Category Archives: United Kingdom

A conservative MP from Wales created a sh*tstorm by asking his constituents whether they would (yes/no) like to see a traveller site next to their house. Police is investigating, conservative media think it is a perfectly ok question. Like “would you like to see [any other minority] a your neighbour…

• Police probe minister’s ‘racist’ campaign leaflet on Traveller sites. In: The Independent. 03.08.2023. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/david-davies-leaflet-racist-monmouth-b2386849.html
• EXCLUSIVE Row breaks out over Tory minister’s ‘racist’ election leaflet about Gypsies and Travellers: Constituents are split over campaign ad accusing Labour of trying to build sites – while MPs brand police probe a ‘waste of time’. In: The Daily Mail. 03.08.2023 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12367313/EXCLUSIVE-Row-breaks-Tory-ministers-racist-election-leaflet-Gypsies-Travellers-Constituents-split-campaign-ad-accusing-Labour-trying-build-sites-MPs-brand-police-probe-waste-time.html
• Welsh Secretary David TC Davies reported to police over travellers’ site leaflet. In: Yahoo. 03.08.2023. https://uk.news.yahoo.com/welsh-secretary-david-tc-davies-075800937.html
• Police review MP’s leaflet on Traveller sites amid ‘discrimination’ complaint. In: Yahoo. 03.08.2023. https://uk.news.yahoo.com/police-review-mp-leaflet-traveller-091351954.html
• Monmouth: Welsh Secretary reported to police over ‘dangerous’ Gypsy and Traveller leaflet. In: ITV. 03.08.2023. https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2023-08-03/police-to-review-welsh-secretarys-dangerous-leaflet-about-gypsies

A city councillor made racist comments on Facebook and is frantically deleting comments from Roma and Travellers…

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• COUNCILLOR RUNS SCARED AND DELETES ROMANY REPLIES AFTER WRITING RACIST POST ON FACEBOOK. In: Travellers’ Times. 22.06.2023. https://www.travellerstimes.org.uk/features/councillor-runs-scared-and-deletes-romany-replies-after-writing-racist-post-facebook

A restaurant told staff not to take reservations from Roma… They eventually apologised.

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• Bridgend restaurant staff told not to take bookings from Gypsies. In: BBC News. 15.06.2023. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-65923589
• Restaurant apologises after staff ‘told not to take bookings from Gypsies’. In: Wales online. 16.06.2023. https://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/restaurant-apologises-after-staff-told-27134150

The statements of the Labour MP about racism continue to draw criticism.

• Keir Starmer condemns Diane Abbott’s comments as antisemitic – video. In: The Guardian. 24.04.2023. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/video/2023/apr/24/keir-starmer-condemns-diane-abbotts-comments-as-antisemitic-video
• Diane Abbott: Minority groups condemn Labour MP’s ‘anti-Semitic’ comments and warn there cannot be ‘hierarchy of racism’. In; The Scotsman. 24.04.2023. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/diane-abbott-minority-groups-condemn-labour-mp-s-anti-semitic-comments-and-warn-there-cannot-be-hierarchy-of-racism/ar-AA1aglo1?ocid=Peregrine

The British Labour MP Diane Abott had to resign following an outcry after a letter she wrote to a newspaper in which she suggested that “prejudice” experienced by “white-seeming people” is distinct from racism against black people.

This when one in three Roma and Travellers have experienced racism in the UK.

• Jewish and Gypsy, Roma and Traveller groups horrified by Diane Abbott’s racism comments. In: iNews. 23.04.2023. https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/diane-abbott-suspended-labour-suggesting-travellers-irish-jewish-people-dont-experience-racism-2292368
• Diane Abbott has Labour whip suspended after ‘hateful antisemitic’ remarks suggesting Jews do not face racism. In: Sky News. 24.04.2023. https://news.sky.com/story/diane-abbott-accused-of-hateful-antisemitism-after-suggesting-jews-do-not-face-racism-12864141
• Diane Abbott suspended by Labour after suggesting Jewish people do not face racism. In: The Independent. 24.04.2023. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/diane-abbott-racism-observer-letter-jewish-labour-b2325452.html
• Labour schließt Diane Abbott wegen Rassismusvergleich aus Fraktion aus. In: Der Spiegel. 23.04.2023. https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/labour-diane-abbott-wegen-rassismusvergleich-aus-fraktion-ausgeschlossen-a-7eb0620c-0432-417a-8b99-186181a12890

A recent comprehensive survey highlighted the high level of racism against Roma in the UK, with up to two thirds of the Roma shaving experienced abuse or attacks.

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• Social barriers faced by Roma, Gypsies and Travellers laid bare in equality survey. In: The Guardian. 09.04.2023. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/09/social-barriers-faced-by-roma-gypsies-and-travellers-laid-bare-in-equality-survey
• Research finds UK is far from a ‘racially just society’. In: The Independent. 10.04.2023. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/research-st-andrews-the-guardian-manchester-roma-b2317019.html