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This is Labour's classic incompetence. They cancel things like the Bibby Stockholm barge and the Rwanda plan without offering the general public an alternative solution.
Now, there will be those who will say, "That's got nothing to do with it!" But it has everything to do with it. Southport was simply the lancing of the boil that has been building for a good few years now. I'm also uneasy about simply labelling this unrest as "far right." There's massive unhappiness on all sides. The government needs to look at treating the symptoms and not the easiest route of swiftly cutting an arm or leg off, hoping that stops the patient from complaining.
@dick_turpin Ah come on, that's crap - I mean sure labour need to figure out a sane plan for that lot; but these riots are the combination of a) Taking advantage of a tragedy on purpose b) Drunks in hot weather c) and the strange coincidence of it being the same week the EDL leader left the country to avoid a court hearin.
@penguin42 @dick_turpin Wrong on a few fronts there too:
The EDL hasn't been a thing in over 10 years and Tommy Robinson has nothing to do with whatever might be left of it.
The police detained him for the allowed 6 hours permitted by the anti-terror legislation they arrested him under. He was released without charge unconditionally and he went on holiday with his family as he had arranged prior. He didn't leave by secret means and flew out of the country like anyone else.
There is no arrest warrant awaiting him for not attending a fictitious court hearing. This is all a fabrication of the lefty media.
@neil @dick_turpin Hmm; so I don't know all of the details of that - but the BBC is listing a specific contempt of court case at the High Court last Monday that he was supposed to attend; https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjerxd00rlxo
@penguin42 @dick_turpin Don't know about what the BBC are reporting, they're not a trustworthy news outlet. The description of that court case seems a bit flimsy "Repeating something he said about a Syrian which he'd been told not to"?
@penguin42 @neil I heard it was a video he was not allowed to show, which he duly showed yet again (I presume on 𝕏?) Of course, the key question should be, is this video (which I have not seen) fictitious, or is it that the video would stir up trouble? If it's the latter, I wonder if that's "suppression of freedom of speech"? 
I have no time for Tommy Robinson, but it's a stretch to say he's behind these riots, which I've seen promoted on 𝕏 throughout today.
@neil @dick_turpin While I don't trust the Beeb that much, I don't think they're just going to make up the court case - I'm not sure how big a deal the case is; but surely it fits with this stuff - lieing to stoke up trouble by claiming everything is due to illegal immigrants (of which some is, some isn't - but don't lie about it!)
@penguin42 @dick_turpin My biggest concern about this "court case" is the warrant being issued but the judge saying not to act on it until October so that Robinson my choose to attend voluntarily. Something's off there.
I don't believe that Tommy Robinson is behind these riots. He's spent a lot of time recently reporting inequalities in the law and urging those attending his rallies to behave lawfully and respectfully. It's also worth noting that all demographics of society have been present at those rallies.