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Old 25-02-2010, 11:17   #116
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Re: Brown asks Voters to give Labour a second look

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Originally Posted by Ken Moss View Post
There was a very brief spate of it about 18 months ago but it was clearly just one person doing all the spraying. This was another isolated incident at the train station and there has been nothing since. It may not even have been someone from Rishton but the problem was dealt with quickly.

In a village with a very small ethnic population, Rishton tends to have far less racially-motivated incidents than other wards in the borough. Most people are far more worried about the gradual reduction of community facilities and the lack of investment from the council when certain other wards are getting several hundred thousand pounds a year.

The official figures show otherwise, of course.
Seems Rishton wasn't immune to racist attacks three years ago as well.

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