"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

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/04/the-guardian-view-on-the-online-far-right-thugs-have-brought-devastation

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 riots

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