Hate against asylum seekers and the lawyers who defend them is escalating.
Let’s take a look at how @pritipatel and @BorisJohnson have responded.
Let’s take a look at how @pritipatel and @BorisJohnson have responded.
https://twitter.com/guardian/status/1314997140775669762
Number 10 responds by launching a media blitz on Channel migrants
- starting in the Mail, before moving to the Express and then the Times
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8…
- starting in the Mail, before moving to the Express and then the Times
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8…
July: Farage moves inland with a camera to start whipping up hate against asylum seekers in their hotel accommodation
m.facebook.com/nigelfarageoff…
m.facebook.com/nigelfarageoff…
August: instead of condemning Farage, ministers try to outdo him.
Number 10 decides a culture war will help them regain control over the news and soften the public up for their long planned attack on civil liberties.
Patel launches it in The Times.
thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/p…
Number 10 decides a culture war will help them regain control over the news and soften the public up for their long planned attack on civil liberties.
Patel launches it in The Times.
thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/p…
Later in August: fascist group Britain First hears the dog whistle and starts stalking asylum seekers in hotels.
Ministers stand back and stand by. Total silence.
google.co.uk/amp/s/www.mirr…
Ministers stand back and stand by. Total silence.
google.co.uk/amp/s/www.mirr…
September: far right protesters blockade the port of Dover.
Patel says NOT A WORD.
But on the very same day she denounces @XRebellionUK for its blockade of the Murdoch printing presses.
Patel says NOT A WORD.
But on the very same day she denounces @XRebellionUK for its blockade of the Murdoch printing presses.
https://twitter.com/sonyasceats/status/1302327772736561154
Mid-September: our friends @hopenothate reveal that neo-nazi teen group the British Hand is threatening attacks on asylum seekers.
Silence from ministers.
thetimes.co.uk/article/hitler…
Silence from ministers.
thetimes.co.uk/article/hitler…
Later in September: far right starts targeting army barracks requisitioned by the Home Office to house asylum seekers in Kent.
Still more silence from ministers.
bbc.com/news/uk-englan…
Still more silence from ministers.
bbc.com/news/uk-englan…
September: same thing in Penally.
First Minister of Wales @fmwales calls out ministers in Westminster for standing back and standing by as the far right moves in.
Still they respond with silence.
First Minister of Wales @fmwales calls out ministers in Westminster for standing back and standing by as the far right moves in.
Still they respond with silence.
https://twitter.com/fmwales/status/1308418787310477314
September: the physical violence starts.
A lawyer defending the rights of marginalised migrants is attacked with a knife by an assailant.
A confederate flag and far right literature is found in his bag.
A lawyer defending the rights of marginalised migrants is attacked with a knife by an assailant.
A confederate flag and far right literature is found in his bag.
https://twitter.com/townsendmark/status/1314990686538735616
Ministers are alerted to the attack.
And then they double down - taking to the platform at the Tory conference to dial up the hate against asylum seekers and immigration lawyers.
And then they double down - taking to the platform at the Tory conference to dial up the hate against asylum seekers and immigration lawyers.
https://twitter.com/FreefromTorture/status/1312768648411516930
Britain is on a seriously dangerous track.
At @FreefromTorture we recognise scapegoating strategies linked to hate and violence because this is part of the toxic mix of repression that leads to torture.
opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…
At @FreefromTorture we recognise scapegoating strategies linked to hate and violence because this is part of the toxic mix of repression that leads to torture.
opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…
And there is more than the rights and safety of asylum seekers and their lawyers on the line.
Our warning from many months ago:
“Attacks on civil liberties often start at the border, but they end up affecting us all.”
m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/they-e…
Our warning from many months ago:
“Attacks on civil liberties often start at the border, but they end up affecting us all.”
m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/they-e…
This a moment for everyone who believes in British values & freedoms and our cherished rule of law to crush the hate with love & hope.
Sure, we will litigate and myth bust.
But In the end only people power will defeat the politics of hate.
Sure, we will litigate and myth bust.
But In the end only people power will defeat the politics of hate.
https://twitter.com/freefromtorture/status/1302174389316837376
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