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Jan 23 83 tweets 34 min read
🔴 Live Coverage of Southport Sentencing 🧵

Today, Axel Rudakubana - the teenager that has pled guilty to the Southport Massacre - will be sentenced in Liverpool Crown Court.

The public can expect to hear:

• The public will see Rudakubana en-masse for th first time
• Mitigating and aggravating factors in Rudakubana's case
• Impact statements from victims and their families
• The judge's ruling and Rudakubana's sentencing

This is expected to take several hours but I will be covering events from start to finish on this thread 👇Image
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Axel Rudakubana arrives with a substantial police escort at Liverpool Crown Court Image
Jan 22 5 tweets 5 min read
'How does a British-born teenage come to believe in the need for a "white genocide"?'

At school, Axel Rudakubana was known to talk of "Britain needing a genocide like Rwanda" and, at a football match in which he played around the age of 15, he declared the need for a "white genocide".

Documents found on his tablets recovered by police covered a wide range of violent conflicts including the history of Nazi Germany, violence around Buddhism in Sri Lanka, clan cleansing in Somalia, and the Rwandan genocide.

Some of the titles found in Rudakubana's home include;

• ‘A place under heaven - Amerindian Torture and Cultural Violence’

•‘The Mau Mau War: British Counterinsurgency in Colonial Kenya’

•‘Death and survival during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda’

• ‘Examination of punishments dealt to slave rebels in two 18th Century British Plantation Societies’.

There is disturbing anti-Anglo tone to these titles focusing of the oppression of black and 'indigenous' people by white, colonial Europeans.

It speaks of teenager obsessed with racial violence and ethnic cleansing...Image
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Does BLM and DEI play a role in Axel Rudakubana's mentality?

The more important question is, "How does a boy, born and raised in Britain, who received a liberal British education in an 'outstanding' state-school, who played football and sang in the church choir and participated in BBC's Children in Need, come to believe "Britain needs a genocide like Rwanda"?

Can Rudakubana's disturbed obsessions be blamed entirely on his parent's Rwandan past or must the nation look deeper still at the wide environment in which Rudakubana had been saturated?

Does a 'progressive' culture which advocates 'race consciousness', rewards claims of racial-victimhood, and promotes 'historical guilt' have a role to play in Rudakubana's mentality?

When activists like Black Lives Matter argue for 'reparations' they implicitly - and sometimes explicitly - promote the idea of inherited guilt and genetic sin.

As proponents of Critical Race Theory believe they have demonstrated, historic guilt can only apply to white people; and people deemed be be 'white-adjacent' because of their present day success, such as the Chinese-expats and Jews.

The 'decolonisation' movement is less about making amends for the associated harms of colonisation and more about racial revenge.

Following the October 7th, some activists and academics exposed their true ambitions: "Decolonisation is not a metaphor" wrote some. Najma Sharif, a writer for Soho House magazine and Teen Vogue, posted on X, ‘What did y’all think decolonization meant? vibes? papers? essays? losers."

This framework promotes a corrosive grievance culture between races. It insists upon unequal treatment according to race - such as "positive discrimination" in the workplace" - and carries the implicit assertion that some races are superior to others.

"Diversity is our strength" is one of those commercial phrases which appear benign on the surface but carry insidious consequences.

The phrase, at its best, states, "Everyone brings a perspective which is unique and valuable." But at its worst and proper context - the context from which it originates - the phrase instantiates that black, brown and 'indigenous' people have - as a result of their birth - have intellectual virtues which are inaccessible to white people (as a result of their birth).

This, in turn, instantiates that white people are of lesser worth, as a result of their genetic-make up...

Could these 'progressive' narratives have contributed to Axel Rudakubana's position on "white genocide"?

Did these rallying stories of 'oppressed' dominating the 'oppressor' play an aggravating role in Rudakubana's murderous actions in Southport?

These are the questions that need to be asked.Image
Jan 22 6 tweets 5 min read
💥📰 EXCLUSIVE - 'Southport killer's anti-white motivations?'

Some contents of Axel Rudakubana's laptops were revealed by Police overnight.

