Brandon To: Multiculturalism was never meant to be a licence for chaos

Brandon To: Multiculturalism was never meant to be a licence for chaos

Brandon To is a Politics graduate from UCL and a Hong Kong BN(O) immigrant settled in Harrow. It was just past ten on Diwali night when the first blast echoed down our quiet Harrow street. What began as a distant celebration soon turned into chaos: fireworks hurled from car windows, explosions metres from people’s doors, the acrid smoke drifting into homes. One car nearly spun out at the roundabout, sparks still flashing from its open window. Fr…