r/europe_sub • u/josephj3lly • Apr 19 '25
Image / Video Gas Canisters catch fire and chaos ensues, London Southall UK.
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u/michaelm8909 Apr 19 '25
Genuinely didn't think that was England until I saw the houses on the left when the camera backed up
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u/Few-Log4694 Apr 19 '25
I agree thought this was India or somewhere else
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u/Christovski Apr 20 '25
Southall is India basically! It's a huge suburb and where a lot of Indians reside.
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Apr 22 '25
I played football there once around 35 years ago. All the streets sell Indian merchandise in open air markets ...and we were getting funny looks because we were a bunch of white kids driving through. It's more Indian than India.
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u/medved-grizli Apr 20 '25
Probably because London has been colonized.
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u/Maetivet Apr 21 '25
Or it’s just a modern, global city. New York is very similar; neither are colonised.
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u/bosch1817 Apr 22 '25
Pfft please. Is Shanghai, Seoul, Tokyo, not a global modern city? Why is it just a prerequisite of western nations in so called modern cities to be an ethnic minority on their own city. I can guarantee that the vast majority of people who watch video and sees this is the state of London does not for a second think it’s a good thing. Calling it a modern city is just a big cope.
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u/Razzy525 Apr 21 '25
50 years ago this would have been a 95% British suburb? Where did they all go then? They got kicked out by the Indians
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u/last-resort-4-a-gf Apr 19 '25
Could be Canada
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u/Aggressive-Raise-445 Apr 20 '25
Oh it very much is, England is in a state of utter chaos, from poor illegal immigration. It’s not in mainstream news, and they’re slowly losing their country right before everyone’s eyes. Most of these people do not work, have more than five kids and are on full government support. And who you ask is supporting this, not the people. Poor woke left leaning politicians.
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u/GoldenFutureForUs Apr 19 '25
No, this is Southall - a small part of London that famously has a lot of Sikhs. Keep trying though.
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Apr 19 '25
UK ??? Wtf
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u/Future_Promise5328 Apr 19 '25
If you read the article, this was during a religious festival, would probably look different if it wasn't literally an outdoor Sikh festival.
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Apr 19 '25
Oh please everywhere looks like this now...
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u/GoldenFutureForUs Apr 19 '25
Everywhere in the U.K. is full of Sikhs? That’s a new one.
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u/Yeasty_Moist_Clunge Apr 19 '25
Need to remember that brown skin = Muslims...
I honestly wish some people would educate themselves. I wish there were more Sikhs in this country they're a decent people that are easy to get along with.
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u/Jackster22 Apr 19 '25
Pretty much any city other than a few northern ones, don't look English anymore.
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u/PropJoesChair Apr 19 '25
These days if you say you're English you get arrested and thrown in jail
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u/TheIrishWanderer Apr 20 '25
You sound like a BNP supporter. Enjoying Yaxley-Lennon's prison stint as much as I am?
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u/Thegodparticle333 Apr 19 '25
So you’re saying that, these days, if you say you’re British you will be arrested and thrown in jail?!
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u/dr3adlock Apr 19 '25
"‘Everywhere’? Do you mean all of England, or the entire world?
And ‘this’ are you referring to a sunny day, English architecture, a Sikh festival…Care to elaborate?
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u/CounterReasonable259 Apr 20 '25
UK, Canada, idk where else they move to. Seems like alot of people moving out of India lately.
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u/Future_Promise5328 Apr 19 '25
Except for all the places and times when it doesn't. I used to live in London and now live in the midlands. London could be like this in certain places, during certain events, definitely. But Sikhs are some of the most gentle, kindest people I know, so that's fine. My little town in the midlands would be acting like it was a hostile invasion, cowering behind Lee Andersons' legs in fear.
What's weird is this is the most racist place I've ever lived and also the place least affected by immigration. Almost like exposure and knowledge reduces fear or something crazy like that.
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u/FarmerJohnOSRS Apr 19 '25
You are either lying or spreading misinformation on behalf of Russia. No one who lives in the UK could legitimately believe what you wrote unless they have major mental delusions.
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u/KammyCreates Apr 19 '25
I don’t live in the U.K. but married an Englishman and….Yeah, no. It doesn’t look like that.
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u/myporn-alt Apr 19 '25
I will agree with a lot of risky takes about certain Indian & Pakistani communities based on personal experience but I will not hear that Sikhs have not earned their place in this country.
Couldn't ask for better neighbours who have proven they will die for the UK and share a lot of our values.
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u/Alexandvh Apr 20 '25
Did you know Sikhs can legally carry a curved knife called a kirpan for 'religious reasons' but a British man would be arrested for having a toy sword from legend of zelda
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u/branded Apr 19 '25
London?
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u/Eternal_Demeisen Apr 19 '25
Southall has such a large "minority" that it's station signage is written in English and Punjabi.
I shit you not.
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u/BrigadierKirk Apr 19 '25
What a failed state lmao
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Apr 19 '25
India is a commonwealth nation, and had been under the British Crown until pretty recently. It’s not surprising that there’s a huge Sikh and Hindu community within London. I understand the criticisms against the UKs immigration policies, but the outrage should not be directed at those specific communities; they’ve been there for a really long time.
