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Notes On A Developing Situation
No, don't ask me what's going on in the UK- I only live here.
I'm told we have rioting. And the ostensible reason for the rioting is dissatisfaction with the government's immigration policy- and the government has responded with threats of greater repression and harsher punishment- because that's how it goes.
Three little girls were murdered by a knifeman. Word got round that the killer was a Muslim extremist. That was the spark, the excuse. When people are angry any spark will do- and it's usually some minority that gets targeted. Actually the knifeman was nativeborn and a Christian.
I don't know how many people are taking to the streets, or how seriously violent they are. Fires have been set.
Some people want to talk the violence up, others want to play it down. I suppose I'm in the latter camp but if you accuse me of complacency you could be right.
An American news show I sometimes watch says "Civil War." I'm not feeling it.
There's a story (That's all I have, other people's stories) about the guy who turned up for an advertised demo and found he was the only one who could be bothered. There was him, there were two police officers, there was a van.
Far-right generalissimo Tommy Robinson- who tweeted the untruths about the knifeman- seems to have been caught on the hop. He was photographed roasting himself on a recliner in Greece. He helped wind the clock but wasn't around to hear it strike....
I'm told we have rioting. And the ostensible reason for the rioting is dissatisfaction with the government's immigration policy- and the government has responded with threats of greater repression and harsher punishment- because that's how it goes.
Three little girls were murdered by a knifeman. Word got round that the killer was a Muslim extremist. That was the spark, the excuse. When people are angry any spark will do- and it's usually some minority that gets targeted. Actually the knifeman was nativeborn and a Christian.
I don't know how many people are taking to the streets, or how seriously violent they are. Fires have been set.
Some people want to talk the violence up, others want to play it down. I suppose I'm in the latter camp but if you accuse me of complacency you could be right.
An American news show I sometimes watch says "Civil War." I'm not feeling it.
There's a story (That's all I have, other people's stories) about the guy who turned up for an advertised demo and found he was the only one who could be bothered. There was him, there were two police officers, there was a van.
Far-right generalissimo Tommy Robinson- who tweeted the untruths about the knifeman- seems to have been caught on the hop. He was photographed roasting himself on a recliner in Greece. He helped wind the clock but wasn't around to hear it strike....