'Racist riots were triggering for my Windrush generation parents' says Labour MP

Labour MP Dawn Butler said the sickening far-right unit brought backmost horrendous memories for her Jamaican parents, who came to the UK arsenic portion of the Windrush

A Black pistillate MP has said her mum had a “meltdown” erstwhile she said she was going to permission her location during this summer’s racist riots.

Labour MP Dawn Butler, 54, said it brought backmost memories for her Jamaican parents, who faced atrocious racism erstwhile they came to the UK arsenic portion of the Windrush procreation successful the 1950. Ms Butler told the Mirror : “When I said to my mum that I was coming to spot her she went into a implicit meltdown and it shocked maine to realise that actually.

“I mean I wasn’t really astatine location but she thought I was astatine location and I astir had to unreal I was astatine location conscionable truthful she knew I would beryllium safe. And that triggering conscionable truly grounded maine successful that: ohio my deity this is what it was similar and it’s bringing backmost immoderate truly atrocious memories of however they were chased, however they were beaten up, however they were spat up, however they were fought, however buildings were burnt.”

It comes aft Labour was warned determination tin beryllium "no accommodation" for Reform UK, which was accused of peddling racism. Alarming probe by foundation Hope Not Hate showed much Reform voters thought Muslims bore much work for the summertime riots than the far-right.

More than a 4th (27%) thought far-right thugs bore small oregon nary work for the sickening violence. Polling of 4,000 Reform supporters - the largest specified probe ever conducted - recovered 28% enactment far-right rabble-rouser Tommy Robinson.

And 40% said they deliberation unit is sometimes necessary, compared to 20% who said it's not. Hope Not Hate manager Nick Lowles said Nigel Farage's enactment is an "existential threat" to the UK. He said: "There tin beryllium nary accomodation to Reform UK and the racism they peddle."

He went on: "We person to beryllium up to the fight." Zara Mohammed, the caput of the Muslim Council of Britain, told a Stand Up to Racism fringe lawsuit that Muslims faced shocking hatred, being forced to barricade themselves wrong mosques.

She past week criticised a “shocking” deficiency of engagement from the authorities implicit the violence, which mostly targeted Muslims. Ms Mohammed said she is inactive yet to get immoderate authoritative interaction from them, telling the Mirror aft the event: “The communities are disappointed… they're each penning to maine saying wherefore isn't the authorities engaging?

“So I don’t talk for myself here, it’s for the communities that we correspond who are beauteous baffled astir wherefore determination hasn't been immoderate engagement, particularly due to the fact that it’s a caller authorities and a caller accidental to bash things differently, which we are hopeful of.
“I deliberation the riots person conscionable created truthful overmuch anxiousness and fearfulness successful communities that they privation to beryllium reassured that determination is simply a strategy successful the agelong word to tackle Islamophobia, to tackle hatred and to tackle division.”