[Politics] Protests/rioting in lots of places

[Weststander]

'Stuck in a cycle of decline': Borough sinks further into deprivation

Deprivation has worsened in Weymouth and Portland, new government data shows.

www.dorsetecho.co.uk

See also Skegness, Scarborough, Bognor…

https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/business/consumer/cost-of-living/aruns-19-poorest-neighbourhoods-based-on-average-income-including-bognor-regis-central-arundel-and-littlehampton-east-4005143

And so on and so on and so on.

Deprived areas, unhappy locals.

Opportunists elsewhere, looking to cause sh1t.

Bristol, Southport, Weymouth, Tamworth.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

…all the clubs are being closed down.

Bands won't play no more
too much fighting on the dance floor

 

[portlock seagull]

Bognor has previously seen riots in 2021, Skegness and Scarborough are both targeted locations in the 10k member Telegram groups;

https://www.thescarboroughnews.co.uk/news/people/north-yorkshire-police-responds-to-rumours-of-planned-protests-in-scarborough-4732276

This is all shocking and appalling. Until yesterday I’d never heard of this App called Telegram. Or Terrorgram as the security services call it.

At what point do we as a country just close down these social media platforms for the good of law abiding citizens?

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Sky News "the Championship football season begins on Saturday, there will be many football fans criss-crossing the county, and as we know, many football supporters align themselves with the far right, which Police Chiefs see as a potential issue'.

Will they be baying for their clubs to send all their foreign players home?

 

[Bozza]

See I’m not sure about this, or the Greens who are apparently joining the counter-protest using the terrible situation to hand out branded “no to racism” leaflets. It just seems antagonistic in what is already a very tense situation

I know what you mean.

I know some here are heading to counter-protest, very much in peace and with good intentions - and this is mirrored across the country - but I do wonder if it makes the policing effort more difficult.

 

[mile oak]

…all the clubs are being closed down.

what clubs and where and when?

 

[A mex eyecan]

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Bands won't play no more
too much fighting on the dance floor

Special.

 

[Weststander]

I know what you mean.

I know some here are heading to counter-protest, very much in peace and with good intentions - and this is mirrored across the country - but I do wonder if it makes the policing effort more difficult.

Watching Plymouth’s aggro the other night, also Bolton, it makes it doubly hard.

 

[WATFORD zero]

Just come out of Brighton Station car park. It's deader than a Darby and Joan Whist night on Mogodon.

 

[mile oak]

I overheard someone earlier today say of it continues to get out of hand there may be some sort of curfew in the evenings.

 

[WATFORD zero]

About 30 antis, couple of police, council truck with railings on the back

 

[Hamilton]

See I’m not sure about this, or the Greens who are apparently joining the counter-protest using the terrible situation to hand out branded “no to racism” leaflets. It just seems antagonistic in what is already a very tense situation

What? You’re not sure that calling people out for attacking innocent people who are running businesses that protect those looking to legally settle here is helpful? I think it’s fine.

If these communities are disenfranchised then try getting behind a government that wants to invest in communities rather than robbing the O2 store, Lush or other local shops.

 

[mile oak]

Just come out of Brighton Station car park. It's deader than a Darby and Joan Whist night on Mogodon.

Are all the shops boarded up then? Will they open up tomorrow or just those near wherever the protest is planned?

 

[Weststander]

About 30 antis, couple of police, council truck with railings on the back

The greater the hype, the lesser the event.

 

[portlock seagull]

I know what you mean.

I know some here are heading to counter-protest, very much in peace and with good intentions - and this is mirrored across the country - but I do wonder if it makes the policing effort more difficult.

Stay in doors should be the order of the day. You’ve got to be pretty stupid if you think counter protesting is just what’s needed right now after last few days events. Instead, give the police a clear line of fire at these morons so nobody innocent gets wacked. Which might happen if two sides go to war.

 

[portlock seagull]

The greater the hype, the lesser the event.

Very true. Wedding nights, for example…

 

[jcdenton08]

What? You’re not sure that calling people out for attacking innocent people who are running businesses that protect those looking to legally settle here is helpful? I think it’s fine.

If these communities are disenfranchised then try getting behind a government that wants to invest in communities rather than robbing the O2 store, Lush or other local shops.

I don’t think now is the time to make political capital, no.

 

[A mex eyecan]

40 odd years old, still relevant

 

[London Irish]

Stay in doors should be the order of the day. You’ve got to be pretty stupid if you think counter protesting is just what’s needed right now after last few days events. Instead, give the police a clear line of fire at these morons so nobody innocent gets wacked. Which might happen if two sides go to war.

Letting fascists take over the streets never works out well anywhere in the history of the world - they will just grow in strength. Remember the lessons of Cable Street, they have to be stopped

 

[Zeberdi]

Starmer is deluded if he thinks harsh sentences will deter rioters imo. How do you identify people not arrested when they are wearing hoodies and scarves?

As I said in a post up thread; Hoodies, scarfs, glasses even balaclavas doesn’t stop people being ID’d on facial recognition software which operates through CCTVs used by police (and private businesses). If they are anywhere on a police database for any previous conviction, they will be caught if involved in the riots (and you can almost guarantee the ringleaders will have some previous contact with the police in these communities.