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Politics Weekly UK

Are Southport riots a sign of our political future? Politics Weekly UK

Politics Weekly UK

The Guardian

News, Politics

4.01.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Merseyside police have said members of the far-right English Defence League took part in the riots in Southport on Tuesday night. The clashes followed the spread of misinformation and hatred online after three children were killed in a knife attack. John Harris talks to the Guardian correspondent Hannah Al-Othman, who is in Southport. Plus, our political editor Pippa Crerar’s exclusive report on bullying allegations against the Conservative party leadership frontrunner Kemi Badenoch. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/politicspod

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Experience the ultimate cooking app. Feast today. Download now and enjoy a 14 day free trial. Terms and conditions apply. After the horrific knife attack that so far left three children dead, Riot has attacked a local

0:50.2

mosque and fought police on Tuesday night in Southport on Merseys.

0:54.0

Before the riot, reform UK's leader Nigel Farrah decided to publish a video questioning

1:02.4

whether the public had been given the whole truth.

1:04.8

I just wonder whether the truth is being withheld from us. I don't know the answer to that.

1:10.5

I think it is a fair and legitimate question.

1:13.0

We'll speak to our reporter who's been in Southport all week.

1:16.0

We'll also be talking about the Chancellor Rachel Reeves, tax rises and spending cuts,

1:21.0

and the Tory leadership race.

1:23.0

I'm John Harris and you're listening to Politics Week in the UK for The Guardian.

1:30.0

We're recording this on Wednesday two days after the knife attack in Southport.

1:37.0

So far it's left three girls dead and at the time this was recorded six other children were continuing to receive treatment,

1:44.1

with two remaining in critical care but in a stable condition.

1:48.0

On Tuesday night there was a riot outside a local mosque in which police vehicles were

1:52.2

set alight and more than 50 officers were injured.

1:55.2

Merseys police have said that the riots started when a large group of people who the police believed

1:59.5

to be supporters of the English Defence League through things at the mosque.

2:04.0

There is a wider context for these disturbances.

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