They included cached images relating to wars and international conflicts including in Ukraine, Gaza and Korea - but he also took a disturbing interest in ethnic cleansing.

Documents found on the tablet covered a wide range of violent conflicts including the history of Nazi Germany, violence around Buddhism in Sri Lanka, clan cleansing in Somalia, Rwandan genocide, Iraq and Balkans conflict, victims of torture, tales of beheadings and cartoons depicting violence.

This might be anticipated in someone "obsessed" with violence. But examine some of the books and papers found in his house and a picture begins to be emerge:

The violence centres around genocide and ethnic cleansing... 👇Image
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Some of the titles include:

• ‘A place under heaven - Amerindian Torture and Cultural Violence’

•‘The Mau Mau War: British Counterinsurgency in Colonial Kenya’

•‘Death and survival during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda’

• ‘Examination of punishments dealt to slave rebels in two 18th Century British Plantation Societies’.

At first glance, there seems a disturbing anti-Anglo tone to some of these titles, focusing of the oppression of black and 'indigenous' people by white, colonial Europeans.Image
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Jan 22 7 tweets 5 min read
💥📰 'What was in Axel Rudakubana's bedroom?'

Overnight, Merseyside Police have revealed overnight some of the weapons and graphic content they recovered from Axel Rudakubana's home in the aftermath of his deadly attack on the Taylor Swift-themed dance class.

This includes;

• Several digital devices full of graphic images of warzones, genocide and torture.
• Anti-white, anti-colonial book titles
• The materials to produce and store the ricin found in his home
• Several knives and bladed weapons

I can also reveal exclusively that one of the two knives he ordered via Amazon had been used to carry out the murders and mutilations on 29 July attack.

Full details below 👇Image Ricin

An empty bag from Premier Seeds Direct, said to contain 150 seeds was also found, along with a receipt that showed the castor beans - from which the ricin was extracted

These were ordered on January 19 2022
He used the name under “Al Rud”.

In a cardboard box under the floorboards was a pair of goggles, two white funnels, a conical flask with brown residue in it, as well as a pestle and mortar containing pulp.

All the items had been purchased from Amazon in 2022Image
Jan 21 10 tweets 5 min read
💥📰 BREAKING - Axel Rudakubana was expelled from his school in October 2019

As reported by members of the Southport community in those initial few days after the dance-class attack, Axel Rudakubana was, indeed, expelled from Range High School in October 2019 after bringing a knife into school.

The teen also returned to the school with a knife and a hockey stick before attacking a pupil two months later.

Details below 👇Image Range High School in Formby had once 'outstanding' school. It was previously one of only several schools in the country to receive five consecutive 'outstanding' reports.

But in December 2018, the school was given a 'requires improvement' rating by the school watchdog with the report mentioning the "bad behaviour of one particular group of boys."

The report was so damning, the headteacher elected to resign.

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Jan 21 15 tweets 11 min read
'Southport cover-up'

I've just realised I've somehow gained 10,000 new followers in the last two days - most of you are here because of my Southport coverage.

If you don't know who I am, I am a 26-year-old working class lass who was lucky enough to go to Cambridge.
I am a writer and political commentators for outlets like The Telegraph, The Critic Magazine, and European Conservative. Until now I have been covering free speech issues, gender ideology, and British politics but I stopped this work to research the Southport case because something seemed very wrong about how the case was being handled.

I've actual been reporting on the Southport Stabbing since it happened and have actively been investigating the cover-up since late September.

You can find the essays I published before yesterday's 'guilty' plea and it is where I will continue to post news and details about the attack as and when people come forward to me with stories that I can verify.

Thank you for your support. I will make sure nothing is left unsaid in the weeks ahead.Image You can find my Southport coverage here 👇
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Jan 19 10 tweets 10 min read
'Axel Rudakubana is NOT mentally ill'

Southport Stabbing suspect deemed fit to stand trial after extensive psychological testing

There will be no platitudes of “mental illness”, “vulnerability”, or “compassion” —Ruduakubana is going to be subject to the full force of the law.

