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These protests have: - impacted local business (one cancer survivor has almost gone under as a direct result) - terrified local kids and babies - impacted house sales (one family with a disabled daughter couldn’t sell their home as the buyer no longer wanted to buy in Epping due to fears about the “far right”. They were selling to move closer to a SEN school). - caused weeks of littering, graffiti and law breaking around families So yeah…. we are thrilled they are fizzling out, especially when we have pleaded for their location to be refocused towards the Council buildings and it’s been ignored.

@Epping4Everyone Didn’t see you being a “ group of residents from Epping who are deeply committed to building a community rooted in respect, compassion, and facts not fear.”

“Epping” appears to be saying …. I can’t really be bothered anymore. 🤷🤷‍♀️🤷‍♂️ #epping

@EppingSaysNoo Waiting for that source…

@Epping4Everyone Who’s “We” Stand Up For Rapists?

The protests brought an actual paedophile to our town. Pipe down bot.

This source has no year listed - first red flag. Second - The Centre for Migration Control is not an official one. It's funded by Rupert Lowe (MP for Great Yarmouth) who claims to be independent and non-partisan. Looks like a think tank? There are no publicly available statistics for sexual offense charges by nationality specifically in London; however, the GOV.UK ethnicity facts and figures website provides national data on arrests by ethnicity for various crimes, though not by nationality. Related data on convictions for sexual offenses in England and Wales by nationality is disputed due to differing population statistics used in the analysis. In terms of nationalities the only fact I could find is this FOI request to Metropolitan Police for 2022/2023, submitted in Jan 2025: met.police.uk/foi-ai/metropo… The spreadsheet shows the numbers for Afghan and Pakistani nationals. I'm no statistician but Afghans (19 out 1725) represent 1.058% of offenders (in 2022 to 2023), which is nowhere near 74%... I then googled People proceeded for specific sexual offences in London in 2022-2023 and AI provided this: National Context for Sexual Offences (Year Ending March 2023) Recorded Offences: Police recorded 195,315 sexual offences in the year ending March 2023. Charge/Summons Rate: The proportion of these offences that resulted in a charge or summons was 3.6%. This indicates that for every 100 recorded sexual offences, about 3-4 led to formal legal proceedings. Comparison to Previous Years: This charge/summons rate was higher than in the year ending March 2022 (2.9%) and the year ending March 2020 (3.2%). (Data Sources: While the Office for National Statistics (ONS) provides recorded crime data and the Home Office collects crime outcomes, the provided information does not offer a specific London-only metric for the time period requested.) TLDR - this source is not reliable and the data is confused.

@Epping4Everyone Ah yes there it is. The old "we've got rapists here already" line. The crowd coming in engage in sexual assaults at higher levels than those already here. The implication is clear: your top priority is not stopping kids from being sexually assaulted. migrationcentral.co.uk/p/over-100000-…

There’s 129 people in there currently according to latest data from the hotel. For a cause you are so passionate about (and a hill you’re willing to die on) you’d think you’d be a little more brushed up on the actual facts. Please link to the source of them all being “paedophiles” and we will review the evidence. Thanks

@Epping4Everyone You’ve got over 200 paedophiles to worry about in the hotel maybe start with that

@day156324 Thank you Tricia!

@Epping4Everyone I cant do Pilate but these socks are a great idea. Well done on helping highlight these businesses & I will repost

As we continue to champion #Epping businesses, this week we’re shining a light on Grip & Flow, a small company run by Epping resident Stephanie. Grip & Flow specialise in stylish and functional Pilates grip socks, perfect for keeping your practice steady and comfortable. You can buy their socks at Studio 220 on Epping High Street – or browse the full collection online. 👉 Website: gripandflow.co.uk
👉 Instagram: @grip_and_flow Let’s keep supporting the brilliant independents that make Epping special. If you’d like a shout out for your business (completely free) please get in touch! #eppingforeveryone

@EppingSaysNoo What is our incorrect in our statement? The protests brought a paedophile to town, did it not?

@Epping4Everyone If you’re going to talk shit, at least get your facts right we can’t control what (MEDIA) decides to come down and to then later find out he is a paedophile.

Nope - as we’re focused on #factsnotfear. We’re more concerned that these protests brought an actual, convincted paedophile to our town, not the vague risk of what the brown people might do. Stats show that 99.5% of sexual assaults in this district came from non asylum seekers in the last 12 months.

@Epping4Everyone Until one of the recent arrivals sexually assaults a little girl again, as is inevitable - but you’re not worried about that

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@Epping4Everyone They’re all getting ready for Saturday you mug

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@Epping4Everyone ok rapist enabler

Scapegoating Asylum Seekers has emboldened all the racists to stick their heads above the parapet. The good people of the UK will not stand for it.

It isn’t about left or right. Many people in Epping and across the UK hold conservative views without being racist. Equally, someone can be “liberal” and still be a complete tosser. People are complex and contradictory. None of us are perfect. “Good” is a broad term, but here it simply means refusing to go along with the blatant racial dog whistling that Carswell is engaged in. You can be called Abdul and be born in Britain. Should those people be “shipped out” too? (don’t answer that) Charity or environmental work does not cancel out the harm caused by scapegoating vulnerable communities. If you met some of those who have been targeted and heard their stories, you might see them as fellow human beings rather than people to be jeered and spat at week after week.

@Epping4Everyone Are "the good people" only those with left-liberal and universalist views? I do a lot of charity and environmental work but would nonetheless be denigrated as a "bad person" for my nationalist beliefs which some label "racist" (whatever that even means).

@SkyNews I hope he and the other witnesses get some help - PTSD is no joke. Awful thing to witness.

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The school run never looked so glamorous. Credit: Nichola Lashmar #epping

Makes a wonderful change from all the people calling for white ethnonationalism 🫠

We liked one tweet about a dog and now it’s wall to wall adorable animal content. Not mad about it tbh.

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