Anti-immigrant riots in Britain have been going on for several days. On the night of August 2, football supporters and activists from the “English Defence League” caused disruptions in London near Downing Street, Manchester near a hotel where migrants stay, and several other locations.
The immediate cause of the anti-immigrant riots was an attack on children in the town of Southport, where a 17-year-old Rwandan criminal committed a massacre at a dance seminar, stabbing three girls (six-year-old Bibi King, seven-year-old Elsie Dot Stancomb, and nine-year-old Alice DaSilva Aguiar) to death and injuring eight others.
According to the Daily Mail, five of the victims, ages six to eleven, are currently in critical condition.
Among the injured is yoga instructor Leanne Lucas, who bravely fought to protect them. She required eight hours of surgery and is still in bad condition in the hospital. Heidi Liddell, a dance instructor, and Joel Verit, a window cleaner, also shielded the children from the killer’s attack.
Activists from the “English Defence League” descended on Southport and clashed with migrants wielding machetes. Police officers were also involved, with their cars burnt and many severely beaten. Twenty-two officers were hurt.
Activists from the League surrounded the city mosque and Islamic cultural center, chanting “English till death!” and throwing stones against police officers as they tried to push them away.
The police caught a 32-year-old man dressed in black who was on his way to the Muslim facilities with a switchblade, demanding vengeance for the killed girls.
Half a thousand demonstrators from the League, yelling “Save our girls!” attacked 40 police officers guarding the city mosque, blew up a police van, and began firing fireworks rockets at them. Only the entrance of reinforcements kept both the police and the Muslim centers safe from the outraged crowd of white Britons.
One Southport resident told the Daily Mail that the rioting began because the man with the knife who attacked the youngsters “was a Muslim.”
Since then, the UK riots have continued unabated. The largest demonstration occurred in London at the “Enough!” protest, where police detained 100 individuals. Hundreds of activists flocked to the streets, screaming the name of the League’s founder, Tommy Robinson, and shouted, “Stop the boats,” referring to the boats used to transport illegal migrants into the UK.
In Manchester, police were hit with glass bottles after demonstrators attacked the Holiday Inn hotel, which houses illegal migrants.
The most violent skirmishes with police took place in Hartlepool, where stones were thrown at officers, and a police car was set on fire.
The Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, paid a visit to Southport. He was met with outrage and indignation. When he laid flowers at the scene of the three girls’ deaths, he was asked how many more girls needed to die before the government took action.
From the crowd, one man yelled, “Tell the truth!” while Serena Kennedy, the Chief Constable of Merseyside Police, was asked why the name of the alleged attacker on the children had not been disclosed and whether he was on a “watch list.”
This is a reference to a high-profile comment made by Reform Party leader Nigel Farage, in which he accused the police of suppressing the truth about the Southport incident, implying that the killer was not a UK citizen but had recently arrived in the country and was under surveillance.
Farage urges that the facts regarding the Southport incident be released and classed as a terrorist act.
Ethnic crime in Britain is soaring beyond all conceivable limits. Migrants are battling not only with native Britons but also among themselves. Recently, there was a brawl in London between Ethiopians and Eritreans. Migrants carried their African battles to British land, where they fought the police.
The ruling Labour Party’s policies simply exacerbate the problem of ethnic criminality.
On July 17, an illegal Jordanian migrant assaulted a police officer but escaped prosecution because he did not speak English.
The asylum seeker who attacked a female police officer cannot undertake community service because he does not understand English, which may violate health and safety regulations, the court found.
On July 18, there were widespread disturbances in Leeds. Local gypsies were angry with social services taking children from underprivileged homes, resulting in riots and burning.
The most startling aspect was that the police simply gave up a whole neighborhood of Leeds to the rioters without even attempting to disperse the mob.
On the same day, Bangladeshis fought with police in London.
On July 24, a masked guy riding a motorcycle attacked a British Army officer near a base in Kent, southeast England. The attacker was quickly apprehended. According to police, he acted alone, and the stabbing was not an act of terrorism. The officer, in his forties, had significant injuries and was transported to the hospital for treatment. Police said he is in serious but stable condition. The detainee’s nationality and religion are being kept hidden.
On July 26, Middle Easterners attacked a police officer at Manchester Airport, who managed to repel them fiercely. The police officer was suspended and sent to court. Local Labour members supported the migrants.
On July 30, a homeless Kurdish migrant pushed a male postman into the lines of the London Underground. Thankfully, he survived.
On July 27, Tommy Robinson and thousands of supporters from the English Defence League held the largest patriotic event ever seen in Britain. They marched from the Royal Courts of Justice to Trafalgar Square, “filling the air with cries of ‘England!’ and ‘Rule, Britannia!’ as well as anti-Islam chants.”
A pro-migrant rally, organized by the NGO Stand Up To Racism and Trade Unions, was held at a respectful distance from Robinson’s supporters.
Several pro-migrant supporters suffered serious injuries. Simultaneously, hundreds of LGBT campaigners gathered near Wellington Arch in central London for the Trans Pride March. The transgender people were lucky that the thousands-strong throng in Trafalgar Square was attentively listening to Robinson’s heated address, in which he called on white Britons to unify. This is the largest assembly of patriots Europe has ever seen, and it is taking place in Britain, said Robinson.
“Organize your people, unite your countries,” Robinson said.
Robinson was detained on terrorism charges shortly after the event and later fled Britain after being granted bail.
In light of recent developments, it is unlikely that the expulsion of Robinson from the country will alleviate Labour’s challenges. In the UK, the Muslim Vote (TMV) is a recently established grassroots campaign that has generated substantial political discourse, particularly in relation to its influence on the Labour Party and the representation of Muslim voters. TMV has secured significant electoral victories in traditionally Labour-dominated regions by mobilizing support for independent candidates who are opposed to the UK government’s policies in Gaza.
The Labour Party’s perceived neglect of Muslim electors, which was further exacerbated by controversial statements from party leadership regarding the Gaza conflict, is a contributing factor to the formation of TMV. This movement has not been without controversy, with critics framing it as a form of political blackmail against Labour and even implying that its demands amount to advocating for the introduction of Sharia law in the UK. Nevertheless, the movement’s supporters contend that it is primarily concerned with the rights and representation of Muslims in the political sphere rather than the promotion of a specific religious legal framework.
Some media outlets have expressed concerns about sectarianism and a potential collapse of social cohesion in their coverage of TMV, which has frequently been polarized. Commentators have contested this viewpoint, contending that the movement is indicative of broader dissatisfaction with the systemic neglect of minority communities in British politics. The emergence of TMV serves as a reminder of the intricate dynamics that are currently at play in the political landscape of the United Kingdom, emphasizing the increasing influence of minority voters and the obstacles that established parties encounter when attempting to address their concerns.