990, before the most recent wave of immigration, the Victoria line in central London was virtually empty at the height of rush hour
— Penfold (@Roborovski1) November 6, 2018
2.
Perhaps we should ban tourists from using the tube? Or implement a 1-child policy?
— Penfold (@Roborovski1) November 6, 2018
3.
It’s all about the immigrants – if you go to Tokyo, where there are next to no immigrants, the trains are completely empty in rush hour and everyone gets a carriage to themselves
— Penfold (@Roborovski1) November 6, 2018
4.
Just wanted to say that it’s incredibly normal to take pictures of non white people taking public transport to make this point
— hussein kesvani (@HKesvani) November 6, 2018
5.
“Area Man Takes Tube During Rush Hour Once, Decides To Share Images of Brown People As Being The Cause Of Rush Hour Without Their Permission”
— Pablo (@pablo_zsazsa) November 6, 2018
6.
“I had to stand on the tube therefore all the foreigners should go home”
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) November 6, 2018
7.
That would be Ben Goldsmith, son of a man born in Paris, from a Jewish family which, like mine, had to be allowed in to a country that had always welcomed immigrants for the value they brought to society. Plus rush hour has always looked like that. (I live on the Victoria line) https://t.co/TVt4YRABQy
— Jay Rayner (@jayrayner1) November 6, 2018
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So many imagrunts they caused a ruddy signal failure! pic.twitter.com/Ozk2UrhQqF
— Matthew (@ifartinbed) November 6, 2018
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Rush hour 1960. pic.twitter.com/mA69xWNxbY
— Andrew Walsh (@englishscribe) November 6, 2018