[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by chuff me dizzy

you go to London and you never hear an English voice !!

Well, this is just false.

[GiRTh]

Whats an English City? when Chicken Tikka Masala is the most popular dish in the country, the corner shop is now a British tradition and the children of the Windrush generation are having children of their own.

[UserSince2005]

Every morning when I get on the tube I’m the only beautiful blue eyed Brit on the carriage. I like it. I feel so special.

[Mitchell]

I like it, I’ve met many friends in London from other countries such as Italy, Sweden, France, Germany and America, all of whom are very friendly, lovely and working incredibly hard towards their future careers and are paying their way with their university fees

[Ammi]

...it’s an English city that embraces multi culture and to describe it as global surely is a good thing ...as Girth said...what is an English city...?...it’s a blend of all the cultures who live there...and London is a leading example of the diversity a city should have...

[GiRTh]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...it’s an English city that embraces multi culture and to describe it as global surely is a good thing ...as Girth said...what is an English city...?...it’s a blend of all the cultures who live there...and London is a leading example of the diversity a city should have...

The multi cultural nature of this country has been around for more decades than most TiBB members so I dont get why it seems like they've only just noticed it.

[Liam-]

I’d rather live in a city with a load of friendly foreigners than a bunch of racist white folks

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Liam-

I’d rather live in a city with a load of friendly foreigners than a bunch of racist white folks

[chuff me dizzy]

Originally Posted by Liam-

I’d rather live in a city with a load of friendly foreigners than a bunch of racist white folks

I wouldn't

[Liam-]

Originally Posted by chuff me dizzy

I wouldn't

Well I for one, am shocked to the core

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by chuff me dizzy

I wouldn't

You'd prefer racists to friendly people?

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by chuff me dizzy

I wouldn't

Well, at least you're honest about your racism. It serves as a good red flag for everyone else.

To say you'd prefer hateful racists over friendly people just because of their skin colour or nationality.... Grim.

[Oliver_W]

I wouldn't live in any city, they're made of headaches ... but I'm a countrysider pretty much.

I'd live in a village or small town regardless of who the people were, as long as it had a good community

[arista]

[Livia]

Cleese is right. My whole family has slowly moved out of east London, my father's side had been there for generations, but now they've gone along with all the other white people. The BBC made a programme about it, "The Last Whites of the East London", it makes for uncomfortable watching, especially if you think I'm a racist just for saying this. . I look at pictures of when I was at school, there was a good mix of people, black, white, Asian... if you look at a picture of the school now there are no white faces at all. I'm told by liberals that people want to live with their own communities. And that's fine, so long as those people who want to live in their own communities aren't white people, because then they're called racists twats.

So everyone here saying London is vibrant and multicultured (it used to be, now it's a foreign city, pretty much), I hope your own area is taken over as quickly as mine was. Then come back and tell me you love it.

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Livia

Cleese is right. My whole family has slowly moved out of east London, my father's side had been there for generations, but now they've gone along with all the other white people. The BBC made a programme about it, "The Last Whites of the East London", it makes for uncomfortable watching, especially if you think I'm a racist just for saying this. . I look at pictures of when I was at school, there was a good mix of people, black, white, Asian... if you look at a picture of the school now there are no white faces at all. I'm told by liberals that people want to live with their own communities. And that's fine, so long as those people who want to live in their own communities aren't white people, because then they're called racists twats.

So everyone here saying London is vibrant and multicultured (it used to be, now it's a foreign city, pretty much), I hope your own area is taken over as quickly as mine was. Then come back and tell me you love it.

You put it so much better than I could. my family are originally from Birmingham,they all moved out over the years.

[GiRTh]

Originally Posted by Livia

Cleese is right. My whole family has slowly moved out of east London, my father's side had been there for generations, but now they've gone along with all the other white people. The BBC made a programme about it, "The Last Whites of the East London", it makes for uncomfortable watching, especially if you think I'm a racist just for saying this. . I look at pictures of when I was at school, there was a good mix of people, black, white, Asian... if you look at a picture of the school now there are no white faces at all. I'm told by liberals that people want to live with their own communities. And that's fine, so long as those people who want to live in their own communities aren't white people, because then they're called racists twats.

So everyone here saying London is vibrant and multicultured (it used to be, now it's a foreign city, pretty much), I hope your own area is taken over as quickly as mine was. Then come back and tell me you love it.

You've mentioned that show a few times on the forum; I cant find it, do you have a link or would you like to sum up for us the best points made?

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by GiRTh

You've mentioned that show a few times on the forum; I cant find it, do you have a link or would you like to sum up for us the best points made?

I just googled it and its on Iplayer I think

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07czw5k

that is from 2016 so maybe not though

[GiRTh]

Originally Posted by Cherie

I just googled it and its on Iplayer I think

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07czw5k

that is from 2016 so maybe not though

It hasnt been available on iplayer since 2016. There is not much on youtube either.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by GiRTh

It hasnt been available on iplayer since 2016. There is not much on youtube either.

This is the blurb, I would really like to see it

Newham in London's East End is home to a tight-knit white working-class community who have lived there for centuries. But over the past 15 years something extraordinary has happened to this cockney tribe - more than half of them have disappeared. Now the few who remain are struggling to hold on to their identity in the place they have always called home.

Newham has been shaped by immigration for generations, but the past 15 years have been defined by it, as Newham welcomed the highest numbers of new residents anywhere in the country. At the same time more than half the white British population have vanished - breaking apart the tight-knit families their community was built on.

A decade of mass immigration and 'white flight' has brought Newham to its tipping point, and now Newham has the lowest white British population of anywhere in the UK.

Filmed over several months, this documentary records the thoughts, feelings and experiences of the white residents of Newham, as they leave the place where they've grown up.

From young mum Leanne, who has made the difficult decision to leave her tight-knit extended family in search of 'a better life' in Essex, to mixed-race Tony who wants to find somewhere to bring up his baby daughter that feels more like what he knows, these are the stories of people who are struggling with rapid change.

Many cling on to the past, fighting to keep the last places going where the white community meet, like Peter Bell, manager of the East Ham Working Men's Club. This is now a hidden world of tea dances, boxing and drinking in the last club left - an oasis for those left behind.

This thoughtful, reflective film hears these voices for the first time. It uncovers what it really feels like to have society change around you.

[arista]

[Livia]

Oh tell them to bugger off Mr Cleese.

[armand.kay]

Rihanna is in London now so clearly its better.

[arista]

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