I have warned for a long time that if people conclude the ballot box is broken, politics will eventually spill beyond the ballot box.
For a generation, millions have voted for border control.
They voted for governments promising lower immigration.
They voted for Brexit to take back control.
They have watched the boats continue, illegal immigration continue and parts of their country change beyond recognition, while being told to be patient, moderate and reasonable.
There comes a point when some people stop believing that voting changes anything.
I do not say that because I want to see disorder. I do not want to see lives disrupted for Labour’s failures. I say it because it is the entirely predictable consequence of people feeling that democratic consent has been ignored again and again.
That is why I understand the anger behind what we are seeing in Dover.
However, if protesters obstruct HGVs, freight and ordinary working people trying to get on with their lives, then of course there is a legitimate criticism to be made. You do not punish a lorry driver trying to earn a living for the failures of Westminster.
But Labour politicians should be very careful about spending all their time condemning the symptom while refusing to confront the disease.
People are desperate because they believe they have exhausted every democratic route available to them.
The answer is not to sneer at them. The answer is to prove that democracy still works.
Stop the boats. Control the borders. Enforce the law. Deliver what people have voted for repeatedly.
Because if the political class continues to demonstrate that the ballot box changes nothing, it should not pretend to be shocked when some people eventually conclude that they need another route. A route that, I repeat for the perpetually outraged, I do not want us to take.
@Nigel_Farage Peter Lynch went to a Protest. He never assaulted anybody. Never caused criminal damage or set anything on fire.
He shouted at some coppers and was sentenced to 3 years in prison. He died in his cell... and you wonder why the men in Dover wore masks yesterday @Nigel_Farage?
Today was a hugely successful day. An important statement was made, no violence, no arrests and an impressive level of coordination.
The reaction of the liberal media, journalists, mainstream commentators has been very illuminating. “Disgrace”, “intimidating”, “all face coverings must be banned”. Yet when it’s Antifa every single time, she it’s SUTR, when it’s many groups of Islamists after Southport or horror of horrors if you dare to suggest banning the Burqa/Niqab they totally lose their shit.
The truth is they ONLY want to ban things when it’s working class white men!!
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The government said "individuals can avoid folic acid if they choose or need to."
They then admitted that there would be a period where the labels did not say folic acid was in the food.
Article link and petition in next tweet.
I think it’s fair to say that Maajid Nawaz is on the same page as I am.
My position could not be clearer. The Pakistani Mafia is real. It is organised and it has infiltrated the highest level of government.
Read my work here;
https://t.co/hVeI7xnrZ2
And to any news agency or independent podcaster with a sufficient audience, interview me and you will understand why Andy Burnham’s police force launched Operation Hexagon to silence me and falsified evidence to try and have me imprisoned.
Good news. The BBC has been forced to issue an official apology over their inaccurate reporting during my interview with Nick Robinson.
That is now the fourth correction/apology regarding my activity the BBC has made in just over a year.
Staggering and deliberate bias.
I screen recorded this folic acid clip from Facebook. All users on this platform please share BACK to FB to cut through its practice of censorship which its doing on behalf of government. We must make as many people aware as possible. We deserve to eat non contaminated food!