Carmelo Pesce,the mayor of Sunderland shire, looks back on the events of 11 December 2005. Pesce, or a born and bred resident of the Shire,claims it wasn’t locals who were the face of the violence and says it took the community ‘many, many years’ to rebuild. He also says the planned weekend rally by the far-right activist Nick Folkes and his Party for Freedom to notice the 10th anniversary of the riots – which will not go ahead after a ruling by the federal court – ‘isn’t what the Shire’s all approximately’Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com