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Adam Bibby's avatar

Can Iain understand why going to London is alienating for many British people?

In 2001 London was diverse but crucially a majority were white British and therefore the dominant culture of London was aligned with that of the wider country and was firmly rooted in a culturally contiguous history stretching back more than a thousand years.

Today only a third of Londoners are white British and places like Whitechapel feel completely alienated from British civilisation.

Will Nelson's Column or the statue of Boudica on a chariot have any emotional resonance or meaning to the majority of Londoners in a century?

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Craig Jones's avatar

Would Margate Thatcher be as tolerant to the seeming over appeasement of the Muslim community and call out the problems with extreme Islamists as politicians seem to be unable today as they don’t want to lose votes from that base.

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