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London: Police fury as bosses tell them to 'celebrate' gipsies
Daily Mail ^ | 12th July 2008 | Stephen Wright

Posted on 07/12/2008 7:07:58 AM PDT by yankeedame

Police fury as bosses tell them to 'celebrate' gipsies

By Stephen Wright
Last updated at 9:19 AM on 12th July 2008


Denise Milani: The Metropolitan Police director
urges officers to observe
'Gipsy Roma Traveller History Month'

Their arrival in the capital is said to have led to a huge rise in thieving and prompted the creation of a specialist police squad to tackle their sinister activities.

Yet in a move which has caused disbelief amongst rank and file officers, Scotland Yard has asked staff to 'celebrate' the contribution of Roma gipsies to 'London's culture and diversity.'

In a notice posted on the force's intranet website, Denise Milani, director of the Met's 'Diversity and Citizen Focus Directorate', urges officers to observe the first ever 'Gipsy Roma Traveller History Month.'

She says: 'We welcome the celebration of the community's history and contributions to London's culture and diversity.

'The Met Police works to make London a safer city for all and we are committed to understanding and working with all communities, including the Gipsy Roma Traveller community....

The mother-of-two's comments were described as 'political correctness off the Richter scale' by one furious detective. He added: 'What planet is this lady living on?

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: crime; culturaldiversity; donutwatch; eu; multiculturalism; orwell; uk
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To: Ditter
"irish gypsies"

My English-born wife has given me a lot of info about the "Irish" gypsies. They are known by the name of "diddycoys" in Britain. On a recent trip to Britain my brother-in-law pointed out an encampment of them close to their home near Norwich. Apparently many town councils are unwilling to deal with them and let them set up their encampments wherever they find open land. Unfortunately the diddycoys never clean up after themselves and leave huge messes when they finally move on. And many times robbing the nearby vicinity blind.

41 posted on 07/12/2008 12:52:52 PM PDT by driftless2
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To: driftless2

That is an interesting bit of information. “diddycoys” thanks.


42 posted on 07/12/2008 1:37:42 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: yankeedame
Denise Milani, director of the Met's 'Diversity and Citizen Focus Directorate'

Ah jeez - another Chief Diversity Officer. And the taxpayers are having to fund this.

I wish I could come back to earth in a couple hundred years and read the history books' chapters on the "quaint" jobs people worked at during this time in history.

On the other hand, I'd rather know that the Tribulation had come and gone and our Lord was back here and in total control.

43 posted on 07/12/2008 10:02:01 PM PDT by 3catsanadog (Drill here, drill now!!!!!)
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To: driftless2
Rumer Godden's best-selling 1972 novel The Diddakoi deals with the problems that occur when a Gypsy/Roma child is left orphaned in a classic English country town. Although Godden's slant was that of the typical postwar English liberal ("See, darling, they're just like us!"), it's nevertheless a good read.

A colony of Travellers lives here in Tarrant County, and are well-known for descending upon suburban neighborhoods in our area after every hailstorm and offering their bogus roof-repair services. We just warn them off and call the cops. (I have a steel roof on my house now, God be praised.) Some cultures are dysfunctional and cannot coexist with Judeo-Christian culture. In my opinion, Traveller culture is one such.

44 posted on 07/21/2008 11:01:11 AM PDT by B-Chan (Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
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To: yankeedame
I have to admit, I once lived in a town that had a small gypsy invasion.

Subsequently, they became the first group of people that I acquired a real prejudice against.

They liked conning the elderly, among other despicable cons.

45 posted on 07/21/2008 11:12:30 AM PDT by happygrl
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To: LoneRangerMassachusetts

No worse than being required to celebrate the “diversity” and “bless the union of” homosexuals.


46 posted on 07/21/2008 11:17:04 AM PDT by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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To: Hacklehead

Good thinkin’! I would support a day for the Bloods and one for the Crips.


47 posted on 07/21/2008 11:18:40 AM PDT by Dionysius (Jingoism is no vice.)
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To: TLI

Diversity has become a cuddly, feely for morally relative (criminal) activity and the triumph of the anti-culture. Britain is so screwed. That woman belongs in a straitjacket not a police uniform.


48 posted on 07/21/2008 11:28:44 AM PDT by Dionysius (Jingoism is no vice.)
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To: driftless2

They are called “tinkers” in Ireland. This stemmed from their repair of pots and pans to mask their otherwise criminal (and more lucrative) activities.


49 posted on 07/21/2008 11:33:23 AM PDT by Dionysius (Jingoism is no vice.)
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To: Riverine

Yeah, they do a thriving business in St. Louis with phony driveway paving and sealing. If the Post-Disgrace were less PC and more civic-minded, it would do a better job alerting the populace (especially the elderly) to these vermin.


50 posted on 07/21/2008 11:40:09 AM PDT by Dionysius (Jingoism is no vice.)
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To: Gay State Conservative
Why do you call Irish “Tinkers”, “Travelers”? Just want to know.
51 posted on 07/21/2008 12:51:19 PM PDT by Linden1209
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To: spokeshave
"Whistling Gypsy"; by Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem
52 posted on 07/21/2008 1:05:13 PM PDT by Linden1209
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To: relictele

Her children apparently won’t go hungry.


53 posted on 07/21/2008 1:28:46 PM PDT by Malsua
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To: yankeedame

I was unaware that a cop’s job description now includes “celebrating.” When did that happen?

If you ain’t payin’ me for it, I ain’t doin’ it.


54 posted on 07/21/2008 1:32:28 PM PDT by Xenalyte (~ ~ FREE LAZAMATAZ! ~ ~)
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To: Dionysius
"tinkers"

The folk song "Sullivan's John" makes allusions to the criminal side of the tinkers.

55 posted on 07/21/2008 1:59:36 PM PDT by driftless2
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To: Linden1209

Because it’s my understanding that they’ve been traditionally called “travelers” as well as “tinkers”.


56 posted on 07/21/2008 6:53:48 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The problem with the rat race is,even if you win you're still a rat.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Only heard Tinker. Mostly as a perjorative. As for Gypsies, once in Chicago when I was little they were coming up the alley with their cart. My Mother and Grandmother took the clothes off the line, locked the gate and took me into the house because “they steal children”. I wanted an up-close look.


57 posted on 07/21/2008 7:48:27 PM PDT by Linden1209
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