Not meaning to get at Big_G here, who just repeated a comment he heard on the news, but I do wish people would not go on about Anitfa in a UK context. It doesn't exist in the UK; it is an irrelevance. And pretending it does exist might be rather dangerous.
It's yet another US import that we could do without.
Marvellous that one of my numerous guilty pleasures, Salvage Hunters, is currently highlighting the Khan brothers, a couple of hipster Muslim antiques dealers/restorers. Seem totally English to me, they’ve even got W.G.Grace beards.
I suppose they’ll be banned in the New Farage Order.
One can only hope.
What a depressing post on an equally depressing day.
You like beards?
I have one of Great Britain's finest hipster beards. I do not want to be censured for my facial topiary.
I have been on this forum since 2014 and it is without doubt the outstanding place for political discourse, robust arguments, and hopefully influence to the powers that be
Throughout this time I have tried to contribute honestly and wherever possible provide links
I use a wide range of sources including Sky which is on most of the time, but also the BBC and articles from the telegraph, guardian, independent and some times guido and other media
I have consistently expressed my opposition to Farage and Reform, Trump and the far right, and my worries about the state of our politics
I openly support the conservative party, but am a one nation conservative who actually voted remain though am pleased we have exited the EU
However, overnight and whilst I was not on this forum @Gardenwalker made an ignorant and unsubstantiated accusation against me that has made me question why I contribute when my words can be taken so much out of context. He said:
'Why is @Big_G_NorthWales ranting about Antifa now? He needs to get off Guido or whatever alt-right nut-shop he’s frequenting'
The comments came from Sky last night in a live interview with the Chief Executive of Campaign against antisemitism and he commented as I posted
Ban these protests which are even taking place now
Also BBC cannot call Hamas terrorist
And Antifa in the UK is promoted
21% has entrenched antisemitic views, raising to 40% of young people
Blood of British Jews cries out from the ground
If @Gardenwalker had even bothered to find my post he would have seen the context and I believe he owes me an apology
It also seems that he (and others) have this obssession over my comments (and very many others) at the time of the beer and curry incident which were seeking the truth about Starmer's involvement and for which he was cleared and I accepted the due process was followed
I am thick skinned but @Gardenwalker crossed a line, and I have even considered whether I wish to continue but I am not going to let him win on this and hope he will have the decency to apologise for his unjust comments
I’ve always found him reasonable. Let’s hope this can be resolved amicably. It’s all a little tense around here currently.
There’s a couple of real dickheads here but he, nor you, are one.
Does Leon count as one real dickhead or six fake ones?
Does Leon really think people should vote Reform or is he just winding people up? I suspect the latter.
I think he’s just compensating for voting Starmer at the last election
And not just for Labour. He actually voted for Starmer himself!!
The guilt must be all-encompassing; a weight on his mind; a dark cloud bearing down on him as he surveys the horizon and understands the calamity that he played a part in bringing on this great nation, this sceptr’d isle, a glorious gem set in the shining seas
Marvellous that one of my numerous guilty pleasures, Salvage Hunters, is currently highlighting the Khan brothers, a couple of hipster Muslim antiques dealers/restorers. Seem totally English to me, they’ve even got W.G.Grace beards.
I suppose they’ll be banned in the New Farage Order.
One can only hope.
What a depressing post on an equally depressing day.
You like beards?
I have one of Great Britain's finest hipster beards. I do not want to be censured for my facial topiary.
Not meaning to get at Big_G here, who just repeated a comment he heard on the news, but I do wish people would not go on about Anitfa in a UK context. It doesn't exist in the UK; it is an irrelevance. And pretending it does exist might be rather dangerous.
It's yet another US import that we could do without.
It's just a demonstration of how the UK right are in thrall to MAGA, repeating all their tropes no matter how irrelevant to a UK context.
How anyone looks at America and thinks we should copy that destruction of what was once a free society astonishes me.
Looking at last night on here I am glad I was out.
Retiree who became centre point of PM's conference speech says their meeting only lasted 15 minutes... and she demanded he leave after calling her racist
Not meaning to get at Big_G here, who just repeated a comment he heard on the news, but I do wish people would not go on about Anitfa in a UK context. It doesn't exist in the UK; it is an irrelevance. And pretending it does exist might be rather dangerous.
It's yet another US import that we could do without.
It's just a demonstration of how the UK right are in thrall to MAGA, repeating all their tropes no matter how irrelevant to a UK context.
