Don’t mess with the tolerant people in Brighton.

Well said, WW.

Oreo

Absolutely a realist, a few marches with rainbows and glitter doesn’t put this country back together again when there are so many things to put right.

I don’t think any of us think that!

But for me, it made my heart sing to see so many peaceful tolerant protesters last night

Hear, hear WW.

MaizieD

I hope that Starmer will not make immigration the top of his agenda. It was the tory/right wing negative focus on it that has caused the situation we found ourselves in last week and this.

I hope that Labour continues to competently sort out the immigration mess that the tories have left, while not turning it into a culture war issue, and turns its focus to measures to improve the lives of those whose disaffection stems from poverty and feelings of helplessness. Which would cover so many more areas than immigration.

I think first and foremost Starmer has to focus on installing the rule of law and act swiftly to ensure the courts can deal with perpetrators.

Only then can he begin to focus on the racist rhetoric and reasons behind it.

Thatcher refused to accept that there was any underlying cause for the riots of 1981, Starmer cannot that mistake.

We have known and been warning for years about the growing inequality in the U.K. but the Tory government wilfully turned a deaf ear to the calls for greater fairness, and imposed greater snd greater cuts to benefits and public services.

Starmer will be sensible to listen and listen hard. He will also be sensible not to play the racist game and blame immigration for our ills.

The blame lies entirely with government tax and domestic policy.

This has to change.

Rhetoric will achieve nothing, but policy and action will.

Thank goodness. Those riots have had the opposite outcome and the good old British spirit has shown itself.

I'd been dreading another day of rioting, but it turned out to be a great day of us standing up to the bullies.
This country has many problems, as do most countries, but we are absolutely not finished, washed up, doomed. Some people love to say it is. Wouldn't it be better to have a positive attitude, work hard to improve ourselves, be thankful for all the good instead of emphasising the bad all the time.
There is much to fix. I hope Keir Starmer is the one to start improving things.

Good morning everyone🥰

Lovely night last night😘

Have a happy, peaceful day all of you😍

It’s interesting, because Muslims, on the whole, are extremely conservative, some may even call them right wing.

Was the Muslim community actively involved &’supporting Brighton Pride? Or any other gay pride event?

Oh well. In 50 years we’ll have the country we deserve.

We know what he has said though Oreo. He will be given the chance to elaborate on what he’s said so far, and to deliver, which is all we can expect five weeks in. Personally I’d prefer less words and some proof of action - evaluation after the first 100 days plan will be fair way to assess performance.

We were asked to stay home, I thought it was the most sensible thing to do - mainly because we have seen what violence had occurred the previous week. The community where our March was to take place peacefully sat around chatting until the sun went down. If the edl did show up they didn’t make themselves known. I would rather see the scenes of yesterday than the scenes of the previous week. I feel less worried

We don’t know what he thinks Casdon so he needs to come out and say it and more importantly do it.

Oreo well pensioners are not going to take to the streets to demonstrate or bend their knees in true left wing solidarity are they? I just wonder what the government will do when thousands start to die from hypothermia? Brush it under the carpet in its pursuit of net zero?

I don’t think Starmer thinks that for a minute Oreo, or indeed that anybody else does. Knowing the reality shouldn’t detract from people’s pleasure at the response from communities where people care though.

What do you mean exactly Whitewavemark2?
Euphoria in Brighton doesn’t fix anything.There really is a mountain to climb and tho I hope Labour will make a start on it, beginning with cutting the fuel allowance to pensioners wasn’t a good sign.I want Starmer to realise that immigration needs addressing pdq and not falling into the trap of thinking it’s only the far right who are worried about it.

pascal30

My heart swells to see all the peaceful, pro immigrant counter protestors all around the country. We can be an inclusive, caring society and not allow this social breakdown..

Me too! It’s these people who make proud to be a Brit!

Many of us have been waving red flags for years, those of us who talked about middle class beliefs, left behind towns, (23% of the working population of hartlepool are on out of work benefits) a complete divide between politics/media and many ordinary people, I dont know what else to do to be honest, it will all carry on, and then in a couple of years time, possibly via the ballot box will explode again. I can confidently predict that drag queens will have no influence on this.

Whitewavemark2

Well I suppose there is a choice.

Optimism, joy and hope, patience, hard work and understanding

Or the alternative

Which is what?

Gandhi managed it.. and Mandela.. we need to stand firm

I hope that Starmer will not make immigration the top of his agenda. It was the tory/right wing negative focus on it that has caused the situation we found ourselves in last week and this.

I hope that Labour continues to competently sort out the immigration mess that the tories have left, while not turning it into a culture war issue, and turns its focus to measures to improve the lives of those whose disaffection stems from poverty and feelings of helplessness. Which would cover so many more areas than immigration.

Well I suppose there is a choice.

Optimism, joy and hope, patience, hard work and understanding

Or the alternative

Which is what?

We disagree with you how to achieve it that's all.

Galaxy

If it makes you feel better crack on.
However 'you' (not you personally) were amazed at Brexit, horrified that Trump won, didnt foresee the issues floating about in Europe with right wing parties so I probably will view predictions such as this with a bit of caution.

But you see sowing seeds of community, togetherness and shared values has to start sometime.

Yes we’ve seen dreadful division and hate, but we have to start somewhere, somehow to climb out the morass we have found ourselves in.

No one is saying that there isn’t a mind blowing amount of work to achieve this, but standing by on the sidelines shouting boohoo is definitely not going to achieve anything is it?

Disagreeing with you is not misery.

“Have a little chuckle snd move right along”

Good advise from another GN poster about the posters who give out vibes of misery and division.

If it makes you feel better crack on.
However 'you' (not you personally) were amazed at Brexit, horrified that Trump won, didnt foresee the issues floating about in Europe with right wing parties so I probably will view predictions such as this with a bit of caution.

Heartening to read and watch the turnaround of the hatred and violence that has stained our values and communities over the last fews days. People power at its best.

“The poor fighting the poor only the rich win”was a poster that shone out for me.