The far-right pre-announced its plans so the police were prepared. The Harehill riots were more spontaneous so the police had to react and understandably it took them longer to do so. That's not two-… (View Post)

The far-right was blamed because the far-right organised it. The vigil in Southport, which was entirely peaceful had no far-right involvement, was attended by the entire community and did not receive… (View Post)

Smartphones, the cameras they contain and the social media channels the resulting content is posted on can make things look a lot bigger and more impressive than they actually are. (View Post)

Some pissed up, coked up thugs doing what they have been doing for decades is just a long-established aspect of indigenous British culture reasserting itself once more, surely. (View Post)

I have never seen so much overtly racist, white supremacist content on my timeline as I have over the last few weeks. It's clear that Musk has totally given up running Twitter as a business. I guess … (View Post)