Meet Alex Jardine. He’s very unhappy at the moment because he’s found himself at the centre of controversy. Hardly surprising given his involvement in the Hannah Spencer incident in central Manchester last weekend.
He’s complaining that he has come under fire from “the bloody lefties” for putting Manchester’s new Green Party MP in considerable distress and possibly danger, so that she needed a police escort to escape his attentions.
Carrying anti-trans sandwich boards, he and ex-military provocateur-in-chief Steve James, hurled abuse at Hannah Spencer before attempting to get in her face, harass her and stop her walking away from a Together Alliance rally in Piccadilly Gardens.
His rightwards-leaning online chums have since leapt to his defence, accusing those with Hannah Spencer of initiating the violence – and Searchlight of manipulating photos from the incident to present a misleading picture.
Throwing punches
Well, frankly, we would expect no less, but it is perfectly clear from the video of the event (which we viewed carefully before posting our report) what actually happened: Jardine and James raced after Spencer as she walked from the rally, got very close to her, and shouted her face.
They were then joined by other fascists – including Chris Messenger – who tried to do the same. Those with Spencer pushed them away at which point the fascists started throwing punches and pulling hair.
Police had to intervene to protect Spencer and the escorted her away in a police car.
Further investigation shows that Jardine, who hails from Stoke, is currently suspended from his job in the NHS, allegedly for homophobia.
His case has been taken up by Tommy Robinson who is holding him up as a free speech ‘martyr’.
Jardine has been quick to go on social media to cash in on his infamy, answering questions like, “Why would you spend your time obsessing about trans people when you look like a bit part cos play actor from Game of Thrones?”
He’s not a fascist, though. Certainly not.
He might hang around with fascists, get photographed with Tommy Robinson, support Unite the Kingdom, turn up at UKIP rallies, harass anti-fascists, try and get information about them, he might even share the views of fascists – but really he’s only interested in “free speech and having a nice debate.”
Police protection
Yes, like last Saturday when he tried to disrupt women speaking at a rally and then harass a female MP so much she had to be escorted away in a police car.
And, much to his annoyance, he’s a “cancelled drummer.”
When musicians on the local rock scene found out that he was a right winger with attitude and activity to match they made it quite clear that they were finished with him.
One gig he will continue to get, we are sure, is with Rikki Doolan’s band, with whom he has appeared in the past. Doolan, of course, is close to Tommy Robinson and was, for a while, a member of the UKIP NEC.
But when he’s out with his far-right mates, or posing for pictures with the the likes of the grifter known as Tommy Robinson, he’s posing with guns.
Lovely chap, Alex Jardine.
