Reflections on Epping: not just a community crisis but a content strategy
It's sobering walking down a street 30 minutes from where you live – even in a crowd of 2000, majority women – to cries of 'shame on you' and 'ped~~~~les' from families stood in their drives with their kids. It's not that the marchers didn't have our share of inflammatory chants - from 'Nazi scum' and 'kill yourself like Adolph Hitler', but this social media-friendly tendency to paint the other side in the extreme worst place, struck me as lose-lose for everyone. Other than, of course, the companies who depend on polarised content to feed to audiences around the world safe at home, screen-stroking. For them it's not a community crisis it's a content strategy –it's the social media equivalent of premium content – violence on British streets, with something for both sides. It's not politics, its not a community story, it's two different dramas with two different monetisable audiences, who each can look at it and say how the other side are a sign of how Britain is doomed.#epping
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/iGETqHavjQU
#Epping man DESTROYS #antiimmigrant bigotry
In case you missed it, this is what happened to the man who caused those protests at The Bell Hotel, High Road, Epping.
Epping hotel resident sentenced to prison for sexual assaults on a minor and a woman
Hadush Kebatu, an asylum seeker from Ethiopia, has been sentenced to a year in prison after being convicted of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl and a woman in Epping, Essex. The incidents, which occurred in July, led to protests outside the Bell Hotel where Kebatu was staying. He was found gui... [More info]
Man Arrested After Flares Thrown Amid Protests at Epping Hotel Housing Asylum Seekers
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Epping Council fails to stop asylum seekers at The Bell Hotel; Supreme Court appeal possible
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From poor housing conditions to £7 a day, here's the reality asylum seekers face in the UK today:
This is what Keir Starmer, the British PM..."understands"
This twat is one of the "Heroes of Brexit" BTW, because Brexit was racist as fuck as were the reasons that most people voted for it. Racists. And they hate being called out on it too...so call them Racist.
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Protest in Epping Leads to Two Arrests Amid Controversy Over Housing Asylum Seekers
A protest in Epping, Essex, against the housing of asylum seekers at The Bell Hotel led to at least two arrests. The protest, organized to oppose the placement of around 140 asylum seekers at the hotel, saw demonstrators clashing with the police. Among the arrested were a woman who climbed the steps... [More info]
Tensions around asylum and immigration
The events around the hotel in Epping show deep tensions around asylum
August 2025
It is tempting to say that, in respect of immigration and asylum, little has changed over the past century or so. The arrival of thousands of Polish and Russian Jews fleeing from the pogroms at the end of the 19th Century, was the start of protests and antipathy towards what were then called ‘aliens’. The Aliens Act was passed in 1905 as a response to growing concerns. In subsequent eras there have been other outbreaks particularly with the arrival of Commonwealth citizens in the ’60s as Britain gave up its empire.
The current anger centred on the Bell Hotel in Epping which is one of many hotels used by the Home Office to house the immigrants awaiting assessment as to whether their asylum claims are valid or not. Recent tensions have been heightened by the increasing numbers of people arriving by boat over the English Channel. Large, angry crowds have assembled outside the hotel stimulated by claims that one of the inhabitants had molested a 14 year old British girl, an allegation he denies. In common with other disturbances – the Southport riots for example – social media has had a role to play in circulating rumours and speculation. The tensions have been an opportunity for politicians of various ilks to promote their views. Nigel Farage of Reform has made statements and Robert Jenrick of the Conservatives has also been voluble. He claimed in an article in the Daily Mail that he feared for the safety of his 3 daughters because of the ‘medieval attitude to women’ of men arriving by boat. The article refers to a ‘spate’ of crimes [alleged] to be committed by asylum seekers.
