Far-right riots in Belfast target migrants as politicians face backlash over enabling anti-migrant rhetoric
By
Adam Bienkov
25d ago· 4 min readenOpinion
Summary
The article describes violent far-right riots in Belfast where masked men targeted migrants and ethnic minorities, setting homes on fire and attacking people. It argues that mainstream politicians have enabled this violence by tolerating anti-migrant rhetoric from figures like Tommy Robinson and Nigel Farage, and that the resulting 'pure cold rage' has led to racist pogroms on British streets.
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bskyFar-right riots in Belfast target migrants as politicians face backlash over enabling anti-migrant rhetoricbylinesupplement.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledSo this is what 'pure cold rage' looks like.
On Tuesday, hundreds of masked men spread across Belfast, pulling migrants and non-white people onto the street and setting their homes on fire.
Mainstream politicians have stood by as the global far-right campaigns for anti-migrant violence on our streets. Now we're suffering the consequences.
Mainstream politicians have stood by as the global far-right campaigns for anti-migrant violence on our streets. Now we’re suffering the consequences, argues Adam Bienkov
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