Neil Basu, former head of UK counter-terrorism, condemned the weekend’s rioters as ‘bullies and cowards’
Neil Basu said setting fire to a hotel housing asylum seekers in Rotherham was ‘an attempt at a modern-day lynching’.Neil Basu said setting fire to a hotel housing asylum seekers in Rotherham was ‘an attempt at a modern-day lynching’.The worst of the far-right violence seen in Britain this weekend should be treated as terrorism, a prominent former police chief has said, amid warnings over a new wave of unrest targeting migration lawyers.
Keir Starmer has rejected the calls, while the Northern Ireland assembly will be recalled later this week to discuss violent scenes after several businesses were attacked at an anti-immigration protest in Belfast on Saturday. There are fears that unrest could continue to spread after a list of solicitors’ firms and advice agencies were shared as targets for gatherings in the coming days.
“Their criminal puppet masters, the organisers, those who encourage, have to be dealt with too. They are also bullies and cowards.”
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