PM condemns ‘far-right thuggery’ after another day of violence

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PM condemns ‘far-right thuggery’ after another day of *********

********* erupted at far-right organised demonstrations in *** towns and cities on Sunday, prompting Keir Starmer to condemn “marauding gangs intent on law-breaking and nothing else”.

The prime minister vowed to do “whatever it takes to bring these thugs to justice” as he addressed the nation following ongoing unrest across the country, telling those involved they will “regret” taking part.

In Rotherham, a group of 700 people surrounded a Holiday Inn Express hotel, where some lit a *****, smashed windows and managed to get inside the building where asylum seekers were staying.

Riot police also responded to violent scenes in Middlesbrough, Bolton, Hull and Weymouth, among other parts of the ***.

Sir Keir vowed rioters would feel the “full force of the law” for engaging in “far-right thuggery” after a sixth day of escalating ********* in response to the fatal stabbing of three young ****** in Southport last week.

“People in this country have a right to be safe, and yet we’ve seen ******* communities targeted, attacks on mosques,” the prime minister said on Sunday.

“Other ********* communities singled out, ***** salutes in the street, attacks on the police, wanton ********* alongside ******* rhetoric, so no, I won’t shy away from calling it what it is: far-right thuggery.”

Since Saturday, 147 arrests have been made.

In Rotherham, at least ten police officers were injured with one left unconscious after anti-immigration demonstrators threw planks of wood at officers and sprayed them with ***** extinguishers, South Yorkshire police said.

Some members of the group

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The officer knocked unconscious suffered a head injury, the force said, adding that at least two others had suspected broken bones.

Hotel employees and residents, some of whom are asylum seekers, were “terrified”, but no injuries were reported, police said.

One person has been arrested on suspicion of public order offences.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper called the scenes “utterly appalling” and said police have government backing to take “the strongest action”.

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Greater Manchester Police issued a Section 60AA order in the town which requires people to “remove face coverings used to disguise or conceal their appearance”. It will stay in force until 10pm on Sunday.

The ********* follows similar scenes of unrest in Southport, Belfast, Hartlepool, Hull, Liverpool, Stoke-on-Trent, Nottingham, Sunderland and elsewhere earlier in the week.

In a statement on Sunday, the Home Office offered mosques greater protections as part of a new process, under which it said “rapid security” deployment can be requested in order to allow a return to worship as fast as possible.

Sir Keir indicated the response to the ********* could mirror elements of how the 2011 riots were handled, at which time he was director of public prosecutions.

“We do have standing arrangements for law enforcement which means that we can get arrests, charge remanded in custody and convictions done very quickly,” he said.

“I myself was part of that in 2011 when I was director of public prosecutions, and I’m determined we will do whatever it takes to bring these thugs to justice as quickly as possible.”

Ministers have suggested that courts could sit 24 hours to fast-track prosecutions – as they did in 2011 – while police forces have measures in place to draft in extra officers to tackle potential unrest.

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