Anti-immigrant riots in UK first big challenge for Labour government
China DailyA woman holds a banner at a protest against racism outside Finsbury Park Mosque in London, Britain, August 10, 2024. "It is the first major challenge facing Starmer," Xu Ruike, associate professor of British politics and foreign policy at Beijing Foreign Studies University, told China Daily. "Rioting is entirely down to inept Conservative and Labour governments," Billy Bessey, who took part in anti-immigration demonstrations in Portsmouth last weekend, told China Daily. "Anti-immigration sentiment is just the trigger," Huang Fei, associate professor at the School of International Studies and research fellow at the School of Global and Area Studies of Renmin University of China, told China Daily. "It is underrepresented in parliament as the UK's first-past-the-post voting system favors the bigger parties," Xu of Beijing Foreign Studies University said.
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