During a left-wing rally in Walthamstow that was billed by the media as “peaceful,” a Labour Party councillor talking about right-wingers asserted, “We need to cut all their throats and get rid of them.”
After a hoax list was circulated on Telegram, the mainstream media reported that there were at least 100 “far-right riots” scheduled to take place last night.
In reality, none of this ever materialized, enabling leftists to turn out in numbers and declare victory, a narrative that was bolstered by the same media responsible for amplifying the ‘100 riots’ hoax in the first place.
Indeed, the only serious disorder occurred in Croydon, where police were pelted with objects by youths, although the Met was quick to assert that the disorder was “not linked to protest” and appeared “to be pure anti-social behaviour.”