Hundreds of protesters arrived in Portsmouth on the coast of England as 140 migrants were let into the country off a boat that docked in Hampshire. Authorities were waiting for the migrants with all sorts of supplies, it was reported, such as tents, clothes, food, water, cleaning products and shoes.
Those protesters, mostly wearing black and with their faces covered, tried to stop the migrants from being processed into the country. Police stopped them from stopping the migrants and threatened them with arrest.
Reform UK Party leader in Hampshire, Councillor George Madgwick, sayid that aid workers were all set to welcome the 140 migrants who had illegally come into the country.
Nationalists who oppose the migrant invasion of their country blocked roads to stop the busses that had been brought in for the migrants from leaving on Sunday. The Prime Minister's office at 10 Downing Street in London said peaceful protest was fine but said the protesters were exhibiting "intimidating and thuggish behaviour."
"The intimidating and thuggish behaviour we saw over the weekend in Dover and Portsmouth is absolutely unacceptable. We condemn it unreservedly. We’ll always respect the right to peaceful protest but not where it crosses the line into disorder," said 10 Downing Street.
In other words, the government believes that the nationalist protesters can state their case but absolutely cannot interfere with the government sanctioned migrant invasion. The UK Border Force, said Portsmouth City Leader Steve Pitt, had made the decision to allow the migrants in.
"This was entirely a decision taken by UK Border Force, the Maritime Coastguard Agency, and the Home Office," he said. "It was a completely unsuitable location to bring the boats ashore, this entire situation was avoidable and has brought needless disruption to out city."
Hope Not Hate's Nick Lowles condemned his countrymen for not wanting the UK to be invaded, saying "to have 300, 400 people with balaclavas marching down the streets, stoping traffic. You know it's not just good enough. We need to call these people out for their politics and for the type of Britain that they want to see."
That's essentially the reason the protesters covered their faces, to prevent enforcement against them for expressing their political views. "We've got different ways to register our protest," said Lowles. "We do not go on the street. We do not burn people out of their houses. We do not cause trouble and threaten to fight the police."
Winston Marshall and Mike Jones addressed the balaclavas, with Marshall saying "We’re witnessing the beginning of what will be a new normal of civil unrest, and possibly war, in Britain. A response to a failure of confidence in the political system, which has neglected the will of the people for decades."
"They are doing this because they have given up on democracy and concluded that vigilantism and direct action are more effective routes to political change," said Jones. "They have also witnessed what happens to anti-migrant protesters with poor OPSEC: job losses, imprisonment and ostracism."
Many people in Britain have been arrested and jailed for speaking out on social media against mass migration. Others have been penalized and punished for flying the nation's flags. It is unclear how Lowles and 10 Downing Street would prefer to see their countrymen protest, only that they'd prefer they not protest at all.
Reform UK's Ben Graham said "If you enter Britain illegally, you get put on a bus and taken to accommodation for the night. If you block that bus in protest, you get arrested. That tells you everything about how broken our borders have become. Border Force should not be allowing illegal arrivals to set foot on British soil in the first place. No buses. No accommodation. No protests needed. The Government is rapidly losing control of this situation."
"The Government isn’t just failing to stop illegal migration," he went on, "it has built an entire operation around managing it. Three coaches were ready and waiting when the boats arrived. Border Force brings them ashore. Coaches take them away. Accommodation is waiting. This isn’t chaos anymore. It’s a system they’ve repeated hundreds of times. The British public is expected to watch it happen, pay for it, and shut up. Our borders are broken, public anger is exploding, and the Government is presiding over the destruction of trust in this country from within."
Normally, boats go to Dover, but in this case, the migrants had left France from Cherbourg likely testing, the BBC reports, a new jumping off point to attempt an illegal crossing. The government was prepared to meet them anyway, with a whole slew of items to help them.
Those protesters, mostly wearing black and with their faces covered, tried to stop the migrants from being processed into the country. Police stopped them from stopping the migrants and threatened them with arrest.
Reform UK Party leader in Hampshire, Councillor George Madgwick, sayid that aid workers were all set to welcome the 140 migrants who had illegally come into the country.
Nationalists who oppose the migrant invasion of their country blocked roads to stop the busses that had been brought in for the migrants from leaving on Sunday. The Prime Minister's office at 10 Downing Street in London said peaceful protest was fine but said the protesters were exhibiting "intimidating and thuggish behaviour."
"The intimidating and thuggish behaviour we saw over the weekend in Dover and Portsmouth is absolutely unacceptable. We condemn it unreservedly. We’ll always respect the right to peaceful protest but not where it crosses the line into disorder," said 10 Downing Street.
In other words, the government believes that the nationalist protesters can state their case but absolutely cannot interfere with the government sanctioned migrant invasion. The UK Border Force, said Portsmouth City Leader Steve Pitt, had made the decision to allow the migrants in.
"This was entirely a decision taken by UK Border Force, the Maritime Coastguard Agency, and the Home Office," he said. "It was a completely unsuitable location to bring the boats ashore, this entire situation was avoidable and has brought needless disruption to out city."
Hope Not Hate's Nick Lowles condemned his countrymen for not wanting the UK to be invaded, saying "to have 300, 400 people with balaclavas marching down the streets, stoping traffic. You know it's not just good enough. We need to call these people out for their politics and for the type of Britain that they want to see."
That's essentially the reason the protesters covered their faces, to prevent enforcement against them for expressing their political views. "We've got different ways to register our protest," said Lowles. "We do not go on the street. We do not burn people out of their houses. We do not cause trouble and threaten to fight the police."
Winston Marshall and Mike Jones addressed the balaclavas, with Marshall saying "We’re witnessing the beginning of what will be a new normal of civil unrest, and possibly war, in Britain. A response to a failure of confidence in the political system, which has neglected the will of the people for decades."
"They are doing this because they have given up on democracy and concluded that vigilantism and direct action are more effective routes to political change," said Jones. "They have also witnessed what happens to anti-migrant protesters with poor OPSEC: job losses, imprisonment and ostracism."
Many people in Britain have been arrested and jailed for speaking out on social media against mass migration. Others have been penalized and punished for flying the nation's flags. It is unclear how Lowles and 10 Downing Street would prefer to see their countrymen protest, only that they'd prefer they not protest at all.
Reform UK's Ben Graham said "If you enter Britain illegally, you get put on a bus and taken to accommodation for the night. If you block that bus in protest, you get arrested. That tells you everything about how broken our borders have become. Border Force should not be allowing illegal arrivals to set foot on British soil in the first place. No buses. No accommodation. No protests needed. The Government is rapidly losing control of this situation."
"The Government isn’t just failing to stop illegal migration," he went on, "it has built an entire operation around managing it. Three coaches were ready and waiting when the boats arrived. Border Force brings them ashore. Coaches take them away. Accommodation is waiting. This isn’t chaos anymore. It’s a system they’ve repeated hundreds of times. The British public is expected to watch it happen, pay for it, and shut up. Our borders are broken, public anger is exploding, and the Government is presiding over the destruction of trust in this country from within."
Normally, boats go to Dover, but in this case, the migrants had left France from Cherbourg likely testing, the BBC reports, a new jumping off point to attempt an illegal crossing. The government was prepared to meet them anyway, with a whole slew of items to help them.
