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How fake news has been deployed by the Pak and Islamists in #Leicester to generate the victim-hood narrative, while simultaneously unleashing violence on others over the past few weeks.
Leicester: A case study
Leicester: A case study
First Claim: The narrative of how ‘Racist Hindus’ provoking Muslims, was widely shared on social media by several Islamist handles.
Fact: Videos circulated on social media were of a mob shouting ‘Allah hu Akbar’.
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Fact: Videos circulated on social media were of a mob shouting ‘Allah hu Akbar’.
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Second Claim: Racist Hindu mob raised anti-Islam slogans on streets was widely shared by Islamists & local media (without any evidence).
Fact: Mob was shouting slogans of ‘Vande Mataram’ & ‘Jai Shri Ram’ to protest the violence against them, indicating no communal angle.
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Fact: Mob was shouting slogans of ‘Vande Mataram’ & ‘Jai Shri Ram’ to protest the violence against them, indicating no communal angle.
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On 31 Jan we said farewell to Captain Raymond Savage.
A veteran of the #Leicestershire Regiment, he fought in Norway, Malaya, and Singapore before building the Thai-Burma railway.
When he died at 102 last year he was known as 'the last man standing' - for many reasons.
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A veteran of the #Leicestershire Regiment, he fought in Norway, Malaya, and Singapore before building the Thai-Burma railway.
When he died at 102 last year he was known as 'the last man standing' - for many reasons.
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Each year for Tigers Weekend Raymond would attend the service, march past and lunch in #Leicester. This involved him driving from Devon to Leicester and back the same day. He did this well into his nineties.
But of course his amazing story deserve to be told from the start.
But of course his amazing story deserve to be told from the start.
Raymond Savage joined The Artists' Rifles in 1937 and was commissioned into The Leicestershire Regiment in 1939.
He commanded a platoon in Norway in April 1940. The British defence of Norway did not go well. “There was a rather one-sided fight,” said Raymond.
He commanded a platoon in Norway in April 1940. The British defence of Norway did not go well. “There was a rather one-sided fight,” said Raymond.
