The violence was shocking but not surprising: Britain’s economy makes it ripe for far-right thuggery
An anti-far right demonstration in Liverpool, following violent protests across the country after the stabbing attacks in Southport, in which three young children were killed.
Rachel Reeves, Britain's chancellor of the exchequer, has been in the US this week trying to lure investment into the UK. Good luck with that, chancellor. With racist riots occurring nightly, it is perhaps not the best time to be declaring that Britain is open for business.
Rather, the message likely to be picked up on the other side of the Atlantic is that Britain is awash with thuggery, that xenophobia is rampant and that the country’s economy is broken. The government seems to have been taken by surprise by the far-right violence.