History
Historically, the fears follow a similar pattern. There is the fear of a loss of jobs by immigrants undercutting local labour. This is not altogether logical since those in these hotels are prohibited from working. Safety fears often surface such as those voiced by Jenrick. Taking up housing is another common reason and it will be galling for people spending years on a waiting list seeing immigrants being housed although the standard of accommodation is not always of the highest. In any event, this is about a hotel being used not houses occupied. A threat to our culture and our way of life is frequently expressed. We can see some of these themes in the Britain First website (described as a far right and fascist organisation by some). The pages contain words such as Britain being ‘overrun’ with mass immigration; the danger of ‘losing our country’ for ever; of our culture and heritage being ‘diluted’ and the risk of ‘erasing our identity’. Words like ‘hoards’ and ‘invasion’ often appear.
“We are not happy with these men in this hotel [Epping] because we fear for our children” A woman interviewed by the BBC
Common to the previous and historical outbreaks of this kind of angst concerning immigrants is a country experiencing stress. Added to that is the great mass of the population who do not feel they are being listened to and certainly not by politicians. Politicians have sometimes praised the contribution that immigrants have brought to our society – and rightly so – since large parts of our economy would grind to a halt without their input. But, they have not given that much attention to the social impacts and providing the resources to integrate people into society.
The problem is that people wishing to seek asylum in this country from places like Afghanistan, Sudan, Eritrea or Iran for example, have almost no legal means to do so. As routes have been closed off and entering on lorries now almost impossible, crossing the Channel is about the only means left. Once here, matters have been made worse by an inept Home Office. Considering how long this issue of immigration and asylum has been a political hot potato, it is astonishing that systems have not been geared up sufficiently to tackle it. Painfully slow assessments and inadequate accommodation have provided fuel to the fire of anger, hostility and a golden opportunity for populist politicians to jump in.
In a statement, Amnesty has said: Thousands of refugees are being refused asylum under flawed criteria that were introduced but not applied by the previous government – criteria this administration has irresponsibly chosen to maintain and enforce. This is a shocking abandonment of people fleeing war, torture and persecution and simply pushes backlogs and costs elsewhere – including into the appeals system.
In interviews, various politicians and others have argued that we should leave the European Convention to enable harsher measures to be introduced. We seem to have arrived at a place where fear and prejudice are defining forces, where media and social media amplify those prejudices, where politicians are too fearful to stand up against them and other politicians see them as an opportunity. Moral and humanitarian arguments are only occasionally heard. It is a great pity that the passions on show outside hotels and mosques could not be directed at some of the causes of the problem. Where is the anger at arms companies who profit and help foment the civil wars? Where are the protests outside City firms who handle the vast fortunes from those arms deals? Instead, anger is directed towards those who fled this unrest to seek sanctuary here.
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Tensions around asylum and immigration
The events around the hotel in #Epping show deep tensions around #asylum August 2025 It is tempting to say that, in respect of immigration and asylum, little has changed over the past century or so. The arrival of thousands of #Polish and #Russian #Jews fleeing from the #pogroms at the end of the 19th Century, was the start of protests and antipathy towards what were then called 'aliens'.
http://salisburyai.com/2025/08/22/tensions-around-asylum-and-immigration/
Are you aware that the 'rallies' outside #Epping were organised by the Homeland Party – described as one of the UK’s largest fascist groups. Below is one of its members, Eddy Butler, a one-time co-founder of a Nazi terrorist organisation called Combat 18.
It wasn't mum's worried about their daughters
Ffs
Below is an image of Eddy, and if I am not mistaken, I think that's Robert Jenrick !!
Blimey!!
Full Nazi!!
The Council winning a bid to block #AsylumSeekers staying at Bell Hotel in #Epping creates an extremely dangerous precedent as rent-a-mob will now move onto to another hotel or perhaps many
I predict #Runcorn will be in uproar within 48 hours
Are we moving toward civil war?
Jenwick wanting to be the White Boy nazi that takes over the Tories before the next election.
I'm seeing some 'terrorist' behaviour here yet the Police don't arrest? Whose side are they on?
#RobertJenwick #Tories #Fascism #Labour #AslyumSeekers #RefugeesWelcome #Epping
Epping: the story so far 🙄
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