{"id":1179995,"date":"2022-01-02T11:04:20","date_gmt":"2022-01-02T16:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1179995"},"modified":"2022-01-02T11:04:22","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T16:04:22","slug":"blm-celebrated-again-in-londons-woke-nye-firework-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blm-celebrated-again-in-londons-woke-nye-firework-show\/","title":{"rendered":"BLM Celebrated Again in London\u2019s Woke NYE Firework Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fblm-celebrated-again-in-londons-woke-nye-firework-show%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1179995&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1362144556-1-e1641116116590-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Marxist-led protest group Black Lives Matter was once again featured in London\u2019s woke New Year\u2019s Eve fireworks show, the latest politicisation of the once neutral display by London\u2019s left-wing mayoralty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">During the British capital\u2019s 2021 New Year\u2019s Eve fireworks display, Brits tuning in across the country were once again subjected to far-left propaganda during what, in normal times, would be an apolitical moment for amusement and reflection.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p3\">Mayor Sadiq Khan\u2019s London\u2019s New Year\u2019s event<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;kicked off with a woke \u2018spoken word\u2019 poem read by Hamilton actor Giles Terera. The poem included praise for Britain\u2019s socialised healthcare system the NHS, footballer and left-leaning campaigner Marcus Rashford, and the environmental conference COP26.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">When the fireworks show began, it contained a reference to the radical protest group Black Lives Matter during the event\u2019s tribute to the England football team. At the start of this tribute, t<\/span>he display\u2019s narration said: \u201cThe players take the knee \u2013 united in their stance against racism\u201d, before going on to replicate the team scoring a goal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">This part referred to some players from the England football team\u2019s controversial decision to kneel also known as \u2018taking the knee\u2019 \u2013 sometimes accompanied by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/06\/07\/fans-boo-but-england-determined-take-the-knee-through-euro-championship\/\">booing<\/a> from the crowd \u2013 before Euro 2020 football (American soccer) games.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p3\">Taking the knee is closely associated with&nbsp;<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">Marxist-led<\/span> protest group Black Lives Matter who in the UK said their aims included \u201cdismantling\u201d capitalism.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">At BLM protests activists would demand the police \u2018take the knee\u2019 and in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/met-police-blm-take-knee-cressida-dick-a9631811.html\">some cases<\/a> actually successfully intimidated officers into doing so.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">An activist at the BLM protest in London attempted to set fire to the flags which adorn the Cenotaph, the United Kingdom\u2019s national war memorial. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2mnzhaGUsj\">https:\/\/t.co\/2mnzhaGUsj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1270341205755342849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p3\">The England football team has, however, denied that taking the knee is related to the far-left Black Lives Matter group. Nevertheless, in 2020 twenty Premier League teams had the slogan \u2018Black Lives Matter\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2020\/07\/01\/uk-football-tries-to-distance-itself-from-political-movement-of-blm\/\">printed<\/a> on the back of their players\u2019 shirts, instead of their names, firming up in the minds of some the association of Black Lives Matter with English football.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">It is currently unclear whether the England team will be taking the knee \u2018against racism\u2019 in Qatar for the football World Cup in 2o22. Over 6,500 migrant workers have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2021\/feb\/23\/revealed-migrant-worker-deaths-qatar-fifa-world-cup-2022\">died<\/a> in Qatar since they won the right to host the World Cup ten years ago, yet this has largely been met with silence in the international football community.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p3\">Providing a slither of hope for normality in the New Year, the Elizabeth Tower also known as Big Ben, rung its iconic bell at midnight with an uncovered face for the first time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/londons-big-ben-bong-again-25805713\">since<\/a> 2017,&nbsp; having undergone renovations. The lower parts of the tower are still shrouded in scaffolding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">So far the BBC\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VurcwV-3zNc\">footage<\/a> of the fireworks display has been viewed by nearly 2 million people on YouTube alone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Since Labour\u2019s Sadiq Khan first became mayor in 2016, London\u2019s traditional firework show has taken a more multicultural and left-leaning theme. For London\u2019s 2020 New Year\u2019s Eve fireworks display a clenched fist in reference to Black Lives Matter was raised above the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">In 2020 Britain Black Lives Matter were responsible for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/18\/black-lives-matter-statue-toppling-an-act-of-love-court-told\/\">toppling<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2020\/06\/06\/blm-protesters-vandalise-scale-abraham-lincoln-statue-london\/\">vandalism<\/a> of statues, and desecration, with an attempt to burn the Union Flag on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2020\/06\/07\/protesters-try-to-burn-cenotaph-flags-at-blm-london-demo\/\">Cenotaph<\/a>&nbsp;national war memorial.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">The 2020 display also included music by British rapper \u2018Stormzy\u2019 who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/01\/01\/sadiq-khan-lights-up-london-sky-with-blm-fist-for-new-year-fireworks\/\">denounced<\/a> Britain as \u201cdefinitely 100 per cent\u201d racist in 2019.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our New Years Eve show just sent a loud, proud message to the world: London stands together against racism \u2013 tonight and always. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BlackLivesMatter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BlackLivesMatter<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CQXZ4j9HfF\">pic.twitter.com\/CQXZ4j9HfF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sadiq Khan (@SadiqKhan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SadiqKhan\/status\/1344804512968663040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marxist-led protest group Black Lives Matter was once again featured in London\u2019s woke New Year\u2019s Eve fireworks show, the latest politicisation of the once neutral display by London\u2019s left-wing mayoralty. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":349,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1179995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1179995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/349"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1179995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1179995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1179995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1179995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1179995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}