October 1, 2008 - By Lee Hancock

England’s second city will see a sharp rise in religious and ethnic violence thanks to multiculturalism, admitted a leading Tory yesterday. But in true Conservative style, he offered no solution to this worrying prediction.

Speaking at a fringe meeting at the Conservative Party Conference, Paul Goodman, Conservative Shadow Minister for Local Government and Community Cohesion, said that the prospect for inter-ethnic and inter-religious violence would increase as Birmingham came ever closer to becoming a “plural city” in which whites were the minority.

Birmingham is due to become majority non-indigenous in 2027, based on current demographic trends. Demonstrating that this ethnic-cleansing of the British people wasn’t of any importance to the Tories, Goodman said:

“We can see, looking ahead, that you have this picture of diversity and plurality, and cities are going to look very different.

“For policy-makers, in one sense this is all very exciting.”

Goodman made no comment as to whether native whites in Birmingham might not find all this cultural genocide quite as “exciting” as the shadow minister, but Goodman went on to admit that such “excitement” may bring a few problems:

“In another sense, I think there are going to be cultural clashes in these plural cities, between different groups with different value systems, and different outlooks.”

In such a melting-pot, Goodman admitted that racial antagonism would come to the fore:

“Tensions could be caused by racism, including racist attitudes from some ethnic minorities towards each other. One issue is what you might call old-fashioned racism. Racism hasn’t gone away, and not just what you might call old-fashioned white on ethnic minority racism. There are also other forms of racism taking place.

“When there was a great wave of people coming in seeking asylum five years ago, there were reports from channel ports about different recently-arrived groups having very tense relations with each other.”

Religious, as well as ethnic, differences would further fuel the “excitement” Goodman continued:

“There is a positive side to this, but I think there will also be culture clashes.

“I think the attitude of Muslims in cities on licensing, even on the annual gay pride march, isn’t necessarily going to be the same in those areas as everyone else.”

So, violence on the streets of England’s second city is caused by the insanity of pursuing the ludicrous policy of multiculturalism, a situation that Goodman’s Tories helped create and a policy they still support.

Was there any solution to the problem, according to perhaps the future Minister for Community Cohesion? Passing the buck and much burying of heads in the sand seems to be the way forward according to Mr. Goodman. Speaking on what his government could do to deal with these issues, he said:

“I think it’s very important to be clear about what national government can and cannot do.

“National government can’t do everything, and I think its role in Birmingham or other big cities is limited, and local politicians are going to have to take the lead.”