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In a statement to Parliament on Monday, the home secretary said 137,500 people had attended more than 200 protests across the UK over the weekend.
She said 135 people had been arrested in total, while 35 police officers had been injured since protests began.
She was challenged by a Labour MP Florence Eshalomi, who asked her whether she recognised the "structural inequality, discrimination and racism" in the UK and called on her to act.
But Ms Patel said she would "not take lectures" from others about racism, and gave examples of the racist abuse she had personally received, including facing racial slurs in the playground and on the streets, and being advised to use her husband's surname in order to advance her career.
Avon and Somerset Police told the BBC 17 people had been identified in connection with the toppling of Colston's statue. No arrests have yet been made.
Chief Constable Andy Marsh defended the decision taken by commanders on the ground not to intervene when the statue was torn down and dumped in the harbour.
He said arresting suspects could have had "very serious ramifications" for the city of Bristol, including injuries to protesters, police and bystanders.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-52973338
She said 135 people had been arrested in total, while 35 police officers had been injured since protests began.
She was challenged by a Labour MP Florence Eshalomi, who asked her whether she recognised the "structural inequality, discrimination and racism" in the UK and called on her to act.
But Ms Patel said she would "not take lectures" from others about racism, and gave examples of the racist abuse she had personally received, including facing racial slurs in the playground and on the streets, and being advised to use her husband's surname in order to advance her career.
Avon and Somerset Police told the BBC 17 people had been identified in connection with the toppling of Colston's statue. No arrests have yet been made.
Chief Constable Andy Marsh defended the decision taken by commanders on the ground not to intervene when the statue was torn down and dumped in the harbour.
He said arresting suspects could have had "very serious ramifications" for the city of Bristol, including injuries to protesters, police and bystanders.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-52973338
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* Correction 0.2%. Apologies at the maths there.
Seems a very low percentage given the media coverage. Could be a non-issue in a week or two when the media moves on. |
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And about 0.2% of that 0.2 % were engaged and intent on violence.
Nevertheless I was against these protests occurring in the midst of a pandemic, if we start to see a spike in cases/deaths in a couple of weeks they will part own. |
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Doubt you will see a spike, we have probably had 500k visitors to our Coastal town in the last month, no sign of an uptick locally.
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.001 percent of the British population were slave traders.
I am not guilty of the sins of my father(or any other fecker) |
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Would have been a lower percentage had 60,000 not been slaughtered
by government locking down too late. |
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IT, you must have been using the BLM calculator to get it to 2%
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Meanwhile Rome falls all around them . Tragic.
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It seems to be a non-issue to most of the population.
Piers Morgan this morning suggesting Trump so kneel live on TV. Surely that would be out of touch with the majority? |
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* should kneel
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I am not guilty of the sins of my father(or any other fecker)
But you are guilty of something brother otherwise Allah wouldn't have seen fit to give you five daughters and no sons  ! |
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Meanwhile Rome falls all around them
Pretty sure we are heading that way but have no idea how long it will take. The bubble will eventually burst. |
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I think he went to school with Priti Patel...
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98 % Racist Country IMO , half this Mob posting in support Blatant Liars
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and how many #BronzeLivesMatters (credit: PorcupineOrPineapple) have you attended?
If the answer is "zero" to both or either, can we conclude that both are total non-topics for you? |
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edy IT has no legs how dare you
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Oh, I wasn't aware of that. Never seen him mention it. I'm sorry, it was out of place.
Point remains though that attendance of protests does not directly translate to public opinion. How many people attended anti-EU independence protests before the referendum rolled around? Did they come even close to 100k across the UK on specific dates? Yet, as we all know, it was the majority opinion. Was it out of touch with reality/the majority for lockdown opponents to demand the end of the lockdown even though those protests never gained much ground? |
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Do you think the majority is particularly fussed about some stupid old statues btw.?
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Or is it just a shouting minority on either side? One for them to be removed, the other starting thread after thread about them being kept, while the vast majority is like "guys...there's horse racing on!"?
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Pretty sure it's similar with Black Lives Matter. Of course the activists are a minority. Of course, the opponents who go onto streets or start thread on internet forums are also a tiny minority. The vast majority couldn't really care less either way. If police brutality stops - fine. If they carry on as always - fine. They might generally be on the side of BLM, they might generally lean more towards thinking it's all a bit silly.
Just about any political activism is always fought out by a "shouting minority" regarding both proponents and opponents of specific actions because the majority will be mostly indifferent enough to not be overly active on an issue. You didn't get millions marching for gay rights. Doesn't mean the majority wasn't in favour, or at least not against, the government continuously giving homosexual people more freedom to be equal. |
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Spam
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Yes, your post is indeed spam.
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The woman's suffragette campaign was direct action
No doubt folk objected at the time but now the people are celebrated with statues of their own. |
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The Berlin Wall isn't being put back after the mob pulled it down
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YHTL where do you draw the line on minority mob rule?
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Well it's not around the Kings neck!
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It's not a marxist far left plan I tell you.
The cultural revolution was a set of activities carried out in Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union, aimed at a radical restructuring of the cultural and ideological life of society. |
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Define minority mob rule
It seems you invented it alongside brasslivesmatter It seems nobody was injured by the removal of the statue and press have taken the cause forward Good to see debate moving forward |
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Helped by all the threads on here,.. Who started them?
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