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Well you should care less, because this has unearthed some seething resentment in various different groups. It's not going to just go away because the footie season kicks off.
The far right stuff will go away, for sure. Big Venn diagram crossover between football hooligans and the Take Are Country Back crowd. 1000 of the worst offenders will be in jail.

We don't have to care about their resentment because they have little to be resentful of, actually. That they are daft enough to read racist and xenophobic AI slop on Facebook and Twitter and organise lynch mobs is not equivalent to them having a justified cause.

On the subject of the EFL, I see that clubs including Liverpool, Everton and Newcastle have so far said they are considering up to five year bans for any ticket holders that are found to be involved in the recent race terrorism including aiding and abetting via online platforms.
(Those are not EFL clubs!)
 
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I've said time and again it is the perception of different treatment and divergence that is the issue here. But if you don't believe me that this is real, and have access to Twitter / X, go to trending and look for #TwoTierKier to see what people's perceptions are for yourselves.

To listen to the perceptions of those using any online platform that choose myth, misinformation and disinformation is to submit to abject idiocy. It wouldn't be too hard on "X" to find a whole tribe holding the perception that the moon is made of cheese tbh.

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(Those are not EFL clubs!)
Sorry my bad - English Football League?
 

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I've said time and again it is the perception of different treatment and divergence that is the issue here. But if you don't believe me that this is real, and have access to Twitter / X, go to trending and look for #TwoTierKier to see what people's perceptions are for yourselves.
#TwoTierKeir?

I can't seem to search on "X" anymore without logging in, and I have no desire to give more personal information to that idiot Musk than I have to.

I presume it's fantasist, flat-earther nonsense about Starmer being prejudiced against white people or non-immigrants, or something.

"X" is a platform populated disproportionately by people with strong views, in any case, and I doubt it can be considered representative of the population as a whole.
 
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That is for the government to sort out. But calling out all violent acts now taking place across the spectrum, be it from far right activists or those reacting to them would be a starter for ten.
Give they clearly don't believe reality, I'm really not sure saying or doing anything is going to change their minds now. There's still people claiming the Southport murderer was an immigrant. There's still people claiming Muslims had stabbed someone up in Scotland when the police very quickly confirmed that it wasn't. There's still people claiming that the rioters in Leeds and the guy involved in the Manchester airport thing weren't arrested or aren't having any consequences to their actions. When a group of people are so willing to believe misinformation and lies, you can't do or say anything to make them see reality.
 

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Sorry my bad - English Football League?
Indeed, those are Premier League clubs! The EFL is tier 2 to tier 4, accounting for the majority of matchgoing fans, and that kicks off this weekend. The Premier League starts the week after.
 

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Their simply isn't enough prison spaces to put everyone who was present in jail. I can certainly see many being made examples off but a politicans rhetoric and the actual results are different things
Won't a lot be spending their sentence "on remand" mainly inside police stations, so when they are convicted if they get two months, they've done the bulk of it so can be released (obvs as criminals affecting job applications, foreign travel etc)? Or are they kept in proper prisons on remand? Note - two months is nothing like enough!
 

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Yes.

What, you expected more?
No, but as there appears to be videos* circulating on social media of these events it may be prudent for the government to issue an equal warning to those looking to retaliate.

(*As this are unconfirmed I haven't linked them, but they appear under the X hashtag I mentioned above.)

The far right stuff will go away, for sure. Big Venn diagram crossover between football hooligans and the Take Are Country Back crowd. 1000 of the worst offenders will be in jail.

We don't have to care about their resentment because they have little to be resentful of, actually. That they are daft enough to read racist and xenophobic AI slop on Facebook and Twitter and organise lynch mobs is not equivalent to them having a justified cause.
This is such a simplistic outlook I don't know where to start. All I know is that the echoes of 2001 are loud right now.

