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"'Nick Tenconi, who is the leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) and a Reading-based businessman was seen in social media footage at an 'Enough is Enough' demonstration in Aldershot last week."

"Mr Tenconi justified claims of 'offensive chants' by arguing that he was allying with 'patriots' against what he called 'far left' counter-protesters."

https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/24512641.reading-based-ukip-leader-replies-offensive-chants/

'LONDON — Elon Musk could be summoned for a grilling by British MPs over X’s role in race riots that have rocked the U.K. over the last week, as well as his own incendiary comments about the violence.'

https://www.politico.eu/article/united-kingdom-mps-elon-musk-parliament-riots/

'The X boss has also come under fire for re-instating the account of high-profile far-right activist Tommy Robinson, who co-founded the English Defense League.'

Why have there been *no* fascist riots in so far?

Because we all work very hard to make safe.

For the past two years I've been working with others in local government, the third sector, universities, and Scottish government on this : https://newscots.scot .

We are held up as an example by UNHCR of how to promote welcoming, trauma-informed integration, even while Patel, Braverman, and Jenrick (and the press, and Yaxley-Lennon, and Farage) screamed for blood.

And it works: yes, of course there is in Scotland, but so far we've been able to resist the horrors in England. But it requires a continuous, thoughtful commitment across all layers of society. It isn't a "natural feature" of Scotland. We achieved this.

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Dear white people: when Black people share our experiences with racism, don't ask us

"What can be done about it?"

We didn't invent racism.

And on some level, many of you know what needs to be done. It just sits outside of your comfort level.

Well, you need to learn to sit with that discomfort, then pose your questions about what needs to be done to other white people. You need to challenge racism within:

* YOUR family members who
are racist (The major holidays
are coming. Time to prepare!)

* Your friends and social
groups

* Your co-workers and
colleagues

* YOURself

Asking Black people to explain the dynamics of racism and to offer solutions, unless they volunteer that information, is asking for them to "educate you" by doing FREE emotional and intellectual labor - and most of us have enough on our plate trying to survive and thrive. …