How anyone looks at America and thinks we should copy that destruction of what was once a free society astonishes me.
Looking at last night on here I am glad I was out.
Given the UK Left has imported lots of dross from the USA its sort of inevitable the UK Right will follow
Retiree who became centre point of PM's conference speech says their meeting only lasted 15 minutes... and she demanded he leave after calling her racist
Not meaning to get at Big_G here, who just repeated a comment he heard on the news, but I do wish people would not go on about Anitfa in a UK context. It doesn't exist in the UK; it is an irrelevance. And pretending it does exist might be rather dangerous.
It's yet another US import that we could do without.
It's just a demonstration of how the UK right are in thrall to MAGA, repeating all their tropes no matter how irrelevant to a UK context.
How anyone looks at America and thinks we should copy that destruction of what was once a free society astonishes me.
Looking at last night on here I am glad I was out.
Given the UK Left has imported lots of dross from the USA its sort of inevitable the UK Right will follow
Which dross? I think much of UK leftism is quite different to US leftism - partly because the challenges that face working people are different.
I have been on this forum since 2014 and it is without doubt the outstanding place for political discourse, robust arguments, and hopefully influence to the powers that be
Throughout this time I have tried to contribute honestly and wherever possible provide links
I use a wide range of sources including Sky which is on most of the time, but also the BBC and articles from the telegraph, guardian, independent and some times guido and other media
I have consistently expressed my opposition to Farage and Reform, Trump and the far right, and my worries about the state of our politics
I openly support the conservative party, but am a one nation conservative who actually voted remain though am pleased we have exited the EU
However, overnight and whilst I was not on this forum @Gardenwalker made an ignorant and unsubstantiated accusation against me that has made me question why I contribute when my words can be taken so much out of context. He said:
'Why is @Big_G_NorthWales ranting about Antifa now? He needs to get off Guido or whatever alt-right nut-shop he’s frequenting'
The comments came from Sky last night in a live interview with the Chief Executive of Campaign against antisemitism and he commented as I posted
Ban these protests which are even taking place now
Also BBC cannot call Hamas terrorist
And Antifa in the UK is promoted
21% has entrenched antisemitic views, raising to 40% of young people
Blood of British Jews cries out from the ground
If @Gardenwalker had even bothered to find my post he would have seen the context and I believe he owes me an apology
It also seems that he (and others) have this obssession over my comments (and very many others) at the time of the beer and curry incident which were seeking the truth about Starmer's involvement and for which he was cleared and I accepted the due process was followed
I am thick skinned but @Gardenwalker crossed a line, and I have even considered whether I wish to continue but I am not going to let him win on this and hope he will have the decency to apologise for his unjust comments
I’ve always found him reasonable. Let’s hope this can be resolved amicably. It’s all a little tense around here currently.
There’s a couple of real dickheads here but he, nor you, are one.
Most of us who comment frequently on here can be 'dickheads' at times, and I include myself in that.
Some people are 'dickheads' most of the time, particularly those who comment not to further the debate, but to cause arguments and rifts.
Only a few are rarely, if ever, 'dickheads'. Who these are may vary according to opinion, but Sunil, TSE, RCS, DavidL are a few that come to my mind - not exclusively.
I have been on this forum since 2014 and it is without doubt the outstanding place for political discourse, robust arguments, and hopefully influence to the powers that be
Throughout this time I have tried to contribute honestly and wherever possible provide links
I use a wide range of sources including Sky which is on most of the time, but also the BBC and articles from the telegraph, guardian, independent and some times guido and other media
I have consistently expressed my opposition to Farage and Reform, Trump and the far right, and my worries about the state of our politics
I openly support the conservative party, but am a one nation conservative who actually voted remain though am pleased we have exited the EU
However, overnight and whilst I was not on this forum @Gardenwalker made an ignorant and unsubstantiated accusation against me that has made me question why I contribute when my words can be taken so much out of context. He said:
'Why is @Big_G_NorthWales ranting about Antifa now? He needs to get off Guido or whatever alt-right nut-shop he’s frequenting'
The comments came from Sky last night in a live interview with the Chief Executive of Campaign against antisemitism and he commented as I posted
Ban these protests which are even taking place now
Also BBC cannot call Hamas terrorist
And Antifa in the UK is promoted
21% has entrenched antisemitic views, raising to 40% of young people
Blood of British Jews cries out from the ground
If @Gardenwalker had even bothered to find my post he would have seen the context and I believe he owes me an apology
It also seems that he (and others) have this obssession over my comments (and very many others) at the time of the beer and curry incident which were seeking the truth about Starmer's involvement and for which he was cleared and I accepted the due process was followed
I am thick skinned but @Gardenwalker crossed a line, and I have even considered whether I wish to continue but I am not going to let him win on this and hope he will have the decency to apologise for his unjust comments
Big_G_NorthWales, so sorry you felt you had to even make this statement on the site, you are one of my favourite posters from the centre right and no surprise because we are both one nation conservatives who have never been afraid to criticise our own party past and present. You really didn't deserve that unfair and bad tempered response, and the cross party PB community should be rushing to agree because you genuinely provide a really positive contribution to this site.
