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Whatever the apparent motivation, this is not protest, it is pure violence and we will not tolerate attacks on mosques or our Muslim communities,
The disinformation that we’ve seen online attracts amplification from known bot activity, which, as I say, can be linked to state-backed activity,
Events of the last seven days have been heartbreaking. Social media has a lot to answer for too. You always brighten up our screens, Alex."
Hopefully those that joined in the riots won't be going to work they'll be being arrested."
We are proud to be part of a multi-racial Britain and to be part of the wonderful, vibrant and diverse community of Hull
There have been hundreds of arrests and people are already being charged, and police will continue to update on the specifics in relation to progress or arrests and charging
The PM's official spokesman told reporters I should be very clear that anyone who stokes this violence, whether on the internet or in person, can be prosecuted and face prison,
Sir Keir's official spokesman said The first is we will have a standing army of specialist public duty officers so that we will have enough officers to deal with this where we need them,
My focus is on making sure that we stop this disorder,
This is not protest - this is violence. We're not going to tolerate that in this country."
It is an emergency response committee — a get together of ministers, civil servants, the police, intelligence officers and other officials appropriate to the situation they are looking into,
As Keir said, as every decent person has said, I think these are far-right thugs who attacked some of the most vulnerable people in our communities and there is absolutely no excuse,
Oliver Coppard, the mayor of South Yorkshire, told the BBC I think what you've seen is that networks of different individuals and groups that have been trying to fan the flames,
she told Sky News, swerving questions on whether foreign states had been involved They are lying to you all,
Yaxley-Lennon, who is known by the pseudonym Tommy Robinson, wrote Civil war is inevitable."
Responding to a post on X that blamed mass migration and open borders for the disorder in Britain, he wrote Reasonable people who have all those sorts of views and concerns do not pick up bricks and throw them at the police,
They are thugs, criminals and extremists who betray the very values our country is built on.”
Writing in the Times, the Home Secretary said The level of violence we have seen today is staggering
Assistant Chief Constable David Felton said Our entire criminal justice system is going to have to be revisited in terms of how the authorities are going to be able to legitimately counter and pre-empt these narratives
Mr Akinbusoye, who was Britain's first black PCC, added Of course there are discussions to be had about the level of immigration, the type of immigration and issues like integration
Festus Akinbusoye, a former police and crime commissioner, said