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Lee Jasper resigns as Chair of Brixton Splash

It sounds to me like he's the sort of person who makes everything a racial issue, rather than trying to get to the root of the problem - and once someone decides something is based on race, it's virtually impossible to challenge it because you then get labelled a racist when you try and do so.
 
ajdown said:
It sounds to me like he's the sort of person who makes everything a racial issue, rather than trying to get to the root of the problem - and once someone decides something is based on race, it's virtually impossible to challenge it because you then get labelled a racist when you try and do so.
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To be fair, if he were that straightforward, it'd be okay and he'd be easy to deal with on that basis. As it is, he uses identity politics as and when it suits him, rather than all the time, and that means that he's able to garner more support than if he engaged in them full-time. People think "ah, Lee only says that stuff when the occasion demands it, so he must be talking straight", rather than analysing what he says against things he's previously said.
Also, black or white, don't expect, at the end of the day, People like Mr. Jasper and others in his political milieu to look after your interests. They're more concerned with looking after their own.
 
ajdown said:
It sounds to me like he's the sort of person who makes everything a racial issue, rather than trying to get to the root of the problem - and once someone decides something is based on race, it's virtually impossible to challenge it because you then get labelled a racist when you try and do so.
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No, he doesn't. He will do though if he sees personal advantage. He's a politician. If he was say, Green, if it suited him, he'd be all traditional knitted yoghurt when it suited, thrusting modern green technology when it didn't.
 
Pat posting here, May 8 2006:
Coldharbour Lane Party.. .. looking for volunteers
Lambeth Council have graciously allowed us to close Coldharbour Lane from K.F.C down to the Dogstar on bank holiday monday (29th) for a street party.. the idea behind it is to show to the media, potential new buisness etc that Brixton is not all about drug dealers, people getting mugged, and the past riots... ( and its also a good excuse for a party) we have a chance to show ' the other side of Brixton'.. they have also promised taht if all goes well we can repeat this next year ( a maybe expand it slightly).. .
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Splash website 2012:
The purpose of the event was to showcase the vibrant face of Brixton and positively rebrand the area after the extensive negative publicity, marking the 25th anniversary of the April 1981 disorders.

The festival was the brainchild of Ros Griffiths (Social Entrepreneur) and Blacker Dread (DJ, Reggae Producer)
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:mad:
 
nipsla said:
Are they not going to be open then?
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Inshops have consulted with Plod, the Fire Brigade and "the chairman of Brixton Splash" and decided that on Sunday 5th August, the Granville Arcade and Market Row will be shut. This is official, all the traders have had a letter about it.
 
This is presumably pretty costly for the market traders.
A sign that Splash is perhaps doing the complete opposite of helping local businesses.
 
fortyplus said:
Inshops have consulted with Plod, the Fire Brigade and "the chairman of Brixton Splash" and decided that on Sunday 5th August, the Granville Arcade and Market Row will be shut. This is official, all the traders have had a letter about it.
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I don't understand why they would want to close the Village down. It makes no sense - unless it's just a ploy to reduce choice and therefore funnel more people into the traders who have signed up/paid up for Splash.
 
editor said:
I don't understand why they would want to close the Village down. It makes no sense - unless it's just a ploy to reduce choice and therefore funnel more people into the traders who have signed up/paid up for Splash.
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One doesn't need to be Jazzz to draw that conclusion. Rinse the local businesses for donations, then funnel the business into completely different hands. Very shady, if that's what's going on.
 
So was he asking for money knowing full well that they were going to be shat upon from a great height? Looks like shit, smells like shit, it is shit.
 
fortyplus said:
Inshops have consulted with Plod, the Fire Brigade and "the chairman of Brixton Splash" and decided that on Sunday 5th August, the Granville Arcade and Market Row will be shut. This is official, all the traders have had a letter about it.
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What other shops and businesses will be shut? Of course Inshops aren't in Brixton are they so a lack of local knowledge may have led them to rely on police, FB and splash? Say the Satay Bar will make the decision locally not from a distance and not thought to ask anyone else. What level of management for Inshops is in Brixton?
 
editor said:
I don't understand why they would want to close the Village down. It makes no sense - unless it's just a ploy to reduce choice and therefore funnel more people into the traders who have signed up/paid up for Splash.
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Perhaps they have taken a leaf out of the 'how to run an event' guide produced by the Olympics lot?
 
So have I got this straight. Jasper wanted money from the Village businesses, and when they didn't agree, he drew up his name'n'shaming blacklist for widespread distribution - BUT - all the time he wanted the Village closed for the day so that none of the businesses wouldn't have got any benefit at all, regardless of whether they donated or not?

Have I got that right?
 
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