Five arrests in 'slavery' raid at UK [travellers] site

BOHtox · 13-09-2011 8:54am

Baaaaaaaaaaa *shakes fist* we were slaves for 800 years, arrrrrggggggg!!

Dravokivich · 13-09-2011 8:54am

stupidusername wrote: »

Where does it say they're Irish? Or are all travellers Irish?

Its a follow up to stories from yesterday. They're from Limerick I think.

Sunnyisland · 13-09-2011 9:00am

Lando Griffin wrote: »

Your disgusting talking like that about a 13 year old.

She wasent no 13 year old. get a grip on yourself

Monty Burnz · 13-09-2011 9:04am

Lordofweld wrote: »

Crazy stuff, Anybody see the blonde with the pumped up juggs

Pics etc

Dyr · 13-09-2011 9:13am

Lordofweld wrote: »

On RTE Brian o Connell said it was an Irish Travelling family and teletext name them as 4 conners. Crazy stuff, Anybody see the blonde with the pumped up juggs

Seriously, if there can be any silver lining to this horrible story then it can only be footage of a buxom traveller wench. Pics or gtfo ffs :mad:

tallaghtmick · 13-09-2011 9:18am

Lordofweld wrote: »

On RTE Brian o Connell said it was an Irish Travelling family and teletext name them as 4 conners. Crazy stuff, Anybody see the blonde with the pumped up juggs

Half saying pics or gtfo as I may regret that

Lordofweld · 13-09-2011 9:31am

Sorry lads no pics but pretty sure RTE player will have yesterdays news, Worth a look, Serious set of jabs. But be warned, Body off baywatch, Face off crimewatch

lynski · 13-09-2011 9:36am

goat2 wrote: »

what does indentured mean, and of course they mention the irish, of course they had to mention that, i suppose there are no english travellers who would do something like this,
i do feel sorry for the people who were kept in slavery, and the girl there on the news seems not to be sorry, and pretending to know nothing, even though her hubby has been arrested

Indentured = An indentured servant was a worker, typically a laborer or tradesman, under contract to an employer for a fixed period of time, in exchange for their transportation, food, clothing, lodging and other necessities.

Most of these guys work for money for booze. There are lots of them. I know 2 English guys now living here and no longer 'slaves' and 2 Irish guys who are back home with their families after years with the travellers.
I have never heard of them being imprisoned before, they are under obligation or without other options in most cases, as far as i have experienced.
It is a practice that the travellers engage in like they engage in arranged marriage, no schooling after primary etc. At odds with society at large, but not in an 'organised' way.
It is all well and good pavee point and other organisations engaging with the settled community, but in my experience, most traveller i have spoken to do not want to conform to even the lowest standards of wider society. they despise us, non-travellers, there is no other way to put it. we are not people as far as most travellers i have spoken to are concerned, we are, at best, sources of income.

R P McMurphy · 13-09-2011 9:36am

http://news.sky.com/sky-news/content/StaticFile/jpg/2011/Sep/Week2/16067861.jpg

theteal · 13-09-2011 9:41am

R P McMurphy wrote: »

http://news.sky.com/sky-news/content/StaticFile/jpg/2011/Sep/Week2/16067861.jpg

ha ha, blonde

Lordofweld · 13-09-2011 9:43am

Ok so she is not blonde but in all fairness I wasnt lookin at her hair.

fryup · 13-09-2011 9:45am

the irish enslaving the brits..........what a turn around!!

Monty Burnz · 13-09-2011 9:55am

R P McMurphy wrote: »

http://news.sky.com/sky-news/content/StaticFile/jpg/2011/Sep/Week2/16067861.jpg

Now I know what Robbie Savage would like like after a boob job.

who the fug · 13-09-2011 9:59am

fryup wrote: »

the irish enslaving the brits..........what a turn around!!

Tradion my dear boy tradition

Niall of the nine hostages

tallaghtmick · 13-09-2011 10:00am

R P McMurphy wrote: »

http://news.sky.com/sky-news/content/StaticFile/jpg/2011/Sep/Week2/16067861.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/lKZFv.jpg

FYP :pac:

thebigbiffo · 13-09-2011 10:02am

theteal wrote: »

ha ha, blonde

now that's a double-bagger if ever i saw one

theteal · 13-09-2011 10:12am

Lordofweld wrote: »

Ok so she is not blonde but in all fairness I wasnt lookin at her hair.

tbh, she's a pikey, i wouldn't touch it with yours

i just puked in my mouth a little

Lordofweld · 13-09-2011 10:17am

Dont get me wrong, Id rather go down on heather of eastenders than touch that.

tfitzgerald · 13-09-2011 10:18am

Dravokivich wrote: »

Its a follow up to stories from yesterday. They're from Limerick I think.

