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and it was lambeth not Hackney or Harringey
What story are you referring to
in the nature of anecdote, it's impossible to give names, dates, places without running into libel
Scotch-terriers like Blagsta should know that and yip elsewhere
the storry was headlined 'The rotten borough: £50m scandal of corruption and incompetenceby the loony left' 29.07.1995.
I guess the BNP are struggling for up to date stories..
the rag-trade one was also Daily Mail and refered to a job advert that asked for a Lesbian preferably from the Greek or Turkish community as these were under-represented.
I can find anything you want me too.....Of course The BNP site would probably have them all but the newspaper articles are a safer bet!
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NEXT!
Tell us some stories of Lambeth then, i'm sure you can find them
so what - I still read, I am still aware......Or am I not supposed to show an interest because I live in wales!! Weirdo!!
Really scraping the barrel now....
lambeth such a Greek or Turkish area, sure
What do you know, you're on a pc well away from what I was describing
Lambeth council are notoriously corrupt, thats well known. There is also a camapign against institutional racism within Lambeth council at the moment.
But what that has to do with your made up stories, I haven't a fucking scooby to be honest.
Come on then ladymuck, post a link.
If you have your finger so much on the pulse about London matters why don't you post your links or maybe admit you know not of what you post
2 in fact
read my previous post, scottie
All you can ever come up with are "anecdotes". Convenient eh?
Whos gunna police that then? the same police that got in because of it?!
I also think that if people like ladymuch are going to get into these kinds of arguments its time she ante up and show some evidence.
I agree that it could cause resentment, but I also think that the ethnic and cultural makeup of public bodies should reflect the ethnic and cultural makeup of the community they serve and make decisions for. Otherwise they will not be able to do the best job that they can.
I agree, I think making it easier for people to get the job depending on there race/sex is a short turm solution to get figures up. They still need to tackle the underlying problems concerning racism and sexism.
wtf
How can organisations such as the police, local councils etc serve their local community in the best way possible if they don't have people working for them who understand the specific issue and needs of those people? If people have no idea what other peoples experiences of life are, how can they make the best decisions?
in fact, i reckon our society's gonna just turn around and start discriminating white, heterosexual people etc soon.
I don't see why everyone can't just stop discriminating altogether, surely our society's come so far now that there shouldn't be an issue. Or if not, then we're well on our way, so positive discrimination would just scramble things up and make it worse.
As far as I can see, my generation is growing up in a society where racism is not an issue, we will teach that to our kids, and so on.... so hopefully in the future the problem will be resolved.
edited: spelling
It's only gonna piss people off more and cause tension in my opinion.
SO sorry for the delay Ladymuck - I had left work, then had rowing practice. Unfortunately if I post the links they won't work as they are from a professional newspaper database I only have access to in work and without a password you can't get onto them. I can however post the whole thing tomorrow as a copy and paste jobbie. What it's supposed to prove though is beyond me. The articles are genuine stories from the British press.
Post yours too if you can.
My point was that someone is feeding you anecdotes and you are passing them off as fact without reading the original articles first. Who can be so silly as to do that eh? But, hey, I guess they have found their target audience in you!?
Don't patronise me you hayseed, the instances I related are from N. London but then you probably don't know that there's a N/S to London, outside of your valley they're using the wheel doncha know