u/QasimofKarbala

May Allah bless the Muslims.

Wallah, this is not to spread sectarianism.

But has anyone else thought that Ibn Baz’s 1990 fatwa allowing U.S. troops into Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War with Iraq gives us huge long-term consequences we’re still dealing with today? People say back then Saddam Hussein was a threat after the invasion of Kuwait, and that foreign troops were temporarily necessary for defense. But looking back, we now see a huge normalization of large-scale U.S. military involvement (a Great Shaytan) in the Gulf.

Look at the statements of groups like al-Qaeda and later the Non-Islamic State a powerful propaganda narrative about “foreign occupation” and Gulf governments being too closely tied to Washington. The big heavyweight terrorist Osama bin Laden repeatedly spoke about this and he influenced many young Muslims at the time about the presence of U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia as one of his main issues, and I think this has stimulated even more militancy in the Middle East.

What about Palestine? Since the Khaleej has become deeply tied to U.S. military protection and security strategy after 1990, we see all those states wanting good relations with Washington. But the U.S. is also Israel’s strongest ally, and now Arab governments are less willing to seriously challenge Israel over Palestinian rights, settlements, or military actions because their own security and regional alliances depended heavily on American support. This is appalling. Over time, this means weaker unified Arab pressure on Israel, abandoning their Arab bretheren in a part of Bilad al-Sham and we see the frustration from many Muslims who feel Palestine is no longer a key issue politically. 

As a 26 year old Black British Afro-Caribbean Londoner, I don’t get why so many people take issue with criticising immigration without being allowed to talk about the downsides honestly. And believe me there are more downsides to post-1997 immigration than positives, especially with the rates we see today.

Back in the day, loads of young people especially students could get jobs in local shops, supermarkets, warehouses, and actually get part-time work to support themselves to a decent level. Those jobs ain't glamorous, but they gave people goodwork experience for their future career. Now the competition for even menial jobs is absolutely insane. I began university in 2017, opportunities for getting jobs back then for part-time was in an abundance, now it’s a war.

And before smart alecs start shouting racism, this isn’t about blaming random immigrants trying to improve their lives. Most people would do the same in their position. The issue is scale and the effect it has on people who have been here for generations.

We see in the big cities that businesses are hiring within their own ethnic/racial groups now and yes, I’m talking mainly about minorities who do it a lot. Anyone pretending otherwise is a fool. Since the dreadful Boriswave surge, it so much more noticeable in certain sectors of work. Why is this allowed to happen all of a sudden? How is that benefiting so many of the youth who need more income?

For me, most Gen Z are screwed without connections, especially from a working-class background, you’re competing against too much people for the same entry-level jobs, housing, and opportunities. Don’t even get me started on outsourcing of jobs. Wages stay low because there’s always another person willing to take less. And a lot of those willing to take less are immigrants, especially on spouse visas a lot of them.

All the ones that I have got in the past from Islamic shops are quite weak in scent, would I need to get bakhoor first?

Jazakallah.

Got told "Unfortunately, this was a very competitive recruitment process.  35 people applied and we interviewed 8 people.  The successful candidate has current DM job experience".

So clearly this job for a Graduate Planner (town planning) was barely a grad job at all, this was for a council.

All my questions were about “what’s your organisation like”, working in a team and maybe one skill question.

Absolutely nothing regarding knowledge of planning until I brought up the levelling up and regeneration act of 2023 in my questions to them.

And no, I do not mean a group interview that lands the job, I mean as an open day process that leads to the job.

We had to present a campaign idea that had like 7/8 of us in and you can tell there would be some overshadowing as I got in my feedback.

Let me know!

Since 2022 i have been working in the advertising industry, and over the last three years I and I’m sure most of you have watched more and more entry level and junior roles quietly disappear from the UK and magically overseas in places like India. And this after being told by bosses that there’s a “hiring freeze” going on. I did see some red flags when I joined the advertising industry when many accounts had teams in New Delhi.

And yes, a lot of our work is going to countries like India, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, Pakistan, South Africa, Vietnam, and Bangladesh. One only has to look at where call centre jobs, marketing and admin jobs are going. Entire junior teams are now really only extant overseas while our own young people in the UK are struggling to their foot in the door

How is it that one of the richest countries in the world is suffocating its own population by refusing to train people?

What frustrates me is that we have the CIPD’s, the King’s Trusts of the world publicly talk about investing in young talent, supporting recent graduates, and building careers, while simultaneously we see the constant removal of the very jobs that used to help people gain experience in the first place. This is why people are saying AI means Actually Indian rather than Artificial Intelligence, although that term is rightly perceived as inflammatory.

Dealing with rising rents, piss poor wages, bigger competitions for jobs with mid-senior levels wanting junior roles, and industries demanding experience for roles that are extreme in their refusal to train people properly.

