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Two-tier policing is a phrase used to describe the belief that some protesters and demonstrators are dealt with more harshly than others.     (www.msn.com)
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Labour need to go. Fucking now.     (www.dailymail.co.uk)
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13711561/britain-riots-shops-close-fears-violence-looting.html

Link may change, archive won't work.

Edit: https://archive.is/COQRP (they already rearranged it but all the quotes are still there)

So everyone's seen this video of the "locals" in Birmingham: https://x.com/darrengrimes_/status/1820503043793998078?t=Q0YEmjfaGLzg3BmnQTyiPQ&s=09

So here's some quotes from the link above relating to that....

Local councillors turned out, seemingly in support of the community turning out in the area in response to rumours of a far-right protest that spread online last night.

Later, the correspondent revealed she and her colleagues had been told to leave the area - before a masked man with a knife tried to puncture their van's tyre with a knife.

She wrote on Sky News: 'as we attempted to report live from across the street we were approached by a group of men who told us to leave.

'Older men intervened, reassuring us that we should stay. But as the situation became more hostile, we took a decision to drive away.

'As we did, a man in a balaclava ran alongside us brandishing a knife. He ran in front of one of our vehicles and began stabbing at the tyre of our broadcast van. It wasn't damaged, so we were able to continue to drive away.'

Jess Phillips, Labour MP for the area, claimed on social media that local Muslims had been coaxed out by the rumours.

'To be clear all day rumours have been spread that a far right group were coming and it was done entirely to get Muslim people out on the street to drive this content,' she wrote on X, responding to the Sky News footage.

'These people came to this location because it has been spread that racists were coming to attack them.'

Literally defending knife crime now, the very thing that led to three young girls being stabbed to death in the first place.
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Tommy Robinson ‘sacked’ by Muslim tax advisor for ‘instigation of riots’     (www.msn.com)
submitted by paul_neri to UnitedKingdom 10 months ago (+2/-1)
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worst UK disorder in years     (edition.cnn.com)
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156 pages of comments, photos, videos, and info about the UK murders of the three girls, and the ensuing protests. Since Friday.     (kiwifarms.st)
submitted by Sector2 to UnitedKingdom 10 months ago (+1/-0)
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https://kiwifarms.st/threads/the-british-summer-of-discontent.197235/#post-18997134

"The British Summer of Discontent - The growing civil unrest of the native British population, sparked by the murder of 3 young girls in Southport"

The Brits seem to be getting pretty upset.

May need account to view?

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Hundreds of Muslims block streets in Birmingham in response to 'planned far-right march'      (www.dailymail.co.uk)
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Famous Sycamore Gap tree illegally felled in England showing signs of life with regrowth appearing on stump     (www.msn.com)
submitted by paul_neri to UnitedKingdom 10 months ago (+3/-0)
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Clashes in Southport after town mourns in vigil for victims of stabbing attack     (www.bbc.com)
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Rise in people fascinated by violence, police warn     (www.bbc.com)
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UK must prepare for war in three years     (www.msn.com)
submitted by paul_neri to UnitedKingdom 10 months ago (+4/-1)
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‘Shocking’ scenes as UK city on fire     (www.news.com.au)
submitted by paul_neri to UnitedKingdom 11 months ago (+2/-0)
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Sir Keir Starmer warns Putin 'you will not succeed' in Ukraine war     (www.msn.com)
submitted by paul_neri to UnitedKingdom 11 months ago (+1/-0)
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https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/sir-keir-starmer-warns-putin-you-will-not-succeed-in-ukraine-war/ss-BB1pIRvq?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=HCTS&cvid=a3f695831007483d8e466ebb741a575b&ei=8#interstitial=3

"we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this Island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in God’s good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old.".
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Desperate Landrover owners chaining cars up to trees to stop thefts     (www.msn.com)
submitted by paul_neri to UnitedKingdom 11 months ago (+7/-0)
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Has King Arthur returned?     (nypost.com)
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https://nypost.com/2024/07/03/world-news/french-excalibur-sword-vanishes-after-1300-years-lodged-in-a-rock/

The legends about King Arthur came from long ago books written in France. In one legend, the Lady Of The Lake hands the sword Excalibur to Arthur, making him king of Britain. But then...

Another legend states that Arthur pulls the Excalibur sword from a stone, certifying that he would be king. Can it all be so?

Additionally, when mortally wounded in battle, he is taken to a magical land in the west called Avalon, where he revives and remains until the designated time for his return. Hmmm.

So here's my timeline for Arthur, making both seemingly unrelated scenarios possible:

First is the story of the Lady of the Lake. Then later a wounded Arthur goes across the western ocean to Avalon. And finally, at the appointed time, Arthur returns (today) and regains his throne after pulling Excalibur from the stone, which is in France, where the legends were written.

Excalibur has now been pulled from the stone. Is this the ende of jewish rule of mighty Britannia? Is this THE RETURN OF THE KING?
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We have too many prisoners, says new PM Starmer     (www.bbc.com)
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A heated 12-metre (40ft) pool in his [Rishi Sunak's] Yorkshire home used so much power that the local electricity network had to be upgraded.     (www.theguardian.com)
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Britain is broken. Can anyone fix it?     (edition.cnn.com)
submitted by paul_neri to UnitedKingdom 11 months ago (+15/-1)
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https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2024/07/world/uk-election-stoke-cnnphotos/

Ambulances often take hours to arrive, then return to a hospital that has struggled with staffing.

Funding promises, she says, fall flat when people “can’t get a doctor’s appointment, or the potholes haven’t been fixed, or the trains don’t run on time.
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Rees-Mogg tells young Tories he wants to ‘build a wall in the English Channel’     (www.theguardian.com)
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Aussies warned to stay away from London by terrified locals as the cost of living crisis continues and violent crime escalates: 'It's the worst it has ever been'     (www.dailymail.co.uk)
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/real-life/article-13586519/Reddit-Aussie-tourists-london-cost-living-crime.html

Brits have taken to social media to reveal the highly multicultural city no longer feels like home.

Moped gangs are found all over the city - hundreds swooping in for people's devices as they walk through the streets every day.
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Ed Sheeran says London is 'dangerous' and 'every area is sketchy' as he fears for safety     (www.msn.com)
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Britain's depleted military capability has left our Armed Forces unable to defend the country properly     (www.msn.com)
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Whoever is in Number 11 after the election, Swindon shows the massive task facing them. It shows what an economy not growing at normal rates looks like. A former boom town struggling.     (www.bbc.com)
submitted by paul_neri to UnitedKingdom 11 months ago (+2/-0)
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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cldyw4q5qllo

11 Downing Street in London, also known colloquially in the United Kingdom as Number 11, is the official residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer (who traditionally also has the title of Second Lord of the Treasury).
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[Sir Keir] Starmer is expected to move fast to cement his statist vision of the country's future – led by a repeal of the Rwanda migrants scheme, French-style union laws and the slamming of VAT on private school fees.     (www.dailymail.co.uk)
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[UK] Government writes off £1.4bn of PPE from Covid deal     (www.bbc.com)
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[UK] Army chiefs plan biggest reservists mobilisation exercise in 20 years     (www.msn.com)
submitted by paul_neri to UnitedKingdom 11 months ago (+2/-1)
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