Chris

@BBCkatyaadler there's lies & lies - “Europe's nations should be guided towards the superstate without people understanding what is happening. This can be accomplished by successive steps, each disguised as having economic purpose, but which will eventually & irreversibly lead to federation"

Here’s the problem. The liberal political class wants us to treat atrocities like Belfast as single, random, isolated incidents. “Yes, it’s horrific, but don’t overreact,” they say. “Let the police do their job. Justice will be delivered. Let’s remain united,” and so on. But the public can see that such incidents *aren’t* random or isolated. They are, in fact, all the consequence of massive state failure in the area of asylum and immigration. All roads lead back there. That’s why people are angry.. They are sick of the platitudes that get trotted out after each fresh incident. They don’t want to hear them anymore. They know that the decisions of establishment politicians have brought us to this current pass, and they don’t trust those same politicians to fix things, especially when some of them refuse to even recognise that the public’s anger is justified. There has been a huge vibe shift in recent years. Imagine - God forbid - there were another 7/7. Does anyone think the public response would be anything like as restrained as it was then? We are in really dangerous territory. The public don’t want flowers and candles and “Don’t let them divide us.” They want someone who says, “I recognise that the state has failed abjectly. We have allowed far too many people to settle in the country without knowing who they truly are. It has disrupted your communities. Your anger is justified. And I will do everything in my power to put things right.” Any politician unwilling to articulate that message, fully and sincerely, is effectively sanctioning more years of growing social disharmony and discord. Things cannot heal until those in power recognise the extent of the problem and what it will take to fix it. And, on both counts, most of them don’t. That’s why the next few years are going to be very, very turbulent.

@BasilTheGreat ok, enough, this is out and out repression the same tactics used by the British Government after the French Revolution in 1799 - silence the media, repress using uniformed forces and the courts - lets hope Starmer doesn't order another 'Peterloo' (1819) on protestors

🚨KEIR STARMER COMMITS TO CRACK DOWN ON X Lib Dem Leader Ed Davey says it's "NOT FREE SPEECH" Starmer agrees and says we need to crack down on X for whipping up violence These people are insane They're authoritarian and dangerous They must be removed from power

@moffettAG @ukJ0N what planet are you on - a London based one I assume

@ukJ0N Unbelievable the number of lies Rob told in under a minute.

🔥🔥🔥Rob speaks for many of us, well said that man.🔥🔥🔥

@bushontheradio course - electric razors are useless on some stubble

Does ANYONE wet shave anymore?

@AsplinKevin @DPJHodges nah - no ability, just the hallmark of a buffoon

@DPJHodges It's a remarkable ability to be able to totally ignore an outrage and the culpability of a Government for not preventing it - and instead turn your fire on someone who is angry about that outrage and the failure that caused it.

We're seeing a clear pattern from Reform now. We saw it in Southampton. We've seen it in Belfast. They're all over social media and the airwaves with inflammatory and provocative language. Then when violence occurs, they go to ground.

@LeeAndersonMP_ @reformparty_uk seen a clear pattern in your tweets - you're a complete idiot who puts 2 + 2 together and makes 5 social media & Reform speaking out is often the only way the public actually find out about some of the issues that are being covered up by establishment and this corrupted Gov

The only pattern we are seeing is a constant ranting from you chatting shite about Reform. Let's clear this up right now. @reformparty_uk condemn the violence last night the week before and any violence in the future on our shores. Hope that's in plain English. Your unhealthy obsession with us could affect your impartiality as a journalist. Have you considered lying down in a dark room with some whale music playing? To recap, we condemn the violence but support the right of protest especially when illegal migrants are raping and trying to behead our own people.

@owenjonesjourno Owen you're not very bright are you ... read about the French Revolution - keep a population: voices repressed, insulted them, unfairly policed and unfairly judged/sentenced by the courts, many in poverty & no hope ... bottle up a volcano ... sooner/later the top will blow off

You see these scenes from Belfast? That's our future if Reform, Restore, the Tories, GB News, Elon Musk and the right-wing media get their way. Except this will be on a much bigger scale. We have to decide: do we want those inciting hatred to destroy our country?

This morning in Parliament, I was accosted by Lib Dem MP Angus MacDonald, who accused me and others of inciting violence. His aggressive approach and tone left me feeling threatened and shaken. This kind of behaviour is unacceptable, especially from fellow MPs. We all have different views and should be able to disagree respectfully. The Lib Dems support open borders, while Reform UK supports controlled immigration and putting the British people first. That’s not inciting violence, that’s doing what’s best for the United Kingdom. 🇬🇧

@SarahForRuncorn no surprise there then - lib/lefties are as nice as pie if you agree with all they say - if you have any contrary view, then the hatred kicks in

@BrianBirchUK @Xmusknewsx bet you love the EU as well

@Xmusknewsx Absolutely true. He thinks because he has so much money and control of X that he can act as a minor influencer in British politics. Brits, on the other hand, being somewhat independent and disliking hubris of the Musk variety, understandably hate him!