What exactly is the long term plan here?

Because if companies continue to ship off the operational work abroad, where does the next generation of experienced British workers even come from? How will people pay into the National Insurance? It’s laughable how they expect people to magically become senior professionals without first being well trained.

I am not blaming ordinary workers overseas for taking opportunities available to them. Most people anywhere in the world would do the same. My issue is with corporate and political decisions that seem to prioritise short term cost cutting over the long term health of the UK workforce. But all I see is everyone blaming 14 years of Tories or placing the blame on Brexit?

All the hallmarks of Britons once again being far too comfortable with this happening. There should have been stronger protections for keeping many jobs and training opportunities in the UK. It’s an absolute farce that companies (especially the clown recruiters we see on LinkedIn) can keep demanding years of experience for any of the last remaining entry-level posts for shite pay.

I just think PSG have too much in their favour at the moment. They’ve got the best left winger in the world at the moment. The current Ballon d’Or winner and the best manager in the world currently.

PSG play in an easier league than we do and will be more rested.

I just think they’ve got too much quality for us to match.

Since 2022 i have been working in the advertising industry, and over the last three years I and I’m sure most of you have watched more and more entry level and junior roles quietly disappear from the UK and magically overseas in places like India. And this after being told by bosses that there’s a “hiring freeze” going on. I did see some red flags when I joined the advertising industry when many accounts had teams in New Delhi.

And yes, a lot of our work is going to countries like India, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, Pakistan, South Africa, Vietnam, and Bangladesh. One only has to look at where call centre jobs, marketing and admin jobs are going. Entire junior teams are now really only extant overseas while our own young people in the UK are struggling to their foot in the door

How is it that one of the richest countries in the world is suffocating its own population by refusing to train people?

What frustrates me is that we have the CIPD’s, the King’s Trusts of the world publicly talk about investing in young talent, supporting recent graduates, and building careers, while simultaneously we see the constant removal of the very jobs that used to help people gain experience in the first place. This is why people are saying AI means Actually Indian rather than Artificial Intelligence, although that term is rightly perceived as inflammatory.

Dealing with rising rents, piss poor wages, bigger competitions for jobs with mid-senior levels wanting junior roles, and industries demanding experience for roles that are extreme in their refusal to train people properly.

What exactly is the long term plan here?

Because if companies continue to ship off the operational work abroad, where does the next generation of experienced British workers even come from? How will people pay into the National Insurance? It’s laughable how they expect people to magically become senior professionals without first being well trained.

I am not blaming ordinary workers overseas for taking opportunities available to them. Most people anywhere in the world would do the same. My issue is with corporate and political decisions that seem to prioritise short term cost cutting over the long term health of the UK workforce. But all I see is everyone blaming 14 years of Tories or placing the blame on Brexit?

All the hallmarks of Britons once again being far too comfortable with this happening. There should have been stronger protections for keeping many jobs and training opportunities in the UK. It’s an absolute farce that companies (especially the clown recruiters we see on LinkedIn) can keep demanding years of experience for any of the last remaining entry-level posts for shite pay.

You see the dunyafication of some of the Gulf states and we must not bat an eyelid because criticising this makes us khawarij?

The whole “advise privately, not publicly” statement is literally not possible when the rulers will not listen to you and they aren’t democracies anyways, so how do you practice that?

Your brothers and sisters in Sudan, Lebanon and Filastin are suffering but you cannot criticise the ruler now who allows it by bowing to Western interests?

I did a post on this, this past week on r/AskBrits, asking it similarly, but having just found this page, I thought I could related to fellow people who are more of the latter Millenial/Gen Z generations.

It just feels mad that this decade has been so astonishingly definitive in shaping (negatively) the future of so many of the younger generations. All coming up after the previous decade defined by travesties: Brexit reshaping opportunities and mobility, housing becoming so expensive that owning a home feels borderline impossible in London and I’m sure other major cities in London, and even basic saving getting harder with rising costs and pathetic wages (not to mention how bad or job market is now).

But, these actions were made by older generations who won’t bear the same long-term consequences our generations will. And yet many of them tell us our generations are lazy or absolutely clueless about how bad things are now compared to even twenty years ago.

Don’t even get me started on the Epstein class who rule us and operate by a completely different set of rules, while everyone else is told to just work harder, under the fucking guise of “productivity" and accept less.

So why isn’t this causing more of an uproar? You’d expect some serious organising, or at least sustained pressure, but instead to me it feels like a mix of cynicism and quiet acceptance. Is it that people don’t believe change is possible anymore, or that the system is just better at absorbing frustration?

My OG post on r/AskBrits -

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskBrits/comments/1t17fr2/comment/ojhr8ax/