There are, in my view, 25 things everyone needs to understand in light of recent events:
1) Those out in our communities last night were not protestors, but organised far right extremists.
2) Their actions align with fascist ideologies.
3) So yes: these are fascist practices on our streets.
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16) These UK developments sit within a global fascistic turn with some of the most advanced patterns evident in the US; in Germany the AfD leads polls.
17) Democracy collapses much more quickly than most people think, because it doesn't actually have to collapse for it to become non-functional.
Hitler and Lord Haw Haw had medium wave, around 3KHz and the Daily Mail. Putin and Farage have X,RT and GB News, amplified via the BBC.
Reform are destabilising the country.
Should X be banned?
Yes. And it should have happened in January when non-consensual sexual imagery proliferated on the site.
The government’s inaction on what is becoming increasingly a vehicle for violence and hate is appalling.
Much more needs to be done. And quickly.
David Dimbleby: "As for the benefits of leaving, 10 years have passed – and we are still waiting."
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/nigel-farage-david-dimbleby-brexit-10-years-b2995983.html