Protest and anger across the UK this weekend.

There is so much happening, and happening so fast that this can’t be much more than a quick snapshot of what is catching my attention.

To recap, Last week thousands of us met in Trafalgar Square for a rally to Unite the Kingdom.It was peaceful and a huge success.

So successful that the authorities got nervous and on Monday arrested organisor T0mmy R0bins0n on charges of terrorism.

Completely separately to this in Southport a young man, who we now know is Axel  Rudakubana a second generation immigrant of Rwandan heritage, took a taxi to a community space in the town and there (he is now charged with) the murder of three little girls and the wounding/attempted murder of 10 more little girls and three adults who tried to protect them.

Notwithstanding the misinformation as to the identity of the assailant, which may or may not have been a black ops of the Russian Secret Service, public anger has not held. We English are a mild-mannered people. Until we’re not.  So there was a protest in Southport that night, it got violent, a police car was set alight, and the mosque was threatened.

“Oh,” said the chattering classes “Don’t these knuckle-dragging neandertals realise that the man arrested is a quiet Christian former choirboy born in Wales? With an autism spectrum disorder? Nothing to do with Islam, which is a peaceful religion?”

But while anger and sorrow at the attack on a dance session of 2 dozen small girls was the straw that broke the camel’s back, the anger comes of many years of favouritism and injustice, and includes many jihad attacks, a thwarted brexit, rape gangs, general crime and the import of thousands of young men of military age into every village, town and city where their behaviour is a daily ordeal.

On Wednesday a protest was called for later that afternoon in London, at the usual spot opposite Downing Street. I couldn’t drop what I was engaged to do. This turned very nasty.

Remember that when Roma Gypsies were joined by Muslim neighbours to riot in Leeds last month the police were filmed running from the rioters.

Local people then protested at the lack of protection from the police.

In Whitehall on Wednesday the police wore full riot gear and swept the street. I know that it was a different force, the Metropolitan Police not West Yorkshire but they all take ultimate orders from the Home office, despite what the Home Office says.

Note the scared lady in pink who looks like a tourist and another elderly lady in grey who looks the picture of innocence.

This lady apparently didn’t move quickly enough (this was a few minutes earlier further down Whitehall)

And neither  did this lady.

Sir Keir Starmer knew what to do. He called a press conference and blamed the incidents in Southport and Whitehall on “The Far Right” and the EDL. If necessary the EDL will be proscribed. I don’t know where he is getting his intelligence from; God help us if the same agents are in charge of defence. The last EDL demo I know of was June 2017 although a social media presence  was maintained for another 2 years with several regional Facebook pages working at information and raising awareness.

The PM said he would “take every step that is necessary” to protect muslim communities, after the Muslim Council of Britain urged mosques to strengthen security measures ahead of Friday prayers

So knowing where we stand small groups of people have organised further protests in more than 30 towns, yesterday, today and tomorrow.

Too many to report here on every one. I’m cherry picking a few.

Sunderland.  Last night a police station was set on fire and missiles thrown at the police and a mosque.

Blackburn was significant today.

The police issued a dispersal order.

Note that this was to ensure that “other members of the community can enjoy the town centre without any issue”

And here they are, enjoying their exclusive use of the town centre

again

and again

Stoke

Reports are coming in of clashes with Muslims, some of whom are calling themselves the Muslim Defence League, who I don’t believe ever went away.

From the Express newspaper

Protesters have been left covered in blood after fighting outside a mosque in Stoke. Rumours are circulating on social media that two men have been stabbed – but that has been shut down by emergency services who said that the men weren’t seriously injured but taken to hospital. Other reports have suggested they were attacked with a hammer but this has not been confirmed.

As somebody said “I can’t believe what I have just heard”

I suspect from the cut of his beard that the police officer is also a Muslim.

Portsmouth

Information from a source is that patriotic protestors well outnumbered the antifa style counter-protest. All was orderly and flowers were laid.

It is noticable, and not just by me, the same has been noticed by several friends, that the crowds out to protest include a lot of women, some mature if not elderly, but also a lot of young people, late teens and early to mid 20s. This is heartening.

Belfast

Also heartening. I believe some of the protestors have come up from the Republic of Ireland today. The people of Coolock to the north of Dublin have been agitating about an unsavoury group of young male co-called asylum seekers in their midst for months.

To quote one of the comments

“These two have been fighting my entire life (and then some) Congratulations, globalists, you’ve brought peace to an unending conflict by becoming the villains”
There are more protests planned for tomorrow. I said it would be a lively summer.