I've no idea what anything has to do with anything anymore. Being out of the country for two months makes news from the UK rather disjointed, but when something close to home is mentioned here, it's worth trying to establish some truths.
I agree that some of these groups aren't the brightest sparks in the box, but the residents of Epping themselves are very much WYSIWYG - what you see is what you get. There's no hidden agenda in how they obviously feel about that hotel housing asylum seekers, and they're certainly not going to change their views. In fact, the worry is that trouble will now escalate in this quiet little town which has good traffic links to draw others in from other areas of the capital.
Nothing to do with Afghanistan, I realise that, nothing to do with scare mongering either. Thanks GrannyGravy13 for a bit of local knowledge. I'm trying not to wind DD1 up too much by asking.