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Masked vigilantes are raiding neighborhoods in England because the government has become so spineless

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Green, D. (2026, September 26). Masked vigilantes are raiding neighborhoods in England because the government has become so spineless. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/09/26/opinion/waves-of-masked-vigilantes-are-raiding-across-england/

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New York Post · collected 2026-09-26 · by Dominic Green

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On September 5, up to 200 masked vigilantes blocked highways near Dover, England's busiest port, disrupting traffic for four hours. Subsequent raids occurred in Southsea and Dover on separate nights when groups clashed with riot police over rescuing illegal immigrants from dinghies arriving from France. The vigilante group, called Patriot Platform, opposes the British government’s handling of immigration and perceives it as failing to protect citizens adequately. The article argues that the government's policies, such as providing welfare and legal assistance to asylum seekers, are fostering public distrust and sympathy towards extremist groups like Patriot Platform.
Written by AI on 2026-09-26, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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Masked vigilantes calling themselves Patriot Platform have been conducting raids in neighborhoods across England, particularly around Dover and Southsea, to protest what they view as government inaction on illegal immigration. On September 5, up to 200 men blocked highways near Dover, disrupting traffic for four hours. The vigilantes also interfered with rescue operations, forcing vessels carrying migrants to dock at Dover instead of their intended ports and directly confronting immigrant boats in the English Channel. These actions coincide with local protests against government efforts to transport illegal immigrants to hotels using buses that are also targeted by the vigilantes.

Written for “Vigilante Activity England” on 2026-11-04, grounded in this article and the 0 other(s) covering the same event.

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Who wrote this

Dominic Green
6 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
🔮 It is not supposed to rhyme with the clodhopping obviousness of a verse by William McGonagall (the Scottish versifier who, until the advent of Amanda Gorman, was considered to be the worst poet ever, but who, unlike most poets, nevertheless made a living, albeit in the circus along with the other freaks).
2026-10-31 · assertive framing · Age of parody
🔮 The scenes of riot and destruction from France may arise from our Gallic friends’ particular circumstances and peculiar habits, but they reflect Europe’s general malaise — one to which the United States is not immune.
🔮 Thamos replies that it creates “forgetfulness” by slackening the memory and false wisdom, because the “ignorant” will read “without instruction.”
2026-10-03 · assertive framing · The write stuff
🔮 Patriot Platform, he says, is building “the practical infrastructure” for a national movement that will document and confront the state’s complicity with illegal immigration.
🔮 Most of them were looking at demography (the science of population), and how this would alter the culture and politics of European societies.
2026-09-26 · assertive framing · Population prophecies of doom
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Topics

Britain British Dover England Hampshire

Subjects

British NORP · 5× England GPE · 5× Patriot Platform ORG · 5× English NORP · 4× Britain GPE · 3× Danny “Tommo” Thomas PERSON · 2× Dover GPE · 2× France GPE · 2× Hampshire GPE · 2× Tommo PERSON · 2×

Narrative

It uses “two-tier” policing, indulging the violence and intimidation of the Islamo-leftist alliance in the streets while prosecuting members of the law-abiding majority for daring to object as the English way of life is demolished before their eyes.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-26
🔮 Patriot Platform, he says, is building “the practical infrastructure” for a national movement that will document and confront the state’s complicity with illegal immigration.

Claims (50 extracted, 1 hedged)