One was born in Belfast the rest were all born in England . The ones from Limerick are the crowd that's stealing the rhino horns for the Chinese Viagra

TiGeR KiNgS · 13-09-2011 10:20am

2 stroke wrote: »

Travellers are descended from the ancient irish, big boobs are in their genes.

no there not, they are descended from Romanian travellers. notice that Ireland is at edge of europe. i.e nowhere else to travel so they got centralised here.
thats common knowledge

Dublindude69 · 13-09-2011 10:22am

I've been reading today that this isn't an isolated incident, raids have been carried out on irish traveller camps across the UK and over 100 slaves have been found.

Big Nasty · 13-09-2011 10:28am

TiGeR KiNgS wrote: »

no there not, they are descended from Romanian travellers. notice that Ireland is at edge of europe. i.e nowhere else to travel so they got centralised here.
thats common knowledge

Romanian Travellers? As in Roma? As in not descending from Romanians?

I though that was common knowledge.

gozunda · 13-09-2011 10:33am

This is good...

LINK

Snakeblood · 13-09-2011 10:34am

Dublindude69 wrote: »

I've been reading today that this isn't an isolated incident, raids have been carried out on irish traveller camps across the UK and over 100 slaves have been found.

Link?

ejmaztec · 13-09-2011 10:36am

Snakeblood wrote: »

Link?

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/police-suspect-irish-travellers-ran-organised-slavery-ring-2874327.html

Dublindude69 · 13-09-2011 10:37am

Snakeblood wrote: »

Link?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8759284/Travellers-were-ready-to-ship-slaves-abroad.html

alastair · 13-09-2011 10:45am

TiGeR KiNgS wrote: »

no there not, they are descended from Romanian travellers. notice that Ireland is at edge of europe. i.e nowhere else to travel so they got centralised here.
thats common knowledge

Travellers aren't descended from Romanians or Roma - regardless of how common that belief might be.

dilallio · 13-09-2011 10:46am

mikemac wrote: »

No statement from Pavee Point?

They're being very quiet

I was surprised yesterday to hear Martin Collins from Pavee Point being interviewed on the radio.

He unequivocally condemned the travellers involved for their actions, if it turns out that it was true. He also agreed that anyone involved, whether they be traveller or settled, should be brought to justice.

Big Nasty · 13-09-2011 11:01am

Don't we have a lengthy thread on this already?

Billy86 wrote: »

Typical scumbag Irish, the lot of them. What is it about the Irish and having to break the law, having to treat others like crap, and just basically being awful people?

The whole wretched island should be bombed to nothing, and any survivors shot.

Sarcasm or troll?

baldbear · 13-09-2011 11:18am

They were all born and live in the UK i thought? How are they Irish!!!

Great pair of diddies on your wan .....

mikom · 13-09-2011 11:29am

The four: Tommy Connors (30), Patrick Connors (19), James Connors (34), and James Connors (23),

Let me guess....... the slaves were all called Blackie.

Dublindude69 · 13-09-2011 12:09pm

I find it odd how the oldest person arrested is only 34, these people have been slaves for about 20 years so that means the oldest person started doing it at the age of 14?

rowa · 13-09-2011 12:17pm

mikemac wrote: »

Any sign of Vanessa Redgrave?

I hear she feels strongly about issues and is willing to jump in if she feels human rights are breached

The original champagne socialist do-gooder pita, i'd love to see the look on her withered mush if it was found that there were slaves kept in crays hill .

Logical Fallacy · 13-09-2011 12:21pm

Dublindude69 wrote: »

I've been reading today that this isn't an isolated incident, raids have been carried out on irish traveller camps across the UK and over 100 slaves have been found.

I've been reading today that many of those apparently freed are refusing to co-operate with police and are claiming they were getting paid for work done.

