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The other segments at least rely on model-based claims that are more arguable - but still contestable - but to have the central claim of an entire wing of the model trivially rebutted by data from an organisation Portes is linked with is unworthy of a schoolboy
November 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
What really gets me is the mad clashing of class in the image of
- 20 fourteen year old skinheads
- ⁠a choral rendition of Rule Britannia

There’s been plenty of footage from protests from far right to hard left on social media over the summer - it’s just not hard to make up something believable
November 3, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The first obvious tell that the story is made up is that the freelance writer involved hasn’t got any documentary evidence

I’m not a journalist and even I would wanna get a photo of the mad scene she paints here
November 3, 2025 at 7:35 PM
archive.is/kg3zH this is one of the most gloriously fake stories I’ve ever read and is genuinely embarrassing for the @the-independent.com about their editorial standards
November 3, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The charts really do tell the story quite precisely
December 5, 2024 at 12:55 PM