David Lammy MP Cynical Ploy to become Mayor of London

David Lammy - the Labour MP for Tottenham gave a TV interview on boxing day warning that the ingredients of what caused the 2011 riots were still prevalent and that disturbances would again happen if these were not resolved by the present government.


David Lammy Tottenham Labour MP

 The Labour MP went on to say that disillusionment amongst white working class people, blacks and asians which the present coalition administration have not address will be the catalyst for the significant disturbances in the future.

I could not diametrically disagree more with the Labour former minister. The riots in 2011 were instigated by criminal gangs who saw it as an opportunity to loot, rob, burn and kill without fear of being caught by the police. It had nothing to do with young men having no hope or not having a stake in society and more to do with a sub-culture where greed, avarice, instant gratification and obtaining what you want at any cost is the norm. These so called disaffected people are not interested in getting jobs, if they were they would be able to obtain one if they put their minds to it. Remember we have had several million people mostly from Eastern Europe come to the UK over the last 10 years doing low paid jobs because employers could not find British people to fill the vacant posts. This story is the same up and down the country.

The reality is that this a cynical ploy from Lammy to be Labour's candidate for mayor of London. He believes if he can predict another major disturbance hopefully next summer, he will be able to come along on his white charger and be the saviour of post-riot London and telling anyone who would listen he foretold this and he has the answers. Riots may well happen again but the causes will not be the ones outlined by Lammy. The reasons will be gang related as the result of the breakdown of the black family which has given rise to the problem of drugs, crime and violence in the black community. It was this that led to the 2011 riots and I am afraid it will do so again. 

David Lammy and others prominent in the black community are aware of this cancer eating away in their communities but are in complete denial or worse they don't care. The MP for Tottenham must know that people were murdered in the disturbances in 2011. Why would he want blood on his hands for the sake of becoming leader of the most powerful and influential city in the world. Maybe I have just answered my own question.