Those who paint Tower Hamlets as a balkanised community fail to notice the social solidarity that exists in the community.
[A COMMENT] Thing is you aren't offering much evidence for cohesion, just a spokesman blaming the state which is the same amongst any community, that doesn't mean they are mixing together.
[ANOTHER COMMENT] I live in Luton too. Taking a walk down George Street actually means not hearing a single conversation in English. At least on George Street you are usually allowed to pass unmolested. Try walking through Bury Park while being a white woman in a skirt. If you're lucky, the "social solidarity" will only be verbal and nobody will spit at you. [Guardian Cif] Read more
