A report published recently conains a poster which depicts that hatred towards ethnic minority people (BME) has been on the rise since the Brexit process has begun. It is human nature to level the cause of our problems at others. People try to find scapegoats to blame for their troubles.
As the government is in the process of thrashing out details of Brexit, Britain’s exit from the European Union, prices of commodities, especially food and other household necessities, have begun to rise. The pessimists have predicted many other ills which they feel will ensue after Brexit.
The report says that over a third of ethnic minority people have been abused and have experienced some form or other of racial hatred. Clearly there is bad feeling among indigenous people towards BME and one in five have witnessed racial assault. This is only some of the adverse outcomes since June 24 last year when the referren- dum to remain in the EU or to leave it took place.
Our people, many of whom who work in the financial iunstitutions, and in banking, will suffer in many ways as we make progress towards the exit from the EU. HSBC and UBS have already announcesd that jobs will move from London.
HSBC have said that 1000 jobs will relocate to Paris and UBS have also made sim- ilar annoucements. We rely on our financial institutions to generate the income. These would most certainly suffer on our Brexit from the EU.
Dinesh Sheth
Newbury Park, Ilford