British people, is this true?

@Xmusknewsx think it highly unlikely - suggest 52% love him and the 48% rest, who ... "can't handle the truth" hate him for speaking out about what's under their witless noses

@PeterBleksley @UKLabour @Keir_Starmer @hilarybennmp err ... you think they'd learn from the French Revolution - ignore, oppress and insult a population enough and they'll be a reaction - once the momentum grows large enough - but no they're either too terminally stupid or just gaslighting for all they're worth

Dear @UKLabour, if your Government keeps obfuscating and ducking the issues like @Keir_Starmer and @hilarybennmp did today, then don’t be surprised when public anger boils over. When it does, it’ll be on you lot.

They let them in. Then call you racist for complaining. They will now debate our right to express anger and pontificate about the legitimacy of the public’s reaction. And the House will be “united” in condemnation, not of the failure. Of us.

@PaulEmbery well tbh it might be in the meeting chambers, but I doubt it is in the pubs and streets of Belfast - the Irish aren't easily fooled by rhetoric or intimidated

First minister Michelle O'Neill: “The debate today ... is about our inclusive society, our welcoming society.” Tone deaf.

Hillary Benn. Was totally shocking in Parliament today. More offended by the words 'Alien Culture' than the attempted murder itself. He's unfit for office.

@ClaireHanna errr I'm English ... but I know enough to know this will not make people in Irish society 'turn on each other'

The violence in North Belfast was horrific, the video will create fear and shock. No good will come of sharing it or of turning on each other in this society, including for the clout of online voices who don’t know or care about us and who offer absolutely nothing for the future.

@josephpowell frankly nobody, but nobody, gives a sh_t

What is Nigel Farage not telling us about his £5m “gift”? I spoke to Danny Finkelstein on Times Radio earlier today about the many unanswered questions surrounding Christopher Harborne’s generous “gift” to the Reform leader. It’s time for him to come clean.

@ShockatAdam well, you know the answer

Time and time again, Muslims feel the government are not listening to their concerns. The Unite the Kingdom is just another part of the long series of the government neglect of Muslim community concerns.

@JChimirie66677 @Keir_Starmer as the quote goes 'a single death is a tragedy, a million a statistic' - attributed to the Dictator Stalin - let's wait for the next outrage, and the ones after, and the endless stream after that - at all costs let's avoid 'division'

.@Keir_Starmer, your statement says you have absolutely no tolerance for abhorrent scenes of violence like this on our streets. With respect, tolerance is not the issue. Nobody tolerates a near beheading on a residential street in Belfast. The question your statement carefully avoids is prevention. And prevention requires honesty about a pattern your government has consistently refused to name. A man in his thirties, a Somali national, pinned a man to the ground on a residential street and stabbed him repeatedly in the face and neck. Members of the public intervened with a hurling stick. A woman required hospital treatment for the stress of witnessing it. This happened in Northern Ireland, a place that has known more than its share of violence, and even there residents said they had never seen anything like it. Your government has presided over record small boat crossings. It has failed to proscribe the IRGC despite repeated promises. It has blocked the grooming gang inquiry for a year before being forced to concede it. It has spent £10 billion on asylum accommodation contracts. It has actively resisted measures that would have reduced the number of unvetted individuals entering and remaining in this country. The victims of these attacks are not statistics. They are British people, going about their lives on their own streets, who were failed before the attack happened. Failed at the border. Failed by a system that prioritises the rights of those who arrive illegally over the safety of those who were already here. Your thoughts are with the victim. So are ours. The difference is that thoughts are not policy. Thoughts do not secure borders. Thoughts do not remove individuals with no right to be here. Thoughts do not protect the next victim, whose name we do not yet know, on a street we cannot yet identify, from an attack that has not yet happened. How many more before the thoughts become action?

The horrific attack in Belfast last night is sickening. I have absolutely no tolerance for abhorrent scenes of violence like this on our streets. My thoughts are first and foremost with the victim, and I thank the first responders, including members of the public who intervened.

@SeddSezz like he's discussing a traffic incident - pathetic

This was an obvious terror attack. The savage tried to behead someone for crying out loud! Why are UK police forces so clueless and so lacklustre? We’ve lost our toughness. We’ve lost our way. I don’t recognise Britain anymore.