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07-08-2024, 12:12 PM
UK Draconian Action...wow..💪🤣
(Bloomberg) — At least 100 people have been arrested after far-right protests descended into rioting this weekend in England and Northern Ireland, with police warning that the violence may not be over.
Disturbances have broken out in towns and cities including Blackpool, Belfast and Bristol since Friday night, with a number of police officers attacked and injured. The riots represent one of the biggest challenges facing the month-old Labour government, as it struggles to rein in the unrest.
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper pledged the government’s “full backing” for the police in dealing with the unrest. “Anyone who gets involved in criminal disorder and violent thuggery on our streets will have to pay the price,” she said in a video posted to X.
Tensions have risen since an attack on a Taylor Swift-themed dance party left three young girls dead in Southport on Monday. Fueled by an online misinformation campaign, the attack was seized upon by far-right protesters, some of whom took to the street chanting anti-immigration slogans this weekend.
https://nationalpost.com/news/world/u-k-...to-rioting
(Bloomberg) — At least 100 people have been arrested after far-right protests descended into rioting this weekend in England and Northern Ireland, with police warning that the violence may not be over.
Disturbances have broken out in towns and cities including Blackpool, Belfast and Bristol since Friday night, with a number of police officers attacked and injured. The riots represent one of the biggest challenges facing the month-old Labour government, as it struggles to rein in the unrest.
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper pledged the government’s “full backing” for the police in dealing with the unrest. “Anyone who gets involved in criminal disorder and violent thuggery on our streets will have to pay the price,” she said in a video posted to X.
Tensions have risen since an attack on a Taylor Swift-themed dance party left three young girls dead in Southport on Monday. Fueled by an online misinformation campaign, the attack was seized upon by far-right protesters, some of whom took to the street chanting anti-immigration slogans this weekend.
https://nationalpost.com/news/world/u-k-...to-rioting
