As the country saw more violent riots last night, Tory leadership hopefuls have taken to the airwaves to condemn, er, Nigel Farage. The Reform UK leader posted a letter to Twitter on Monday morning on the weekend’s disorder, hitting out at ‘the impression of two-tier policing’ in the UK. Farage pointed to differences in the ‘soft’ police response to Black Lives Matter protestors in 2020 compared with how forces had handled rioters.
The MP for Clacton concluded:
We must have a more honest debate about these vital issues [like immigration] and give people the confidence that there are political solutions that are relevant to them. A recall of parliament would be an appropriate start to this.
Despite calls from Labour, Tory and Reform MPs for the Commons to sit, Sir Keir Starmer’s spokesperson told reporters that the matter of recalling parliament was not discussed at the Prime Minister’s emergency Cobra meeting on Monday.
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