I see that the Southampton rioters are once again proving to be the kind of decent, law-abiding, women-defending, pleasant stout yeomen of the shire we should be paying attention to.
It’s a pretty weird week when a guy who wants to be a trillionaire is simultaneously getting headlines for the economy-shattering IPO expected Friday and the racist pogroms he is accused of stoking — but these stories are viewed as separate and in no way connected or prescient of the future.
Expert on extremism here: In 2025, there were 1798 right-wing extremism referrals to Prevent, the UK counter-extremism programme. This is *double* the amount of Islamic extremism referrals (870).
And yet, the government is incapable of seeing far-right extremism as a threat.
Why?
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Were the Russians who carried out pogroms against Jews protesters? Were the white Americans who lynched black men protesters? Then nor are these people. Spare us the euphemisms
The family of the Belfast stabbing victim have released a statement saying - like the family of Henry Nowak last week - that the attack should not be used to "divide people or fuel hostility"
They condemned disorder and praised the "valuable contribution" by migrants
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This is appalling and horrifying, and it is also clear for anyone to see what is happening here.