Starmer Vows Punishment for ‘Thuggery’ as Riots Spread Across UK
- Rioters have clashed with police, damaged public property
- Violence presents challenge to month-old Labour government
Anti-migration protesters riot outside of the Holiday Inn Express, which is being used as an asylum hotel, in Rotherham, UK, on Aug. 4.
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Keir Starmer said that those responsible for the disorder and chaos that’s spreading across UK towns and cities will be punished for what he described as “far-right thuggery.”
“Those who have participated in this violence will face the full force of the law,” the UK prime minister said from Downing Street on Sunday. “This is not protest, it is organized violent thuggery. And it has no place on our street or online.”