"The riots that have spread across the UK from Southport since Tuesday are the effect of a cocktail of anti-immigrant, far-right views mixed with lies about a traumatic news event, gulped down by violent thugs. It is hard to unpick precisely how falsehoods, including that the attacker was a Muslim asylum seeker, were invented and spread. But there is no doubt about the malign role of public figures including Nigel Farage."
~ The Guardian
The Guardian view on the online far right: thugs have brought devastation
Editorial: A cocktail of anti-immigration politics and misinformation about viscerally upsetting news has led to riotsEditorial (The Guardian)