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   JuneSim63 (junesim63@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Aug-2024 06:17:04 JST JuneSim63

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   "Of course, they were amply assisted by the media: not just the Mail & the Telegraph, but also, shamefully, the BBC. We should never forget the extent to which the BBC changed this country by giving endless airtime to Nigel Farage and other rightwing extremists, while shutting out progressive voices. It built Farage into a major public figure, just as it built the recognition & momentum that Boris Johnson & Jacob Rees-Mogg..enjoyed"
   George Monbiot

   #FarRightRiots #ToryBritain #Racism #UKRiots

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     JuneSim63 (junesim63@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Aug-2024 06:17:06 JST JuneSim63

     "Rather than developing a coherent policy, [the Tory government] chose to keep redefining extremism, to exclude the bigoted elements in its own base and focus instead on environmental protesters and peaceful campaigners contesting the unfolding genocide in Gaza. The police kept warning that the far right was the fastest-growing terrorism threat in the UK, but the government did nothing"
     Excellent from George Monbiot

     #FarRightRiots #ToryBritain #Racism #UKRiots #Fascism

     https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/06/riots-thuggery-14-years-tory-race-baiting

     Bill repeated this.