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muriel_volestrangler

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5. This protest in Manchester was absurd

Reply to T_i_B (Reply #4)

Thu Aug 19, 2021, 12:46 PM

Aug 2021

Invading a covid testing centre:

I think there's a section of society that now just feels that protesting something is good. I wonder if over a year without going abroad to behave like a mindless lout in foreign towns and cities has left them with the overwhelming desire to do it in the UK.

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Anti-vaxers besiege former BBC studios to protest govt vaccine for 16 and 17 y.o.s. ITV films there. [View all] muriel_volestrangler Aug 2021 OP

Two words: fucking nuts. marble falls Aug 2021 #1

In the words of internet anti-vaxxers... T_i_B Aug 2021 #2

Scumbags and idiots LeftishBrit Aug 2021 #3

Anti-vaxxers were protesting outside my work tonight T_i_B Aug 2021 #4

This protest in Manchester was absurd muriel_volestrangler Aug 2021 #5

Good point about mindless louts! LeftishBrit Aug 2021 #6