To listen to the perceptions of those using any online platform that choose myth, misinformation and disinformation is to submit to abject idiocy. It wouldn't be too hard on "X" to find a whole tribe holding the perception that the moon is made of cheese tbh.
I'm sorry this but is another simplistic view. Listening to, and understand the perceptions is vital to try and solve the reasons that people ultimately come to them. There are deep, and dangerous issues lurking in all corners of our society and these riots were them surfacing. Younger generations in many areas are growing up with a deep resentment of society in general, and with literally no fear of the law. If society ignores this we invite the more extreme and violent people in society, from all spectrums, to indoctrinate them even deeper into the murky recesses of the far edges of political views. They will then be the ones that react to triggers on social media, regardless of their validity.

#TwoTierKeir?

I can't seem to search on "X" anymore without logging in, and I have no desire to give more personal information to that idiot Musk than I have to.

I presume it's fantasist, flat-earther nonsense about Starmer being prejudiced against white people or non-immigrants, or something.
Well it's on and trending right now, with increasing views of what appear to the retaliations to the right wing actions.

Give they clearly don't believe reality, I'm really not sure saying or doing anything is going to change their minds now. There's still people claiming the Southport murderer was an immigrant. There's still people claiming Muslims had stabbed someone up in Scotland when the police very quickly confirmed that it wasn't. There's still people claiming that the rioters in Leeds and the guy involved in the Manchester airport thing weren't arrested or aren't having any consequences to their actions. When a group of people are so willing to believe misinformation and lies, you can't do or say anything to make them see reality.
Well giving up trying isn't an option. It really isn't. Anger is growing on all sides right now.
 

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Well it's on and trending right now, with increasing views of what appear to the retaliations to the right wing actions.
As I said, I can't access the search facility of "X" without logging in. And I don't especially want to log in, particularly in the light of Musk's latest nonsense.

As I also said, the retaliations are much smaller in scale than those of the far-right and thus it's only natural that there will be far more attention to the far-right protests simply because they are greater in number and thus a bigger problem.

It's really time to stop condoning this and deal with the far-right menace robustly, rather than trying to "listen" to their delusional fantasist nonsense about being victimised by evil Red Keir.
 

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This is such a simplistic outlook I don't know where to start. All I know is that the echoes of 2001 are loud right now

Listening to, and understand the perceptions is vital to try and solve the reasons that people ultimately come to them. There are deep, and dangerous issues lurking in all corners of our society and these riots were them surfacing. Younger generations in many areas are growing up with a deep resentment of society in general, and with literally no fear of the law. If society ignores this we invite the more extreme and violent people in society, from all spectrums, to indoctrinate them even deeper into the murky recesses of the far edges of political views

What actually should we listen to the racist EDL brigade for? Tell me what use it would serve. Note that this isn't a suggestion that we don't have a grown up conversation about tolerance, immigration and difference, but the people rioting don't care about that.

2001 happened after a National Front march got banned. What, should that have gone ahead? Should the government then have listened to them? They're racist.
 

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Indeed, those are Premier League clubs! The EFL is tier 2 to tier 4, accounting for the majority of matchgoing fans, and that kicks off this weekend. The Premier League starts the week after.

Thank you - I'm now slightly better educated on English Football :) It will prove interesting whether all clubs follow a similar pitch on who they welcome in their terraces?
 

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This is such a simplistic outlook I don't know where to start. All I know is that the echoes of 2001 are loud right now.
2001, what aspect? 9/11?
There has certainly been no atrocity of that scale committed by Muslim terrorists of late.
 
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As I said, I can't access the search facility of "X" without logging in. And I don't especially want to log in, particularly in the light of Musk's latest nonsense.

As I also said, the retaliations are much smaller in scale than those of the far-right and thus it's only natural that there will be far more attention to the far-right protests simply because they are greater in number and thus a bigger problem.
That's up to you, but it's there.

