To be embarrassed to be from Hull right now?

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These "protests" just look like a load of people out for a fight. People on live steams talking about going to get beer and seem to be having a great time.
Causes are lost because of reasons like this? Why would I support you when you are destroying my city? Setting fire to bins? Throwing all sorts at the police. I can't support this.

I don't follow him. I don't follow far right racists. Hopefully the police will find his tweets useful though.

@Fartooold and @Avalane waving at fellow SAFC fans!

I am a season ticket holder but live about 40 mins away. I was born there tho and my parents still live there in a gorgeous area, I really really love the place and it has loads going for it and specially with lots of recent developments.

My mam had a business in an area of town very close to about 3 mosques, she ran it for 30 years and there was never any bother. She is devastated at what had happened on friday.

The clean up operation was heartwarming to see.

rc22 · Yesterday 21:20
I'm not embarrassed to be from Hull. I'm fuming that people are doing this to our beautiful city. Especially on Sesh day where people go to have a lovely time and where Hull is typically at its best.

I really want to visit Hull after reading this thread. Sounds lovely.

Of course there have been concerns for a long time. Surely you can see that the racist hate filled rhetoric of some of our politicians has added fuel to the fire?

Imagine the riots over the last 10 years if people rioted every time the government did something they didn't agree with!

I'm not talking about asylum seekers. I was talking about immigration in response to another poster. France had actually offered to have a processing centre there where refugees could be held and applications processed. The Tory government declined the offer but hopefully Labour will look into that. Our views on immigration, legal or otherwise, are clearly miles apart. I have my opinion, you have yours. Pointing out that according to some on mn the only people concerned about immigration are the knuckle draggers currently rioting. But many people with concerns are just like me - middle aged woman in professional job, upper working class. I've no beef with any immigrants already here. I dont want any more coming through until we have sorted out obvious issues caused to our infrastructure because we have too many people here.

Oh. Didn't realise the rioters were being lead and encouraged by Farage? Not seen anything where he is condoning the riots. Link please....

You must see how he has stirred up these kind of reactions even if he hasn't explicitly said he backs these riots? Obviously he won't say that as he likes to pretend he is a moderate voice of the people.

Nige is the expert in saying things without actually saying them...

These sort of things can be linked to people like Tommy Robinson, but not Farage. The only link to him is that he is against immigration. And that’s where the link stops. He’s never advocated rioting, looting and attacking police to get a point across.

Are you saying Gordon Brown was racist?

I'm absolutely positive that you can see how Farage works. Either that, or you actually believe in his 'not me guv, I'm just standing here' approach to incitement. But I doubt that even the thugs believe that, they seem to know who their friends are.

He's taken the video down now - and has put up another one attempting to justify him "simply asking questions" - and claiming that he wasn't contributing to the misinformation about the murderer being a muslim boat immigrant and being under M16 surveillance - 'questions' he asked before the riots started. He was a major contributor.

https://www.youtube.com/@GBNewsOnline/videos

He may not have done but he has encouraged a strong sense of hatred for immigrants. Remember his poster of queues which was total fake?

Are you talking about his bigot comment?

No I was talking about him saying "British jobs for British workers".

Oh boy! You could start by looking at the context. And of course I'm sure you know that GB showed nothing like the racism we have seen in the last 10 years.

Yes, it has definitely got worse in the last 10 years.

Are you familiar with the concept of dog whistling?

Nigel Farage says far-right riots nothing compared to 'what could happen'

https://www.thenational.scot/news/24493272.nigel-farage-says-far-right-riots-nothing-compared-what-hap/

Farage had posted a video on X on Tuesday in which he said he had “one or two questions” as he speculated about whether the stabbing suspect was being monitored by security services.....“I just wonder whether the truth is being withheld from us. I don’t know the answer to that, but I think it is a fair and legitimate question,” he said.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jul/31/farage-accused-of-inciting-southport-violence-by-former-counter-terror-chief

"It's all the far-right, as if they're causing all of the problems. No, the far-right are a reaction to fear, to discomfort, to unease that is out there, shared by tens of millions of people....Let me be clear, I don't support street violence, I don't support thuggery in any way at all. But I'm worried not just about the events in Southport, but about societal decline that is happening in our country." I have always gone by the adage "anything before the but is bullshit"

https://www.gbnews.com/politics/nigel-farage-keir-starmer-riots-britain-southport

Any genuine leader would be unequivocally condemning the rioters, not bystanding them. Farage is absolutely a cause of this.

I prefer Priti Patel's response:

Now is a moment for national reflection and solidarity - to pull back from the wave of violence we have seen, to call it out for what it is - without fear or favour - and for Parliament to speak with one voice in condemnation. We either believe in the rule of law, or we do not.

https://x.com/pritipatel/status/1819607591518892279?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1819607591518892279%7Ctwgr%5Ec82ee31f6bbd25e5cc93c9230f1263200bc36bee%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fmore-riots-this-weekend-priti-patel-recall-parliament%2F

I am. And I don’t believe that’s happening here. Although some may want to believe that it is……

I actually agree with you on that.

Much as I hate x - an absolute cesspit of lunatics on there ( and me of course) it is good for being up to date on anything political and aware of the kind of mental cases out there agitating for this stuff- plus the postings of Farage, Robinson etc - things you won't see on mainstream broadcast news- lots of thoroughly hateful far right women too and plenty of weird ones on the far left as well. You do need a thick skin though if you comment- many very hateful people ( and lots of bots on there too)

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Oh. Didn't realise the rioters were being lead and encouraged by Farage? Not seen anything where he is condoning the riots. Link please.

Ate you always obtuse?
Actually, looking at your username, yes, probably. #BeKind