{"id":12751,"date":"2024-08-05T22:53:41","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T21:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=12751"},"modified":"2024-08-05T22:53:41","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T21:53:41","slug":"uks-starmer-vows-speedy-punishment-to-quell-violent-disorder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/europe\/uk-news\/uks-starmer-vows-speedy-punishment-to-quell-violent-disorder\/2024\/08\/05\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"UK&#8217;s Starmer vows speedy punishment to quell violent disorder"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-testid=\"paragraph-0\">\n<ul class=\"summary__summary__31feP\" data-testid=\"Summary\">\n<li class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__base__22dCE body__small_body__2vQyf summary__point__NO-2F\" data-testid=\"Body\">Starmer says rioters to face &#8216;full force of the law&#8217;<\/li>\n<li class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__base__22dCE body__small_body__2vQyf summary__point__NO-2F\" data-testid=\"Body\">Protests directed against migrants and Muslims<\/li>\n<li class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__base__22dCE body__small_body__2vQyf summary__point__NO-2F\" data-testid=\"Body\">Police say more than 370 arrested since unrest began<\/li>\n<li class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__base__22dCE body__small_body__2vQyf summary__point__NO-2F\" data-testid=\"Body\">Australia, Nigeria, others issue travel warnings<\/li>\n<li class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__base__22dCE body__small_body__2vQyf summary__point__NO-2F\" data-testid=\"Body\">X&#8217;s Musk warns of &#8220;civil war&#8221; in Britain<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-0\">LONDON, Aug 05 \/Reuters\/ &#8211; British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said violent protesters who had targeted Muslim communities would swiftly face the &#8220;full force of the law&#8221; as he sought to quell days of anti-immigration rioting.<\/div>\n<div class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-1\">The fatal stabbing of three young girls in the northwest English town of Southport last week has been seized on by anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim groups, with disinformation\u00a0<a class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__inherit-color__3208F text__inherit-font__1Y8w3 text__inherit-size__1DZJi link__link__3Ji6W link__underline_default__2prE_\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/uk\/pm-starmer-warns-social-media-firms-after-southport-misinformation-fuels-uk-2024-08-01\/\" data-testid=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spread online<\/a>\u00a0and amplified by high-profile far-right figures to spark disorder in towns and cities.<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"paragraph-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com\/gazette.com\/content\/tncms\/assets\/v3\/editorial\/5\/5c\/55c30f87-bb8a-536f-93f2-496d8be13433\/66afb569d784e.image.jpg?resize=749%2C500\" alt=\"UK's Starmer vows speedy punishment to quell violent disorder | U.S. &amp;  World | gazette.com\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-2\">&#8220;Whatever the apparent motivation, this is not protest, it is pure violence and we will not tolerate attacks on mosques or our Muslim communities,&#8221; Starmer said on Monday after an emergency meeting with police and prison chiefs.<\/div>\n<div class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-3\">&#8220;The full force of law will be visited on all those who are identified as having taken part.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-4\">Police chiefs said they had arrested 378 people since the start of the unrest and warned of &#8220;lengthy prison terms&#8221; for those found guilty of violent disorder.<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"paragraph-4\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.moreechampion.com.au\/images\/transform\/v1\/crop\/frm\/silverstone-feed-data\/8864979c-6a52-49b6-92a8-0db9a5693527.jpg\/r0_0_800_600_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg\" alt=\"Protesters clashed with police in Rotherham near a hotel that housed asylum seekers. Photo: AP PHOTO\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body__element__2p5pI\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-5\">The violence erupted last Tuesday after social media posts said the suspected attacker in Southport was a radical Islamist who had just arrived in Britain and was known to intelligence services.<\/div>\n<div class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-6\">Police say the 17-year-old suspect was born in Britain and they are not treating it as a terrorist incident. The suspect&#8217;s parents had moved to Britain from Rwanda.<\/div>\n<div class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-7\">Interior minister Yvette Cooper said rioters had felt &#8220;emboldened &#8230; to stir up racial hatred&#8221; and that the protests were not a proportionate response to concerns about\u00a0<a class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__inherit-color__3208F text__inherit-font__1Y8w3 text__inherit-size__1DZJi link__link__3Ji6W link__underline_default__2prE_\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/uk\/annual-migration-uk-fell-last-year-2024-05-23\/\" data-testid=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">near-record levels of immigration<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"paragraph-7\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/videos.skynews.com\/image\/v1\/static\/6058004172001\/916b4836-2e12-4cf8-9939-a76e54766690\/936e5e07-39ee-4090-808e-57a79070aaf7\/1280x720\/match\/image.jpg\" alt=\"UK riots: Sir Keir Starmer makes 'guarantee' for 'thugs' and announces  'emergency security' for mosques | UK News | Sky News\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body__element__2p5pI\">\n<div lang=\"en\" data-testid=\"Dianomi\">&#8220;Reasonable people &#8230; do not pick up bricks and throw them at the police,&#8221; she said.