But I thought the group that went after Starmer were far left Corbynites? That’s what various people on this sub keep telling me?
More seriously, these people being involved is not a shock
Seems this bloke is a right serious nutter and up for causing serious problems / promoting more problems.
> A former Conservative councillor who was thrown out of the party and now heads an anti-vax group peddling a range of conspiracy theories was among a mob that harangued Keir Starmer before the Labour leader was whisked away by police.
> One group present during Monday night’s fracas, Resistance GB, is led by the former north London Tory councillor William Coleshill, who draws on **bogus justifications about ancient English “Common Law” to justify direct action**.
> Coleshill, who was initially suspended from the Tory party, was last year filmed chasing Michael Gove through Whitehall, and has also confronted the Labour MP Jess Phillips and the BBC journalist Nick Watt.
> Members of social media channels run by Resistance GB, a self-styled journalism platform, continue to disseminate debunked conspiracy theories about the role of Starmer in protecting paedophiles such as Jimmy Savile – alongside other claims about the coronavirus pandemic and vaccines.
> After the incident involving the Labour leader – where a man and a woman were arrested for assault after a traffic cone was thrown at a police officer – users of the same social media channels expressed their belief that the confrontation had been “staged”.
> Other comments included descriptions of **Starmer as a traitor and a “controlled Zionist”**. Under a video of the incident, another said: “**They are all scum. Going to need more than a few goons as personal protection if things get any worse.”**
> Footage of the incident, bearing the Resistance GB logo, is being shared widely across anti-vaccine social media networks and beyond. The most popular post on Telegram, a social media platform favoured by many far-right activists, was shared by the rightwing media outlet Unity News Network. It had garnered 90,000 views less than 24 hours after Starmer was targeted outside parliament.
> It was shared by a number of prominent anti-vax figures including Kate Shemirani, a former nurse who was struck off the register last year, and Mike Yeadon, a former Pfizer employee who has spread misinformation about Covid-19.
Bet despite him being an ex-Tory Boris will find him useful for keeping news off Boris’s dodgy actions
> Before his expulsion from the Conservative party, Coleshill was pictured in a selfie on one occasion campaigning with Boris Johnson.
If they threw him out, they threw him out and he’s no longer their responsibility.
That said, it does prove it was the right wing in the crowd, contrary to the alternative facts they’re desperately trying to spread.
I’ve just checked out this guys YouTube channel ( resistance gb if you’re interested) and it’s kinda incredible how mobilised these guys are. They’ve made a lot of headwind on vaccine mandates in the nhs it seems, and they’re obsessed with “natural and ancient rights”.
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Must have been very bad to thrown out of the Tory party.
There’s more: https://www.enfieldindependent.co.uk/news/16898990.enfield-councillor-suspended-racist-remarks/
And: https://metro.co.uk/2020/12/16/activist-jailed-for-harassing-mp-claims-covid-is-made-up-in-courtroom-rant-13762493/
But also: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/will-coleshill-ex-tory-was-among-goves-taunters-vqjbsp70c
But I thought the group that went after Starmer were far left Corbynites? That’s what various people on this sub keep telling me?
More seriously, these people being involved is not a shock
Seems this bloke is a right serious nutter and up for causing serious problems / promoting more problems.
> A former Conservative councillor who was thrown out of the party and now heads an anti-vax group peddling a range of conspiracy theories was among a mob that harangued Keir Starmer before the Labour leader was whisked away by police.
> One group present during Monday night’s fracas, Resistance GB, is led by the former north London Tory councillor William Coleshill, who draws on **bogus justifications about ancient English “Common Law” to justify direct action**.
> Coleshill, who was initially suspended from the Tory party, was last year filmed chasing Michael Gove through Whitehall, and has also confronted the Labour MP Jess Phillips and the BBC journalist Nick Watt.
> Members of social media channels run by Resistance GB, a self-styled journalism platform, continue to disseminate debunked conspiracy theories about the role of Starmer in protecting paedophiles such as Jimmy Savile – alongside other claims about the coronavirus pandemic and vaccines.
> After the incident involving the Labour leader – where a man and a woman were arrested for assault after a traffic cone was thrown at a police officer – users of the same social media channels expressed their belief that the confrontation had been “staged”.
> Other comments included descriptions of **Starmer as a traitor and a “controlled Zionist”**. Under a video of the incident, another said: “**They are all scum. Going to need more than a few goons as personal protection if things get any worse.”**
> Footage of the incident, bearing the Resistance GB logo, is being shared widely across anti-vaccine social media networks and beyond. The most popular post on Telegram, a social media platform favoured by many far-right activists, was shared by the rightwing media outlet Unity News Network. It had garnered 90,000 views less than 24 hours after Starmer was targeted outside parliament.
> It was shared by a number of prominent anti-vax figures including Kate Shemirani, a former nurse who was struck off the register last year, and Mike Yeadon, a former Pfizer employee who has spread misinformation about Covid-19.
Bet despite him being an ex-Tory Boris will find him useful for keeping news off Boris’s dodgy actions
> Before his expulsion from the Conservative party, Coleshill was pictured in a selfie on one occasion campaigning with Boris Johnson.
If they threw him out, they threw him out and he’s no longer their responsibility.
That said, it does prove it was the right wing in the crowd, contrary to the alternative facts they’re desperately trying to spread.
I’ve just checked out this guys YouTube channel ( resistance gb if you’re interested) and it’s kinda incredible how mobilised these guys are. They’ve made a lot of headwind on vaccine mandates in the nhs it seems, and they’re obsessed with “natural and ancient rights”.