David Cameron’s policy chief has apologised “unreservedly” for any offence caused by remarks he made about black communities days after the 1985 Broadwater Farm riot in north London.
In a newly-released memo, Oliver Letwin – then adviser to Margaret Thatcher – blamed unrest on “bad moral attitudes”.
It was thirty years ago. Water has passed under the bridge since then. And, frankly, “bad moral attitudes” is a fair description. people with good moral attitudes do not go on a rampage, damaging property and stabbing policemen to death.
It really is time we stopped apologising. Every time someone issues an “unreserved apology” to the professional race-mongers, they simply come back for more. What’s done is done. Don’t apologise, don’t explain, don’t justify.
These comments would have been perfectly acceptable in 1985 and quite easily justified after the event in which PC Blakelock was MURDERED whilst doing his DUTY, a concept most people on that estate would never have recognised. There should be no apology. Professional black gobshite Darcus Howe foolishly claimed the comments were tantamount to a crime. Yet the only crime was the vandalism, arson and murder.
Just because it’s not PC doesn’t make him wrong.
When riots broke out not too long ago in Tottenham and Croydon, most of the rioters were white, and were rightly viewed as over-entitled thugs with appalling attitudes.
Quite why this can’t be said of black rioters, I’ve no idea. Violence is rarely, if ever, the answer. Especially violence against total strangers who had nothing to do with you.