NBC News reports:
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will meet senior police leaders on Thursday, his office said, after a second night of clashes between protesters and police prompted by the deaths of three young girls in a frenzied knife attack at a dance class.
There were angry scenes in London on Wednesday evening as thousands of anti-immigration protesters gathered near Starmer’s Downing Street office and residence chanting “save our kids” and “we want our country back”.
The previous night more than 50 police officers were injured in violent clashes in the English seaside town of Southport, where Monday’s stabbings took place. The disorder took place after false information was spread on social media that the suspect was a radical Islamist migrant.
The BBC reports:
More than 100 people were arrested in central London on Wednesday evening as officers clashed with protesters on Whitehall, close to Downing Street, during a demonstration.
Unrest also broke out in Hartlepool where eight people were arrested, several officers were injured and a police car was set on fire. In London, demonstrators were seen launching flares towards the gates of Downing Street and at a statue of Winston Churchill.
People could be heard chanting phrases such as “stop the boats” and “save our kids” as they threw bottles and cans at officers. Earlier, the Met said conditions placed on the protest had been breached.
Among those inciting the far-right on social media is notorious accused rapist Andrew Tate. Locally, the white nationalist English Defense League is leading the mobs.
If you’re doing Nazi salutes outside Downing Street you have no right to claim you are patriots, or that you are speaking for Britain. I can think of little that is, in fact, more *anti-British* than the fucking Nazis. We literally fought a world war against that shit. pic.twitter.com/J3svlr8Cjx
— Diamond Dave Wonfor (@DDWonfor) July 31, 2024
Now the Far Right thugs are fighting outside Downing Street with the Police.
What is it they are protesting about?
I bet none of them know. pic.twitter.com/bjOaKC0oW4
— BladeoftheSun (@BladeoftheS) July 31, 2024
Watch the moment protesters clash with riot police outside Downing Street. Chants of “save our kids” and “Tommy Robinson” are heard as a number of arrests are made.
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— Times Radio (@TimesRadio) July 31, 2024
There’s quite clearly a far-right ideology acting as the undercurrent to recent disorders, including the rioting in Southport. Here’s one of Tommy Robinson’s lot outside of Downing Street now casually doing the nazi salute. pic.twitter.com/rIZmQFoU8v
— Adam James (@adamjames2011) July 31, 2024