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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden
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Protesters in yellow vests on Westminster Bridge are a group of far-right Brexiteers led by a guy called James Goddard - a sort of wannabe Tommy Robinson who tries to fund his activities through PayPal
The same group went on to bother Tower Bridge - clearly inspired by Extinction Rebellion tactics to cause disruption

Another participant in the 'yellow vest' Brexit protest today was Tim Scott, who was a short-term leader of Pegida UK - started by Tommy Robinson and Anne Marie Waters

He's best-known for this memorable interview independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
Same protesters have also been to Royal Courts of Justice and Waterloo Bridge, where one driver told them: "I need to get to the fucking hospital"

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The far right “is not a working-class movement anymore”, a former neo-Nazi has said as groups capitalise on public concern over terrorism, grooming gangs and Brexit

A conscious shift in tactics by new image-conscious breed of extremists is paying off

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While the BNP and EDL have melted away, the groups gaining traction are appealing to the public outside their traditional recruitment pool

Ethno-nationalists Generation Identity specifically target students and ask for rally attendees to be 'well-groomed'
Even Tommy Robinson has started wearing suits at publicity stunts and asked supporters not to drink at protests

As one former neo-Nazi put it, they have “wised up to the fact they need to be more respectable” to get support from the mainstream
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This seems like a good time to explain reporting restrictions and Contempt of Court.

The Contempt of Court Act 1981 covers several types of offences but is particularly important for governing how criminal proceedings are reported

legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/49/…
The whole aim of the act is to safeguard the judicial process and prevent a jury being "prejudiced" - swayed or affected by what they read or hear outside of court

If they are, people can be wrongly convicted/acquitted or trials have to be stopped and restarted
The law kicks in as soon as proceedings are "active", which happens when someone is arrested, a warrant is put put, charged or summoned to court

Before that happens it's a free for all, and you'll notice the number of articles on a case drop and details get cut
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Astounding - it's Friday, local election results day, before bank holiday, and the Home Office has quietly dropped announcement on its website that it extended G4S's contract to run Brook House and another immigration removal centre for two more years

gov.uk/government/new…
Let's remind ourselves of how well G4S has been doing running Brook House, shall we? In September, Panorama aired horrific undercover footage showing guards mocking and choking detainees

independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
Nine staff were suspended, and G4S assured everyone that 'such behaviour is not representative of the many G4S colleagues who do a great job'

independent.co.uk/news/business/…
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This is a (developing) thread about a handful of folks blocking a bridge.

More than that, it's about the weird ecosystem of Far Right activists, media outlets and social media livestreaming that has developed. THREAD 1/
We're pretty much all familiar with the #GiletsJaunes protests that originated in France.

They have many driving factors, but these protests do hold a core of genuine popular discontent.

The success of these protests have inspired many activists, including the Far Right. /2
Activists from the French Generation Identitaire have thrown support behind the protests, & are using them as a recruiting tool.

Using a slick social media presence, they have framed the movement as an anti-migration protest.

This has not gone unnoticed over the Channel. /3
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The government and police were entirely aware that the protests last Saturday would be violent. Violent protests had taken place on the past two Saturdays. So as I wrote here, they prepared for it. city-journal.org/police-handlin…
But they prepared for the wrong kind of violence, in the wrong places. On Friday, the Interior Minister predicted that 200 black-block protesters and 100 members of the far-right would join the protests.
“Vandalism and violence are unfortunately predictable,” said Denis Jacob, the secretary-general of one of France’s police unions, observing that this kind of violence usually occurs at the tail end of the rally. So what's their main concern? 1) Making sure that the large number
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Mini thread. Mark @soundmigration has already done a really good job discussing the players & implications of this anti-migrant caravan of Alt Right idiots currently stirring up hate across Ireland. I just want to expand somewhat on a few points.
First up Laura Southern (not Loomer, easy to get your alt right Lauras confused). Laura is a member of Generation Identity, & came to prominence a few back, when they crowdfunded a boat to stop refugees from crossing the med
vox.com/world/2017/7/6…
Yeah so a blonde american wanted your money to stop brown refugees coming to Europe. They're not the brightest the Gen Identity bunch. As Mark reports Gen Id are trying to get a foothold in Ireland, after a disasterous start. Their last leader here was
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On Gab, domestic terrorist who murdered 11 Innocent, mostly elderly Jews, engaged with several influential alt-right figures - Southern Poverty Law Center splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018…
In the months leading up to Robert Bowers’ murderous rampage, he was in deep on the social media platform Gab, frequently reposting content from influential alt-right accounts including Jared Wyand and Bradley Dean Griffin.
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Didn't really know how to start this thread but it's prolly gonna be long. So strap yourself in. It's about someone who catfished me years ago with bad intentions and I only recently found out who they actually are and I want to get it off my chest.
So some years ago I was part of a certain community which was related to...League of Legends LOL. I didn't even play the game but the people there are cool and of course I started talking to some people there quite often.
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CYPRUS, 1974:

“Makarios is the Fidel Castro of the Mediterranean”—Henry Kissinger
At the end of World War II, British decolonization spread throughout the world. It did not reach Cyprus.
Cyprus, a small island in the Mediterranean, provided Britain with air bases that had access to the Middle East.
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