Yet 40% of those anti-refugee protesters had a record of domestic violence. When they talk about protecting women and children, they mean protecting like packaging protects fruit: "save some for us to use".

Yes. The correct response was "we do not tolerate violence in our cities, against anyone". How hard is this??? They could even throw in a "this is not who we are" or something around true British values as far as I care, but the answer should be clear.