Nigel Shares the Love!

 

Nonsense, of course, but I thought it would attract your attention. You, dear reader, might be an admirer of Nigel Farage (NF) seen above. If so, you will appreciate the picture above. If, like me, you are not someone who appreciates NF, the picture will not be acceptable. Perhaps not, but you, like me, will be amazed that so many people hold this man with such affection. And that is a good starting point for this blog post.

NF, I think, is becoming a complete megalomaniac. As we know, there is understandable controversy over the horrible murder of Henry Nowak and his death under arrest by the Southampton police. As we know, there is an issue of racism involved, and questions raised about "two-tier policing". We know from previous incidents, such as the Southport murders in 2024, that NF feels impelled to speak out publicly on such matters. NF blamed the murders of the three young Southport girls on Muslim asylum seekers. Well, we know how accurate that was. NF blamed the police for not providing full information, but that didn't stop the rioting in Southport and elsewhere. He is at it again, seeking fit to "address the nation" on the topic. This, to me, is evidence of NF's megalomania. Only the Monarch or a religious leader has the authority to "address" the nation. 

As for NF's "address", he says of the Henry Nowak murder: "... the rights and privileges of white people matter less than ethnic minorities”, adding that “white lives matter…” and there needs to be “an end to anti-white prejudice”. This echoes what Zia Yusuf, a Reform UK associate of NF, has said elsewhere: “White people are now demonstrably the biggest victims of racism in Britain”.

The Byline Times comments: "Now I’m not sure what definition of “demonstrably” Yusuf and Reform are using here, but official figures demonstrate that black people in the UK are around 16 times more likely to be the victims of racial hate crime, per head of population, than their white counterparts, with Asian people being around nine times more likely".

Not that such details will concern NF. He has other fish to fry. Henry Nowak's father has appealed for calm, but he has been by ignored by NF, along with the right-wing press, the Tories, Tommy Robinson and the Far Right. In much the same way, appeals for calm by parents on of one of the three murdered Southport girls were ignored by NF and the rioters in Southport, who staged a violent confrontation with police outside the  Southport Mosque, despite the fact that the murderer did not come form a Muslim family. Well, as NF would say, quoting Lenin, you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs. NF had his reputation to consider - and an opportunity to exploit, as he has now. I believe he has condemned last night's rioting in Southampton, but I cannot find any trace of it. What is remembered of NF's address is his call for the public to act with "pure, cold rage". There is a picture of it below.

This leads to a question that has not been examined yet, in fact, I haven't seen any comment about it anywhere. The riots that happened in Southampton last night concern me because they have been organised suspiciously quickly. I don't know how many of the rioters were locals, but I remember that, during the post-murder riots in Southport, 2024, the majority of the rioters were said to be outsiders, inspired and mobilised in part by Daniel Thomas ("Tommo"), an associate of Tommy Robinson, who was on holiday in Cyprus.

Well, Tommy Robinson was present at the protest/riots in Southampton last night. Thanks to Searchlight magazine, we know that other far Right luminaries: Paul Golding (Britain First); Nick Tenconi (UKIP); "Tommo" and Laurence Fox. And there were overtly fascist and neo-Nazi elements in the crowd. Searchlight says here: 

"Then, following a call from Robinson himself that Digwa’s family should be driven out of Southampton, the demonstration moved towards Digwa’s family home in Portiswood.

Now, the mood and character of the demonstration changed. Masked figures moved to the front, nazi salutes were being thrown and ‘White Power’ was being chanted.

Officers were targeted with stones in St Denys. Bins were set alight and rolled towards police lines. Riot shields went up. Hampshire Constabulary deployed its helicopter, additional riot vans and mounted officers as the situation deteriorated across multiple locations. By late evening, the violence had not abated".

To conclude, I think that we should be concerned that many non-political people are being drawn to such events and are being influenced by extremist ideas. I can only hope that there will be no more riots inspired by the Nowak murder and/or Farage's "two-tier policing" nonsense. I also think that we who oppose right-wing extremism should review our ways of dealing with it. The beast needs to be tamed and caged.