Common Sense at last.

[JohnD]

What a surprise eh

I wonder if Jeff Potts, a Tory Councillor from Solihull Borough in the West Midlands, would agree.

"Councillor in racism row welcomed back into national Conservative party"
https://solihullobserver.co.uk/news...welcomed-back-to-national-conservative-party/

Do tell us, transam, if this is a surprise to you.

 

[Ian H]

I wonder if Jeff Potts, a Tory Councillor from Solihull Borough in the West Midlands, would agree.

"Councillor in racism row welcomed back into national Conservative party"
https://solihullobserver.co.uk/news...welcomed-back-to-national-conservative-party/

Do tell us, transam, if this is a surprise to you.

I just read your link.

Coun Potts also shared a tweet from another account which commented: “Drug related.. mmm.. will wait on the verdict wonder if his name will be a good old fashioned British name.”

Does that make him a racist?

This that I found on google says 11% of the Solihull population are not ‘white British’.

If anyone could show that these 11% of people commit a proportional 11% of the local drug crime, then i’d agree he probably is a racist. If they commit significantly more that the 11% then is he a racist or is he highlighting a local problem?

 

[JohnD]

you accidentally omitted the paragraph above the one you quoted

"Coun Potts shared a number of extreme comments about Muslims including one which stated: “Deport and repatriate all Muslims from the UK or watch terrorists kill innocent people for generations to come.”"

and

"The monitoring officer at Solihull council received 50 complaints concerning tweets, or re-tweets, Coun Potts had posted.
The complaints said the tweets were discriminatory while some of the complainants also claimed they were xenophobic and racist."

I haven't read the rest of the tweets. Have you?

 

[JohnD]

From another source, I found

"Potts also shared a tweet showing the German President Angela Merkel in a headscarf and stood in front the German Parliament building, the Bundestag, adorned with Islamic imagery including a crescent star, with the caption:

“Many ‘leaders’ of Western European Countries treat Islamic Culture as a FACT of Life that Europeans MUST get used to!”"

"Following multiple high profile cases of Islamophobia within the Tory party, numerous prominent political figures – including Conservative Party members and former MPs themselves – have demanded an inquiry into the issue.

In March, the former Tory Minister, Baroness Warsi, claimed there were weekly occurrences of Islamophobia within the party.

Furthemore, Ms Warsi also claimed that after becoming the first Muslim woman to serve in a government Cabinet, she was labelled as ‘****‘ in Conservative Party meetings."

An all-round good egg, is he?

No doubt Notch and Transam will be calling for an inquiry into racism, Islamophobia and anti-semitism in the Conservative party.

 

[transam]

I wonder if Jeff Potts, a Tory Councillor from Solihull Borough in the West Midlands, would agree.

"Councillor in racism row welcomed back into national Conservative party"
https://solihullobserver.co.uk/news...welcomed-back-to-national-conservative-party/

Do tell us, transam, if this is a surprise to you.

London Olympic host the borough of Newham is to launch a truth commission which amongst other things

Will look into suspected links between organised crime and the Labour council !!!

Do tell us Johnd is this a surprise to you

 

[Ian H]

you accidentally omitted the paragraph above the one you quoted

It was no accident. I chose the one I quoted.

I haven't read the rest of the tweets. Have you?

No, I don’t use twitter and have never heard of the guy before.

An all-round good egg, is he?

He’s obviously an idiot and probably a **** like all politicians seem to be.

 

[vinty]

What is happening in Britain today is the fallout from decades of multiculturalism, immigrant groups have been allowed to behave in this country as they did in their home countries, this has resulted in the growth of ethnic subcultures.
It is no coincidence that most of these stabbing murders in London are comitted by a certain ethnic demographic.

 

[SirGalahad]

What is happening in Britain today is the fallout from decades of multiculturalism, immigrant groups have been allowed to behave in this country as they did in their home countries, this has resulted in the growth of ethnic subcultures.
It is no coincidence that most of these stabbing murders in London are comitted by a certain ethnic demographic.

Interesting point but then why was the number of murders between 1990 and 2003 averaging at 173 still much higher than we have had last year or so far this year when we had far less immigration and there were fewer people living in London.

Why don't you mention which ethnicity - I don't have the figures you must have if you made the claim, I would genuinely like to see the stats on this.

 

[vinty]

OK, you don't need stats, most of these killings have been young blacks killing young blacks .
Interesting point you have made is that murder rates in London have fallen while at the same time immigration rates in London have fallen.
Are you suggesting that there is a correlation between immigration rates and murder rates.

 

[Ian H]

Why don't you mention which ethnicity - I don't have the figures you must have if you made the claim, I would genuinely like to see the stats on this.

Are you joking or making a point that these kids are British?

As far as I understand it they reduced stop and searches in London from 700,000 to 100,000 because the Police were targeting black people and being made out to be racist. Anyone with more than a couple of brain cells can see why the actually target black people.

If your carrying a knife without good reason (there is no good reason) you should go to prison.

 

[motorbiking]

The problem is a lot now carry for their own defence. It’s the gangs that need addressing to fix the problems.

 

[Ian H]

The problem is a lot now carry for their own defence. It’s the gangs that need addressing to fix the problems.

A decent length prison sentence for carrying a knife might deter a few. Carrying for defence is not a good enough reason, if your that scared don’t go out.

 

[Gerrydelasel]

I carry a knife routinely. It's a useful tool. I don't think I should go to jail for it. (It's a penknife not a butchers knife or anything)

 

[SirGalahad]

So according to this Sky news report then it's Black men who are more likely to be victims of murder and suspects.

https://news.sky.com/story/black-murder-victims-and-suspects-london-v-uk-11443656

Are you joking or making a point that these kids are British?
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As far as I understand it they reduced stop and searches in London from 700,000 to 100,000 because the Police were targeting black people and being made out to be racist. Anyone with more than a couple of brain cells can see why the actually target black people.

If your carrying a knife without good reason (there is no good reason) you should go to prison.

That's my point. Why didn't he mention Black's.

 

[SirGalahad]

The problem is a lot now carry for their own defence. It’s the gangs that need addressing to fix the problems.

Which are invariably linked to drugs and turf wars.