00:00we've had this conversation before it comes around every year i think your position is it's simply
00:05too dangerous and now they want more money from the taxpayer simply to keep it open it's crazy
00:11isn't it we're talking at least 12 million pounds uh to police that some of what most of that is
00:16that well half it's overtime for the police gets held over bank holiday now the concerns are these
00:21one it's very dangerous the crust situation is unbelievable to to have such masses of crowds in a
00:27residential area and secondly the levels of crime there's an average of 10 stabbings every year
00:34and as you said there was two murders last year there was a a murder in 2022 so my view is they
00:40should not be funding this event unless they're prepared to move and if they're prepared to move
00:46then they should move it to somewhere like hyde park which can be policed and controlled with
00:50security properly and also the people can pay to go there because why should me you or any other
00:56any other viewer or listener be paying for this event it's just it's just not on it's a waste of
01:01taxpayers money people want to go to this event let them pay for it now mike neville of course supporters
01:07of the event would say it's an important cultural event they would also say that taxpayer pays for
01:13policing at things like the football but of course you've told me many times in the past that if
01:18the notting hill carnival was policed like the football there'd be many many more arrests
01:24yeah absolutely standard when they say there's been 100 arrests at notting hill if somebody behaved
01:30in the same way at millwall football match you know twerking with female officers to the point of
01:34indecent assault openly smoking drugs or abusing the police they'd be straight away arrested and even
01:41more so if there was any football or any event which was attended by white working class lads where
01:46there was 10 stabbings a year and two two murders last year it simply wouldn't be allowed to go ahead if
01:52it's that important culturally they can move it they can have it in a place which is safe for all
01:57those attending and can be proper police because you could put knife arches and also with nottingill
02:03because it's residential you could hide a knife or drugs within the carnival area under a bin
02:08under a bush a week before the event turn up and use it if it was properly prepared in high park where
02:14there's a proper sweep by drugs dogs and things like that that wouldn't be allowed to happen so it'd be
02:19much safer the event could be held and the taxpayer wouldn't be fronting up for it
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