Riots start and end time tomorrow?
- 2 April 2016 16:23312582Well done to the police only 3 weeks to wait for the next one.
- Terry Nunn
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 4,316
2 April 2016 16:35312583Which is sadly St George's Day, that will bring out even more nutters.
Any chance for two minutes silence at the town hall?
TerryQuis custodiet ipsos custodes? - 2 April 2016 16:54312584I think interest in the town is beginning to wane for the protesters judging by today and they don't normally go anywhere near the Town Hall. I always think the 23rd is more about the Zeebrugge raid as far as most locals are concerned and hope this event is unaffected.
- 2 April 2016 17:16312585With all those police there, there was still 2 more at Crabble who turned up in a car each.
- 2 April 2016 18:05312586Well over the top report all I know is that there were a few scuffles and 12 arrests, the photos give an impression of a pitched battle taking place.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3520511/Scuffles-break-police-far-right-protesters-Dover-just-day-refugeeswelcome-projected-white-cliffs.html - 2 April 2016 18:51312587
- 3 April 2016 21:33312598Cut and pasted from a hitherto semi-dormant Facebook page:
Right, now the people who want to use Dover as a battle ground for their arguments on immigration and race issues will have us to deal with too in future. But we are never going to be seen on the streets, at least not under this banner. We believe that the pen (er, keyboard) is mightier than the sword.
After yesterday's pathetic 'demonstrations' by left and right extremists, the result of the day's exertions can only be regarded as an epic fail by both lots of extremists. Idiots like the Pie and Mash Squad and the Kent Anti-Racism Network need to realise that what happened yesterday was a reality check.
By the way, all credit to the police for executing a flawless (almost) operation and making you all look like like kids on a school outing.
Here are the realities:
1. Dover doesn't want you. Please go away and don't come back.
2. The things that you think are desperately important are of no consequence to most people in Dover. Please go away and don't come back.
3. Dover has suffered enough from immigration over the years and doesn't need you to tell us. Please go away and don't come back.
4. We rub along pretty well with 'our' immigrants and patronise their businesses. Please don't tell us how we should get on with our neighbours. Please go away and don't come back.
5. The police were so embarrassed by their own epic fail in January that they have now got their act together. Any illegal acts by you idiots in future demonstrations will be dealt with properly.
6. Please just go away and leave us alone. You may think that Dover is a symbolic location for your struggle. But what you don't realise is that you epitomise everything that Dover has struggled and fought against since the beginning of recorded history. Therefore you do not symbolise freedom, free speech, liberation or anything of the kind. You represent the Nazis who threatened to overcome us in the 1940's. You represent the communists of whom many were afraid during the Cold War. In short, you are irrelevant and troublesome and Dover will stand up against you. Go away and don't come back. Not today. not tomorrow. Not on St George's Day. Not ever. Just go. And never return.
Look on fb for Dover Forever England and share please.I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson - 3 April 2016 22:07312599Saw that earlier and noticed that is yet another group that hides under the cloak of anonymity, no different to Karn, Pie and mash squad and all the others.
Leaving aside the crass comments that nobody will take much notice of I have no time for people whon't give their name and stand up for what they believe in. - 3 April 2016 22:18312600They go where they want!!
- 4 April 2016 08:23312602Maybe I have missed it but can see no write up in the Dailly Mail re the demonstrations on Saturday.From where I'm sitting at my keyboard I can only say what a lot of money to police the event and cost of trade to Dover.
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- 4 April 2016 19:06312624The Far right are planning to arrive at 1 p.m. on the 23rd so the Zeebrugge ceremony should be done and dusted by then.
- Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
4 April 2016 19:38312625a couple of likely lads got there comeupence today.
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/folkestone/news/two-jailed-after-perilous-channel-93723/ - Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,167
4 April 2016 20:51312627Brian Dixon wrote:a couple of likely lads got there comeupence today.
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/folkestone/news/two-jailed-after-perilous-channel-93723/
Yeah right! So having been granted Political Asylum as they are living in fear from our 'new best friends' the Iranians we provide them with free board and lodging/medical treatment before releasing them to errrrr free board and lodging/medical treatment etc etc.
The sound you hear in the background is the rest of the world laughing at us as we refuse to return chancers like these to the safe country of France."We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson - Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,895
24 April 2016 14:13313188It has been suggested that local people email the Chief Constable about future demonstrations, I think it is doubtful this idea will work but maybe worth giving it a go.
This one of the posts from another site........
"For all those fed up with the disruption these protests cause in the town, someone was having a chat with a policeman yesterday, and he advised as many residents to email and complain to the chief constable about them, and he would then have no choice but to look into the matter and possibly stop them,,,,his email address is alan.pughsley@kent.pnn.police.uk........this is what i emailed him, please feel free to copy and change name to your own
Dear Chief Constable
I wish to complain, and state that as a resident of the town of Dover, we are extremely fed-up with these protests on our doorstep,
They are ruining our towns’ image, affecting local businesses, and causing great distress to many of the locals.
The next time such permission is requested by these groups, would you please refuse the applications. On the grounds the people of Dover no longer wish to have there lives, and business disrupted, on Protests that quite frankly, have absolutely nothing to do with the town of Dover,
And also waste valuable police resources, to control nothing but a bunch of thugs out to intimidate and cause as much hassle as is possible."......-----------------------------------------------------------------------
I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
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