Among the mid-morning shoppers at a run-down precinct in the suburb of Bramley, west Leeds, barely a soul had heard their MP, Rachel Reeves, describe the area as a racially charged “tinderbox” on Tuesday. Her Leeds West constituency, she said, was “like a tinderbox”. “Business-wise it affected us a lot,” he said, as an English-speaking customer purchased a bottle of imported tanning lotion. The police, meanwhile, have warned that such crimes in the area are “significantly under-reported” and urged people to telephone officers. The recent incidents shocked those who live, work and represent Armley and Bramley.

Source: The Guardian September 28, 2016 13:22 UTC