I am becoming increasingly anxious about: 1) The Government’s lack of meaningful response to this, and indeed the pandering to it. 2) The way it’s being covered by broadcasters.
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On Radio 5 this am I heard the presenters discussing Labour's plans immediately to deport foreign criminals. But a problem, they said, was the human rights act which might prevent that from happening. The segment contained no real discussion about the ethical rights and wrong of the plans.
aug 10, 2025, 10:28 am • 31 0 • view
And the way they treat "foreign" and "criminal" as synonyms has become so fundamental in some people's minds, as if one were the dictionary definition of the other.
aug 10, 2025, 2:15 pm • 3 0 • view
aug 10, 2025, 10:22 am • 8 0 • view
Continued until the football season starts.
aug 10, 2025, 10:55 am • 3 0 • view
I grew up in the 70s and saw the openly racist National Front grow in popularity. This feels worse as the two mainstream parties are going along with it. In the 70s, even Thatcher spoke against the racists.
aug 10, 2025, 10:19 am • 24 2 • view
I would say the two extremist parties that fight for dominance of power, rather than 'mainstream'. It has become clear they're not in touch with the people, but only with their lobbies and think tanks.
aug 12, 2025, 9:28 am • 1 0 • view
And reacting to the press.
aug 12, 2025, 9:32 am • 0 0 • view
To a specific subset of the press that doesn't actually do journalism.. but yeah.
aug 12, 2025, 10:45 am • 1 0 • view
◻️ The protests are small but the media response has been cowardly. There must be considered commentary about this somewhere. It's been v. easy to stoke up and use anti-Muslim hated since 9/11. And people fill their minds with crap watching so many Youtubes from Islamophobes in the U.S.
aug 10, 2025, 11:30 am • 2 0 • view
◻️ For hated of course read hatred
aug 10, 2025, 3:45 pm • 0 0 • view
The BBC aren't a broadcaster. They're a Tory propaganda outfit. Boris Johnson saw to that.
aug 10, 2025, 10:16 am • 4 0 • view
No, they are a government propaganda machine, Thatcher begun that and Blair completed it, removing oversight, impartiality and accountability.
aug 10, 2025, 12:19 pm • 1 0 • view
aug 10, 2025, 8:47 pm • 0 0 • view
They're just doing exactly what they did to trans people because it worked so well
aug 10, 2025, 2:32 pm • 15 3 • view
It's what we've been saying all along. It was never going to stop with demonising trans people as a means to justify extermination.
aug 10, 2025, 2:56 pm • 8 0 • view
You're going to find the demonstrations dn serialisation of black men and brown men goes back centuries. It's not a new strategy.
aug 10, 2025, 3:11 pm • 1 0 • view
Absolutely. The same for LGBT people. The targets are the same, but the strategy of hijacking more recent "woke" narratives (e.g. feminism) as a way of pushing anti-woke ideology is a slightly new spin.
aug 10, 2025, 3:15 pm • 2 0 • view
It's not feminism. "Protect our women" is pure patriarchy and is ancient as a term of incitement. I, gently, suggest you grasp the nuance of this better than trying to make sweeping statements about it.
aug 10, 2025, 3:18 pm • 1 0 • view
Perhaps you should properly read and fully digest what I said before making accusations. I literally said they've coopted the terms like feminism (and by extension, "protect the women") to push anti-feminist, fascist and racist rhetoric. We already fully agree on this.
aug 10, 2025, 3:33 pm • 1 0 • view
There is a meaningful response from government. They are going after the people smugglers and deporting foreign criminals after they are sentenced. You could argue that there's nothing wrong with those actions, but the missing action is the narrative that pushes back against the divisive rhetoric.
aug 10, 2025, 11:07 am • 1 0 • view
We all know the gvt will do nothing. I would quite like to see the destruction of the Labour party but its currently the only chance there is against a Reform gvt at the next election.
aug 10, 2025, 10:24 am • 0 0 • view
pretending reform are the baddies when you already have a fascist government, is the height of entitlement. It’s saying you don’t care about the people being targeted, as long as you are looked after.
aug 10, 2025, 12:22 pm • 0 0 • view
Labour aren't great but they aren't fascist.
aug 10, 2025, 2:08 pm • 1 0 • view
It's also another proof of the normalisation of lying, which used to be a resigning issue but is now a fundamental requirement of public life, it seems.
aug 10, 2025, 2:44 pm • 0 0 • view
Oh the gov responded to it perfectly by not tackling the fascist protestors, and going against the peaceful ones again. This is very clear and loud response.
aug 10, 2025, 10:02 am • 17 0 • view
But neither a good response nor the right one in my opinion
aug 10, 2025, 10:12 am • 4 0 • view
This "legitimate concerns" phrase keeps getting rolled out. Reminds me of the way "project fear" was used as a standard response to any criticism during the Brexit debate.
aug 11, 2025, 8:36 am • 0 0 • view
😱😱😱😱😱
aug 10, 2025, 2:24 pm • 0 0 • view
Is Farage in the Guinness Book of World Records as the biggest shit stirrer?
