| More trouble in Hampshire 07:52 - Sep 23 with 8352 views | StokieBlue |
Protests at Gosport along with "Danny Tommo" out in the channel slashing a dingy with a knife that had a rescue worker onboard.
https://www.theguardian.com/wo
Rather worryingly there were ~100,000 people watching a live-stream of him doing it.
At the protests on land, emergency workers were assaulted:
"Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary said it was conducting inquiries into the boat-slashing incident. It said officers had made six arrests for offences including assaulting an emergency worker and aggravated trespass. All six people were in custody on Tuesday night."
Also good to see the false narrative about asylum seekers getting given everything they could ever want is still going strong:
"Gosport local Dave Palmer, 43, was among the protesters. “We don’t want them in the country at all. They get given everything. I work 70 to 80-hour weeks as an air-conditioning engineer. What does the government give me? Nothing,” he said."
False information like this that is perpetually circulated within echo chambers needs to be tackled as well as the actual actions at protests. That is of course easier said than done though.
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| More trouble in Hampshire on 08:09 - Sep 23 with 3598 views | Steve_M |
The complete absence of government and police action against Thomas's very public crimes over recent weeks is an actual disgrace. Burnham is repeating Starmer's failings in not using the office of Prime Minister to push back against fascism and Mahmood seems not to know that policing is as much a part of the Home Secretary's job as immigration.
And, yeah, I'm sure that bloke works as many hours as he claims and still ahs time to be a co ont outside of that.
This Bluesky thread is also very good reporting:
Worrying scenes in the Channel today, for all interested in asylum policy and maritime tactics.
A small boat from Normandy spent more than 30 hours at sea. Those on board now on their 2nd rescue vessel as Border Force forced to play cat and mouse with far-right activists who have their own boat. — Emma Yeomans (@yeomans.bsky.social) 2026-09-22T17:43:06.269Z
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| More trouble in Hampshire on 08:18 - Sep 23 with 3550 views | Dubtractor |
| More trouble in Hampshire on 08:09 - Sep 23 by Steve_M |
The complete absence of government and police action against Thomas's very public crimes over recent weeks is an actual disgrace. Burnham is repeating Starmer's failings in not using the office of Prime Minister to push back against fascism and Mahmood seems not to know that policing is as much a part of the Home Secretary's job as immigration.
And, yeah, I'm sure that bloke works as many hours as he claims and still ahs time to be a co ont outside of that.
This Bluesky thread is also very good reporting:
Worrying scenes in the Channel today, for all interested in asylum policy and maritime tactics.
A small boat from Normandy spent more than 30 hours at sea. Those on board now on their 2nd rescue vessel as Border Force forced to play cat and mouse with far-right activists who have their own boat. — Emma Yeomans (@yeomans.bsky.social) 2026-09-22T17:43:06.269Z
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Agree with all of this. Just really blatant non policing of an issue that needed to be nipped in the bud.
Grannies with signs though...... |  |
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| More trouble in Hampshire on 08:31 - Sep 23 with 3476 views | homer_123 |
"What does the government give me?"
Well, at at a base level a Country where he has the right and space to have those views and share them without fear of reprisal. Which, if he and others get there way....[EDIT] not 'they' we will end up losing.
But hey ho. [Post edited 23 Sep 8:33]
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| More trouble in Hampshire on 08:48 - Sep 23 with 3395 views | vapour_trail |
This Tommo tvvat.
I’d be quite ok with my taxes being spent on the Royal Navy being sent out to sink the racist prick. |  |
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| More trouble in Hampshire on 08:56 - Sep 23 with 3367 views | giant_stow |
I saw his video and in it, he talks about his legal advice being that he must stay clear of the boats. Fingers crossed that advice was correct. |  |
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| More trouble in Hampshire on 09:04 - Sep 23 with 3320 views | ElderGrizzly |
| More trouble in Hampshire on 08:48 - Sep 23 by vapour_trail |
This Tommo tvvat.
I’d be quite ok with my taxes being spent on the Royal Navy being sent out to sink the racist prick. |
He's likely to be in jail for a long time as he slashed a small boat with a knife that had a French rescuer on board.
And the best bit, is he recorded it himself...
