New Banksy in London...

The video is very confusing and really makes it come across a bit like a first year A level media project. Where are the sources coming from in the video, is it loads of incidents cobbled together? Lots of questions, which maybe is the point of it. Overall though the piece and video are in my view are pretty poor efforts.

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On the other forum they use this term too ?! What is the problem ?! Is it a slang joke ?! If I was from Belgium Congo, would you mock me ?

Just to say : UK , you should open the doors to refugees.
And after we will can debate.
Why Banksy does not attack your government ?!
Who is in the street to shout after UK attitude ?!
Who makes strikes ?
What about cops ? Are UK cops good ?
Which one here or in the country really wants to open the borders to migrants ?
They want UK, they don't want France, but they need France to manage 6000 persons more in 6 months ?!
I think it's a bit a childish attitude with easy obsessionnal shortcuts !
As for the pic of the kid dead in the Greek sand who made the governments opening the borders and doing the worst thing ever : multiplicate the number of migrants x 10 , and almost all, giving fake hope for thousand of Syrian people still sinking on their boats.
Governments are stupid.
And each death of a kid is so terribly sad and emotional, whatever , however and wherever it has happened ...

I'm nothing but I try.

i love the placement, and meaning behind the piece, but gotta say he's been getting lazy with his stencils lately... too much use of pre-existing imagery (Steve Jobs, the boat pic, Vermeer, and now Emile Bayard)... wish he'd go back to creating new pieces from scratch

paint, post online, cover, speculation as to it's future, repeat. ugh.

sickening what has become of a meager vandal from Bristol. I wonder if he misses the days of spraying rats everywhere and nobody giving a flying fuck

I think the UK should bring a boat over, load up the migrants from Calais and bring them over to the UK. Then, when the camp refills itself with a fresh group of migrants, send over another boat and do the same. Repeat for infinity until it organically comes to an end. I think UK taxpayers should pay for this and also pay for the shelter and support of these migrants for as long as they need it.

I think France should allow the camp to grow and expand as much as it wants. I think France should build lovely housing developments for the migrants to live in, paid for by French taxpayers. I think French taxpayers should also pay for the basic needs of these migrants for as long as they need it, until the issue organically ends.

I think the UK, France and their American friends should continue to arm, train and fund the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East. I think think the more money the UK, France, and their American allies make off these conflicts, the more money there will be to pay for these migrants, many of whom are escaping the horror of said conflicts or exploitation of their country's resources.

This is all sarcastic, of course. My point is that this issue is far more complicated than "compassion vs. intolerance." The issue of the poor and innocent victims of conflict fleeing their homes in search of a better life elsewhere is only going to get MUCH worse (globally) in the future. How are these wealthy, "first world" countries going to deal with it?

What does Banksy say about that? Since Banksy and Jo Brooks are so keen on getting their message out there, I'm curious what they prescribe as a cure for this issue. It's easy to paint pictures and promote political opinions, it's much harder to actually go a step or two further and offer constructive solutions.

I suppose Banksy figures the politicians and people in power, who have consistently let "him" down, will figure it out in the end.

I'd assume that being a very high earner, Banksy has done pretty well out of the Tory government.

Who knows how much Banksy personally donates to this or any cause but he's no doubt a very wealthy man and he could arguably do a lot more publically to help the Calais camp than just ship over a bit of scrap metal from Dismaland.

Better question is, "Why don't the Yanks and Euros stop producing, selling, and using the tools of war to benefit their own financial and political interests?"

We reap what we sow.

I think you've answered the question yourself mate...."to benefit their own financial and political interests?" And therein lies the problem. Remove these and we might be able to make a start on improving things.

But probably not.

Someone was trying their luck last night, until the cops arrived.

Perhaps someone with 'form' ...?

You say they want a job and a life so they come to UK but when they get to the UK by law they are not allowed to work either? They all do illegally though which takes the jobs of normal Brits.