There's a trickling sewer of socio-political flotsam and jetsam which flows underneath the surface of our "democracy". It's always been there, and rears its head when anyone democratically elected doesn't reflect their neo-fascist agenda. With Khan being a Muslim and brown, it infuriates the racists. The so-called "defenders" of "free speech" are the deniers of "free speech". Those who threaten others with violence or meter it out get their comeuppance. That badge represents the pride and hard work of centuries of sweated labour along the banks of the Tees, with steel that built the world. This hand rag doesn't represent the badge. Threatening violence and racism are crimes. Whoever it is, if found guilty, should be banged up.