There's a lot of horrific footage circulating of riots and protests from last night.
Political hacks are selectively using specific clips to push their narratives.
Here’s an attempted honest summary of events, which they and the mainstream are unlikely to provide. Thread 🧵
1. Stoke-on-Trent
A group of men who looked of middle eastern ancestry assaulted a man who looked of anglo-saxon ancestry reportedly because of his race.
However, we can't be sure of the cause from this video alone.
This was followed by another assault reportedly carried out by the "Muslim Defence League" on two white men.
Apparently, the two men were attacked with hammers. Again, we can't verify exactly what caused it.
Dozens upon dozens of men who looked of middle Eastern ancestry were seen patrolling the streets with weapons.
These same men were seen shouting "allahu akbar" in a nearby park.
So at this point, it became pretty clear they're muslims.
Police were recorded telling them to discard their weapons at the local mosque.
The march that is presumed to have occurred because of the heinous murder of 3 young, beautiful girls or mass immigration (people will have had different reasons for attending) appeared peaceful in Stoke - at least initially.
2. Bristol
A man who looked of anglo-saxon ancestry assaulted a man who looked of African descent reportedly because of his race.
However, we can't be sure of the cause from this video alone.
People protesting the Southport murders/mass immigration (again we cannot be sure) gathered outside of a hotel, which reportedly houses a number of "asylum seekers", "refugees" or "economic migrants".
Outside that same hotel, a fight broke out after both sides launched cans of drink at each other.
It appears some of the counter protestors then assaulted a presumed neutral journalist attempting to film the event.
You can hear shouts of "fascist".
Elsewhere certain counter-protestors, thought to be members of antifa, harassed a reported Christian pastor near a shopping centre.
They can be heard talking about abortion.
People protesting were seen swearing at and goading counter protestors as police formed a line to separate the opposing groups.
3. Liverpool
This was where most of the horrific footage emerged but it appears the protest started off peaceful.
Police charged at the protestors, who then ran away to avoid a conflict.
Counter protestors turned up but skirmishes were reportedly avoided.
Here the protestors cheer as police ushered the counter protestors away.
At some point, they must have been close together as arguments were recorded.
Here you can see counter "anti-racist" protestors goading a protestor who looks like he is trying to talk them.
Some protestors reportedly marching because of the Southport murders/mass immigration (again we can't be sure) can then be seen pushing a policeman off his bike.
Some, now turning more violent, ripped down a stand handing out quarans.
Shouts of "our country, our country" can be heard.
So it's pretty clear some rioters were anti-Islamic.
Later that evening, it seems some of those same protestors started fully rioting.
This included looting.
Here they can be seen in a library, or possibly, a book store.
Then, they set alight to a number of bins.
The rioters can be heard shouting (I think):
"allah, allah, who the f*ck is allah"
Some of those same rioters, now masked, started letting off fireworks in the streets and reportedly aimed some at police.
4. Other notable highlights
Police in Stoke allow men who looked of middle eastern ancestry baring weapons to run past them as they attempt to cordon off a road.
Police in Blackpool set dogs on protestors.
We don't know if this bloke broke any laws or if this was part of an attempt to disperse crowds.
All in all, it's a mess.
It's clear there's violence committed by both sides, which doesn't help anyone but the government and those in favour of hate speech laws.
It also might be that the violent actions of a few have completely tainted the peaceful many. Clarity is needed.
There's been a lot of talk of blasphemy laws this week...
It follows Hamit Coskun's religiously aggravated public order conviction for burning a Koran.
Yet, the most scandalous part wasn't necessarily the verdict but the authorities' conduct.
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This week, Coskun was convicted of a religiously aggravated public order offence for burning a Koran outside the Turkish consulate in London earlier in February.
The protest, partly filmed, captured Coskun shouting “f*** Islam” and “Islam is [a] religion of terrorism” as he burned the book (which he reportedly bought).
There's been a lot of news about our "impartial" Attorney General, Lord Richard Hermer, as of late...
So here it is, all in one place.
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There are moments that cut through the noise and reveal a situation for what it really is. The recent comments from our Attorney General, Lord Richard Hermer, was one of those moments.
Speaking at the RUSI defence think tank last week, Hermer claimed that politicians threatening to withdraw from international conventions like the European Convention on Human Rights were echoing “1930s Germany”—pre-Nazi Germany.
Every bit of "tyrannical" legislation Labour have in the works...
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In Feb, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper tabled the Crime and Policing Bill in the Commons, with the aim of “halving knife crime and violence against women and girls in a decade".
To be sure, the bill contains some arguably solid ideas: harsher sentences for knife crime, stopping protestors climbing on war memorials, and establishing a new and specific spiking offence.
Meet Kevin Lister—a maths teacher sacked in 2021 for refusing to use a student’s preferred pronouns.
Today, he takes his fight to the Appeals Tribunal.
The outcome could reshape British education.
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When mathematician and father of two, Kevin Lister, went to work one day in September 2021, he would unknowingly face a situation that would change his life for the foreseeable future.
A 17-year-old female student told him she wanted to be addressed by a different name—a male one.
She sits in the House of Lords, influencing policy while receiving tens of thousands from Big Green energy companies every year.
Her shady ties explained 🧵
Since being granted a life peerage in 2015 under David Cameron, Baroness Brown has built an extensive portfolio of climate-linked side jobs.
She received her seat in the Lords for "contributions to engineering and public services", particularly in the area of climate policy.
Today, she chairs the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee.
But more importantly, she also chairs the Adaptation Sub-Committee of the Climate Change Committee, the government-funded body that produces reports for the government and informs them on climate policy.
Past Prime Ministers have arguably resigned for less than this...
Yet, so few are talking about it. Thread 🧵
Four days ago, His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) published part two of its rapid review into the police response to the 2024 Southport unrest.
The findings were damning.
Commissioned by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper last year, the review examined how police handled online content, intelligence gathering, and post-riot investigations.