Anti Irish Racism in Barnet - Update

At cabinet Questions Tomorrow, a member from the sensible wing of the Tory Party has tabled the following question. He received the following answer from the relevant cabinet member.

Q19 - Would you welcome the undertaking(as published in The Press January 29) of the then acting Borough Commander David Tucker that the Barnet Police will "deal robustly with anyone identified as having committed racist, anti-semitic or other crimes, whatever their alleged justification". Is not the councils close working relationship with the Police most important on this issue?

Answer :Yes, I am glad to say there is a real partnership working between this administration, The Metropolitan Police Authority under the excellent leadership of Boris Johnson and the voluntary sector not least the Community Sector Trust.

Well as regular readers of this blog will know, comments have been made in the press by a Barnet cabinet member, who's name escapes me. I recently had to complete a questionnaire for Barnet Council. It asked me to identify various people's racial groups. One of the groups were WIRT's = White IRish Travellers. Barnet recognises travellers as a distinct racial group.

As such they should not be subject to racist abuse and if they are surely David Tucker should investigate. Maybe someone should ask him why this policy doesn't apply to WIRT's unlike all of the other racial groups in Barnet.