Nick Thomas-Symonds says politicians should not encourage peaceful protests as police forces are stretched after days of violent far-right disorder
Zarah Sultana, the MP for Coventry South, writes for the Guardian today, arguing that the enemy of the working class travels by private jet, not migrant dinghy:
The fuse may have been set alight by online disinformation and secretive social media channels, but this explosion of far-right violence has been decades in the making. And while Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (AKA Tommy Robinson) and his mob of far-right agitators are its immediate instigators, much of Britain’s political and media class is complicit in laying the groundwork for this eruption of hate.
Continue reading…Nick Thomas-Symonds says politicians should not encourage peaceful protests as police forces are stretched after days of violent far-right disorder Zarah Sultana, the MP for Coventry South, writes for the Guardian today, arguing that the enemy of the working class travels by private jet, not migrant dinghy:The fuse may have been set alight by online disinformation and secretive social media channels, but this explosion of far-right violence has been decades in the making. And while Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (AKA Tommy Robinson) and his mob of far-right agitators are its immediate instigators, much of Britain’s political and media class is complicit in laying the groundwork for this eruption of hate. Continue reading…