Martin ShiptonFar-right activists who were planning to incite racial hatred by exploiting a false narrative about the Southport dance class murders have called off a demonstration they had announced for Saturday August 3. Swansea-based Stan Robinson and Dan Morgan used their “Voice of Wales” Facebook blog to encourage people to attend a “vigil” outside the Senedd. In fact the suspect was born in Cardiff to parents who had migrated from Rwanda, a country that is not Islamic. Subsequently there has been disorder in parts of London and Hartlepool, in the north east of England, again apparently organised by racists spreading the false narrative that the Southport suspect was a Muslim. DerisoryThe Voice of Wales duo latched onto the misinformation to promote the “vigil” they said would take place in Cardiff on Saturday.

Source: The Guardian August 02, 2024 12:18 UTC