It is clearly not only "far right thugs" - it is also anti-racist loonies who think violence is than answer to violence. Neither side is right. Neither side should be supported. Neither Far Right nor Far Left are right. Neither racists nor militant anti racists. It's the attitude that's wrong. One of the reasons I felt Corbyn was right to sit on the Brexit fence - despite being personally pro Brexit he knew his party (and country) liked both sides and both should be addressed. Starmer ONLY supports the side of the majority (or the side media tells him is the majority).

Yes I fear he can't read the room, or any room.

Not only does he appear to not have principles, he is not very bright, and in effect is making this awful situation worse by the day.

Cooper, as well, hopelessly out of her depth it seems.

Have the anti-racists really been being violent? The BBC hasn't been reporting that. In one of the reports, there seemed to be someone on the anti-racist side with a megaphone shouting to the other side "aren't you embarrassed?", which would suggest that the anti-racists would be shooting themselves in the foot if they were violent themselves.

Wyot wrote:
Yes I fear he can't read the room, or any room.

Not only does he appear to not have principles, he is not very bright, and in effect is making this awful situation worse by the day.

Cooper, as well, hopelessly out of her depth it seems.

Ditto Wyot.

Keir Starmer has no clue how the working classes survive, they don't live.

The rioters must be scared when Starmer and Cooper said they will face full force of the law.

WHat a very scary bunch our officers are.

Jo wrote:
Have the anti-racists really been being violent? The BBC hasn't been reporting that. In one of the reports, there seemed to be someone on the anti-racist side with a megaphone shouting to the other side "aren't you embarrassed?", which would suggest that the anti-racists would be shooting themselves in the foot if they were violent themselves.

Angry not violent Jo. You know the media and police put plants in the groups to cause trouble. It's an old police and media trick.

EDL has been disbanded well over a decade, they didn't last long anyway.