Protests are spreading across the UK. In Hull, protesters gathered outside a hotel housing asylum seekers and chanted ‘stop the boats’, and in Belfast a Syrian cafe owner had his business targeted. Now the action has spread to Rotherham. This afternoon, a mob has set fire to a hotel, used to house migrants. Footage appears to show masked rioters assembling outside a Holiday Express as they clashed with police. It comes after earlier demonstrations in the area from a mix of anti-racist and anti-immigration supporters.
On Thursday, Keir Starmer used a Downing Street press conference to address violent disorder following the Southport stabbing attacks. Following reports that more protests and riots were planned for the weekend, the Prime Minister announced a series of steps he would take to show that his government will ‘not permit, under any circumstances, a breakdown in law and order on our streets’. Only a few days on and the opposite currently appears to be the case.
They set a hotel on fire that houses asylum seekers in Rotherham, and people can’t get out.
The police are outnumbered and getting pushed back.
You can see someone on the top floor window. pic.twitter.com/9PiMwwrBRx
— Mukhtar (@I_amMukhtar) August 4, 2024
Time for another press conference? Starmer will need to show he has a grip otherwise Mr S suspects others will soon join Priti Patel in calling for parliament to be recalled…