It's really time to stop condoning this and deal with the far-right menace robustly, rather than trying to "listen" to their delusional fantasist nonsense about being victimised by evil Red Keir.
Again who is condoning anything? Pointing out the reality of the situation doesn't mean I'm condoning it.

What actually should we listen to the racist EDL brigade for? Tell me what use it would serve. Note that this isn't a suggestion that we don't have a grown up conversation about tolerance, immigration and difference, but the people rioting don't care about that.

2001 happened after a National Front march got banned. What, should that have gone ahead? Should the government then have listened to them? They're racist.
It's not the right wing groups that need listening to...

2001, what aspect? 9/11?
There has certainly been no atrocity of that scale committed by Muslim terrorists of late.
The 2001 Bradford riots. I mentioned that I lived right in the epicentre of them if you'd have read my comments properly.
 

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Vote for parties who have policies to reduce it. Vote for different parties if they don't keep their word when in power
Yes, quite a lot of people have done. However, there is clearly frustration that this is getting nowhere. (and there are always going to be hangers on intent of creating opportunistic mischief)

Distance yourself from the racists and don't use terms and phrases that we know are dog whistles to them, actually actively show that you do not welcome them. Totally and utterly reject the various conspiracy theories going around (two tier policing, "great replacement" etc etc).
Not sure how this is going to help at all in reducing immigration?

Suggest realistic solutions to the issues that reducing migration would cause. Suggest realitic policy options rather than just "less of them" (e.g. skills based etc).
Realistic to whom? To the people advocating the quantity of immigration that is currently happening, and more? or an alternative reality?

Then maybe we could have an adult conversation about it. I'd still likely disagree with you but at least then we'd be discussing policy options and decisions rather than the absolute mess that conversation is right now.
When the immigration advocates start considering holding an adult conversation (rather than just shouting others down, and calling everyone racists), perhaps the country will get somewhere with it? Being too open contributed towards the Brexit vote.


The rioters are indeed primarily responsible, and it should certainly be the rioters and those who incited them to riot online who should receive the full force of the law. However in the past 10-15 years we have had an environment in which it has been increasingly seen as "OK" to have strident anti-immigration views.
And why shouldn't it be 'OK' to have such views? They are nothing new, going back to the time of Rt. Hon. Enoch Powell.

To be quite honest I don't think the people participating in these riots will be happy until we completely block immigration from third-world and Muslim countries in particular.
Quite possibly you are right. But then is white immigration to third-world and Muslim countries welcomed with open arms, apart from in some strictly controlled way with no hope of citizenship rights?

I'm not going to speak for @nw1 but in an earlier post I said:

I meant it then and I stand by it now. By all means, agitate for change but do so using non-violent means.
I agree with you (and I make myself clear on this), but I am unsure how any change is going to be achieved by non-violent methods? There are plenty of examples where the other methods have achieved their aims in some way or another.

2001 happened after a National Front march got banned. What, should that have gone ahead? Should the government then have listened to them? They're racist.

Yes, many people are - to some degree or another, despite (or possibly in some cases, because of) years of official indoctrination of multi-culturalism.
 

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Again who is condoning anything? Pointing out the reality of the situation doesn't mean I'm condoning it.
Even listening to what these #TwoTierKeir people are presumably saying, if my imagination is anything like correct.
The 2001 Bradford riots. I mentioned that I lived right in the epicentre of them if you'd have read my comments properly.
Ah ok sorry I missed that.

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And why shouldn't it be 'OK' to have such views? They are nothing new, going back to the time of Rt. Hon. Enoch Powell.
Its OK to have such views as long as you don't act upon them. But I think we're now in a situation where the most visceral and militant variants of anti-immigration sentiment have been given credence by senior politicians, and thus, that small proportion of people with such views and thuggish personalities are more liable to let rip when provoked by nonsense on social media.

And of course even mentioning the name of the truly nasty piece of far-right extremism that was Powell merely serves to highlight the problem!
 

