Blog ≫ 2026 ≫ Did not know stop the boats meant stop the ferries

It is all kicking off in Dover. A couple of hundred guys in balaclavas blocking the streets ¹. It's some kind of unofficial demonstration, probably racist nutters. They dispersed again by lunchtime but caused quite a lot of disruption on the roads, trains, and ferries.

Sunny intervals and a moderate breeze, 13 - 21℃.

1. The anti-racism group Hope Not Hate said Patriot Platform should be seen "for what it is: a far-right network of men happy to intimidate and inconvenience an entire town for what was effectively a publicity stunt".

⬅️ Run stats 5/9/26 - 5'17/K :: Had to get the full toolkit out today ➡️

Paulʼs blog - I live in A sleepy town in the far South. Married + father to two, I am a full-stack web engineer, and I do js / nodejs, some ruby, python, php ect ect. I like pubbing, parkrun, restaurants, home automation and other diy jiggery-pokery, history, genealogy, TV, squirrels, pirates ☠️, lego, + TIME TRAVEL.

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