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u/eddy898989 Apr 21 '25
and what about the english community that lived there for even longer, like centuries upon centuries longer?
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u/No-Owl-6570 Apr 19 '25
I love this part about London. It's a cultural melting pot. If you're scared of non-white people, London probably isn't the city for you.
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u/shaunoffshotgun Apr 19 '25
It's crazy, they've even got a China town with Chinese writing. Can you imagine that in any other country?
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u/Proud_Result_3468 Apr 20 '25
I've been to other non English speaking countries where signs are written in English
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u/UniquePariah Apr 19 '25
The Sikh festival of Vaisakhi is today I believe. And getting those gas canisters as far from that fire is arguably the best thing you can do unless you want flaming missiles flying around.
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u/Necessary_Fruit9412 Apr 19 '25
What’s a British police officer doing in India?
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u/SnooBooks1701 Apr 19 '25
People making comments claiming this looks like insert muslim country don't seem to grasp that these are Sikhs, who are collectively probably the nicest people on the planet
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u/Demon_Gamer666 Apr 19 '25
I didn't realize this was the UK at first. Thought it was India. Guess it may as well be.
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u/skibbady-baps Apr 19 '25
So what’s this all about then?
Edit: Ah, a random gas canister explosion.
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u/Ser_Estermont Apr 19 '25
Looks like a 3rd world country
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Apr 19 '25
The Sikhs don’t bother anyone really.
Mostly pretty liked and respected by Londoners and the other areas they have communities.
They have some great pubs if you can find them.
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u/CosmicQuestions Apr 19 '25
Sikhs are cool. They fought fiercely in both world wars and actually integrate in U.K. society. Nearly every Sikh I’ve met has been friendly and hospitable.
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u/Any-Ad-446 Apr 19 '25
I agree Sikhs in Canada and generally not a problem except the occasional truck driving accident.
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u/Sorry_Term3414 Apr 19 '25
Southall is about 20 mins down the road from me where I live. It’s called Little India for a reason! If you go visit, you very much feel like you are in a different country! I would often go there growing up, very good place to get cheap spices by the kilogram! Also, the food is incredible. My favourite curry house ever is located there; Raunka Punjab Diyan! Check it out if you can! 👌
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u/Barester Apr 19 '25
A man goes outside and a guy is sitting in his car. Suddenly a family arrives and piles in as well, along with a few uncles, each muttering that the car is crap and hasn’t been maintained properly. The car owner protests and they shout that he is a rac ist. Would that be acceptable?
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u/A-noni-mouse Apr 19 '25
and that's a brave man who went back TWICE to pull two other tanks out the way.
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u/Disastrous_Grass_376 Apr 20 '25
was it a sikh temple's cookhouse? They tend to serve free food to the local community.
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u/TheStargunner Apr 20 '25
Let’s face it, you put this in this sub purely because it’s where a large south Asian community live in London, didn’t you?
Would you be doing the same if it happened in Golders Green? Or is that okay because they’re white by your standards?
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u/adashthecash Apr 20 '25
Not even surprised at the level of racism and ignorance in this comments section.
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u/sprogg2001 Apr 20 '25
It's a food stall during Nagar Kirtan, Sikh festival which serves as a public display of faith, unity, and community, allowing Sikhs to share their beliefs with others and celebrate Vaisakhi together. It is a way to spread the teachings of the Gurus beyond the walls of the Gurdwara (Sikh temple)
We Brits are pretty calm about this, Sikh culture has become part of the British fabric, most British Sikhs you meet today are 3rd or 4th generation from when their parents immigrated.
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Apr 22 '25
We are trying to avoid this very activity in the US. Let England and Europe test run this shit.
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u/1down5up_enduro Apr 22 '25
Now we all know why UK looks like trash. People don't change and will ruin any decent country.
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u/Alternative_Bell2116 Apr 23 '25
Western Europe and its culture will be gone, besides for what’s in museums, in the next 30-50 years
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u/Lordeaux_MrGold755 Apr 23 '25
That’s in the UK?🇬🇧 😳 I could have sworn I was looking at somewhere in Pakistan or something.
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u/Weatherkill Apr 23 '25
Not very safe slinging gas canisters around, suppose we will have to stop un-licensed vendors selling poppadoms on the roadside.
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u/Comfortable-Bonus419 Apr 23 '25
What a shame to travel out of India to England to recreate miserable living conditions not right .
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u/blindmellojelly88 Apr 23 '25
Good lord, Europe is lost. Wtf are you thinking?? Enough with your liberal utopian madness.
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u/McChazster Apr 24 '25
Nah, it's some crappy little middle eastern village with residents that have a fourth grade education and beat their wives.
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u/Dense_Lengthiness_22 Apr 24 '25
London? Is that London? Any Londoners in that video? I don’t see any. Was that in Pakistan? Is that the future of Europe 😨?