aug 10, 2025, 10:31 am • 2 0 • view
It’s become an outlet for people’s racism 😡
aug 10, 2025, 11:30 am • 0 0 • view
Racism became acceptable after the Brexit vote. It was taken as a message that "over half the county" finds racism acceptable.
aug 10, 2025, 2:46 pm • 1 0 • view
That’s absolutely right! That is when they really found their voice.
aug 10, 2025, 4:03 pm • 0 0 • view
I’m starting to wonder if the government are trying to create a deliberate situation with that. They’re seen as protestors not terrorists
aug 10, 2025, 6:06 pm • 0 0 • view
It feels like there are plenty of people who share this view, just that none of them work in frontline politics and very few are able to get a sustained media platform. No idea how to solve that.
aug 10, 2025, 10:37 am • 3 0 • view
The UK hasn´t reached rock bottom yet, but Starmer is actively nudging it along in that direction. But the real problem is that so many people are willing to vote for the US fascist-alligned Nazi parties Reform/ Conservative. The UK has a Nazi problem similar to France, Germany etc.....
aug 10, 2025, 11:42 am • 1 0 • view
This article is bordering on incitement. Then there's this: 'Asylum seekers would say they are seeking protection by coming to the UK, although some are ultimately judged not to be eligible for asylum status'. SOME! Fails to state how many legitimate claims are actually successful - exceeds 70%
aug 10, 2025, 10:32 am • 3 0 • view
I think a lot of people need an education on what asylum and refuge actually mean and what our legal obligations are under the 1951 Refugee Convention.
aug 10, 2025, 10:23 am • 14 3 • view
That should be the job of the national media.
aug 10, 2025, 3:15 pm • 1 0 • view
If only Jolyon Maugham KC were Home Secretary.
aug 10, 2025, 10:17 pm • 0 0 • view
You don't have to ask many people about their 'legitimate concerns' to unearth a pile of racism. #bbcaq
aug 10, 2025, 11:05 am • 3 0 • view
Me too! Very worrying. The neo-right/Very On Line/ hard right / Reform - whatever they want to call themselves - are being normalised in front of our eyes.
aug 10, 2025, 11:25 am • 1 0 • view
I’d like to think they’re being naive but my mind won’t stretch to being that charitable.
aug 10, 2025, 1:56 pm • 0 0 • view
Sadly the BBC have been at this for decades www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/sep/...
aug 10, 2025, 11:01 am • 2 0 • view
aug 10, 2025, 10:12 am • 14 3 • view
Legitimate Concerns about Gypsies Legitimate Concerns about Homosexuals Legitimate Concerns about Trade Unionists We’ve been here before. Appeasing the hard-right only empowers them.
aug 10, 2025, 10:56 am • 8 0 • view
To be honest, if you get your information from the BBC, you are either an idiot considering how far it has fallen in journalistic integrity
aug 10, 2025, 11:45 am • 2 0 • view
The government has responded to this by letting MP's go on the news to say they totally understand the concerns of the brown people haters. They're complicit. As is the media. Not a surprise if you see how they treat the disabled, trans people, and other minorities.
aug 10, 2025, 10:52 am • 6 0 • view
It’s telling, I think, that - notwithstanding my smallish following - this is getting a lot of likes and reposts. I think a lot of people are feeling very uneasy about the way anti-immigrant views and outright racism are becoming more overt and are not being challenged.
aug 10, 2025, 10:15 am • 59 3 • view
As a rural American I worry the sentiments common here is getting more international reinforcement these days. Racists are getting more and more emboldened
aug 10, 2025, 2:00 pm • 4 0 • view
Their communications strategy is abominable. There are hundreds of people who deal in community efforts who can help with this. Just getting out there and talking to people and helping out is a great start. Most of these idiots are foaming at the mouth over disinformation that is easily corrected.
aug 10, 2025, 11:00 am • 2 0 • view
If they're worried for the safety of women and children, they should have more concerns with the men on their side of the barrier. #MisogynistsAndAbusers
aug 10, 2025, 11:01 am • 10 1 • view
Quite. They are concerned about their possession of "their women and children".
aug 10, 2025, 2:48 pm • 1 0 • view
Maybe if government managed the issue better and perhaps if the left didn’t simply label people who have differing but legitimate concerns about unmanaged immigration as racists - the platform for far right racists would not be so freely available.
aug 10, 2025, 3:42 pm • 0 0 • view
Telling that they found professional 'respectable women' to photograph with their dogs for this (very long) piece when the TV & media footage mainly shows shaven headed, flag- clad, knuckle dragging blokes kicking their heels outside hotels. Making anti-immigrant protest respectable again?
aug 11, 2025, 7:09 am • 0 0 • view
But the concerns of people who aren't right wing are seemingly irrelevant. The very vocal minority hold sway.
aug 10, 2025, 2:44 pm • 0 0 • view