'Far-right violence' engulfs the UK | LBC callers react

Following a weekend of riots across the country, Nick Ferrari hears these callers thoughts on the violence.

Keir Starmer has called an emergency Cobra meeting after rioters attacked a second hotel believed to be used to house asylum seekers in Tamworth.

The PM vowed rioters would "regret" engaging in "far-right thuggery" and promised those involved in unrest would "face the full force of the law" as he addressed the nation on Sunday.

00:00 | Caller Andrew: 'Even if every protest had been as peaceful as a gathering of monks, morons like Keir Starmer & Yvette Cooper would have sought to portray them as far-right'.

1:16 | Caller Rudy: 'What Keir Starmer said in his statement is going to make things worse, he shouldn't be singling out the far-right'.

3:10 | Caller Chandra: 'I'm the type of person who these thugs want to beat up - but I see some legitimacy to their concerns'.

4:56 | Caller Susan: 'I was watching some programmes on Adolf Hitler...I can't believe that in 2024, have we really learnt nothing?'

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[Eab]

5 star hotel, seriously? Nick you are part of the problem

[coppershark]

These are your people Ferrari. You helped enable this. YOU!

[tiiohmd]

You caused this! It's your rhetoric!

[Hoozpoppin]

Hate speech isnt free speech; Rioting isnt protesting.

[dm]

Why didn’t the moderator of this program even question the comment about immigrants in 5 star hotels, spending money, 3 daily meals comment. Any reputable journalist should fact-check that statement.

[beverleyprice]

4 weeks into a new government and everyone wants results? But not in the previous administration?

[loullabelleuk]

What about massive corporations and wealthy individuals not paying their fair share in taxes? Wealth inequality is what is keeping this country poor, not asylum seekers and immigrants

[leecudmore-ray]

the sheer amount of miss information in these comments is astounding.
Someone is trying really hard to stir up hatred.

[culturevulturepapi]

there is not a single assylum seeker in a five star hotel 😂

[wee-weeble]

I'm sick and tired of reading the phrase "UK riots". It was no such thing, these were and are ENGLISH riots. Don't try and blame the rest of us, it's ENGLAND, own it.

[Tarmaccyclocross]

If you treat people as idiots this is what happens

[josephnott]

Nick the man who's helped push the division agenda since 2010 welcome fella your part of the problem

[cynthiamorris]

Nick you are so untruthful. Two tier reporting.

[AlanKenny-ye]

The media should not mention those poor girls in Southport in the same breath as these scumbags. They are worlds apart, the rioters don't care about those kids, hence their trampling all over the feelings of the grieving families.

[patrickh]

A lot of apologists for fascism phoning in. This is the fault of a media that has been platforming people who do use inflammatory rhetoric without any kind of push back.

[Amen-sxmp]

Starmer needs to fire his speech writer. As a Brit of Indian heritage even I could tell his statement reinforced prejudices of certain people.

[carysparkes]

Why weren't they rioting after Lucy letby? I wonder why...

[mangosamosa]

The amount of people trying to dismiss or make excuses for the violence over the weekend is utterly disgraceful.

[paulfenton]

Right wing victimhood is truly sad to witness.

[arma]

This fella was definitely out this weekend looting shops.