Does anyone know what's going on in Leicester?

[MrsBennetsPoorNerves]

Reports of trouble in East Leicester. I don't live there but do have an interest in the area. Does anyone local know exactly what's going on? The news reports are pretty vague...

So the majority of crime in this country is perpetuated by POC? Provide proof of these statements or take your propaganda elsewhere

There was a smaller fight the other week after a cricket match, it’s not unusual although this sounds a bigger scale

Sad that it is often connected to sport.

I do think there is something of a news blackout when it comes to issues around race and immigration, particularly those that touch upon illegal immigration and housing. It's certainly the case in Ireland right now. I don't expect this post to stay up very long. There are zero Mn threads on the situation in the Channel, for instance.

What crime reports? How about provide some since you're so sure of what you're saying

Leicester always used to have a reputation as somewhere where different communities got on well. Unlike say Bradford for example. It is so sad, and quite scary that this is happening in my city.

I hate to say it but there seems to be quite a lot of insularity amongst some sections of the South Asian communities. For instance my landlord ( who is an arse) whenever he calls an electrician /plumber etc it is always someone South Asian, he obviously wouldn't dream of using a white plumber, or anyone else. Is that not racist? The funny thing is all the tradesmen hate him anyway as he doesn't settle the bills and they complain to me about him. Community solidarity eh? Before anyone says anything, DH is not white either, kids are mixed obviously.

Fortunately DH and I have the opportunity to move elsewhere which we will be doing in a couple of months. To live somewhere cheaper and buy in a year or so. I will miss my hometown in a way but not if the situation continues to deteriorate. Police need to get tough /send in reinforcements.

There are a lot of spoiled arrogant young men whose parents seem to have little control over them. Poverty is also a factor of course, but not always.

And yes sectarianism. Transplanted to the UK.
Thank you to bloody Mountbatten for fucking up India /Pakistan back in the 1940s. He didn't know what he was doing and the British government couldn't wait to get out of there.

Tell that to unionists in nI

Lots on Twitter about it if you search Leicester. Videos too. Looks appalling.

It is Racists, isn't it? Racists are perpetrating crimes every day. You are a case in point.

I can only reiterate my observation that these "sectarian tensions" rarely if ever arise in affluent, prosperous areas. If someone wants to give me examples that prove me wrong on that, I'll happily reconsider.

Is that more to do with the numbers of people living there? I used to live in an what was considered to be an 'affluent' town in the NW and isolated incidents certainly occurred but were rarely reported.

It basically goes back to the post colonial fuck up that was The Partition. The British dithered for a bit and then just basically drew a line on a map.
There are still people alive who lost their land to either Muslims or Hindus and there were atrocities from both sides. There is still a lot of tension those communities here as well. I live in West Yorkshire and there are occasional clashes between Hindu and Muslims, only a small minority actually cause trouble but the 2 communities don’t mix and we have known couples have to go into hiding because they were at real risk of harm because they were Hindu/Muslim.
In Slumdog Millionaire they lose their mother to a Hindu gang attacking a Muslim area, I know it’s just a film but it’s based on reality unfortunately. Muslims are a minority in India and are often treated badly

What do you think should have happened then rather than the partition that would have made it better?

Yes ideally not have colonised India in the first place obviously

A bit like a footy match by arch-rivals as often happens in the UK.
One does not need to some people an excuse to cause trouble.

Thank you for clarifying this as my lad has just moved to Oadby to go to Uni and when I saw the headlines I was a bit worried, will just worry about him going into the city on nights out ect.

The person who decided where the border would be had never been to India before and took just 2 weeks to decide where the border should go. The 2 Communities were barely consulted or if they were it was the Hindus as they were traditionally in more Govt posts than Muslims. They were undecided about where to put Kashmir for a while but then some white men in a room hundreds of miles away just thought “Oh Sod it, let’s stick it in India” despite the Muslim Majority.
The whole thing was a shit show and some estimates say over 1 million people died as a result and possibly up to 2 million. The British handled it badly and the repercussions are still being felt not just in India but around the world

@greenhousegal football hasn't been cancelled this weekend

Modi is basically a Hindu fascist, Indian's Trump and Johnson couldn't wait for post-Brexit to suck up to him. He gets away with buying discounted Russian oil and armaments as well - because ...China. At a community level, this sort of global fanatical leadership of a section of the community can only be a disaster.

www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/6/17/india-is-becoming-a-hindu-fascist-enterprise.

Video showed how an orange flag was pulled down outside a religious building, thought to be the Shivalaya Hindu community centre.

A spokesperson for the organisation posted on Facebook this morning: ‘Yesterday there were scenes of protest, violence and disorderly behaviour by a gathering of large groups of people on Belgrave Road.

‘Members of the gathering were seen trespassing the Shivalaya building, vandalising the Shivalaya’s flags and burning them

The media aren't interested unless racist police claims can be headlined.

Don't think he will encounter any trouble in Oadby, OP. The city centre should be fine as well.

So we need to.... kick out the men. Job done. Sorted.

14 years on Mn and this is the most sensible past I've ever read 😉🤣🤣🤣

OP my friend parents are from Leicester. I've spoken to her and she said it is believed locally the catalyst is the religious factions but that poverty is believed to play a large part as its areas of deprivation appear to be increasing and widening.

Men will always find a reason to fight.

Violence is NEVER the way forward.
I'd said from the outset that the Ukraine invasion by Putin will end in negotiations.

Thankfully, many Russian soldiers do not want to fight not because they are cowards but brave and know it was wrong of Putin to invade.

The incident in Lecister reminds me of NI.

Old wounds take time to heal but like any old wounds, there is always a covert minority that is there to fan the flames along with third-party agitators.