Ben Coates

bencoates1.bsky.social

31 Oktober 2026 16:17

The annoying thing is: preparations for the non-riots were covered in the media almost as extensively as real riots would have been. So even if there’s no trouble at all, the whole country wakes up to “Hague braced for violent rampage” stories. Heads Wilders wins, tails Wilders wins

wiley cope

wileycope.bsky.social

30 Oktober 2026 07:36

Oh it gets weirder. Following publication, "Delta9", the anonymous "third party, not associated with the SoapGirls" who speaks for them anyway, now claim a "third party line with the President" and are proposing to make it illegal for any "current or former Antifa member" to criticize a band.

Aurelien Mondon

aurelmondon.com

29 Oktober 2026 11:45

"Rather than focus on the hugely damaging impact of the rise of the far-right and the subsequent increase in racist attacks ... over the past few years, the BBC has instead completely detached its collective critical faculties and treated it as being just another Westminster horse race story"

Anti-Fascism and Far Right

ffrafaction.bsky.social

27 Oktober 2026 20:48

100 men dressed in black stood at Edinburgh castle's esplanade in a military-style formation, like a fascist-style “drill square”. A video was then uploaded by a group calling themselves "Alba Defensor". < Cops say this was fine www.thenational.scot/news/2667198...

Carlo Carmono

napta.bsky.social

27 Oktober 2026 13:09

I would wager this kind of refusal to accept support from the worst in our society is what we need right wing politicians to do to fix things, but it's too easy for them to simply keep the support while keeping a proxy layer between the members of the party and the extremists.