Tommy Robinson, the court case and (guffaw) 'free speech'

[krtek a houby]

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The whole of London, eh? Population ain't what it used to be.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

I don't always agree with the conclusion FridgeMagnet comes to but his observations re these demos composition etc are IMO very useful .These protest cannot be dismissed as just the normal far right suspects they are attracting a larger audience

There were definitely plenty there who weren’t what we’d call organised fascists but it was still mostly men rather than families.

 

[Voley]

This is brilliant. Bloke says the left are trying to censor a photo of the "whole of London" at the Robinson demo. Except it's a photo of Liverpool FC's open top bus victory parade from when they won the Champions League.



Original tweet. Comments below raised a chuckle here:

 

[The39thStep]

Any news about Catford !
Did any of these drunken thugs head south of the river for Ann Marie Waters/For Britain Hustings ?

Not unless they are going on a three day pub crawl , the hustings are on Tuesday

 

[Pickman's model]

There were definitely plenty there who weren’t what we’d call organised fascists but it was still mostly men rather than families.

how many disorganised fascists?

 

[cupid_stunt]

This is brilliant. Bloke says the left are trying to censor a photo of the "whole of London" at the Robinson demo. Except it's a photo of Liverpool FC's open top bus victory parade from when they won the Champions League.



Original tweet. Comments below raised a chuckle here:

The comments are comedy gold, they are well worth reading.

Loved this one, together with photo - "Surprisingly big turn out for Tommy at Mecca too."

 

[Mr.Bishie]

asked earlier but noboby answered - what sort of numbers where there on sat?

I’m hearing 20,000 from photographers who were there.

 

[krtek a houby]

 

[bimble]

I’m hearing 20,000 from photographers who were there.

Really? This says 'possibly as many as ten thousand' which is a lot.
None of the pictures i've seen of saturday look that crowded but still the humour above though really welcome does feel a bit desperate (for me).

 

[Mr.Bishie]

Free Tommy Robinson Rally With Geert Wilders

 

[krtek a houby]

Really? This says 'possibly as many as ten thousand' which is a lot.
None of the pictures i've seen of saturday look that crowded but still the humour above though really welcome does feel a bit desperate (for me).

How so, fash hate being mocked

 

[bimble]

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[krtek a houby]

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[bimble]

I’d just clicked through the pics Mr.Bishie linked to. Find them frightening af. That's what i mean about the mockery memes, it doesn't come naturally to try to laugh at them when what i feel looking at those pics of thousands is fear, not that fear is any use to anybody.

 

[Pickman's model]

I’d just clicked through the pics Mr.Bishie linked to. Find them frightening af. That's what i mean about the mockery memes, it doesn't come naturally to try to laugh at them when what i feel looking at those pics of thousands is fear, not that fear is any use to anybody.

Fear is very useful

 

[krtek a houby]

I’d just clicked through the pics Mr.Bishie linked to. Find them frightening af. That's what i mean about the mockery memes, it doesn't come naturally to try to laugh at them when what i feel looking at those pics of thousands is fear, not that fear is any use to anybody.

I understand. It's the same when I talk to Americans who dismiss far right marchers, police brutality and so on. People have legit fears of such happenings but the right prefer to dismiss it and blame antifa and BLM. Whereas American family and friends are genuinely frightened of the worsening of the situation in the US.

I'm afraid all I can do is mock them from thousands of miles away. But the UK is undergoing some decidedly unpleasant changes. And you look at the photos, of what appears to be mainly angry white males, and wonder what the solution is? Is "Tommy" becoming some kind of leader-in-waiting to them? Is pointing out the demographic of the crowd being racist?

It's a mess and I don't know what the answer is.

 

[bolshiebhoy]

We need the Labour Party and Momentum in particular to step up their game and advertise/attend future counter demos. Was pretty bloody lonely down Whitehall yesterday, we were totally outnumbered and surrounded.

 

[mystic pyjamas]

Can’t see Tommy being any kind of leader at the moment .
Too busy writing a book to while away his time in prison.

 

[Pickman's model]

We need the Labour Party and Momentum in particular to step up their game and advertise/attend future counter demos. Was pretty bloody lonely down Whitehall yesterday, we were totally outnumbered and surrounded.

Yeh. Good luck with the labour party and momentum

 

[Pickman's model]

Really? This says 'possibly as many as ten thousand' which is a lot.
None of the pictures i've seen of saturday look that crowded but still the humour above though really welcome does feel a bit desperate (for me).

TBH no one knows how many were there, the only demo I know of which made some attempt to count attendees was the countryside alliance march about 15 years ago

 

[Poi E]

We need the Labour Party and Momentum in particular to step up their game and advertise/attend future counter demos. Was pretty bloody lonely down Whitehall yesterday, we were totally outnumbered and surrounded.

Labour needs to court the votes of those at the demonstration, not tell them they are a bunch of cunts.

 

[bolshiebhoy]

Yeh. Good luck with the labour party and momentum

Would have been nice if Antifa/black bloc had shown too.

 

[bolshiebhoy]

Labour needs to court the votes of those at the demonstration, not tell them they are a bunch of cunts.

That's what the German SPD thought in the 1930's. Relying on elections alone didn't work out so well.

 

[Poi E]

That's what the German SPD thought in the 1930's. Relying on elections alone didn't work out so well.

Yugoslavia in the 1990s is probably a closer comparison. Footballs clubs becoming a phalanx of shock troops for atavistic figures cloaking nationalism in the language of rights.

 

[Geri]

A friend who was there reckoned 30,000 but has now revised it 20,000.

 

[LDC]

Big one-off demos and the wider 'culture war' (to use a vile phrase) is one thing, if they start organizing on a more local level in the style of Golden Dawn we might have real problems.

 

[teqniq]

I take your point but the mere fact that they could attract such large numbers to this demo is still cause for concern.

 

[LDC]

I take your point but the mere fact that they could attract such large numbers to this demo is still cause for concern.

Yeah yeah, don't get me wrong, I agree, it's a worry. Them translating it into something more concrete, long lasting, and effective in terms of getting and keeping people involved in a real movement with roots and a practical focus beyond having demos is the difficult political shift though.

 

[Raheem]

Can’t see Tommy being any kind of leader at the moment .
Too busy writing a book to while away his time in prison.

That has a precedent.

 

[Pickman's model]

Would have been nice if Antifa/black bloc had shown too.

Yeh if there was such a group as antifa in this country it would have been.