1/4 Johnson not only tries to create false parity between "people" who are peaceful and violent, but goes further to suggest that violence defined the protests. To say they have been 'subverted by thuggery' is to disingenuously tar everyone with the same brush. It is ludicrous to
https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson/status/1269724206440370178
2/4 suggest some violence betrayed the mass mobilisation of ppl fighting against systemic racialised violence. But this is all PR designed to get a press soundbite and discredit the movement, to rally antagonism to those fighting social in justice. Imagine having a PM who wanted
3/4 to actually understand the issues at play here; the systemic violence that results in such public expressions of grief and solidarity. Instead our PM pompously declares that those responsible will be held to account, a week after doing everything possible to hide his friend
4/4 Dominic Cummings from public and even legal scrutiny. It shows that he's there to look after number 1, or rather number 10, and that there is scant regard for so many of the real problems facing the UK #ukprotests
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