Further arrests in Thetford after violent anti-immigration protests
If you give the vigilante mob what they want - nodding and agreeing as you understand their "legitimate concerns" - what you get is more vigilante mobs. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Leonardo Carella17Of course, the government didn't start the fire. They've just been very bad at putting it out. And the arsonist go unpunished. bsky.app/profile/leon...
Susanita1They have no ‘legitimate’ concerns because they are reacting to lies & dog whistles . Until that is accepted they get away with this racist 💩.
yk6623lm.bsky.social1Absolutely true. The weasel words government response has the effect of validating the confected (rather than 'legitimate') concerns of the racist mobs. This further emboldens the thugs to move on to even more towns and villages.
Chas Manthium1High time the goverment legislated to ban any gathering of any size anywhere near these places. Need something akin to the Riot Act. Screw their right to protest.
Far Right rioters having one of their Fun Days. “It came after police officers were "subjected to significant aggression" on Wednesday, including a female police officer who was "seriously bitten".”
Simon Ferrigno6Just when there's an uptick in doh whistling around boats and a by-election coming up. Wonder who's pushing what on the X-cesspool?
LordWessenden1235What is wrong with these people? They need help to understand just as we have to put up with them being obnoxious, horrible, bigoted people, they also have to put up with and share the planet with human beings who aren’t aggressive, hostile and bitter.
Assembled Person2Thetford. The shallow gene puddle that elected Liz Truss; is concerned that some diversity could make them less inbred.
sezworldjustice.bsky.social2The AHs spreading this racist populist division crap on social media must be found and held to account, the government must shut these sites down, the social media firms must be held to account, shut down X BS etc!
Elkeblom1I keep wondering how many of these so called patriots actually serve their communities in a meaningful way. They're hooligans, nothing more nothing less. Homegrown thugs are just that. Thugs.
Javier Garcia1Boozed up on Belgian beer no doubt
But sure "legitimate concerns" and all that nonsense. These are purely racist attacks. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Dr Simon Ubsdell17“Disorder”, ”protests”. Not “ugly racist violence” which is the correct way to describe it.
Lord JG3And Tom Paine was a son of Thetford. This is racism of the worst kind. Not f**king British at all. Deport the racist offenders.
thomasdix.bsky.social2'Alleged asylum seekers' is a term I've not seen before.
Gill Tate2The people I'd rather see removed from this country are the white bigots that disturb the peace, threaten people and bite police officers. Not fit to be in a civilised society. Kick em out.
Aida1yes, but labor was also very clear in their post-elections manifesto that their goal is to make england more white. Why are people still surprised by this?
Catherine1Violent racist thugs. Sadly loads of them around these days thanks to @reformexposed.bsky.social
This violence is not exceptional or limited to the actions of extreme individuals It's the direct result of years of mainstreaming led by mainstream media and politicians who have legitimised racism and other forms of exclusion Arrests will not stop this spiral www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Prof. Catherine Rowett, ex MEP5They should have arrested all the ringleaders, not just the ones who injured the officers. The crime was attacking people's homes and racist violence. Not against the police but against other residents who have been legitimately housed there by the authorities. Shockingly inadequate policing.
Harry3The Guardian...the fucking Guardian, managing to 'reasonable concerns' wash this more than the Eastern Daily Press which is basically a Reform Loyalist paper. There was no link to the proposed housing refugees at the ex army base. It was not a protest. It was a riot/pogrom.
Dave Johnson2Yes, stoking racism. It's disguised as being about "immigration," but as the guy says in this report, “They don’t want the white man any more, they want to swap us.”
His Royal Huwness 🏴🐸🇵🇸🇪🇺2I was taught about the rise of the Nazis in the 70s. I recall that they scapegoated Gastarbeiters (immigrants) mostly Turkish I think, as well as Jews, lefties etc. The parallels are obviously too uncomfortable for our media to report. @bbcrosatkins.bsky.social @channel4news.bsky.social
Harry2The state of the Grauniad in this peice. It was a riot. It was a pogrom. It was nothing about the nearby military base/refugee camp. They went hunting for brown people to chase out of their homes under threat of death. Fucking state of the press in this country.
Grotesque response by the Home Office, reassuring far right would-be stormtroopers that they’re on their side and that they have a legitimate point to make, as long as they just tone the violence down and lay off the police
Alasdair Mackenzie28And this Labour MP seeming to imply, hopefully unintentionally, that the problem is people being misidentified as asylum seekers, rather than actual asylum seekers being brutalised and intimidated
Jamie, Snatcher of Castles1"The right to protest is fundamental to our democracy" - except if you're criticising the government's stance on Palestine or fossil fuels, apparently
Chris Boyd15amazing. they legitimate concerns'd anywhere between 30 and 50 people out of a mob of at least 100 scumbags smashing up houses, trying to get *into* houses, attacking residents. the home office are garbage, the people doing this are scum, our government is a literal shower of good for nothings
Gledster2"The right to protest is fundamental..." Unless you are an 80 year old ex-vicar protesting a genocide in another country. Then we will lock you up so fast your head will spin.
"There were some skirmishes, it was a spirited protest but I didn't see any violence” say local Reform Councillor despite a male police officer being struck with a rock & a woman officer bitten so hard it broke her skin.. Which is why I view these Reform thugs & their puppet masters as Utter Scum❗️🤬
elvisisalive.bsky.social2Aye, but biting cops is Normal for Norfolk. The rabies shots are apparently fucking horrific so I feel really sorry for the cop.
OCB16402As someone whose father was a lifelong cop, got plenty of friends & family in police service-including deputy chief of riot forces-I’d invite said gent to stand on the line with the police. No body armour, shield etc since it’s “non violent”. Watch how the little scumbag would shit himself.
LetteJ1Funny how these riots all start again once Reform start spouting about immigrants and boats?
It’s depressing these can’t getting called out properly by people in power but good that they’re still pathetically small despite 2 full years of the UK press begging for race riots
Tom Hunter4They should start proactively rounding up the guys organising these & buying hotel rooms to fill with 14 year olds lured in by groomed teens they’ve promised to turn into far right “journalists” on youtube
James Austin2This will just be the usual scrotes. Politicians: its the usual scrotes! You can just crack down on them! Everyone will thank you!
Nick Croom1Today kept on talking about "we can't resolve this issue through politics." Presumably the only resolution is expelling asylum seekers because nothing else will placate these protestors.
Significant violence in Thetford, five arrested but nobody called to account for inciting or orchestrating the violent protest against ordinary people. Reform councillor hides behind the word ‘spirited protest’ when describing the violence. Typical rabble rousing talk. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
James Austin54The Police and Govt should be coming down like a absolute ton of bricks on those involved here. As always its actually quite a small number of scum who need dealing with. Utterly awful - and a total abbrogation of responsibility by the Reform councillor
Anand4police officers were "subjected to significant aggression" on Wednesday, including a female police officer who was "seriously bitten". Crowds also attempted to storm homes linked to alleged asylum seekers on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. the nastiest fringes are feeling dangerously empowered
