Right wing thugs 'protecting the flag' on St George's Day

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Cruella's boot boys out on the street again protecting our British freedoms in their usual brutish fashion with violent disorder. She must feel very proud.

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No, they only had a pony, not a horse. Wasn't even a real knight, just one of the ones that Sunak created at Easter because they had given him money, quite disappointing all round in fact.

I wouldn't want to be anywhere near that lot, but the police always go in hard against these kind of gatherings, but they'll take the knee to BLM, protestors, dance with the Pride paraders and kid gloves to any pro-Palestine marches.

Hardly seems fair.

Can we tell they are bad because they lock people in flats, or are there other signs as well?

There are nasty little buggers, probably due to feelings of inadequacy and I would avoid them for safety reasons.
Same goes for Shetland Ponies

What did the actions of a cop in Minnesota thousands of miles away have to do with London?

The fact of the matter is that white men have been the oppressors, not the oppressed. Oppressors….Of people of colour. Of women. Of children. Of each other. White men have caused most of the most awful human caused things in history.

Black people have historically been treated as commodities to be traded by white men. Taken from their families, shipped over seas and sold and traded as slaves. They have been experimented on within living memory and even now experience dehumanising racism. The BLM protests were a long time coming and instigated by the needless killing of a black man by a police officer. It has context. I don’t agree with violence but the protests I saw and was part of were socially distanced and respectful. And deeply moving.

White men don’t have this history and context to protest against. What even are they protesting against? … Down with excess fat and balding! Down with ruddy complexions? Down with under par performance in bed? What do we want? Better ability to hold differing complex ideas in mind at the same time! When do we want it? NOW!

They are just angry men made more angry by being in social media echo chambers.

Embarrassing. I’m all for having pride in your roots but what is this even?

No and I'm willing to bet they are not calling for death to all Jews either while the Met look on benignly!!

Neo Nazi protestors have shown themselves to be nasty. And inciting racial hatred is a crime. Standing up and protesting for equal rights is not a crime. Yet.

@Imgoingandnevercomingback but looting and thuggery is. Many BLM protests in the US were horrendously violent and of course a number of police officers in the UK were badly injured in the course of policing them.

BLM protests in the US were followed by the single biggest year on year increase in homicides in 100 years and the majority of the victims were people of colour.

Tommy Robinson and Fox were there

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13341495/Tommy-Robinson-joined-Laurence-Fox-addresses-crowds-shameful-St-Georges-Day-violence-Far-right-activist-calls-day-action-against-two-tier-policing-police-arrest-six-chaotic-scenes-near-Downing-Street.html

Tommy Robinson was joined by Laurence Fox as he told crowds to march through the streets for a day of action against 'two tier policing' after a St George's Day rally descended into chaos.

Six people were arrested near Downing Street after police intervened when a group broke through a cordon made to stop people moving past the area allocated for the event.

This led to scuffles breaking out, with one man arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty after a police horse was reportedly 'targeted on Whitehall'. Another man was arrested on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly.

The Met said officers were forced to respond when a group 'violently' forced through police blockades today.
But it prompted claims of 'two-tier policing', with critics suggesting pro-Palestine marchers were treated more favourably.
One X user wrote: 'Pity you don't practice this kind of policing when it comes to the abhorrent & disruptive pro-Palestine marches.'
The Met shared a video that appears to show officers forming a cordon but a group, some waving flags and others wearing St George's flags, pushing past it before two mounted officers on horses intervene.

Well well well. What do we have here? I wonder what Sadiq Khan is doing to prevent white on white crime

Stephen Yaxley-Lennon and others with his views should not be described as 'Cruella's boot boys'. They probably dislike the woman named as Sue Ellen by her parents as much as most who don't vote Tory.

Not that they represent the views of most English people and their behaviour should be condemned.

Black people really can’t rest can they?🤣 why are we in your minds when the topic has something to do with a completely unrelated matter. BLM this, BLM that, go away man

People on this thread are talking a load of rubbish. They were not "neo nazis" they didn't have swastikas they had st George's flags And no, wwc men are not "the oppressors", historically they were the oppressed working 14 hour days during the industrial revolution and used as cannon folder in the wars started by the upper classes. And George Floyd had nothing to do with this country. Learn some history ffs!

The irony of you criticising people for speaking for black people whilst telling us what black people think...

I don't see a lot of black faces on that march.

Are you ok?

@patchworkpal was it not just celebrating St George’s Day? Like all the Irish flags on St Patrick’s Day? Apologies if I’m wrong and they had a more sinister agenda

I'm fact the only place where swastikas have been seen are the pro palestine marches!

No, it isn't the same officers. HTH.

That's probably because most black people don't see the St George's flag as their flag. More likely to identify with the Union flag or one from their original country. There is nothing sinister about that.

Are you seriously denying that Robinson was there?

Maybe the fact that they were listening to and cheering him on was a sign that they supported him? To say nothing of the racist stuff they were chanting.

Not true. We had a St George's Day parade in our local High Street, though it had to be at the weekend. We've had several St George's flags on display all week, and it was a lovely day with local schools and other organisations riding on various floats, stall selling English cheeses, veg, fruits, meat, cakes etc, and various organised games and activities. No-one found it necessary to wrap themselves in the flag or to fight or shout offensively, even at the substantial proportion of non-white supporters of the parade, the police's only function really was to let kids try their hats on and direct traffic onto alternative routes, and a good time was had by all.

I'm quite sure, too, that that was replicated throughout the country. The right wing conviction that everybody but them hates the St George's flag totally mystifies me - don't they ever open their eyes and note the evidence that this is absolute rubbish?

The original post was about the picture. What were they chanting - were you there? Or just believing everything you read.

Yes in our little town we have a day in the castle grounds with Saxon crafts, archery and jousting! It’s always a fab celebration