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-9\">Protests, mostly involving a few hundred people, have continued across the country, with shops looted and mosques and Asian-owned businesses attacked. Cars have been set on fire and some unverified videos on social media have shown ethnic minorities being beaten up.<\/div>\n<div class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-10\">Australia and Nigeria were among countries to issue warnings on Monday to citizens resident in or travelling to Britain.<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body__element__2p5pI\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-11\">On Monday evening, protests spread to Plymouth in southwest England. Several hundred anti-immigration protesters wearing English and British flags faced off against a greater number of counter-protesters, kept apart by police in riot gear.<\/div>\n<div class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-12\">Protesters threw bricks and fireworks and scuffled with police. Sky News said three police officers were injured.<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"paragraph-12\">\n<div class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-13\">In Rotherham, northern England, protesters on Sunday tried to break into a hotel that housed asylum seekers in what Starmer called an act of &#8220;far-right thuggery&#8221;, following protests on Saturday\u00a0<a class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__inherit-color__3208F text__inherit-font__1Y8w3 text__inherit-size__1DZJi link__link__3Ji6W link__underline_default__2prE_\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/uk\/british-police-boost-presence-after-night-rioting-sunderland-2024-08-03\/\" data-testid=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in other English cities and in Belfast<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-14\">Starmer said a &#8220;standing army&#8221; of specialist police officers would tackle outbreaks of violence where needed.<\/div>\n<div class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-15\">Northern Ireland&#8217;s assembly will end its summer break a day early to discuss the violence.<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__medium__1kbOh text__heading_6__1qUJ5 heading__base__2T28j heading__heading_6__RtD9P article-body__heading__33EIm\" data-testid=\"Heading\">POLICE BLAME ONLINE DISINFORMATION<\/h2>\n<div class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-16\">Police have blamed online disinformation, amplified by high-profile figures for driving the violence.<\/div>\n<div class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-17\">Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, known by the pseudonym Tommy Robinson and previously the leader of the defunct anti-Islam English Defence League, has been blamed by media for spreading misinformation to his 875,000 followers on X.<\/div>\n<div class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-18\">&#8220;They are lying to you all,&#8221; Yaxley-Lennon said. &#8220;Attempting to turn the nation against me. I need you, you are my voice.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-19\">Elon Musk, the owner of X, also weighed in. Responding to a post on X that blamed mass migration and open borders for the disorder in Britain, he wrote: &#8220;Civil war is inevitable.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-20\">Starmer&#8217;s spokesperson said there was &#8220;no justification&#8221; for Musk&#8217;s comment. Musk later criticised Starmer for a post on X which identified mosques as needing particular protection.<\/div>\n<div class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-21\">In Whitechapel in London, lawyer M. A. Gani, 33, said the British Bangladeshi community was &#8220;living in fear&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-22\">&#8220;We&#8217;ve never seen this kind of far-right groups (being so) active and anti-immigrant,&#8221; he said.<\/div>\n<div class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-23\">&#8220;I hope that the UK (government) will take initiative to calm down the situation.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-24\">Britain&#8217;s technology minister, Peter Kyle, met representatives of social media platforms including X to remind them of their responsibility to stop the spread of racial hate and incitement to violence.<\/div>\n<div class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-25\">&#8220;There is a significant amount of content circulating that platforms need to be dealing with at pace,&#8221; he said.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starmer says rioters to face &#8216;full force of the law&#8217; Protests directed against migrants and Muslims Police say more than 370 arrested since unrest began Australia, Nigeria, others issue travel warnings X&#8217;s Musk warns of &#8220;civil war&#8221; in Britain LONDON, Aug 05 \/Reuters\/ &#8211; British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said violent protesters who had targeted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[2395],"tags":[206,3345,8224,8900,8901,8902],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/UK-PM.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12751"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12751"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12753,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12751\/revisions\/12753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}