Cultural Enrichment in Britain

I assume that all of you by now have heard of the horrific stabbing in Southport, UK, by a 17-year old man that has, of now, resulted in the deaths of 3 children and serious injury of 10 others at a Taylor Swift-themed children's workshop a few days ago. There was immediate speculation that the murderer was a migrant, but articles on Monday reported: "Detectives are still trying to establish the motive for this 'tragic incident', adding: 'We would urge people not to speculate while the investigation is ongoing.'" But even though they didn't have a motive, the police were quick to say that it wasn't terror related. No description of the suspect was offered other than it was a 17-year old in a dark hoodie.

    Locals were not impressed by the obfuscation, and on Tuesday, "[r]iots broke out in the English seaside town of Southport on Tuesday after the gruesome mass stabbing, allegedly by a migrant-heritage teen that left three children dead." The police enacted emergency powers to search and arrest people and seize property in order to quell the protests which were characterized by the main stream media as "far right". "Leading the condemnation was Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, who pledged to bring down the 'full force of the law' on those involved in the riots." In other words, "shut up, peasants, and take what's a comin' ya." 

    But some were quick to note the difference in the Home Secretary’s tone following the Southport riots to during Roma riots in Leeds just five days earlier, in which she did not refer to the rioters as “thugs” but merely “individuals.” Lord Goldsmith, a former government minister, opined it was right to be strong on disorder but said Cooper’s statement “couldn’t contrast more starkly with Home Office Ministers’ reactions to the Manchester riots where violent thugs demanded instant justice ‘or else’ & where Ministers bent over backwards to explain that they ‘understood’ the anger.”

    He asked: “Why has the Home Office response to these two events been so different? Can they not see how this feeds the narrative of a two tier approach and drives people to the far right? It is extraordinarily shortsighted and unwise”.

    But now it can be officially revealed that the killer's name is Axel Rudakubana, a 17-year-old, who turns 18 in just six days time, who was born to Rwandan parents in Cardiff in 2006 before moving to the village of Banks in Lancashire in 2013. After his formal charge with murder, the tune of officials and state media has changed. Now that it has been revealed that the murderer was an immigrant, the media has changed tack to blame protestors for believing RT reports that the murderer was a newly arrived migrant (without any evidence of how many protestors were even aware of the RT story). As for the police:

Chief Constable Serena Kennedy said: 'Whilst these charges are a significant milestone within this investigation, this remains very much a live investigation and we continue to work with our partners from Lancashire Police and Counter Terrorism Policing North West (CTPNW).

So, after earlier assuring us that this wasn't a terror attack, counter terrorism police are investigating.