Ant Middleton has said he is “anti-racist and anti-violence” after he deleted a tweet in which he referred to Black Lives Matter protesters as “absolute scum”. BLM and EDL are not welcome on our streets, absolute scum. He wrote: “Posting a message in relation to a tweet I took down over the weekend. “At no point was I calling the BLM scum and comparing the two organisations. For those of you who know me, I’m a people’s person, I love people, I’m anti-racist and I’m anti-violence, having lived and seen what violence does to people and cities and countries.

Source: Irish Independent June 16, 2020 14:26 UTC