More than 400 people have been arrested in connection with the riots and disorder around the country since the Southport stabbings last week, with the number expected to rise in the coming days.
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Some argue the phrase implies the eradication of Israel, while others dispute that, saying that the frequently chanted slogan “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” is simply a call for sovereignty for the Palestinian people and freedom from the illegal Israeli occupation of their land since 1967.he resigned in December 2023, after it was revealed that the government’s Rwanda plan legislation did not allow the government to override the international laws.
He did offer some support for Starmer’s government, saying:
I wish them well, because this is a moment of severe national strain, and we want the government to be taking all action possible to take back control of our streets, and provide the level of safety and security that people in communities across the country are calling for right now.
And there are many steps the government has taken that I think are the right ones, whether it’s getting more prosecutors, or courts sitting around the clock, urging the police to surge resources into the affected areas.
Conversation Over Borders, a national charity supporting refugees and asylum seekers, is calling for people to send in welcoming notes which will be delivered to asylum seekers staying at initial hotel accommodation, PA Media reports.
Colette Batten-Turner said since putting the call out the charity received 150 messages by the next day, adding: “We are getting more and more messages come in by the second.”
Batten-Turner said: “People are very, very afraid, even in places not yet targeted by the far-right violence. The voices of far-right extremism, that’s… really not representative of most people in the UK.
“My message to anyone living in initial accommodation hotels and newly arrived to the UK or feel affected, is … there are so many more people who want to spread a message of welcome and solidarity and compassion, and who will welcome those people to the UK, and feel the UK is a better place because they’re here. We will make this a safe place for them to be, even if it doesn’t feel like it at the moment.”
a second meeting of the government’s emergency Cobra committee which the prime minister attended, Keir Starmer said “Obviously it’s a difficult situation with disorder going on in a number of different places at the same time, but that is precisely why I held my second Cobra meeting today to coordinate the response and to get the assurance that I want and need that we do have adequate police in place, that we are able to cope with this disorder.”
More than 400 people have been arrested in connection with the riots and disorder around the country since the Southport stabbings last week, with the number expected to rise in the coming days.
a second emergency Cobra meeting, the prime minister, Keir Starmer, said “it’s a difficult situation with disorder going on in a number of different places at the same time, but that is precisely why I held my second Cobra meeting today to coordinate the response and to get the assurance that I want and need that we do have adequate police in place, that we are able to cope with this disorder.”
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Source: theguardian.com
