Economic downturn could spark ethnic tensions!  So says Julie Spence, Chief Constable of Cambridgeshire

The Daily Mail commented yesterday:

The economic downturn could spark tensions among Britain’s ethnic groups, one of the UK’s most senior police officers warned today.

Julie Spence, Chief Constable of Cambridgeshire, said violence has already erupted between immigrant populations in the past.

And she warned that the looming financial crisis could trigger unrest as competition for jobs increases.

She also claimed that the Government has greatly underestimated the soaring numbers of Eastern Europeans entering the UK.

Mrs Spence said as many as 1.4 million Eastern Europeans have come to British shores since the country’s borders were opened to them four years ago – half a million more than the official figure.

She called for a European-wide police database so officers can easily check whether immigrants they arrest have any previous convictions in their home country.

She cited one example of a violent Polish man arrested by her officers who came up as clear on the police national computer. They contacted the Polish authorities and had to wait 24 hours to find out he was a convicted murderer.

Note the article only worries about ethnic minorities becoming victims.  No concern for the Brit!