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Outside a hotel in Redcliffe, Bristol - the hotel is being protected by hundreds of Bristolians shouting ‘We are many, you are few. We are Bristol, who are you?’ to a group of around 100 protesters who had marched on the hotel
It is just ace that pretty much all of the reporters asking questions of Stephen Bear, on his way into court to be jailed, were women - watch as they simply & effectively unravelled his toxic bravado by ignoring it.
Well done all of you.👇🏼
Bill Bailey has cut his hair.
Now, suddenly, 90% of the population of Keynsham has longer hair than him.
This is surely a move he should've consulted us on, like a planning application. Wasn't his hair a Listed Monument? Surely he needed permission from The Wurzels or something?
Siri, show me 100 seconds of TV to perfectly illustrate how an elite class has been able to rule & own a land & its people, simply by ingraining in generations that a posh voice & supreme confidence is all that’s needed to be in charge.
Counter protesters in Bristol chant: “Say it out loud, say it clear, refugees are welcome here” as hundreds gather to protect one of the law firms on a far-right target list in Old Market
Updates here:
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Meet Greg Dring, 71. He's a retired clinical psychologist from Bath.
With a placard that says 'everything is annoying', Greg fears the new bill will see people imprisoned because they are deemed ”annoying”, so he has come to Bristol to join the #KillTheBill#BristolProtests
It was not the police who initially protected the people inside the hotel from the violent mob, it was a group of Bristol people, who lined up to face them down. The police arrived later
The bridge behind the spot in this picture is called Pero's Bridge, after an enslaved African man who was one of few who completed the third leg of the 'triangular trade' back to Bristol
It is the *checks notes* only memorial/thing named after an enslaved person in the city
BREAKING: #Colston4 CLEARED
All of the Colston 4 have been found Not Guilty of the criminal damage of the statue of slave trader Edward Colston, by a jury at Bristol Crown Court.
The scale of the turn out to stand against the possibility of the far-right targeting of a law firm in Old Market, Bristol, is huge.
Here’s a walk through, pls watch, RT & follow updates here:
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Arctic Monkeys open the UK leg of their European tour with Mardy Bum, at Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol & the crowd goes wild…
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