I am absolutely appalled by the POGROMS in Belfast.
But it is lazy to just blame social media. POGROMS have been around for centuries. They are rooted in racism, which is fueled by elites.
Look at Reform, Tories, and, yes, Labour. Look at GB News, Times, and BBC, before starting about Tik Tok.
“May try”
I have to say, listening to the Today programme dedicate an entire (context free) section about whether migrants are more likely to be convicted criminals *the morning after* hundreds of non-migrants of my own ethnicity committed a pogrom is blood boiling.
This is no more about the details of immigration policy than the progroms my great great grandparents fled were about Jews committing crimes.
It's straightforward racist violence and it needs the strongest possible response.
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