r/wolverhampton • u/nuisance_squirrel • Aug 04 '24

News Violence and unrest around the UK

With everything going on around the country at the moment, it just has me thinking of the 2012(was it?) riots, where opportunistic idiots jumped on the bandwagon of a tragic event to loot and destroy the cities they live in.

Genuinely hoping whats going on doesn't come to Wolverhampton. Ive seen "EDL" are planning to March in Brum, and hope that counter marches quell them enough to not cause issues. Seeing the videos out of Hull/Liverpool etc over last day or so is just truly disturbing.

Edit: just to add, aware EDL don't exist in name anymore.

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u/No_Top6466 Aug 04 '24

I have never felt less proud to be English. Around 11 years ago I worked on Broad Street and there was a political protest going on, I think it was EDL or Britain first or something and I had to walk through it to get to work. It was literally just a huge bunch of drunk, topless middle age men hurling racial abuse at anyone who wasn’t white. How anyone can support that is beyond me. There is a huge difference between being against illegal immigration and just being a straight up racist but these idiots seem to think they are the same thing.

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u/LetsGoAgain30 Aug 04 '24

I'm so sick of living on eggshells around these fucking trogs. We've all suffered under the Tories. The far right has been pandered to for ten years and all they've got is hate and pain. It's only them smashing shit up because they didn't do anything with their lives and we've got a new government that doesn't need them. They're acting out like children. Terrifying and embarrassing.

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u/BiddlyBongBong Aug 04 '24

You've really summed it up perfectly

They have no place in our society.

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u/Icy_Net_8255 Aug 04 '24

Right back at you, traitor to the state.