And Labour Party leaders are wrestling with bigots and anti-Semites in their own ranks, which the Tories must find hilarious.

So what? The author didn’t provide any specifics as to what he meant, which is what I was asking for. Instead he said “ethnic and racial hostility is on the rise in ways not seen in decades.”

Incidents of verbal abuse and drunken hooliganism aren’t very encouraging but they don’t amount to anything like a return to the race riots or ethno-religious militancy of the 50s-80s.

I guess you just had to live through those times to know what he thinks he thinks he knows.

Stop being in denial.

I guess white nationalist support for Trump is an illusion too made up by individuals who are indulging in too much politically correctness and who just love to play the race card.

For black people this matters. It also matters for white allies who are anti racist in their orientation. What side are you on?

There are a lot of principled conservatives who voted to leave the
EU but like in the US they are allied with rank white supremacists and as Mr. Commissiong states “Ethno Nationalists”.

Everyone knows that historically the English have not only considered themselves superior to others but also have considered themselves superior to their fellow Europeans.

I take your point that it’s ‘unfair’ for Bermudians to just show up in the UK on a whim and take advantage of the social services afforded all British citizens, but we are simply too finite in resources, jobs, and housing for it to be an open border to other British citizens. TO be clear, I agree with you in principle, but logistically I don’t see how it’s possible.

Rolfe has hit the highlights nicely here, but for once please leave black racial tension out of it – you just couldn’t help yourself. Some things are not about race. The Brexit vote was nationalist, but not racist.

It so bad that even high level Tory’s are condemning the rise in racially inspired incidents n the UK.

It must be just a nasty American problem I guess.

Lest you forget Wrongo, Bermuda has been British since 1609!

Only a country that colonized 3/4 of the known world would have problem with “immigrants’.

UKIP much?

“On the rise” where, and how, in the UK?

Racial and ethnic tensions have always existed in the Britain. However, available reports suggest that serious race-related or -inspired disturbances have been on a downward trend since the 80s.

Moreover, the worst racial and ethnic hostility and violence over the past few years hasn’t involved “Little Englanders” (or whatever the equivalent epithets are for the Welsh majority which voted in favour of Leave as well, and the substantial Scottish and Northern Irish minorities who voted the same way).

It has primarily been between Afro-Caribbean and South Asian Britons in England and between sectarian groups in Northern Ireland.

Perhaps the author is correct in his suggestion that racial hostilities are in the offing in Britain. But so far the “Brexit” result seems poor evidence of such.

They are all conservative right-wing anti-immigration groups. Don’t be fooled, there is nothing progressive about the PLP.

Unlike you/me who are afraid to as the PEOPLE say “keep it real” and we continue to hide behind keyboards when making insults.

Surely seeing the largely disenfranchised, racial majority vote against the ‘elite’ as we saw with the Brexit is exactly what the PLP want to see here?

If leveraging falsehoods, disregard for factual truth and inciting ‘us vs them’ mentalities is something to be regretted in the UK, it is to be regretted in Bermuda?

What has Rolfe ever actually done? Anyone ?

Just like you and your supporters displayed on the Hill in March 2016 Mr. Commissiong

Or is that somehow different and of course understandable/acceptable?