While its likely too early to draw conclusions about how the far right rioters will be dealt with (with only a small minority sentenced so far), the Equality Trust *do* sum up an emerging concern expressed here (and elsewhere).

#riots #farright #ruleoflaw

Jon Mulhall (Hope not Hate) on the claims that the weekend's riots were an expression of 'legitimate concerns':

'There is nothing “legitimate” about trying to burn down a hotel with asylum seekers inside. There is nothing “legitimate” about hurling bricks at mosques or attacking people of colour. This is far-right violence, motivated by a climate of hate and prejudice, and all of those responsible must be held accountable'!

Absolutely right!!!

#riots #farright

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/05/far-right-riots-legitimate-anger-racist-violence

Some are calling these far-right riots an outpouring of legitimate anger. They are not

There is a deep well of poison behind this racist violence. Those fuelling and perpetrating it must be held to account, writes anti-fascist researcher Joe Mulhall

^{Joe Mulhall (The Guardian)}

UK probes whether ‘state actors’ stoked far-right riots

https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-probes-whether-state-actors-stoked-far-right-riots/

#uk #ukriots #riots

UK probes whether ‘state actors’ stoked far-right riots

False claims about the identity of a murder suspect have spread far and wide online.

^{Matt Honeycombe-Foster (POLITICO)}

What is behind today's Mail front page?

Contrition?
Fear?
An attempt at balance?

Can you just turn round years of inflaming our politics with lies and hatred by one front page?

#politics #riots #dailymail

"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

#UK #riots #violence
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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

^{Editorial (The Guardian)}