BREAKING: Antifa protests in London following Conservative landslide win

[killaphill]

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Source: Post Millenial

“Tory scum off our streets, Nazi scum off our streets!” shouted left-wing protesters in central London.

Around a thousand demonstrators, many masked and holding antifa symbols, poured onto the streets of the British capital to protest the U.K.’s election results. The Conservatives won in a landslide election the day before, likely guaranteeing Britain’s withdrawal from the EU at the end of next month.

The British capital descended into chaos as the Met Police struggled to contain protesters connected to antifa, socialist and communist groups. They had shut down the streets in and around Westminster. They demanded a “revolution” and the ousting of the Conservatives.

Protesters disobeyed police orders and shoved officers who attempted to block them from certain routes. At one point, officers brandished batons at the crowd to get them to comply.

Read more: https://www.thepostmillennial.com/breaking-antifa-protests-in-london-following-conservative-landslide-win/

[yaesu]

1. UK's working class fell for the same BS that our working class fell for proving that stupid is

universal. With that said, I'm thinking this is being overblown & Post Millennial is a rightwing rag

[onetexan]

2. I thought Brits were more liberal

Apparently not

[Yavin4]

3. They're not. Most of Europe is just as racist, xenophobic as the U.S.

The HUGE difference is that Europeans don't let their racism and xenophobia prevent them from voting for social and economic policies that benefit the working class.

[yaesu]

5. as i understand it the working class blamed the labour party for flip flopping on Brexit

so went for the tRump lookalike though he isn't the monster tRump is.

[IronLionZion]

4. Sounds like a conservative rag

since their other articles are outrage at a gay Jesus film and claims that the media is killing democracy.

And British people can stop claiming to be smarter than Americans since they've voted for Brexit twice now and are stuck with Boris Johnson. At least in America we are impeaching our dumbass president.

[yaesu]

6. they are rated a a rightwing outlet so its probably fake news. nt

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. Worse than that. this article is by the infamous Andy Ngo

How a Right-Wing Troll Managed to Manipulate the Mainstream Media

When a milkshake to the face brought the spotlight on Andy Ngo, politicians and talking heads on both sides were happy to take on his cause: demonizing antifa

There’s a folksy saying that grandparents of all stripes like to dispense: If it looks like a duck and acts like a duck, then you shouldn’t be surprised when it starts quacking. Another, perhaps less folksy version of this idiom is Occam’s Razor, the theory that the simplest explanation for an event or phenomenon is usually the most likely.

Nowhere was this demonstrated more quickly than in the case of the meteoric rise and equally rapid fall of Andy Ngo, the provocateur and social media personality who garnered nationwide sympathy last June, when he tweeted that he was attacked by antifascist protesters at a Proud Boys rally. Last week, the local newspaper the Portland Mercury reported that a left-wing activist going undercover as a member of Patriot Prayer, a far-right group known for promoting and engaging in violent clashes with leftist activists, had given the publication an 18-minute video that included footage of Ngo with a group of Patriot Prayer members as the members discuss an upcoming brawl, including weaponry to be used in altercations with antifa. Ngo, who describes himself as a journalist, did not record the conversation, and does not appear to have his camera or notebook out. For part of the footage, he is seen on his phone.

The source told the Mercury that Ngo and Patriot Prayer have an “understanding” that the group offers him protection when he covers rallies in exchange for favorable coverage. While this has not been confirmed, and Ngo strongly denies these allegations, an audio conversation between members of the Proud Boys, released by Willamette Week seemed to confirm that such discussions between Ngo and the Proud Boys had occurred, as one man is recorded saying that Ngo was attacked on June 29th because he refused an offer of protection. “Andy Ngo was fucking told that if he wanted protection from the PBs [Proud Boys], he went in with us and he went out with us,” the man says.

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/andy-ngo-right-wing-troll-antifa-877914/

[Mc Mike]

9. Shame this op is on the front page, right column.

Like the opposite of MIRT is occurring. My computer OS doesn't permit an alert.

[tenderfoot]

8. Why are you posting bullshit from Andy Ngo?

[OKNancy]

10. Locking

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