Piddington residents have spent weeks peacefully opposing plans for a 1,250-person asylum site near their Oxfordshire village. Now Patriot Platform, the masked anti-migrant network behind disruption in Dover and Portsmouth, says thousands could descend on the area. Truth Vs Hate asks what happens when a local democratic dispute is hijacked by outsiders whose power depends on confrontation.

RNLI volunteers who rescued people from the Channel are being branded “traitors”, targeted online and protected by extra security. The law says rescuing people in distress is a maritime duty. Truth Vs Hate examines how “invasion” rhetoric turns lifesavers into enemies, who benefits from keeping the anger burning, and what gets lost when humanity becomes a political loyalty test.