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The Owen Jones Podcast

Far Right Riot In Southport After Hideous Attack - w/. Joe Mulhall

The Owen Jones Podcast

Owen Jones

Government, News, News & Politics, Politics

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

After the hideous attack in Southport, the far right spread misinformation and rioted. This is a grim episode - but who were the rioters, and what's the role of mainstream media outlets and politicians?


I'm joined by Joe Mulhall from Hope Not Hate to understand exactly what happened.


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0:00.0

So, so, so skin.

0:02.0

Get your morning mojo going with woolen-like Greek style.

0:08.0

Now with a new recipe, with Vitamin B-6 and Vitamin D. Let's have it!

0:17.0

Mull-a-light, get the good going.

0:19.0

There are truly grim scenes this night in Southport. What should have been a moment of mourning and grief after the horrific murder of three little girls became a far right riot. And you can see the aftermath of that riot in

0:35.5

video footage a mosque was targeted bricks thrown cars set on fire amidst

0:40.5

anti muslin chants online disinformation and misinformation earlier spread false claims

0:46.7

that the suspect was an asylum seeker, that he derived recently on boat that he was Muslim.

0:51.7

In actual fact, we know he's 17 years old British born and in the words of the BBC has no known

0:57.4

links to Islam because he's under 18 he can't be identified but this has been

1:02.4

presented as a conspiracy.

1:04.1

Now of course if he had been a Muslim it would be no more acceptable to riot

1:08.4

blaming the group for the actions of an individual is of course straightforward racism.

1:12.0

Now I want to know what drives these riots. individual is of course straightforward racism.

1:12.6

Now I want to know what drives these writers, who are they,

1:16.2

what's it all about.

1:17.7

I also want to know about the politicians and media outlets in the mainstream who have found the flames and led us to this point.

1:24.9

So with that in mind I'm delighted to be joined by the brilliant expert Joe Millhall.

1:28.8

He's director of research at home not hate which focuses on the far right.

1:33.1

So Joe first of all thank you so much for joining us.

1:35.9

No thanks for having me.

1:37.8

Can you just tell me who were the people rioting

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