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RE: Entry for @deliberator weekly competition
I am very interested, may I ask was it London you were staying in? I will also write a post from my view of the whole mess and why people were angry in the first place, and I can assure you it was never anger against Europeans.
I was in Norfolk. And while I understand at the bottom of it there were many issues related to neoliberalism, increased inequality, worsening standards of living, dropping wages, worse jobs, disconnected political establishment, etc. the right wing press made it about immigration and the narrative permeated to Joe public. Believe, the anti immigrant sentiment is there. I lived it in my own skin. And the crimes against eastern Europeans has been the worst. An MP was assassinated! It is heartbreaking to see such a great nation that was an example of fairness and tolerance stoop so low. From the people in power all the way down to even some of the people I called friends...