Police are anticipating a busy day as they monitor reports of at least 30 possible gatherings and threats against immigration law specialistsJim McMahon, minister of state for housing, communities and local government, has said that the vast majority of Britons will be going about their everyday life today, but that “there are a tiny minority of people who don’t want it to be a normal day.”He told viewers of Sky News:There are a tiny minority of people who don’t want it to be a normal day. Who will want to cause disruption, and who will want to cause violence as a way of progressing their argument.There is no legitimate reason to go out there and to cause disruption, to cause violence, in the way that we have seen. That is not what people want.Of course the police will do an operational assessment of the threat that has been made, and the intelligence that they have. And they will deploy officers based on that intelligence. It’s for the police to make that operational decision.What we have said as a government is that we stand absolutely with our police force. We stand with our prosecutors. And we stand with the courts. To make sure that those who do go over the line are dealt with swiftly and efficiently by the system. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2024/aug/07/uk-riots-far-right-latest-unrest-southport-stabbings-politics
Author : Martin Belam
Publish date : 2024-08-07 07:39:36
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