I first starting posting on this site in early years around 2004/5, in fact I believe I was not only the first openly Scottish female Conservative poster, but possible the first openly female poster after the amount of Chris's got too much for the site and I added my full name only to discover most posters assumed I was a gay man rather than a middle aged happily married woman and mother of three!
Police have now nicked 3 - suspect shot is called 'Jihad Al-Shamie'. British citizen - Syrian.
The name feels like a joke
It really does.
Nominative determinism taken too far.
British citizen of Syrian descent could mean a lot of things.
Wasn’t St George a Syrian?
St George was an Asia Minor Greek, by far the most likely, like St Nicholas.
His parents were a Syrian living in Palestine and a Cappadocian I believe. He was born in Lydia (in modern Turkey but then an Asia Minor Greek city) but then we get into the rather futile discussion of birthplace vs parental heritage
Morning, P.B.
Yes, it is complex In some ways, as understandings of ethnicity and faith were rather different then. His mother was from a Greek family in Lydda, and his father could have been any combination of Syrian, Roman or Greek. His predominant cultural self-understandung would have been as a Greek-speaking Christian.
Not meaning to get at Big_G here, who just repeated a comment he heard on the news, but I do wish people would not go on about Anitfa in a UK context. It doesn't exist in the UK; it is an irrelevance. And pretending it does exist might be rather dangerous.
It's yet another US import that we could do without.
It's just a demonstration of how the UK right are in thrall to MAGA, repeating all their tropes no matter how irrelevant to a UK context.
How anyone looks at America and thinks we should copy that destruction of what was once a free society astonishes me.
Looking at last night on here I am glad I was out.
What worries me is that some will create a bogeymen UK Antifa - and place all the groups they don't like in it, even if those groups have little connection, or even opposing views. And since the group doesn't really exist, it is hard for them to fight back.
Not meaning to get at Big_G here, who just repeated a comment he heard on the news, but I do wish people would not go on about Anitfa in a UK context. It doesn't exist in the UK; it is an irrelevance. And pretending it does exist might be rather dangerous.
It's yet another US import that we could do without.
It's just a demonstration of how the UK right are in thrall to MAGA, repeating all their tropes no matter how irrelevant to a UK context.
How anyone looks at America and thinks we should copy that destruction of what was once a free society astonishes me.
Looking at last night on here I am glad I was out.
Given the UK Left has imported lots of dross from the USA its sort of inevitable the UK Right will follow
Which dross? I think much of UK leftism is quite different to US leftism - partly because the challenges that face working people are different.
cancel culture, DEI, political correctness, far right name calling, debate suppression, rainbow poliitics etc etc
it's been over the last decade of so and it's why the Left has become the home of middle class professionals and has lost its core base of workers
Marvellous that one of my numerous guilty pleasures, Salvage Hunters, is currently highlighting the Khan brothers, a couple of hipster Muslim antiques dealers/restorers. Seem totally English to me, they’ve even got W.G.Grace beards.
I suppose they’ll be banned in the New Farage Order.
One can only hope.
What a depressing post on an equally depressing day.
You like beards?
I have one of Great Britain's finest hipster beards. I do not want to be censured for my facial topiary.
Looks like Reform gained from everyone but particularly the Conservatives and Labour. Used to be a safe Tory seat and further sign of the Reform surge despite a good local former councillor Tory candidate.
Reform won by 15% over the Conservatives but Labour and the LDs combined got 19%. Had more of them tactically voted Tory it could have been closer.
Conservative candidates in Conservative held seats where Reform are the main challengers need to squeeze Labour and LD votes to beat Reform. Unfortunately Kemi is putting them off at present, Cleverly might not
Not meaning to get at Big_G here, who just repeated a comment he heard on the news, but I do wish people would not go on about Anitfa in a UK context. It doesn't exist in the UK; it is an irrelevance. And pretending it does exist might be rather dangerous.
