Thread by @Shy_Society

How about this for a sense of proportion, @JohnnyMercerUK?

A THREAD.

Yesterday Twitter literally erupted in jubilation after a video of Tommy Robinson being covered in milkshake went viral. The left, mainstream media journalists like @RupertMyers and @IanDunt, politicians like @JohnnyMercerUK and celebrities like @DeborahMeaden celebrated it.

This young man, named Danyaal Mahmud, was instantly hailed as a hero and others encouraged to repeat the act of “comedic” violence against Robinson who, like him or loathe him, is standing as an MEP candidate later this month. That makes him a politician, unelected or not.

Now let’s look at recent precedent:

June 16: Jo Cox brutally murdered. Universally condemned. Man jailed.

Jan 19: Anna Soubry allegedly verbally abused and called a “Nazi”. Universally condemned. Man in court.

Mar 19: Corbyn egged. Universally condemned. Man jailed for 28 days

Apr 19: MEP candidate assaulted. Universally condoned & celebrated. Man given hero status & lauded in interviews. Police give him a lift to the train station saving him a taxi fare. Not arrested.

Is the law being applied equally here? Or is political violence okay towards some?

But putting that to one side, let’s look at what Danyaal and his new-found supporters claimed vs what actually happened.

He claimed: “I was in Warrington for a meeting... and had to pass on my way home.”

Also: “He just kept talking to me. I kept moving location.”

He also said: “I said to him I do not wish to speak to you on or off camera.”

As well as: "I just got annoyed with him. A milkshake ‘slipped’ out of my hand.”

So let’s look at the video footage as it sure sounds like Danyaal was just in the wrong place at the wrong time, right?

Wrong.

As early as 30 secs in, and as these stills demonstrate, Mr Mahmud is seen bounding towards Robinson, jostling people to get to him, phone in hand yelling “f*cking scum” as he is held back and pushed away.

Are these the actions of a businessman passing by, as he claimed?

And for someone who claims he was followed around by Robinson and that he had no desire to talk on camera with him, it sure looks like he was intent on getting to Robinson and capturing it all on his phone?

His story isn’t really stacking up, is it?

Among the plethora of mainstream outlets reporting Mr Mahmud’s version of events is this little beauty from the @lancstelegraph printing claims that he felt “intimidated”.

Funnily enough, that wasn’t our first thought seeing Danyaal hurtling towards TR shouting “f*cking scum”.

Here he is, on a separate occasion, after 1min 8secs running up to Robinson and aggressively screaming in his face. Tommy doesn’t react in any way.

His demeanour is angry and to any rational observer he looked up for a fight. Not the intimidated victim/hero as portrayed.

The footage then shows two women walking up to TR and explaining that the same man, Mr Mahmud, had pushed/assaulted them during the scuffles. Going by the footage so far, this would seem a plausible scenario tho no evidence. The women reported it to officers - no action taken.

Surrounded by agitators, including Mr Mahmud who is still there front and centre, Robinson pleads with the officers to act. He asks them why they are not arresting Mr Mahmud for allegedly assaulting the two women.

They put their blue lights on, and leave.

Then, whilst talking to someone in the street, a white male approaches TR calling him a “horrible, racist c*nt” before assaulting him by grabbing him around the throat and pushing him with force. Again, the police do nothing.

After 8:21, Robinson is subjected to a second unprovoked assault - this time punched by this woman with glasses as the still also shows.

Again, no action is taken by the police. There seems to be a pattern emerging here.

Later in the afternoon, TR spots Mr Mahmud still hanging around (remember, he said he was just passing) & approaches him to ask why he pushed the two women and why he was jumping around aggressively towards him.

Given what we’ve now seen, a perfectly reasonable question, right?

And then we come to the “heroic” moment Mr Mahmud - under no provocation whatsoever - attacks Robinson with what we now know was milkshake. At the time, any liquid or substance could have been contained within that McDonald’s cup.

Assaults on Robinson: 3
Arrests: 0.

The most alarming thing about all of this is the fact that, without Robinson and his team capturing this footage, the truth would have been buried for eternity whilst this thug Mr Mahmud is made a martyr.

And this is why they ban Robinson from every platform.

Let’s get one thing straight: you can hate TR to your core. You can yell “Nazi” at him until you are blue in the face.

But why won’t any of his (many) detractors ever debate him? If he is evil,like you claim,crush his arguments in a debate and expose him as the fraud you claim.

Because by resorting to outright lies, to applauding political violence, and to worshipping a man who just committed assault, you lose the argument. And you give Robinson and his supporters more ammunition.

People will watch this video now and see the truth, what really happened

And then they will look at politicians like @JohnnyMercerUK and say “why is a lawmaker condoning this behaviour in a so-called democracy?”

“Why is a journalist like @RupertMyers promoting political violence just because he doesn’t like someone’s views?”

Perhaps the most ironic thing is that at the end of the video, lots of footage is shown of Robinson conversing peacefully with members of the public. Young, old, male, female, black and white.

It’s not the narrative they want you to see, is it?

Free speech is the cornerstone of our society, or at least it used to be.

Videos like this expose the left, the mainstream media, & politicians to be the same manipulative frauds that have also subverted Brexit. & all you are doing is furthering Robinson’s cause.

<ENDS> 23/23

Oh, and here’s another fake news peddler. @James_Treadwell, you might need to read this👆🏻