A cheering crowd

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Ophelia Benson

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Labour has suspended a councillor over a speech at a counter demonstration calling for the throats of anti-immigration protesters to be cut.

Dartford councillor Ricky Jones has been suspended by the party over the video, which shows him in the middle of a cheering crowd at a protest in Walthamstow, east London, organised to stop the far-right from targeting asylum centres and the offices of lawyers helping asylum seekers.

In the speech on Wednesday evening, he said: “We need to cut all their throats and get rid of them.”

Not what you want in a councillor.

He followed his speech with leading a chant of “free, free Palestine.”

Or what? We’ll cut your throats too?

Updating to add:

He’s been arrested.

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3 responses to “A cheering crowd”

  1. Your Name's not Bruce? Avatar
    Your Name’s not Bruce?

    “Mostly peaceful” in Walthamstow last night.

    “Mostly harmless” too, I’ll wager.

  2. Your Name's not Bruce? Avatar
    Your Name’s not Bruce?

    I see someone wearing a dayglow Amnesty International vest smiling and applauding along. Is throat-slashing opponents now an approved form of political action for AI? Going for the Full-Orwell, War is peace/Freedom is slavery/Ignorance is strength trifecta? I guess it’s okay so long as you’re punching slashing up, right?

  3. Ophelia Benson Avatar
    Ophelia Benson

    That is a damn good question. I would like to know.

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