Notting Hill Carnival

Dis86 · 27 Aug 2019 at 08:03

omnomnom said:
Leeds festival 2018. 50 people arrested, 34 drug related the rest made up of sexual assault up to rape and drunken disorder. 2019 1 person dies at Leeds, 1 at Reading, currently being investigated but signs point to drugs. 1 person died at creamfields, again drugs.

350 arrests at the Notting Hill carnival 2019, 1 mil people attended compared to 75k ish at the above festivals.

Id say my comparison was very valid. These crimes shouldnt happen at any festival but lets not make out like other festivals are fine and dandy.

How many people have been murdered at the leeds festival?

Scam · 27 Aug 2019 at 08:08

Briefly watching a bit of those videos on silent whilst I have my breakfast, rather reminds me of when Mrs Miggins' miniature poodle gets a bit over excited and starts humping the gardener's leg.

Been once, never again.

Bassmansam · 27 Aug 2019 at 08:15

Isn’t Notting Hill in Kensington? A very posh area? Why do they have this crappy festival there if so?

Nitefly · 27 Aug 2019 at 08:16

MartinPrince said:
Context is everything. Public, like in a shopping centre or the doctors surgery then no. Public as in a club, a rave or a carnival, then not a problem, with consenting individuals.

I agree.

Diddums · 27 Aug 2019 at 08:25

omnomnom said:
Someone died at Leeds festival....but carry on fellas.

So make a thread about it :confused:

deuse · 27 Aug 2019 at 08:26

Edrof said:
Wow, trashy. That second guy is total moron.

Agree.

If they want it next year. Then they should pay for the cleaning up and police.

Caracus2k · 27 Aug 2019 at 08:26

Bassmansam said:
Isn’t Notting Hill in Kensington? A very posh area? Why do they have this crappy festival there if so?

Because Notting Hill in the 1960's was more of a run down slum area of London that at the time housed a lot of the recently arrived immigrants from the Caribbean.

200sols · 27 Aug 2019 at 10:07

omnomnom said:
Oh behave. This thread has been set up for one reason and one reason alone.

Is discussing behaviour at the carnival now considered racist?

Building Candy · 27 Aug 2019 at 10:11

Im probably being a bit naive here but.... is the notting hill carnival a jamaican thing? is it just for black people?

genuinely clueless :confused:

XeNoN89 · 27 Aug 2019 at 10:27

Bassmansam said:
Isn’t Notting Hill in Kensington? A very posh area? Why do they have this crappy festival there if so?

That area in London has lots of very posh rich areas with crappy council estates and flats dotted around too

doodah · 27 Aug 2019 at 10:29

The amount of nipples that were practically popping out yesterday was high!

nitram100 · 27 Aug 2019 at 10:57

Even my black mates avoid this festival, they know full well that it's become a hotspot for trouble and they know personally of gangs that travel to this place for the sole purpose of robbing.

GGizmo · 27 Aug 2019 at 11:21

Bassmansam said:
Isn’t Notting Hill in Kensington? A very posh area? Why do they have this crappy festival there if so?

So the rich white people can say they are multicultural.

malachi · 27 Aug 2019 at 12:45

Building Candy said:
Im probably being a bit naive here but.... is the notting hill carnival a jamaican thing? is it just for black people?

genuinely clueless

Originally is a jamaican thing and mainly still is but its also multicultural now.

Plenty of white girls who want to be black with their ghetto booty (really a fat arse in disguise) trying to do the "dutty wine"

Junglist · 27 Aug 2019 at 12:56

Building Candy said:
Im probably being a bit naive here but.... is the notting hill carnival a jamaican thing? is it just for black people?

genuinely clueless

Carnivals are for everyone. A saying in Jamaica is it is the place of "Out of many, One people". So no. It's not just for black people, it's for everyone to get involved with. Of course it will have a Jamaican (or rather Caribbean theme as Soca music which is what you'd most likely hear is from Trinidad and Tobago) themes but it's not just for black people.

englishpremier · 27 Aug 2019 at 14:23

Bassmansam said:
Isn’t Notting Hill in Kensington? A very posh area? Why do they have this crappy festival there if so?

There aren't any posh areas of London. You have council estate looking slums right next to multi-million pound flats.

mmj_uk · 27 Aug 2019 at 14:40

It's good that the police are taking part and maintaining their already sky high respectability by celebrating what appears to be lewd sexual behaviour in public, if I did the stuff the guy in the second video got up to towards a female officer I'd be facing sexual harassment charges. This seems like a good example of left wing racism where they hold people of other cultures to lower standards.

CREATIVE!11 · 27 Aug 2019 at 16:27

mmj_uk said:
It's good that the police are taking part and maintaining their already sky high respectability by celebrating what appears to be lewd sexual behaviour in public, if I did the stuff the guy in the second video got up to towards a female officer I'd be facing sexual harassment charges. This seems like a good example of left wing racism where they hold people of other cultures to lower standards.

Yep, how the dude wasn't arrested is beyond me. But we know why.... cause soon as they arrest him crowds kick off and call police racist. Welcome to 2019.

real · 27 Aug 2019 at 16:56

Notting Hill Carnival is a fantastic free event for all ages and races. As with all events there will be a few that cause disruption but these days you have to be quite unlucky to come across anything negative. It's mostly music, dancing, food, smiles, and luckily this year sunshine! I hope that it continues in the same format for many years to come.

Some nice pictures on the Independent and Evening Standard websites.

Dis86 · 27 Aug 2019 at 17:00

^^ironic poster name to post content. Sounds like a complete lefty bot!