Britain will not tolerate intolerance, outgoing Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday after it emerged that over 100 incidents of racial abuse and hate crimes have been reported since the UK voted to leave the EU.
“We should be absolutely clear that this Government will not tolerate intolerance... Intimidating migrants, telling them they need to go home,” the Prime Minister’s Downing Street spokesperson said.
Britain witnessed over 100 incidents of racial abuse and hate crimes, including alleged racist graffiti and cards reading “no more Polish vermin” posted outside a school.
Scotland Yard was called in to inspect suspected graffiti found on the front entrance of the Polish Social and Cultural Association (POSK) in london on Sunday.
“We are investigating the racially motivated criminal damage on a building,” Metropolitan Police said, urging any witnesses to come forward. Cambridgeshire Constabulary was also investigating racism reports around laminated signs calling on people to leave the UK being posted through the doors of
members of the Polish community in Huntingdon in the east of England.
Detective Superintendent Martin Brunning of the Constabulary said, “The production and distribution of this and any other similar material is committing the crime of inciting racial hatred.”