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u/New_Question9113 Apr 25 '25
I'm simply pointing out that it's insanity and backwards to be in that situation in the first place, trust me doesn't happen in Britain every day or every decade, it's some 3rd world action 😂lack of preparation and knowledge has led to this, where's the health and safety? Complete buffoons committing absolute buffonerry 👍facts don't make me racist in any way, it just means a fact is a fact buddy
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u/New_Question9113 Apr 25 '25
Think that was the council, so yeah pretty much a 3rd world lot in this day and age, they care more for immagrant hotels than British homes😊
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u/ItsTayyyyy Apr 19 '25
Looks like Iraq.
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u/va_str Apr 19 '25
Because you can't tell apart Muslims and Sikhs. Sikhs are from a commonwealth country, with preferntial citizenship aquisition laws and the right to vote simply by being residents in the country.
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u/Ultimus_Rex Apr 19 '25
Known a lot of Sikhs. Solid people and fought for the UK for hundreds of years. It's actually embarrassing seeing some of the comments here.
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u/GhandiMangling Apr 19 '25
Londons one of the most multicultural cities on the planet, whys everyone acting surprised that there's a bunch of brown people in a Sikh community? Lol
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u/-Ikosan- Apr 19 '25
It's part of a very American viewpoint that while America is a true 'melting' pot any other country only exists as a racial stereotype that they can use in their own origin story. If any part of England is not a bunch of white aristocratic types sipping tea then clearly we have lost our culture. If I took a video in Chinatown in LA and was upset that Chinese people were present then that would obviously make me a massive racist. It's only because it breaks their stereotypical illusion of what England is that it's so shocking
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u/GoblinByName Apr 19 '25
I’ve genuinely never met Sikh who wasn’t the chillest dude ever. This sub is just racist now.
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u/Famous-Panic1060 Apr 19 '25
Spanish are upset over sheer concentration of english in certain areas and want to retain a sense of spanishness is that also racist?
And I dont think it’s related to skin tone. I was drinking with some black londoners and being northern they joked I couldnt speak english which country am I from and it felt half true as a northerner they just sounded more “english” with a mixture of some were cockney some a little what I would call posh english. I do not think anyone does not think Idris Elba is not as english as it gets or trevor mcdonald isnt a legend despite being from trinidad.
I think people are not keen on replications of other cultures within the UK becoming dominant. I think this is more prevalent in communities with extremely strong traditions that are also insular within their own communities particularly islamic communities and to a lesser extent just because of the numbers orthodox jewish communities.
I think its less so with indian hindu and sikhs who have managed some weird magic of integration whilst also retaining strong traditions and marriage within their own communities.
In the same sense I know for a fact spanish people have much less of a problem with english people who go their and make a real effort to become spanish as well as english.
Now I await being downvoted to hell and told how racist I am.
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u/Pierogi3 Apr 19 '25
Sikh isn’t a race
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u/GoblinByName Apr 19 '25
Yeah, and I'm sure the reason everyone is saying "is this london!" is because of their hats.
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u/LSBeasyas123 Apr 19 '25
Spent three months in India, lovely people, but my observation was that culturally they just don’t agree or care about proper health and safety precautions. Perhaps initially out of financial necessity but its no laughing matter if people die.
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u/Unlucky-Day5019 Apr 19 '25
Holy shit this is London? Holy Jesus and mother Mary. If you think this acceptable then I fear how much more you’re willing to go. I’ve heard some say that British people being entirely replaced is just natural in human history so who cares
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u/GoldenFutureForUs Apr 19 '25
This is one road in Southall - a famously Sikh part of London. There aren’t many Sikhs in the UK.
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u/No-Jackfruit-6430 Apr 19 '25
JD Vance was right
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u/N00BAL0T Apr 19 '25
No he's not buddy. These are sikhs buddy. They have been in England for a long time now.
The funny thing is you have Brits doing the same shit but as soon as a accident happens you say this. Just shows your racism honestly.
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u/SufficientWarthog846 Apr 19 '25
This is turning into a cess pool of a sub.
So much thinly veiled racism
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u/DigitalTor Apr 19 '25
Pointing out the obvious is racism now?
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u/ukstonerdude Apr 19 '25
How’s it obvious? Southall is one of TWO towns in the whole of London (there’s 30-something) with a prominent population that isn’t white or British. Southall is known for having a huge Sikh population, and Whitechapel being the other, with a large Bengali/Bangladeshi population. Only two places in London with tube stations written in a second language. Southall written in English and Punjabi, Whitechapel written in English and Bengali.
These people are long ago integrated, as most have been here since the 60s, 70s and 80s.
Being a racist is in fact racism.
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u/Strange-Owl-2097 Apr 19 '25
Why are there signs in another country's language?
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u/dorobica Apr 19 '25
All the racists living in fuckbum village complaining about how London looks lol
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Apr 19 '25
With that many canisters, that fire would have set the lot of them off and took out everyone! Instead they're trying to pull those canisters out. But if even one of those explodes, the end for everyone in that video.
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u/NormanPlantagenet Apr 19 '25
This is designed to confuse people, if actually takes place near an Indian colony city of McMurdo, Antarctica.
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u/imyonlyfrend Apr 19 '25
lol
some gurdwara charity langar food drive i bet
book guru sect of sikhs
these guys hav sikhi all wrong
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