At dawn on Sept. 5, as many as 200 men seized the rotaries on the approaches to Britain’s busiest port, Dover in Kent. asserted
men → seize → Kent
The men in black took the police by surprise. asserted
men → take → surprise
For four hours, they blocked the highway to London and disrupted England’s lifeline to the European continent. asserted
they → block → continent
The next night, they descended on Southsea, near the Royal Navy base at Portsmouth, Hampshire after a British lifeboat landed a “mega-dinghy” of 140 illegal immigrants who had crossed the English Channel from France. asserted
who → descend → France
Separately, local protestors blocked the coaches that the British government uses to ferry the illegal immigrants to hotels, while the men in black faced off against riot police into the small hours. asserted
men → block → hours
They returned to the Hampshire coast on Sept. 21. asserted
They → return → Sept.
This time, they forced the rescue vessels to dock at Dover. asserted
they → force → Dover
The next day, their leader, Danny “Tommo” Thomas, and a small crew took to the seas to head off two dinghy-loads of illegal immigrants. asserted
leader → take → immigrants
“This is England!” Tommo shouted as he slashed at a dinghy with a knife. asserted
he → shout → knife
They call themselves Patriot Platform. asserted
They → call → themselves
The illegal immigrants who cross the English Channel from France and Belgium and claim asylum in England are the customers of global trafficking networks. uncertain
who → cross → networks
Instead of turning the illegals back, Britain’s government takes them in. asserted
government → turn → them
This is the first of many breaches in public trust that are radicalizing ordinary Britons against their government and making them sympathetic to extremists such as Patriot Platform. asserted
them → radicalize → Platform
The government gives the new arrivals taxpayer-funded welfare and free accommodation. asserted
government → give → welfare
It gives them taxpayer-funded lawyers who coach them on how to work the asylum system. asserted
who → give → system
It refuses to release statistics confirming that, as elsewhere in Europe, migrants figure disproportionately in rape and murder statistics. asserted
migrants → refuse → statistics
Many of the illegal immigrants drop their passports into the English Channel before claiming asylum as refugees under false names and nationalities. asserted
Many → drop → names
Processing an asylum case can take years. asserted
Processing → process → years
Meanwhile, they can come and go from their hotels and camps. asserted
they → come → hotels
The British state is partnering with organized crime against the British people. asserted
state → partner → people
The taxpayers are forced to subsidize the invasion of their country and tolerate appalling crimes in the name of diversity. asserted
taxpayers → force → diversity
The British state has broken the social contract. asserted
state → break → contract
It is deliberately failing to honor the elementary duties of democratic government. asserted
It → fail → government
It surrendered its borders to international law and its immigration policy to activist lawyers and bureaucrats. asserted
It → surrender → lawyers
It created an immigrant crime crisis that it refuses to acknowledge. asserted
it → create → that
It uses “two-tier” policing, indulging the violence and intimidation of the Islamo-leftist alliance in the streets while prosecuting members of the law-abiding majority for daring to object as the English way of life is demolished before their eyes. asserted
way → use → eyes
As in blue-state America, street politics in England already features black-clad, masked Antifa units and black-clad, masked gangs of Islamists marauding through their streets and shouting “Allahu akbar.” Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind. asserted
politics → feature → whirlwind
Identity politics for one group means identity politics for all. asserted
politics → mean → all
Patriot Platform’s leader, Danny “Tommo” Thomas, is a 37-year-old father-of-four who served as a tank driver with the King’s Royal Hussars. asserted
who → serve → Hussars
After leaving the Army, he was jailed for joining the attempted armed kidnapping of a drug dealer. asserted
he → leave → dealer
He became a born-again Christian in prison. asserted
He → become → prison
When Tommo got out, he connected with English nationalists including the popular hero Tommy Robinson. asserted
he → get → hero
He set up Patriot Platform in June. asserted
He → set → June
“The time for polite silence is over,” Patriot Platform’s website says. asserted
website → say → silence
“Stand shoulder to shoulder with fellow patriots who refuse to let Britain fall.” Patriot Platform harnesses the organization and strategies of the radical Left and the Islamists to the goals of white identity politics. asserted
Platform → stand → politics
Its membership, which Tommo numbers at 40,000, is cellular and decentralized. asserted
Tommo → number → 40,000
It uses online secrecy, flash mobs and masks to outsmart the police. asserted
It → use → police
Like Antifa, it affects paramilitary style. asserted
it → affect → style
And while Robinson’s followers bellowed soccer chants, Tommo’s echo the MAGA war cry “Christ is King.” asserted
Christ → bellow → cry
Tommo calls for discipline and “coordinated lawful action.” asserted
Tommo → call → discipline
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