Ashton is not under fire and being called “racist” for saying something false. No one seems to be disputing his assertions on any factual basis. It’s just that the migrants are a protected class in Britain. They cannot be questioned. They cannot be criticized. Anyone who suggests there is any problem with bringing them into the country in large numbers is the problem, as Ashton is discovering.
“Chairman of Lincolnshire football club says supporters have backed him following refugee comments,” by Oliver Pridmore, Lincolnshire Live, September 26, 2021 (thanks to Henry):
The chairman of a Grantham football club says that he has been backed by the team’s supporters’ group after he claimed that refugees staying in the town were “roaming the streets” for drugs.
A meeting of Grantham Town’s supporters’ club on Saturday, September 25, met to vote on a statement that would have asked the team’s chairman, Darren Ashton, to apologise for his comment and to retract it.
But the group has confirmed to Lincolnshire Live that the statement was not backed because it felt that it would be “inappropriate” to comment whilst the FA were investigating the matter.
The investigation also meant that the supporters’ group didn’t want to offer any further comment to Lincolnshire Live.
Mr Ashton claimed that only two people in the meeting voted in favour of the statement, and that the supporters’ group has around 300 members, although he does not know how many were in attendance at the meeting as he wasn’t able to attend.
A representative from the supporters’ group told Lincolnshire Live that the number of members was in fact 113.
The Urban Hotel on Swingbridge Road in Grantham is currently home to refugees from Afghanistan after the British Government pledged to take in 20,000 refugees from the landlocked country over the next five years following the recent withdrawal of British troops.
In a tweet posted about this on the evening of Thursday, September 9, Mr Ashton said: “True story, I’m the chairman of Grantham Town, and we had one of our players staying there on a long-term agreement.
“Last Friday they informed him he had to be out by Monday. No consideration for an 18-year-old lad away from his family and friends trying to make a career for himself.”
He then posted a further tweet in the conversation, which read: “Those refugees are as we speak roaming the streets of Grantham trying to get drugs.”
Mr Ashton then tweeted again on Friday morning saying: “It would appear I upset a few people last night with some of my responses to there [sic] messages.
“I would like to take this opportunity to apologise to absolutely NO ONE. Good day to you all.”
Speaking to Lincolnshire Live following the result of the supporters’ group meeting being announced, Mr Ashton said: “A massive majority voted in my favour which I’m very happy about because a lot of people have misrepresented what I said.”
Mr Ashton says that he didn’t single out Afghan refugees in particular, as he claimed that refugees of other nationalities are staying at the hotel.
He said: “All along I’ve asked for people to point exactly to something I’ve said which was racist and they can’t.
“I have already said that the way I worded the tweets was a bit poor and I’ve apologised for that side of things, but I’m a council lad who hasn’t got a degree like most other people so sometimes my wording is poor.
“But I won’t apologise for the actual content of what I said because I’m not a racist, and I’m not right-wing as some people have said.
“What I’ve learnt during this process is that if you happen to disagree with someone who is on the left, then you are labelled right-wing.”…
Frank Anderson says
A semi-rhetorical question: What questioning was allowed in Germany between January 30, 1933 and June 30, 1934, regarding the conduct (violence) of the Storm Troopers? Is there a difference now?
gravenimage says
+1
bill says
If you are trying to make a comaparison between Germany in 1833 – 34 and UK you are really off your meds!. It looks like graven image is off his too.
UK citizen
Ecosse1314 says
Wasnt thst the “first reform bill” in 1833..might be 1832.
abu taleb says
Frankly, I just don’t understand how stupid the liberals in Europe, USA, Canada etc are. People from other countries actually are laughing at them for their stupidity.
Doomer says
It all has to do with the concept called intersectionality,where everybody is classified according to:
1.Race
2.Gender
3.Religion
4.Sexual orientation.
It also accepts the ideas of systemic racism, white privilege,
white fragility, toxic masculinity,
microaggressions , that all whites will always be racist.
And finally, it has come to accept “white feminism” as evil since it is white women preaching the universality of human rights for all women,including Muslim women.
White feminism is part of liberal imperialism and colonialism( interfering in other countries in the name of liberalism,human rights, for humanitarian reasons), part of the concept of the “white man’s,or better said, white woman’s burden”.
Look at toxic masculinity, to condemn the misogyny of Muslim men,who are mostly non-white, as being toxic masculinity, is evil, since it shows white feminists’ inherent racism, and superiority complex. It’s over.
gravenimage says
Grimly accurate analysis, Doomer.
gravenimage says
UK: Chairman of soccer club under investigation for saying refugees roaming streets looking for drugs
…………….
Even though it’s true? For Darren Ashton and others today, truth is often no defense. Despicable.
brian riley says
At least he did n’t say they were hanging around the local schools looking for ” female companionship” which they probably are.
Alfredo says
There we go again having to debunk the lies spread by the woke Left. It has become their standard policy to label anyone who doesn’t kowtow the party line as “Right Wing and Racist.”
These people are truly disgusting and repugnant slanderous scoundrels pp. Take note that the chairman of the Linlcoshire football league Mr. Ashton, took “the opportunity to apologize to no one.” LOL
As Mr. Ashton himself said, these scoundrels seldom point out the specific reasons for labelling someone a Racist and a Right Wing.
It is standard tactic to just hurl vitriol at people who are not members of the cult of infinite lunacy otherwise known as the Woke Idiocy Syndrome simply because they speak the truth.
And as Plato said it himself all those years ago, “A man is never more hated than when he speaks the truth.”
Giacomo Latta says
“What I’ve learnt during this process is that if you happen to disagree with someone who is on the left, then you are labelled right-wing.”
Oh, to be labelled right-wing. In my country I only have two options: far-right or alt-right.
somehistory says
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/afghans-us-military-bases-leave-resettlement/2021/10/01/
“Home | Newsfront
Tags: afghans | us military bases | leave | resettlement
Some Afghans Leave US Military Bases Before Resettlement
Something unexpected is happening at U.S. military bases hosting Afghan evacuees: Many hundreds of them are simply leaving before receiving U.S. resettlement services, two sources familiar with the data told Reuters.
The number of “independent departures,” which top 700 and could be higher, has not been previously reported. But the phenomenon is raising alarms among immigration advocates concerned about the risks to Afghans who give up on what is now an open-ended, complex, and completely voluntary resettlement process.”
The “risks to afghans”? What about the “risks” to the citizens who encounter these mozlums who didn’t leave their “culture” in their home country?
Kenneth J Johnson says
700 leaving without waiting for resettlement help. They can’t be doing this alone. It takes money and knowledge. Our permanent (Muslem) loyal residents involved in this. ???? Deserves a look, doeen’t it?? Less than a month and already hundrerds people who have no respect for law, women, or other people What next ???¡?
KEN
Grace says
With cultures from innumerable countries being imposed on American citizens by ‘got aways’ and ‘walkaways’. Americans, especially those to the left are in for a rude awakening. With an expected 2 million illegals breaching the borders and an uncaring unworkable method of tracing the whereabouts of these invaders the problems will only become larger. Add to that the thousands of unaccompanied children, also with no identity documents, some even being dropped over walls it’s no wonder I am scratching my head and asking any one who will listen. “‘What the hell is going on?'”
PRCS says
by a forgiving god but–as any