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When the immigration advocates start considering holding an adult conversation (rather than just shouting others down, and calling everyone racists), perhaps the country will get somewhere with it? Being too open contributed towards the Brexit vote.
As I said, the government has capitulated to the anti-immigrationists again, and again, and again over the past 10 years. My question is: given the government have clearly taken a strongly anti-immgrationist line recently, why are people still not happy about it? We've had Brexit, we've had further tough anti-immigration legislation from the Sunak government, which is causing genuine difficulties for would-be immigrants - and still people aren't happy?

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I'd like to continue this discussion, but I've been asked not to.

OK - fair enough.

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What sort of divergence does the white working class have? it is the one of the largest demographic groups in the country. They are the norm. Divergent communities are ones which are not part of the societal mainstream. That's why the message is "taking our country back" - they think they own it and have a unique claim to it, unlike other, actually divergent communities.

Quite. Can you imagine the absurdity of Straight Pride, for example?
 
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Yes, many people are - to some degree or another, despite (or possibly in some cases, because of) years of official indoctrination of multi-culturalism.
What does this have to do with whether the government should listen to an actual hate group?
 

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As I said, the government has capitulated to the anti-immigrationists again, and again, and again over the past 10 years. My question is: given the government have clearly taken a strongly anti-immgrationist line recently, why are people still not happy about it? We've had Brexit, we've had further tough anti-immigration legislation from the Sunak government, which is causing genuine difficulties for would-be immigrants - and still people aren't happy?

What has happened to immigration levels over the last 10 years?
 

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What has happened to immigration levels over the last 10 years?

And this is down to the previous Tory Government enacting policies to make it easier for them, or other factors such as increased problems in their native countries?

Maybe these "protesters" should offer suggestions as to how to resolve problems in other parts of the world which might make people more likely to emigrate.
 

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Its OK to have such views as long as you don't act upon them. But I think we're now in a situation where the most visceral and militant variants of anti-immigration sentiment have been given credence by senior politicians, and thus, that small proportion of people with such views and thuggish personalities are more liable to let rip when provoked by nonsense on social media.
But that can't be right. By the same token, those with pro-immigration views, and multi-cultural views, can have them but can't act upon them either? Or any other view one may have? Nonsense.

As I said, the government has capitulated to the anti-immigrationists again, and again, and again over the past 10 years. My question is: given the government have clearly taken a strongly anti-immgrationist line recently, why are people still not happy about it? We've had Brexit, we've had further tough anti-immigration legislation from the Sunak government, which is causing genuine difficulties for would-be immigrants - and still people aren't happy?
If it wasn't causing 'genuine difficulties' for would-be immigrants, then it wouldn't be working at all! Has this strong anti-immigration line resulted in discernably less immigration, or merely reduced the increase? I should imagine people aren't going to be happy until they see it is reducing (however difficult that may be).

What does this have to do with whether the government should listen to an actual hate group?
because if they don't listen, they will get bitten eventually.
 

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But that can't be right. By the same token, those with pro-immigration views, and multi-cultural views, can have them but can't act upon them either? Or any other view one may have? Nonsense.
By "act upon", here, I meant riot or otherwise indulge in violent protest.

What I'm trying to say here is I doubt these riots would have happened had there not been such legitimisation of hardline attitudes to immigration from certain political figures in the past 10-15 years.
If it wasn't causing 'genuine difficulties' for would-be immigrants, then it wouldn't be working at all! Has this strong anti-immigration line resulted in discernably less immigration, or merely reduced the increase? I should imagine people aren't going to be happy until they see it is reducing (however difficult that may be).
See response to @DustyBin above.
 

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And this is down to the previous Tory Government enacting policies to make it easier for them, or other factors such as increased problems in their native countries?
No doubt all issues contributing to the Reform vote, and the current unrest.


