Tommy Robinson speaks at Southampton protest, accused of incitement

Simon Evans36

BBC news is finished as a reliable informant. I think it's irreparable now. Best to let it go.

Heath Mountford 20

It’s a #FarageRiot. Call it as such.

planetmatt16

Year 2 of the #FarageRiots

ruders77.bsky.social11

Racist riots invited by Farage the fascist

Bob Shields10

#FarageRiot call it what it is.

Emm Vee9

Nowak's family, from Chafford Hundred in Essex, had called against using his death as a cause of further "division, hatred or tension". I remember Lee Rigby's family doing the same But these knuckle draggers don't care. They hurl chairs at the police and call it protest

cancelled-by-elon.bsky.social9

It's going to get worse , and that's because the BBC have injected it into the mainstream. They're like some far-right X account that only reports crimes by black and brown people, and then today it's been a constant parade of Reform politicians banging on 4Chan-style about "anti-white racism".

drgonzo1.bsky.social8

This is wrong, so very wrong.

It's A Scam7

Definitely not a protest. Or a debate. People turned up excited about having a scrap with police. That's about it.

broggins.bsky.social6

If they shut the train lines to Southampton none of these people would be there. They’re not local

Earonn6

It's a distraction from Farage's £ 5 million bribe and his 'hacked' phone and we need to point that out again and again.

Merry Christmas, as in the other place.6

I read that Tommy Robinson was there, it is time he was put back in jail for racism and inciting violence.

Rob McIvor4

More than that, it’s another #FarageRiot. It’s exactly what he was calling for in his video rant yesterday.

John Wilks3

The progressive majority must take every opportunity to stand shoulder to shoulder, literally and metaphorically, with minority communities. We must not allow Farage, Musk, Robertson et al to threaten and harm our fellow citizens

P.2

Polish are angry you dumb kunt. It’s a protest. No different than George Floyd.

Liz Linnard23

‘Police pelted with missiles after Farage stirs up trouble’. Fixed it for you.

Campbell Stevenson16

Sunder, this feels like a problem caused by subs thinking about SEO for digital headlines and not considering the full meaning of what they are writing. 1/2….

Ramandeep Kaur9

The BBC coverage today has been shocking.

Peter Taylor8

Standards at the BBC have been slipping for years, especially where News is concerned.

Trev6

‘Protest’ even when clashing with authority can still be just and happen in a moral framework. Context matters. Any normal sensible person understanding the context would be right not to afford these people the use of neutral ‘protest’; ‘Riot’ and ‘thug’ are the only appropriate nouns here.

Clare M4

Reading this article - Starmer and Mahmood have done little to calm the bonfire of inflammatory reaction. I feel very strongly that it was not in the public interest to see the footage (which was upsetting) particularly before the IOPC has conducted its investigation. Awful for the family & police.

Sue3

They have no empathy for the victim or his family. They sicken me.

Dewi Ioan2

It is the Farage Riots

DJN2

Sadly, it's no use talking about it here, the BBC refuses to engage with Bluesky.

C2

I'm pretty sure none of his friends or fellow students who actually knew him would have been at that "protest". It's a complete hijack.

Tocoso2

If the protesters were from any ethnic minority and they 'pelted missiles' at the police it would be a scandalous evil attack. We used to call football thugs football thugs.

Display names are made up2

The press lie about culture war stuff and make it worse? *stares at EHRC transgender bathroom ban in bewilderment*

Heather Peacock 🇵🇸4

Frage and his ilk have a lot to answer for sowing division all over the place

Amy L Crow 🐦‍⬛4

They don’t want a nice neighbourhood. They want hellfire and the ability to hold grudges. A nice neighbourhood wouldn’t let their hatred exist.

Gemmyfromtheblock4

Yep. Same with spending their time hanging flags, protesting outside hotels etc, I work for lots of local charities and we are crying out for volunteers. If these people put that time into actually helping the community that they supposedly care about so much, it would make a difference.

Andy Hemming2

I think just stopping spending it on cocaine would be a great first step.

Paul Harper15

At what point does it become incitement? Because if's looking bloody close to that right now.

Marsinout7

Don't ignore Rupert Lowe as well, he will make Farage look like a moderate.

Rob Baron6

Southport, now Southampton. The rioting Farage's comments have helped incite have cost this country millions in cash, wasted thousands of police hours, & left the country deeply divided. This is exactly the future a Reform government would bring. You have to be insane to vote for this vile egomaniac

ppoppe.bsky.social5

This is not a protest and these people are not “protesters”; it is an organised riot, they are rioters and should clearly identified as such.

louise33andathird.bsky.social2

And the football will bring mass drinking with longer licensing hours & hot weather. Very dangerous situation.

Soluble2

If Starmer had any bollocks he would stand on Farage's throat, but he won't. He'll go down without the fight(back) our country needs.

Brian D5

Normally these accounts wouldn’t be anti Russian so wondering what the motive is? Just having a go at the government?

Gem&Molly ⓥ4

They just wait for an incident, don't they.

John ‘the importance of ideas & information’3

Thanks for sharing this. There are clearly schisms amongst the right wing books. The rhetoric is still worrying. Farage incited this though. The old Bill need to feel his collar although he’ll love that as it will add to his ‘victim hood’ of rich, grifting,right wing fascist!

Ilikecaketoo (UK)4

He may have been careful, but not sure careful enough this time. Even Sky News tonight are linking his words to tonight’s uprising as are a few of the newspapers tomorrow! #FarageRiots2.0 The vile racist can’t help himself - his mouth is going to be the downfall of him. Can’t come soon enough.

Vambo Marble Eye4

The Public Order Act 1986 does not require police to prove intent. They just have to prove that on balance the words were an incitement to racial hatred. Don’t see how you can argue they weren’t. Get him arrested.

TC3

This is purely and simply Reform and the followers they’ve brainwashed hijacking the tragedy of Henry Nowak’s killing for their own divisive ends. Disgusting

Tedthedrummerman2

I'm disgusted by these morons. Using this poor kids demise as a tool for their divisiveness. Bad policing does not equal two tier policing. It's football hooligan mentality that's creeping back into society drummed up by a man who can't or won't do his job properly.

Lizzie Dearden13

The murder of Mr Nowak is being treated by the police as a “trigger incident” that has the potential to spark disorder Previous trigger incidents have included the 2024 Southport attack and sexual offences committed by asylum seekers that generated angry protests outside several hotels last summer

Debbie H10

In other words, exactly what that poor bereaved family didn't want. But those bent on causing trouble don't give a flying f*** about Henry, or his family.

Catio Miles9

Wouldn’t be a lot easier just to arrest Farage?

Liz Linnard7

They need to be knocking on Farage’s door.

Mr Singh5

Not so long ago Farage types ridiculed the fact that far-right extremism was a becoming a bigger threat than Islamist terrorism. And here we are.

sam-27.bsky.social5

#FarageRiots he needs to be held accountable for his inflammatory words