Emma West is the young-ish woman who made a racist rant on a Croydon tram.
Some of what happened was shown on U tube, which attracted eleven million hits.
But, with the exception of The Daily Mail, UK media hasn’t reported much on what happened to her since.
Well the answer is she’s in prison – rumour is that it’s Belmarsh.
Regarding what she said: of course I object to her outburst, not least because any passenger disturbance delays the bus/tram change over and the driver’s break.
But there are arguments, scraps over where the buggy should be etc, at two a penny on London buses, always with the potential for serious violence – mostly avoided, as people have to get off the bus.
Once this incident was caught on You Tube though, the authorities, normally indifferent to the disorder and criminality which take places on buses and trams as a daily occurrence, went high profile, and arrested Emma West on a racially aggravated public order offence.
I would be glad if they arrested everyone who used four letter words on London buses… but that would leave too few passengers to make the service viable.
Because of this knee jerk reaction, a Government only ever concerned about short term headlines, how things will play out in the media, Emma West was a gonner.
When you extrapolate the obscenities from her limited vocabulary all she seemed to be saying is that the country is swamped with immigrants, which approximates to what was Mrs Thatcher’s political position.
Britain is unviable as a market state if it dismantles loyalty tests, and through our EU connection, takes all comers, without regard to language, culture or background: there is too much strain on public resources, whether it be schools, health or transport.
In fact few people disagree with Emma West’s analysis of the situation, and the double standards of our politicians are very obvious.
She can be chucked into Belmarsh (or wherever she is) and denied bail, while Cameron and Clegg support the ethnic cleansing of Africans from Libya, and the continued detention and torture of the prisoners of war held by the militias – according to the UN at least 7,000.
So who is the racist?
Emma West, mouthing off against immigration, or the anti black Cameron, Clegg, supported by my local MPs Lynne Featherstone and David Lammy, who endorsed the war on Libya in the full knowledge that far more innocents, and particularly Africans would die because of it, than would ever have died had the Coalition opted instead for proper diplomatic procedures, and sought a peaceful solution before resorting to force.
Today 12th December 2011 David Cameron welcomes the Emir of Bahrain to Number Ten:
To quote the Bahrain Freedom Movement:
“On Wednesday 7th December the Emir’s government announced Zahra Saleh Mohammad, 27, had passed away.
She was brutally murdered and her body has ben dumped into an unknown grave.
This young Bahraini woman was a victim of the regime’s Death Squads, with a steel skew that penetrated her forehead. S
She was seen struggling with the wound with blood gushing out and she was then taken by the security forces to the hospital.
Two human rights activists attempted to visit her but were turned away after intensive interrogation. Her body has not been handed to her family, but was buried by police forces at an disclosed location.
A young boy was arrested and accused of her murder.
It is now confirmed that the accused, Yousuf Mohammad Yousuf Al Mataw’a was arrested before the woman was hit.
He was in the company of two young women when the three sought refuge at a block of flats pursued by security forces. One of the girls said in her testimony that Yousuf was pulled from their hands as they struggled to stop his arrest. She said only after his arrest that they saw the blood of the woman. The Al Khalifa and Al Saud have committed another serious crime….”
Yet Cameron entertains these monsters, the murderers of Zahra, the Al Khalifas and the Al Sauds …
The detention of Emma West over Christmas for her mistake of her saying what she thinks, howbeit in a loud voice and inelegant language, is a disgrace.
I’m not saying she shouldn’t have been arrested.
I think she probably should have been, “pour encourager les autres.”
As UK is now a multi racial society, and London in particular is a tinder box awaiting fresh riots which can start @ any minute and over anything, particularly a “racist” remark, in this increasingly anarchic situation there is the consideration of maintaining public order.
But Emma West could have been bailed. She has after all a young child to look after. She should certainly not be allowed to disappear as she has.
The UK media and the Guardian editorial staff should be ashamed of themselves for endorsing the persecution fo this woman. (Watch out Rusberidger, they’ll be after you next!).
I know at least one other woman who were she not in a care home now could easily have been arrested.
Her racist rants were appalling. He name is Rita Saville.
She always mouthed off on the Fulham bus going along the Kings Road.
Her father died on the beaches of Normandy, on the morning of D Day, for “My England,” (now so obviously “fucked”), and for freedom of speech.
Sign up to the Free Emma West petition.
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/free-emma-west.html
You’ll find my name @ 66, immediately above that of Heinrich Himmler.
Below a statement from Carlos Cortiglia who present in the Croydon Magistrates Court.
