Demands for a “national conversation” about respect have been made following scenes of “lawlessness and thuggery” on Britain’s streets.
Society must do better, a community representative body said, while an anti-extremism organisation blamed the “explosion of racist violence across the country” on “years of far-right agitation”.
Politicians have roundly condemned the actions of rioters who targeted hotels housing asylum seekers, attacked police officers and looted shops.
Former home secretary Dame Priti Patel, who said she grew up with people using “the p-word against me”, told how she would not feel safe in some of the areas that have seen violent unrest.
Talk’s Mike Graham is joined by researcher of political theory and international relations Ralph Schoellhammer, who says the “groundswell of anger” has been obvious for a long time.
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9 сен 2024
