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Siwsan

(26,250 posts)
Sun Feb 2, 2020, 11:54 AM Feb 2020

Racist 'Brexit' posters appearing in Norwich, UK

A 'Happy Brexit Day' flyer demanding neighbours speak English is reported as a hate crime in Norwich



A "Happy Brexit Day" poster telling residents in a Norwich tower block that “we do not tolerate” people speaking languages other than English in the building has been reported to the police.

The note tells residents of Winchester Tower that only the “Queens [sic] English” is to be spoken in the block, and tells non-British people to “evolve”, “obey the majority”, or “leave”.

Residents who wish to speak languages other than English are told to “return” to their native countries so that British people can “return to what was normality before you infected this once great island”.

Copies of the anonymous note, posted just before the UK left the EU at 11pm on 31 January, were reportedly found stuck to the fire doors on each of the 15 storeys of Winchester Tower in Norwich on Friday morning.

https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/brexit/a-happy-brexit-day-flyer-demanding-neighbours-speak-english-is-reported-as-a-hate-crime-in-norwich-1382757







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Racist 'Brexit' posters appearing in Norwich, UK (Original Post) Siwsan Feb 2020 OP
See also this thread: Ghost Dog Feb 2020 #1
Butchering the Queen's English. Mike 03 Feb 2020 #2
Now the Brexiteers can switch to offensive defensive tactics trying to explain why the coming OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2020 #3
Make England Great Again dalton99a Feb 2020 #4
I am absolutely rethinking my future travel plans Siwsan Feb 2020 #5

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
2. Butchering the Queen's English.
Sun Feb 2, 2020, 12:02 PM
Feb 2020

The grammatical errors and abuse of punctuation in the "poster" speak for itself.

Amusing though it may be on that level, on every other level it is sad.

OAITW r.2.0

(24,288 posts)
3. Now the Brexiteers can switch to offensive defensive tactics trying to explain why the coming
Sun Feb 2, 2020, 12:03 PM
Feb 2020

economic downturn is the fault of minorities living in the UK.

Siwsan

(26,250 posts)
5. I am absolutely rethinking my future travel plans
Sun Feb 2, 2020, 12:17 PM
Feb 2020

Canada is closer and, as I see it, friendlier and safer.

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