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domiwhite@gmail.com's avatar

I needed this Lola story. Thanks so much for sharing.

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Adrian Bono's avatar

We need stories that warm the heart from time to time. This felt like one of them.

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Steve's avatar

So a load of immigrants beat up an old fella, and when the locals go after the immigrants they are all suddenly - Far Right? I know an island nation off the coast of France where this happens a lot!

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The Bubble Newsletter's avatar

Seems slightly more complicated than that—as in, 3 immigrants came in from outside of town and beat up an old guy, then another group of people came in from outside of town (and some, it seems, from outside of Spain) to beat up local immigrants who live in the town. And the people in town (immigrants and not) were like, can everybody using our town as a place to beat up people just leave?

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Steve's avatar

All very plausible I’m sure, but the video footage I saw it was locals taking understandable umbrage at an old fella being beaten up by a bunch of foreigners. The well established ‘outsiders coming in’ trope was tried in Southport by the Starmer Scum, even though no buses were ever seen coming in, parked up, or departing. And if they didn’t depart, where did they stay when the hotels were all booked up in holiday season, they certainly weren’t on the beach. All those arrested were from Merseyside, understandably outraged at the child slaughter, nothing more, nothing less, which is I suspect the same in Spain, but the Left always like to portray ‘outsider Far Right activists are responsible’, which is bollix!

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The Bubble Newsletter's avatar

We won’t pretend to have deep knowledge of Merseyside—none of us live or have lived in the UK—but we get your point: that for political convenience the left sometimes blames “far-right outsiders” for unrest that really comes from locals (understandably) angry about violence in their community. In this case, though, it really does look like outside groups jumped on the Torre Pacheco incident to turn it into something bigger. A few things we know:

* There were 13 arrests. Three were the guys who beat up the old man. The other ten were Spanish and Moroccan nationals (though that doesn’t tell us who grew up where).

* The Guardia Civil “identified” 120 people at the scene (mainly to confiscate bats and other weapons). The regional government delegate (a PSOE appointee) said most were from outside the town. The local Guardia Civil chief—who probably doesn’t vote Podemos—said “a significant percentage” were from out of town. How significant? Hard to say. But that’s two official sources, not just political spin.

* Police arrested the head of “Deport Them Now,” the group that had called for an immigrant “hunt” in Torre Pacheco. He’s based in Mataró, outside Barcelona.

* The founder of Desokupa (the squatter eviction outfit) says the Guardia Civil turned him and 40 of his people away from Torre Pacheco. He’s based in Barcelona and Madrid.

* Vito Quiles, a media agitator with a decent following, also says he was told to leave. He’s Madrid-based.

So yes, some locals probably took part. But the bigger push—the call to action—came from well beyond the town limits.

And a few links:

Arrest and "identifications":

https://www.reuters.com/world/eight-arrested-after-far-right-groups-migrants-clash-spanish-town-2025-07-14/

https://www.europapress.es/murcia/noticia-ascienden-13-detenidos-altercados-torre-pacheco-20250715121717.html

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250714-spain-arrests-nine-after-anti-migrant-unrest-in-torre-pacheco

https://apnews.com/article/spain-clashes-migrants-assault-suspects-8ef9b754b0632373c05485e1d84a8d16

https://www.cuatro.com/noticias/sociedad/20250715/cuarta-noche-torre-pacheco-detenidos-identificados-prision-agresor-domingo_18_016137268.html

Desokupa guy + his 40 pushed out of Torre Pacheco:

https://www.elperiodico.com/es/politica/20250715/lider-desokupa-fuera-torre-pacheco-vito-quiles-119733922

Arrest of Deport Them Now guy in Mataró:

https://cadenaser.com/nacional/2025/07/15/detenido-un-miembro-del-movimiento-supremacista-xenofobo-deport-them-now-por-incitar-las-cacerias-racistas-en-torre-pacheco-cadena-ser/

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Steve's avatar

I guarantee you there will be civil war in the UK before long. Another illegal immigrant sexually attacked a young girl a few days ago, and this came just after another attacked 3 young girls having only been in the country for 8 days. This is a daily occurrence now and the people are getting sick and tired of this Muslim scum attacking kids!

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