Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social

8 days ago

Spectacular article, all the major insights captured, but an early one here into how sincerely these men care about protecting our women and girls.

The group spent about two hours in the city centre, during which time complaints were made to the police. The Manchester Evening News spoke to a woman who said one of the men shouted “Oh my god, look at them tits” at her as he hoisted the flags. The woman said she reported the incident because “it felt like [the men] were trying to start something and get my attention.” She also alleged the men had verbally harassed an Asian family with young children.

Martin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social

8 days ago

Manchester’s chief flag-raiser has put his people smuggling days behind him

Flags protesting unchecked immigration have gone up across the city, led by a man caught smuggling migrants into the country in the back of a van

Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social

8 days ago

I think it's easy to assume this is just Reform adjacent types, but they've got the backing of the local Tory group with some choice words about "the last 20 years" (Ed: check who was in charge then) and the, erm, French burning sheep at calais?

“People have just had enough of the nonsense of the past 20 years really and it’s got infinitely worse with the current government,” says Trafford’s Conservative leader Nathan Evans, who has been vocal about the presence of asylum seekers at Cresta Court in Altrincham. He thinks the ongoing flag protests are a far better option than rioting and describes these small acts of defiance as “quite heartwarming”. To him, raising flags is a sign of our civilisation. “We’re not French, we don’t stop lorries at Calais and burn sheep”.

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Sam @spinebusterkeaton.bsky.social
8 days ago

I… think this is a foot and mouth disease grudge?

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