If / when there are guilty verdicts the case will be all over the media. What will the droolers say about "cover up" then?
Obviously, expecting them to understand how reporting restrictions have worked in many cases for many years is far too much a stretch. These are people who tended not to know that polling booths use pencils or the Irish border issue could be problematic in Brexit, so digesting what the lead prosecutor in the Rotherham case and this one has to say is way beyond. "experts" innit. Celebration of stupidity and distrust of people who know things are cornerstones of tyranny. A lot of people love this stuff. And yes, there is a massive crossover now with the US far right and conservatism generally.
Where we go from here is hard to say. The "left" has a habit of blaming ourselves for everything, the right rarely bothers with such self analysis and manages to succeed.
Their numbers are worrying but not overwhelming. Fascism tends to come about as a minority getting co operation or some form of assent from conservatives who think they can tame them. But add centerists, liberals, progressives and the left together - we probably have more numbers. Certainly if you add neutrals. But there seems to be a lot of factionalism among those of generally good will.
