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I have tried to contact HQ regarding this fora. Cant access

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BlueBelle Thu 18-Jan-18 18:04:14

They are only examples I just don’t understand why politics needs to be shoved on the end of another forum isn’t it important enough to have its own I don’t have any concerns about this I just don’t understand why?

Ilovecheese Thu 18-Jan-18 17:20:42

But if we had thread about a shark swimming past a British coast, wouldn't we start talking about whether or not the EU had been responsible for cleaner seas, or about whether global warming was responsible, and that would be talking about politics.
Not sure about a total eclipse of the sun, or how much could be said about it.

suzied Thu 18-Jan-18 17:14:46

So in the”news section” could you have political news? Or maybe the politics thread should be called “ political news and politics” and the news section should be called non political news- but what about when they overlap?

suzied Thu 18-Jan-18 17:12:32

But isn’t a lot of news political as well?

BlueBelle Thu 18-Jan-18 16:52:04

But why are they together? news can be everything from seeing a shark swim past a British coast to a total eclipse of the sun Politics is politics and deserves a forum to itself saying some might bring politics into a news item doesn’t mean they should be together if that’s the case you could put politics with any forum -fashion and politics, tv programmes and politics
Isn’t politics important and big enough to have its own forum and not be tag on with another?

kittylester Thu 18-Jan-18 16:43:53

It won't stop people turning any thread political if they feel like it - and some people probably will feel like it.

Primrose65 Thu 18-Jan-18 15:48:16

I'd agree with that. I found the plastics thread pretty political! Certainly at the start - but maybe that's just me.
I don't have a problem with news & politics being together, but separating them out might help posters differentiate between whether the OP is looking for a news or politics chat?

Elegran Thu 18-Jan-18 15:43:43

Those who see political conflict in everything do in general tend to use everything of public interest as a vehicle to emphasise their affiliations. It is possible that the party slant would still be appled to news even if the two labels were separated.

BlueBelle Thu 18-Jan-18 15:37:40

They should be separate I totally agree

kittylester Thu 18-Jan-18 15:34:07

It's only a heading! You can talk about anything at all.

suzied Thu 18-Jan-18 15:27:14

I think some news items are definitely discussed without getting party polical- getting rid of plastic waste, Meghan Markle outfits etc just mentioning 2 recent ones. Doesn’t mean everyone agrees with each other- it wouldn’t be a discussion then would it?

Elegran Thu 18-Jan-18 15:18:29

Re contacting HQ - have you tried reporting a post (eg, your own on here) to HQ? That goes straight to them and they respond.
I agree with you about not combining news and politics. Although the most politically minded posters on those threads keep telling us that "Everything is political" I don't class every single news item as a call to confrontational arms. There are many occasions where things can be talked about without recourse to polarised party views.

jollyg Thu 18-Jan-18 14:59:32

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I find it extremely stupid to include news and politics in on thread.

Sorry they are not good bedfellows.

Politics here seems to bring on ranters, and cut and pasters, not quite what news is about.

Let those who complain vociferously do so please, but NEWS is a different subject where we can all discuss amicably