It's yet another US import that we could do without.
It's just a demonstration of how the UK right are in thrall to MAGA, repeating all their tropes no matter how irrelevant to a UK context.
How anyone looks at America and thinks we should copy that destruction of what was once a free society astonishes me.
Looking at last night on here I am glad I was out.
Given the UK Left has imported lots of dross from the USA its sort of inevitable the UK Right will follow
Which dross? I think much of UK leftism is quite different to US leftism - partly because the challenges that face working people are different.
cancel culture, DEI, political correctness, far right name calling, debate suppression, rainbow poliitics etc etc
it's been over the last decade of so and it's why the Left has become the home of middle class professionals and has lost its core base of workers
I don't think they're things that we've imported from the US (and I disagree with some of your list). I think some of those are a natural feature of left politics.
But are you defending the right importing MAGA talking points?
Not meaning to get at Big_G here, who just repeated a comment he heard on the news, but I do wish people would not go on about Anitfa in a UK context. It doesn't exist in the UK; it is an irrelevance. And pretending it does exist might be rather dangerous.
It's yet another US import that we could do without.
Not only is social media a distorting window on the world, it's not even a window that looks out on our bit of the world.
Language teachers talk about false friends- words that look like they are the same in two languages, but aren't. Bras in English and bras in French, for example. Those sort of wrong connections are difficult to eradicate, because they look so right.
It's the same with social media "news" (especially when it is swallowed whole by the desperate "real media". It looks like it ought to be right and relevant, even when it isn't. And too much exposure to it, even if it's for reasons that are understandable and deserve sympathy, risks sending people utterly down the rabbit hole. Which is one of the reasons all of... this... is happening.
Not meaning to get at Big_G here, who just repeated a comment he heard on the news, but I do wish people would not go on about Anitfa in a UK context. It doesn't exist in the UK; it is an irrelevance. And pretending it does exist might be rather dangerous.
It's yet another US import that we could do without.
It's just a demonstration of how the UK right are in thrall to MAGA, repeating all their tropes no matter how irrelevant to a UK context.
How anyone looks at America and thinks we should copy that destruction of what was once a free society astonishes me.
Looking at last night on here I am glad I was out.
Given the UK Left has imported lots of dross from the USA its sort of inevitable the UK Right will follow
Which dross? I think much of UK leftism is quite different to US leftism - partly because the challenges that face working people are different.
I found BLM an unwelcome US import, as the issues facing Black Britons are really quite different to those of the USA. I note though that BLM became a worldwide cause celebre, against perceptions of racisst policing in Australia and New Zealand, and even against police brutality in Nigeria and Uganda.
It's very odd how our schools cover the US civil rights movement in history, rather than the much more relevant issues around racism in our own history Including the Bristol bus "colour bar", Sandwell by-election, "Rivers of Blood" etc, even before we get to the decolonisation of the British Empire in Africa in the 1950s and 1960's.
I have been on this forum since 2014 and it is without doubt the outstanding place for political discourse, robust arguments, and hopefully influence to the powers that be
Throughout this time I have tried to contribute honestly and wherever possible provide links
I use a wide range of sources including Sky which is on most of the time, but also the BBC and articles from the telegraph, guardian, independent and some times guido and other media
I have consistently expressed my opposition to Farage and Reform, Trump and the far right, and my worries about the state of our politics
I openly support the conservative party, but am a one nation conservative who actually voted remain though am pleased we have exited the EU
However, overnight and whilst I was not on this forum @Gardenwalker made an ignorant and unsubstantiated accusation against me that has made me question why I contribute when my words can be taken so much out of context. He said:
'Why is @Big_G_NorthWales ranting about Antifa now? He needs to get off Guido or whatever alt-right nut-shop he’s frequenting'
The comments came from Sky last night in a live interview with the Chief Executive of Campaign against antisemitism and he commented as I posted
Ban these protests which are even taking place now
Also BBC cannot call Hamas terrorist
And Antifa in the UK is promoted
21% has entrenched antisemitic views, raising to 40% of young people
Blood of British Jews cries out from the ground
If @Gardenwalker had even bothered to find my post he would have seen the context and I believe he owes me an apology
It also seems that he (and others) have this obssession over my comments (and very many others) at the time of the beer and curry incident which were seeking the truth about Starmer's involvement and for which he was cleared and I accepted the due process was followed
I am thick skinned but @Gardenwalker crossed a line, and I have even considered whether I wish to continue but I am not going to let him win on this and hope he will have the decency to apologise for his unjust comments
I’ve always found him reasonable. Let’s hope this can be resolved amicably. It’s all a little tense around here currently.
