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Police break up 400 person wedding party

54 replies

CurlsandCurves · 22/01/2021 14:13

What is wrong with these people? It infuriates me when people think the rules don’t apply to them.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-55764673

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wanderings · 22/01/2021 19:16

As someone else said: this one got busted, but I wonder how many other such events have succeeded in secret? Of course, we don't hear about those.

Iwantacookie · 22/01/2021 19:18

I'm sure I heard only a handful of people were given £200 fines though.

FiveFootTwoEyesOfBlue · 22/01/2021 19:24

They probably think if they do or don't get Covid and die or survive is all God's will, like other fundamental religions, so why bother keeping to rules?

Diverseduvet · 22/01/2021 19:25

Police have now said there were 150 attendees, NOT 400.

donewithitalltodayandxmas · 22/01/2021 19:28

Each individual and the school should get fined , even in normal times I have never hired a hall and not been asked why and advised of maximum numbers

addicted2spaniels · 22/01/2021 19:35

Because the Government can't address the ethnic groups in this country without being accused of racism.

Even though it's blatantly obvious in certain areas.

wanderings · 22/01/2021 19:39

Police have now said there were 150 attendees, NOT 400.
Yep, because 80% of statistics are made up on the spot.
Just like the government's numbers.

converseandjeans · 22/01/2021 23:12

I saw on the news this evening that Haredi Jews will also refuse the vaccine.

MrsBlobby43 · 22/01/2021 23:16

Every single person who attended should have been fined, had their name taken and if they go on to get covid have treatment declined. Sounds harsh but the only way people will learn!

Defenbaker · 22/01/2021 23:37

It's bizarre behaviour, but if people in that community are flouting the rules and are refusing to have the vaccine then they will learn their lessons the hard way. I feel sorry for the police officers involved, and for the NHS staff who may end up treating those people.

hoxtonbabe · 23/01/2021 05:59

Which is why I said it's encouraging something was done and wish it was more of a blanket approach - like round here, where we have an entire road of shops which have remined open throughout but which apparently can't be challenged

That is exactly what is happening in the area too and I’m surprised the police dealt with this one as they are usually quite happy to let the nail shop, then beauty/massage shop and a barbers literally opposite to them continue trading albeit with windows covered.

As pointed out upthread All the shops in that area are open as normal. They simply cover their windows now ( last lockdown they didn’t even bother to do that) and open as normal but you can see what is going on through the gaps or simply when the door is opened to let people in and out but the council and police do nothing about it. The killer part is I heard the businesses that should be closed are claiming the government financial support for being closed but still opening..

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Covidcovid · 23/01/2021 08:10

They had this issue in New York when they were on a strict lock down with some Jewish people ignoring the rules and having massive weddings with hundreds and hundreds of people. The mayor was ranting about it at one point.

Moondust001 · 23/01/2021 08:25

Some people of all faiths and of none break the "rules". Where those things are laws, if they are caught then they will face the same consequences as everyone else. But one or two of these posts are moving disturbingly towards antisemitism. Orthodox (or any other) Jews are no more nor less likely to break rules than any other group of people. And Shabbat is not "Friday night dinner" and nor is there any evidence that Jewish people are mixing more than the general population.

MRex · 23/01/2021 08:35

Yes, I agree some posts are getting rather odd. Bunch of idiots had a wedding, there's an issue with rule breaking from that particular group and premises control by the school. That's got nothing to do with any other Jewish people.

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 23/01/2021 08:45

There are no words I can use to express my contempt for people who won't accept the vaccine, won't protect themselves but also expect the NHS to step in and treat them if they fall ill.

Smiledwiththerisingsun · 23/01/2021 09:50

The school should be fined.

manicinsomniac · 23/01/2021 10:02

What's the point in fining the school? Those responsible for the hiring won't suffer the effects of the fine. Children and ordinary teachers will. They could give a personal fine to the senior staff, governor or admin staff responsible.

And I agree this thread sounds antisemitic.

Calmandmeasured1 · 23/01/2021 10:08

The school claim they didn't know what the hall was hired for. Isn't it a bit odd at the best of times to hire out a school hall and not ask why, never mind in the middle of lockdown?
I wouldn't need to ask. No school should be hired out during a pandemic for any events.

They didn't know what it was hired for? Ffs, and these are run by people who are our children's educators! 😂

Hoppinggreen · 23/01/2021 10:11

According to 1 report the Head of the school involved actually died of Covid a few months ago!

Puzzledandpissedoff · 23/01/2021 10:26

People of all faiths and of none break the "rules". Where those things are laws, if they are caught then they will face the same consequences as everyone else

Spot on with the first sentence, but all I can say of the second is "if only"

Also agree that there's some anti-semitism creeping in though - ditto on the other, much larger thread. I have to wonder if there'd have been quite so many posts if these had been about any other minority community

Puzzledandpissedoff · 23/01/2021 10:28

About the letting arrangements - it's been said that the school has some kind of agency who deal with this on their behalf

However as I understand it (and I used to run a large community facility myself) the overall responsibility for the premises remains with the owners

JanieLane · 23/01/2021 10:49

There shouldn’t be a ‘potential £10,000’ fine for the organiser, it should be £10,000 on the spot fine for the organiser and fines for everyone who attended!

We’ve heard police are getting tough regarding rule breakers, well then let’s see it! Let’s see all of these window covered shops also brought to task.

Moondust001 · 23/01/2021 11:44

Also agree that there's some anti-semitism creeping in though - ditto on the other, much larger thread. I have to wonder if there'd have been quite so many posts if these had been about any other minority community

Yes, I had been wondering how many of these comments would have been removed if they had been made about "black people" or "Muslims" or "gays". It seems that the powers that be are less interested in standards when it comes to comments about Jewish people.

I think that people need to bear in mind, also, that they are ranting and raving about an incident about which their only information is a police force who have so far proven they cannot even count, and media reports that have their own agenda and are therefore unreliable. What we actually know, and actually all that is relevant, is a group of people broke the lockdown and the police dealt with it. Pretty much everything else is sensationalist window dressing at best, and deliberate racism at worst.

When I first saw the revised numbers involved (not that anyone should have been there - I am not excusing anyone breaking the law) a fleeting thought did cross my mind that the Met Police have always been rather bad at maths. Usually it involves downsizing the size of demonstrations from many thousands to a few thousand. How odd that on this occasion they upsized it. 150 and 400 look so very different.

LIZS · 23/01/2021 11:48

@JanieLane

There shouldn’t be a ‘potential £10,000’ fine for the organiser, it should be £10,000 on the spot fine for the organiser and fines for everyone who attended!

We’ve heard police are getting tough regarding rule breakers, well then let’s see it! Let’s see all of these window covered shops also brought to task.

In Surrey the hosts of a get together were recently fined £10k - tried to justify it as a business event Hmm
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