After a weekend of violent disorder breaking out across the UK, the Prime Minister has this evening issued a statement from Downing Street. ‘I utterly condemn the far-right thuggery we have seen this weekend,’ Keir Starmer says. ‘Be in no doubt: those who have participated in this violence will face the full force of the law.’ The Labour leader goes on to say that ‘the police will be making arrests’ and he can ‘guarantee you will regret taking part in this disorder’.
It comes as the Home Office announces that emergency security will be provided to mosques immediately – which have already become a target for the mob violence. While there have been a spate of demonstrations since the Southport stabbings, Starmer mentions specifically what is happening in Rotherham this afternoon. There, protesters have targeted a hotel thought to be used to house refugees – a fire has been started and windows have been smashed.
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