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| More trouble in Hampshire on 09:06 - Sep 23 with 3311 views | Guthrum |
If Dave Palmer is really working a 70 to 80-hour week, how is he finding time to be at a protest? Plus, even at minimum wage, he would be earning enough not to need financial help from the government (£41k to £47k pa). |  |
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| More trouble in Hampshire on 09:09 - Sep 23 with 3289 views | nrb1985 |
| More trouble in Hampshire on 09:04 - Sep 23 by ElderGrizzly |
He's likely to be in jail for a long time as he slashed a small boat with a knife that had a French rescuer on board.
And the best bit, is he recorded it himself...
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Out of curiosity - logistically, who has jurisdiction here? Is the channel half ours half there’s so it depends what side it occurred as to who can take him task?
That sounds like a stupid question I realise. |  | | |
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| More trouble in Hampshire on 09:09 - Sep 23 with 3287 views | homer_123 |
| More trouble in Hampshire on 09:06 - Sep 23 by Guthrum |
If Dave Palmer is really working a 70 to 80-hour week, how is he finding time to be at a protest? Plus, even at minimum wage, he would be earning enough not to need financial help from the government (£41k to £47k pa). |
Stop spitting facts Guthers....it's not needed here! | |
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| More trouble in Hampshire on 09:11 - Sep 23 with 3273 views | Guthrum |
| More trouble in Hampshire on 08:31 - Sep 23 by homer_123 |
"What does the government give me?"
Well, at at a base level a Country where he has the right and space to have those views and share them without fear of reprisal. Which, if he and others get there way....[EDIT] not 'they' we will end up losing.
But hey ho. [Post edited 23 Sep 8:33]
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He'd love it if the government gave him a bed in a dilapidated shed on some old military base (or sharing with three others in a basic motel room), plus a few quid to cover his bare necessities, with no prospect of the situation being sotrted for many months, instead of whatever he's earning from his alleged 70-80 hour working week. | |
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| More trouble in Hampshire on 09:18 - Sep 23 with 3252 views | Guthrum |
| More trouble in Hampshire on 09:09 - Sep 23 by nrb1985 |
Out of curiosity - logistically, who has jurisdiction here? Is the channel half ours half there’s so it depends what side it occurred as to who can take him task?
That sounds like a stupid question I realise. |
It's a 12 nautical mile (13.8 mile) limit of jurisdiction, except where the Channel is narrower than 27.6 miles (whereupon it's approximately half). Altho the UK and France have mutual extradition treaties to deal with people accused of offences in the other.
Outside of territorial waters, international (and UK) laws covering piracy on the high seas might apply. [Post edited 23 Sep 9:25]
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| More trouble in Hampshire on 09:25 - Sep 23 with 3215 views | Dubtractor |
| More trouble in Hampshire on 09:06 - Sep 23 by Guthrum |
If Dave Palmer is really working a 70 to 80-hour week, how is he finding time to be at a protest? Plus, even at minimum wage, he would be earning enough not to need financial help from the government (£41k to £47k pa). |
That's basically a 12 hour day, 7 days a week.
Such obvious nonsense. | |
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| More trouble in Hampshire on 09:27 - Sep 23 with 3205 views | giant_stow |
| More trouble in Hampshire on 09:04 - Sep 23 by ElderGrizzly |
He's likely to be in jail for a long time as he slashed a small boat with a knife that had a French rescuer on board.
And the best bit, is he recorded it himself...
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Given that violence was the trigger for banning Palestine Action, I wonder if there might be wider legal consequences for his movement too. | |
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| More trouble in Hampshire on 09:28 - Sep 23 with 3192 views | noggin |
| More trouble in Hampshire on 08:48 - Sep 23 by vapour_trail |
This Tommo tvvat.
I’d be quite ok with my taxes being spent on the Royal Navy being sent out to sink the racist prick. |
Stop the scrotes. |  |
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| More trouble in Hampshire on 09:32 - Sep 23 with 3173 views | Luk38644 |
I'd be interested to know if anyone on here is even slightly concerned about the illegal immigration aspect of the channel crossings? It's OK to bash the protestors but surely you can see that alot of people are genuinely concerned about what's going on?
