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Farage inciting hate and division - Hos much longer do we have to endure this hideous individual?

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Safi7 · 05/08/2024 00:31

So Farage now has a video statement on Twitter claiming that the current rioting is “nothing in comparison to what is to come.”

Anyone else hearing reverberations of Enoch Powell’s ‘rivers of blood’ speech back in the 70s?

He is also, ‘just putting it out there’ that the police and authorities are ‘withholding the truth’ - ie. insinuating that the murderer in the Southport tragedy was actually acting on behalf of a wider terrorist network and this is being hushed.

If this isn’t inciting fear, paranoia, violence and division, I don’t know what is!

I notice he’s gone very quiet about his pathetic accusation that Channel 4 tried to set-up Reform by somehow planting an ‘actor’ to trundle around Clacton spouting racist filth.

No Nigel, you know full well who that campaigner was - and the other Reform campaigners in Clacton caught on camera with their hate speech. These are your people.

I cannot abide this man. The damage he had caused to the U.K. I have been abroad this last month and don’t want to come back. Years and years he’s been provoking hate. He has ruined the country with Brexit - but he always has someone else to blame. I don’t think I’ve ever despised a U.K. politician so much. How much longer do we have to tolerate this?

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BIossomtoes · 05/08/2024 13:05

suburburban · 05/08/2024 12:58

Yes I think Tony Blair caused a lot of the problems in the first place.

Earlier than that. Thatcher denuded the north of jobs and sold off nationalised industry. Allied with her sell off of social housing, we end up here.

HaveToStopTheWorld · 05/08/2024 13:05

marshmallowmix · 05/08/2024 13:03

@Hummingbird75 I agree with your posts!

I can see how much you are being piled upon by numerous posters for having a viewpoint …which is dreadful but has become par for the course on many, many threads on here !!

Starmer with his speech yesterday did nothing to calm the situation he couldn’t have stirred up more trouble if he tried…he is not addressing the reason for these problems and it’s not going to go away…there are a large swathe of people unhappy this has been a long time coming…

People say they want a conversation but if that conversation isn't agreeing with every word they say, they call it a 'pile-on'.

It's very fair to challenge someone who is defending the arson, looting and violence of the past few days and to ask them to expand on what they feel are the 'core issues' causing it, and to disagree on what those issues are. It's not a pile-on just because more people are horrified by the rioters than are sympathetic to them.

CassieMaddox · 05/08/2024 13:06

orchiddottyback · 05/08/2024 13:03

And now the head of the police is involved in violence and thuggery.

Is he now going to feel the full force of the law? 😂

https://news.sky.com/video/metropolitan-police-commissioner-sir-mark-rowley-grabs-sky-journalists-mic-and-throws-it-aside-13191295

Edited

Hardly 😂 I think that was a fairly restrained response to an arsewipe question about "two tier policing". Journalists also need to be more responsible rather than provocative at the moment.

Ridiculousme · 05/08/2024 13:06

Hummingbird75 · 05/08/2024 13:04

We have seen black lives matter riots in London, did we say to them you have no right to speak, you have no right to share your experience?

No we certainly did not.

We understood why they were rioting.
They needed to be heard.

This is no different to me.

BLM didn’t loot and destroy businesses, or attack places of worship. So, not quite like you then.

Alwaystired94 · 05/08/2024 13:06

orchiddottyback · 05/08/2024 13:05

Oh so you condone his actions against the free press?

Do i condone him walking past and moving a microphone out of his way? Yes.
If he'd grabbed it and smacked them over the head with it, it would be violence and thuggery.

Maybe learn the difference before you use it as an example.

CassieMaddox · 05/08/2024 13:06

BIossomtoes · 05/08/2024 13:05

Earlier than that. Thatcher denuded the north of jobs and sold off nationalised industry. Allied with her sell off of social housing, we end up here.

Some people have very short memories, strange given how often people mention Enoch Powell and Oswald Mosely

Notonthestairs · 05/08/2024 13:06

Likening Rowley's actions as the same as setting light to hotels or dragging taxi drivers out of their cars is a bit of a reach.

Alwaystired94 · 05/08/2024 13:07

CassieMaddox · 05/08/2024 13:06

Hardly 😂 I think that was a fairly restrained response to an arsewipe question about "two tier policing". Journalists also need to be more responsible rather than provocative at the moment.

If I'd have been him, my eye roll would have been deafening.

Izzymoon · 05/08/2024 13:07

Hummingbird75 · 05/08/2024 13:04

We have seen black lives matter riots in London, did we say to them you have no right to speak, you have no right to share your experience?

No we certainly did not.

We understood why they were rioting.
They needed to be heard.

This is no different to me.

The message ‘black lives matter’ vs ‘pakis out/ Muslims are peados’ has no difference to you?
Interesting.

Clavinova · 05/08/2024 13:07

ilovesooty · 05/08/2024 08:48

Well said.

A Cobra meeting has been called so those previously whining about Starmer not calling one can STFU. At least we can expect Starmer to attend it.

Starmer has already missed at least one Cobra meeting since becoming PM (the IT meltdown). Embarrassing that the Daily Express had to nudge Starmer into delaying his holiday;

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1931867/Keir-Starmer-holiday-riots-COBRA

Hummingbird75 · 05/08/2024 13:07

Ridiculousme · 05/08/2024 13:06

BLM didn’t loot and destroy businesses, or attack places of worship. So, not quite like you then.

Yes they absolutely did!
And they were very violent and discriminatory towards the white police officers.

I live here, I saw what happened in the BLM riots and the looting and violence was off the scale. Thanks.

