NIGEL Farage has said that far-right riots in England are nothing compared to “what could happen over the course of the next few weeks”.
The Reform UK leader’s comments come following a series of violent riots across England in Southport, London, Hartlepool and Manchester after the deaths of three young girls in a stabbing attack.
In a statement on Thursday afternoon, the Prime Minister said the Government will be establishing a “national capability across police forces” to tackle disorder.
My message to Keir Starmer. pic.twitter.com/GkGsEb4Wkd
— Nigel Farage MP (@Nigel_Farage) August 1, 2024
Farage has already been accused of stoking up violence in Southport for comments he made in a video in which he questioned if “the truth is being withheld from us” after the attack on Monday.
Following Starmer’s statement on Friday afternoon, Farage released a new video on Twitter/X criticising the Prime Minister.
“His conclusion? Very simple – it’s all the far right,” the MP said.
“As if they’re causing all of the problems. No, the far-right are a reaction to fear, to discomfort, to unease that is out there shared by tens of millions of people.”
He added that he did not support “street violence” or “thuggery in any way at all”.
Farage continued: “I am worried not just about the events in Southport but about societal decline that is happening in our country.
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“Law and order folks on our streets is breaking down. This Prime Minister hasn’t got an earthly clue how to deal with it.”
Farage then said it was time to “start getting tough” and called for the use of stop and search “regardless of the colour of the skin of anyone that gets stopped”.
He also said there should be tougher prison sentences for anybody carrying a knife.
At the end of the video, Farage added: “I tell you what. What you’ve seen on the streets of Hartlepool, of London, of Southport is nothing to what could happen over the course of the next few weeks.
“Let’s have proper law and order but Mr Starmer, just to blame a few far-right thugs, to say that’s the root of our problems doesn’t work.”
Farage’s comments come as an upcoming pro-UK rally in Glasgow promoted by Tommy Robinson (above) was met with widespread condemnation.
Independence campaigners will be hosting a march in Edinburgh on the same day – September 7 – while Stand Up to Racism also announced a counterprotest to be held in Glasgow’s George Square at the same time.
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