Abbott hits out at 'level of racism still in Britain' as MP is cheered by supporters at rally
Diane Abbott has appeared at a rally where she hit out at the "level of racism that is still in Britain", following a row over comments made about her.
Ms Abbott was greeted in Hackney, east London, with cheers and chants of "I stand with Diane" after a Tory donor's reported offensive remarks.
The former Labour MP praised the people of Hackney whom she said "stood by her - year after year, decade after decade".
Perhaps this is not so much gaming the system as gaming the culture. Something which appears to be one of the most pernicious downsides of a multicultural society - it attracts those who are prepared to game it.
All cultures are gamed, so this could have been anticipated decades ago. It was anticipated by some of course, but maybe failing to anticipate it officially was part of the game.
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I don't think anyone in power anticipated the downsides of multi-culti. They all seemed to think from the outset that having high levels of immigration would be of benefit. Yet there was no evidence for this - how could there be? - and it's pretty obvious that some of the incoming minority would ever after complain about how the UK is racist, and some of the indigenous population would always grumble.
I think the fact that it was a massive gamble is what motivates the current clampdown on anything perceived to be "racism" or "xenophobia". They didn't think ahead, got it badly wrong, but can't admit it.
@Sam Vega
"They didn't think ahead, got it badly wrong, but can't admit it."
Rather like HS2, Coronavirus lockdowns and Net Zero. I detect a theme...
And don't forget they didn't foresee the disastrous effects of reorganising education, first secondary and later tertiary. And they really can't admit that!
Sam and DJ - in one way it is not dissimilar to Net Zero in that "evidence-based policy" often means "policy-based evidence".
Initially, to say this seems like no more than a cynical jibe, but it does seem to be how senior bureaucrats put major policies together and present them to political leaders and the media. They seem to have have a lawyer's advocacy-based view of evidence where incomplete or cherry-picked evidence is allowable.
Tammly - and from what we hear, more and more teachers are sick of it and either leave or are planning to leave.
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