[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

How do you know he was complaining?

Because he's complaining. Keep up.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Not Cleese actually being around in the 60s and 70s to make a comparison unlike the twitter mob who cant even remember when Doctor Leg was in Eastenders

It's easy to assume twitter is all one young generation. I did too. You'd be surprised at the large mix of ages. Middle aged and older people are on it too.

[Kazanne]

I don't know why it bothers people so much as most are happy to run GB down about various things they think is wrong about it, so you'de think he'de be being cheered, funny old lot the Brits. Personally I think it's one of the best countries to live in, but we are little too soft.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

I don't know why it bothers people so much as most are happy to run GB down about various things they think is wrong about it, so you'de think he'de be being cheered, funny old lot the Brits. Personally I think it's one of the best countries to live in, but we are little too soft.

It's mad isn't it. It's okay to run down the country so long as you don't mention anything might aggravate the lefties or the liberals otherwise you're a filthy racist.

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

It's easy to assume twitter is all one young generation. I did too. You'd be surprised at the large mix of ages. Middle aged and older people are on it too.

i am talking specifically about the hate mob, not all twitter

of course

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

Because he's complaining. Keep up.

All he did was say "it's not really an English city". He didn't follow this with "and that's terrible!"

So he wasn't complaining about it.

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Livia

It's mad isn't it. It's okay to run down the country so long as you don't mention anything might aggravate the lefties or the liberals otherwise you're a filthy racist.

It's madness

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

i am talking specifically about the hate mob, not all twitter

of course

The hate mob is ALL young people who didn't experience the 60s or 70s?

You took a census?

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

All he did was say "it's not really an English city". He didn't follow this with "and that's terrible!"

So he wasn't complaining about it.

Yes he was. He even clarified he wasn't being racist but culturalist - making his observation a negative one.

[bitontheslide]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

Yes he was. He even clarified he wasn't being racist but culturalist - making his observation a negative one.

making his observation exactly what it was, an observation

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

making his observation exactly what it was, an observation

It's not a comment you make publicly just because. He was making a complaint. He doesn't like it. That part isn't up for debate.

[Smithy]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

All he did was say "it's not really an English city". He didn't follow this with "and that's terrible!"

So he wasn't complaining about it.

How isn’t it an English City?

Because there’s brown people there? Brown people can be English

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Smithy

How isn’t it an English City?

Because there’s brown people there? Brown people can be English

Did I say I agreed, or was I just quoting him? He has a twitter if you have any questions for him x

[chuff me dizzy]

Originally Posted by Livia

It's mad isn't it. It's okay to run down the country so long as you don't mention anything might aggravate the lefties or the liberals otherwise you're a filthy racist.

[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?

[GiRTh]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

All he did was say "it's not really an English city". He didn't follow this with "and that's terrible!"

So he wasn't complaining about it.

[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.

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Cherie

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.

Do you know how long it was? I found this while googling around, but it's only just over half hour.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6th7ez

[GiRTh]

Originally Posted by Cherie

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.

Yeah read that too

[GiRTh]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Do you know how long it was? I found this while googling around, but it's only just over half hour.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6th7ez

Thanks

I've got my hankies ready. I'm sure it'll make me cry

[Ammi]

...good find Oliver...I’m watching it now...

[GiRTh]

Four minutes in and here we go already 'Its not like the old days, everyone knew everyone'.

I might save this for later. I think I'm gonna enjoy it. Dont think I need the hankies, gotta funny feeling I'm gonna be chuckling all the way thru.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Do you know how long it was? I found this while googling around, but it's only just over half hour.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6th7ez

I think it said 45 minutes but Livia can tell us if that is it