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In the autumn of 2021, I became embroiled in a deeply distressing situation: facing a grotesque and, it seemed, unending stream of targeted abuse on social media, including racist slurs and death threats.
My crime? I had dared to speak out on a TV talk show in support of then Home Secretary Priti Patel’s commitment to turning back migrants who were arriving on our shores in their tens of thousands every year.
It is a position shared by millions across the country, of course – but one the Left often regard with haughty disdain. Inevitably, one of their most self-promoting halo-polishers was quick to condemn my views in the most personal terms.
Together with an edited video clip of my comments, Gary Lineker tweeted to his army of fanatical followers (standing at more than eight million today) accusing me of an ‘extraordinary lack of empathy for our fellow human beings’.
He ended with a simple slur: ‘Vile.’
This felt to me like bullying – and inevitably resulted in an onslaught from his screeching fans, which still shocks me to this day.
In the autumn of 2021, Nana Akua (pictured) became embroiled in a deeply distressing situation: facing a grotesque and, it seemed, unending stream of targeted abuse on social media, including racist slurs and death threats
This extraordinarily rich and powerful white man, who prides himself on his achingly liberal ‘be kind’ outlook, was using his influence to shout down a black woman
