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Britain, First: Dispatches From The Streets
Out of all the places Britain First could have visited, I’m surprised they chose Northampton, supposedly protesting the extension of a mosque.
Previously published in The Nenequirer
Nonetheless, they came here and tried to give me a leaflet. Yes, tried. I gave them one look and they knew where to hop it. Whilst America has Donald Trump, we in the UK have to tolerate Britain First.
They are against multiculturalism, echoing the sentiments of Enoch Powell in 1968 — scared of living in a nation where “the black man will have the whip hand over the white man.” They are against Muslims, calling them extremists. Walking through Northampton Town Centre (Feb 9), it was clear to me the only extremism on Abington Street was that with which Britain First arrived.
When confronted, they said they couldn’t be racist because they had two Black members. There’s a term for this, we call it caste tokenism. These groups are offended by things that aren’t quintessentially British and are projecting their views onto others. Just because they hold these discriminatory beliefs they think everyone else should.
Islamophobia is something we see all the time on the news. But anyone who knows anything…