Surely even the most liberal poster on here can accept that it's not sustainable and potentially dangerous considering we know literally nothing about the people coming on these boats, and even when they get here, alot of asylum claims are being mismanaged (as per Home Office whistleblower)? |  | | |
| More trouble in Hampshire on 09:36 - Sep 23 with 3124 views | leitrimblue |
| More trouble in Hampshire on 09:32 - Sep 23 by Luk38644 |
I'd be interested to know if anyone on here is even slightly concerned about the illegal immigration aspect of the channel crossings? It's OK to bash the protestors but surely you can see that alot of people are genuinely concerned about what's going on?
Surely even the most liberal poster on here can accept that it's not sustainable and potentially dangerous considering we know literally nothing about the people coming on these boats, and even when they get here, alot of asylum claims are being mismanaged (as per Home Office whistleblower)? |
I'd rather live next to people 'we literally know nothing about' then public schoolboy kidnapper, Tomo and his wife beating work shy mates |  | | |
| More trouble in Hampshire on 09:36 - Sep 23 with 3125 views | Blueschev |
| More trouble in Hampshire on 09:32 - Sep 23 by Luk38644 |
I'd be interested to know if anyone on here is even slightly concerned about the illegal immigration aspect of the channel crossings? It's OK to bash the protestors but surely you can see that alot of people are genuinely concerned about what's going on?
Surely even the most liberal poster on here can accept that it's not sustainable and potentially dangerous considering we know literally nothing about the people coming on these boats, and even when they get here, alot of asylum claims are being mismanaged (as per Home Office whistleblower)? |
I'd expect everybody who has posted is concerned, and would very much like the crossings to end. What is needed is a safe route to claim asylum in the UK to take it out of the hands of criminals, save lives, and get control of the system and who is coming here.
What is not needed is neo-Nazi thugs putting people's lives at risk and whipping up hysteria and violence against anyone who doesn't look white British. |  | | |
| More trouble in Hampshire on 09:36 - Sep 23 with 3120 views | SomethingBlue |
| More trouble in Hampshire on 09:32 - Sep 23 by Luk38644 |
I'd be interested to know if anyone on here is even slightly concerned about the illegal immigration aspect of the channel crossings? It's OK to bash the protestors but surely you can see that alot of people are genuinely concerned about what's going on?
Surely even the most liberal poster on here can accept that it's not sustainable and potentially dangerous considering we know literally nothing about the people coming on these boats, and even when they get here, alot of asylum claims are being mismanaged (as per Home Office whistleblower)? |
I don't think it is even in the top 10 biggest problems affecting this country. A lot of the "concerns" come from people having their brains absolutely melted by Facebook and other such hotbeds of misinformation. And that is a tragedy, nothing less. [Post edited 23 Sep 9:38]
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| More trouble in Hampshire on 09:38 - Sep 23 with 3082 views | homer_123 |
| More trouble in Hampshire on 09:32 - Sep 23 by Luk38644 |
I'd be interested to know if anyone on here is even slightly concerned about the illegal immigration aspect of the channel crossings? It's OK to bash the protestors but surely you can see that alot of people are genuinely concerned about what's going on?
Surely even the most liberal poster on here can accept that it's not sustainable and potentially dangerous considering we know literally nothing about the people coming on these boats, and even when they get here, alot of asylum claims are being mismanaged (as per Home Office whistleblower)? |
I am more worried about our lurching, as a Country, to the far right and the fact that so many in this Country seem absolutely fine with it. | |
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| More trouble in Hampshire on 09:44 - Sep 23 with 2989 views | Luk38644 |
| More trouble in Hampshire on 09:38 - Sep 23 by homer_123 |
I am more worried about our lurching, as a Country, to the far right and the fact that so many in this Country seem absolutely fine with it. |
It's not just to the right though is it? Politics feels alot more extreme on the left & right than what it did 10/15 years ago. The same can be said for European politics. | | | |
| More trouble in Hampshire on 09:46 - Sep 23 with 2976 views | Luk38644 |
| More trouble in Hampshire on 09:36 - Sep 23 by SomethingBlue |
I don't think it is even in the top 10 biggest problems affecting this country. A lot of the "concerns" come from people having their brains absolutely melted by Facebook and other such hotbeds of misinformation. And that is a tragedy, nothing less. [Post edited 23 Sep 9:38]
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In your opinion, it's not in the top 10, however some people are very concerned and the impact of illegal immigration is affecting their everyday lives. Their concerns should not just be labelled as 'far right', that's how we get such a divide in politics, when people feel like they're not listened to. Look at Piddington, publicity stunt maybe, but that is a village of concerned residents, not a group of far right nazis. | | | |
| More trouble in Hampshire on 09:47 - Sep 23 with 2973 views | Mullet |
| More trouble in Hampshire on 09:32 - Sep 23 by Luk38644 |
I'd be interested to know if anyone on here is even slightly concerned about the illegal immigration aspect of the channel crossings? It's OK to bash the protestors but surely you can see that alot of people are genuinely concerned about what's going on?
