Not all migrant protesters are far right – but they’re all fuelled by disinformation, writes Natasha Devon |
By Natasha Devon MBE
This weekend saw at least 30 protests planned outside asylum hotels across the UK.
In Bristol, just 35 people turned up – while counter-protesters numbered around 500. And yet the images of flags, placards and shouting outside these hotels make it feel like something far bigger is going on.
Here’s the truth: not everyone at these demonstrations is far right. Some are locals who say they’re worried about veterans, housing or fairness in the system. But whatever brings them there, all of these protests are being driven by the same force – disinformation.
That’s why they seem so impervious to logic. The government has already promised asylum hotels will be gone by 2030. Ministers push out viral clips of police raids to look “tough” on illegal migration.........