8/ … plus b) tough intervention from the media regulator and the prosecution of those inciting the violence and spreading disinfo. And c) ostracism and deplatforming of the elite "understanders", who include individuals from GB News, Talk TV, grifters and of course Farage…

🧵 Just to recap, because events move so fast, it’s hard to make sense of them: firstly, a group of far right politicians, social media ‘names’ & organised fascists jumped on a tragedy to claim that the person responsible for the carnage in Southport was a Muslim / refugee. 1/13

I this message in the thread to all clunk heads who think it would be fun to join a far right riot because you can expect your lives to be turned upside down as civil Society at times can react with a savageness that matches your own in order to protect the wider community. 4/

It's easy to get Hull and Bristol confused when you've never left Russia.

There's an Olympic event where you get a horse to dance to Barry Manilow?

There's an Olympic event where you get a horse to dance to Barry Manilow

We've found out who's a good boy

This is the mother of Jake Wheatley (the man organising the racist march in Middlesbrough) and she is actively engaging in his posts and she works as a PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHER at Linthorpe Community Primary School

Fascists set fire to Rotherham hotel housing asylum seekers: to repeat - the public order tactics taught by the Met at Gravesend do not work when the rioters' aim is to kill people of colour. Dispersal + facial recognition does not protect life and limb or public order. Rethink

I wonder if this might be one of those rare times when a lengthy public enquiry would actually be of value. Force those who pour sewage into the body politic for their own self interested reasons to publicly explain themselves.

Agree with all this 👇

Most important thread on the racist riots I've read so far.

HOLY LORD, every Christian must see this!

Muslim elders visited the Clumsy Swan in Birmingham last night to apologise to the staff for Muslim youths attacking a customer who they believed was a far-right rioter.

I've been watching Buffy with my eldest. We just had S06E07: Once More, With Feeling. His reaction was amazing, absolutely loved it. I'm made up. ♥️🎶

If you get 5 years for sitting in a road or suggesting that, but fewer for smashing up a shop, what advice is the judiciary sending to campaigners like Extinction Rebellion?

Spotted on a Bristol street sign, in advance of the far right's planned action tonight:

If we're leaving Twitter, where are going?

This isnt going where you think it is. 🧵 One of the most annoying things about children is that they want you to stop what you're doing every 0.7 seconds to watch them attempt what I think is supposed to be a cartwheel, or show you how good they are at standing on one leg.