 

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I live in Birmingham, 10 minutes away from Heartlands and 10 minutes away from the Clumsy Swan so was very worried about the events last night, especially when rumours circulated that the trouble would descend on Chelmsley Wood which is 5 minutes away from me. Very disconcerting to see that the MSM have very little about the events in the Deputy PMs Constituency, and all news & videos we have seen have been via Twitter or from friends who live round the corner (obviously taken with a pinch of salt depending on the wording, but videos don't lie). Even more concerning was the reaction from the PM and Deputy PM whose choice wording seems to have increased tensions in the area and elsewhere...
 

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I live in Birmingham, 10 minutes away from Heartlands and 10 minutes away from the Clumsy Swan so was very worried about the events last night, especially when rumours circulated that the trouble would descend on Chelmsley Wood which is 5 minutes away from me. Very disconcerting to see that the MSM have very little about the events in the Deputy PMs Constituency, and all news & videos we have seen have been via Twitter or from friends who live round the corner (obviously taken with a pinch of salt depending on the wording, but videos don't lie). Even more concerning was the reaction from the PM and Deputy PM whose choice wording seems to have increased tensions in the area and elsewhere...
What "choice wording"?
 

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I live in Birmingham, 10 minutes away from Heartlands and 10 minutes away from the Clumsy Swan so was very worried about the events last night, especially when rumours circulated that the trouble would descend on Chelmsley Wood which is 5 minutes away from me. Very disconcerting to see that the MSM have very little about the events in the Deputy PMs Constituency, and all news & videos we have seen have been via Twitter or from friends who live round the corner (obviously taken with a pinch of salt depending on the wording, but videos don't lie). Even more concerning was the reaction from the PM and Deputy PM whose choice wording seems to have increased tensions in the area and elsewhere...
Sorry you had to deal with that on your doorstep, must be horrible. Fingers crossed it calms down today
 

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What "choice wording"?

Jess Phillips tweeted the following which to me doesn't feel like a condemnation, more of a mitigation:

To be clear all day rumours have been spread that a far right group were coming and it was done entirely to get Muslim people out on the street to drive this content. It is misinformation being spread to create trouble.

Regardless of who commits these idiotic actions whether far left, far right or whatever todays description of them is, condemn them all equally and unequivocally
 

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This two tier policing line starts with the likes of Tiny Tommy Ten Names, is then amplified up by right wing social media "influencers"/"commentators"/gobshytes, boosted by the blue tick bot army, repeated by the likes of Farage by way of "just asking questions", picked up by the sensible media and then commented on by the Government, which allows the whole process to work in reverse thus turbo charging the lie even more.

This needs to be dealt with.
 

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Jess Phillips tweeted the following which to me doesn't feel like a condemnation, more of a mitigation:



Regardless of who commits these idiotic actions whether far left, far right or whatever todays description of them is, condemn them all equally and unequivocally
To be honest I'm not exactly sure what Phillips' means specifically, but she's totally right on misinformation.

Maybe it's time to look at a specific offence of spreading serious misinformation on social media, doesn't seem to be covered by any current law (??) - I'd like a lawyer to explain what laws are broken (if any) if someone wrote "The a's are marching down b-street at 3pm, those of us in c need to be out there to counter them" and part "a" is false and there's no evidence; or part "a" is, indeed, true?
 

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Even more concerning was the reaction from the PM and Deputy PM whose choice wording seems to have increased tensions in the area and elsewhere..
Could you provide an example of this "choice wording"?

The Lord Chancellor/ Secretary of State for Justice has said on social media:

It doesn’t matter who you are or what you’re protesting – if you turn up in a mask, with a weapon, intent on causing disorder, you will face the full force of the law.


That seems quite direct to me!
 

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Could you provide an example of this "choice wording"?

The Lord Chancellor/ Secretary of State for Justice has said on social media:




That seems quite direct to me!
ANPR This Bike Guy is going to be in deep doo doo then! Him and the rest of the masked gang didn't think it through when appearing on Sky News!
 
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