In 2020, the Left Told us Rioting Worked. In 2025, They Tell us it Doesn’t. What Changed? The Politics of the Rioters, of Course
This week marks a year since last summer’s post-Southport anti-immigration riots, during which we were continually told by the authorities and the Left that rioting solves absolutely nothing. But this summer also marks five years since the (far more destructive) Black Lives Matter rioting across America and Europe over the death of George Floyd, when we were told by these very same oracles that rioting solves plenty. Which answer was correct? The most recent evidence from the UK would tend to suggest that, actually, it is the latter.
This June saw several consecutive nights of disorder in the Northern Irish town of Ballymena, sparked off by the alleged oral rape of a local white teenager by two 14 year-old immigrant Roma gypsies (i.e., ones from Romania), an ethnicity whom you may or may not consider to be white themselves; opinion differs. Either way, they were definitely deemed foreign and thus potentially expellable. As the town’s Roma ‘community’ were known as troublemakers, said to be disproportionately involved in drug-dealing, theft and prostitution, the traditional native Ballymena residents teamed up to go on the rampage by torching cars, smashing windows and burning the Roma out of their homes.
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“As I myself once found, it turns out there’s only so long people can be expected to put up with having a large horse living on their nearest roundabout before, eventually, they start gathering up their rocks and tins of paint. And firebombs.”
We shall see. If it’s not too late already, some fairly decisive action is needed to get things back in the right direction, and I just don’t see enough of a consensus in favour of that for it to happen. Compared to the USA I think we are generally “nicer” (or like to think we are) and our parliamentary system lends itself more to career politicians not wanting to offend than a presidential system does (though Trump is an outlier anyway).
Seeing as how both the police and the political class have explicitly declared themselves to be the enemy of the “ordinary ” classes, frankly as far as I’m concerned it’s open season.
I don’t want to see violent disturbance, but if that’s the way it has to be then, amen.
Peaceful means have got us nowhere for 30 years.
Good points.
Interesting, isn’t it?
BLM riots, triggered by a black career criminal choking to death – Starmer and Rayner kneel down to show their support. The ensuing violence and thuggery are lauded by the lefty media.
Ballymena riots, triggered by Roma sexual assault – total condemnation from the same people.
I think some protests are even going on on a daily basis, such as in Epping. I think consistency is a good thing, keep the pressure on. The cynics on here moan that protesting does nothing, so let’s see, shall we? The people, including the council, want that damn hotel closed. I think it’s harder once the migrants have already been dumped, but I’ve certainly read of cases, such as in Ireland, Germany and the Netherlands where people have got wind that they’re going to get a load of migrants plonked in their neighbourhood and they’re out there protesting and it worked. People see with their own eyes the level of opposition. I think sitting at home, whinging online and signing petitions is less effective. People need to move their arses and show up because there’s strength in numbers and being physically present as a collective you’re harder to ignore than a load of signatures on a petition, which can go straight in the trash and not even glanced at. People can film, upload footage, local papers run the story, on social media this news gets shared far and wide, gaining traction and attention. Never stop, that’s what I think;… Read more »
JFK summed it up very succinctly.
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable”
For decades, the native British people (and latterly some legal immigrant communities) have complained about and voted against mass immigration.
For 14 years, they elected “Conservative” Governments which promised, in every Manifesto, to reduce immigration. And then did the exact opposite.
The electorate understood that whilst we were in the EU, controlling immigration was impossible. So they voted to leave the EU. When Johnson finally delivered a form of Brexit – and could control immigration – he opened the floodgates.
The Establishment and their Treacherous Uni-Party is now reaping what it has sowed for a generation.
They made peaceful revolution impossible. Now it will be violent. I’m not supporting or condoning that …. just stating the fact. As has Prof David Bezt, Prof of War Studies, who says that civil war is now unavoidable.
I cannot fault Steven Tucker’s point of view. Anger has been at a slow simmer ever since the Brexit vote of 2016. The refusal of central government to enact the will of the people set the tone. For people like me realisation that our governments could not be trusted, coupled with an increasingly perverse MSM meant that I was a covid denier even before they started their shenanigans and now our numbers are growing.
Kneel and co are hell bent on civil disorder and have shipped in an army to deal with us when it kicks off. The problem is, wars never go to plan and Kneel is not a general, in fact he couldn’t make Lance Corporal.
Quite right. He’s just a “stupid boy.” Is he related to Private Pike?
I saw an idiotic immigration lawyer on television yesterday questioning the sense in protesting outside the places where the boat people are being dumped. Why don’t they protest outside Downing Street he asked. Well stupid, it’s because contrary to what our piece of…. Prime Minister claims, these are locals protesting where they live, unlike the violent, masked (but with a police get out of jail free card in their pockets, it seems), thugs who are bussed in by the SWP, Antifa and SUTR rabble rousers. Also, they are less likely to be framed by the Met if they are protesting in Epping, Aldershot, Newcastle and Manchester than if they are in London.
As von Clausewitz observed – war is the pursuit of politics by other means. This was a good example to prove him right as indeed is the operation to liberate the 4 oblasts in Ukraine.