We need to lock up the thugs rioting in the streets – and then confront the real problem
7 months, 3 weeks ago

We need to lock up the thugs rioting in the streets – and then confront the real problem

The Independent  

Days of unrest across England’s towns and cities – which have seen mosques targeted, hotels housing asylum seekers attacked, police officers injured and countless acts of vandalism by far-right rioters – are forcing us to confront an ugly and hateful element in our country. And disillusionment with politics is far wider than just on the issue of immigration; in focus groups that More in Common runs across the country every week, we hear frustration from people about their relatives being stuck on waiting lists, despair at the soaring price of energy bills and real anger at the sense of “one rule for them” for politicians following scandals like Partygate. Police hold back rioters near a burning police vehicle in Southport during last week’s disturbances When speaking to voters in Leigh in Greater Manchester last week, Robert, a Reform UK voter, summed up the attitude of most ordinary Britons when he said of the rioters: “We are a country based on rule of law. Far-right rioters clashing with police in Manchester as libraries, hotels and places of worship were targeted across the UK After the riots are brought under control, this conversation needs to turn not to immigration – I have no doubt that debates about immigration will continue to take place over the next parliament.

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