"Kent Police responded to a spontaneous protest in #Dover during the morning of Saturday 5 September"

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"No arrests were made during the incident."

Compare the policing of this protest to that of extinction rebellion blocking roads around the capitol and the M25.

It's marked.

#Dover #PatriotPlatform

#Dover What a sad load of people wearing balaclavas to hide their faces because they were so ashamed of themselves in Dover today. Sad that they have such pitiful little lives. #BoatPeople

The problem is, all the cells are full of grannies against genocide.

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#Dover

Dumb shites like this are the bane of our society. They sit behind a screen, know fuck-all about policing, geography or operational resources, then confidently explain how hundreds of officers should have been deployed from thin air. #KentPolice #Dover

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This is why comparing Kent Police with the Met is so lazy. London concentrates an enormous policing resource in one urban area. Kent has to spread its resources across a huge geographic footprint. That difference matters enormously when something happens suddenly. #Dover #KentPolice

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So when people demand, “Why didn’t Kent Police just send more officers?” the answer is remarkably simple: from where? Kent is a huge county. Officers aren’t teleporting into Dover. Every reinforcement has a journey and an opportunity cost. #KentPolice #Dover

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Distance also affects reinforcement. If Dover suddenly needs dozens or hundreds of additional officers, they have to physically travel there. That takes time. Until they arrive, the officers already in Dover have to manage the situation with what they’ve got. #Dover #KentPolice

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The Met has the enormous advantage of operating in one concentrated urban area. Kent Police has officers spread across a huge county. Moving resources to Dover means taking them away from somewhere else. There is no magic pool of spare officers. #KentPolice #Dover

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People talk about Kent’s size as if it’s irrelevant. It isn’t. An officer in Maidstone, Canterbury or the Medway isn’t instantly available in Dover. Distance means travel time, and travel time means fewer officers immediately available when something kicks off. #KentPolice #Dover

The Daily Mail responds to the protests in Dover today which saw the UK's major port brought to a temporary standstill.

#dover #protests

@nzerem.bsky.social @channel4news.bsky.social Re the #Dover blockade: 🚨the vigilante group, a self-professed Christian “army of patriots” designed to “take control of the United Kingdom” held its first meeting on 19 July at Black Dam and Crabtree Nature Reserve, Basingstoke*🚨ht @hopenothate.org.uk

The British far right has always been made up of sexual degenerates, inadequates, perverts, grifters, opportunists, domestic abusers, minor criminals, loners and men who live with their mums well into their 50s. #dover

#PatriotPlatform #Dover

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Even Conservative party councillors in #Dover are using the term "paramilitaries".

If you voted Reform for nostalgic reasons, your wish is now granted. You too can experience the fear your grandparents may have felt as Blackshirts roamed the streets. #Fascism #c4news #Dover

Absolutely nauseating 🤢

Shabana 'Two-Tier' Mahmood is the Home Secretary, the interior minister, responsible for overseeing internal security of the UK.

Today, on her watch, Kent Police provided a 'guard of honour' for a fascist paramilitary show of strength in #Dover. Zero arrests.

Resign!