BIossomtoes · 05/08/2024 13:07

Izzymoon · 05/08/2024 13:03

It’s funny how the same people who were so vocal about brexit loved to shout about a majority vote, a small marginal majority, but now that a very small percentage of people are attacking people, buildings and businesses we must apparently sit down and listen to them because their relatively unpopular view deserves a large platform.

Are you missing that there was just a general election? The ideals of these extremists are not in line with the ideals of the rest of the country! They don’t get to hold the political sphere to ransom just because they decide to petrol bomb the shop of a brown person, they should be in prison. They aren’t some fucking freedom fighter that deserves a platform.

Absolutely.

orchiddottyback · 05/08/2024 13:08

CassieMaddox · 05/08/2024 13:06

Hardly 😂 I think that was a fairly restrained response to an arsewipe question about "two tier policing". Journalists also need to be more responsible rather than provocative at the moment.

But this is the head of the police not just a random stranger. Love the hypocrisy of MN.

CassieMaddox · 05/08/2024 13:08

Ridiculousme · 05/08/2024 13:06

BLM didn’t loot and destroy businesses, or attack places of worship. So, not quite like you then.

Just for interest, here's what Starmer said about BLM protests:

Farage inciting hate and division - Hos much longer do we have to endure this hideous individual?
User8646382 · 05/08/2024 13:09

BIossomtoes · 05/08/2024 12:21

You know Keir Starmer was nothing of the sort, it’s been explained to you numerous times.

Lol. Now be told @Clavinova , you naughty girl.

And remember, all opinions are equal, but some opinions are more equal than others.

Devonbabs · 05/08/2024 13:09

Shakeoffyourchains · 05/08/2024 12:58

Almost as lazy as refusing to state what the core issue is despite being asked umpteen times.

Do you genuinely think those sorts of questions haven't been asked? I remember in the lead up to brexit it being explained repeatedly that Britian didn't need to leave the EU to take back control of its borders because it all ready had control, right down to the specific clauses that the government was refusing to implement, but it made no difference. You talk about having open and meaningful dialogue but for that to work those on the right are going to have to accept that migrants aren't to blame for everything.

And those on the left are going to have to accept that certain communities of migrants inc 2nd and third generation, are causing massive issues in some communities due to the fact they see their culture as superior to the culture of the country into which they have migrated and have absolutely zero intention to integrate.how are you going to deal with these problems? Because all you get it “racist” screeched at you.

CassieMaddox · 05/08/2024 13:09

orchiddottyback · 05/08/2024 13:08

But this is the head of the police not just a random stranger. Love the hypocrisy of MN.

If you think that was equivalent to the rioters you have a serious problem.

Hummingbird75 · 05/08/2024 13:09

So do we truly imagine that ANY of these people rioting have another avenue to communicate their feelings and experiences? And if so where and to whom?
Do you think Starmer is interested in serving the working classes and understanding where this anger is coming from?

Notonthestairs · 05/08/2024 13:10

"But this is the head of the police not just a random stranger. Love the hypocrisy of MN"

How is slamming down a microphone in any way comparable to burning buildings with people in them?

I know you are very excited about the violence but this is ridiculous.

HaveToStopTheWorld · 05/08/2024 13:10

Hummingbird75 · 05/08/2024 13:04

We have seen black lives matter riots in London, did we say to them you have no right to speak, you have no right to share your experience?

No we certainly did not.

We understood why they were rioting.
They needed to be heard.

This is no different to me.

Really, you think what took place during the BLM protests were 'no different' to the scenes of the past few days?

I must have missed the Nazi salutes, racist chanting, bottling of the police, brick hurling, library burning, car smashing, hotel burning, mosque burning and beating up of taxi drivers that the BLM protectors engaged in.

'No different' - yeah, that's Farage's current line but it doesn't make it true.

orchiddottyback · 05/08/2024 13:10

CassieMaddox · 05/08/2024 13:09

If you think that was equivalent to the rioters you have a serious problem.

Violence and destruction of property is still wrong no matter how small or large. The head of the police sets a poor example.

CurlewKate · 05/08/2024 13:10

@User8646382 "And remember, all opinions are equal, but some opinions are more equal than others"

Saying that Starmer was privately educated isn't an opinion, it's plain wrong!

orchiddottyback · 05/08/2024 13:11

Notonthestairs · 05/08/2024 13:10

"But this is the head of the police not just a random stranger. Love the hypocrisy of MN"

How is slamming down a microphone in any way comparable to burning buildings with people in them?

I know you are very excited about the violence but this is ridiculous.

He actually ripped it off its cable and slammed it on the floor, are you condoning this?

Hummingbird75 · 05/08/2024 13:11

HaveToStopTheWorld · 05/08/2024 13:10

Really, you think what took place during the BLM protests were 'no different' to the scenes of the past few days?

I must have missed the Nazi salutes, racist chanting, bottling of the police, brick hurling, library burning, car smashing, hotel burning, mosque burning and beating up of taxi drivers that the BLM protectors engaged in.

'No different' - yeah, that's Farage's current line but it doesn't make it true.

ALL of those things happened in the riots in London.
And yes racist insults were hurled at white police officers.

So is that okay? Because they have a free pass to be violent?

The hypocrisy on here is breathtaking.

Notonthestairs · 05/08/2024 13:11

Hummingbird75 · 05/08/2024 13:09

So do we truly imagine that ANY of these people rioting have another avenue to communicate their feelings and experiences? And if so where and to whom?
Do you think Starmer is interested in serving the working classes and understanding where this anger is coming from?

We don't appease violent men or looters.

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