William Lindsey :toad:
"The riots that have spread across the UK from Southport since Tuesday are the effect of a cocktail of anti-immigrant, far-right views mixed with lies about a traumatic news event, gulped down by violent thugs. It is hard to unpick precisely how falsehoods, including that the attacker was a Muslim asylum seeker, were invented and spread. But there is no doubt about the malign role of public figures including Nigel Farage."
~ The Guardian
William Lindsey :toad:
"By publicly questioning whether the truth was 'being withheld from us', Mr Farage disgracefully lent credence to the incendiary notion that the authorities were concealing facts. Nor is there any question about the contribution of social media, where these dangerous ingredients were shaken and stirred."
William Lindsey :toad:
"The Conservative government left the UK wide open to the far-right violence erupting across parts of the country by ignoring red flags and stoking fires with a culture war agenda, a senior adviser on extremism to Tory prime ministers [Dame Sara Khan] has said."
~ Daniel Boffey
William Lindsey :toad:
"The Commons standards watchdog should ho'dangerous comments' following the week’s violent disorder in the wake of the Southport murders, a Liverpool MP has said.
Kim Johnson, Labour MP for Liverpool Riverside, said Farage’s comments 'cannot be left to fester' and should be examined by the parliamentary standards commissioner."
~ Aletha Adu and Rowena Mason
William Lindsey :toad:
"A far-right-led mob of masked rioters tried to set fire to a hotel housing asylum seekers as further violence flared across the country at anti-immigration protests.
Some 700 people gathered outside the Holiday Inn Express in Rotherham, before clashing with police. Some rioters hurled pieces of wood, bottles and chairs, and sprayed fire extinguishers at police officers."
Emine Sinmaz and Robyn Vinter
William Lindsey :toad:
"England is experiencing an eruption of anti-immigrant and far-right violence the likes of which has not been seen for years. Towns and cities have been overtaken by mobs of often masked men chanting anti-immigrant slogans, attacking hotels housing asylum seekers and mosques, clashing with police and causing widespread destruction."
~ William Wallis
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https://www.ft.com/content/10e5356c-5bc7-463f-8401-e3fb314c9625
William Lindsey :toad:
"Before the suspect’s identity was confirmed — Axel Rudakubana, 17 — far-right influencers and conspiracy theorists had spread disinformation, saying the suspect was a Muslim recently arrived in the UK to claim asylum. They have used public horror at the knife attack to whip up tension between communities, stoke anger at immigration and spread Islamophobic sentiment."
#UK #riots #violence #extremism #FarRight #Islamophobia #immigrants
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William Lindsey :toad:
"The protests erupted in the week after Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, founder of the now defunct anti-Islam, anti-immigrant English Defence League, better known as Tommy Robinson, had held the biggest far-right rally in London for years. Experts in extremism say it buoyed far-right sympathisers."
#UK #riots #violence #extremism #FarRight #Islamophobia #immigrants #TommyRobinson
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William Lindsey :toad:
"Robinson, who left the country last Sunday, has played a significant part in stoking rage, alongside some of his allies, with English nationalist commentary online targeting immigrants, Islam, the government and police."
#UK #riots #violence #extremism #FarRight #Islamophobia #immigrants #TommyRobinson
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