Disorder in Leeds

[OrangeFurever]

Anyone watching the public disorder in Leeds? Bloody disgusting behaviour. Animals. AIBU to wish police had so many more resources to bring consequences to these absolute excuses for humanity?

They are believed to have originated there, but are considered nomadic. People from Rome are either Italian or call themselves Romans.

That acronym is quite unfortunate 😬

Yep 🤣@Wetherspoons

I notice that certain prominent MPs and commentators have jumped in with ill informed comments on this.

I wonder if Farage has even been to Harehills.

He would be too scared! He's a cringeworthy cowardly little turd!

In his life, Farage has hardly ever been to Clacton nevermind Harehills.

*Not Starmer's biggest fan but it's a shame he won that seat, the Labour candidate was quite dapper.

I wonder how much the clean up will cost Leeds taxpayers? Why destroy your own area?

The scumbags destroying it likely don’t pay tax, they’re just a drain on society in every way

I honestly think it’s a coloniser mentality. I completely know what you are saying - my daughter was born in an Asian country, to European parents (me and DH) and speaks the Asian language fluently. If she started describing herself as that country’s nationality people would think she was mad! They’d laugh!

They made the chimpanzee enclosure at Chester Zoo look calm

Honeymoon over Labour. When are they going to get a grip of law and order?

Police running away, criminals being released from prison, Britain teetering on the brink of anarchy with unruly mobs and Starmer is silent.

It's a breakdown in law and order. Nobody fears the police, they ran away again. There's no deterrent, no respect, no hope.

I'm sorry but they've barely been in power for hours (officially) so it's not something to blame the ruling party over. If anything it's more likely down to the policies we've lived under for years, including underfunding and overcrowding.

They've only just got in and already we've got riots.

Word has got out that Labour are in now and they'll be soft on crime. Things will only get worse.

Oh give over, I'd be surprised if many on this particular estate knew there'd recently been an election, nevermind who won and what their policies are. They will be mostly semi literate and/or with sever langauge barriers, one of the many things that prevents them from integrating or contributing to society.

Don’t be daft. They’ve been in power for ten minutes. Sorting out a country has the turning circle of the ark royal. They can’t pull dozens of police officers out of their arse can they.

Some staff at Jimmy's are saying that the man setting the bus on fire is a doctor!
Probably just a mad rumour though.

As an immigrant myself, I find your and @OlgaBracley’s points really interesting. I can definitely relate to it.
Personally, I’m not entirely sure whether it’s a coloniser mentality or rather an eagerness to appear inclusive and welcoming.
I don’t think it’s helpful.

Out of interest, why are they called Roma if they're from India originally.

I know this is a horrible situation but I am a bit fascinated by their history, they were travelling actors and dancers, yes? Sounds bohemian.

I thought someone claimed the man igniting the bus was born here

How do you know how literate he is?

Sadly the police are a waste of space and powerless to do anything.

Do you think the residents of that estate have the collection of Dickens on their shelves?.
They are severely impoverished and largely from other nations, mostly nations which don't generally educate their populations, I am gonna hazard a guess there are some literacy issues.

Harehills was the first place my DGPs lived when they came to the city. There was no effort made to welcome or make life easy for immigrants then. My DGM was 8 and didn’t speak a word of English. She was put in a classroom and was left to sink or swim. Now I’m not saying that’s good and I can’t imagine how frightening that must have been for a small child who has just left everything they know and come over on a packed ship not knowing where she would be or what it would be like. My DGGPs worked in sweatshops and my DGPs helped them after school. It was a crash course in learning English, working your way around a new country while still traumatised after what they’d escaped from.

Now there are translation services, kids are integrated into schools and given English lessons. There’s help available . It must be hard to adapt but there is so much more compassion and help to integrate if people want to. My family kept their own religion and language at home but once out the home, they did everything they could to integrate and fit in. My DF always said we owed the UK our lives and needed to do our bit. He served for the UK in the war and was proud to have done that. Yes be proud of your heritage but I believe those coming to any new country for whatever reason, have a responsibility to learn the language and not trash their neighbourhoods. It’s not acceptable.

‘Roma’ means ‘people’ in the Romani language. It’s just a coincidence that it sounds a bit like Romania which has Latin roots same as the city of Rome.

Is it Dickens on shelves or semi literate?

Seems quite stark for options