Angela Rayner condemns 'disgusting' riots in Southport | LBC

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has hinted at a ban for the EDL after the group was accused of leading a riot in Southport on Tuesday night that saw 50 police officers injured.

Ms Rayner told LBC's Shelagh Fogarty that the rioters were "thugs and should be dealt with" after the violence that targeted a mosque and local businesses, following the deaths of three girls in a stabbing attack.

"We have laws and we have proscribed groups and we do look at that and it is reviewed regularly," she said. "So I'm sure that that will be something that the Home Secretary will be looking at as part of the normal course of what we do and the intelligence that we have."

"But I think the bigger issue is about taking on the minority of people that have got thuggish behaviour, that's not our British values."

#shelaghfogarty #angelarayner #deputyprimeminister #crime #police #southport #protest #riots #farright #LBC

LBC is the home of live debate around news and current affairs in the UK.

[rosemarycuthbert]

The local people don't need this. So sad

[mrdaveythebaby]

Where's Braverman condemning these hate marches?

[EpicAelflaed]

Where was Rayner when the Romas attacked their baby who ended up with a cracked skull after the family left the children home alone in Harehills?

[alexwilkinson]

The EDL don’t exist anymore get you’re facts straight LBC

[gobsmacked.]

Didn't hear this much scrutiny over the riot in Leeds. 🤔

[youtubewatcher]

Why didn't Rayner have this energy for Leeds?

[jakep]

I’ve not heard Angela’s opinion on the Leeds riot! . Why?

[TheWolfe]

No one is above the law? Apart from the government!

[trade]

Why didn’t they call the people at the Leeds riots thugs?

[samuelstevens]

Absolutely agree, why would you in your right mind purposely cause more distress to people who are grieving. Absolutely disgusting. And these people call themselves British.

[Bongo-smmf]

Your not talking about the male caught at the vigil with a large machete! But politicians have their own agenda

[ChrisTowner-wczj]

So what was Leeds. A friendly gathering.

[suzy]

I give up! Leeds riot? Police ran away

[twisteddancer]

Rayner and her party would rather talk about this than talk about the reason why people reacted that way

[tinasmith]

They are also thugs who wrecked a cop car and lit a bus on fire 🔥 in Leeds

[mrmeldrew]

Did she call the Bangladeshi rioters/Rochdale rioters/protestors outside the Manchester police station thugs?
All in the last couple of weeks by the way. Law and order is breaking down.

[zipzip]

She did'nt call the third world cavemen that!

[christalmeth]

Her silence was deafening when her team were rioting in Leeds.

[easytoassemble]

Were the Harehills rioters ever referred to as "thugs"? Or just "disenfranchised"? Were the Manchester Airport attackers referred to as "thugs"?

No. They never are.

[maryduffy]

The country is on the brink Angela, perhaps wake up and smell the coffee. Something has very seriously gone wrong with the U.K. Read the room, the anger is simmering