Vice article

[lavrentis]

http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/reasons-why-everyone-should-start-a-new-life-in-britain?utm_source=vicefb

I would not normally post this but I thought this image was interesting

[James.]

You do realise that is in reference to Idi Amin's expulsion of Asian families from Uganda in 1972 right?

[lavrentis]

You do realise that is in reference to Idi Amin's expulsion of Asian families from Uganda in 1972 right?

I did read the article yes

[pSinatra]

"one nondescript Midlands town"????

I have heard about this advert before. It's interesting that they suggest that so many Ugandans came to Leicester because of the advert. Without it, they would have never heard of Leicester.

I would suggest that we had the types of industry in which they were more likely to find work.

[James.]

I did read the article yes

Apologies I do you a disservice.

[lavrentis]

Apologies I do you a disservice.

Think you have got me confused with someone else

[Finnegan]

Think you have got me confused with someone else

What, a UKIP supporter?

[lavrentis]

What, a UKIP supporter?

Of course that makes me a great big racist

The irony of it is that UKIP support controlled immigration and would not discriminate against and actively encourage non-EU migrants.

[Mike the Metal Ed]

Interesting that the conditions were so near the "tipping point" in 1972 and 40 years later we're still fine...

[Guest MattP]

They should just post a picture of Charles Street up and that would stop 95% of potential people wanting to come here.

[pSinatra]

They should just post a picture of Charles Street up and that would stop 95% of potential people wanting to come here.

It looked better then than it does now

[Webbo]

It looked better then than it does now

C&A, corpo buses, those were the days.

[Guest MattP]

It looked better then than it does now

It actually does doesn't it?

[purpleronnie]

Whats wrong with charles street, what are people expecting? Its a run of the mill city street...people act as if its some crime infested derelict street in camden, NJ, or flint michigan.

[Parafox]

1950's Charles Street... Not a Ugandan in sight.

"The sudden expulsion by the Ugandan leader Idi Amin of the entire Asian population of Uganda in 1972, saw almost 30,000 dual passport-holders arrive in Britain. Almost all of whom were granted asylum in the UK.

In November 1972, Panorama went to Leicester to gauge how the city was coping with the new arrivals in the midst of its established immigrant communities".

I think we coped pretty well.

Nasty cnut

In 1972, Idi Amin declared on his appointment as general in Uganda, that all Ugandan Asians were to leave within 90 days. Many of them came to Leicester,

[Guest MattP]

Whats wrong with charles street, what are people expecting? Its a run of the mill city street...people act as if its some crime infested derelict street in camden, NJ, or flint michigan.

Might be ok compared to the US shitholes. Compared to most English/European cities it's a fcuking dump.

[Webbo]

"The sudden expulsion by the Ugandan leader Idi Amin of the entire Asian population of Uganda in 1972, saw almost 30,000 dual passport-holders arrive in Britain. Almost all of whom were granted asylum in the UK.

In November 1972, Panorama went to Leicester to gauge how the city was coping with the new arrivals in the midst of its established immigrant communities".

They played that Panorama again on the BBC website a few years. I made a special point of watching it as we were living off the Belgrave Rd at the time(I was hoping I'd see my mam crossing the road or something). Fascinating stuff.

[Parafox]

They played that Panorama again on the BBC website a few years. I made a special point of watching it as wee were living off the Belgrave Rd at the time(I was hoping I'd see my mam crossing the road of something). Fascinating stuff.

Is she Ugandan, then?

[FoxesAreBlue]

It looked better then than it does now

Used to work in the tall building on the left