Planned anti-immigration demo in Doncaster passes quietly after only one protester turns up (www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk)

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"There has been disorder and rioting at a number of other towns and cities across the UK – with building and vehicles set on fire on a night of rioting in Sunderland last night, while there have also been disturbances in Manchester, Hartlepool, London and Aldershot with anti-Islam and anti-immigrations chants shouted, along with support for far right activist Steven Yaxley-Lennon, who uses the name Tommy Robinson.

The Doncaster “vigil” was planned for 2pm. But the protest failed to materialise, with one demonstrator filming an empty square, with a couple of police vans flanking the square..."

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[-] inspectorst@feddit.uk 9 points 3 months ago

No, Russian bots lack physical form and hence aren't able to turn up in person to in-person events. So there was probably one genuine radicalised thug in attendance.

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