Chairman Meow · 13-09-2011 12:54pm

Dublindude69 wrote: »

I've been reading today that this isn't an isolated incident, raids have been carried out on irish traveller camps across the UK and over 100 slaves have been found.

Ah sure travellers are lovely people. And sure if they want to own a few slaves, its part of their rich heritage and who are we to try and stop them? Now lets all get back to sticking up for those poor travellers being evicted from Dale Farm, thats ethnic cleansing, that is!

tfitzgerald · 13-09-2011 1:07pm

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Don't we have a lengthy thread on this already?

Sarcasm or troll?

Either way he is looking for an argument

rowa · 13-09-2011 1:11pm

Chairman Meow wrote: »

Ah sure travellers are lovely people. And sure if they want to own a few slaves, its part of their rich heritage and who are we to try and stop them? Now lets all get back to sticking up for those poor travellers being evicted from Dale Farm, thats ethnic cleansing, that is!

Ethnic cleansing ? Throw a bar of soap at the b**tards and they wouldn't be long clearing out.

Billy86 · 13-09-2011 1:12pm

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Don't we have a lengthy thread on this already?

Sarcasm or troll?

They are Irish, are they not?

So if people want to label all travellers over this, they can go ahead and label all Irish people -themselves included- while they are at it, also.

rounding tattenham Corner · 13-09-2011 1:15pm

baldbear wrote: »

They were all born and live in the UK i thought? How are they Irish!!!

Great pair of diddies on your wan .....

if one of them won some golf tournament most on here would be quick to say they were irish

Billy86 · 13-09-2011 1:15pm

tfitzgerald wrote: »

Either way he is looking for an argument

Point being if people want to label all travellers over this, they better not try to complain if people from other parts of the world (e.g. unfamiliar with travellers for the most part) do the same for the Irish over it, too.

But we know they'll be amongst the first to turn around and moan about "discrimination", "it's not fair" and so on.

TheZohanS · 13-09-2011 1:20pm

Billy86 wrote: »

They are Irish, are they not?

So if people want to label all travellers over this, they can go ahead and label all Irish people -themselves included- while they are at it, also.

Pavee Point and the entire travelling community have been very silent over all of this. I've yet to hear anyone from either group condemn what happened.

mikom · 13-09-2011 1:23pm

Billy86 wrote: »

Point being if people want to label all travellers over this, they better not try to complain if people from other parts of the world (e.g. unfamiliar with travellers for the most part) do the same for the Irish over it, too.

But we know they'll be amongst the first to turn around and moan about "discrimination", "it's not fair" and so on.

King Billy86, right?

alastair · 13-09-2011 1:23pm

TheZohan wrote: »

Pavee Point and the entire travelling community have been very silent over all of this. I've yet to hear anyone from either group condemn what happened.

You haven't been listening then, have you?

Billy86 · 13-09-2011 1:23pm

TheZohan wrote: »

Pavee Point and the entire travelling community have been very silent over all of this. I've yet to hear anyone from either group condemn what happened.

This is true as well, and they are doing themselves less-than-no-favours in that regard.

Billy86 · 13-09-2011 1:25pm

mikom wrote: »

King Billy86, right?

If that's what pointing out a blatant double-standard makes you, I guess so... ???

TheZohanS · 13-09-2011 1:25pm

alastair wrote: »

You haven't been listening then, have you?

No Ted. Did they come out and condemn it?

alastair · 13-09-2011 1:35pm

TheZohan wrote: »

No Ted. Did they come out and condemn it?

Yes they did. Or at least Martin Collins did, which is essentially the same thing.

TheZohanS · 13-09-2011 1:37pm

alastair wrote: »

Yes they did. Or at least Martin Collins did, which is essentially the same thing.

Not really. I'm still waiting for an official statement from either group, the silence is deafening.

Billy86 · 13-09-2011 1:40pm

alastair wrote: »

Yes they did. Or at least Martin Collins did, which is essentially the same thing.

Do you mind if I ask where? Just that I have not heard/read it. He is ass't director of Pavee Point, right?

alastair · 13-09-2011 1:41pm

TheZohan wrote: »

Not really. I'm still waiting for an official statement from either group, the silence is deafening.

Given that Collins is Pavee's spokesperson, and that there's probably no meeting scheduled at Pavee for 'official' statements, it sounds like you're just selectively deaf. Saddo.

Five arrests in 'slavery' raid at UK [travellers] site

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