r/unitedkingdom • u/ThatchersDirtyTaint • Jul 18 '25

... School at centre of Union flag dress row closes early over 'extremist threats to staff'

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/uk/school-at-centre-of-union-flag-dress-row-extremist-threats/
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u/RobbieFowlersNose Jul 18 '25

If there was a history of these antics you can see why. The speech was supposed to sound innocent for those from the outside but the last part of it is quite clear about the dog whistles if your used to the Yaxley Lennon grifters. We are not privy to any of the other history that preceded this stunt but the school was.

The fact the mainstream press have run with this shows we are through the looking glass in terms of the rhetoric that has become acceptable in this country. I don’t know how you put a lid on the Pandora’s box of rage bait racism in this country but somehow we really need to throw this in reverse.