There’s a couple of real dickheads here but he, nor you, are one.
Does Leon count as one real dickhead or six fake ones?
Nah, I like the guy. He’s always interesting, same with the likes of Dura Ace.
Not meaning to get at Big_G here, who just repeated a comment he heard on the news, but I do wish people would not go on about Anitfa in a UK context. It doesn't exist in the UK; it is an irrelevance. And pretending it does exist might be rather dangerous.
It's yet another US import that we could do without.
Not only is social media a distorting window on the world, it's not even a window that looks out on our bit of the world.
Language teachers talk about false friends- words that look like they are the same in two languages, but aren't. Bras in English and bras in French, for example. Those sort of wrong connections are difficult to eradicate, because they look so right.
It's the same with social media "news" (especially when it is swallowed whole by the desperate "real media". It looks like it ought to be right and relevant, even when it isn't. And too much exposure to it, even if it's for reasons that are understandable and deserve sympathy, risks sending people utterly down the rabbit hole. Which is one of the reasons all of... this... is happening.
Everybody has to be careful about accepting people on the news at face value, for example looking at their website CAAS is clearly "pro-Israeli-govt" rather than more broadly "against anti-semitism" They campaign against ending arms sales to Israel and recognition of a Palestinian state amongst other issues https://antisemitism.org/an-obscene-decision/ So anything the head of CAAS says needs to be understood in the context that they are supporters of the actions of the current Israeli govt
Retiree who became centre point of PM's conference speech says their meeting only lasted 15 minutes... and she demanded he leave after calling her racist
I wouldn't normally believe Starmer over anyone, but her version of what he said to her does not ring true. Who says to someone, in their own home "I think you might be racist"?
I have been on this forum since 2014 and it is without doubt the outstanding place for political discourse, robust arguments, and hopefully influence to the powers that be
Throughout this time I have tried to contribute honestly and wherever possible provide links
I use a wide range of sources including Sky which is on most of the time, but also the BBC and articles from the telegraph, guardian, independent and some times guido and other media
I have consistently expressed my opposition to Farage and Reform, Trump and the far right, and my worries about the state of our politics
I openly support the conservative party, but am a one nation conservative who actually voted remain though am pleased we have exited the EU
However, overnight and whilst I was not on this forum @Gardenwalker made an ignorant and unsubstantiated accusation against me that has made me question why I contribute when my words can be taken so much out of context. He said:
'Why is @Big_G_NorthWales ranting about Antifa now? He needs to get off Guido or whatever alt-right nut-shop he’s frequenting'
The comments came from Sky last night in a live interview with the Chief Executive of Campaign against antisemitism and he commented as I posted
Ban these protests which are even taking place now
Also BBC cannot call Hamas terrorist
And Antifa in the UK is promoted
21% has entrenched antisemitic views, raising to 40% of young people
Blood of British Jews cries out from the ground
If @Gardenwalker had even bothered to find my post he would have seen the context and I believe he owes me an apology
It also seems that he (and others) have this obssession over my comments (and very many others) at the time of the beer and curry incident which were seeking the truth about Starmer's involvement and for which he was cleared and I accepted the due process was followed
I am thick skinned but @Gardenwalker crossed a line, and I have even considered whether I wish to continue but I am not going to let him win on this and hope he will have the decency to apologise for his unjust comments
He was on an angry, misunderstanding every post kind of mood. Maybe he’s just been dumped, or was on the gear
I see @Big_G_NorthWales has made a statement clarifying that he was merely transcribing somebody from the telly.
I therefore withdraw my remarks and apologise for my suggestions last night.
I maintain though that anyone mentioning Antifa in the context of British politics, such as Nigel Farage, is being disingenuously provocative or needs to go outside and touch grass.
