A Member of Parliament (MP) for Britain’s governing Labour Party spread fake news alleging a Muslim woman had acid thrown in her face in Middlesbrough, England. The false claim was initially posted on social media by Nick Lowles of the George Soros-funded HOPE Not Hate organization.
“Far right cowards [sic] attacking women. When people show you who they are, believe them,” declared Josh Fenton-Glyn, the MP for Calder Valley, West Yorkshire, in a now-deleted post to X (formerly Twitter), as his political fellow-travelers and corporate media allies were blaming populists like Nigel Farage for inflaming riots.
Lowles had claimed reports were “coming in” that acid had been thrown at a Muslim woman from a car in the English town, labeling the fictitious report “Absolutely horrific.” Police later confirmed no such incident had taken place.
Fenton-Glyn eventually removed the post, questionably claiming Lowles is “someone who’s generally a good [sic]” and adding it’s “important we correct misinformation where we see it.”
Lowles, for his part, acknowledged that “Police in Middlesbrough have denied any knowledge of this acid attack” but continued to stress that “some in the local Muslim community insist it happened.”
Middlesbrough is among many English cities and towns gripped by sometimes riotous protests in the wake of a deadly mass stabbing of multiple young girls, allegedly by a son of Rwandan migrants.
The protesters have been branded “far-right thugs” by Labour Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, but reporting by British state media over the weekend—now deleted—shows mobs of Muslims have also been attacking white people “in response” to the demonstrations.
