And this...which is why I can no longer vote Labour - they have been putting out red carpets for the far right since forever
Like this...
Can people please stop saying 'this is not who we are' about what's happening in Belfast? It's not about you - some empathy for people affected and doing something to stop it e.g. countering the hostile environment etc would be WAY more productive
Terrifying
Jesse Owens enraged Adolf Hitler in 1936 when he won 3 Gold Medals and refused to Heil Hitler.
I hope we get another moment like this at the World Cup for the Orange Fascist.
It is what Reform are inciting but I think it's important to recognise the history of British nationalist violence that has existed going back a long way in Northern Ireland.
Mahmood, Starmer, Cooper; Sunak, Cleverly, Braverman, Patel, Johnson & all those working in comms & campaign strategy teams of the last several governments-don't go pointing the finger at Musk, Yaxley-Lennon or outside influence thinking you can absolve yourselves for shifting the Overton window
Again and again and again researchers, activists and people who work to enable communities to live well and peacefully together had warned and offered clear, practical steps. *Last year* I spoke at length of this with @neilmackay.bsky.social
It will get worse without action
Having spent the day, much like every other day at present, listening to journalists and broadcasters restate unsubstantiated claims, and elide the fact of difference with a trigger for racist violence, here are simple rules even Chris Mason might grasp. ⬇️
