Lee Japser
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Racism in Lambeth and Brixton
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cuppa tee
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GarveyLives
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Another Honey Glazing hit here:
GarveyLives
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Two weeks after the ascendancy to ancestorship of former central Brixton resident, Darcus Howe, and one week after the anniversary of the Brixton Riots, here is an example:
Lee Japser
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CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
Sounds like a mirror image of the normal leaving to get a senior job in Securicor (or even the Church of England) so disciplinary action "has to be halted".
Gramsci
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Trying to work this one out. I take it that the Met want to stop officers up for sack from defending themselves using the Equalities Act. If the Met get this other government bodies will use this as a precedent?
Basically someone defending themselves will not be able to argue that discrimination on race or gender is connected to the Met trying to sack them? That the Met will not have to prove that discrimination plays no part in this?
This thus weakens the range of the Equality Act. With Brexit looming the Equality Act is the only way to defend ones self as , now "we have our borders back" there will be no recourse to EU human rights legislation? I did think the European Court of Human Rights was separate from the EU? So not necessarily affected by Brexit?
Seems to me that if there is Equality Act it should not be allowed to have get out clause of Judicial Immunity. If the Met is so sure it does not discriminate it shouldn't be afraid of it being using in dismissal cases.
Can you explain more the background Lee Japser ?
I've looked at this
Black Activists Rising Against Cuts. (BARAC)
But feel I'm guessing as not expert on the Equalities Act.
Basically someone defending themselves will not be able to argue that discrimination on race or gender is connected to the Met trying to sack them? That the Met will not have to prove that discrimination plays no part in this?
This thus weakens the range of the Equality Act. With Brexit looming the Equality Act is the only way to defend ones self as , now "we have our borders back" there will be no recourse to EU human rights legislation? I did think the European Court of Human Rights was separate from the EU? So not necessarily affected by Brexit?
Seems to me that if there is Equality Act it should not be allowed to have get out clause of Judicial Immunity. If the Met is so sure it does not discriminate it shouldn't be afraid of it being using in dismissal cases.
Can you explain more the background Lee Japser ?
I've looked at this
Black Activists Rising Against Cuts. (BARAC)
But feel I'm guessing as not expert on the Equalities Act.
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
IMHO the authorities are trying to rule out equalities issues being cited in disciplinary cases, as you suggest. Maybe Lee Japser will confirm.
Having been through an ET case revolving around disability issues, I note that the English/American common law system dictates that the parties take positions which may well involve lying through their teeth and allege breeches of law or neglect of duty in a quadrille around potential compensation.
I am wondering what happens in Europe, where the situation is more inquisitorial. Do European police officers have tribunals, and how do they operate?
GarveyLives
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As he appears to otherwise engaged, try:
Black Civil Right groups win Supreme court ruling (click for more)
More here:
P (Appellant) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (Respondent) [2017] UKSC 65 On appeal from: [2016] EWCA Civ 2
GarveyLives
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Quite ...
Council staff in one of London’s most ethnically diverse boroughs have accused bosses of institutional racism, claiming that racial tension is escalating at the local authority with devastating consequences ..."
Staff accuse Lambeth council of institutional racism (click for more)
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
Within that article is the following paragraph, which seems to indicate not much change in perception on the side of Unison and their members on one side and Lambeth Council on the other side in 15 years:
This is not the first time Lambeth council has been accused of institutional racism. In 2003, an eight-month investigation concluded that a key part of the south London authority, which was then Labour-led, had a culture of discrimination, bullying, victimisation, sexual harassment and unprofessional conduct.
GarveyLives
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GarveyLives
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Nearly four years later ....
Metropolitan Police and Lambeth Council successfully sued by Black activists for human rights breach
Metropolitan Police and Lambeth Council successfully sued by Black activists for human rights breach
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
I find the Independent almost impossible to read - pop-up adverts and demands you register etc.
I am at a loss to understand where we are in government today.
Before the compulsory registration cut in I gathered it was alleged that Lambeth Council had spent over a million points fighting this case.
And they had now agreed to pay ninety four thousand pounds compensation to thirty four people.
Meanwhile Lambeth libraries are having a teach-in on the Poll Tax revolt - it says elsewhere on Urban today.
Personally I's settle for allowing Minister Farakhan to say what he wants in Kennington Park and have a month or two off my Council Tax thank you very much.
What a load of bullshit.
GarveyLives
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Nearly four years later, it still seems remarkable that Lambeth Council were able to ban local man, Abdul-Hakeem Muhammad, who has lived in Brixton all his life, from speaking at a public event which he helped to organise. It is a shame that no-one from Lambeth Council, including the EventLambeth 'Officer-in-Charge' of the matter, Gabi Grose, will come forward to explain their involvement in this, and why they considered such action necessary:
Nation of Islam leader Abdul-Hakeem Muhammad: ‘We want to move forward after ban on Louis Farrakhan’
How Black activists took on Lambeth Council and the Met - and won
GarveyLives
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24 April 2020:
Source: Philip Normal, the UK’s first openly HIV+ mayor, is the new Mayor of Lambeth
13 January 2022 - some "colourful moments":
Labour councillor and ‘La’ t-shirt maker Philip Normal resigns over ‘racist, Islamophobic’ tweets
"Equality was always at the heart of my politics when I was younger"
Philip Normal (previously known as Philip Burr) quoted here: Philip Normal, the UK's first openly HIV+ mayor, teams fashion with politics
GarveyLives
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editor
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24 April 2020:
Source: Philip Normal, the UK’s first openly HIV+ mayor, is the new Mayor of Lambeth
13 January 2022 - some "colourful moments":
Labour councillor and ‘La’ t-shirt maker Philip Normal resigns over ‘racist, Islamophobic’ tweets
"Equality was always at the heart of my politics when I was younger"
Philip Normal (previously known as Philip Burr) quoted here: Philip Normal, the UK's first openly HIV+ mayor, teams fashion with politics
It was actually Brixton Buzz that broke the story about his racist tweets as soon as they came to light.
If you gave a shit about racism rather than taking constant cheap digs at a local, non profit independent blog, you should be congratulating the site for not only breaking the story in the first place but keeping up the pressure until he was forced to stand down.
Tweets from ex-Mayor of Lambeth mock ‘hairy Arabs, Muslim women and big black men’
Lambeth leader condemns Philip Normal’s ‘deeply offensive tweets’ and ‘appalling statements’
Philip Normal resigns as Lambeth councillor after shocking social media posts revealed
