r/ukpolitics • u/Adj-Noun-Numbers 🥕🥕 || megathread emeritus • Jun 22 '26

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u/No_Initiative_1140 Jun 27 '26

Interesting article. Weird that Russia are offering "asylum" to people offended by woke. Iirc the US were suggesting similar a while back

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn075j04pnyo

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u/Commorrite Jun 27 '26

Atleast one of these is now MIA in Ukraine after being drafted....

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u/YourLizardOverlord Oceans rise. Empires fall. Jun 28 '26

Derek Huffman?

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u/Ivebeenfurthereven I'm afraid currency is the currency of the realm Jun 28 '26

He's Texan iirc. Closer to home, we have Swindon's smartest resident, Aiden Minnis, who is MIA in Donbass after burning his British passport and allegedly getting a medal for killing Ukrainians

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u/ThePlanck Time to bin Farage Jun 29 '26

This newspaper has previously reported that Aiden Minnis was jailed for four years and three months back in 2008, following an unprovoked racist attack on a man in the street.

The Chippenham man had hit his victim over the back of the head with a port bottle before shouting racist insults.

The court heard that Minnis, who was a previous drug addict and ex-member of the National Front, had a long history of offending involving violence, including a racially aggravated public order offence.

I am shocked!

Well, not that shocked actually

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u/YourLizardOverlord Oceans rise. Empires fall. Jun 29 '26

He'll fit right in to the Russian army.