Keir Starmer attacked by mob

[wilts rover]

From one of the most right-wing commentators in the British press:

I think people are missing the point this morning. It's not that the crazy extremists heard what Boris was saying, then decided to copy him. It's that the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom heard what the crazy extremists were saying, and decided to copy them

https://twitter.com/DPJHodges/status/1490967055079964673

[foxbat]

meanwhile,  a Yorkshire TORY MP nailed it.....

What happened to Keir Starmer tonight outside parliament is appalling. It is really important for our democracy & for his security that the false Savile slurs made against him are withdrawn in full.

Julian Smith  MP , Skipton and Ripon

[BillyStubbsTears]

Starmer apologised on behalf of the organisation that he led about the fact that they failed to prosecute Jimmy Savile. The fact that he apologised suggests that he does bear some responsibility.

The fact is, that under his leadership time was spent prosecuting journalists instead of  Jimmy Savile.

It was maybe tactfully wrong for Johnson to say it but it was technically right. The constant barrage of being called a liar obviously got to Johnson, and it pushed him to remark on the  hypocrisy of it all.

I get it now. The fact that Johnson was under pressure for being called a liar over things that he categorically lied about justifies him propagating a meme dreamed up by fascist groups.

I'm glad we've got that sorted.

[Bentley Bullet]

I reckon it'd need more than me to get you sorted lad. You need proper help.

[River Don]

What isn’t clear is were this group set up to target KS at that time and place, or was it just a case of wrong place wrong time and an opportunist encounter?

There's a good chance it was opportunist.

They've also harassed and chased Michael Gove and a BBC journalist.

[scawsby steve]

From Paul Embery, trade unionist and political commentator Twitter feed

When Rees-Mogg, Gove and Farage were abused on the street by baying mobs, most people didn’t give a toss. In fact, much of the Twitterati laughed along. My point is that people should be consistent about these things. If your outrage is selective, it ain’t genuine.

Dead right, Gloster. When Farage had a milk shake poured all over him in the street, some people on here thought it was hilarious, and that f*cking excuse for a comedian, lardarse Jo Brand, joked that it should have been battery acid.

Hypocrites.

[Bentley Bullet]

Correct SS, not a murmur out of them regarding the condemnation of those events, but they're all so precious when they get it back.

[glosterred]

It would seem in this case the words didn’t have consequences

https://order-order.com/2022/02/09/piers-corbyn-anti-starmer-mob-not-motivated-by-pm/?fbclid=IwAR0d6H5C8F8YIZJ02Zv86nqC1yLaiVILPZ78lxHUd_PWlHTbTCFBqqU7Gcs

https://www.channel4.com/news/it-was-a-false-flag-event-inside-the-mob-who-confronted-labour-leader

[wilts rover]

It would seem in this case the words didn’t have consequences

https://order-order.com/2022/02/09/piers-corbyn-anti-starmer-mob-not-motivated-by-pm/?fbclid=IwAR0d6H5C8F8YIZJ02Zv86nqC1yLaiVILPZ78lxHUd_PWlHTbTCFBqqU7Gcs

https://www.channel4.com/news/it-was-a-false-flag-event-inside-the-mob-who-confronted-labour-leader

Guido would know - apparently they started it.

Just an amazing coincidence then he has never previously been baited with the Savile accusations until a week after Johnson mentioned them in  Parliament - twice. Despite it being on fascist social media since Guido in 2018 and then the article in April 2020.

https://twitter.com/hopenothate?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/how-boris-johnsons-false-claim-about-jimmy-savile-gained-traction-as-a-far-right-conspiracy-theory-1436109?ito=twitter_share_article-top