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🗓️ 9 May 2025
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Southport Atrocity Fallout: Did Silence From Starmer and Police Fuel the Riots?
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In the aftermath of the Southport atrocity and the violent unrest that followed, a growing number of voices—including legal experts and counter-terrorism advisors—are questioning whether the government's lack of transparency helped ignite the very violence it aimed to prevent.
Jon Gaunt examines: • The official report from the Chief Inspector of Constabulary. • Criticism of Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s crisis response. • The role of misinformation and the consequences of an information vacuum. • Public perceptions of policing bias—and why they matter. • Allegations of unfair imprisonment and tragic consequences.
Jon Gaunt also proposes constructive steps forward, including a review of prosecutions, a public inquiry into the communications failure, and reforms to police disclosure protocols. This is a sensitive and complex topic, handled with care and respect. The goal is not to inflame but to inform—and to ask whether government caution actually made things worse.
🕊️ Let’s have the conversation others are avoiding.
📌 Chapters: 0:00 – Introduction 1:12 – The Atrocity and What Was Known 3:05 – Starmer's Early Comments and Public Reaction 4:50 – Misinformation and the Riots 6:30 – Were Sentences Just? 7:45 – Perception of Bias in Policing 9:00 – What Needs to Change 10:20 – Final Thoughts
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0:00.0 | Hi, good afternoon. Welcome to the John Gaunt podcast. The title today, Southport |
0:08.2 | Atrocity Fallout, did silence from Kirstama and the police fuel the riots or add to the riots. |
0:17.4 | It's a very controversial subject and in the aftermath of that Southport atrocity and the violent unrest that followed a growing number of voices, not just me, but lots of people, including legal experts and counterterrorism advisors, are questioning whether the government's lack of transparency |
0:37.5 | helped to ignite the very violence they aimed to prevent. |
0:44.3 | Now, I'm sure you've got a view on this. |
0:46.0 | Try and keep it polite, if you can, |
0:48.3 | because it is such a sensitive subject. |
0:50.9 | This video will examine the official report |
0:53.8 | that came out yesterday or the day before |
0:55.8 | from the chief inspector of constabulary. Some people are trying to blame the police. |
1:01.0 | He's not having it. Criticism of Prime Minister Kirstama's crisis response. Now I know a lot of you |
1:08.1 | share my criticism that he didn't help matters. |
1:12.5 | The role of misinformation and the consequences of the information vacuum that Stama and |
1:19.8 | Yvette Cooper created. |
1:21.8 | Public perception of policing bias and why that matters. |
1:26.2 | A lot of white working class people seem to think that people of |
1:29.9 | colour got treated differently. |
1:33.1 | I would imagine people of colour think that white people do as well. |
1:36.8 | But it's a perception it's got to be spoken about. |
1:39.8 | Allegations of unfair imprisonment and the tragic consequences, |
1:48.2 | including the man who committed suicide in prison. |
1:58.1 | I'll also propose some constructive steps forward so these things hopefully never happen again, including a review of prosecutions. |
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