[joeysteele]

Well this London Mayor is not covered in glory as to his handling of very much.

I'm not in favour of destruction of anything by the more volatile of people attaching themselves to the protests.

This is in the public domain now, after the trigger from the horrific killing of George Floyd.
Those deep rooted issues, suppressed for so long were bound to surface.

Now, the government and authorities would love all this to go away.
Constantly on about this pandemic, when the government has created more and more confusion of what is acceptable now.

Even looking at reducing the distance figure.
Despite the R infection rate risng from a few weeks ago from 0.5 to 0.9.
To now O.7 to 0.9
With it estimated at 1 or over 1 in some areas.
Yet more and more of the lockdown being eased.

People are confused.
I cannot grasp all the so called easing of measures.
There's people who haven't a clue how, or is it even safe to now engage is this bubble from this weekend too.

These protesters feel strongly, their cause is right, there are racial issues in the USA and here in the UK.
No matter how much some in the UK, would like it all swept under the carpet.

These protesters will persist and rightly so.
The message is clear.
Black lives matter.

To some in the USA and UK, black lives probably don't, so any attempt to portray these protesters negatively will be seized on.

No, Ashley's post is pretty much spot on as AnnieK indicated too.

It would be all too easy to stop protesting now, leaving those in power, locally and Nationally to pay lip service to the issue while again never addressing it.

Destruction of anything, even offensive statues of dubious characters of history doesn't help the cause obviously.
However the cause, in my view is right.
So government and Councils now need to engage not try to divide further.

To not just hear but actually listen too.
Then really do something positive to address the very serious issues raised in these protests.