The justice system in 21st century Britain appears to deal out more mercy to the offender than it does the victim. Every week, it seems, newspaper headlines disclose horrifying accounts of rape and murder which are excused on grounds of mental illness and want of understanding. Public feeling that these verdicts are, in some cases, being handed down without due cause and that the jury are overly generous in their interpretation of the accused actions. Someone accused of committing a crime can hardly be said to be “living their best life.”Image Approach of Rudakubana's defence counsel

In the case of Axel Rudakubana — the teenage accused of exacting the Southport massacre — public concern has been raised about Rudakubana avoiding trial or being spared a prison sentence (should a jury find him guilty) with a plea of mental illness. This is a concern shared by some of the families of the victims.

From the reading of first charges on 1 August, it became apparent that Axel Rudakubana’s defence counsel would be looking to make a case that Rudakubana is unfit to plead or bears “diminished responsibility.” for his actions.

Under the ‘Coroners and Justice Act 2009’ — Section 52.1 — a person who kills cannot be be convicted of murder if they were suffering from an abnormality of mental functioning.Image
Jan 8 7 tweets 2 min read
🧵Next, let's discuss how many MPs failed to vote in either direction -- 175 members... Image This includes Chancellor Rachel Reeves (@RachelReevesMP) Image
Dec 30, 2024 13 tweets 16 min read
THE SOUTHPORT COVER-UP 🧵

What is the Establishment keeping back about the Axel Rudakubana case?

Within days of the Southport Stabbing, on the 29th of July 2024, it was apparent to great swathes of the British public that something was off about events and the manner in which details about the major incident were being presented to the public by the Press, the Police, and the British Government.

Initial rumours about the identity of the perpetrator suggested he had been an immigrant — an illegal from Somalia named Ali Al-Shakati. These rumours were quashed by the official announcement that the attacker arrested at the scene was a ‘Cardiff-born teenager’. This gave the public the impression that a native British white boy had been responsible for the knife rampage against the group of primary-school-age girls.

This struck people as odd. Whilst it is all too common for young men — particularly and disproportionately among black youths in cities — to stab each other in Britain, these attacks and homicides most often occur in instances of gang warfare between adolescents, or one-on-one assaults. It is not a mass attack against a group of girls, especially not girls of primary school age, defenceless, and enjoying a Taylor Swift-themed dance class.Image What are the stats on mass attack against young girls?

Attacks against this demographic — young girls and women in Western nations — are committed by young-to-middle-aged men with an immigrant status, originating from Arab countries, often motivated by Islam. This statement should be uncontroversial.

The Pakistani-Muslim Rape Gangs in the UK, the Manchester Area Bombing (2017), the Primary School Stabbing in Ireland (2023), and the thwarted attack on a Taylor Swift Concert in Vienna (2024) all spring to mind with a sting when the words, ‘Attack on young girls’ is heard. This is to neglect to mention the innumerable assaults and stabbings committed against women and girls by immigrant men that appear in regional newspapers on an almost daily basis.

For the sake of stating the obvious for those who believe it necessary, this is not to say that all such attacks are committed by immigrants or Muslims, or that all attacks perpetrated by immigrants and Muslims follow this pattern. The Reading Park Attack (2020) was committed by a Jihadist but committed against three gay men and the Stabbing of Emily Jones was exacted by a migrant woman. Instead, it is to state that a pattern exists and that patterns are not arbitrary.Image
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Sep 24, 2024 15 tweets 5 min read
"I IDENTIFY AS A WOMAN"

The thing Trans Rights Activists say will never happen happened last night in a club in Leeds, England.

In the early hours of this morning (Tues 24 Sep 2024) this man entered the women's bathroom. Image It is Fresher's Week in Leeds and the bathroom was full of young women - many away from home for the first time, in a new city.

The brave among them demanded this man get out but he would not leave. Image
Mar 12, 2024 10 tweets 4 min read
This was me. I was 17 and suicidal every day. I hated my body. I had done everything to get away it, including wearing oversized clothes, binding my breasts, and eating as little as possible to prevent my body from developing. Image I have always been a doer. Climbing up trees, fingers in the mud, sprinting along with the boys.

I knew I wasn't a boy. And that was okay. Because I could do everything a boy could.

But when the first rumours of puberty hit, at 10 years old, things began change... Image