“No excuses, no tolerance” is the attitude of the British government to the violent demonstrations that have been going on for a week in the country. Far-right demonstrators continue to gather in various regions of the country, targeting mosques and hotels that host asylum seekers.

“Citizens of this country have the right to feel safe and yet we see the Muslim community being targeted,” the British Prime Minister said yesterday in his speech, assuring that “those who participate in the riots either directly or indirectly” will regret it, i.e. through false information in the internet or inciting violence through them.

The urgency of the situation can also be seen from Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to convene a Cobra Meeting this morning to coordinate the situation and curb “far-right thugs”, as he described them. This is an emergency-only meeting to manage the country’s crises, with ministers, civil servants, police and intelligence officials meeting throughout the morning.

More than 400 arrests in one week

Yesterday Sunday once again far-right rioters armed themselves with improvised molotov cocktails, bats, chairs and bricks in areas such as Rotherham, Middlesbrough, Bolton aiming to smash and burn mosques and hotels hosting asylum seekers.

It is characteristic that during this week more than 400 arrests have been made while only at the weekend they exceeded 150. Yesterday Sunday at least 10 police officers were injured while the main fear and concern of the government is that the violence is expected to continue.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper spoke of “unacceptable scenes of violence” while admitting that she “knows that many have concerns about issues such as the health system and immigration” but added that “they are not armed with bricks in hand”. The truth is that a week after the maintenance of the state of emergency there are various analyzes in the British media to find the cause of the ‘explosion’ of violent protests across the country.

Specifically and according to today’s statements, by Dame Sarah Khan in the Guardian “conservative governments have ignored the signs and warnings of social upheaval while at the same time fueling a clash of cultures agenda in an attempt to gain electoral advantage”. It is noted that she was a former adviser on extremism and social cohesion to Rishi Sunak, Boris Johnson and Theresa May.

However, the growing calls for MPs to return to the seats of the House of Commons are also of interest. It is pointed out that the British parliament has been closed for almost a week now for the established summer break, while according to the program it will reopen at the beginning of September. Among the MPs is Nigel Farage, who at the same time accused the Labor government of “failing to deal” with the riots while stressing that the return of the MPs might act as an opportunity for a “more honest debate” about mass immigration and the impact it has in local communities.