On Tuesday the 6th of December, in Croydon, the Crown Prosecution Service was caught red-handed. The excuse given not to grant Emma West bail on the grounds that Emma and her family were in danger was highly questionable.
I was there and can provide a full account of what happened in Courtroom 6 at the Croydon Magistrates Court.
Relatives of Emma West, listening to the shameful fabrications of the Crown Prosecution Service, shaking their heads saying ‘it is not true, it is not true, we were never threatened, the family has received no threats whatsoever and we have not been attacked’.
A news blackout followed. Neither the BBC nor Sky Television, nor many others who were there, informed the public what happened today at the Croydon Magistrates Court.
During an improvised news conference in front of the entrance to the Court, I condemned this woeful episode as a manifestation of what happens in totalitarian regimes.
During the same day, we witnessed the case of a man who masturbated himself in plain view and in front of schoolchildren. The said paedophile was granted bail and charged £85 for costs.
Poor Britain! You cannot trust the Political system; you cannot trust the Justice system; you cannot trust the Police force; you cannot trust the Mass Media. These are supposed to be last bastion against intolerance and corruption because they are themselves both intolerant and corrupt.
Some years ago, an ITV journalist said that Britain was turning into the Weimar Republic, a ‘Democracy without Democrats’. When the Justice system can be manipulated to such an extent that it becomes nothing more than the tool of a corrupt Political system, we are all in danger and this includes those who allow themselves to be used by such a corrupt political system.
Worse yet, some media representatives who witnessed the events in Courtroom 6 of Croydon Magistrates Court rejoiced, including the Sky News reporter who I saw walking downstairs celebrating the outcome.
I have dedicated no less than 25 years of my life to journalism, and I am speechless as to the standards of journalism in Britain today. I reckon that to call some journalists ‘prostitutes’ and ‘gangsters’ would not be an insult but merely the recognition of what they are.
I know about this kind of journalism and I know about their kind of journalism. This is especially visible as they make every effort to please their masters and the powerful.
I spent thirteen years of my life under a military dictatorship. I saw the behaviour of the mass media before, during and after the dictatorship.
Some journalists, like many British journalists of today, slept with Henry when Henry was in power. They then, slept with John when John was in power and they criticized Henry. When John was deposed and Henry regained power, they then showed themselves as Henry’s best friends. These types of journalists are a dime a dozen.
In Uruguay, in Argentina, in Chile, and in many other countries of Latin America, these journalists fully cooperated with the military authorities to arrest, torture, kill and “disappear” tens of thousands of political detainees.
Having seen the behaviour of some British mass media today, I have no doubt that they would be useful tools in any Totalitarian State. In my opinion, Britain is quickly becoming a Totalitarian State.
Demonising a frail vulnerable woman will not help solve the self-evident social problems that Britain is facing today. Injustice and over-reaction of the authorities combined with this fictional evidence will not help solve the self-evident social problems that threaten to engulf the entire nation.
These are times when people live in the shadow of fear. Fear of being mugged, raped, robbed, injured or killed. Unemployment is crippling the country. More and more families are falling under the poverty line, and tensions are rising.
When people are not even able to express their anger without physical violence, tensions will eventually explode with disastrous consequences.
We saw what happened in August 2011. Let me tell you something: prepare yourself for the Olympic Games of 2012. Violence has already being promised by Black Community Representatives. Why? Because political correctness is killing us all – White, Black, Asian and people of other ethnic groups are saying that they have had enough.
People of all ethnic backgrounds are saying: nobody listens to us. Politicians, the Judiciary system, the mass media and the police keep promising to listen. But every time there is a catastrophe, they say ‘lessons will be learned’ and they will continue to say it until the next catastrophe occurs.
The issue that led us to the events of today deals with one of the major concerns in British politics and in the politics of many other countries: Flood Immigration. Flood immigration destroys jobs. Flood immigration destroys National identity. Flood immigration destroys families.
The run up to Christmas should be a time of reunion, understanding, peace and reconciliation. This should be a time of forgiveness, yet another British family will spend this time in tears.
Politicians and the mass media attempt to brainwash the country to prepare the ground for more wars of aggression, rather than listening to their people.
They talk about Syria, they talk about Iran and they talk about Russia.
While they are talking about wars in other countries, more than 6 million people are currently unemployed in Britain.
More than 5 million people are on waiting lists for social housing.
While they talk, the country continues to be flooded with immigrants and illegal immigrants. While this is happening more and more people who speak out will be victimised and Emma West is a perfect example of victimisation.
Politicians aren’t listening. As long as they refuse to listen, what happened in August 2011 will be nothing compared to the state of internal insecurity that is going to reign in Britain.
