Auntie aids fascist rioters
On Monday an horrific attack took place in Southport at a children’s dance class in which three young girls were deprived of life.
The victims had been attending a Taylor Swift-themed dance and yoga class for children aged up to 11. Taylor Swift herself responded as follows to the news.
![Post reads: The horror of yesterday's attack in Southport is washing over me continuously and I'm just completely in shock. The loss of life and innocence, and the horrendous trauma inflicted on everyone who was there, the families, and first responders. These were just little kids at a dance class. I am at a complete loss for how to ever convey my sympathies to these families.](http://xislblogs.xtreamlab.net/slwoods/wp-content/uploads//sites/23/2024/07/taylor_swift_southport.png)
A seventeen year-old youth was arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder, although his motives remain unclear.
The BBC went to the trouble of reporting the suspect’s ethnicity.
The BBC can report that the teenage suspect, whose parents are from Rwanda, was born in Cardiff and moved to the Southport area in 2013.
It is at this point that questions arise as to why did the BBC point out that although the suspect is a British citizen, he is of African heritage, a fact that was sure to inflame the extreme right.
A vigil was planned near the scene of the attack on Tuesday evening. At about 19.45 hrs, it was followed by violent disorder in which those involved set alight cars, threw bricks at a local mosque, damaged a local convenience store and set wheelie bins on fire. The rioters are believed to have been members of the English Defence League (EDL).
After the riot, questions were asked including the one below by tax campaigner and top-flight accountant Richard Murphy.
![Post reads: A simple question. Why did the BBC ever think it appropriate to report that the suspect in the Southport killings was born in Cardiff to parents from Rwanda? If he'd been born in Surrey to parents from Yorkshire, I am certain that they would not have pointed that out. Are they trying to create, or even imply that there are, second-class. British citizens? This feels horribly like racism from the BBC, with the implication being that this group is made up of people who could be deported from the UK because they might have a claim to citizenship elsewhere. If that is what is happening, the BBC is supporting the far-right playbook. An explanation is needed. Why is this apparent racism allowed from our state broadcaster?](http://xislblogs.xtreamlab.net/slwoods/wp-content/uploads//sites/23/2024/07/BBC_southport_racism.png)
Meanwhile in Scotland, The National reports that SNP leader Hamza Yousef has written to the Home Secretary demanding that the EDL be proscribed as a terrorist organisation, as well as posting the following on X/Twitter this morning.
Violence targeting police officers, the public, and mosques, all to drive forward the far-right’s hateful ideology.
Rhetoric is not enough.
We need to take action against the far-right. I have asked the Home Secretary to use her powers to proscribe the English Defence League.