A suspect's ethnicity has become a priority – and it's chilling
Instead of waiting for police to confirm or otherwise that a violent incident is terrorism, the online right misinformation machine clicks into gear.
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On this day in 1937, British fascist leader Oswald Mosley was knocked unconscious in Liverpool when anti fascists stormed his Nazi style rally. Locals, dockers, workers, immigrants all rose up to shut him down and the Blackshirts fled.
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I’m horrified by the violent attack at a synagogue in Manchester.
I have been in contact with the Mayor of Greater Manchester and the Home Secretary, and would like to reassure Londoners that the Met Police are stepping up patrols in Jewish communities and synagogues across London.
My thoughts are with all those affected on the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur.
London stands ready to help in any way we can.
People who don't know Manchester need to understand the city's Jewish and Muslim communities have lived side-by-side for years, especially precisely where this despicable attack has happened... it will do so again... it will not be cowed by evil.
HOPE not hate condemn the appalling, violent attack at a synagogue in Manchester which has taken place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. Our thoughts are with the Jewish community and all affected.
Stephen Yaxley Lennon.
Convicted for…
- assaulting an officer in 2005
- assault at a neo-Nazi rally in 2011
- football hooliganism in 2011
- using a false passport in 2013
- mortgage fraud in 2014
- contempt of court in 2019
- stalking a woman in 2021
- libel in 2024
What a patriot.
Today, thousands of ordinary Britons, the vast majority women, came to peacefully demonstrate against Tommy Robinson’s far right activists. I was proud to join them. Unsurprisingly, by the end of the day, Robinson’s goons were assaulting police officers to attack us. They failed.
BREAKING: far right thugs attack anti-fascists in Whitehall. Are these the “concerned ordinary people” we’ve heard so much about? Or are they far right thugs.
#StandUptoRacism