In the news

perhaps to score brownie points - pun intended cos I am brown.

#rep

Robert Jenrick appears to have said on Sky news that people shouting Allahu Akbar "should be immediately arrested"

I think you are the one needing arresting son.

For the sake of balance, anyone yelling 'praise god' should also be arrested. A few less vicars, priests and sundry ministers would be no great loss.

Jesus H Christ!

You're nicked son!

Edit: insert 'fucking'. Apologies for inaccurate use of official Police terms.

My street WhatsApp is buzzing with worry about lewisham being far-righted tonight, any intel?

Fuckers planning a return to Belfast. Ugh.

Some politicians still saying "valid concerns" in relation to protest. Nope. NOPE. No. This is organised violence.

Heard that shit as a white immigrant during "totally not xenophobic" Brexit and this is a million times worse with organised violent attacks.

Aside from what's already been said what worries me most is the impact on people :(

People feel unsafe and are scared and there are fundraisers to help, groups are organised to help impacted people and find safer shop areas, but how does a city and people now being / feeling unsafe heal from that? What can we do?

Keep talking and gathering funds to help?

Heading over to Walthamstow hoe street shortly. Any forumengers going I’m in grey wearing this cap ;)

You have the option to drop the "fucking" so long as you end the phrase with "sonny Jim".

There were even bullshit posts on Nextdoor my wife showed me from someone claiming they were being sent home from 2pm and a notice had gone out to High Street shops to close but it all seems to be rubbish designed to confuse and heighten anxiety

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Not saying you'll do anything wrong, but might not wanna bait up your identity, just in case, you know?

If I head there I'll keep a look out. Will more likely stay spotting on the side roads as that's where all the spillover riff-raff will target lone innocents, houses, business etc. if things kick off.

I’m not there to get handsy but have removed the pic

My office has had the front door locked a few times recently because a tiny group of pro-palestinian protesters planning to walk nearby. They're being ulta cautious these days

Judging from the photos and videos of the people involved in the riots and street violence, they have been chewed up and spat out by neoliberalism.

All good fun in Walthamstow so far, no EDL to be seen. Just hope it stays that way.

Just seen a vid looks a big turn out

It's in the thousands, for sure.

Pics and vids on this feed - https://www.instagram.com/ukfactcheckpolitics

Tens of thousands easy. I’m outside the office now. It’s a party

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Is the bloke with the mic the former NUT general secretary Kevin Courtney?

Yeah, lots of heavy hitters here. 8pm has passed and still no fash.

This is awesome :)

I was out for a couple of hours, back home now but my son's just gone down.

^^ Make sure you write a gobby song about it. You've got your new guitar now, no excuses.

Probably about 10k in Walthamstow I'd say. Saw a police van parked up by Bakers Arms around 6:30pm so worth staying vigilant just in case.

Locally in Southampton, turnout of the anti-racism protestors massively exceeded the racist knobheads.

Pretty quiet overall, which is a relief.

I expect there will be some awkward conversations at the Weatherspoons later.