Surely even the most liberal poster on here can accept that it's not sustainable and potentially dangerous considering we know literally nothing about the people coming on these boats, and even when they get here, alot of asylum claims are being mismanaged (as per Home Office whistleblower)? |
Nope, it’s a distraction from the corruption, fascism and theft by people pretending to care so they can rob, beg and loot the country for al they can get.
The mismanagement of a few thousand people as you put it, is a drop in the ocean compared to the tax uncollected and subsidies paid to the elites.
Supermarkets aren’t making record profits because some fella was fleeced into getting on a dinghy so he could live in a hotel in some backwater.
The fact anyone thinks the scale of this “migrant problem” is even comparable to the real reasons we are suffering after decades of right wing shithousing is laughable and tragic. The amount of people hiding behind it because they’re dishonest, wifebeaters and worse makes it all the more bizarre.
Blokes like him need locking up as they’re a danger to the public. Not someone who will work minimum wage and do the crap jobs others won’t. |  |
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| More trouble in Hampshire on 09:47 - Sep 23 with 2965 views | Luk38644 |
| More trouble in Hampshire on 09:36 - Sep 23 by Blueschev |
I'd expect everybody who has posted is concerned, and would very much like the crossings to end. What is needed is a safe route to claim asylum in the UK to take it out of the hands of criminals, save lives, and get control of the system and who is coming here.
What is not needed is neo-Nazi thugs putting people's lives at risk and whipping up hysteria and violence against anyone who doesn't look white British. |
I can agree regarding a safe route to claim asylum is needed, even though the asylum system at the moment seems to completely overwhelmed and not working as it should (again, as outed by a HO whistleblower). | | | |
| More trouble in Hampshire on 09:49 - Sep 23 with 2943 views | vapour_trail |
| More trouble in Hampshire on 09:32 - Sep 23 by Luk38644 |
I'd be interested to know if anyone on here is even slightly concerned about the illegal immigration aspect of the channel crossings? It's OK to bash the protestors but surely you can see that alot of people are genuinely concerned about what's going on?
Surely even the most liberal poster on here can accept that it's not sustainable and potentially dangerous considering we know literally nothing about the people coming on these boats, and even when they get here, alot of asylum claims are being mismanaged (as per Home Office whistleblower)? |
I’d like to see a sensible immigration system that resulted in people not risking their lives on small boat crossings.
What do you think of racists patrolling the seas and atttacking other vessels, abusing the rnli, visiting youth cricket tours, and balaclavaing up to block up our ports? | |
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| More trouble in Hampshire on 09:50 - Sep 23 with 2942 views | Guthrum |
| More trouble in Hampshire on 09:32 - Sep 23 by Luk38644 |
I'd be interested to know if anyone on here is even slightly concerned about the illegal immigration aspect of the channel crossings? It's OK to bash the protestors but surely you can see that alot of people are genuinely concerned about what's going on?
Surely even the most liberal poster on here can accept that it's not sustainable and potentially dangerous considering we know literally nothing about the people coming on these boats, and even when they get here, alot of asylum claims are being mismanaged (as per Home Office whistleblower)? |
Yes, it is a matter of concern. But I want it dealt with through stong agreements with our neighbours, plus an effective and well-funded process for dealing with those intercepted. Attempting to deal with some of the underlying crises causing mass migration would be good, too.
I am quite happy to give asylum to genuine refugees. Plus I am well aware that illegal boat crossings form a small minority of total UK immigration.
What I do not want is mobs saying they act in my name attacking the police, coastguard or the RNLI for doing their jobs. Nor do I want some bloke taking the law into his own hands with performative stunts. Nobody voted for "Danny Tommo". | |
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