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Is It Time To Stop The Annual Festival Of "Caribbean Culture"?
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Drug dealing, Violence, attempted murder.....sounds like fun!
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Imagine a festival to celebrate 1,000 years of white culture taking place in London. I know but kid yourself. Firstly I don't think there are enough in London any longer and secondly It wouldn't be allowed to happen. If there was however and violent crimes were committed on day 1, then Rowley's wannabee stormtrooper
21:06 Mon 26th Aug 2024
Jno, the riots were not a carnival planned for a year! The riots as the gutter press like to call them, were people protesting against recent events and political decisions made about immigration. There was violence on both sides and the fact 600 white people got arrested was because Police can't be accused of racial discrimination if they arrest a white male, but try and arrest a black male stood next to him bashing the lights out of someone and hey ho its because of the colour of his skin.
"Ticket it to pay for the clean up and coppering."
I see an immediate problem with that, ymb. The people participaing in this do not want to (and in fact will not) pay for anything.
Last year the policing costs were £11.7m:
Numbers said to attend over the three days vary, but it seems to be somewhere between one and two million. So to charge for the policing costs alone would cost between £6 and £12 a pop.
Apart from those aspects, I don't think people quite realise what huge disrupion this nonsense causes. Here's a few snippets from he "residents' guide" for this year:
ID for Access
If you live in any of these roads that remain closed, you will be asked to present a form of ID at the barrier point showing your name and address.
Cleaning Services
You can register online for our free Notting Hill Carnival cleaning service for your garden and/or stairs or basement if directly accessible from the street.
Property Fencing & Boarding
Neither Westminster City Council or Kensington and Chelsea Council provides fencing for private residences and businesses. Private landowners and property managers may take the decision to fence off gardens, private paths or property ahead of the weekend. All fencing, bracing or weights must be located within the housing boundary and not on pavements/the public highway.
The area covered by restrictions is considerable (about 3km north to south and about 2km east to west) and basically involves the entire area enclosed by the "Carnival Route". Five underground stations are either closed or have restricted access during Carnival. All the buses (some 25 routes) which would normally cross or pass by the area are stopped short on either side.
The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea gives older residents the chance of a "free" (i.e. paid for by council taxpayers) weekend at the seaside during Carnival:
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The event is defended by many because, they say, it is a symbol of London’s diversity as well as a celebration of Afro-Caribbean culture and music. Unfortunately that culture also contains a deep-rooted of antipathy between London’s Afro-Caribbean community and the police.
Comparisons to pop festivals are specious. By comparison those events cause far less inconvenience to far fewer people and are not generally accompanied by widespread violence towards others, particularly the police. They also tend to be contained, away from residential areas and they generally fund their policing.
As I said, the place to celebrate Caribbean culture is in the Caribbean, not Ladbroke Grove.
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