Thread by @docrussjackson

Hard-right Breitbart & Spiked columnist, advisor to Lozza Fox's Reclaim Party, ex-Brexit Party candidate & divisive brass-necked Policy Exchange crank Calvin Robinson, who RELENTLESSLY demonises the #England team for taking the knee, accuses @billybragg of being bad faith actor.

https://twitter.com/calvinrobinson/status/1413585232297594882

And immediately loads of cowardly anonymous right-wing trolls start having a go at Billy, & sheep-like regurgitate culture war bullshit about how 'taking the knee supports Marxists', when the England team have repeatedly spelt out in terms a child can understand why they do it.

But they don't really care. The fuse has been lit, & US billionaires, Libertarian think tanks & publications, media moguls like Murdoch & the UK Govt have invested so much time & resources in waging the culture war to enable divide & rule that they can't see they're being played.

Anyone STILL arguing that "fans" are right to boo England players who take the knee to show solidarity with fellow players who STILL suffer appalling racist abuse week in week out, is, imho, a hard-right brainwashed dickhead. Disagreement is fine. Booing is fucking pathetic. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👍

Steve Bannon's strategy:

'Flood the zone' with culture war crap about unwelcome change, failing democracy & free speech/religion/tradition 'under attack'

Position ordinary people as 'patriotic victims'

Demonise & scapegoat minority out-groups, intellectuals, experts & the Left

Ken Hinds, described as 'a pillar within his community' by the EHRC, dedicates his life to fighting racism, receiving a MET Police commendation for his ‘courage, tenacity & dedication’ in tackling knife crime. In April, hard-right rentagob Robinson absurdly called him "a racist".