LIVE: Police close of roads in North East town centre as protestors gather – updates

29 comments

1. This feels like it’s going to get worse before it gets better.

2. Oh no. Haway Hartlepool. Don’t do this.

   I hope the police and others are ok. That might be almost our whole force out.

   PC Rain can’t come fast enough.

3. Why? just, for fucks sake, why?

   The instigators, the likes of Farage, fox, and Robinson need to be locked up. At the very least, any MP trying to use this for their own ends and not calm it down needs to lose their jobs.

4. Holy shit, it looks really bad. Sinking feeling in my stomach about all this. Funnily enough I actually want shite weather now for it all to calm down.

5. Time for the police to deal with these terrorists and their leaders like Farage,Yaxley Lennon et all like they dealt with those terror groups like almohajiron and Anchem Choudhury and the guy with the hook hand back in the day.

   But crucially, this government needs to make a clear example of these so called “social media” companies for the massive role they are playing in radicalisation.

6. The police should engage with community leaders in order to reduce tensions

7. Nowhere on that page does it give an indication of what they’re protesting about? What is it?

8. There may be a wave of this kind of political violence and its may come from different parts of the political spectrum. So who ever is starting it, whatever your closeness or distance from the cause, condemn political violence without hesitation and do not let people “the voice of the unheard” or “justifiable anger” it into being acceptable.

   Condemn people who take to the streets with violence.

   All of them.

9. It’s not just London it’s other parts of England too, Hartlepool, Aldershot, Manchester and probably more. Shit is really hitting the fan.

10. do we even know what this protest is about? everywhere I can find is very vague

11. EDL show of strength across the country to draw people out in the hot weather.

12. ALL THIS from a fucking fake name spread around for 2 hours on Facebook, I fucking hate what’s happening to this planet right now.

13. Uggggg, I live in a town full of idiots and losers.

    This started off close to where I live, part of the road next to the mosque is still closed off.

    Bunch of absolute idiots and losers.

14. [deleted]

15. Unfortunate that we’re letting our police stand there and get seriously injured, these sorts of things obviously call for a firmer hand

16. I just want my country back from these awful, democracy-hating, violent terrorists who stand against our way of life

    Some people will interpret this inaccurately

17. Once again – what the fuck are they ‘protesting’ over??

    Literally not a soul would disagree that stabbing a child is bad.

    They can bring out the old ‘the government is responsible’ etc etc…. but what exactly are they meant to do, employ armed guards at every school, nursery, children’s centre etc etc?

18. Whatever this develops into over the next days, weeks and/or years, a significant portion of the blame for creating these Black Hundreds can be laid directly at the feet of the British press ecosystem and at senior politicians of both major parties, including several in the present Cabinet.

19. A week ago I felt that with the airport footage (that as we all knew was most likely without the appropriate context & that’s subsequently proven to be the case) it felt 2011/Mark Duggan vibes and the protest outside the Police Station did give Tottenham 2011 vibes especially with the Bus being torched but predictably the far Right have exceeded themselves by going even further in multiple locations off of the back of disinformation from a Twitter account (or X or whatever the fuck it’s called these days). Can we stop whatever the timeline is that we are on at the moment as this is bullshit genuinely.

20. Live feed just shown Asian man assaulted. Disgusting

21. I find it interesting that apparently rain stops protestor (whatever you want to call the twats). Is too much of a bother if it rains? Do their stupid ideals change when it rains and it is a bit of a bother to be outside?

22. Lads, I don’t think protesting the idea that immigrants are “ruining your country” by setting fire to your country is quite the win you think it is.

23. Far-right wankers say there’s no-go zones in Britain when there’s not so they decide to make it reality. Fuck them all.

24. Never forget that three little girls were brutally murdered and a bunch of twats made it about them.

25. I see the scummy wanna be EDL are doubling down here.

    Hey fuck nuts you’re disgusting and the VAST majority of people in this country think you’re vile criminals.

26. I think the law needs a reform that if you speculate on the identity of a suspect, or misidentify someone of a crime, it moves from being a civil law you just get sued for slander from, to a criminal law you get something akin to contempt. Especially if such naming is designed to incite or inflame tensions.

27. All these violent criminals are all the same people who call insulting names climate change protesters who, by comparison, cause little to no trouble.

28. Going to get worse I fear.

    In general the issue on immigration is a major one for most people and it’s apparent that the concept is not working.

    There has to be a change in policy here.

29. Anyone know what the little round riot shields are for? Do you get those ones if you were late for work? Doesn’t seem great for dealing with a crowd