18 August (Part 2) - Not a riot
I
should have been reducing the height of a Yew tree but instead found myself
watching yet another live-streamed protest. This time it was
held in Bournemouth where
Rent-A-Mob had gathered around the war memorial waving Palestinian flags
chanting River to the Sea, Nazi Scum and Refugees are Welcome Here. In reality,
shouting in favour of ever longer GP
queues and the grooming of young girls.
Across the road in the Town Hall car park was a smaller number of people with
Union and St. George’s flags who were much quieter. Between the two groups were
police from the Dorset, Hampshire, Thames Valley, Avon and Somerset and Devon
and Cornwall forces who didn’t have much to do. They asked Rent-A-Mob to remove
their masks but few did and they told off an old man who lived nearby who crossed the road.
Rent-A-Mob didn’t like being photographed and they had physically attacked the
cameraman the previous day in Piccadilly so he was naturally reluctant to get
too close. It is odd that they are so shy about being photographed if they truly
believe in what they are doing. Some say it is a paid mob which might explain things.
They have also learned to play unrelated popular songs very loudly to drown out
any YouTube commentary and sometimes trigger the YouTube copyright algorithm
which causes the stream to close down.
Over fewer than three hours all the patriots drifted away but
Rent-A-Mob remained which may confirm that they are paid by the hour.
Anyway, not a lot to report, to my mind the most interesting thing happened
later. A Muslim friend phoned and after we both condemned the rioting of a couple of weeks ago he told me
that all the protests such as today’s in Bournemouth were orchestrated from
overseas by Tommy Robinson and Nigel Farage. As anyone who follows these things
will know, the two men don’t get along together. I have learned to keep
quiet and studiously avoid the J word but such misinformation among the Muslim community is worrying.
But who can blame them? The Daily Telegraph initially described the scene in
Bournemouth as “a riot” and so did an idiot Conservative MP. Specifically about
Bournemouth, “These rioters must be stamped out”.
He knows as much about what has been happening recently as I do about the Conservative’s Leadership Election. Absolutely nothing. They still deserve
annihilation.