From LeedsGATE
The recent response from some politicians and local residents to the recent Gypsy and Traveller site application in Morley is disappointing on many levels. An inability to treat people fairly, a failure to analyse the facts properly and a lack of perspective count amongst the most disappointing features. The other concern, worth considering in more detail, regards the tone and language of this recent debate. This tells us something deeper and more troubling about making progress on identifying prospective new Gypsy and Traveller sites.
Clearly some openly discriminatory comments and views have been expressed by many, both about this application and in broader discussions about future sites in Leeds. Whilst troubling, such blatantly racist views are at least in some sense straightforward to challenge and will hopefully be dismissed by most right minded people. What is perhaps more difficult and certainly a feature of recent debate is the prevalence of coded language and phrases. These often mask more unpleasant views but are harder to identify and allow anti Gypsy and Traveller positions to become normalised.
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