OT Leicester

[Andy_Faber]

Call by their MP, procrastination by council, to reimpose lockdown in Leicester due to covid second wave outbreak mid June.

Being blamed on poverty and ethnic diversity (in layman's terms, high South Asian population).

I've only been to Leicester a couple of times but have never got the impression that it's any poorer than, say, Nottingham, Stoke, Coventry or similarly sized Midlands cities.

Which brings us back to the ethnic mix question which has always been an unsubtle undertone of covid. My question is, is this factor a cause or an effect? I guess we may see the answer when further hotspots / second wave locations emerge. If its Bradford, Southall etc we may get a clue. Communal living may be in the dock...

I go back to an observation I shared from a copper friend in Stoke, dismissed at the time (by Swale what a surprise) but since confirmed in both Stoke and other local press - certain ethnic cultures (my rozzer friend mentioned east European Roma and South Asian) just ‘can’t help themselves’ (from congregating).

[ramAnag]

I go back to an observation I shared from a copper friend in Stoke, dismissed at the time (by Swale what a surprise) but since confirmed in both Stoke and other local press - certain ethnic cultures (my rozzer friend mentioned east European Roma and South Asian) just ‘can’t help themselves’ (from congregating).

Feel sure we’ve been here before. Didn’t Swale actually take issue with you suggesting that your ‘rozzer friend’ described some far fetched correlation between ‘Remainers’ and lockdown rule breakers?

Having said that I’m sure those indulging in get togethers, be they Roma, South Asian, the half a million Dorset beach visitors, protestors, Liverpool fans, the idiots I saw in Dovedale and Tissington last week or those in Florida who seem to think that social distancing only applies to others have much to answer for.

[Trickytreesreds]

Feel sure we’ve been here before. Didn’t Swale actually take issue with you suggesting that your ‘rozzer friend’ described some far fetched correlation between ‘Remainers’ and lockdown rule breakers?

Having said that I’m sure those indulging in get togethers, be they Roma, South Asian, the half a million Dorset beach visitors, protestors, Liverpool fans, the idiots I saw in Dovedale and Tissington last week or those in Florida who seem to think that social distancing only applies to others have much to answer for.

Quite agree RA, they do indeed.
I actually wish, that the only ones flouting the distancing rule, would be the only ones to suffer a second wave.
Alas, we all know that will not be the case.
I and my family will continue to practise social distancing. It's all you can do.

[Andy_Faber]

Feel sure we’ve been here before. Didn’t Swale actually take issue with you suggesting that your ‘rozzer friend’ described some far fetched correlation between ‘Remainers’ and lockdown rule breakers?

Having said that I’m sure those indulging in get togethers, be they Roma, South Asian, the half a million Dorset beach visitors, protestors, Liverpool fans, the idiots I saw in Dovedale and Tissington last week or those in Florida who seem to think that social distancing only applies to others have much to answer for.

The significant difference is that for the various daytripper and footballing tit-heads it was a sort-of one-off (I'm equally disgusted about the littering to be honest), whereas the ethnic communities seem to have just opted out for the duration. Having said that, all those I have direct contact with have been as compliant as possible