I have been on this forum since 2014 and it is without doubt the outstanding place for political discourse, robust arguments, and hopefully influence to the powers that be
Throughout this time I have tried to contribute honestly and wherever possible provide links
I use a wide range of sources including Sky which is on most of the time, but also the BBC and articles from the telegraph, guardian, independent and some times guido and other media
I have consistently expressed my opposition to Farage and Reform, Trump and the far right, and my worries about the state of our politics
I openly support the conservative party, but am a one nation conservative who actually voted remain though am pleased we have exited the EU
However, overnight and whilst I was not on this forum @Gardenwalker made an ignorant and unsubstantiated accusation against me that has made me question why I contribute when my words can be taken so much out of context. He said:
'Why is @Big_G_NorthWales ranting about Antifa now? He needs to get off Guido or whatever alt-right nut-shop he’s frequenting'
The comments came from Sky last night in a live interview with the Chief Executive of Campaign against antisemitism and he commented as I posted
Ban these protests which are even taking place now
Also BBC cannot call Hamas terrorist
And Antifa in the UK is promoted
21% has entrenched antisemitic views, raising to 40% of young people
Blood of British Jews cries out from the ground
If @Gardenwalker had even bothered to find my post he would have seen the context and I believe he owes me an apology
It also seems that he (and others) have this obssession over my comments (and very many others) at the time of the beer and curry incident which were seeking the truth about Starmer's involvement and for which he was cleared and I accepted the due process was followed
I am thick skinned but @Gardenwalker crossed a line, and I have even considered whether I wish to continue but I am not going to let him win on this and hope he will have the decency to apologise for his unjust comments
He was on an angry, misunderstanding every post kind of mood. Maybe he’s just been dumped, or was on the gear
I wasn’t angry, I was just alarmed at yours and Leon’s race-baiting.
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It's yet another US import that we could do without.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68669446
He may be running an organisation so dodgy even the Mafia would blink, but he has a magnificent beard.
And not just for Labour. He actually voted for Starmer himself!!
The guilt must be all-encompassing; a weight on his mind; a dark cloud bearing down on him as he surveys the horizon and understands the calamity that he played a part in bringing on this great nation, this sceptr’d isle, a glorious gem set in the shining seas
How anyone looks at America and thinks we should copy that destruction of what was once a free society astonishes me.
Looking at last night on here I am glad I was out.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15157691/Starmer-Retiree-conference-speech-meeting-racist.html
Blimey. At least Brown made a mistake with the microphone picking up what should've been private comments...
Some people are 'dickheads' most of the time, particularly those who comment not to further the debate, but to cause arguments and rifts.
Only a few are rarely, if ever, 'dickheads'. Who these are may vary according to opinion, but Sunil, TSE, RCS, DavidL are a few that come to my mind - not exclusively.
I first starting posting on this site in early years around 2004/5, in fact I believe I was not only the first openly Scottish female Conservative poster, but possible the first openly female poster after the amount of Chris's got too much for the site and I added my full name only to discover most posters assumed I was a gay man rather than a middle aged happily married woman and mother of three!
Yes, it is complex In some ways, as understandings of ethnicity and faith were rather different then. His mother was from a Greek family in Lydda, and his father could have been any combination of Syrian, Roman or Greek. His predominant cultural self-understandung would have been as a Greek-speaking Christian.
it's been over the last decade of so and it's why the Left has become the home of middle class professionals and has lost its core base of workers
NEW THREAD
But are you defending the right importing MAGA talking points?
Language teachers talk about false friends- words that look like they are the same in two languages, but aren't. Bras in English and bras in French, for example. Those sort of wrong connections are difficult to eradicate, because they look so right.
It's the same with social media "news" (especially when it is swallowed whole by the desperate "real media". It looks like it ought to be right and relevant, even when it isn't. And too much exposure to it, even if it's for reasons that are understandable and deserve sympathy, risks sending people utterly down the rabbit hole. Which is one of the reasons all of... this... is happening.
It's very odd how our schools cover the US civil rights movement in history, rather than the much more relevant issues around racism in our own history Including the Bristol bus "colour bar", Sandwell by-election, "Rivers of Blood" etc, even before we get to the decolonisation of the British Empire in Africa in the 1950s and 1960's.
They campaign against ending arms sales to Israel and recognition of a Palestinian state amongst other issues
https://antisemitism.org/an-obscene-decision/
So anything the head of CAAS says needs to be understood in the context that they are supporters of the actions of the current Israeli govt
I see @Big_G_NorthWales has made a statement clarifying that he was merely transcribing somebody from the telly.
I therefore withdraw my remarks and apologise for my suggestions last night.
I maintain though that anyone mentioning Antifa in the context of British politics, such as Nigel Farage, is being disingenuously provocative or needs to go outside and touch grass.