This attempt to occupy a traffic roundabout is today’s biggest racist riots facepalm
After days of racist rioting on the streets of the UK, Wednesday night saw a welcome change of vibe, with anti-racist crowds both marching and gathering to protect refugee centres and mosques.
NEW: There have been no reports of riots tonight as thousands of anti-racist protesters significantly outnumber anti-immigration demonstrators across the country
— Politics UK (@PolitlcsUK) August 7, 2024
Love how tonight has gone from being about the expectation of more riots to being about thousands of people all over the country telling Fascists numbskulls to fuck the fuck off.#FaragesRiots pic.twitter.com/uc58ohVC4E
— Parody Keir Starmer (@Parody_PM) August 7, 2024
a physical manifestation of whiplash pic.twitter.com/nEVz9jdhoA
— Toby Earle Threads tobyontv (@TobyonTV) August 8, 2024
Walthamstow pulled UP. One love always ✊❤️ pic.twitter.com/G7V3C2cgNb
— Heidi Selassie I (@heidisaint) August 7, 2024
Isabelle Oakeshott seeing Britain’s cities face down the disappearing #FarageRiots and even the Daily Mail condemn them pic.twitter.com/XiGkvR1J0i
— dave ❄️ (@mrdavemacleod) August 7, 2024
That doesn’t mean to say that nationalists didn’t also turn up. They did, but in far smaller numbers.
You see this, this is what happens in real life. The bots can't show up on the streets.
On the right there (yeah the far right) are the 6 nazis who turned up to cause mayhem.
Everyone else is there to stop them.
This is England. pic.twitter.com/VpEUQhW3pG
— The Secret DJ. (@SecretDJBook) August 7, 2024
These guys even took their island back.
Cheers in Blackpool as two men raise British and English flags on a roundabout shouting “England til I die” and “Take the island back”. Things here remain peaceful but tense. pic.twitter.com/7cE3ZVQctQ
— Paul Brand (@PaulBrandITV) August 7, 2024
The incident got the scorn it deserved.
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I mean, if they mean that specific traffic island, they can have it. Well done lads. https://t.co/0iwr3oFdoK
— Caitlin Moran (@caitlinmoran) August 7, 2024
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Huge turnout for Far Right protest in Blackpool. The civil war is imminent. #FarageRiots #UKRiots pic.twitter.com/OKsauRkL9w
— Parody Keir Starmer (@Parody_PM) August 7, 2024
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Occupying a roundabout. One place where you can definitely be totally surrounded by police without an exit route. What with it being a circle and all that. They’re thick as mince. https://t.co/qPu4mN1Sd0
— Elizabeth Ammon (@legsidelizzy) August 7, 2024
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The Tragic Roundaboutpic.twitter.com/irYQFbTuwq
— Colin the Dachshund (@DachshundColin) August 7, 2024
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This makes it sound like they are claiming the traffic island as an independent micronation, like Sealand but for people with very limited intellectual curiosity https://t.co/wm8YGY2use
— Hello Gillian (@mippy) August 8, 2024
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"If I should die, think only this of me:
That there's a roundabout in Blackpool
That is forever England." https://t.co/CtqH3LIU5h— The Jase (@jasemonkey) August 7, 2024
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8 lads on a roundabout have taken Blackpool and declared that they have renamed it Whitepool. Conditions on the roundabout are described as ‘small and twatty.’ More, as we get it. https://t.co/DLSQOsxOob
— Niecy O'Keeffe (@NiecyOKeeffe) August 7, 2024
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I’m sorry, but if they didn’t spend their time on this shit we, immigrants, would not have to do the jobs they could do. https://t.co/olF892058F
— dubz 3.0 (@dubz3dot0) August 7, 2024
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'Gentlemen, the plan is to retake a mini-roundabout in Blackpool.' pic.twitter.com/Gcx1Ig4A64
— Stephen Graham (@StephenCVGraham) August 8, 2024
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Fascist Republic of Twatistan making big land gains. https://t.co/t5CCS1fOtd
— lifeintheartslane (@life_arts_lane) August 8, 2024
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Quick! Someone wake up M*$K and tell 'im the civil war's started. https://t.co/4FuqRDujuB
— Gyll King Post Skip Diplomacy (@GyllKing) August 7, 2024
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“We’ve seized the roundabout, lads, Tommy be dead proud if he weren’t on his toes in Spain” https://t.co/4kb76XborZ
— Mad Cyril (@madcyril_) August 7, 2024
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Feels worth mentioning, since this classist tweet went so viral, that the Blackpool attempt at a “protest” (riot) tonight attracted so many people that they managed to take control of [checks notes] a single roundabout. These fascists do not represent the town. https://t.co/rqFLUYYflk
— Mark Grimshaw (@MarkGComedyUK) August 7, 2024
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"See those 6 thick fascists on a roundabout? I did that." pic.twitter.com/QTMHwlDSm4
— Colin the Dachshund (@DachshundColin) August 7, 2024
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The Isle of Shite https://t.co/g1JHHgbNyB
— Keith Burge (@carryonkeith) August 8, 2024
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basically the #FarageRiots are now down to four bald men with sunburn on a roundabout pic.twitter.com/BiAX7gl6gY
— dave ❄️ (@mrdavemacleod) August 7, 2024
There may be a method to their madness.
It's because on a roundabout you have to give priority to the right
— Matt Farrow (@MattFatMarrow) August 7, 2024
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