to think these people in Sunderland are not "protesting".

I think human beings tribal to a variable extent, with a mistrust of people who are different, and a desire not to share what they have.

I really don't know what to say to that? Apart from what I have already said! We as a a mixed raced family have never had any issues!

They are meeting at the railway station & travelling away from the City, ds isn't running the trip, just going along to help & supervise, he is messaging the person who is running the trip & they can make the decision.

I'll be joining the counter protest in Nottingham. They need to get the message they're not welcome & they're outnumbered.

I agree that these are racist thugs who are enjoying an opportunity to fight. But whilst they aren’t thinking of the NHS or public services as they throw bricks, it is nevertheless being done against a backdrop of resentment and dissatisfaction. Governments ignore an unhappy population at their peril, and dismissing the riots as being the behaviour of a small irrelevant racist minority is a dangerous mistake.

I ''think'' it means to go back to the 1950's where there were only White faces in the streets, women were chained to the kitchen sink and doing the housework and cooking and Father went to work and there was a Pub on every corner. So basically going back 70 yrs.

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Good on the Liverpudlians!

ContactNightmare · Yesterday 23:05
Summerflames · Yesterday 23:03
They've been in Liverpool tonight as well. Loads more riots planned for tomorrow, one in my home town so I'll be staying indoors.

Apparently Liverpool has them outnumbered

This. The good people of Liverpool won’t tolerate their nonsense.,They never have.

Strange that a riot is planned for our nearest city Saturday, and Sheffield on Sunday.

Rent a mob?? Travelling Zoo??

Genuine question but what does 'wanting my country back' mean? I hear this a lot but I don't quite understand it?

Definitely !

It's time all the people like Farage, Lee Anderson, Suella Braverman etc were arrested for whipping up the racism & hatred. Why can't Tommy Robinson be found & dragged back to be arrested & locked up?

Yeah I'd be cancelling that!

Apparently, Sheffield on Sunday, I'm worried sick because ds is going on a trip with Young Carers as a leader & they are meeting & coming back to the City Centre.

Liverpool tonight where a protest was organised outside a mosque - the locals turned out in counter protest.
Ultimately racism turns in on itself - I always think back to This is England film of the mid 1980s and hold the belief that most people are better than this.
agree whole heartedly with media needing to stop using the word protestors as it legitimises the whole ugly business

TattiePantsLocals are meeting at The Peacock at 8am if anyone wants to join us. Bring brushes and bin bags!“

Bless you. You’re what GB is all about.

Rioting {''Protesting''} is planned for our nearest large city, too....
I can foresee looting and the police station being smashed up.. Hot, humid weather..Hopefully it will pour down and keep the thugs at home.

We definitely do need water cannon here...why aren't they allowed?
A sousing to cool their sweaty nuts off.

So how do you explain racism and hate that these people have always had before this ‘extreme’ immigration problem of more recent times?

I have always wondered why the western world is fascinated with ‘others’ to the point of constantly doing studies on minorities in the country and the global world. What is it about Black skin that fascinates? Even BBC Africa has a slanted western view on the continent. I have never come across studies being done on why some white people are so hateful against others who are a different colour to them? It pounders my mind as a Black woman that maybe they're just inherently racist/brain-damaged?

How can you live life filled with so much hate and making your life so much smaller especially when the world is interconnected by the touch of a keystroke. Imagine missing on what the world/differences can enrich your life? Why can't the brains/psycs of such hateful people be studied properly? It can't just be IMMAGRATION!

I love Sunderland. It's a fab city that for some reason gets a bad press. I used to live there many years ago and there's always been a very small but vocal racist element to the city, but I think that often happens in areas of deprivation. However the organised clean up mentioned by a previous poster is far more representative of the Sunderland I know than a load of cunts destroying the city.

The mackem's I know are a friendly and creative bunch and all take great pride in their city. I've already heard from a few friends from their and they're horrified at what is happening and worried about the people being targeted.

Unfortunately brown or black skin seems to equal Muslim in the eyes of a rioter. An Asian taxi driver driving through the city was set upon tonight for no other reason than he’s not white.

Ha and again, tried to write a response to this pile of crap but couldn't quite find the words. you have summed up my thoughts quite well.

The army should transport and supervise those who have been arrested so far to clean it up, every time it happens, on their hands and knees with small dustpans and brushes, no gloves, no dust masks.

At least 80% will have have kids they can't/ don't see "cause she's a nutter that turned them against me"

I'm really sorry you are feeling that way! My husband and children are mixed race. From what I am seeing ( probably very limited as I'm rural) is that is not a racial subject? It does seem very religious?! I'm very limited in my knowledge, I was just trying to add a perspective! Hope you stay safe and well xx

Something else that's just occurred to me is the drip drip drip of poison in the ears of disenfranchised men from "the manosphere" on social media. It's been dismissed as a minority thing fir a very long time, but actually the perceived "erosion" of men's rights has been brewing for a long time. Not difficult to weaponise it in a situation like this on top of all the other "grievances" engineered by governments in recent years.