I live in England's South East region, and there haven't been any disturbances here so far from what I can tell. I just wanted to point out that although the murder might have been the last straw for alot of people, posts like this are still getting almost 100K likes on X. Vast swathes of people will always be more concerned about "racism" that actually doing anything to stand up for English people. https://x.com/StanCollymore/status/1819442878956884182
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I don't know if we can trust social media numbers alone to signify public opinions.
The 'dead Internet' theory has gotten more traction over the years, especially with seeing the 'support' Kamala is getting right now. I will say that because this is gaining steam even with 'heavy handed response' from the government, this could be widening the crack in the foundation of the establishment.
If the public fully realises the government doesn't have the force to deal with them all, the authorities will be left with mass civil disobedience and effectively no power.
Yeah I'm in a rural area. Most people are just out enjoying the Summer weather
Most stuff like this happens in this way. We keep thinking the entire world turns to flames, but really it's a few blocks. The vast majority of the people keep on living like nothing happened.
My favorite example, people set up picnics and watching areas for early battles in the American Civil War.
Imagine if people tried something like that today a swarm of drones a mile up in the sky would drop hundreds of mortars on them.
One thing I did notice, protesters are mostly older working class men who like footie. I doubt their going to do anything significant on their own.